Evening star., 1924-11-22
WORKERS TO RUSH
NURSEFUNDDR|VE
Hope to Complete Budget of
$4,000 Before Noon
Meeting Monday.

With $4,000 needed to complete
the two-year budget of $97 900 for
the Instructive Visiting Nurse So
ciety, the large number of team
workers who have canvassed the city
.or contributions for five days start
ed out from the New willard Hotel
today determined to have the desired
sum in hand when the final of a
series OF noon meetings will be held
in tFat hotel Monday at IL o'clock.
Today reports from 81 of the 81
teams engaged in obtaining contri-
buttons to insure the work of the
/. V. n. S. in the District for the
next two years showed a total of
$5.S49.50 had been obtained in the
last "a hours from 352 contributors.
The grand total now stands at $46,-
SSS.32 and the number of contributors
Is 2,194.
Range of Contributions.
Among the contributions reported
today was 10 cents, which a colored
laundryman gave team No. 81, cap
tanned by Mrs. Henry Fry. The man.
she said in making her report, thought
the cause was a good one. The pro-
ceeds of golf match, staged at the
congressional Country Club amount
ed to 1910, and President Hines, in a
letter to the society, inclosing the
check for that amount, expressed re-
gret that larger sum could not
have been sent. 1t also was reported
that there are 1874 unopened letters
In the headquarters of the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society, room 22O. Star
building. and it is believed large
majority of these letters contain con-
tributions. The office force there has
been swamped with work and has
been unable to get to the letters
Contributions, if not given to an au-
thorized solicitor, should be sent TO
the foregoing address.
First Honor Team Designated.
Team No. s. captained by Mrs. Ed
ward Heidingsfeld, took first honors
today for having the largest amount
of contributions-s976. The teams
which reported, with the names of
their captains and the amounts, fol-
Cross, s774; No. 2, Mrs. Harvey w.
Wiley, SAT; No. 3. Mrs. r. s. Huide-
koper, S405.47; No. 4, Miss Clara Far
rar-Smith, 1867; No. 5, Mrs Edward
Heidingsfeld. 1915: No 6, Mrs. ]. S.
Smith. s69.50; No. Z, Mrs. Cresson
Nowbold, $500; No. s, Miss Olive
Graef, 800; No. 9, Mrs. Northup
Dean, s36; No. 10, Mrs. Merriam Cur
It's, s246; No. ~, Mrs. C. r. Lindsey,
Jr., sl34: No. 16. Mrs. W. S. Farber, sls,
No. II. Mrs. Dorsey Richardson. s244;
No. Is, Mrs. Walter r. Gherrardi, s41.
No. "a, Miss A. c. McCammon,
s31s.50; No. %. Mrs. Austin Kautz,
s29; No. 26, Mrs. swagar Sherley,
$3.50: No. %. Mrs. Cazenove G.. Lee,
S119; No. 2S, Mrs. Carter Fort, s66.S5;
No. 20, Mrs. j. Craig Peacock, s122;
No. 81, Mrs. Henry Fry, s13I10; No.
32 Miss Edna J. Sheehy, SAC; No. SO,
Mrs. George p. Scriven, S329: No. "a,
Mrs. Daniel c. Stapleton, s142.50; No.
80. Mrs. Clarence Perley. $50; No.
81. Miss NJ. Fl. Wingate. SIT.
Final Meeting Monday.
The final meeting of the workers
in the Instructive Visiting Nurse
Soeiety's campaign will be held at the
New Willard Hotel Monday noon,
when complete reports will be made
on the amount of money received. the
total number of contributors, and the
total number of visits made in order
to secure these contributions
Commenting on the work of the
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society. DR..
Hugh S. Cumming. surgeon general,
United States Public Health Service
said today:
THE public health nurse, in addi-
tion to the service which she renders
for the transmission to the public of
the gospel of health. Through her
bedside care to the patient who is
dcutely III, the nurse makes a natural
contact in the home and is able while
giving a concrete example of care to
the sick to talk health conservation
to the wife and mother and to leave
at the termination of the illness some
better understanding of the relation
between healthful habits OF living and
disease prevention. Her work is one
of importance to the public health of
the country"
Commended by Bishop Freeman.
Bishop James L. Freeman also ex-
pressed his appreciation of the work
of the nurses in Washington. Bishop
Freeman wrote to Mrs. Whitman
Cross, President OF the society, as fol-
lows:
Il am glad to have the opportunity
of expressing to you my great inter-
est and hearty Endorsement of the In
structive Visiting Nurse Association.
There is no question but that these
nurses with their self sacrificing la
bors fill great need in our city's
life and are boon to thousands
Their work is kind, helpful. sympa-
thetic and, above all, constructive
Their efficiency and unfailing willing
ness and energy is well known to all.
May | extend to you my sincere and
hearty good wishes for the continued
and increased scope and success of
this great organization"