TH[: ACTIVITIES OF THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE OF WOMEN ON NATIONAL DEFENSE NEW YORK •" r'- :I3fe*'* ^i^'^ By trauusf fer J 1915 « s El u p « k V o - i •o •- c ^ n J= .2 X s MAYOR'S COMMI irHH OI- WOMEN ON NATIONAL DEFENSE I liainnau. M""^ Whiiam K'AMmirii IIi.aiim Honorary Ctniirman. Mks. JtniX 1. Ihi w I'Ue'Chainnaii. Soiiiu. \msv. I.omi Secrtlary, M«> Nms«>n IIkkmk k IU.vk^ Treasurer. Mk^ (.iukc.i. \N . l.«»n AliViSORY BOAKM MKS sIMoS IIAKl < 11 MISS SAM A A to \ HON MISS MAKi.AKKT « . MAI.IN MKS NVII.I.IAM KI.VSTKIN MRS IIKNKV I I.AV KKICK MRS KI.HKRT II i.AUS MRS AI.HKKT i.l.KAV KS MKS KDWARI) M Hnl M MKS WAI.TKR W IRWIN MRS AI.KRKI) I inllNSnN MISS Kl Til I.AWRKSi K MRS. WII.I.IAM A MANN MRS JAMKS A V MRS IIKRMAN <»KI.RI(IIS MRS STKI'HKN OI.IS MRS MORTON K I'l.ANT MRS |SAA< I Kl S>H.I MRS « IIARI KS St IIW All MRS AI.KRKI) K SMITH MRS KRNKST M STIRK«« MRS NATHAN STKAIS MRS N R I SHKK MRS MARTIN VOi;KI. MRS MlSfcll'll \ KSKA Mlis toiTH Baiisib. hxciHlnr Sreretary Miso IllJl.N A. KkuuK"., linnr--' <■'-'" Tu THE Members of the Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense. Herewith is presented the Chairman's report to His Honor Mayor Hylan and the individual reports of the several active sub-committees. With this record of work accomplished the Committee dissolves, having fulfilled the obligations for which it was organized. In view of this fact that the need for a Committee on National Defense is happily at an end, I wish to express my personal thanks for your exceeding help- fulness and co-operation during the past year, as a member of The Mayor's Com- rriittee of Women on National Defense, and to say that I am deeply appreciative of the patriotic and intelligent personal service rendered. The Committee has been asked to continue the work of the Canteen Division, the Committee on Health, the Committee on Social Welfare, the Fuel Committee and to establish an Employment Bureau, and be always ready for emergency calls. My association with members of the Committee has been a distinct pleasure, and I trust that at some future time we may be assembled again for any big civic undertaking which presents itself. With best wishes, I am Very sincerely yours. MILLICENT HEARST, (Mrs. William Randolph Hearst), The Chairman. Mayor's Committee of Women Z7ToIIThZ: on National Defense M«« JOHN F MVLAS SOFHIC iRtNt LOCN TMIASUNCR MRS WlLLlAM RANDOLPH HrARS' tlCRKTAKV MR« aeonat \N Loft Chairman Mi»«. N«l«on hh»hick mbmh* I lir Honorable John !•. Ilylan, Mayor of tlu' ( ity ol New N <»rk Sir: I hrrcwilli rr>|)i-t. tl'ully .snliinit lo yon tiic .uiukks ot tlu- \i.i>i>i s I uninnitrc .ii WKnu'U on National Defend', lor a pcriojl ol onr year to Jannary Kl. l'.»l«.». i-.iitlifnlly yours, MILIJCKNT UKAKST. Chairman. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT. Shortly alter you a|>i>oiiitt(l tlu- C li.iiniiaii. your I'onimitlce was ornani/cd as •«|>co()0 custards and cereals. In this way ready nourishment was obtainable at the centres within easy access of the families suffering on account of the disease. The Social \\'elfarc Committee has achieved notable success in the conduct of canteens. Five of these are now operating in the City of New York and approxi- mately ;;00,000 men were served in 240 days. Every effort has been made to secure the best home-made foods and the very lowest prices have been maintained. That every soldier and sailor who visits these canteens receives a meal at actual cost has been fully demonstrated, the average cost per meal being -^7 cents. The canteens may be said to be running on a self-supporting basis. So important lias this work been deemed by military authorities as well as by the Committee which comes in touch with the soldiers and sailors that preparations were made to put the canteen quarters in condition for winter and they have con- tinued them accordingly. Also, an officers' club was erected at 4:?nd Street ami 5th Avenue. This matter ut si-curinK a tiill meal at very little cost has generally been accredited with doing much toward the comfort of the soldier and sailor, especially since the' high cost of food has made it almost impossible to secure a satisfying meal, within the means of the average soldier or sailor, t-ven at the low priced restaurants. The n)cn havr a\ailc«l themselves of the opportunity to use the canteen to an appreciable- degree. 1-or example, iluring the first wi-ek in .August. J-'..H01 men were served at these canteens. Thf canteens are located as follows: .Vumbtr • )iu-. at thi- Public Library. I'iftli .Xvcnuc anldiers, sailors, and marines. .Some of the managers who co-operated with your Committee in this entertainment were: William A. Brady, Lee & J. J. Shubcrt, Morris (iest, .Arthur Hammerstein, Selwyn & Co., .A. H. Woods. John Cort. H. H. Frazee, Richard Walton Tully, Daniel (irifVith, (ie«>rge Broadhurst, William l-av« rsham and Mr. and .Mrs. (oburn. .All of tile above activities conducted by your Chairman were done at het expense. The I'ourth of July Celebration, which was attended by over lU'.OOO people at the Statlium was designed to arouse a spirit of patriotism. The fact that never has so large an audience attended here, and that Hon. Josephus Daniels, .Secretary oi the .Navy, was the principal speaker, was most inspiring. Besides, the entertainment was arranged to call forth the spirit of patriotism not only of our own country, but that of our .Allies, all of which were represented on the program. The Book ("ommittee in response to an appeal for books for soldiers in thr various cam|)s an"cd in wei{;ht on an averane of two and one-half jjounds each in the period. Only three <>f these childreti, accorditijf to the doctor's examination, were marked normal in nutrition on entering the Center. That is to say that the others had heen suflfcrinn from malnutrition. ;»s a result of the neprlect, which in the majority of cases, was forced upon the mother. The Inf«»rmation Hooth Committee filled a Iouk felt want in that thousands of soldiers who came to the metropolis were n\cu unacciuainted with the city anany I.eijislative Committee hearings. A ujeasure that would have been passed l)Ut for one vote, wa* tlic Minimum Wage Law, which was favored by this Committee. I'"vrry effort was also put forth in promoting tlie p.iSsaK'C of Rank foi Nurses Hill in Washington. This committee also had under consideration the curfew ordinance lor the City of \'ew 'S'ork. but it was deemed advisable to oppose it. as it seemed unnecessary to put a pfissible ban on the l,12."i.OOO school chihlren as pros|)ertivo law breakers, in order to reach an approximate 2.000 or .1.000 delinquents. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RECONSTRUCTION. W'ltli til. war at an end. the importance of reoonstnution work, tlic foundation for which lias been laid by your Committee, forcefully presents itself to us. We therefore, make the following recommendation: There will be a change in indtistrial conditions with special relation to women. Thousands of women are now filling the places of m«n who have been called to the fighting front. The returning men will need to secure work, and naturally many will replace women who will be out of work. It is. therefore, imperative that an Employment Committee be properly continued or reorganized for this jinrpose. This is most essential in order to avoid later community burden', that will likel\ accrue with the present vast army of workers who will needs compete with those who return from the war. While there are new avenue* opening out every day to women, the competition naturally will be most keen on account of the two million or more men returning to the industries, to say nothing of the office workverty was the cause of their condition In many cases hecausc the mother was freed for work, enough money was spent on foo tion. Adults. Juveniles. I'otal. Temp. Perm. Juvenile. Total. March. 191 T lst-20th 299 144 123 2G7 25 70 101 19G Jan., 1918 lst-20th 295 23f) 34 270 4 SO GO 144 March, 191 S lst-20th S03 453 54 507 17 17G 64 257 Registrations — Percentage of increase in March, 191S, over 2 months — over 172%. Referred to Positions — Percentage of increase in March, 191,S over 2 months — 89 7r. Placed in Positions — Percentage of increase in March, 1918, over March, 1917 — 31%. Over January, 1918—78%. THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. Mrs. George J. Gould, Chairman. The efiforts of this Committee have been directed mainly in the interest of soldiers, siailors and marines. On Tuesday, April 30th, the Chairman gave a tea for a large contingent of Red Cross nurses. On Thursday, May 9th, the Chairman entertained thirty men and forty ofificers of the French visiting soldiers, known as the "Blue Devils." They first had a theatre party at the Winter Garden, which was followed by a suppei at Mrs. Gould's resi- dence, 857 Fifth Avenue. On Wednesday evening, April 24th, the Chairman gave a dinner at her home for sixty-eight men of the New York (27th U. S. A.) Division, who were in New York presenting the play, "You Know Me, Al", at the Lexington Theatre for the purpose of raising a fund to purchase a portable theatre for use abroad. Arrangements for hotel accommodations at a nominal rate for the American and foreign ofificers and men were made, covering the period of demobilization. Mrs. Hamilton arranged for the use of five hundred rooms and bath at $1.50 each, including meals. 15 16 A list of the hotels which made this offer are as follows: Hotel Ansonia, Belleclaire, Berkley, Bonta, Bretton Hall, Clciidenninjj, Colonial, Endicott, Hargrave, Lucerne, Majestic, Manhattan Square, Marie Antoinette, Mar- seilles, San Remo, St. Andrew, St. Paul, Sherman Square, Willard, Walton, Ransby, Robert Fulton, Selkirk. The Committee also presented to the sailors on Ellis Island 6 garrison flags, 2 pool tables, 12 tennis racquets 12 balls, 12 baseball bats, 12 baseballs. Costumes that were donated from members of the theatrical profession, follow- ing the Chairman's appeal for make-up, wigs, etc., for the use of the soldiers and sailors in the different camps. The Chairman has purchased a motor bus, which on four days of the week is sent to the Brooklyn base hospital, Brooklyn Xavy Yard, for the use of the sick and wounded. During the summer, on every Thursday and on alternate Tuesdays, under the direction of Mrs. Armstrong, a professional entertainment was given by the courtesy of Mr. Winthrop Ames of the Over-Seas League; the weekly Thursday entertain- ments were given at Ellis Island, and the Tuesday entertainments at the Pelham Bay Training Station. Twice a week, all summer, the Chairman sent her car to the Xurscs' Club, to take the nurses who were waiting to sail for over-seas service, and nurses who were rest- ing, out for an afternoon's drive. The nurses on Ellis Island were always present at the entertainments of this Committee. All the financial obligations of the Committee have so far been met by the Chairman from personal funds. Entertainment to Soldiers at Camp Upton. — February 9th, 1918. More than thirty of the most prominent actors and actresses went to Camp Upton to entertain the soldiers at the suggestion of the Chairman of the Mayor's Committee. Owing to the fuelless days the theatres were closed on Tuesday. This made a great number of the theatrical profession available to make the trip. A special train was provided to take the company to Yaphank and return, with