The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-08-21
K. OF c. DRIVE Is Z
NOT DIRECTED {.
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Impostors Collecting
Money Harass Work q
Of Knights. :,

The national, extensively organ
lied money drive" " taboo by the.
knights Of Columbus, who WHY
countenance none in the name o.
that organization, their supreme
board Of directors have just decided
The $1,000. Oeo campaign Of the X.
OF c. for the introduction Of Ameri-
can welfare work into Italy at thu :
request Of Pope Benedict will be
conducted solely among the S00.eVe
members OF the Knights OF ColUm-
bus" Supreme Secretary william J.
Mckinley stated. I'VE shalt moi
ask the general public TO contributes.
a penny to this fund. as IL is a X
Of c. undertaking for foreigners in
a foreign country. II has the broad
er aspect Of being. in some sTpaiir =
measure, q repayment OF the debt,
America owes Columbus - just ~
last year the knights Of Columbus
gave their contribution to the re-
payment OF Americas debt 10 La
fsyette by erecting in Metz a statue
OF the valiant French hero. 10
The only drives the X OF G. will
countenance in their name are cam
paigns for purely local works by
local bodies Of the organization
such as the campaign for a $1,000
900 social service headquarters bsol
the Knights Of Columbus in New b
York, and campaigns for similar
purposes in Boston. Philadelphia and
other cities where such service Is
necessary TO the community. -
AT the outset of our work IN
Italy we desire TO warn the public 3
that nobody is authorized TO make
general solicitation for funds for
n - =
Knights are well able TO finance this
project without appealing for aid.
The funds for K. c. educational
disqualification and American hiss
tory work are also in hand"
The last X. Of c. woman WORKER
returned from Europe yesterday
after spending approximately thru
years in the welfare service OF tb~-
Knights OF Columbus overseas. Sh'
is Miss Carmelita Welsh, Of Spring.
field. Ohio. r
The coutoumieres and milk in
OF Paris" she declared, are fearfni
that American progress in costum,
making VIII eventually put Paris iu
second place as q creator Of fash
ions" she said. This fear has been
very pronounced since during the
war American fashion masters had
an opportunity TO develop a natiN4
field. p.
"Frenchmen.' she added. have
become VIGOROUSLY reluctant In
making marriage proposals since
the end OF the war. Economic and
other conditions. especially th'
shortage of men, have really put
future husbands at a premium. tn
knights Of Columbus Club on Rue
-
nation OF many romanees when
sweethearts from America met A. z
r. men who had been in service In
Germany and with the Graves Reg
istration Bureau More than sixty
proposals were made and accepted
in the E-C Club"
Miss Welsh added that the X. ~
c. work overseas would be conduct
ed in future by a nuclear force OF
men workers. commissioner Ed
ward L. Hesrn, Of the X. Of G. -
planning 20 put into effect the X. ~.
c. plan TO inaugurste q 81 100000
American welfare work in Ilai."''
the money having been voted az the
recent X. Of c. international conven-
ton in San Francisco.
Washington Council will hold its
August meeting on Tuesday night
at the hall. SOC E street. s p. m. This
meeting will be one OF the most inn
portant OF the year as the coUn..
ell will act on the increasing OF the
annual dues. also hear report OF the
committee who have studied the
cost of running the council.
State Deputy n. J. McAuliftee
Past State Deputy Michael j.
Schaefer, State Secretary Jame7 A
Sullivan and Past State Warden
Redmond Devaney have returned
from San Francisco where they rep
resented the local knights at the
thirty ninth annual convention %
the Supreme Council. State DEPUTY
McAuliffe is preparing his report
which he will make shortly 20 u
various councils