The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-22
.SALEOF DOUGHNUTS
BRINGS IN $125,OOO
Helps Raise Total Salvation
Army Receipts to More
Than 100000.
D0UGHBoYs REPAY DEBT
Mrs. Vincent Astor's Kitchen
Produces 1900 Sinkers
That Go at 81 Each.

'Doughnut Day" proved so successful
yesterday in the Salvation Army's drive
for the Home Service Fund that piles of
money. coins, bills and checks had not
been counted at the receiving headquar-
tiers late last night.
Early In the day baskets of money be-
gan to arrive and these increased in
bulk and frequency until the counting
star realised that 1t could not complete
the tally before some time to-day. 1t
was estimated that the actual sale of
doughnuts brought in s125,00o alone.
The street collections In the pots and
containers are in addition to this
amount. The bulk Of contributions were
In small coins. There were many gifts
ranging from pennies mailed into the
headquarters in Fifth avenue by chill
dren to the-entire furnishings OF a fash
ionable house. Brig. Gen. Cornelius VAN
derbilt, chairman of the Greater New
York committee for the fund, said last
night that moro than n third of the
city's quota Of sl.50o,o0o already had
been raised.
Doushboys Help Sell EN-.
Though yesterday was Doushnut Day.
1t seemed TO be equally the doughboy.e
day for he turned in everywhere with a
VIII ana not only bought doughnuts hut
made speeches and sold them too. He
was everywhere In evidence, pleading
the cause OF the Salvation Army and
recommending the doughnut, which had
heped him moro than once, he said, ana
which is intended to help him again in
the Home Service the army Contemplate
on an elaborate scale to help the SER
vice man.
VI course. the sailors were lust as
anxious to help. the volunteer workers
said' but the doughboy seemed to seize
the opportunity to repay in part the
salvation Army's services to him. espe-
cially when he was in need Of a cum Of
conee and bite to eat in the line
trenches and the support areas.
Besides the street sales at "a dollar n
uoughnut, scores Of restaurants, cafes
ana lunch counters that could procure
aoushnuts or bake them in their own
K,tonens had them on sale for this price
Inc patrons willingly put the dough into
| the doughnuts when the walters ex.
| planned the reason for the high price
AS result Of their success many Of the
| larger places will continue to serve dol
lar doughnuts throughout the week.
The salvation Army claimed to have
| fried more doughnuts than any organiza-
ton In the world until Mrs. Vincent Astor
got into the game Tuesday night. With
the assistance OF her cooks and some OF
her friends 1900 were ready at the
break Of day for the trade. Then, too
the hotels got out their frying pans and
were ready with a doughnut for every
man. woman and child who could pro
4 A L..
the Salvation Army generously admitted
that It had made only IL per cent OF
the dollar doughnuts. ..'.,
However, Mrs. Astor wasn't satisfied
1 with merely making the short order, but
got out in front of the Public Library
| and tried to sell every one OF them
| and nearly succeeded, IL a few dozen en-
thusiastic doughboys who helped her are
| accurate In their count. She and Mrs
]. Borden Hartman stopped every SOL
der and told them what they were do
ing-selling doughnuts for the Saliva
| ton Army. Then the soldiers got busy
and told the crowds what the doughnut
had meant in their lives in France.
Theatrical Folk Help.
Fannie Brice and girls from the Mid
night Frolic danced TO the accompani-
ment Of the chewing public. thus holding
| them for another course until many
| lunched upon three or four courses OF
| doughnuts. June Haughton, woman
rife shot, widened the holes in several
| doughnuts and sold them for $40 each.
| The Mcintyre sisters. Gladys and Irene,
who made doughnuts under fire, gave
bfef speeches and sold doughnuts like
| hot cakes.
Girls from the choruses OF the most
| highly dressed musical shows. reading
from the bottom UP. and several lead
ing ladies, who were left somewhat be-
hind in the sales. got together on the
Sub-Treasury steps and convinced Wall
| street brokers that they could bet dol
| lars to doughnuts that they would be
kissed IL they bought doughnuts from
| them for $50 each. A number of them
| tried 1t and said It was safe bet
Lorraine Clark. of the Winter Garden,
| had so much patronage that she had
| to buy lipstick when the days work
| was done.
Without any inducements whatever
1857 of the doughty aristocrats of the
| day were devoured by the employees al
| the John Wanamaker store during the
afternoon. A dollar a doughnut was
| collected.
| Salvation Army lassies and the chorus
OF the Take 1t From Me :" held out
| doughnuts to the people at the Belmont
i Park race track and insisted that they
Take 1t From Me and Give Me A
Dollar in Exchange" which they did
/