as little delay as possible. The trip was accredited with being "the best entertainment the men ever wit- nessed." General Johnson, in command of the Cantonment, praised highly the work of the Committee which made such an entertainment possible. For the first time, a new system of entertaining a great number of men at one time was inaugurated. Five continuous performances were given at one time. Four of the auditoriums of the Y. M. C. A. and the Knights of Columbus auditorium were utilized for the purpose. After the stars gave a performance at one building they proceeded to another, until they had appeared in all five buildings. In this manner more than twelve thousand soldiers w^ere able to witness the entertainment. The entire expense of the special train, the trip and incidental expense which amounted to more than five hundred dollars was paid for by the Chairman of the Mayor's Committee, Mrs. Hearst. Mrs. Hearst, Mrs. Lewis Nixon, Mrs. Nelson Henry and others accompanied the players on the trip. Among those who gave their services were George M. Cohan. Jack Norworth, Lillian Lorraine. Frances White. William Rock. Constance Binney, Carrol McComas. Houdini, Van & Schenck. Savoy & Brennan. Edna Wallace Hopper, and others. Hero Day— September 1st, 1918. The Committee celebrated Heroes' Day in a fitting manner by the distribution of one hundred and fifty medals to the mothers of the New York soldiers and sailors 17 and marines who had lost their lives in battle. The ceremony, which took place at the Hippodrome, was one of tlip most impressive ever held in the City of New York. The mothers, in their sombre mourning dresses, occupied two entire sections of tlic orchestra. Admission to the Hippodrome was free. Every seat was reserved. Tickets were distributed to those who filed applications with the Committee. Families of the soldiers in action were given the preference, but there were enougli to fill all de- mands. Every seat in the theatre was occupied. John McCormack volunteered his services for the occasion, and his singing was one of the principal features. Two thousand soldiers from the Peliiam Bay Naval Training Station atui the Naval Recruiting Band were in attendance, creating a mili- tary background. Entertainment Exclusively for Soldiers, February 21st, 1918. — Lexington Opera House. The Alayor's Committee of Women on National Defense provided for the enter- tainment of visiting soldiers who came to New York to take part in the parade of the 77th Division, on the day following Washington's Birthday. This was the last public appearance and entertainment to the drafted men of the 77th Division, which has made history on the Western front. More than twenty-five actors and actresses from many of the Broadway successes and the vaudeville theatres volunteered their services for the occasion. The entertainmnt lasted from S P. M. until 1 A. M. No tickets were issued. Uniforms were the only passes necessary. In connection with the amusement plans for the visiting soldiers, three thousand were furnished with tickets for the skating and dancing carnival at the Grand Central Palace. During the six months ending November 2nd. eighty-four thousand one hundred and thirty-five tickets were distributed among the visiting soldiers, sailors and ma- rines. These tickets were generously donated to the Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense by the various theatrical managers. The tickets were dis- tributed by the Canteen Division of the Mayor's Committee. Boys visiting the canteens for dinner were provided with seats for a score of plays. Some of the managers who donated theatre tickets through the Committee are William A. Brady, Lee & J. J. Shubert, Morris Gest, Arthur Hammerstein, Selwyn & Co.. A. H. Woods, John Cort. H. H. Frazee, Richard Walton Tully, Daniel Grif- fith, George Broadhurst, William Faversham and Mr. and Airs. Coburn. Pageant at Stadium— Fourth of July, 1918. The Patriotic Pageant portraying the blending r)f nations, fittingly celebrating the Independence Day of 1918, July 4th, was held under the auspices of the Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense. The stately, dignified and beautiful amphitheatre, with its Grecian influence, the Stadium of the College of the City of New York, was selected for the celebra- tion. More than twenty thousand people were present, and as many more sought admission who, regretfully, could not be accommodated. With the Stadium taxed to its capacity, thousands stood about the grounds and on the hilltops, eager to witness the magnificent spectacle which created a history- making inpident. Two thousand seats were reserved for soldiers and sailors. All men in uniform were admitted without tickets. The Pageant was, according to the newspapers, the most elaborate and artistic ever presented in the Stadium, and was deemed a fitting climax to the day'.; cele- bration. Mr. Lewis Nixon, master of ceremonies, extended greetings and introduced the Hon. Josephus Daniels. Mayor Hylan. and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, who de- livered addresses. A human illustration of the vicissitudes of our many countries was demonstrated by important women, men and children of the city; and others on the program were Ethel Barrymore, Mme. Schumann-Heink. Mme. Tamaki Muira. Anna Fitzui, Lucien Muratore, Bandmaster A. Kahl. Lieut. H. Moss, Capt. .\dams, and Arnold Volpe, Conductor Stadium Symphony Orchestra. 18 WESTEJ AN01.0-AMBRIj^N UNION DIRECT UNITED STATES !6 BRp AD STRBET/J^Kiw. YORK ■^?hik< The Chairman read the following message from General Pershing: "HEADQUARTERS AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, "Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, "City Hall, New York. "Thank you for the kindly message to this command from the Mayor's Commit- tee of Women. With our nation at war for the ideals for which our forefathers fought, this anniversary should bring vividly to our minds its full moaning and fill our hearts with gratitude to the patriotic men and women whose sacrifices made it possible. "PERSHING." Receipts. Contributed bv Mrs. Hreitung $1,000.00 Contributed by Mrs. Gould . . 1.000.00 Gate Money Collected at Georgian Court. . r)4.x00 Interest 3.49 $2,648.40 Disbursements. Theatre Tickets for "Blue Devils" $12f...-,0 Music for Reception for "Blue Devils". 170.00 Music for Tea for Nurses 32.00 Paid on Orchestrian at Ellis Island (Balance of .A.mount Paid bv Mrs. Gould) 1,000.00 Photos of Ellis Island Theatre for Publicity 60.00 Printing Cards and Advertising for Special Hotel Rates for Soldiers.. .')4.00 Taxis Conveying Performers to Ellis Island and return 3,"). 80 $1,478. .50 On Hand $1,169.99 Outstanding bills on taxis still to be paid. The beds given the West Side Y. M. C. A., amounting to $606.83 were paid for by Mrs. Gould personally. Also the diflferent expenses for entertaining the ofificers were paid by Mrs. Gould. 19 RESUME OF WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY NEW YORK CITY WOMEN'S EMERGENCY COMMITTEE. Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Chairman. Mrs. Nelson Hierrick Henry, Secretary. On October 16th the New York City Women's Emergency Committee was organ- ized, and the following sub-committees named : Food, Transportation, Relief, Recruiting Committee for Nurses, Nurses' Aides and Practical Workers, Committee on District Zones. The Committee was in operation for 30 days, in which time the field of endeavor was very successfully handled by the Chairmen of the various Committees. Briefly, Mrs. Oliver Harriman, Chairman of Food Committee, served 16,239 quarts of broths and soups and 3,660 custards and cereals, during the operation of the Committee. Mrs. Alfred Cook, Chairman of Transportation, had the active and alert co-opera- tion of the Motor Corps of America, Red Cross Motor Corps, National League for Women's Service, Mayfair Motor Corps, as well as individual assistance from motor car owners. The Committee was indirectly responsible for the service ^i 330 cars during the epidemic. Included in this number are several ambulances, a few trucks and a number of private cars. The Relief work was handled very ably from the Women's City Club by Mrs. John Blair, who represented both the Committee and the Club in the work. Through this Committee the definite organizations handling a specific class of relief work got hearty co-operation and all cases were attended to without delay by the organ- izations which specialized. The Recruiting Committee registered 587 nurses, aides and practical workers, in addition to which they answered the requests of families in need of such aid and established a co-ordinating working plan with other centers. Many cases were reported for the Borough of Brooklyn which received prompt attention from the Recruiting Committee. Under the Jewish Welfare Board the different organizations distributed 5,170 quarts of soup, 2,365 quarts of custards and 4,565 quarts of rice, and 330 rups of jelly. Mrs. .Simkovitch, Chairman of District Zone Committee, was in touch with Dr. Frankel and systematized the handling of the situation as outlined by sOr. Frankel in the original plan of the parent committee. THE FOOD COMMITTEE. Mrs. Oliver Harriman, Chairman. The New York City Food Conservation Kitchen was opened by the Food Com- mittee of the Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense in the buildings of the City College at 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue, on May 15th, 1918, with the purpose of conserving some of the waste foods on the docks and piers, and help- ing the public toward a working knowledge of "New Foods." Free demonstrations were given every afternoon under expert supervision according to the following schedule: Monday — The use of all substitutes. Tuesday — Dry and wet milk and other baby food, and cooking of same. Wednesday — Dehydration of fruits and vegetables, and cooking of same. Thursday — A second substitute day. '' Friday — ^Dehydration of fruits and vegetables, and canning. Saturday — Ice cream, war cakes, and simple desserts. The audience varied in number from twelve to four hundred, and we feel that a great work was accomplished. During the protracted heated term in August there were so few people coming to the Kitchen for the demonstrations that it was decided to abandon them for the time being, and since then the Food z\dministration has so changed the stringent rules regarding substitutes that it has not been thought neces- sary to resume the demonstrations. When the demonstrations were stopped the Kitchen took up bread-making, using the substitute flours, and canned 520 quarts of salvage fruits — peaches, plums, pears, and pineapples, some of which were supplied to the 40th Street Canteen. Very shortly the demand came for pies for the Canteens, and during the month of Septem- ber 1,094 pies were baked and supplied to the 40th Street Canteen. t1 All were made from fresh fruits, and so far as was possible that which had been received from the City Docks and picked over by the volunteer workers at the Sorting Room in 20th Street. We have been dehydrating some of the vegetables and fruits which have been brought from the docks and piers. This work has been continued throughout the summer, and large quantities of onions, tomatoes, potatoes, turnips, string beans, green peppers, carrots, celery, spinach, beets, corn, leeks, war beans, egg planr, cherries, red and black