Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-05

Han. sl.t and p streets, Monday night.
The building at s125 P street is to
was opened for business at O'Clock
! this morning. The other officers are:
Miss Emily c. Matthews. chairman;
Miss NJ -. Nourse, assistant chairman
Miss Sallie Lacy. recording secretary;
Miss Florence Frisbie, corresponding
secretary. and Miss Nancy Green. treas
urer.
| Delaware leads all the states in per
capita contributions to the Red Cross,
according to the latest fluctuations by
| the war council. with a rate of IS per
head. Figures for other states follow:
Connecticut. $2.o5: Ohio. s1.s1: Massa-
chusetts. $50; Rhode Island. S1.4s:
District Of Columbia. $1.37; New York
(outside New York city,. s1.2S; Colo
RADIO. $1.27; Michigan. $11S; Pennsyl-
vania. fila; California, SLIP; New Jer-
| sey, $1.10; Missouri. 95 cents; Montana,
"a cents: Illinois. So cents; New Hamp-
shire, "a cents: Oregon, 50 cents:
Maine. 70 cents; Utah. IS cents; Idaho.
Il cents; Wyoming, 20 cents; Minne-
sofa. 81 cents; Washington. SO cents;
Nebraska. SO cents; Indiana, 40 cents:
Wisconsin. 4S cents; Kansas, 4s cents;
Mississippi. Al cents; Maryland, Al
cents: Louisiana. 40 cents; Iowa, 40
cents: Tennessee. 30 cents: Vermont.
80 cents: Arizona, SO cents; West Vir-
ginia. SO cents; Virginia. "a cents;
Oklahoma. p cents; Florida. % cents;
Texas. 90 cents: Nevada, Fl cents; Ken
| lucky. 16 cents: Arkansas. Is cents:
Alabama. IS cents: North Carolina, IL
cents; Georgia. II cents; North Da-
kota. II cents; New Mexico, 10 cents
South Dakota. 0 cents. and Hawaii. 3
cents.
| With the exception of the south. every
nff hn try ho
its allotment. The north central section,
| which at times has been falsely accused
of being apathetic to the present crisis.
made the largest subscription of any sec
ton to the war fund. The north central
states have already reported $26,000.00O
| The hen that lays the golden egg has
| been located in Middletown, Ohio, re-
puted to have more millionaires than
| any other town of its size in the state.
A woman gave one of her highly priced
| hens and dozen eggs as Red Cross
week contribution. Her gift was auc-
s1.736 to the war fund-$144.66 each.
probably the highest price ever paid for
eggs. The hen brought 1865. The
| amount secured for the hen and eggs is
regarded as the individual contribution
| of this poor woman and undoubtedly
| makes her relatively the largest sub
scriber in the United States.
Inc carnival COnOuCLeQ 1Or the Hed
Cross by the people Of Alexandria
county had an suspicious start yes
terday, and Is being continued today
and tomorrow at Clarendon. The fea-
ture attractions include field meet by
athletes from Cherrydale, a drill by
troops from Fort Myer and a concert
by the Fort Myer Band. The Clarendon
Band will be in attendance today and
Friday evenings. A special musical
program has been arranged for this
evening.
Booths from which refreshments of
chicken salad. ice cream, cake and bev-
erages will be served will be in charge
Of the following ladies':
American booth-Mrs Mayer and Mrs.
Walsh: French booth, Mrs. Manning and
Mrs Nevin; English booth, Mrs. Rein
burg; Red Cross booth. Miss Whalen;
Italian booth, Mrs. Whelen; Belgian
booth. Mrs. Burgess and Mrs. Odlin.
A plea for additional workers for the
Anacostia unit of the Red Cross is be-
ing made by Mrs. George NJ. Cummings
and Mrs. Jane S. Mclean. During the
next few days it is hoped the present
number will be doubled. Mrs. Mclean
said they were sadly in need of more
workers, as the large number Of as
signments would probably be a long
time in being completed II the addi-
tional workers were not secured. The
unit was organized May IS and 246 gar
ments have been made. Every Monday