Evening star., 1922-02-11
TAG DAY BOOSTS
FUND FOR RELIEF
Jewish Drive Will Be Con-
tinued Until Full Quota Is
Subscribed.

Determiped efforts and arrange
ments are being made and planned
Tor the remaining two official days Of
the Washington American Jewish
campaign to put the District of Co.
lumbia In the column of oversub-
scribers to their quota in the $14.-
100000 national campaign now being
carried on for relief Of destitute refu-
gees, both Jew and gentle. in south
eastern Europe. Although more than
three-fourths Of the 100000 set for
Chairman Simon Lyon Of the execu-
tive committee declared he would not
reached.
With an efficient force of workers on
the streets today-tag day-end the
twelve teams working to capacity; the
ever. at the close Of the days work
the drive will not end and, II neces-
sary. will be held over a. few days
after the official closing time Sunday
night for beiated subscribers. Tues
day evening the Council Of Jewish
women will hold a meeting at the
Eighth Street Temple in the interest
of the fund
Chairman Lyon had arranged q
surprise" at the Eighth Street Tenn
pie last night by having Judge Harry
M. Fisher Of Chicago address the con-
gregation. but had to confess today
that he was in turn surprised by the
members. Following stirring
speech by the jurist. who spent con-
sid siderable time inyestigating eondi-
stricken European territory. the au-
dience contributed more than $4,000
toward the fund.
Judge Fisher drew vivid pictures OF
little. little children budding beside the
Of typhus. in dilapidated synagogue
trying to keep warm; of young men Of
thirty with snow-white hair. broken
down bodies and wrinkled faces beg
ging for food, and many other in
conditions are not acts of charity. but
duty, Judge Fisher declared.
Lack LEGAL Government.
Lack Of local government. the
speaker said. was the chief cause of
destitution among the peoples of
southeastern Europe. Many COM
munities and large cities have chang
ed ofncials rs many as thirty times
bringing blodshed and persecution of
the Jews.
Rabbi Abram Simon. president of
the Eighth Street Temple Congrega-
tion. speaking Of the people Of today.
said that they were getting too much
of the good things OF life and as
result are developins a pessimistic
crosses their path. Rabbi Simon
cited Abraham Lincoln as an ex-
ample of Amerfcanism and optimism
and stated that true optimism and
humor are the result of sadness and
sorrow. Lincoln's humor. he con-
against the evils Of life. and his op-
timism was the reward Of his faith
in the average man and his firm be-
lief that justice must triumph.
A large volume Of mail poured into
the local committees once this
various amounts. The banner CON
tribution yesterday was that of John
Wolf of the Corby Baking Company
Of $1,000. Other contributors yes
terday, exclusive Of the money COL
lected at the temple, were:
List Of Contributors,
Isadore Freund, $500; Harry E.
Mayer. $3.50; Harry Fisher. 500;
Nathan Frank. 500; Fur Workers
Union. 500: Clarence F. Nerment.
500: Benjamin Madden. S1eo: Mad
rice Milestone, 500; Herbert Fried
wald. 800: william Rosehdorf. 500;
Cora Berliner, $500: Albert Garry.
500: Arthur c. Moses, s1oo. and Lee
Contributions Of $50: Samuel B.
weinstein. Maurice Schnider, I.
Mintz, Robert ]. Rothstein. Estel r.
Rauscher's, Emil West,
George D. Horning. Corcoran Thom.
E. Hecht, Joseph B. Stein. James L.
Parsons, IT,, H. Baker 4 Co.. Robert
McMurray, Walter Leman. Washing
ton Paper Company. NJ Within.
Y. w. II. A. and 7. N. H.. A., $62.50,
and the Deborah Club, $40.
Contributions Of $2s: David Sanger.
Louis r. Peak. Pressler Bros. Berry
& Whitmore, Fischer & Fischer, Hol-
lander, Inc, Max Schwartz. Edgar
Baum, Samuel N. KasAnof. r. p.
Whitty Co., Gardiner & Dent, Joseph
Landman, Harry Rose. Sam Narcis-
senfeld, George L Starkey, Abe Max.
Nathan Bachrach, julius Weinberg.
Jack sshulman. W. B. Hammond
Louis Cohen.