Evening star., 1921-03-29
L.V.N.S,FUNDD DRIVE.
TOBE A|DEDBY MEN
Advisory Committee Formed
as Adjunct to Forthcom-
ing Campaign.

A mems advisory committee, Gre
ated as an adjunct to the forthcoming
campaign for funds of the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society of the District
of Columbia. was formed at an or
ganization meeting held yesterday
afternoon at the office of Walter
Bruce Howe. who is a member of the
permanent mems advisory board OF
the !. V y. S. and who will serve as
chairman of the new temporary cam
paign agency.
Mr. Howe presided. Most of those
on the tentative list selected. who
were not able to be present had al
ready signified by letter their will
ingness to aid the weeks campaign,
which is scheduled to start April "a
Mrs. Cross Talks.
Mrs. Whitman Cross, president of
the society, gave a brief talk. sketch
ing the history and activities of the
l. v. n. s.. emphasizing it's desire to
expand and the need for increased
funds which will permit of this: She
mentioned the large number of incur
ables here not desperately i'll. yet in
need of daily nursing care. and as
evidence of the society's Willingness
and ability to serve the community.
and announced that the nursing stan
last year paid no fewer than 32,4l6
visits to 3.245 patients. The visiting
nurse, she said. does not Confine her
self to the patient she is called in to
see but her attentions cover the en-
tire family.
1T is the only organization here
that does home bedside nursing, she
explained.
Established With One Nurse.
Tie Instructive Visiting Nurse So
ciety has been in existence since 1900.
when it was established with a single
nurse. So far the members of the
board have practically supported it
themselves, aided by the establish
mont Of memorial nurses by several
individuals, churches. etc. Now 1t has
eighteen graduate nurses on it's stan.
two of them colored. 1t stands in
urgent need of $4,000. first to raise
the salaries of its nurses, and, second.
to expand it's work. Its campaign 70
obtain this sum will start April "a
and last one week. and the mems ad-
visory committee hopes to help it get
the money
Mrs. Corcoran Thorn, campaign
chairman, also spoke briefly. and both
she and Mrs. Cross answered ques-
The organization is. of course. in
dorsed by the Council of Social Agen-
cieS.
Plan II Outlined.
Chairman Howe outlined the plan
whereby the new committee intends
to help. and announced that 1t would
be enlarged. perfected and started on
its work at second meeting to be
called within the next two weeks. ut
IL apparent" he said, that visiting
nurse society is as vitality necessary
to a modern city as is a hospital"
Among those invited to yesterdays
meeting were: Judge William H. De-
Lacy. William GUIDE. Walter Clephane,
Claude H. Woodward. Clarence Wilson,
Rev. James B. Freeman, Miller Kenyon.
Newbold Noyes, f. J. Stellwagen. Whit
man Cross, R. S. Huidekoper, r. NJ.
Kauffmann. Corcoran Thorn, G. w. Har-
ris. A E. Seymour. John W. Calvert,
Horace H Westcott. Arthur D. Addison,
Rev. Charles Wood, Rev. U. G. B.
Pierce. Charles ]. Columbus, Isaac Cans.
Charles p Tight. Coleman Jennings.
John Dolph. F. R. Jelleff, Albert Doug
las, Joshua Evans. Charles l. Wilson.
W. W. Keck. J. c. Dulin. jr.. and Mgr.
Thomas.