raspberries, strawberries, peaches, blueberries, plums, pine- apples, pears, apples, bananas, oranges and lemons and their peelings have been dehydrated. Some 1,500 air-tight containers have been packed with dehydrated food. We also have the same amount in large tins which can be sold in large or small quantities and are ready for sale. The work has been done by tlie Head Worker and two helpers working on an average of eight hours a day. \'olunteers have been few and hard to get for regular work, but the results of the dehydration have been most satisfactory. Tlie Docks Committee reports the acceptance and distribution of 6192.") pounds of vegetables and fruits Ijctween May 2Tth and July 2ord. This was collected in trucks donated for the day, from time to time, at the request of members of the Committee, but we lost 125,465 pounds of food, not having a truck to move it from the docks. Through the generosity of kind friends we have now a Ford delivery wagon, and liope to have the work go forward, daily enlarging the store of dehydrated vegetables and fruits for winter use. Dehydration. The Community Dehydrator has a capacity to dehydrate 100 to 150 pounds of fruits or vegetables every two hours, and we have been very successful with our products. Our purpose in taking up this form of conservation was to demonstrate, on a practical scale, how the work might be carried on by communities, conservation groups or clubs and institutions. Offering as it does, a cheap form of conservation, it will permit of ready saving of surplus vegetables and fruits, leaving them in a form requiring neither glass nor tin for their keeping. To carry on this work we have installed all the machinery necessary for the cutting, slicing and handling of fruits and vegetables. The material is prepared for the dehydrator by two paid workers and any volunteer help that we are fortunate enough to secure. After the material is pre- pared and dried it is packed in cardboard containers, or parafinc bags, and will keep for years, if kept in a dry place and taken care of. We are dehydrating quite a variety of products, such as. wax beans, string beans, spinach, swisschard, carrots, potatoes, onion, blackberries, raspberries, apples, straw- berries, cherries, turnips, green peppers, rutabagas, egg plant and others as they come in season. The cooking of these foods is demonstrated, and standardized packages of de- hydrated products are sold at reasonable prices, so as to acquaint the consuming public with the product. Intense interest is shown in the work, not only by residents of the city and suburbs, but also by visitors over this and many foreign countries. Financial Report of the Food Committee. Appropriation at Mayor's Office, made during the last administration $5,000.00 Cash Receipt.s: From books and foods for June, 191S 201.GG From books and food to July 20th, 191.' 91.43 $5,292.09 Expense From May 15th, 1918, to July 1st, 1918. In.staliation Expenses: Installation $2,803.39 Office Equipment 313.99 Kitchen Equipment 154.28 $3,271.06 Running E.xpenses : Salaries $1,161.00 Groceries and Food Supplies 228.21 Laundry and Cleaninp 38.52 Express and Cartage 71 .04 Docks, Salaries, Food and Cartag 200.00 1,698.77 4,960.43 Balance $332.66 Cash expenditures are included in aliove statement. The Fuel Committee Distributing Free Wood to tiie Poor of the City. THE FUEL COMMITTEE. Mrs. Hienry Zuckerman, Chairman. The Fuel Committee of the Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense (formerly known as Mayor Hylan's Coal Committee) was appointed early in Janu- ary, 1918, by Mayor Flylan to help relieve the distressing conditions which existed during the past winter among the poor because of the lack of money with which to buy coal. This Committee undertook to raise a fund of $20,000 for this purpose. It did not supply goal to persons who could afford to pay for it. As Mayor Hylan's Coal Committee, it was located at ,50 East 42nd Street. It later became the Fuel Committee of the Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense, with offices at the Times Building. The Committee was composed of Alfred J. Johnson, Treasurer, and the follow- ing assistants : Mrs. Henry Zuckerman, Chairman Mrs. Joseph J. Slevin, Jr. Mrs. Howard DufBeld Three hundred and forty books, containing 100 certificates each, were printed to be issued by the Committee for distribution among the poor. At the beginning, each certificate was worth 60 cents and entitled the holder to a 100-lb. bag of coal. This price was later changed to .")0 cents by the Fuel Administrator, through the efforts of the Treasurer. The Treasurer arranged in conference with the Fuel Administrators of the five boroughs- — Reeve Schley for Manhattan, F. E. Gunison for Kings County, C. C. Miller for The Bronx, Otis Williams for Richmond, and John Ryan for Queens — for the acceptance of these coal certificates or checks by the retail coal yards of their several boroughs. The Assistant Treasurers for the several boroughs issued the checks through the churches and organizations. They were then put through the coal dealers' bank in the usual banking form and eventually paid by the Public Na- tional Bank at 25th Street and Broadway, which is the depository for this fund. Mrs. Agnes Parr Husch Major Jennie R. Ward Mrs. John McCooey The following departments co-operated splendidly with the Committee to relievt llie distressing conditions: Police. Public Charities, Street Cleaning, I'ark and Dock Departments. Later the Park and Dock Departments furnished wood to the Committee for distribution. The Public National Bank has given its co-operation in caring for and cashing the coal certificates, which task involved a great deal of detail. The Coal Administrators gave their co-operation in every possible way, arranging also for the co-operation of the retail dealers' associations in the several boroughs. This co-operation was extended through fi8 dealers in Manhattan, 75 in Brooklyn, 40 in The Bronx, and :!0 in Queens. Donations of .iOO tons of coal were received, as follows: Mrs. William R. Hearst — .".() tons. George Ehrct — 2.">0 tons, which later was sold to the Board of Rducation and netted the Committee $1.7.'57.91. The various coal companies co-operated by reducing the price of a 100-lb. bag of coal from (iO cents to .50 cents, and from 50 cents to 45 cents, resulting in a rebate amounting to $75.65, which we credited to the Coal Fund. The companies which charged less than the amount specified on the coal check were Burns Bros. Coal Company and Thos. Stokes & Sons, Inc. The newspapers co-operated in giving publicity to the work of the Coal Com- mittee. The New York American, the Evening Journal, and the Evening Post, de- serve special mention in this connection. Families benefited (some more than once served) — 1.3,774. Tons distributed— 1,060 and 400 lbs. Owing to the number of appeals from people who stated that they desired to purchase coal and could not obtain any from the coal dealers, the Committee, through the Mayor's Office and the Fuel Administrator, issued priority tickets, which assisted the holders materially in securing the necessary supply of coal. The Committee expect to resume the distribution of coal during the coming winter, but acting upon the advice of Mr. Johnson and the Fuel Administrator, will not distribute any coal tickets before November 1. Wood Distribuition. The Fuel Committee received a supply of wood from the Park and Dock Depart- ments which was sent to the wharf at 77th Street and Riverside Drive, where it was sawed and chopped for distribution. The expenses for the labor, etc., on the wood amounted to $811.;^0. Arrangements were made with Mrs. Ehrlich, President of the Horse Aid Society, The Lenox Sand and Gravel Company, and the Empire Carrying Company, who supplied trucks without cost to cart this wood to different sections of the city, where the poor were generously supplied with free wood. The wood was distributed between February 16th and April 1st, during which time 720 cords of wood (equal to $15,480) were given to the poor of the city and benefited 996 families. At the present time, there is stored in Central Park for distribution during the coming winter, 75 cords of sawed wood, 30 cords of chopped wood, and an unknown quantity of bulk wood. Ice and Milk Distribution. During the Spring, the Committee took up the subject of distributing free ice. Letters of appeal were sent by members of the Committee to personal friends and also former contributors. After investigating the ice situation, the Committee dis- covered that it was sufficiently covered by other organizations, and in order to avoid duplication abandoned the idea of ice distribution. The funds derived from the letters of appeal were held for other purposes. The subject of free milk was taken up. Investigations were made and the popu- lation of undernourished children of New York between the ages of two and six years, proved to be 21 per cent. Realizing the appalling condition which existed, the Committee made every effort to alleviate it by supplying free milk lo these children. In co-operation with Dr. S. Josephine Baker, Director of the Bureau of Child Hygiene of the Department of Health, the Fuel Committee has distributed milk daily from the fifty-nine established milk stations for infants. 24 During the montli of August, 10,730 coupons (each coupon entitling the holder to one pint of Grade "A" milk) were distributed. During the month of September, 22,134 coupons were issued through the same channel. This distribution represented an outlay of $2,725. In addition to the number of families benefited through the milk stations, the Committee have supplied approximately 200 children daily with milk at the All Day Care of Children, 27 Barrow Street. This distribution for the months of August, September, and the present month, represents an outlay of $130 — the cost for the above supply. In conclusion, as a means of enlarging the Milk Fund, the members obtained a truck which was manned with their aides, and solicited funds nightly on the principal thoroughfares of the city. Since September 7th to date, the amount collected by this means is $1,4.57.40. Children's Year Poster. