The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-13
Y. M. [. A. WAR FUND CAMPAIGN OPENED AT DINNER MEETING Field Marshal RushtOn, Dr. Alexander, MT. Burr and
 Miss Sandlin Speak S11,OOO SUBSCRIPTIONS
 WERE ANNOUNCED Over Two Hundred Workers Attend ing Great Workers Meeting
 Go Away Enthused


 and devotion to duty has rarely been
 seen in Birmingham as was present
 ed to the onlooker at the Tutwiier last
 night when the Y. M. c. A. war cam
 pafgn was opened with $11,OoO in subr
 scriptions.
 The form of the speeches and the
 earnestness of those present at the
 dinner demonstration by the F. M' z.
 A. campaign workers is typical or the
 energetic work that has already been
 started by these splendid men of Bir-
 mingham and vicinity.
 The ballroom of the Tutwiler was
 decorated with the national coiors III
 profusion, with an intermixture Of the
 allied flags here and there and pre-
 sented scene long to be remembered by those attending. Six long tables the full length of the ballroom were used with a raised table at the end of the room for the field marshal, his staff and the principal speakers, who were pr. Maitland Alexander, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Pitts burg; Miss Edna Sandlin and Borden Burr.
 Field Marshal Rushton introduced the speakers and acted as chairman of the dinner meeting, which was at tended by over 200 workers in the f M. c. A. campaign who will begin their canvass this morning at o'clock MT Rushton introduced Mir. Borden Burr as the first speaker, who spoke Ter vently of the work already accom- plished outside of Birmingham in the state. Mir Burr made strong appear to the people, telling of the cooper ation the farmers over the state are giving q heard a young Y. M c. A. secretary tell of an experience in nearby county" said MT. Burr, which Is typical of the way the farmers and all other genuinely sympathetic men look at this work. This secretary stopped at farmhouse and when pre- pairing to leave told of the work he was engaged in, the farmer asked him to wait a minute and returned few minutes with $100, which he asked hlm | to use for the Y. M c. A. work" Miss Edna Sandlin spoke next or l the activities of the Y. W. c. A. in regard to the work being done in war | camps by the Y. M. c. A. The wom- | en and young girls of the nation are 1 going to help the soldiers to do away I with vice. helping the womanhood oI | this country as well as the soldiers to ward off the dangers of vice in the camps which have been the shame ot all armies heretofore. I was told re- gently of a young fellow at Platts- l burg officers training camp walking down the street and, seeing pretty girl pass, spoke to her, at which she turned up her chin and walked on In | silence. The boy, after minute con- sideration. turned and caught up With 1 the young lady and asked her pardon for the act This is a typical way Tn which many American girls will help
 the soldiers morally, incidentally help | ing themselves" Miss Sandlin said that among the first things that the |. l w. C. A. would do is to erect hostess houses near the Y. M. c. A. huts where l the men may receive their wives, l mothers or sweethearts. We expect I to erect 34 of these. houses as soon as possible' she said. She announced that l the first donation for this work to
 he made in Birmingham had been made 1 by the maids of the Tutwiler hotel. l Dr. Maitland Alexander, former foot | hall star on the Princeton team, pas 1 tor of the First Presbyterian church | of Pittsburg, who is aiding in the work I of raising $35,O00,000 for the Y. Nj. l e. A. war camp fund, made the speech 1 of the evening.
 gro understand the work that the l Young Mems Christian association is | doing YOU ought to visit one. of these | Y. M. C. A. huts," said Dr. Alexander. "and see the work they are doing. | They are doing for your boy in the ! army what you would like to do for ! him. It's secretaries are having eX- neriences like I had not long ago in a l hut young fellow 1 noticed kept 1 looking at me and after while went over and asked him if he would l like to speak to me, and after we were ! in a quiet corner of the " I asked I hin, what the trouble was. to which he renlied: T am so damned lonesome l don't know what to do.' The Y. M. '. | A. is seeking to disuel this lonesome ness through it's reading rooms and other features" said Dr. Alexander Field Marshal Rushton issued final instructions to the different teams and I told them that anv additional in ! formation might he obtained from their 1 colonel or general.
 l General Paul Chalifoux read the ad- vance reports of the different armies. l R. s. Munger, $2000. ladies' army re ported a total of $255S; French army. | $370O British army, $4925: Belgian army, $650 Italian army. $5100; total i ing over s11,000 before the campaign
 had started
 i Several large donations to the na- ] tional campaign outside Birmingham were announced late last night. The Steel corporation contributed $5o0.o00: Standard oil company of New Jersey. . l S250 ,0O0 Dupont Power company and international Harvester company each