The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-10
lucy ANN BAILEY
FUND" TOTALS S65;;
$50 MORE PLEDGED
Many Westinghouse Send in
Contributions to Aid Strug-
Cling Widow.

Aroused by the plight OF Mrs. Lucy
Ann Bailey. aged and partially dis
abled government laborer. who, on a
wage OF $40 a month. is struggling
to pay off the debt from her .hus-
bands funeral. numbers of Washing
tonians are subscribing to the fund
started for her last week.
THE Lucy Ann Bailey Fund" de-
posted with The Munsey Trust Com
pany. at noon today, totaled $3.50,
with pledges for nearly $40 more in
cash and a pledge for $3.50 a month
during her life.
HER SALARY s4SO.
Mrs. Bailey, who is rs years old,
has been in the government employ
for forty-eight years and has always
been widely known as one OF the
most faithful workers in the service.
Starting as a clerk in the Treasury
Department at 5000 year. she was
later transferred to the Postoffice
Department. where. as she became
older and feebler. she was moved
down the scale until she is now hold
ing the lowest position open. that OF
female laborer, at $3.50 a year.
Several months ago her husband, a
OF his life practically an invalid, died
at the family home. 1915 Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest. His burial
took every penny she had been able
TO scrape together in years of saw
ing and put her in debt to the paving
of which she resolved to devote the
last days OF her life. However, a fall
down the stairs of her home just be-
fore the death OF her husband. proved
to have permanently injured her back.
making walking, even with the aid
of a heavy cane. slow and painful.
In spite of this fact. though ELI
gible for retirement on a pittsnce,
she asked to be permitted to work
on at $40 a month so that she might
make some progress in paying OF
her debts.
Publication OF her story last Satur-
day has created widespread interest
in the case Within an hour or two
after the story went to press the Lucy
Ann Bailey Fund was started with a
SIS check from Herman Laue, OF the
United States Shipping Board, who at
the same time pledged s55 more from
friends. or this amount $50 has al
ready been paid.
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED.
Contributions now on hand are as
follows:
Herman Laue. So; Mrs. Frances NJ.
Small, 1915 Euclid street northwest.
SIS; Miss H. NJ Cox, 1921 Heath place
northwest, SIS; "E. c. b." IS: Court
ney,- SIS: Mrs. L. w. Wilson, Hotel
West, IS: "A widow" 81: r. l.. w.
Owens, vice president and secretary
OF the John A. wineberger Compa ny,
SO. so in cash and a pledge for $3.50
a month: A. T. Macdonald, publisher,
The Washington Times, So: E. A.
Ouarles, SIS: II. V. Prosky, IS; John
Marscher, SO: Miss Bernice Shanahan,
So; r. H.. Belches. IS. and Claude II.
Bennett, manager of the Congress
sional Information Bureau, So.
One OF the contributions was &C
companied by this letter:
Just a mite for dear Mrs. Lucy
Ann Bailey from a widow, too, strug-
Cling to earn a living in her old age.
7 wish IL were more"
Another contributor, deploring the
act that she was. denied the honor
OF starting the fund herself, says she
IL happy to be liable to assist in any
way
Contributions should be sent to the
Lucy Ann Bailey Fund" Munsey
Trust Company.