New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19
$1,000 Red Cross
Recruits Enlist
In First 2 Days
N. Y. Drive Manager Be-
lieves Reports VIII Show
Double That Number

The first tabulated figures Of the Red
Cross Christmas drive for 100000 new
members here were announced at tho
headquarters last night. Team cap
tains have reported more than $1,000
new recruits enlisted in the first two
days Of the campaign, but, owing TO the
storm and the difficulty Of travel from
the outlying sections of the city, many
have not reported. 1t is estimated that
the actual total is nearly twice that
number
Wellington Z. bull, campaign mana
ger. was positive last night that New
York would more "sn double its quota
by Christmas Eve, when the campaign
ends. lie predicted. from the first re-
ports, that New York would enroll a
full million, one-tenth OF the allotted
number for the entire country.
Women Beat the Men
The women workers beat the men by
more than two to one IN the first re-
turns. Mrs. r. Hirsch led all the rest.
with 440 recruits. The standing Of the
other leading captains was:
Mrs. Richard Lewisohn, second, 4l3,
Mrs. Henry James, third. 399; Mrs. +.
l. Lutz. fourth. 3s4, and Mrs. f. J.
Richardson, fifth. 3d. The score for
the men was: Herbert Rawson, first,
15G: H. w. Leitch, second, 149; j. W.
Becker. third, ia; +. V. Challenger,
fourth. 10, and Frank W. Knight, NTH,
l09.
In the downtown section dollars came
rolling in so fast that the women IN
charge of the booths could scarcely
keep track of them. One woman, who
had only 100 buttons when she started
her shift" in a booth in an Office build
ing. listed 32l new members, an ay-
cragc Of more than enc a minute. Oar
win 7. Kingsley. chairman Of the
teams division, said that at the Bank
ers Trust Company booth more than
one thousand names were enrolled on
Monday afternoon and Tuesday morn
ing.
Red Cross headquarters has estab-
lished an honor roll OF firms which have
enlisted their full force OF employees.
1t is known as the 100 Per Cent Club"
Up to last evening those on the honor
roll were Lord & Taylor. Franklin,
Simon & Co., James McCreery & Co.,
Bonwit, Teller & Co, Brokaw Brothers,
James A. Hearn & Son, Inc, c. &.
Gunthers Sons, Arnold, Constable &
Co., Oppenheim. Collins e Co, Cam
meyers, Spear & Co., }. &. j. Slater and
Bloomingdale Brothers.
Man Joins Fourteen Times
The champion "joiner" was discov-
cred yesterday. He joined the Red
Cross fourteen times at as many diff
ferent booths Every time he came to a
booth he reached for 81 with one hand
and a pencil with the other. When
questioned he told one of the workers
he had son in khaki somewhere in
France"
Among the orators at the theatres
was Sarah Bernhardt, who spoke at
the Palace. Speaking in French. she
delivered a powerful appeal for the
Red Cross.
Il have seen the noble work of the
Red Cross on the terrible battlehelds
of France she said, "and | ask Of you
all-yOu men and women of America
to join hands with them in their labor
of mercy, | ask it in the name of my
beloved France.
Every heart in France tonight
beats with gratitude 10 you for the aid
you are bringing US in our hour Of
tragedy. Your Red Cross has brought
comfort to the suffering and consola-
ton to the desolate You are repaying
with compound interest the debt Of
1875. For Lafayette and his 1000 men
who came TO you to help you fight for
liberty you are sending US millions.
And oh, my friends, France will not
forget; France can never forget"
Reports from outside the city came
in slowly. Philadelphia reporSd l00.-
coo for the trst day The Lab Divi-
sion, with a goal of 1908, 600. reported
100000, double the daily average aimed
at. The banner report was received
from Atlantic Highlands, where out of
q population Of 1,211, 9S9 enrolled in
the Red Cross OF the first day.