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. Dr. S. Josephine Baker, Chairman. The efforts of the Committee on Health have been mainly centered on the work incident to Children's Year. The Federal Children's Bureau, in connection with the Women's Committee of the National Council on Defense, formulated a program making this second year of the war a "Children's Year" and, beginning April 6th last, the local councils on defense were asked to aid in the work of saving the lives of one hundred thousand children under the age of five in the United States. Forty- seven hundred lives were assigned as the quota of New York City. The work was late in getting started, owing to lack of appropriation, but during the early part of the summer the city appropriated thirteen thousand five hundred dollars to pay the expenses of the year's work. An organization was efifccted by the appointment of five sub-committees: The Committee on Infant Care, with Dr. Jacob Sobel as Chairman; The Committee on Home Care and Nursing, Miss Lillian Wald, Chairman; The Committee on Examination Centers, Mrs. Stuart Gibboney, Chairman; The Committee on Medical Care, Mrs. Charles Gilmore Kerley, Chairman; The Committee on Volunteer Workers, Mrs. Egcrton Wiiitrop, Jr., Chairman. Each sub-committee was further divided into five borough committees, each under control of a local chairman. Thus there were twenty-five committees in active work throughout the city. In Manhattan and Brooklyn it was found necessary to divide the boroughs into ten zones each. In each zone a local committee has been organized, which is held responsible for carrying out the examinations, weighing and measuring of children under live years of age. These zone centers are under control of a captain, who is a physician, and a director who is in charge of the district canvassing and the organ- ization of local agencies for co-operative purposes. In order to stimulate interest and obtain as much publicity as possible, mass meetings were held at the City Hall in Manhattan, Borough Hall in Jamaica and Borough Hall in Richmond. Between seventy-five and a hundred meetings were addressed by members of the committees at various places throughout the city, including the Cosmopolitan Club, the Women's City Club, the Association oE Day Nurseries, the Association of Catholic Charities, the Martinique Club (The Bronx), the New York Association of Women Workers and the Brooklyn Kindergarten Association. In addition, local zone meetings have been held by the physicians who volunteered their services and by the organizations who are co-operating in the work. About fiftj^ of these local meetings have been held in the Borough of Manhattan, with attendances varying from twenty-five to one hundred persons. Between three hundred and four hundred organizations and a thousand or more social workers and physicians have been co-operating with tlie Committee on Health, giving their services voluntarily. The Department of Health, the Depart- ment of Education and the Public Libraries have maintained close co-operation in the work. A large number of stores, notably tlie drug stores and department stores, have displayed posters, distributed literature and given valuable assistance in publicity work. On August 'A various churches of the city, including those of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant faith, celebrated a "Children's Sunday." This celebration was not only endorsed by the central authorities of the churches but received special com- mendation from them and in many instances letters were sent by the church authori- ties to the individual pastors and rabbis. The co-operation of private physicians has been sought in the examination of children at their offices and about forty-five thousand examination cards have been sent out to them for this purpose. Clinics have been held in dispensaries, hospitals, milk stations, settlements, public schools, libraries, church houses and other places. Tlie day nurseries of the city are examining their own children — some five thousand in number — and sending the records in to the central ofifice for tabulation. In the Borough of Manhattan there have been about sixty examination centers opened during the summer. In the Bronx it is estimated that between two hundred and three hundred women have been actively at work in the campaign, in at least fourteen examination centers. ■ In Brooklyn the work has been delayed, and is only now starting, but it will be carried out along the same lines as have been developed in Manhattan. Twelve clinics have already been opened. In the Borough of Queens the work has had to be divided among the small communities composing the borough, and in order to reach the outlying sections it may be necessary to organize a traveling dispensary. 26 In the Borough of Richmond between three hundred and four hundred women have been working actively during the summer, canvassing the entire borough, and carrying on the work at thirty-four examination centers. Articles on child care have been prepared by various physicians and have been published in several of the newspapers of the city, including some that arc published in Italian and Yiddish. The Central office has sent out 15,900 letters, 378,300 posters and dodgers. 100,000 buttons to be worn by children who have been examined and has distributed iiOO.OOO physical record cards. The Chairman of the Committee on Health has been made a Special Agent of the Federal Children's Bureau, so that she might have the advantage of the franking privilege. In this way, a large amount of money has been saved on postage. The Committee is not ready to report the total number of children examined as the returns are still incomplete. It was necessary to discontinue the examinations temporarily owing to the influenza epidemic but they will be resumed at an early date. While the work of examining children under five years of age is intended to be carried on throughout the year, the Federal Children's Bureau and the National Council of Defense announced a special celebration of "Patriotic Play Week" from September 2 to September 8 in this city. A special committee was organized, consisting of representatives of all athletic organizations in the city, for the purpose of formulating a program and seeing that it was properly carried out. Monday, September 2, was known as "Athletic Day." Five monster athletic meets were held, one in each borough, in which playground boys, near-champions and champion athletes exhibited their skill, strength and ability in sixty different events. It is estimated that over thirty thousand children competed in these events. The "tryouts" were made in the playgrounds under the direction of the Department of Parks previous to Athletic Day. Special park festivals were also held in the small parks at Manhattan and Brooklyn for the younger children. Medals of gold, silver and bronze, copied from the designs of the Federal poster for Children's Year, were given to the successful contestants. Tuesday, September 3, community block festivals were licld throughout the city under direction of the Parks and Playground Association. Thursday, September .", was known as Water Carnival L^ay. Seven swimming meets took place in the municipal baths, which are under supervision of the Borough President's Office. Girls and boys under seventeen years of age were entered. There were also a few events in each pool lor cliildren under fourteen years of age. Champions and prominent liandicap swimmers, I)oth men and women, also exhibited (lieir skill. Friday. September (i, was known ;is "Baseball Daw" P'inal games were held in the sheep meadow in Centi'al F'ark Iiy the four leading hoys' teams of the city, tw-o under direction of tlie Bureau of Recreation of the Department of Parks and two leagues under direction of tine Parks and Playground Association. These games were a culmination of a series whicli had lieen carried on through- out the entire summer. Sunday, September S, this was l)rought to a close !)}• a C'hildren's Song Festival. It was planned that the festival sliould take idace on tlie mall in Central Park. The New York Community Chorus arranged a special program for children and secured children soloists. Children from all over the, city were invited to attend. A grand march, ending in a patriotic demonstration, formed a part of the program. On account of the inclement weather, it was necessary to carry out the program in the ball-room of the Hotel Majestic instead of in the Park. The literature, posters, medals and reports prepared by the special committee for Patriotic Play Week have received the hearty commendation of the National Committee on Defense and at their request fifty or more sets have been made up and sent to Washington in order that they may be distributed throughout the country, and New York City's Patriotic Play Week may serve as a standard for similar activities. Considering the many other activities of the year and the difficulty in interesting people in work which seems to belong so distinctly to our home province, the ■ ?7 Committee on Health feels that its results have been fairly satisfactory. With the early coming of peace and the realization of the people that home matters, particu- larly the welfare of children, oflfer many insistent and more important problems, it is possible that the latter part of Children's Year will be more distinctly successful tiian the early part. THE INFORMATION BOOTHS COMMITTEE. Mrs, William Einstein, Chairman. The lirst meeting of the Information Booths Committee was held on July 1st, tlie Chairman of the Mayor's Committee presiding. Plans were discussed and cap- tains appointed. Arrangements were made with the War Camp Community Service for co-operation in the management of the Booth, the W. C. C. S. taking charge from 7 p. m. to 1 a. m., and all day Sunday, when Mrs. Pineo, one of the Committee, is in charge. The location of the booth is at one of the busiest centers of the City, at the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue, and in the heart of the theatre district. An attractive sign informs the men in uniform that the booth is for them and, judging from the patronage, the privilege is appreciated. The Chairman has appointed a captain for each day, who with her assistants is at the service of the men all day from 10 a. m. until 7 p. m. The information is listed and mdexed and in every particular the question is met intelligently and adequately. A register is kept which will prove an interesting souvenir, as it contains names of men from all quarters of the globe, and of every nationality. Aside from the fact that the booth is there as a place where information may be obtained, many boys seem to find it a comfort and a solace — for many, particularly the young boys, are very lonesome. The diflferent ladies have had many interesting experiences which bear telling. One Captain Avent with a young officer from Chicago to buy a gift for his fiancee. After due deliberation a wrist watch was decided on when, to the officer's embarrass- ment, he was obliged to confide in his guide that he was in a quandary as all the money he owned was in his belt close to his skin, and he was puzzled as to the means of reaching it. The lady suggested his teUing the floorwalker, who immedi- ately solved the problem by disappearing with him and reappearing with the money. When the lady inquired as to his fear for his money, she was told that it was the method used in Chicago — whereupon the lady calmed his fears by pro- claiming New York the safest place in the world. Before they parted they discovered that the brother of one was employed by the same company as the husband of the other. The theatrical managers have very generously offered tickets free of charge save for the war tax— the sight-seeing yachts— Newburgh boats, all give free trips. The boys seem eager for amusement and entertainment, and as many have never been in New York before, they are fearful of losing an opportunity. A collection box has been set up, contributions to which are spent for pleasure trips or theatre tickets for the soldiers and sailors. One of the Chairmen, Mrs. Eugene Cumisky, having been sent a sample from her son in France, has made a number of the little French doll charms, known as Rintintin et Nenette, which are given as a reward to every depositor of twenty-five cents in the box. The Information Booths Committee has contributed to the sheets and pillow case fund for the hotel maintained by the Volunteers of America. The Committee has had the interests of the booth at heart at all times and has endeavored to perfect methods and systems, which make for high efficiency. The Times Square Booth is to be supplemented by one at Madison Square, one in Brooklyn, and one in the Bronx, two of which will be ready in short order. The Chairman has endeavored to man the booths with intelligent women well fitted for the work, and has worked in perfect accord with them, all being prompted by patriotism and a high desire to serve. 