The sun., 1919-05-30
YIELD
CROP OF $t6,Oo0,OO0
Seeds Of Kindness Sown in
France Net Big Harvest for
Salvation Army.
100000 BEYOND GOAL
Show Girls at Belmont Park
Help Make Windup .
Great Success.


A. year ago Miss Evangeiine Booth
and her band Of devoted followers were
sowing their doushnuts In the shell
swept areas Of France, and yesterday
they reaped their harvest In the form OF
donations totauins $4,000. 900, and per-
haps more. for the continuation OF their
work at home.
When the drive of tho Salvation Army
Home Service Fund went far over Its
s1a.oo0.ooo goal. It was admitted by
Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt, by
Charles s. Whitman, by Miss Booth and
by all the other pror inent persons that
have been directing the campaign that
ono thing alone had made the accom-
plishment possible.
That. they said. was the oral indorse-
ment given to the Salvation Army by
the soldiers, sailors and marines back
from overseas. These men had eater
the famous doughnuts, they had 6ene-
hted by the various little services which
the Salvation Army workers could sc
| well perform. and these seeds OF kind.
ness had grown in their memories.
Never before, workers said last night
had they known the man in the street
to be SO liberal with his banknotes
They declared that thousands of person,
| In moderate Circumstances gave and con
| tinued to give throughout the entire
| eleven days Of the drive, and for no other
reason than that the Rlvers either hat
been overseas themselves and had seer
| the work OK Miss Booths band at Gloss
| range or had some near relative Of
friend who had been over and hat
praised the work.
City sure to Land over Tor,
Whether New York city reached It.
$l,500.000 quota is not definitely known
While the city Jagged $500 yesterday
Gen. Vanderbilt expressed the opinion
that checks already in the mail probanl,
would make that amount up. AS a>ias
resort Gen. Vanderbilt caused latters t.
be sent to $4,000 persons asking for do
nations of $40 from each, and as IN,
drive closed these contributions wer,
pouring in.
| Repeaters.' persons who make more
| than one largo donation, helped greatly
to send the drive over the top. Among
this class yesterday were Gen. and Mrs
Vanderbilt. who gave another check fol
| $4,000. and Marcus Loew. who added
1900 to his previous contributions.
| A large sum was raised at Belmont
Park race track by girls from the Cen
fury Roof. Listen, Lester" The Roya
Vagabond" ard Somebody's Sweet
heart" A dozen boxes at the track hat
been auctioned for the beneft Of tn,
fund, netting approximately $50 each
One eleventh hour donation from tn,
Players Club was SIZE, raised In a Kell,
pool contest.
| The Hotel Committee reported NOR.
than $4,000, which Included a donation
by John Nee Bowman OF the first 81, 00t
taken In yesterday in each of the foul
hotels, the Belmont, Biltmore. Commo
dore and Manhattan.
| New England Exceeds Quota.
Charles s. Whitman. national chair
man for the drive. said last night tina
New England would exceed her $4,000
900 quota. Boston. he announced, ha!
contributed s3oS,0o0 the remainder o.
Massachusetts, S6s5.6s4: Maine, S6s. 40S
New Hampshire. SS4,360; Vermont $40.
3S7; Rhode Island. $4,000; Connect
cut, excluding New Haven. Merdar
and surrounding towns, has given 1891.
ass.
! When Miss Booth learned from Chair
man Whitman that the whole nationa
| total would be at least $4,000, 900 NOR,
than was asked for she was deeply
moved and said that she saw in II
great vote OF confidence In the work o.
| the Salvation Army.
Miss Booth was full OF praise fol
the thousands OF volunteer workers VIII,
have pushed the campaign along. as vel
as for the members of the Salvation
Army. II believe there is but one way
she said ito show our gratitude TO all
and that Is TO proceed without delay e
fulfil in n sensible and expedient manner
all OF the promises the Salvation Army
has made. and to vindicate our predic
tons as to what can be achieved for tn,
man who Is down but never out"
| While the drive officially ended at /.
o'clock last night there will be a twenty
minute appeal to-day at the memorial
services at st. George, S. l.. in an effor
to put the Borough of Richmond owe
the top. According to yesterdays figure!
II was tagging by $4,000. apd the Nc
Intyre sistersSwill conduct to-day's cam
paign there with the hope Of making vi
the difference.