Evening star., 1925-04-06
CLUB
TO HELP CHARITIES
Contributors Found Wiling
to Give 1855 YearIy-Regur
lar Drive Continues.

The special Easter finance com
mittee of the Associated Charities in
its report covering receipts up to
noon today has a record of 1882 CON
tributfng members. Since the cam
paign opened on April 1 there have
been 107 specific responses from
members Of civic and trade bodies
and each mail is adding TO the list.
In addition to this special form OF
appeal, the committee is making a
personal effort 70 secure memberships
in a "dollar-a-day club" among per
sons of means, some of them former
contributors to the Associated Char
tiles, but who have given somewhat
smaller amounts in previous years.
The original suggestion came from
Arthur @ Moses, who said that he
would be very glad to increase his
contribution to 1855. or 81 day, II
others also could be induced to do
the same.
Original Plan Pushed
Those having the matter in charge,
following Mr.. Moses suggestion, have
been much encouraged by the favor
able responses from the comparative
ly few people who have already been
approached on the subject. This eff
fort, however, TO secure large gifts
has not lessened the committees de-
sire to enroll 10000 contributing
members, the 'majority of whom can
De expected to give comparatively
small sums. To meet this situation
the committee has named an associ-
ate membership Of 81 and an active
membership Of IS, as well as the
larger membership dues recorded on
the subscription blank.
There will be a meeting Of the
board Df fhn
Charities Wednesday, at which re
ports of the progress of the campaign
Will be made by the finance commit
tee and further plans developed for
raising the total amount Of s55,o0O
necessary to continue the work for
the balance of the fiscal year ending
September 30
In statement today at the social
service headquarters of the Associat-
ed Charities an attempt is made TO
visualize the volume and character
of the years work This statement
follows:
The Associated Charities is called
upon TO give service each year to
more than 1900 families. The exact
number last year was 1924, consist
ing of 5,117 persons. This means
that slightly more than l in 100 Of
Washington's population was served
consisted Of enough persons to com
fortably fill the new washington Au-
ditorium. If they could all be gath
cred together there at one time prob
ably the first impression would be
the large number of children in the
audience. These children would
number 2,723, or more than half those
assembled.
If a census were to be taken OF
the group it would show that the
great majority were native born. The
small number of single men and
single women, Is of one and a of
the other, would be a striking fact
of this census. Not quite half, or
66l would be married couples; 229
would be widows, Al widowers; I6a
would be women deserted by their
husbands and 13 would be men de
serted by their wives A pathetic
part of the picture would be the
81 unmarried mothers in the group,
as well as seven couples living
together as man and wife although
never legally married.
Disabilities Are Listed.
Such a census would indicate tstt
the Associated Charities is called
upon to deal with all sorts and con
ditions of human trouble.
II the roll were called, it would be
discovered that at least two thirds
of the families were handicapped by
some serious physical disability; that
6S by actual diagnosis had members
who were mentally deficient, and
there would be 146 aged persons in
the group. and 81 of the families
would have some member afflicted
with tuberculosis
Such are the situations that the so
cial workers of the society are called
upon to face and for which they must
find a solution wherever possible.
This is the kind of work for which
the support of 10000 contributing
me mberS is asked. Contributions
may be sent to Ord Preston, treasurer,
1922 Eleventh street