Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Capital Women Unite
In Aid of Fund Drive
For Community Chest
Materially Promoting Well
fare Campaign by Active
Participation in Organiza-
ton Work and by Con-
tributions.

Washington women are working heart
and soul for the success of the Com
munity Chest campaign, which opens
"ofnciauy" tomorrow. Already the list
OF women contributors is very large and
1t is growing daily by leaps and bounds.
Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, wife of the
Commissioner of the District Of Co
lumbia, who is. incidentally. the only
woman serving as a vice chairman in
the special gift unit OF the chest. is
leading all the men In the matter of
gifts" received in advance of the open
ing date.
Approximately 80 other prominent
women here are serving on the special
GIFT unit with outstanding success, gifts
amounting to $500 or over being their
goal from each person approached in
advance Of Monday, If possible. Many
Of these well known women-sone be.
longing to organizations joining the
chest and others belonging merely as
themselves, but all working for the
honor OF the National Capital--are
temporarily giving all their time to the
campaign. and the results are expected
to be remarkable In the size Of the gifts
received.
Among the members Of the special
gift unit are Mrs. Cary r. Grayson,
wife OF Admiral Grayson; Mrs. Walter
Edge, wife Of Senator Edge of New
Jersey: Mrs. Barry Mohun. Mrs. wal
ter Tuckerman, Mrs. c. c. Glover, jr.;
Mrs. John Jay O'Connor who takes
Keen civic Interest along so many lines
In the city; Mrs. Reginald S. Huideko-
per. Princess Boncampagni, Mrs. Will
son Compton, Mrs. Reeve Lewis. Mrs.
Kate d. Ridgely, Mrs. Mary Grant
Rafter and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins.
Other Active Workers
In Special Gift Unit.
Also included in the special gift unit
are Miss Anne Covington and Miss
Katherine Dunlop, Mrs James Parker
Nolan and Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith,
Mrs. r. N. Kaufman and Miss Julia
Maths. There are likewise such women
as Mrs. Gwinn Rust. Mrs. Robert Rams
dell. Mrs. S. c. Hooper, Mrs. Joseph
Hines and Mrs. Rushmore Patterson,
as well as Mrs. Charles Wheeler, Mrs.
Wiseman Priest, Mrs. Ernest Van Fos-
sen and Mrs. Howard S. Leroy.
Prominent Washington women also
are serving on the chests board of trus-
tees. Mrs. Whitman Cross being the
only woman vice president of the board
or the entire personnel Of the board two
thirds represent various agencies and
one-third are chosen at large from the
community. Miss Helen Nicolay is from
the Associated Charities; Miss Matte
Gibson represents the Childrens' Hos
pital: Mrs. H. H. Kerr and Mrs. John
r. Williams represent the Childrens'
Country Home; Mrs. Louis Lehr and
Miss Caroline Sweeney, the Child We'll
fare Society: Mrs Stephanie Martin and
Mrs. Charles p. Neill, the Christ Child
Society: Mrs. Louis B. Castell is ac-
credited to the Congress Of Parents and
Teachers OF the District Of Columbia;
Mrs. David Meade Lea and Mrs. Lila
P. DuVal. the Episcopal Home for Chill
oren; Miss Lydia Burklin and Mrs. H c.
Newcomer. the Friendship House; Miss
Jean Dean Cole and Mrs. Thomas E.
Robertson. the Florence Crittenden
Home.
The Girl Scouts are represented on
the board Of trustees by Mrs. Henry H.
Father and Miss Dorothy Greene. the
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society by
Mrs, David Potter and Miss Gertrude
Boiling, ana Miss Mildred Terratt and
Mrs. Walter s. Ufford come from the
Juvenile Protective Association.
Various Institutions
Ably Represented.
Neighborhood House is represented BY
Mrs. Joseph M. Stoddard and Mrs. j.
p S. Neigh; Noel House by Mrs. Hola-
bird Towne, and the National Homeo-
pathic Hospital by Miss Elizabeth
Dempsey. The Providence Hospital has
on the board Sister Camilla and Sister
Louise, and st. Anne's Orphanage rep
resentative Is Sister Cornelia. Mrs.
Pearce Horne represents the Southern
Relief; Mrs. Margaret Ford. the Trav-
elers' Aid; Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith,
the United Hebrew Relief; Mrs Truman
@. Palmer and Miss N. r. Macomb, the
Washington Animal Rescue League;
Mrs. A. q. McClintock and Mrs. VIII
liam Father. jr., the Washington Co
operative Society; Miss L. Elizabeth
Thomas, the Washington Home for
Foundlings; Miss Hettie p. Ander-
son and Miss Margaret r. Fox, the
Young Women's Christian Association.
Among the numbers of board mem
bers who are well known in the city
for their varied activity along all lines
Of civic and charitable enterprise are
Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Mrs. Frances
Boyce, Mrs. Manolah Brennan, Mrs.
Frederick II. Brooke, Mrs. Wilbur j.
Carr. Mrs. James r. Curtis, Mrs. Martha
A. McAdoo, Mrs. John Jay O'Connor,
Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart and Mrs.
z. z. Rollins