The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-20
Rich and Poor, Clergymen and
( Actors, Join in Boosting
S1s,O00,OOO Fund.
OVERSEAS SOLDIERS AID
Some Cities Already Over the
f, Top, and People Elsewhere
Give Generously.

- thuhkppuHNah TOInhnCSv Dut the sal
walton Army outdid him yesterday with
the dramatis personne Of its drive to
raise Sl3.ooo.ooo for It's Home Service
Fund.
Mrs. Vincent Astor and JEFF Davis.
King Of the Hoboes; society women and
lasses from the Bowery bankers and
trAmps; actors and clergymen and in
Vulnerable other elements combined to
boost the campaign in various ways.
And stu the Bolshevists say that demo-
cvraey 10 In a state Of cadaverous
& rigidity.
The response OF the opening day of
thr campaign seemed overwhelming. and
while no estimate could be obtained last
night OF the sum raised in this city, II
was learned that many towns had made
up their full quota within the first hour
or two.
The contributions were made in pen
MEG and In checks for thousands Of dol
lara One woman left her check for
$4,000 with Mrs. F. Gray Griswold,
chairman OF the New York City Com
mittee. with request that her name
be kept secret.
While JEFF Davis and his party Of
hoboes were catching dollar bills
thrown TO them by the Fifth avenue
crowds, and were turning them over
10 the Salvation Army girls who ac-
scompanied them, Mrs, ]. Borden Har-
rin,sn was auctioning doughnuts from
the steps Of the Sub-Treasury, and the
New York Stock Exchange was issuing
an appeal to Its members to have It's
full quota OF $4,000 filled by tomorrow
morning.
One Woman Collects sI,I00.
At the Fund headquarters. $50 Fifth
avenue. 1t was said that one woman had
collected 'S1.l00 in two hours, while
many had raised hundreds by passing
the pasteboard contribution boxes on the
fashionable thoroughfare. There were
IN al three thousand Of such workers
about town. and their efforts were be-
ing supplemented by thousands Of out
siders who volunteered assistance.
Among the latter class soldiers were
most active, and wherever one OF the
numerous street meetings was being held
to boost the fund, some overseas men in
uniform would manage to push their way
through the crowd to aid the speakers
and to set an example for the crowd by
contributing themselves.
At the Argonne Forest Theatre in
Times Square David Brody, a private in
Company q, sioth Machine Gun Bat
talicn. climbed on the platform from
which Mrs. f. L. NulSen was speaking
and told the crowd that no had given
two months pay, amounting to $50. to
|, the fund. He announced that he wanted
to see the crowd equal the amount and
the sum was raised in two minutes.
At the Pennsylvania Station many
wounded soldiers pushed their way into
the meeting held by Mrs. Cornelius Bliss
s Jr.. and told the crowd OF the work done
for them overseas by the Salvation
Army.
The method employed by JEFF Davis
A. La a -
which had been done over to represent
q box car. In this truck the famous
hobo toured Fifth avenue with his SON
2 in-law wearing a naval uniform and
with several OF his tramp comrades and
party of Salvation Army women.
The rest of the bunch would pass
tambourines and fill the familiar kettle
with change and greenbacks, and then
JefY would tell the crowd how he went to
Germany as Spy two years ago and
got q good straight line on the Kaisers
schemes. Every time he finished his
story there were more greenbacks for
Z the fund.
Contributions Made in Court.
Another effective method was en-
pioyed by City Magistrate Doyle in
Queens Borough, when he interrupted
procedure of his court to pass the hat
LOT Llc IuHu ne bldIltu the
tions with a yellowback and court at
PENDANTS. policemen. lawyers Fad spec
Gators, Joined In helping the good cause.
When the Magistrate discharged a
Manhattanite who had been arrested for
obstructing trafnc because his motor had
happened TO stall the man asked what
fne would have been imposed had he
been found guilty.
Five dollars" said the Magistrate.
j ssEJArA "a ha ~
dropping a bank note on the pile OF
contributions.
Other appeals were made in railway
stations, subway trains. hotels and prac-
tically every place where crowds coll
iected. All OF the theatres in town
threw open their doors to the cam
paigners and many actors made brief
addresses from the stage on the merits
OF the drive. Music publishers sent their
singers about town to help in the en-
tertainment at the various rallies
Among the many places to overdonate
their quotas are Detroit, which has con-
trtbuted $4,000; Ross county, Ohio
where $4,000 was raised during the
hrst few minutes of the drive Lebanon,
\ N. H.. which filled its quota in less than
\ an hour; Brattlesboro, VT, which did n
in two hours; Kingston. N. Y, which
saualled Lebanon's record, and Madison
county. Miss, with a similar accom-
plishment.
Commander Evangeline Booth was No
impressed by these returns that she is.
sued statement expressing confidence
that the drive would go far over the
top.
i have no words to express the pro.
found gratitude and appreciation OF the
salvation Army for the overwhelming
response We are receiving from the pub.
lic." she said 1T seems to all of us
who have been in the movement for
years that 1t Is rare privilege TO re.
ceive this unparalleled expression OF
public confidence. / offer the pledee al
the salvation Army that one year hence
We will render an accounting To tbs
people and ask their judgment on the
use that we have made of the fund"
Gen. Vanderbilt Lauds Army,
Brig, Gen, Cornelius Vanderbilt who
chairman OF the New York campaign
committee Tor the fund, was similarly
impressed and remarked:
None can doubt the firm and lastIns
pace the Salvation Army occupies in IN.
heart OF the people OF the CITY OF New
York We all know what 1t did for ouI
soldiers In France. We are lust berin.
ming 70 realise what II does for the army
or untortunates at home. Everywhars
It's helping hand Is extended 10 ar,,ctsd
ana distressed humanity; a raw OF sun,
dIear. "e" ano
Those familiar with the activities n,
the salvation Army are a unit in navtns