Evening star., 1921-04-30
AMUSES
TREASURY CROWDS
First-Aid Skit Boosts Cam.
paign of Visiting Nurse
Society.

A convulsinG burlesque first id
skit by Jack Wilson. one of the head
liners at Keith's. and a half-hour con-
cert by the full United States Marine
Band both given as features of
health day" for the benefit of the
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society,
entertained a big crowd on the north
steps of the Treasury at the noon
hour today.
Wilson and an assistant rushed to
the aid of bystander stimulating
sudden illness. and. assisted by two
real nurses of the society, in a short
time had him so thoroughly bandaged
that he could be leaned against a pill
lar like base ball bat.
They didn SO place him, however.
but put him on Stretcher made of
higheS; grade news print paper and
solemnly marched away with the
fragments. leaving victim to climb
the steps alone. During the opera
ton they refreshed themselves from
time to time from a bottle. the sight
of which brought cheers from the
crowd.
A group of uniformed nurses held Il
big banner for a background, while
scores of girls sold vari-colored bal
looms and Il V. \. S" tags The
by the bands irresistible dance musk
Corcoran Thorn and Mrs. John New
bold were in charge of arrange
mentS.
Herbert Hoover. Secretary of Com
merce, whose wife is member of
the board of directors of the nursing
society. was to have made brief ad-
dress. but was called into consulta-
tion with the President. Kitty Cor
don. another Keith headliner who had
promised to appear. was unable to do
SO on account of illness.
Committee Selling Tags.
a special committee of fifty women
and girls, under the direction Of Mrs
John l.. Newboid. is busy all day TO
day selling balloons and tags for the
benefit OF the campaign. The use of
balloons for such purpose is d nov
city here. the l. V. n. S. having intro
duced the idea last Sunday at the
her headquarters at 1409 H street,
where the 5000 balloons are being in
flated and distributed by automobiles
as needed. The statesmen are also
provided with 1900 tags Of blue
cardboard bearing the letters l. V. N
S. in white.
Chairmen OF balloon and tag COM
mittees not previously announced in
clude: Mrs. Clarence Wilson. Mrs
Thomas Bell Sweeney, Mrs. James NJ.
Mitchell, MIS-. RlCHaru olNey, MIS-.
Myron Whitney, Miss Rooney, Mrs. J.
Vaudeville Carlisle. Mrs. Jerome c.
Hunsaker. Mrs. Richard Smallwood
Miss Anne Gordon and Mrs. Reeve
Lewis.
Up to yesterday afternoon s26, 6,49s13,
a little more than one-half the sum
needed, had been collected by teams
and team captains This represents
five days of active work and leaves
thousands Of dollars to be raised by
tonight. Campaign officials. however,
are confident that the quota will be
| approached, if not actually fulfilled.
Corby Company Gives $1,4OO.
A gift of s1,400 by the Corby Baking
Company, sufficient to pay the salary
of a graduate nurse for whole year.
was the feature of yesterdays activi-
ties. An anonymous friend Of the
society gave $500, as did Mrs. William
Corcoran Eustis, one of its board of
/ directors. The B. F.. Saul Company.
]. Philip Hermann, William Corcoran
| Eustis, Chester A. Snow, Mrs. Victor
/ Kaufman and Emile Berliner each
! gave 500. Mrs. w. H. Baldwin gave
tsT5; Mrs. Charles Hughes, Mrs. K w.
Boyd, Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson, Mrs.
Augusta Key, j. NJ. Gliding & Co,
Daniel Fraser. Mrs. William Slater.
Mrs. Peter Drury, Philip Hoffman and
Eliot Wadsworth gave $50 each.
| Total collections Of the organization
by divisions are as follows: Division
A, composed Of teams headed by mem
| bers OF the board of managers Of the
| society. s22.702.S9; division Il. com
| posed of colored workers headed by
! Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, s1,073.53;
! division c, composed of the mems
teams headed by Walter Bruce Howe
s2,3G2.5O; Georgetown division, headed
! by Miss Emily Matthews, $334.50.