The evening world., 1918-05-22
BANKS PROMISE
1P. c. OF CAPITAL
TO AID RED CROSS
Continued from First rage)

from the white House sheep viii be
offered for sale in Albany for the
benefit Of the Red Cross. An auto
graph letter signed by President and
s. Wilson vi accompany each
81 Of this precious wool put on
sale.
Just how much OF the slender store
OF wool from the Presidents own
flock will find It's way 10 New York
for sale cannot be determined. The
local Red Cross workers are making
strong endeavors to secure even a
small allotment, knowing that fancy
prices would be paid for II.
The most spectacular event Of the
day occurred in Brooklyn shortly after
II o'clock. when Harry Gardiner. who
designates himself THE Human Fly"
| climbed up the face OF the thirteen
story Temple Bar Building, facing
| Borough Hall. with no toe and fin
ger holds other than the irreSulari-
| ties in masonry and tho window
flcdges the Human Fly worked his
way slowly to the top OF the high
office building, occasionally hanging
| by his fingers and letting his feet ny
out TO give the great crowd a scare.
! Below Red Cross nurses stretched
a blanket-not to catch Mr.. Gardiner
but 20 contain the silver and paper
that was dropped for the cause.
Louis Stewart jr,, executive direc-
tor OF the Profit Sharing Days Com
mittee. spoke most enthusiastically
to- OF results that are TO be ex-
pected from the cooperation of mcr-
chants in the movement TO set aside
10 per cent. OF one days gross busi-
ness as contribution to the Red
Cross War Fund.
I'VE shall reach n very high mark
in the drive" he said. we can
promise our division will yield every
dollar necessary to make up the
quota we have set for our mark"
Hundreds of Manhattan merchants
visited the headquarters Of the Profit
Sharing Days Committee to-day to
sign an agreement to give 10 per cent
OF one days gross receipts. Nearly
10000 Red Cross profit sharing days
posters for retail merchants windows
were delivered yesterday by volun-
tcers. Automobiles. auto trucks and
vehicles OF every description were
loaned. Boy Scouts made the deliv-
cries.
This is Militia OF Mercy Day at
the Public Library Red Cross booth
being maintained by the stage Wom-
ems War Relief. Mrs. Joseph Girls
mer, Mrs. Alice Fisher Harcourt
Mrs. Mitchell Hall and Mrs. Lin2ee
Blagdcn are the ladies in charge. At
1890 o'clock the programme opened
with addresses by Admiral Usher
and Lieut.. Frost, 4, :. ~. Gertrude
Mccoy and Miss Elisabeth Marbury
followed with appeals for tho Red
Cross. Miss Mabel Adams. a pro
fcssional violinist, rendered several
selections. Joseph Grismer, Shcp-
herd of the Lambs, was present tC
give the work boost.
Prompted by the hundreds OF telc,
grams received from business mcI
in many parts of the United states
asking what attitude he thought cor,
IpOratiOns should take In regard TO the
present Rcd Cross National Campaign
Henry L, Dawson, Chairman OF tn,
War Council of tho Red Cross Wa.
d Fund, to-day issued a statement ad
p dressed 10 the business men OF IN,
p United States Mr., Dawson said:
with my knowledge OF the situa
tion and all that is involved, II | wer,
, at the head of corporation | wou,l
feel that my responsibility for IN,
protection OF IT'S property and the in
tcrests of It's stockholders would no
be discharged until | had recon
. mcndcd TO my Board OF Directors tha
a contribution be made by the cor
poration TO the American Red CroA
in this campaign"
The following list Of financial con
Germs which have made 100 per cent
subscriptions 70 the Red cross fun,
was made public at headquarters to
day: J. T. Morgan n Company
/ Walker Brothers, Lazard Freres, +
Nauuberg & Company, Hollist;r. LyoI