38 THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. Sophie Irene Loeb, Chairman. The main efforts directed by the Legislative Committee in the Legislature, were in seeing that no laws were passed, at least during the war period, that would create any possible hardship on women and children. It may be safely said that no measure was passed during the recent Legislature that would affect, to any degree, the welfare of women and children, the Chairman having been present on \ari()us occasions in the Legislature when any such measures were discussed. Principal among these was the minimum wage hill. For years this measure has come up annuall}', but without success. This year it secured twenty-five out of the necessary twenty-six to pass it. After consultation with her Committee, the Chairman appeared before the ."senate Committee and spoke in favor of the hill, as a general proposition, but urged an amendment. The main feature of the hill proposes to create labor boards in each industry which would meet and decide the minimum wage in each. This in itself was deemed lo he advisal)le, especiall> where groups were already organized in the various industries. However, the amendnieni suggested by this Committee, was to safeguard the interests of llionsands of disorganized workers, who are generally unskilled, and who mostly work by day or unsteadily. Many, many women and young girls who do day's work, and are employed in various small i-liops and factories, are practically at tiie mercy of the employers. These workers are the ones who seem most in need of a so-called living wage to he establishetl. The principal plea, therefore, was made in their behalf. It was pointed out that hundreds of women work in large and influential estab- hslinients at very low pay, and because of their impoverished condition, continue to work considerably below their actual worth; and later they and their families become community charges. It was to obviate this, that besides the minimum wage plan a scale of daily wages or rather a living wage, should be prescribed, below which no employer may pay. This has been establislied successfully in other states. In a word, it protects the unskilled and occasional worker from getting a wage that is not deemed to be sufhcient on which to live. It was the opinion of this Committee that such a safe- guard is actually the foundation of a so-called living wage. Many legislators were interested in the expression of this Committee in this regard, and we are of the opinion that if some such provision is made in a minimum wage bill, that it would pass the Legislature. The Chairman appeared before .\ldermanic Committee in urging various appro- priations for the Mayor's Committee. Chief among these was the transfer of $,"),000 left from the last administration for the Food Committee, as well as an appeal for $i;{,r)00 for the Children's Year. The Chairman appeared with Dr. Baker of the Health Committee in the latter resolution. This Committee was also represented in Washington with the Chairman of the whole Commitlee, and other members in a conference with Mr. Hoover, for the purpose of eliminating the petty profiteer, as set forth in the preliminary statement. The Chairman also went before the Military .\ft'airs Committee in Washington, and urged the passage of the bill that would provide relative rank for nurses. We believe that this bill could have been passed, and yet has a good chance of being enacted into law, if it could be arranged satisfactorily to all concerned. Several members of the Military Affairs Committee of the Federal Government expressed themselves' in favor of granting rank for nurses, as did General Gorgas, former Surgeon-General of the Army, and other authorities. However, they did not approve beginning the rank with Lieutenants as set forth in the bill, but favored the rank to begin with Sergeants. The nurses on their part in conference voted to continue the effort to secure the rank beginning with Lieu- tenant. If this state of affairs could be adjusted, we are confident the bill would become law, and would doubtless prove of value to nurses even after the war. Another matter of importance that presented itself was the recent curfew ordi- nance in this city. This measure provided in the main that children of sixteen or "apparently" of that age when found on the streets of the city after 9 o'clock in the winter and 10 o'clock in the summer, might be escorted home by a police officer, or if the address of the child was not readily obtained, it was to be taken to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and kept there for the night or until parents could be reached. After serious consideration of every angle of this prospective statute by the Chairman of the whole Committee, as well as the Chairman of the Publicity and Legislation Chairman, all of whom attended the hearings before the Board of Aldermen, the following letter, which explains itself, was sent to the Board of Aldermen: Charles H. Haubert, Acting Chairman, Committee on General Welfare, Municipal Building, N. Y. City, N. Y. My dear Chairman: — As agreed with your Committee, we have been considering the matter of the curfew ordinance, with a view of presenting an amendment or a new ordinance in an effort to remedy the conditions complained of. After carefully going over the matter and viewing it from every angle, our conclusions are as follows: We are, of course, on record and anxious that children under sixteen years of age should not be on the street unnecessarily after the hours mentioned in the ordinance, and while we are naturally greatly interested in taking such steps and enacting such measures as will tend to eliminate delinquency in children, yet after reviewing the prospective statute from every angle we believe that on the whole the ordinance as drafted, would in our opinion, in its operation, result in more harm than the good intended. We feel that we should not subject to possible injury to character our 1,125,000 public school children, in order to reach the possible two or three thousand delinquents. Our Chairman of Legislation, Sophie Irene Loeb, and the head of our Publicity Committee, Elisabeth Marbury, have gone into each phase of the question respec- tively, at considerable length; the one from the legal aspects of the situation and the other from the public point of view. ■ We have refrained from drafting any amendment or new measure, as we feel that such an ordinance would be objectionable in any form in view of the existing laws that if enforced would be sufficient to meet the cases of criminal tendency; also unnecessary loitering or vagrancy on the streets is amply covered by statute. As one of the problems that presents itself in the prospective ordinance — Under the "actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years" provision, is a policeman to have the right to take into custody those several years older than sixteen, but on account of youthful appearance "apparently under the age of sixteen years How is a policeman to decide whether one "actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years" is accompanied by a "proper custodian"? The prosecution feature of the ordinance is also subject to obvious severe criticism. These fundamental crudities of the proposed legislation are only a small part of the big human equation involved. For years we have been building up statutes as preventive measures so that little children will not be subjected to possible criminal stigmatism in an effort at correction. We are strongly of the opinion that every effort should be put forth to safeguard the child in its tender years, that it might not carry with it in its after-life, the hard- ship of having, perhaps innocently, been a law-breaker. Hundreds of children "actually or apparently under sixteen years of age" or thereabouts, at night attend Young Women's and Young Men's Christian Associa- 30 tions, Young Women's and Young Men's Hebrew Associations, libraries, educa- tional concerts — children who have been perfectly safe in returning home after the hours mentioned. Reflection might well be directed as to how the proposed measure will affect them. We are also wondering how it will be taken in tlje many quarters of the poor, where mothers depend upon sending their children to do errands at all times of. the night. From the language of the ordinance it would appear that it is proposed as a war measure. It is clear that there is less justification for it during war time than at any other time, i^-iillions of men and boys are away from home. Escort is difficult. Many boys and girls are doing important work of men and women and often at night, calling upon them to go alone into the street. We believe that the proposed ordinance would fall heavily on the vast army of the needy and could not possibly affect the prosperous who may command governesses and companions at all times. In a word, if enacted its attempted enforce- ment, even though under discretionary powers, might bring harm incalculable in comparison with the possible good. We believe, however, that there is another remedy or possible remedies that could be taken in this connection which would bring about the results desired without putting on the statute books such a drastic ordinance as is proposed. One plan that forcefully presents itself to us, is to place this whole matter in the hands of Deputy Police Commissioner Mrs. O'Grady; to urge the Board of Estimate and Apportionment to give her a sufficient number of policewomen-, say a hundred— to have her map out a definite plan for this force of women; to divide the city in sections so that energy may be directed where it is the most needed; to empower her to make such rules and regulations as is deemed necessary, which if enforced, will have the effect of law — and thus quietly and effectively reduce or eliminate entirely the offences that are reported. Thanking you for your consideration in this matter, I beg to remain Sincerely yours, (Signed) MILLICENT HEARST. Since this report was written the ordinance was passed, but vetoed by Mayor Hylan. THE NATIONAL WORK COMMITTEE. Mrs. W. Bourke Cockran, Chairman. In the carrying on of five distinct campaigns for movements of National scope, this Committee has co-operated. For Thrift Stamp, Recruiting, Liberty Loan, Belgian Flower Day and Red Cross Drives, an army of workers were supplied. Thrift Stamps: In conjunction with the War Savings Stamp Bureau, the Committee opened on March 31st at the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue an exhibition of the Browning Gun, the purchase of a thrift stamp being the condition upon which the gun and its operation was shown. The exhibition and sale of stamps was placed under the captaincy of Mrs. T. G. Patten, who admirably conducted it successfully until the first day of June, with the assistance of several postmen assigned by the Postmaster to the booth, and a number of women who worked constantly to make tlie campaign signally successful. The sale of stamps from March 31st to June 1st amounted to $163,390.78. Simultaneously with this campaign, the postmen have carried on a house-to-house campaign for the sale of stamps. Fourteen thousand men have been engaged in this canvass, and it was thought appropriate that the most successful of these should be rewarded. A fund of $1,100 has been raised for this purpose by the Mayor's Committee and forwarded to Postmaster Patten in recognition for services rendered and to be used as recommended by the Association. The reports from the executive members of the New York Post Office War Savings Society show that the total sales were $15,000,000. 