The Washington herald., 1921-01-05
CHANCE TO HELP
EUROPES NEEDY
GROWS LIMITED
Washington Must Save
Thousands Daily Before
January 16.

q day between now and January, ls
in order to reach its quota OF 10000
children whom IL has been called
upon to feed and provide medical
supplies and care by the European
Relief Council, composed Of the
eight largest welfare organizations
in the United States. The ptal to
date guaranteed relief is $500.
Many human interest stories are
being received daily at headquarters
in the Homer Building, Thirteenth
and F streets northwest. r. H. B.
Lyon who has charge of the speak
ers' bureau. told Of a shop girl in
Lansburgh and Brother, who gave
$40, one-Ienth Of all her savings.
Here is $40" she wrote, my bit to
help the starving of the Old World
The tsath Of all have belongs to
God Since you gave me work
have paid up all / owed the bank
and saved 500 for rent, insurance
and illness, but one-tenth of it be-
longs to God, for all have ever
had and all 1 am have come from
Him"
stores Contribute.
Lyon reported that the employees
Of Parker Bridget Company had COL
lectsd 3114; Saks and Company.
s2S.75; W. B. Moses and Son, s4s15,
and Kings Palace, $40. This makes
a total of s1,120 collected from these
stores in addition to those from s.
kann Sons Company and Lsnsburgh
and Brother this week
Arthur C. Noses, District chair
man, has sent a request to all col
leges and law schools asking them
-~tt permit speakers to address the
e. -.
an= children of st. Margaret's
PPrish Sunday School upon hearing
o. the intense suffering abroad
HlEcEs their little brothers and sis
-eEs decided to forego their Christ
n-S 81 .bration and brought to
be7dEu2rt-Ts yesterday all their
"-F'usl f-r he celebration amount
.= Co vEaT.T5.
Ms. f+-ilSnith Sigmund's work
srS zr- now leading the teams with
q JJ.so; Mrs. William Hamilton
Bayly's Y. W. c. A. team is second
with S4,707.53 and John Dolph is a
close third with S3,994.17.
Miss GeneVieve Hendricks, cap
tain Of the Red Cross unit, has col
1ected S1,53415 to date from na-
ttonal and Potomac Division head
quarters. The personnel Of the lat
ter raised $3.50 and presented it in
the name Of David H. Brown, asso-
ciate manager, who resigned Janu-
ary l. The employees and depart
ment heads had raised a Yund to
purchase a memento for Mr.. Brown
for his two years faithful service
in the Red Cross but he refused to
accept 1t and asked that ii be turned
over to the Hoover relief fund.
When this became known II was
decided to make the donation of the
entire division in his name. At ma
tional headquarters of the Red
Cross one department employing ff-
teen persons contributed an aver
age Of 1913 each, another $4.77,
each, another $3.50 per capita and
a. fourth 1887 per capita OF forty
one employees. None OF the salaries,
was greater than S1,40o. 49,
Exhibit Opens Tomorrow.
The exhibition Of paintings and
small sculptures at the Arts C1up,
20l7 I street northwest, begins to-
morrow and ends January 13. The
proceeds will be devoted to relief.
Among the artists who will con-
tribute are Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ
Leisinring. Miss Sarah Muuroe, De-
lancey Gill, Edward Dom, the
Misses Hall and Clemens, Mr.. Rolls
and Benson Moore. of the Landscape
Club; the Misses Burdette and Sand.
Mr.. Merryman, Of the Corcoran, and
Mr. Zolnay, in addition to those
preyiously announced
In answer to q request from the
European Relief Council to the In
terDational Sunday School Associa-
tion, W. c. Thompson, of Columbus,
Ohio. president of the association,
has written a hearty endorsement Of
the Hoover campaign and has in
structed the executive secretary Of
his organization to communicate
with all Sunday schools under its
Jurisdiction requesting them to take
up collections for this work and to
cooperate in any way they are able
The Washington branch Of the
American Association of Engineers
is giving its active support to the
movement and is asking its mem