Evening star., 1920-03-30
CASTERS CHARITY
DONATIONS, $2,074
Total Sought in Association
Appeal to Complete Bud
get, $4,000.


Charities and the Citizens Relief AS
budget had resulted in donations of
s2.o74 today. according to a state
ment by Milton e. Allies. chairman Of
the joint finance committee.
Contributions in any amount are
welcomed. 1t Is stated. Every con-
eIe3v tTftvtor os is Looked Upon BY the So
enterprise of salvaglng broken homes.
TO obtain the largest number of
shareholders possible rs said to be
one OF the chief objects Of the Easter
appeal. At least 1000 new contrib
utors are desired.
The work Of these organizations Is
with the unfortunate and tho handi-
capped. Mr.. Allies declared in q let
yer sent out this week in connection
with the appeal.
Additional Contributions.
Inc committee acknowledged the
Following additional contributions:
Previously acknowledged, $1,220.
The Evening Star. $500 additional;
total. $500.
Albert Garry. $50.
Messrs: E. F. Droop & Sons Com
pany. $50 additional.
William p. Emo, $50 additional.
Gawler's Sons. Inc, $25.
w. J. Flather. 1r, SIS.
r. Ross Perry. jr., s25 additional
A. schmidt & Son, $25.
y. II. Snyder & Co, $25.
stalIment hhreld r; r. 99ung n9sds $50 fourth in
Harry E. Allen. $50 (Citizens' Re-
lief Association).
H. L. Rust, $40 (second contribu-
tion).
Shannon & Luchs. $40.
Mrs. A. N. Talbot, $40.
William H. Dali. S1O (second).
Mrs. Jonas H. MCGOWAN, $40 (sec-
ond).
Miss Georgia B. Pillsbury. s1o>
National Publishing Company, SO
L. NJ. Stabler, $40.
Miss Sara Carr Upton, $40.
California Fruit Company, IS.
Miss Adelaide Davis, SIS.
Anonymous, IS.
Charles r. Carroll. IS.
Mrs. Robert K. Evans, $5.
G. Clinton James. IS.
John c. Keane. IS.
Edward B. Thiele, SIS.
John A. Waiting, So.
Fred w. Buckler. 81.
Hazel Grant Davis, 81 (CitiZens' Re-
lief Association).
Hamilton s. Hawkins, 81.
Ector b. Latham, 81.
Mrs. Anna S. Pralle, ST.,
Total. s2,074.
Checks should be made payable to
finance committee, and sent to the
Social Service House, s23 H street
northwest, or to The Star.
Provident Saving Fund.
The Provident savings fund Of the
Associated Charities is one of the most
interesting features of the society's work.
Through this fund the organization has
been teaching for the past twenty-four
years the meaning of the word, thrift"
and its practical application to thousands
0 persons whom the banks never reach
Savings stamps are used in the work
OF the fund, In this respect the war
savings stamps having been antedated
by many years. The fund was estab-
lished in 1896 as q preventive measure
and at the same time an educational
one.
To date $170.841.0s has been de-
posted with the society by savers and
withdrawn as needed for the purchase
Of food. fuel. clothing and other neces-
stiles The method employed is not un-
and the postal savings stamps.
depositor receives a cardboard
bound book on whose leaves are pasted
stamps having face value of one to
fifty cents. The stamps are pasted in
the book as the patron buys them. The
stamps are redeemable at the pleasure
Of the depositor.
notwithstanding high prices, the total
savings last year exceeded $15.054.23
from 5000 depositors. To collect these
savings 1t was necessary for volunteer
and savings collectors to make 36,711
visits. One buyer Of the stamps pur-
chase9 SIS worth every week, It is de-
clared.
Great Educational Value.
The educational value Of this sort of
thrift teaching cannot be overestimat-
ed, 1t Is declared. Systematic saving
habits are inculcated, and soon as the
depositor has accumulated a few dol
lars and shows his intention of saving
regularly he Is encouraged to open an
account at one Of the local banks,
where he may receive interest.
Thousands Of graduates of the sys-
tenn. 1t Is believed. are now household
ers or regular depositors through
building associations and savings
banks. In addition. the habit of saw
ing against a rainy day" has enabled
| many a family to tide over during the
stress of winter or sudden illness, who
would otherwise have been obliged to
ask for financial aid from the Asso-
dated Charities.
Still further, the volunteer collect
ors OF these savings, going from
| house to house on their weekly rounds.
possess an approach to the family
| which gives them opportunity to act
as friendly counselor in time of need
to learn something Of the habits of
the children. and whether they are
regularly at school and have proper
meaica! attention when they are iii,
tneir play associations and the hous-