Evening star., 1924-03-30
OPEN DOLLAR WEEK.
T0BUY MONTICELLO.
Committees Working for Jef-
terson Shrine Report COL
Iections Are Low.

This, is dollar week" for Monti-
seello, and the slogan Give a dollar
5Tor Monticello" will be the greeting
spf every member of the nine teams
of the Jefferson opportunity, who are
trying to raise $4,000, which is
WaShington'S quota toward the pur-
chase of Thomas Jeffersons old home
estate as a national shrine.
The committees report increasing
activities, but the funds actually fall
tfar below the necessary amount,
present week by the National Month
cello Association here to the Thomas
jefferson Memorial Foundation in
New York city. a number of large
gifts already have been received and
many more are in prospect.
DR.. Larkin w. Glaze ebrook. chair
IMAM of the executive committee, has
suggested this weeks slogan, of
This is dollar week for jefferson"
Keith Collections End Today.
Today ends the Keith collections,
with Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews
speaking at the afternoon perform
sance, and Father Buckley making the
appeal in the evening. Tomorrow
begins the jefferson opportunity sale.
of Mrs. Charles Z. Cooke and large
committee of ladies of the team of
Mrs. David Meade Lea and Mrs. Jul
ian ]. Mason. This sale will continue
Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday at the jefferson Shop on
+ street, whose windows are decorat-
ed with jefferson relics. A number
of pieces of rare old laces. two paint
inSs by Lucian Powell, a coffee set
of Tiffany silver. a number of Paris
IL
sorts are in the collection of arti-
cleS on sale.
Other events scheduled for the
week include Il silver tea on WedneS-
day, given by Mrs. Horace Smithy of
Mrs. Thomas HarriSUn'S team. at her
home, 1871 Lanier place. at 4:30
O'Clock, and the weekly meeting of all
the teams on Thursday afternoon, at
4%O, at Epiphany Parish Hall, when
pr. Glazebrook requests a full re-
port from all team leaders, captains
and lieutenants.
Children TO Give Play.
On Thursday morning. at 10 O'Clock,
The children of the sixth and seventh
grades of the Chevy Chase Country
Day School. directed by Stanwood
Cobb, will present a Shapespearian
play, THE Two Gentlemen of Verona"
AS benefit for the Monticello fund. The
presentation will take place at the
Chevy Chase Library and the full
cast will be given by children be-
tween the ages of ten TO thirteen
years, who recently have presented
scenes from this play before the
Shakespeare Society.
All the school children in the city
VIII assemble Saturday morning. at
10:l5 O'Clock, at Keith's Theater.
when. under the direction of Mrs. AL
bert NJ. BagGs and her team repre-
a h.
ton. the children's gift to Monticello
VIII be received. Through the cour-
fesy of Roland :. Robbins, the thea
ter has been given for the meeting.
The United States Army Band will
play, and singing will be led by Ed
win y. I. Barnes. director of music
in the public schools, and the pro-
gram also will include an address to
Inc children, on Thomas Jefferson, by
q prominent speaker
Events Last Two Weeks.
This ceremony had been selected as
me conclusion of the jefferson oppor-
funity month, but owing to the large
number of activities planned including
a Jefferson dance by the students of
business High School. directed by Mrs.
Butts, which will occur after Easter,
and number of other social functions
arranged by other teams, the events will
continue for at least two weeks in April.
1T was announced yesterday at the
Monticello headquarters in the New
Willard
; Mrs. Crandall Mackey. executive chair
man of the committee of Arlington coun-
y, Va, for raising the fund, has urged
that the people of that county subscribe.
IS much as possible in order that the
county quota of s1,S00 might be raised
il the full quota is obtained it will give
the county a representative on the board
of directors of the memorial association
she pointed out.
All those wishing to contribute NAV
communicate with Mrs. w. w Snyder of
fhe Clarendon district, c. T. Jesse,
Fletcher Kemp, Walter Varney of the
Jefferson district. or with Mrs Crandall
Mackey, 2020 18th street northwest