The evening world., 1921-03-19
By Lillian Bell.

their diSchhrg,, from hospitals. is
nearing It's close
At Christmas you came across with
rush. Employees took up collec.
tons from their fellows. People
iiocked to our ONCE Nth their hands
full Of money.
II was Christmas, and the spirit Of
giving was in the air.
Now there is not a person who reads
these lines who Is not good 10. fron
five to a thousand dollars for this
Service House II you only take an
interest in It. II you are not able to
give 1t all yourself. take paper,
write your own subscription at the
top OF II and 70 from house to house
among your nelghbors.
One woman got her grocer to give
her a ham and she rafled it. OF ani
sent me Si4. Another one Taffled a
table cover. One little girl made
candy and sold It, Three little boys In
hesChrstmas campaign took people
to the train on their sleds during a
snow sorm. Another little boy sold
papers. Some girls got Up a cake sale.
Others arranged a, bazaar.
You know best what you can do. Do
something. And do IL NOW.
There Is not a high school girl or
boy who has not initiative enough to
be good for at least five dollars.
How did you get the money to buy
your thrift stamps during the war?
When you want money for anything
how do you get II?
A number Of persons want to hold
dances and turn the money over to US
by all means do so.
Just remember this, when you see a
group OF eX-service men with the but
ton Of honorable discharge in their
buttonhole and repeat IL 20 yourself :
These men are my brothers and il ia
partly my fault that they are so shah.
by and out OF work. II / 90 my duty
ID will take care OF all OF them, for
every one Is saying to himself Just
what am saying-and that makes II
unanimous"
There is no limit TO the money we
would take in IL each one did Just
what he could.
A good example is contagious.
Remember, you must have a letter
from me II you solicit subscriptions.
But II you raise II any other way, that
Is your own business and all you have
TO do in that case is to turn the money
over to the cashier
Remember this too: do not see the
money. And II You send checks and
money orders In my name, they are
put through by the cashier | never
have handled funds for anything or
anybody, and II statements are made
to the contrary, they are not only
false, but are made with the intention
to defraud. / work in the open, and
only write the articles urging you TO
help your own buddies. Help the
wounded
II you work in a bank or an once
where there are many employees take
a subscription paper to the President
and then work down TO the ONCE
boys.
Don't skip anybody.
In all my work for the wounded,
which covers four years. / never re-
oelved a word OF reproach from any
of them until to-day. In this morn
ing's mail / got a letter from a dis
charged FOX Hills patient, signing his
name, and saying he was formerly
in Ward 5.
In his letter he takes me 10 task
for soliciting used clothing. saying
the veterans" are not objects uf
charity and that by SO doing / in
suit the veterans worse than the sen
der Of the scent check to which
have heretofore referred.
/ have asked in vain for new cloth
ng-only one new suit was furnished
only one, mind you. The Army and
Navy Equipment Company OF No. 81
West 125th Street sent to Guider's
Health School thirty-twO pairs Of
now shoes, which were vastly appre-
ciated.
But as TO new suits-just one.
Nav, II this indignant veteran"
could see the ragged, forlorn dere-
licts who drift into my office, with
out oVercoats, begging for used
clothes and saying they stood no
chance OF getting jobs until they
could get decent clothes, I wonder
what Veteran would do were he IN
my place?
VINO comes 20 me asking help. dear
Veteran. formerly OF Ward 3, Fox
Hills. And after have done my
best there Is no more that I can do IS
there?
Veteran also thinks that a Service
House for the wounded would sim
ply be a ''home for the lazy"
In the s. w W. r. Service House,
at this very moment, FIVE OF Mrs.
Furst's bOys-veterans, l should say
are sick in bed.
No "lazlness" there. Nor have 7
ever seen any among the wounded ]
know. Nor do l believe we shall
have any in our new Service House,
which will be operated by the Amer
ican Legion.
have seen boys with the dew OF
death upon their brpws, who whis-
pered to me that they felt cine"
God keep them! NV wonderful
boys! II I had the riches OF the
GOIconda, II would be poured out at
their feet as a small tribute OF my
admiration ard respect for what they
have done for me.
n g,ou feel that way about il also,
sendN1 your check 10 The EvI hing
Worl6 Service House Fund or he
Bey iyton Camp Fund.
ny office is No. ll25 world Build
ing.
81. Patrick's Cathedral ub Ready
for AanuhI Dramatic ia luctI0n.
The Cathedral Club OF 81. PatricI's
Cathedral will present as it, thirty