Evening star., 1924-11-23
.MRS.HOOVER URGES.
AID TO NURSE DRIVE.
Says 1t Gives Every Wash.
ingtonian Chance to Show
Citizenship.

Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife OF the
Secretary of Commerce, and a mem
Der of the board of managers OF the
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society
since 1917. appealed to Washington
ianS in g. statement issued last night,
not to forget the services rendered
by the Visiting Nurse and urged sup
port of the campaign for two-year
budget of $4,000, which is scheduled
to close tomorrow.
My legal residence is in Cali
fornia," said Mrs. Hoover, but, while
| as citizen of California, l am also
a. resident of Washington while my
husband is in Government service
and, therefore, / feel a distinct re-
sponsibility toward this city in which
L live part of the year. I get all the
benefits of Washington, its police pro-
lection, it's good roads, and every
| thing else that the permanent resi-
dents of this city enjoy--including
the benefits of the nursing service,
which, whether 1 use it personally
or not, makes as definite a contribu-
ton toward the city's welfare as
does any other agency conducted for
the benefit of the city.
Chance for Citizenship.
Every American should have
deep interest in the welfare of Wash
ing lon' because IT Is the Nations
capital and because it Is so dependent
upon the people of the various States
Tor Its government. l have tho
opportunity to help make Washing
ton better city through the repre-
sentatives and senators whom I help
TO elect in California. We who are
here temporarily have greater
responsibility than the American
citizens who have their permanent
homes here and have not even this
indirect way of voting for their
city's welfare. But in this campaign,
Of course, every resident in Wash
ington, whether temporary of perma-
nent, has an equal opportunity to-
ward helping raise the budget for
the work of the Visiting Nurses.
Il have been told that many of the
men of Washington seem to feel that
because the nurses are women, the
entire responsibility for raising this
budget, therefore, lies with the wo-
men of Washington. This attitude
does not seem possible. The men
must have a greater concern in this
part Of our task than the women, be-
cause this is a city-wide enterprise
and affects everybody who lives in 1t,
whether they are men or women
and especially the aged and the chill
dren.
The visiting nurse in her blue
uniform, and largely because of her
daily ministrations to sick people in
the home. often gives a fresh concep-
tion of what life may mean to those
who have a desire to serve others, and
1t is altogether likely that many
young people receive their first in
spiration toward some kind of service
through the daily example Of the
visiting nurse.
s.FT-t.-
ing Nurse Society can scarcely be
overestimated. L saw much of their
work during the war, when t."
served as a nucleus about which the
care of the sick of the city centered.
At a time when many thousands of
people were suffering from the ''hu."
these nurses rendered a most heroic
service to the community, and this is
another reason why they should be
heartily supported by every Wash
ington resident"
Throughout the past week the fol-
lowing women have spent a large
part of their time visiting prospects
and soliciting for the campaign. The
result OF their efforts is s46,sSS.32
tabulated to date.
Team Captains and Workers.
Division A. Mrs. Cary T. Grayson,
leader. Team Mrs. Whitman
Cross, captain, Mrs. r, r. Jackson.
Mrs. Frederic T. Harrington, Miss
Grace Lincoln Temple, Mrs. Cabot
Stevens Mrs. J. c. Merriam, Mrs. Will
liam f. Chamberlain, Mrs. Carleton
r. Ball, Mrs. William L. Dunlop, jr.,
Mrs B. P. Lamberton, Miss Cora Ran
nells Mrs. Henry Cover.
Team 2-Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley,
captain, Mrs. Dwight Clark. Mrs. T.
t Kent, Mrs. Y. S. Fraser, Miss Alice
J. o. Gray, Mrs. William E. Cham
berlain.
Team 3-Mrs. r. S. Huidekoper. cap
tain, Mrs. James F. Mitchell, Mrs.
EIdridge E. Jordan, Mrs. Albert y.
Baggs, Mrs. Donald Cassels. Mrs. VIII
liam T. Carmichael. Mrs. Walter E.
Barr. Mrs. Troupman, Mrs. Littlewood,
Mrs, Melville D. Church. jr, Mrs. w.
e. Bradley, Miss Helen Black.
Team 4-Miss Clara Farrar Smith.
captain, Mrs. J. Davis Brodhead, Mrs. 4
John ]. Bartram, Mrs. George Calvert
Bowie, Miss Aida Benriques, Mrs.
William Cleveland Hicks, Mrs. How
ard F. Kane, Miss n. r. MacComb,
Mrs. Harold N. Marsh. Mrs. w. P.
Robert, Mrs. Frank s. Smith, Miss Ann
Wells, Mrs. N. Price Whitaker, Mrs.
Laird F. Houston.
Team 5--Mrs. Edward Holdings |
field, captain; Mrs. Lee Wolf. Miss NJ. |
Baum, Mrs J. S. Kann, Mrs. Louis |
Kronheimer, Mrs. Harold Levy, Mrs. |
Robb Myer, Mrs. Arthur Neuman. Mrs. |
Harry Rosenberg, Mrs. David Sanger, |
Miss Pauline Baum, Mrs. l.. Messen- |
ger, Mrs. A Nachman.
Team s-Mrs. Lewis. J. Smith, cap
tain.
Team Mrs. Cresson Newbold, |
captain. Mrs. Henry Fry, Miss Peachy, |
Mrs Spencer S. Wood Mrs Thomas
Bradley, Miss B. Rowland, Mrs. |
Walter ]. Peter, Mrs. Phillips Hill.
Team S-Miss Olive Graef, captain: