Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-18
JEFFERSON CLUB RAISES
FUND FOR AMBULANCE
$1,000 i'm Thirty Minutes
for Gift to First Virginia
Regiment.
STAGES PREPAREDNESS" BALL
Members and Guests, Costumed to
Represent Some Form of Patriotic
Service, Respond Heartily to APP
peal of Clubs President.

Following a patriotic appeal by Will
nam III. Schwarzschild. president of the
Jefferson Club. members of this or
Eanization and their friends last night
subscribed the sum Of $1,000, which
Viii he delivered to Governor Stuart
with the request that tho money be
applied to the purchase of "A rcg,,la-
ton military ambulance for the Hos
pital Corps Of the First Regiment. Vir-
Einia Infantry.
The ambulance fund was raised at :,
preparedness ball given at the
Jefferson Club, which! was attended by
a company that taxed the capacity Of
the clubhouse. For the most part the
aSsembiaEe. men and women were
costumed Ia represent some form Of
preparedness or patriotic service There
was stately Miss Columbia re-
splendent in the national colors. CONT
less Red Cross nurses soldiers of
every branch OF the service and farm
ers with rake and hoe to give point
to President Wilson's appeal for an
intensified agriculture.
The festivities began at O'Clock
with parade of the members i'm cos
tune and dancing. At 10 o'clock the
orchestra swung into THE Star-Span
Eled BANNER amid cheers that shook
the building. The crowd joined
heartily in the national anthem. and
when ii was at an end. Mr.. Schwarz-
schild mounted the platform at the
south end of the ballroom to make
his appeal.
SCHWARZSCHILD REVIEWS
EVENTS LEADING TO WAR
The speaker reviewed the events of
the past thirty months dwelling on
President Wilson'S patience In dealing
with German Interference with Ameri-
can commerce and German outrarcs
against American citizens
Not until IL became impossible TO
maintain peace with honor" said Mr.
Schwarzschild. did the President take
the step which involved our country
i'll the great war. Now that we are in
come unselfshly TO his support The
time has come for duty This club
bears an honored name-the name OF
Thomas Jefferson. 1t must stand for
more than mere name. 1t must stand
for the loyal Americanism and Democ-
racy which was Jcfferson's creed.
I'VE have an opportunity tonight 10
be the first social organization in Nir-
Ginia TO provide one of our regiments
with military ambulance. The time
will come--and it will probably come
soon-when our sons and brothers will
be called to the front to bear arms for
their fag. The son OF one OF the
mothers present may be among the
first that this ambulance may help.
Let us subscribe right now the fund
for its purchase.
The response was immediate. With
in half an hour the money Was in hand.
II will be placed in the hands Of Gov
ernor Stuart by committee and by
him turned oHer 20 the Hospital Corps
of the First Virginia Regiment The
ambulance will be supplied By the same
manufacturer with whom the govern
ment has just contracted for 600 ambu-
lances. and will be purchased and put
in commission By the military authori-
ties. II will bear an inscription stat
ing that the ambulance was presented
by the Jefferson Club OF Richmond.
DECORATIONS REFLECT
SPIRIT OF OCCASION
The spirit OF the occasion was re-
fected in the decoration OF the ball
room and dining room. Large Ameri
can flags and banners greeted the eye
on every side The decorations were
designed by Henry l.. Thelcn, manager
Of the club. The entertainment COM
mittee. Memo Mitteldorfcr. chairman,
had general charge OF the entertain
ment.
On the platform detail! from the
First Regiment had pitched several
service tents. Colored lights gave the
scene the appearance OF a bivouac At
night. The detail was composed OF
Sergeant J. Rosenthal Sergeant G.
SchwarzburG and Mechanician j. Kahn.
all OF Company Is. ana private George
Hymes, Company g. First Virginia
Regiment. During the intermission the
soldiers gave an exhibition drill
Prizes were awarded for the most
striking costumes. One Of the winners
was a group of three representing The
Spirit of 1917" the women dressed to
represent America, France and Eng
land. \ lanky farmland in blue over
alls, with bandanna handkerchief
around his neck, typifyinE the tillcr
of gardens and the raiser of food
stuffs to feed the armies, was awarded
the mans prize.