31 Recruiting: During the month of April, this Committee organized a drive to assist the 27th Division, U. S. Army, in its efifort to recruit tw^o thousand men. Two tents were pitched, one at 40th Street on Fifth Avenue, the other at Columbus Circle which later was transferred to City Hall Park. Mrs. Penrhyn Stanlaws acted as Captain and, with a group of workers, arranged for speakers and music at both booths during the entire month. Despite the fact that the Liberty Loan Campaign was running simultaneously and absorbing most of the available entertainers, many attractive features were secured and the booths recruited three hundred and sixty-six men for the Division. At the same time, the 27th Division produced at the Lexington Theatre the play, "You Know Me, Al," for the purpose of raising funds to build a field theatre in France. This Committee provided a speaker for each performance and also from ten to fifteen girls who sold programs, realizing about $4,000.00 for the fund. At the closing matinee performance of the play, Mrs. Hearst presented to the Company on behalf of the Mayor's Committee, a state flag to be taken with them to France as a souvenir of their New York successes. Liberty Loan: In co-operation with the Central Committee of the Third Liberty Loan, this Committee conducted the Liberty Bell booth in City Hall Park during the entire period of the drive. Mrs. Stewart Walker acted as Captain of this booth, having as her chief aids Mrs. Price Post, who arranged the details for speakers and other entertainment features, and Miss EHzabeth Reed who acted as financial director of the booth. A continuous pi'ogram of speakers, music and entertainers was maintained daily from eleven until six o'clock and many volunteer bond sellers worked untiringly to make the booth a success. The bond sales at the booth amounted to $2,623,650.00. At the request of the management of the Strand Theatre, this Committee ar- ranged for a speaker on Liberty Loan for every afternoon and evening during the last week of the drive. This sum with the sales taken in the theatre added $222,600.00 to the total bond sales taken in by the Committee. The grand total for both Strand and City Hall Park was $2,846,250.00. , i Fourth Liberty Loan: ' In co-operation with the Central Liberty Loan Committee this Committee conducted a campaign for the sale of bonds of the Fourth Liberty Loan, at three points in the City: (1) The Liberty Bell booth in City Hall Park, (2) a booth at the southwest side of Forty-second street near Fifth Avenue, and (3) The Strand Moving Picture Theatre. A Liberty Loan Committee was organized with the following members: Chairman — ^^Mrs. Ryle Strange. Committee on Speakers— Mrs. George D. Pratt, Mrs. Stewart Walker. Captain of Sellers — Miss Estelle O'Brien. Captain of Strand Theatre — Mrs. Cambridge Livingston. Captain of 42nd St. Booth — Mrs. Jacob Strahl. Liberty Biell Booth: In connection with this booth was erected a Liberty Shaft, eve'-y brick in which should represent the purchase of a fifty-dollar bond bought through the booth. The shaft was designed to require fifty thousand of these bricks, thus establishing a quota of $2,500,000 for its completion. Mr. Thomas Hastings, of the firm of Carrere and Hastings, Architects, generously and patriotically contributed not only his advice in this undertaking, but also the entire organization of hisj office to the execution of the work. The booth was formally opened at noon on Saturday, September 28, when the Mayor, Hon. John F. Hylan, read his official proclamation from the platform, laid the corner-stone of the shaft and purchased the first brick with a subscription of one thousand dollars. Bricks were then purchased and laid by the following members of the Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense:' Mrs. W. Randolph Hearst Airs. Bourke Cockran Mrs. Jolni F. Hylan Mrs. George Pratt Mrs. Ryle Strange 33 During the ensuing three weeks meetings were held daily, except Sundays, be- tween the hours of 12 and J p. ni., with a continuous program of speakers, singers and music to draw the crowds. Under the captaincy of Miss O'Brien, an efificient staff of bondsellers was there throughout the day. Many men prominent in City and State affairs gave their support to the booth, not only by speaking from the platform, but by personally placing their subscriptions through the booth, and laying a brick in the shaft. Among those who helped the work were: Gov. Chas. S. Whitman Mr. Martin \ogel Com. R. E. Enright Mr. George Gordon Battle Mrs. James Laidlaw Mr. Bourke Cockran Judge Morgan O'Brien Judge J. Fitzgerald Judge L. D. Stapleton Judge Chas. Guy Miss Elisabeth Marbury Dr. John Harris Dr. Stephen Wise .\dolph Lewisolin Win. Allen White and many others. The sale of bonds at this booth amounted to $1,835,250.00 and represented two thousand, nine hundred and seventeen individual subscribers. Strand Theatre: Mrs. Cambridge Livingston assisted the management of this theatre to secure speakers for every afternoon and evening throughout the three weeks of the drive and also arranged for boys from the near-by camps to act as ushers and bond-sellers in the theatre. Tlic bond sales for the campaign at this theatre w^ere $443, COO. 00. Forty-second Street Booth. Ten days after the opening of the City Hall Booth, it was decided to open an up-town booth in conjunction with the Officers' Club operated by the Mayor's Committee of Women. A program similar to the City Hall booth but on a smaller scale was arranged and plans were made to keep open in the evening. Mrs. Jacob Strahl supervised this booth; Miss Sacks and Miss Simons acting as sellers. The sales at this booth for the ten days, October 10th to 19th were $274,050.00. The total sales for the three booths conducted by this Committee were $2,552,300.00. This amount completed the Liberty Shaft. Belgian Flower Day. The National Belgian Flower Day Committee asked this Committee to help in the sale of Forget-me-nots in New York on May 6th, for the Belgian Orphans Fund. Mrs. George Kent consented to act as Captain for this campaign and it was decided to use the Liberty Bell as the centre of activities, the zone covering the area from City Hall to Wall Street. The work was carried on from nine in the morning until nearly eight P. M., with the splendid result of $10,000.00 for the fund. Red Cross: At the urgent request of the National Red Cross organization, this Committee helped in the campaign to raise a hundred million dollars. It was pointed out to the Committee, that although the raising of money was the ostensible purpose of the drive, they considered the spreading of the spirit and ideals of the Red Cross among the masses who had not yet awakened to its meaning as equally important. With this end in view, the Liberty Bell in City Hall Park, with which the Mayor's Committee had already identified itself, seemed the best possible place to carry on the campaign. The bell was therefore, repainted, decorated with Red Crosses, an electric Red Cross was constructed on the top to be lighted each night, and the Park Department supplied palms and flowers to add to the attractiveness of its appearance. Music was provided every day and sometimes twice daily by the fine co-opera- tion of the bands of the Police, Fire, Subway, Street Cleaning and Post Office departments and by the bands of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the U. S. S. North Dakota. A continuous program of speakers and singers was carried on daily from 11 a. m. until 6 p. m., while six women and from ten to fifteen girls helped to take the contributions and pledges. The booth opciK-d on Monday, Ala}- :.M)th, at noon, with a speech by tlie Honor- able Alfred Smith, President of the Board of Aldermen, who, in the absence of the Mayor, kindly consented to start the drive. Speeches were then made by Sophie Irene Loeb, Miss Klisal^eth Marbury, Mr. Daniel Frohman, Mr. E. H. Sothern, Miss Alaxwell of the Tresbytcrian Hospital, Captain Whitwell and others. Mrs. Hearst, Mrs. Hylan and Miss Hylan distributed Red Cross buttons to donors and Airs. J. B. Duke started the financial drive with a cheque for $2,5,000.00. The quota fixed by the Central Committee for the booth was $6,000.00 for the week — the amount was $57,611.00. Not only did the booth take nearly ten times its quota, but it took in as much as all the other open-air booths combined, eliminating the two large contributions of twenty-five and ten thousand dollars. The number of individuals reached through the booth is estimated at not less than one hundred thousand. Tank Recruiting: In co-operation with the U. S. Tank Recruiting Bureau, this Committee con- ducted a campaign to get volunteers for the Tank service. Mrs. Cambridge Livingston acted as Captain of this campaign, being present at every meeting. Lieutenant Gardner, the government representative of the Tank Recruiting Bureau, estimated that as a result of these meetings the number of recruits increased seventy-five per cent, the high water mark being reached on June 24th when twenty-four men were accepted in one day. Under the auspices of the Mayor's Committee of Women, a benefit performance was given at the Astor Theatre on Sunday night, Tune 2:{rd, the Recruiting Bureau realizing $3,000.00 on tlie evening. Liberty Bond Sales— Liberty Bell— City Hall Park: April 6 $49,000.00 April 8 24,800.00 April '.> r,,000.00 April 10 10,4.^0.00 April 11 1. -,800. 00 April 12 l'.).2.-)0.()0 April 13 10,4.-0.00 April 1.-) 32,7."i0.00 April 16 41,850.00 April 17 .-..-.,<).')0.00 April IS 93,3.-)0.00 April 19 24,900.00 April 20 20,600.00 April 22 26,200.00 April 23 41.900.00 April 24 43,600.00 April 2.-) 17,000.00 April 26 31,100.00 April 27 18,400 00 April 29 14,9.-.0.00 April 30 138,900.00 May 1 .59,700.00 May 2 • ,, -,.-)!. 7.50.00 May 3 38,000.00 May 4 228,9.50.00 Total $2,615,600 00 Strand Theatre Returns: Individual Sales $205,c>()o.oo Gross Receipts 1 7.000.00 Total -22,600.00 Grand Total ■: 38.200.00 FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN FIGURES. Date. Sept. Sept. Oct ''S Liberty Bell. $13,450 42nd St. Strand Theatre. $22,450 ., 19 500' 53,300 8,350 1 12,250 Oct 212,900 41,400 15,150 28,050 Oct. Oct. 4.. .. 74,20(1 6,S50 18,750 13,400 Oct ~ 11.150 15,200 Oct. 27,150 8,350 Oct 62.550 9,850 Oct 1 " 33,6««J $12, '^(lO 0,450 Oct 1 1 .... 311,0.50 15,200 19,350 Oct ]■' 9,100 3,050 10,350 Oct. Oct .14... 14,300 20(;;,iO() 16,850 41,300 15,550 12,850 Oct .... 144.4(«i 46,30ti 26,600 Oct. Oct. Oct. 17. . . 18. . . 19... Tota- t Stan uiting rty Lo an Fl Cross Offic 166,650 119.900 382,000 $1,835,2.50 12,05 West I'oint and return was enjoyed by •^OO military nurses The principal expense of the work of this cnmniittec approximalint; $.'.()0,c»n was home by Kfrs. Janies Speyer and Mrs. George B. McClellan. During the months of June, July, .