The New York herald., 1922-05-14
$4,000 COLLECTED
BY SALVATION ARMY
Campaign for 100000 Fund
to Be Extended Through
Month of May.
THEATERs YIELD $4,000
One Man Drops 500 Check
Into Box on the Street
Mothers Fete To-day.

A total of $150,oO0 is reported in the
Salvation Army's appeal now IN
progress for s500,000 from Greater New
York to finance its activities in the
coming year. The campaign will extend
through the month of May, it was an
nounced yesterday. A number of chair
men in the seventy-seven mercantile
and professional groups which are
functioning under special committees In
the industrial organization have re-
ouested this extension. The transat-
lantic conference, comprising the steam
ship companies of New York. and the
Real Estate Board of New York are
both taking active steps to help the
campaign.
Exceptionally generous returns are re-
ported on the street collections during
the two weeks solicitors have been on
the streets The collections for each
day run nearly 40 per cent. above last
years and the contributions include
a number of checks and bills of large
denomination, as well as rain oil
silver. One man, J. F. Buchanan, Jr.,
OF Philadelphia, casually dropped
check for 500 into one OF the coiiec-
ton boxes. II don't live in New York.
he said, "but ! know the Salvation
Army, and I'm glad to help it anywhere
and at any time"
The theaters during ths week have
turned in total of more than $4,000.
The Shubert, Loew, Keith, Proctor and
Moss theaters have opened their doors
to the campaign, and in more than one
house audience, performers and stage
hands contributed literally.
At the Eighty-first Street Theater,
after the workers had gone through the
audience one evening, the manager OF
the theater, of his own accord, led them
back stage. Everybody OF the bill and
every stage hand contributed. The
headliners, the U. s. Jazz Band, outdid
them all. Every member Of the band Is
an ex-service man with a record over
seas ard as they explained to the lassle
who took their contributions. they had
not forgotten the hot coffee and dough-
nuts they got at the Salvation Army
huts in France. This is just a little
back pay" said one of the boys, as he
dropped in a generous gift
The feature of the army's campaign
program during the coming week will be
a benefit performance of. '"The Rose OF
STEAMBOAT" at the Century Thester Thurs
day evening. Lee Shubert, chairman of
the theatrical division, has designated
this date as Salvation Army Night
Seats are selling by subscription, the
price fixed by the generosity of the pur-
chaser.
To-day special meetings will be held
in all the Salvation Army institutions
in observance of Mothers Day. These
meetings will be characterized by ap-
propriate musical programs and ad-
dresses bulletin issued from the Sal
walton Army National Headquarters, 122
West Fourteenth street, by Commissioner
Thomas Estill. commissioner of all the
Salvation Army forces in the Eastern
territory, stresses the intimate connec
ton of the Salvation Army witt
Mothers Day and urges its fullest OBJ
servance by the Army workers. Th'
bulletin reads in part:
Mothers who are away from home
in hospitals, desolate mothers who may
have to take refuge from poverty ant
misfortune in some institution or are
otherwise lonely should be sought ou
and made happy. 1t would be an ex
cellent exercise in the service o.
Others If our young people were or
ganized into special brigades to dc
this"