Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-13


its first-day campaign to raise its sloo,ooo
quota toward the s35.0o0.oo0 national
fund of the Y NJ c. A war work council.
OF this amount s14.o57 was reported al
4 dinner of the ten teams OF workers at
the 7. NJ c. A. assembly room last even
ing: s5.43s was subscribed by patriotic
business men at the Board Of Trade
annual dinner, and about $4,000 was con-
.tributed TOO late to bs entered on the
days report ....
Pass tho ffty-thnusa nd dollar mark - Is
the slogan the workers are using today
and it is expected that the figure VIII De
reached when the team captains make re-
turns at a second dinner this evening
Secretary Of War Baker will address the
teams tonight and other speakers OF note
have accepted Invitations for other dinners
TO be given nightly at the Y. NJ C. A. TOT
the rest OF the campaign. which ends Sat
urday night.
DR.. Goodell Speaks Tomorrow.
Tomorrow evening Rev. DR.. Charles
Goodell Of New York will be the speaker,
and on Thursday evening Secretary o. the
Navy Daniels viii talk before the can
yassers.
Rev. DR.. Charles Eaton of the Madi-
son Avenue Baptist Church. New York.
made stirring appeal for vigorous
work and generous subscriptions al the
dinner last evening.
when 100000 young men Of this
country have staked their lives ana
the golden years of promise that are
due them, you need not apologize this
week when you go out and tell men
why they should subscribe to this fund.
Nothing Too Good for Them.
These young men Of ours have
staked their all-their rightful hopes
of future service, work and JOY, of love
- ~ 49, IN
their homes. There Is no service too
good for them; there is not dollar
that jingles In a civilians pocket that
should not be theirs If they need 1t.
"A man may tell you, I am not maxi
ing much money these days You tell
him that he has no right to expect to
make any, money SO long as this war
lasts
DR.. Eaton, who has seen the work OF
the Y. NJ C. A. in the Canadian army,
painted also a glowing picture OF the
life OF men in this trenches
ITO these men, he said. the Y. NJ
c. A. hut is YER tably Red Cross OF
the soul"
Jew Proud to Assist.
Il feel 1t an honor to be associated
with this enterprise" said Julius l.
Peyser who Is captain of a team. AS
a Jew I am going to help this Y NJ. c.
A. work all I can. 1t is non-sectarian
propOelt1On upon WHICH men u oNSIy
creed who are patriots may unite"
Corcoran Thorn. Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes and various team captains spoke
briefly.
Charles Henry Buffers team started
its work with big lead over the
others He announced subscriptions of
S9.705. Among these were $1,000 con-
tributions from each Of the following:
Mrs. Willard H. Brownson. James Par
melee, Mrs. Duncan Phillips and Mrs
William A. Slater. To this team the
Secretary of State and Mrs Lansing
sent check for 500.
zone of these contributors has set an
example to many persons in Washing
ton" Mr. Butler said. "Mr. Parmelee had
already given $1,000 TO his homo city.
time residents owed Washington an
even break. 30 he gave an additional
$1,000 toward the capitals quota"
Kresge Gives Half Of Sales.
Following the announcement Sunday
that liberty bonds would be accepted
as contributions. one $50 bond was con-
Kreege and 10 Cent Store is con-
trfbpting half its gross sales to the
7. IL c. A. fund. Merchants Of Wash
ington not only are giving generous
~, advertising the campaign by posters
In their stores. but many OF thera in
thsir daily newspaper advertisements
are inserting the triangle. the Y. NJ
C. A. emblem, and a brief appeal to
readers to contribute to the fund.
Announcement was made today of
Poole's team. as follows: Mrs Conrad
Becker. F. W. Bolsiano. William l.
Clarke. L Whiting Estes. William j.
Cynon, c. F. Fadeley. C. J. Gockeler,
g. II Grosvenor, ID. Fulton Harris. c.
2. King. J. NJ stoddard and George O.