El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
ONE MORE DAY
To GET $4,000
Young Women's Campaign
ers Bring Building Fund
Up to S85. 218 at Noon.

Up 10 So0.Z1o dI NOON.
Fifteen thousand dollars remains 20
be pledged before o'clock Thursday
evening if the 100000 Y. ". g y.
building fund is TO be completed As
every pledge is conditioned upon the
raising Of the entire 100000. every
one VII be forfeited and the expense
and work OF the present campaign viii
have been wasted unless the $4,000 can
be raised Within the next SO hours.
Fund Up TO Ss5.2IS-
Toe total amount raised up TO noon
today was sS5,2lS The total amount
reported pledced for he day by the
campaigners was S934S. This IS the
largest amount reported since Satur-
DAY. but is far below the average nee
essary 10 raise the entire 100000 Fiji
~ percent more than this amount must
ne reported by Thursday II the 100000
mark is TO be passed.
Calls for Individual HUStlin=-
the 500 men and women workers en-
saged in the campaign are strainins
=. every nerve TO secure the required
amount ". l. TOOleys chairman Of
the executive committee. made the fol-
lowing announcement III the Wednes-
day luncheon
Only by the utmost effort can We
Iaise the required amount for the y ".
c \. building. The executive commit
lee has been holding nothing out, and
Is practically out Of prospects No
subscriptions have been held, TO be an
uOunced at the end Of the campaign
This means that the largest part of the
$4,000 must come from the small sub
scripuons collected by the individual
workers.
..Turs Loose Workers Thursday.
Thursday, the last day OF the cam
% arr OF ed N
day in an official proclamation is
sued by mayor Lea Every worker IN
the campaign viii spend the entire dag
canvassmE the city for funds.
All regulations have been removed in
the maRncr In which the campaign is
10 De conducted Workers have been
turned loose" 10 solicit whom they
please, when they please, for whatever
amount they see fit Raise the sI5.0 goo
before tomorrow night" Is the slogan
OF cveIy campaign worker.
Must Not Fail. Says MeNary.
James G. McNary. who. with his
VIE. contributed $4,000 to the fund.
and who has just returned 10 the city.
addressed the workers at the noon
luncheon The campaign cannot fall
said Mr. McNary. The work which
you and the contributors will be do
ing II the 100000 is raised will out
last YOU all, aRd viii be doing good
10 tae girls OF dis city Zoe YEAR
from now
stand By Young Women.
fveryones thinking and talkln3
=. ". c A The newspapers are full
o. a. Now's the time TO get in the
best work IN behalf of the Y W c a
building. The next Sc hours tells the
tale in. this campaign, whether Ell
Fsso is going 10 stand by her young
EOmen. or desert them ] cannot con-
ietVe how such q worthy cause can
fail, now anyone can refuse 10 contrib
Ute TO an institution which accom-
pils1es so much good
Divisions Report Pledges.
Division A OF the campaign workers
reported the largest amount pledged
Ct the noon luncheon, with S2442 from
H. persons The general staff reported
pledges totaiins $4,000. from seven
persons. One Of these pledges was for
Division C reported 1854: division
Q, $500; and division 3, $780,.
AndersOn's Team Leader.
The team led by a H Anderson made
she largest team report. with 5000
Rom i persons Charles Stevens's
Team collected 500 in pledges Mrs
} \. Mo-ris,s workers secured sSll-
and Mrs Y. L. RaGslo's S2o5.
To date E. ". Kayser's team has Sc
cured the largest total of pledges, with
t4165 10 its credit
kOldier Appeals for ~ Contributions
Ar appeal has been made by the
s. " Q. 4. campaign workers for con-
bibutions OF 81 each from salariec
en- and those who have not yet been
approached by the canvassers. The
movement was started Tuesday BY
ssldier al the base hospital at Fort
Hiss who signed himself Wv 9. T"
Fe enclosed S in q letter 10 the y
" . A. saying IN part;
It's not very much. but [ give .
gladly. knowing in nry heart that Il
viii bring some JOY. some ray Of sun
shine in the heart OF some homeless
sairl in a strange city 1 pray and
rope that every man, young and old.
rnT hoo rs IA ri
hours viii follow ny example and con-
tribute one dollar. L 500 men includ-
mE our soldiers, would DO this, thar
would be $3.50
Like the Y. W. Lunches.
4 score OF men who have been al
tending the daily lunches OF The Y ".
c A campaign workers have expressed
tleir intention of lunchins al the asso-
cation cafeteria permanently after the
c5se Of the present campaign Few
- the business men OF the city have
Known that men as well as women are
served al the Y w c. \. cafeteria