Evening journal., 1920-09-29
NEED Sl2,4OO
MORE FOR FUN
of $35,4OO Fund Pied
ged and Subscribed at
Luncheon
BUY A BOND
is NEW SLOGAN

with subscriptions amouniine IN
/ approximately S237O0 In hand made
al the luncheon held Yesterday afier-
noon In the Hotel dupont. the vii
minglon Community Service leaders
/ and workers got busy as the pro-
| verbal bees today 10 raise the bal
ance Of Si2, 100 and thus complete the
total OF S35. 100 necessary 10 carry
out the public playground project.
| IL was keenly realized that the
work or collecting the remaining
| money viii be the hardest part NJ
The entire campaign and every ounce
/ or energy and pep possible will
have TO be put into the campaign.
Workers scattered today 20 AN por-
/ tions OF .he city. some visiting IN
| dustrial establishments. others office
buildings, stores and wherever there
I appeared "a chance 10 raise a dollar.
{ No amount. 10 was said by Mrs. Wv
/ ian e.. Boggs. who Is directing the
fund raising, is too small for ac-
lceptance
Last evening Mrs. Boggs and Miss
] Opal Glib rSOn OF iha Community
Service, addressed the DAUGHTERS ~
/ Isabella. at their hPadqu4r+ers. In
knights of Columbus Hall, Tenth and
West streets They were most cOrd-
ally received and the Daughters
pledged their utmost 90 aid In pro-
lVidng The children Of tue city with
proper play places
BUY a bond" became the slogan
today. These bonds. which constitute
the surprise feature" revealed at the
.luncehOn yesterday. are In denomina-
tions OF $ each. They will pay the
best dividends Of any bonds on the
.chaser. Twenty thousand children
will give thanks FOR the means the
bonds VIII provide % enjoy them
selves In healihful recreation.
An aggregate OF S22, GOO was sub
scrlbcd at the luncheon meeting In the
lduBarry room OF the Hotel dupont,
Yesterday afternoon. Enthusiasm ran
thigh as the pledges poured In. The
| surprise feature, which comprised
the sale OF bonds, afforded a deal Of
interest. Josiah Marvel was the lead
| or in introducing IT, and Harrison W.
] Howell. John p. Nields and David
Snellenburg were his active aids. with
Judge George Gray lending his smil-
ing support.
Twenty thousand children Twenty
thousand children Who will give
them Fairgrounds ?" dronod Mr.
Nields. with the voice and gestures OF
an auctiOneer Twenty thousand
children Who Will help them2" he
continued. The oihcr surprise" bond
statesmen worked in similar fashion.
while The young women OF The Red
Gross Motor Corps. under Captain
Ethel B. slanlar. fitted about the
room collecting pledges
4 feature Of the meeting was the
/ siaiment reiterated by several speak
crs that within a short time a move
neni would be started 10 have the city
develop lis own recroatiOnal syste n.
Mayor Taylor, who presided, closed
the luncheon by asking his hearers 10
make a Recreational Commission for
. Wilmington a public issue.
. Mrs. T. Coleman dupont. besides
contributing $1,000 for herself and
husband. spoke extemp0raneously OF
the history NJ the Community Service
movement throughout the country
and in Wilmington in particular.
One OF the most appreciated gifts
at the luncheon was 500 from the
convicts at the New Castle County
Workhouse. The gift was made
through the honor committee Of the
inmates as a token OF the regard for
Emerson stone song leader, and Mrs.
Marie II. Haughcy, accompanist, who
have been holding sings at the in
sttution
A subscription that brought
Ia vigorous round Of applause
was mad by Captain David
Roseman, Of the Volunteers Of Amer
lea. who bought $500 worth Of the
playground bonds on behalf Of his
organization.
The list or pledges received at the
luncheon yesterday follow:
Mrs ChIrles /. Patterson. 5000;
Mrs Coleman dupont. $1,000; Mrs. T.
10 dupont 5000; Mrs. p. s. dupont,
1900; p 5. DUPONT 5000; knights
lof Columbus, 500; Washington
League. $500: Greek citizens. $1,000;
stores Committee. $500; employees Of
dupont. 1900: Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan
Scotb $500: Mrs. Jacob Faber, 500
Mrs. Garrett J. Hart's team. $1,000
Mrs. A. ID. Warner and 4. ID. Warner,
IJr.. 800; theatre committee, 800; 81.
Andrews p. r. Church, 800; Mrs.
Donald Ashbrook. 500: Mrs. John
Bancroft. 500; Grace NJ. +. ChGrch,
500: Mrs. Alfred Levy. 800: Joseph
III Martin, 800: Speakman Company,
$500; Charles Topkis. 500; Caroline
TainaH. 500: Iudg' OravS2OO Daugh-
ters Of Isabella $500; Central Labor
Union. $1,000; Mrs. Alfred Elliott,
$500: Mrs. C.. Marshall Barton. 800;
lEIwood Souder and committee, 500;
Mrs. n. w. Howell, 500: Mrs. James
.Ginns. 500; David Snellenburg, 500;
Hercules Powder Company MT. Van
lners0n), 500; Kiwanis Club, $500; Vol
unteers Of America, $500; Mrs. Edna
In Cooper. 500; J. p. Nields, 800; Red
Gross Motor Corps. $500; New Gas
lie County WOrkhouse, 500.