Evening star., 1923-03-22
CHARITIES APPEAL
GIVEN GOOD START
$4,000 and 10000 Mem
4, bers Needed as Conference.
Adopts Campaign. -.

ence of the Volunteer Visitors from
all of the eight District conferences
yesterday afternoon at the Social
Service House, 923 H street north
west
1t was an overflow meeting in two
senses-overfiowing with confidence
and enthusiasm and also exceeding
the space afforded by the largest room
in the house, and thereby showing
the need of the larger quarters into
which the Associated Charities are
soon, to be housed at 11th and l.
streets northwest, through the gener-
Gus gift of the Woman's Welfare Asso-
citation.
The chairman Of the meeting was
Coleman Jennings, a member of the
finance committee of the Associated
Charities board of directors, and
Franklin Ellis acted as secretary.
MIR. jennings called on Dwight
CLARK as chairman of the finance
committee, who outlined the objective
and plans of the campaign. He told
the meeting that he thought 1t more
important to increase the membership
than to seek particular donations of
whatever amount, and that if the
goal of 10000 members is reached he
was sure that 1t would mean the
raising of the necessary amount of
necessary to let more OF the people
of Washington know what is being
done by this citywide agency of fam
lily welfare work in order to obtain
the desired memberships and all the
financial support that may be needed
Urges Personal Work.
He suggested that each present
member undertake to obtain at least
one other member, and announced
that he himself was intending to get
at least five new members. and by
such intensive personal work. with
the generous support of the local
newspapers and various civic. trade
and fraternal organizations, he felt
co1ddent of the success OF this years
caIlpaign.
Mr.. Jennings then called upon rep
resentatives of the different district
conferences, one after another. to tell
what had been done or what was be-
ing planned by them. Mrs. Charles /.
West of the seventh district confer
ence gave a report of how that con-
ference had been already organized
for several weeks past. the members
being divided into ten teams, each
composed OF captain and five lieu
tenants. Each of the lieutenantS had
been given five membership cards
each week to be placed with new
members, and very satisfactory
showing had already been made i'll
new memberships and cash received.
and the work was being pushed along
this line with increased intensity as
the time of the campaign neared. Mrs.
Vest made a great point of saying
that each new member had been made
to understand that they would be ex-
pected to give at least as much every
year hereafter.
SSr. Harold c. Stratton speaking for
the second district conference, indi-
Gated that they would follow the plans
outlined by Mrs. West. Mrs. Gilbert
Stuart, from the fourth district, told
of parlor meeting that had been ar
ranged in the Washington barracks
Tor which there was need of a good
speaker. Mrs. Ufford then said that
volunteer speakers would be called
foS to go before various trade and
church bodies. Col. F. p. Lahm,
chairman of sixth and eighth district
conference, mentioned "a meeting of
the Eastern Star Fraternal Order
which was to- be held in the sixth
district. Wallace Streater. former
chairman of third district conference
promised to draft an appeal similar
to the one which had brought in sew
eral hundred dollars last year {or use
among Masonic and other orders
X. IarriS of the Georgetown con-
ference took the ground that instead
or sending outside speakers to these
various organizations it might be
a better method to persuade the lead
ing officer of each organization to
champion the cause of the Associate ted
Charities.
Louis Simon also was inclined TO
agree with Mr.. Paris that the best
results would be attained by having
each member of the various confer
ences carry the message to the par
tlcuiar organization of which he or
tTaighin told of the success of a
house-to- canvass in the George
tIWn district last year and Thought
uGis could be repeated to ADVANTAGE
this year.
Telling Himself First.
arthur HELEN, another member of
the finance committee. emphasized
the need of each member and friend
or the Associated Charities first sell
ing himself on the proposition before
uhndertaking ,ha to sell it to others. By
should get fully acquainted with tbs
necessary, facts about the work of
the association, so as to be able to
answer effectively any question that :.
might be asked or prejudice ex-
Then Then. on the suggestion of Mr.
clark, the secretary read the fuIi
analysis of the facts concerning The
work work . OF f. the Associated Charities
printed reports of this analysis were
distributed to each person present.
me me c]ampaign ] for. new members.
agyressively through every possible
channel of public opinion and private
organizations. The Increase in The
total membership is to he kept be-
fore the public from day to day in
large framed posters, which will he
displayed In important bank lobbies
and other public places, as well as
furnished to the daily newspaners
beginning today, posters will he car
ried by both of the street car 1inas
reading as follows: Ne'
H. WILL YOU BE ONE?
10000 NEEDED
FOR ASSOCIATED CHARITIES"
PI Isident Rudolph of the board Of
District Commissioners gives his ben
ediction to the campaign in q signed
statepent issued today. And from
day to day interviews with pronoin
entSpersons will be published
The pastors of the various churches
and officers of clubs and public meet
ings have been requested to announce
the: Easter campaign of the Associat-
edlCharities and finally large Num-
berl of appeals will have been dis
tributed to individuals by mail or by
h$nd
The total membership with which
The members of the finance commit
tee are as follows: Dwight Clark.
chairman; William J. Flather. jr.:
Charles c. Glover, jr.; Franklin H.
Ellis, Coleman Jennings. James NJ.
Johnston, jr.; Duncan C. Phipps, Ar
thur HELEN, E. Lee Jones. Newbold
Noyes, r. H. Wilmer and Edmund
D. Rheem.