Evening star., 1922-05-16
THE EvENINa STAR WAsHNaroN G. TuEspAY, Is 1922
lHAN DRIVE: begun
FOR G. .W.h|EM0R|AL
District Women Seek TO Com
plete $3.50 900 Quota Be-
fore End Of, Week.

More than one hundred women, rep,
resentatiye Of the social, political
and club life. of the city. yesterday:
began an appeal for financial support
for the George. washington Memo
rial, with the pnrpose Of completing
this wesk the $3.50, 600 District Of Co..
lumbia quota In the ,nationai fund of
E$7.5o0s6o0t needed. for the establish-:
nient .a1d endowment Of the institu-.
tion.s X :
y In reviewing the work Of the first
day Of the appeal for funds Dr.;
Thomas Z. Green of the American
Red Cross, chairman, Of the campaign:
control committees, said last night:
that owing to- the character Of the
canvass being made It was dificult5
to- make a definite report Of results
achieved yesterday. Il .jsss
However, several subscriptions / OF,
large amount stand out sufficiently
TO give an idea. of the progress Of the.
drive. Mrs. Benjamin H. Bucking-,
han ham and her sister. Mis-. Isabel Cole
the building fund and. in addition,i
sent q, cheek providing for two gold
stars and thtrty-one, blue stars in
the. dome OF the great auditorium
building. These stars will represent
the entire quota Of men in the serv-
Ice during the world war from their
native town of Cornwall, Pa. Other
contributions included one of $1,000
from DR.. George M. Kober and one
OF $500 from DR.. Charles d. Walcott,
secretary OF the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, In memory of his son, Stuart
Walcott. who lost his life in an air
combat in France.
Star Plan Popular.
The plan to provide stars in the
rate the service of individuals during
the world war has appealed strongly,
not only to the people of this city. but
to, all parts Of the country, the asso-
clation announces, adding that many
INQUIRIES, are being received daily at
the headquarters Of the Memorial AS
ISOLATION. 100 street northwest, In
regard to this feature Of the building.
The Association further states that
Do!n men and women have been STIR
req oy the arrangement to give fitting
ana permanent recognition to every
individual in service during the war
and ut Is indicated that many COM
muntttes will provide in this way for
the remembrance OF their own SOL
dters and sailors and nurses by con-
tributions for town groups Of stars"
The appeal for funds is being made
in distinctly novel way SO far. as
the workers are concerned, as the
plan simplfdes the effort of each
worker. tnsures effective personal So
iicitation and promises comprehen-l
sive canvass Of the city for the me-
mortal fund.
A sheet containing five subscription
blanks Is given each worker, who
agrees to become subscriber and to
NIL out the first subscription blank on
the sheet. She then obtains the con.
tributions OF four others from each Of
whom she secures promise to obtain
four, additional contributors. With
her own sheet containing blanks for
ave contributions filled. she gives to
each OF her fellow contributors q du-
plicate sheet Of ave subscriptions
blanks. Her task is then ended.
CAsin Method Continues.
Then each Of the four contributors.
who were secured from the original
worker takes the duplicate sheet
first blank on her own duplicate
sheet and begins her own actual work
of the canvass Like that of the.
fh:st woman. her task is completed
when she has obtained four .contri.
buttons in addition to her own and
take a duplicate sheet and obtain
four other contributors.
Each OF the sixteen in turn will
obtain contributions from a group of
sfxty-four utor-canvassers and
the work wifi be simp1ifled in that each
of the sixty four will be asked to OBJ
tain only four contributions. They
will not be asked to obtain from each
of their contributors a pledge Of
further canvassing. With this step
the chain Of appeal to the residents Of
the District will be ended.
The plan was decided upon by the
executive committee. Of which DR..
David Jayne Hill is chairman, and
the campaign control committee,
headed by DR.. Green.
Among the women who began the
intensive work of canvassing the city
yesterday were Mrs. Alfred Penn
broke. Thorn, Mrs. Walter r. Tucker
man. Mrs. Ashton Todd. Mrs. Francis
St. Clair, Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter,
Mrs. Harry L Rust. Miss Rachel
King, Mrs. William F. Dennis, Mrs.
Charles q. Matthews. Mrs. John N.
Speel, Mrs. Atlee Pomerene, Mrs. Le-
land 8. S.Conness. Mrs. Minnegerode An
drews, Mrs. Henry Churchill Cook,
Mrs. Francis Walker. Mrs. Noble New.
port Potts, Mrs. Alexander Wolf.
Maj. Julio Stimson. Mrs. J. W. Friz-s
zell, Mrs. william H. Heron, Miss
Ethel Bagley, Miss Kathleen Smith,
Mrs. L w. Littell and Nine. Jacobo