Evening journal., 1920-02-10
S62,25O budget
CAMPAIGN ON
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moving picture theatres today.
II calls for supplies amount to any
thing and are indicative OF a general
interest In the campaign. returns by the
end Of the week ought TO be satisfac-
| tory Although several thousands OF
buttons TO be given contributors were
ordered for the drive. the supply was
exhausted yesterday by workers and a
hurry call by telegraph was made on
! the manufacturers and are expected to-
night or tomorrow morning.
/ Mrs. Donald r. AshbrO0k who has
charge Of the booth in the Hotel du-
Pont where supplemental contributions
are made to the campaign did fine work
yesterday. During Oh noon hour and
/ for a short time in the evening, Mrs.
Ashbrook collected Si79.32. Today the
booth is in charge Of Mrs. John p.
! Nields. Each day the booth will be di-
rected by a different captain, each OF
whom will have several members OF the
Junior League and other workers to aid.
There is considerable rivalry between
the captains as TO who will report the
biggest amount.
Those who visited Mrs. Ashbrooks
booth yesterday and made substan-
| tial contribution were rewarded with
! the gift Of a box Of delightful fudge,
which Mrs. AshbrOOk and a corps OF big
hearted workers had made. The candy
was delicious and being a homemade
CONNECTION was appreciated the more for
/ that reason.
AT the meeting OF the workers last
might John p. Nields outlined the work
! # the service.
The entertainment in the duBarry
room Of the Hotel dupont last evening
under the auspices Of the Junior League
was very successful. Considering the
fact that large number Of those who
had been invited 10 Mrs. T. Coleman
duPonrs home where the entertain
menl was to have been held. but was
rendered impossible owing TO the
death OF Eleuthere /. dupont, and who
out OF respect, remained at home, the
number OF guests present at the typi-
cal Community Service entertainment
was gratifying.
/ Preceding the program, John p.
Nields. chairman Of the campaign. tod
the guests what Community Service
was. and what il hoped TO do for the
city II the campaign for funds was
successful. In outlining future activi-
ties he said:
What is Community Service? II rep
resents divers objects and cannot be
defined easily in a single sentence. /
would define Community Service thus /:
! Community Service Is a nation-wide ef-
/ fort to make the leisure time OF those
j. who work, a time OF recreation. The
/ leisure time for profitable, wholesome
and beneficial recreation.
Two OF the outstanding facts OF in
dusirlal life are: First. the shortening
OF the hours OF labor; second, the sub
stitution OF machinery for the skill and
| Initiative OF the worker with the con-
sequence OF monotony and fatigue
Consider the first fact. The old
working day was divided into two parts
with twelve hours for work. Now the
day is divided into three psrts with
ight hours for work. eight hours for
sleep and eight hours for leisure. Eight
hours i'm five working days is forty
hours plus the Saturday half--holiday'
making a total OF flfty-two hours a
week for leisure without counting sun
days or legal holidays.
This eight hours OF leisure Is new
asset Of tremendous value. Trade seeks
10 capitalize IL with moving pictures and
/ like entertainm Community Serv-
ice seeks to capitalize IL with whole
some recreation.
9TH, daylight saving adds an hour
Of daylight to the hours OF recreation.
/ Community Service should exerls its in
fluence 10 remove the objection OF IN
farmer TO the daylight saving CLAW. The
! farmer objects because b fore the law
the rooster woke him and after the
passage OF the law the farmer had TO
walk the rooster.
Eighteen years ago Colonel Roose-
welt. Mr.. Joseph Lee, OF Boston, ana
Others started the National Playground
! Association. One Of the early directors
of the national board was Mrs. Coleman
dupont. Il taught the necessity OF
such Fairgrounds until they were es-
tablished throughout the length and
breadth OF the United States. During
/ the war this association as War Camp
/ Community Service gave its organiza-
tion and personnel TO preserve the char
acter Of the environment OF the war
camps and cantonments. They operated
ing cafeteria, and entertainment TO the
thousands OF war workers. After the
war the association took the name OF
Community Service, Incorporated. and
sent representatives TO industrial towns
like Wilmington and Chester, where
conditions were somewhat analogous
to those OF war times. For one year
Mr.. Harold Keats, the director OF Com
munity Service, with his assistants,
have served Wilmington without cost
Now drive is being started TO deter
mine whether this service shall be con-
tinued for another year or shall be
abandoned"
"A month ego Chester raised over
$4,000 in a drive like this. Similar
drives are now on In Chattanooga, New
Haven. Atlanta, Birmingham, 81. Paul
and Indianapolis Community Service
exists in over 500 American cities. IL
has been permanently established by
act OF legislature in the states of North
Dakota and Michigan. snd has been
adopted as a part Of the city govern
ment in Los Angeles, Columbus and
Bridgeport.
u desire TO especially emphasize this
fact. Il IS not the intention 10 inde1-
nltely sustlin Community Service by
drives Of this kind. We have enough
charities to maintain at home. The
ultimate purpose Is TO demonstrate to
the peopl, Of Wilmington the necessity
OF permanently incorporating the best
features Of Community Service into the
city ife.. In other words. II is our hope
! that the city OF Wilmington will take