Evening star., 1921-04-28
u. s. WORKERS TOLD
OF I.V.N. S. BENEFIT
$16,157 Collected in Cam
paign-S5O, 900 Total
Aim of Drive.

enable the Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society to maintain and expand its
work is affording opportunity to the
directors members and friends of
that organization to inform every
government employe in the District
of the purposes of the nursing society
and the health conservation work ac-
complished each day by the instruct
i've visiting nurses. The campaign
began last Sunday and will end Sat
urday.
Our services are available to every
worker in Uncle Sans employ in the
National Capital" says Mrs. Corcoran
Thorn, chairman of the campaign,
workers in the various kinds of serv-
ice offered them by our society"
$4,000 Folders Given Out.
A feature of the campaign is the
distribution of $4,000 folders in vir-
tually all of the large government
buildings in the city telling of the
work of the Instructive Visiting
Nurse Society. This distribution is
being directed by an organization
headed by Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Il
member of the board of managers of
the nursing society.
A. Nice. Ashley, president of the
Association. today announced that he
is sending out to every Department
OF Agriculture employe in Washing
ton card bearing the following an
nouncement: important. Save this
card. The Department of Agriculture
Welfare Association commends to
your attention the services of the In
structive Visiting Nurse Society, 1413
u street northwest. In the event
that you or any member of your fam
lily requires the assistance of an ex-
perienced graduate nurse for short
period daily during illness such as
sistance may be procured by tele-
phoning the Society's headquarters,
Franklin SAP or 6387. The charge
for such service is 65 cents visit.
Upon recommendation of the chief
clerk of any bureau the welfare as
sociation will provide for this service
gratis to needy employees. In urgent
cases such employees may telephone
direct to me at the office of inspec-
ton and immediate action will be
taken to secure the attendance Of a
nurse"
Total Of $1G,157 Collected.
A total of s16.157.76 in contribu-
tions has been collected in the first
three days of the campaign. This
result was reported yesterday at the
meeting of the campaign executives
at the Willard Hotel. The collections
on Monday and Tuesday showed the
contributions for those two days to
be s11,717s2. and $4,439.94 was col
lected yesterday.
The results to date" said Mrs.
Thorn. show that we must collect
s33.s42.24 before Saturday night in
order to attain our aim of $4,000, the
amount needed to carry on our work
for another year. We are collecting
lAC do
but we are confident that the people
of Washington will give us in full
measure the support we SEEK
II OF 13 Asked Contribute.
Walter Bruce Howe, chairman of
the mems division. told of a team
worker who had visited thirteen resi-
dents of this city and procured con-
trlbutions from twelve of them. This
shows the wonderful percentage of
support we receive when our people
fully understand our work." said Mr.
Howe.
The collections reported yesterday
follow: Group A, directed by Mrs.
Miller, s77025; group b. directed by
Mrs. w. NJ. Grinnell and Mrs. William
Corcoran Eustis. ss04.19; group c,
directed by Mrs. Reginald S. Huide-
koper and Mrs. Clarence Wilson, s42O:
group D. directed by Mrs Adolph c.
Miller and Mrs. J. NJ. Carlisle, s419;
group Z. directed by Miss f. o.
Adams and Miss Farrar-Smith, Sl66;
group F.. directed by Mrs. r. B. H.
Lyon. Mrs. Lester Neuman and Mrs.
Leon Adler. s1,014.50; division B, di-
rected by Mrs. Mary Church Terrell,
$24S and division c. directed by Wal
ter Bruce Howe and Thomas Sweeney,
$500.
A list of some of the large contribu-
tions reported yesterday includes
$500. Lansburgh & Bro. and Golden
berg's: 800, Joseph Pulitzer. Mrs.
Henry p. Fairbanks, Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Sweeney: $50, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Castle, Nine. Louise Hauge;
$50. Mrs. Montgomery Blair. Mrs S.
b. Elkins. Mrs. W. H. Bronston. Mrs.
c. w. Wetmore, Mrs. Francis New
lands. Mrs. Henry r. Fairbanks, Mr..
and Mrs. John wilkins. John Dolph.
Allan L. Walker, o. J. DeMoll & Co.
H. l.. Rust. William Fl. Saunders. D. J.
Dunigan aand Frank r. Jelleff.
Contributions should be sent Regi-
nald S. Huidekoper. campaign treas
urer. !. V. n. S. headquarters, 1413 G