Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-09
RED CROSS APPEAL
TO Be MADE TODAY
| AT CITY CHURCHES
Workers Will Solicit Mem.
bers-0ther Activities for
! Coming Week.

Coming Week.
In order to enlist additional men,
bers for the Thanksgiving victory
roll, Red Cross workers are to be
stationed at the various churches to-
day. The preachers also are expect
ed to make some reference to the
campaign from their pulpits.
Reports received at headquarters,
1918 II street. last night. showed the
work to be progressing. The govern
inent departments alone have not
made any returns; though their repeated
requests for additional supplies lead
the committee in charge to believe
g. surprising result from that source
will be made.
Now that the reason has been thor
oughly explained in the press why the
Red Cross is asking a fund of S10O, 900
In the District in addition to the 100,-
600 m@nhe $, evid nc of prompt re-
Spouse from those who have gener
ously contributed in the past. it is de-
clared, have already been shown.
1900 Enroll at Union Station.
Among the noteworthy reports from
the workers in the field is the an
nounCement at Union station Ia ST
night that more than 1900 men and
women have been enrolled there many
OF them being transientS. Mrs. George
w. Winslow, who is chairman Of the
Washington terminal auxiliary, has
five captains, Mrs. F. l.. Chilly, Mrs. C.
Ii. Cramer, Mrs. o. J. Rider, Mrs. C. r.
Mckinsey and Miss Alice A. Healey,
in charge of more than sixty solicitors
Among those who are covering the
station. the railroad machine shops
and yards are Mrs. ]. D. Healey
Loretta Shea, Leone PurseL Jessie
Lane. Gertrude Laubach. Nora Saur
Mrs Edith Page, Mrs. Cecile Clark.
lotion, Mrs Elmer Clark, Mrs. vir-
ginia Wilson, Mrs. Theodore Speeden,
Mrs. Mary Ycabar. Mrs. Hayden.
Raphel Kline, Sophia Lazarus. Mamie
Ross. Miss Wolf, Miss Held. Frances
Cahill. Mrs. Fisher Mrs whiting.
Alma Cramer. Agatha Bixler. Iverna
Cramer. Mrs. J. Gordon Jones, Mrs.
Rosa Taylor. Mrs. Amy c. Young.
Louise link. Marie Koontz. Miriam
Kroeger. Ruth Hillyard. Mary Bixler.
Miss Carter. Mrs. Esther Hughes. Mrs.
G. w. Moler. Miss McKinsey. Mrs. w.
w. Bowie, Mrs. C. w. Hall. Mrs.
Charles Holden and Mrs. NJ. B. Tying.
Matinee Tomorrow at Garden.
A special matinee is to be given at
Noore's Garden Theater tomorrow aft
ernoon at O'Clock. through the cour-
tesy of the management Tickets are
lions and at TIL P'avhcuse, i<'cha-d
Harding Davis SOLDIERS of Fortune"
Ia Aim form is the feature.
p, Tuesday is to be Red Cross tag day
and everybody not wearing a button
will be asked to enroll and place WASH
ington at the front in memberships
throughout the United States.
Open-Air Moving Pictures.
Moving pictures of Red Cross activ-
tiles were shown in the open air last
night for the first time under the di-
rection OF Richard o. Schmidt, who for
more than three months travelled through
Virginia and Maryland showing Red
Cross movies" where moving pictures
had never been seen. They win also
be shown tomorrow and Tuesday nights
The Bureau of Engraving and Print.
ing Band has offered its services and
will play throughout the city on Armi-
stice night for the benefit of the cam
paign. ~.
Women Get Fine Results.
The women's Uniformed Corps has
turned in more than 1900 subscrip-
tons for the past six days." said Miss
Margery Lower. chairman of that
body. at headquarters. 1920 Connect
cut dNcuue, idSt night VI CnlS num-
Der 1000 members joined today. Mrs.
Lula Grubbs, chairman of the Daugh-
ters OF America, sent in 344 enroll
ments so far as the result of the eff
forts of her force. cannot say too
much in praise of the uniformed work.
ers, who have labored increasingly
and unsefilshly throughout the week
and who are going to stick to their
task until the end"
Mrs. e. B. Van Wrinkle, jr., has prov
ed of valuable assistance to Miss
Lower at corps headquarters in COM
piling the returns.
Box Nearly Year Late.
Sergt E. G. Monroe. Battery F. 18TH
Field Artillery. who was recently dis
charged at Camp Travis, Tex, states
in letter to his home in Alexandra
that Christmas box sent to him
year ago. this month, overseas.
through the Red Cross. was finally
delivered to him last week at the
Texan camp.
Thomas Bell Sweeney, chairman of
the roll call, who returned from New
York yesterday, expressed himself as
greatly pleased with the progress of
! the drive in Washington He stated
that this city compared most favorably
in the matter of poster display and in
enthusiasm and results with the cam
paign being conducted there.
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