\ugust and September. 19is, the Mayor's Committee on Nursing, through the hostess, Mrs. Caroline Seaman, at the Central t'lub for Nurses has entertained at tea tUl nurses in the National Service. These nurses have cnnie in small numbers practically every day in the month. Through the courtesy of eight theatres, tickets have been issued for 1,744 our«e* to attend various plays. An unlimited supply of tickets to the Observation Gallery of the Woolwonh Building has been placed at our disposal for the nurses. Kight hundrek lieut« nants, has installed a superior system ol book keeping to which the Cliairman wishes to direct especial attention, and which has received high praise from important men of affairs. The weekly report of this department is a model of quality. The annual rei)ort herewith attached is an achiexc uient in volunteer service which cannot be surpassed. The objects of the canteens arc: to furnish home-cooked food at cost, to pro mote a wholesome environment, to provide cc)n\enient, clean, attractive eating places, and to give- the opportunity to volunteer women to render personal service The canteens are open from 10 i)'clcick in the morning until s o'clock in the e\i ning. Besides the orticers named, there are 7 captains, .'if. lieutenants and l,*,'0«i aides, who conicers' Club. On another occasion the Tank recruits from adjoining slates were a.ssembled at the 6".Mh Regiment .■Xrmory. where they were greeted by members of the Canteen Di- vision, and some l..'iOO were welcomed by the Canteen lieutenants and aide* who distrib- uted cigars, cigarettes and chewing cum. These were donated by member* of the Division and prominent citizen*. Another important department of the canteen work is the Information Desk, which is performing an exceedingly useful function. It advises the soldier boys where they can obtain a night's lodging. .\lso the boys are informed where to dance under agreeable auspices and where a pleasant evening is assured. Through the courtesy of our player-folks and their managers, a large supply of free theatre tickets were always on hand. Needlesss to say, theatrical entertainments at no cost are eagerly sought and appreciated. Soldiers and sailors have also been provided with free baseball tickets for which they are very keen. With the approach of winter, the canteens were converted into permanent (juarters. While it was the original purpose and desire of the Committee to operate th(j Canteen Division for the benefit and comfort of our boys who were on tlieir way overseas, we now believe there is a big work to be done for them after the war and there still exists the need for the continuation of this splendid work. Thousands of soldiers will be returning home to various points in the United States. The importance of seeing to their welfare on the return journey can readily be under- stood. Early in the formation of the Committee the city colors, yellow, white and blue. were adopted as a symbol of the organization. They have been utilized in interior decorations in the Canteens. Accompanying this report is a statistical report of disbursements and receipts of the operations of the canteens from their inception to January 1st. lOU). Interior of Canteen No. 1, Fifth Avenue at Fortieth Street. i2 The Canteen Division of the Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense City of New York 1918 Officers of the Division Mrs. WilHam Randolph Hearst Colonel and Chairman Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense Mrs. Lewis Nixon Lieutenant Colonel and Chairman, Borough of Manhattan Mrs. Nelson Herrick Henry Major and Secretary Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense Mrs. George Ethridge Major and Commandant Mrs. Ned Arden Flood Major and Treasurer Mrs. Jcliax Gerard .Mrs. William Volinc AIrs. Charles Carscai Canteen Captains MkS. I'.. C. SlESEL Mr.. . IdSI.PH H(.)R\TI1 Mrs. , 1. Stinir LLKX Mrs. 1 i'.MlL P..\r.\l(,.\RT Canteen Lieutenants Mkss -Mrs. Mrs. Miss Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Miss Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Marie Allen Harry Archer Robert Bode Rovvena F. Bpeni.\.\() Oliver Bridgman Charles Carscallex H.\RRY Content Marta Cunningha.m Cyril P. Duo more O. Elsas Joseph Fish John M. Gallagher Julian Gerard Albert H. Gleasox George J. Gould Edmund R. Haas Oliver H. Harrim.^n Harry N. Hempstead Henry Heiman Joseph Hornthal Miss .Mrs. XfRS. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mme, Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Fliz.\beth M. Hewitt Richard Hu.m H ARR^ l.NG.M.L.--- Walter W. Irwin Alfred 1*'. Johnsox Lewis N. Josfphthal Locis H. Juxoii K. B. Lapham E. R Lincoln H. B. Lloyd Shelly M.\le Sidney March A. M. Marks E. H. McKee GusTAVE Minion C. Newman Lewis Nixon Stanhope Nixon C. T. Pearson 43 Mrs. Mrs. .Mrs. .Mrs. -Miss Mrs. Mrs. -Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. XfRS. Mrs. Mrs. Miss Miss Mrs. Mrs. Daniel G. Rkii. Daniel J. Riordax Harold Roberts W. B. Schofield Amy Rodgers Sloan E. C. Siesel Emil (;. Stehl) Frank A. Sloan M. A. Schlenker J. Stiner Ryle Strange W. R. K. Taylor J. Allen Town send Darwin M. Truss A. C. Vandiver Robert Watson, Jr. Augusta Wiener Anne Wolff Maurice Wormser George B. McClellan The Treasurer's Staff \ Miss Elizabeth M. Schroeder Lieutenant and Assistant to the Treasurer Miss Josephine Flood Lieutenant and Assistant to the Treasurer Miss Shirlie J. Macquire Assistant and Auditor Miss Cara B. Lehman Assistant Miss Augusta Pohl Assistant ]\liss l^mily Thornc Assistant Cashiers J\lrs. Wade Allen Miss Lilyan Norman Mrs. I. H. Disbrow Mrs. S. L. Martin Mrs. John O'Connel Mrs. H. F. Macomber Miss Robin Macquire Volunteer Relief Cashier: Mrs. Robkkt X. Kodi', Mrs. Haroi.o Bokkfi kf. Mrs. H. \'. Browku Mrs. F. S. Batters h.m.l NFiss May Caplax Miss Lucile Conneli. Mrs. Frederick Coy ken dale Miss Ursula Coykkndael Miss Josephine Flood Nfus. Fdwin Goodman Miss Martha Goldstein .XTrs. Joseph Hornthai. NTrs. S\m Hornthai. Miss B. Herst Mrs. Harry X. Hemi'sti-ad Miss F.i.izabeth M. Hewiti Mrs. Harry C. Txgalls Mme. Louis H. Junod Mrs. Chauncey Kerr Mrs. Rosk.D. King .Mrs. Arthur Lippei; Miss Miss Mrs. Miss Miss Mrs. Miss Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Miss Mrs. Mrs. Miss Xfiss Mrs. Mrs. Miss Mrs. Mjss Mrs. .ShIRI.IK J. MacOI. IKE Gertrude Macoi' ire H. F. Macomder Ethel MacDonai.d M. M. Xewport Claude Newman Margaret O'Brien Lewis Parker L, Perls William H. Kussi-.i.i. Madeline Rhodes MiLBURN ^[. StUDEDAI Herbert C. Siicrck Gertrude SoNiXEiiouN E.MII.Y T HORN" I I'REDERICK C. Ta\N i James L. Taylor Aim ME Weiner S. J. Wood Florence Ward W. F. Wiggins Theatre Ticket Committee Miss Mae Smith .Miss Rith Bai l.xtcrior of Canteen No RKPOKT OK THK TREASURER OF THE CANTEEN DIVISION 1 OK THE PERIOD FROM THE DATE OF ORGANIZATION ENDING DECEMBER 31. 1918 Til Mrs. Williaiu Randolph lh:irst. ( iKurniiii. Mayiir's Conunittff oi WOinen on Xaiinnal hrlciisi-. City of New N'ork. Tlie Treasurer of the Canteen Divisi(»n presents herewith lur report ot the busi- ness of lite Division coverini; all Canteen t»perations an1>*. when it was made permanent for winter service and its operation continued. Canteen No. 4, OfVicers Service Club, at the Public Library. Fifth .\venue and Forty-second Street, was opened C)ctober 1«.». 10l.«*. with permanent, winter equipment Canteen No. 8. at \os. 4-rt West I .list Street, for Colored Soldiers. Sailor* an.l Marines, was opened i^eplember T. I'.M"*. in permanent, winter qtiarter8 Souvenir program, per Schedule No. :,' 1,S76.;{2 Contribution 10.00 $4,316.90 Tank Corps Fund $274.00 Less: Disbursements for entertain- ment and smokes 3.'{7.40 -MAW .Smoke Fund Contributions l,.')32..'i:i Thanksgiving and Christmas Funds, Net Income as per Schedule No. ;: 7.38. 7'j Baseball and Concert Fund for Relief Purposes $.')23.00 Less: Disbursements for expenses and Relief 362.18 l.')9.82 $.^,277.31 Miscellaneou.'^: Commissions on Telephone Booth Collections... $120.84 Interest earned on Bank Balances ee.as 6,784.60 187.00 $12,248.87 Administration and General Office Fxpensos 1,547.34 10,701.53 Deficit, carried to Balance Sheet $3,427..n8 Schedule No. 1. MAYOR'S COMMITTEE OF WOMEN ON NATIONAL DEFENSE. CANTEEN DIVISION. STATEMENT OF INCOME, PROFIT AND LOSS FROM SMOKE SALES, MAY 1st. 1918, to DECEMBER 31st, 1918. Income $2,291 .92 Cost of Smokes Sold and Gratuitously Distributed: Smokes Purchased $3,504.03 Less: Supplies on Hand (12-;;i-lS) 178.99 3,325.04 Loss, Carried to Statement No. 2 $1,033.12 This loss is occasioned by the distribution of free cigarettes to the Canteen patrons, over half a million free cigarettes liaving been so distributed . up to the close of business December 31st, 1918. Towards the cost of these free smokes, a Smoke Fund was established, the contributions to which, not inckiding dona- tions in kind, amounted on December .'Jlst, 1918, as per Statement No. 2, to 1,532.53 Leaving a balance, after the loss has been deducted therefrom, available for purchase of additional smokes, to be distributed, of $499.41 53 Schedule No. 2. STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR SOUVENIR PRO- GRAM OF THE HIPPODROME BENEFIT CONCERT, HELD OCTOBER 6th, 1918. Income: Program Sales $973.10 Advertising 1,420.00 Flowers Sold at Concert 70.35 Interest on Bank Deposit 9-87 Contributions 365.00 ^,838.32 Expenses: Printing $949.00 Miscellaneous Expenses 13.00 — — 962.00 Net Income, Carried to Statement No. 2 $1,876.32 Schedule No. 3. MAYOR'S COMMITTEE OF WOMEN ON NATIONAL DEFENSE. CANTEEN DIVISION. STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURES OF THE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS FUNDS. Thanksgiving Fund: Contributions from Canteen Lieutenants and Units $2,342.25 Contributions from Other Sources 525.00 $2,867.25 Meal Service Charges 1,691.40 Net Incomes turned over to Christmas Fund $1,175.85 Christmas Fund: Contributions from Canteen Lieutenants and Units $1,018.00 Contributions from Other Sources 45.00 Contributions pledged (Collected subsequent to 12-31-18) see Statement No. 1 547.50 Interest on Bank Balances 1.60 $1,612.10 Meal Service Charges credited to Canteens 2,049.20 Deficit on Christmas Fund 437.10 Net income from Combined Sources carried to State- ment No. 2 $738.75 S4 WEEKLY RECORD OF MEALS SERVED TO SOLDIERS. SAILORS AND MARINES OF THE UNITED STATES AND ALLIED SERVICES AT CANTEENS NOS. I. 2. 3. 4 AND 5. JUNE »— DECEMBER 31. 1918. (.antcon I. laiitccii II. ( aiitccii III. < aiiiccn l\. Canteen \' Wtck. J line 8-lG 17-23 24-30 July 1- 7 8-14 lo--'l 22-'-'8 2y-.\u»f. 4 .■\iigust 5-11 12-18 19-2:. 26-Scp 1 Si-ptcnibcr 2- 8 9-15 16-22 23-29 30-Oct. G ( JCtohtT 7-i:! 14-20 21-27 28-Xov. 3 N'oveniher 4-10 11-17 18-24 2.'. Dec. 1 1 )oicnjl)CT 2- S 9-i:. lrt-22 23-29 ( >pciie(l June 8. ( )pCll«!'pcncc(l by this department, at the fol- lowing Parks: "McCarren Park — Driggs Avenue and Lorimer Street. "Betsey Head Playground — Farm Garden — Hopkinson Avenue. Blake Avenue. "Highland Park — Jamaica Avenue, opposite Linwood Street. "Fort Greene Park — Myrtle Avenue and North Portland .