Evening star., 1924-11-18
S16,289.7O RAISED
FOR NURSES FUND
Total Of 1872 Contributors Re-
ported in First Day
of Drive.

OF the Instructive. Visiting Nurse Society
Tor two-ye?r budget % sa1 900 result,
| ga in contributions OF S16,289.70 from
3S2 pers'. ns. according to reports Of 81
OF the 81 teams engaged in the drive
mace in the RED room OF the Willard
ttote! today. Toaay's meeting was the
| first of 2 SERIES to be held through
the week ri which the results OF the
2:ecedirs "a hoirs viii ba presented by
the various team captains. tabulated on
| large blackboard under the name of
TIC team head ard totaled
lie team captained by Miss Olive
Graef reported the larses: amount Of
cont"thutions-so.f0 o.f0.---which amount
was secured from three contributors.
hAh one larger amount was record
Ad, ;hst coming from Headquarters OF
the Visiting Nur Socie.y. s3,82l, but
| II was not credited to i-:s efforts of
any individual
Joshua Evans, .Jr.. Pre- xides.
joshua Evans, ir.. presided at the,
meeting and received the reports
from the teams captains who were
seated al. ia oleS IN the large room.
AS the hsurss were announced, they
were recorded or an adding machine
shd casI.eG up On. u large board al
the en0 OF tie room. an arrangement
permitting one 20 see AT II glance lust
I \
! Sterile. manasEr OF the can1pa ign
urged tho WORKERS to get more indi-
! Nidua! contributors and reminded
| them. that some have sa.I we cant
get the s?..ou1. iu! were going to
| do II. Enthusiasm over the frs.
da> results dominated The meeting
fGnd tomorrow the teams will again
assemble IN The red room to present
the results o: their efforts for the
- hours ending at that time.
Contributors Listed.
TIE contributors, ard the team can
t6ins reporting them. follow:
Team No. |. Mrs. Whitman Cross.
csptein. $l..t5: No. :. Mrs. Harvey
| W. Wiley. s"5-. NO 9. Mrs. II. $.
| Hu:de&oper. see: 40. I, :iiss Clara
Farrar Smith, sGG2: No. 8. s!rs. Emory
soott Land. siG:: 40. 7. Mis- cresson
Newbo!d. siS2: No. 5. Miss olrc
Dean. al2i.50: No. 10. Mrs Merriam;
! 'urt :. $751; No. y, Miss Anita Henry.
! ti.6;2: No. -. Mrs. c. i. Lindsey. jr..
| $685.: No. -. Mr.. ). p. Gay!les. sSa7:
| No. Il. Mrs. /. L Neville. S207: No.
-. Mrs. George Myers. 1856: No 1s,
a.rs Ennalla "agEau.1n, $500 No.
! i. Mrs. Dorsey nicfa-d5sr, consof-
Mrs. Water T.. G'rerardi s16b:
| No ~. Miss Cora Earr... .6s65o:
! No. 81, Church Of tie covenant. Mrs.
Wilson Compton, sD50.50: No "a, st.
Johns Episcopal Church. Miss A. B.
McCammon. ss730s: No. 20. ST.
Thomas Episcopal Church. Mrs. Aus
, tia kauta, $50: No. IS, =. Paurs
Church Mrs; Swaser shirley. $3.50;
! No. -. St. Adams. lirs. CG2enove @.
Ice, si3l: No. 81, Epiphany Church.
AIRS Henry Fry. s33: No 81. Miss
| Edna J. Sheehy. sso: No. s.. St. Mat
thew'~ Church. Mrs. George p.
Scriven, sic: 40. -. AIRS. Clarence
Periey. s5I. and No 81. Miss NJ. H.
Wineate. SO.
nurEe in. memory OF Senator and Mrs
! Henry Cabot Lodge was reported last
night TO headquarters OF The Visiting
| Nurse SOCIETY by Mrs. Clarence c.
Niilisms. their daughter. Mrs. Lodge
was first president of the society.
serving from 1900 to 1905, and sena-
tor Lodge was always Interested in
| its Noe...
work Non-seciarian
The noE-sec.a-iG.? cnaracter OF the
! work being done by the Instructive Wis.,
itinS Nurse Society IS demonstrated by
the fact tina. the 81 teams soliciting
funds TO make Up The budget of s97 900
include speoie; teams OF Catholic
churches. Jewish women, and a con-
siderable number OF Protestant organi-
cations. or the 81 teams at work. II
represent church organizations This
division OF workers, styled Division c.
is under the direction OF Mira. G. Brown
Miller. and In the daily reports made
at IL O'Clock at the willard Hotel they
will be In competition with Division A,
which consists OF representative civic
organizations. and Division 3, which Is
composed Of members OF the board OF
managers OF the soei.ty and their
friends.
Chief Objective Cited.
One Of the chief objsetlvee OF the
campaign is' TO raise enough money TO
develop a new nursing center. Thus
far there are only two such centers-
one in Georgetown and the other in
Brishtwood. The value of a nursing
center lies chiefly in the fact that the
same nurses become thoroughly ac-
quainted with the same people In the
community, and their work becomes
more effective in that they know the
needs Of the neishborhood and can do
consecutive work in the district. Also
II obvfates the necessity Of the nurses
travelling great distances when they are
compelled to cover the entire city.
The nurses require several addi-
tional automobiles. Previously auto
mobiles have been given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Eliot Wadsworth, the Kiwanis
Club. the Rotary Club and DR.. and
Mrs. John Van Rensselaer,.
Commende6 by DIR. Thomas
DR.. John D. Thomas. president OF
the Medical Society Of the District OF
Columbia, said yesterday. regarding
the work Of tho society: The Visit
ing Nurse Society in placing at the
disposal of those of moderate cir
cumstances as we'll as those who are
dependent the service OF graduate
nurses on a part-time basis is meet
ing a definite health need in Wash
ington Unfortunately the service 10
not yet as we'll known as it should
be among physicians at large. They
are frequently at loss to obtain ad-
eauate nursing care in the families
of patients of moderate circumstances
where they do not need full-ttme
graduate nurse or where they can
not afford one. 1t is great help to
tho ply sician and greater help to
patients.
Gertrude. Lady Decies. sister-in-
law of the former EfVien Gould, sells