\venue. "We have 1,140 individual );lots. 4 feet by 9 feet, laid out in these gardens. Two plantings were made during the past season: a new group of children were assigned to the plots for the second planting. By this arrangement 2,280 children received individual instruction in the growing of vegetables from the time the seeds were planted until the crops were harvested. "Canning and preserving classes were well attended. In addition to the Children's Gardens, five Model Back Yard Gardens were laid out in our Parks, where informa- tion and instruction regarding the growing of vegetables was given to the general public." "Ten thousand of 'Plant a A\ar Garden' pamphlets were distributed." Bronx : "We have had in many sections of The Bronx Borough, War^ Gardens worked by our volunteers — men, women, and children, white and colored. In each branch we have a Chairman, who issues general orders and sees to the administration of the work. All food stufTs not used by the workers are sent to Headquarters to be used for the benefit of soldiers and sailors at the hospitals, or their families, or other deserving institutions. "In many of the War Gardens this year besides growing vegetables, we had flower beds, and thus Ave are able to send flowers to General Hospital No. 1. quite regularly." Manhattan: "Fifteen hundred and fifty garden.-; together with six hundred back yard gardens were successfully conducted. "The Children's Gardens in Manhattan, of which the Chairman is director, have been more than usually successful this year. Thirty-six hundred children during the season have harvested crops, accruing to each child outside of educational and health advantages $4.00 worth of produce which went into thirty-six hundred homes. A backyard demonstration garden has been maintained in each garden, and thirty backyard gardens in the neighborhood of De Witt Clinton Park. Twenty-five thou- sand children and six hundred teachers from the public schools had their annual fall 57 visit for nature lessons. One hundred students from Columbia Summer School made their annual visit and represented every nation. One Chinese student especially, was here to study the Children's Garden movement to establish it in his own country. The boys and girls in these gardens have done every part of the work, including the trimming of two miles of hedge. The crops were harvested, after which the children prepared the ground for winter and planted bulbs." Inwood Commxinity Gardens: The Inwood Community Garden Association, two of whose members are on this Committee, deserve special mention. They have three hundred members working individual gardens, and could double their number, if there was land available. A notable example of this is the group of gardens at Sherman Avenue and Broadway, consisting of ninety individual gardens 20 by 40 feet, where the flags of all the Allied Nations fly. It was my privilege to meet these plot owners^ — intelligent Chinese and Japanese men were among them. In co-operation with the War Garden Commission at Washington, thousands of leaflets on Canning and Gardening have been distributed through the Park Com- missioners, Garden Clubs and from the Children's Gardens. The Chairman feels that we have been able to relieve His Honor, the Mayor, of many of the petty annoyances which arise from such movements; all complaints relating to War Gardens directed to His Honor have been promptly forwarded by Grover Whalen, Secretary to the Mayor, to the Chairman, and have been adjusted satisfactorily to all parties. r have personally inspected every war and school garden in Manhattan, Bronx and Forest Hills. Outside of the abundant food production the most valuable results have been the community spirit induced by the common subject of interest con- sulting about crops, their enemies and their friends. To the suburbanite this has been invaluable, but to the city cave dweller it has been an opportunity for self expression, which has never before been possible. Men and women alike have found joy in the open in close contact with Mother Nature. The cordial co-operation of all the Park Commissioners and the City Officials has made the summer's work delightful. 58 w Q ■-] < :3 CO <: H >^ Q > 3 o w CO H 2 D O <: o H 2 H >^ OS CO uo S3jnjipu3dx3 JO uoipnpaj oj ;>iqHDilddB spunp^ •s;dpD3^ '^sip^ •paujnjay -luoj-qng o\ saouT^ApY •SUOlJtUOQ •S3JtUipU3dX]J M3fsj'jO A}13 lUOJJ ,331juumo3 jaiuJOj^ moj] aouBiHg 11-3 © t» CO I- o in t- O »-l t-l M N .ti — X. v> O • «n O dj ^1 «^ e t- O O »C t> O ro O 00 iv-ir. X i^ to 6 CO 6 <-< «o 00 o \6 O 00 o W ro -t o in 00 <£> >,-; 11 t- o « 'U Ji ni 1> ■- 4> S5O % = o I loll E 2 S" ■- *j o< o — '-I ^.^ j2 ") 1;?-o 6 U |m •S^ JD w rt H •c 59 Table No. 2. SUMMARY STATEMENT OF AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK. For the Year 1918. Amount of Purpose of Appropriations. Appropriation; General Purposes $46,000.00 Food Conservation Kitchen 11,000.00 Canteen Committee 5,000.00 Health Committee (Children's Year 1918) 13.500.00 Totals $75,500.00 Expenditures Charged Appropriations. $41,773.66 10,999.91 4,960.05 S. 249.38 Unexpended Balances of Appropriations. $4,226.34 .09 39.95 5.250.62 $65,983.00 $9,517.00 u o H i^ p! e 5' 3 = u ° oil ^ H ^ Si '- ° ■p3punj3.t .:3}i;[ S30J1UUIIIO3 -qng 04 s33iibap'k puB s;isod3Q •dxa -osipv ■uoiianjisiio") ;8SgsSJ ■^UDUKlinba >? ajni.iiiu,! •3UOlld3[3X ^ ilde.iS9px •319 'sjyauag 'sjuamiiiEiJauia : ; : :i :& • : :8 : '■ : '■ :S 'S ■ -■ •'§ : . . ■ :^ .^. • : -^ : ■SuisjijaApv suinoiuy iq ^1005 85e§ g ira o 1-1 oc ,« o 1 O 1- CO CO Tt< ^ 10 c :SS8g£^g38 . -NlftO. C(d5S05 [?;gSS8J28i§ggS«^£?!i ;5_r-l ^_^ CC 05 o: '« M IN g ?• r » 05 CO CO OS 05 CO'f^'Ci - »/ c c o ■« a 5 >.u i S c E c ^ c o-=^ 5 o o 4) « >- o S o Oq 2U S— E>u " S-2 uEcj-sge ES°^ Scji; > o -O The Secretary begs to report the following financial contributions of the Chairman of The Ma3'or's Committee of Women on National Defense: h^or the original construction of Canteens $8,243.62 Through personal donation to Bus Fund •,• • • 1,^1'^>.00 l"or Miscellaneous Expenses, including Special Train to Camp Upton, Promoting Tank Recruiting Drive, Providing 200 free bathing suits for soldiers and sailors at the seashore. Thanksgiv- ing dinner to children at All-Day Center, Page advertisements which influenced and encouraged recruiting, bringing the 27th Division up to full war strength, which fact was graciously ac- knowledged by letter from Captain Tristam Tupper, Special Recruiting Officer, and presenting State Colors to 27th Division o,908.3G $13,366.98 Respectfully submitted, SARAH RODGERS HENRY, (Mrs. Nelson Herrick Henry), The Secretary to The Mavor's Committee of Women on National Defense. The following list comprises the names of those who accepted the appoint- ment of his Honor, Mayor Hylan, to become members of the Mayor's Com- mittee of Women on National Defense. Mrs Dominick Abl)ate Mrs. Walter Alexander Mrs. J. H. Aldrich Mrs. Alfred J. Amend Mrs. Joseph H. Appel Mrs. Harry N. Archer Mrs. Gordon Auchincloss Mrs. Mary Austin B Ur. Josephine Baker Mrs. Wendell Baker Mrs. Simon Baruch Mrs. S. W. Baruch Major Helen Bastedo Mrs. George Gordon Battle Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont Mrs. Francis P. Bent Airs. Harriot Stanton Blatch Mrs. Hugo M. Blumenthal Mrs. Philip Berolzheimer Mrs. Owen W. Bohan Lt.-Col. Margaret Boviil Mrs. John M. Bowers Mrs. John J. Boylan Mrs. Leon E. Boyd Mrs. Edward N. Breitnng Mrs. Oliver B. Bridgman Mrs. Abraham Brill Mrs. William Grant Brown Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady Mrs. Henry Bruckner Mrs. Arnold M. P.runnor .Mrs. Nelson Burr Mrs. W. P. Burr Airs. Richard Bvthiner Miss Alice Carpenter Mrs. Allen Carruthers Airs. George H. Cliilds Airs. Bird Coler Aliss Sarah A. Conhoy Mrs. Maurice E. Connolly Mrs. Jessica Finch Cosgrave Mrs. John Costclloe Mrs. Irving Crane Mrs. H. M. Crist Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby Airs. J. Hedges Crowell Mrs. W. Bonrke Cockran Airs. Miss Mrs. Mrs. Miss Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. .VI rs. Airs. Airs. Airs. Airs. Mrs. .Mrs. xMrs. Mrs. Airs. Miss Miss Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Airs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Airs. Mrs. Airs. .Mrs. Mrs. Airs. Miss Mrs. Airs. Airs. Airs. Airs. Airs. Mrs. Aliss Jonathan Daj- Margaret C. Daley Goodman R. Davis Henry P. Davison Marie de Barril J. Dehan John Delaney John J. Dietz Norman S. Dike E. L. Doheny Frank L. Dowling Michael Dreicer Theodore Dreiser I. M. Dittenhoefer J. Gilmore Drayton Howard Dufifield George R. Dyer Ralph Easlc} William Einstein David H. Eisner Sarah Elkus Isabel .A.. Ennis Irving L. Ernst (icorge Ethridge Alfred J. Eno F Walter Fessend. ii Alortimer Fishel Ernest Flagg John H. Flagler Jos. A. Flannery Ned Arden Flood T. J. Forsythe I.yttleton Fox Henry Clay Frick i'higene Fuller ( )li\e Stott Gabriel Elbert H. (iary Maude Garrity Edw. J. Gavegan Leonard A. Geiger James W. Gerard Julian M. Gerard Stuart G. Gibboney Charles Dana Gibsr Sarah Gilroy Claire Gilrov Mrs. Bernard F. Gimbel Mrs. Albert Gleaves Mrs. A. Goldsmith Miss Anne W. Goodrich Mrs. Bernard J. Gorman Mrs. George Jay Gould Miss Elizabeth Greener Mrs. John L. Griffiths Miss Florence Guernsey Mrs. Charles L. Guy H Mrs. Anne Hahn Mrs. John D. Haney Mrs. Oliver Harriman Mrs. Harry Hastings Mrs. Thomas Hastings Mrs. William Randolph Hearst Mrs. Nelson Herrick Henry Miss Amy Hilliard Mrs. William H. Hirst Mrs. Charles H. Hoflfman Miss Ann Hogan Mrs. Edward M. House Mrs. Richard Hunt Mrs. Sylvester B. Husch Mrs. John F. Hylan I Mrs. Phoenix Ingraham Mrs. Walter W. Irwin J Mrs. John A. Jackson Mrs. Aimet F. Jenks Mrs. Alfred J. Johnson Miss Florence M. Johnson Mrs. Thomas Brennan Jones Mrs. Eli Joseph K Mrs. Otto H. Kahn Mrs. B. Kaufman Mrs. Philip J. Kcarns Mrs. Fry Kehaya Mrs. L. G.' Kaufman Mrs. Hugh Kelly Mrs. Bryan L. Kennelly Mrs. George Edward Kent Mrs. Charles Gilmore Kerley Mrs. Herbert T. Ketcham Mrs. S. R. Klein Mrs. Alexander Kohut L Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg Mrs. Fairfax S. Landstreet Mrs. K. B. Lapham Mrs. Robins A. Lau Miss Ruth Lawrence Mrs. Arthur Lehman Mrs. Sylvan Levy Mrs. Alexander l.ichtman Miss Sophie Irene Loeb Mrs. Williami Loeb, Jr. Mrs. George W. Loft Mrs. M. F. Loughman Miss Harriet B. Lowenstein Mrs. Philip Lydig Mc Mrs. William McAdoo Mrs. Nora O. McCall Mrs. George B. McClellan Mrs. John H. McCooey Mrs. Charles McDonald Mrs. James R. McKee Mrs. Mary M. McKelvcy Miss Mary E. McKenna Mrs. George F. AlcNerny M Mrs. Joseph B. Mayer Mrs. Mortimer M. Menken Mrs. S. Stanwood Menken Miss Ella G. Morris Mrs. Leon Moyse Miss Sara Graham Mulhall Mrs. M. J. Mulqueen Mrs. Daniel F. Murphy Miss Alary J. Murphy Mrs. John F. Murray Miss Elisabeth S. Marbury N Mrs. Frederick Neilson Mrs. Byron R. Newton Mrs. James P. Niemann Mrs. Lewis Nixon Mrs. Stanhope Nixon Miss Teresa R. O'Donohue Mrs. James A. O'Gorman Mrs. Herman Oelrichs Mrs. Ellen A. O'Grady Mrs. Stephen Olin P Miss Grace Parker Mrs. Aubrey J. Parody Mrs. Thomas G. Patten Mrs. Frank Kendall Perkins Mrs. Rufus L. Patterson Miss Isabella M. Pettus Mrs. Ansel Phelps Mrs. Gififord Pinchot Mrs. Morton F. Plant Mrs. Ernest Poole Mrs. J. D. Prince R Mrs. R. S. Rainsford Mrs. Daniel Gray Reid Mrs. S. W. Reyburn Mrs. Eugene Lamb Richards Mrs. Harold Roberts Miss Georgina Roberts Mrs. Arthur J. Rosenthal Mrs. Isaac F. Russell Mrs. Allan Ryan Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan Mrs. Chas. H. Sabin Mrs. Julia L. Sanders Mrs. H. A. Saks Mrs. Martin Saxe Miss Mary Schell Mrs. William F. Schneider Mrs. Charles Schwab Mrs. Don Seitz Mrs. Clarence T. Shearn Mrs. John S. Sheppard Mrs. William F. Sheehan Mrs. Charles E. Simonson Mrs. H. F. Sinclair Miss Laura Skinner Mrs. Joseph Slevin, Jr. Mrs. Albert E. Smith Mrs. Alfred E. Smith Mrs. James Speyer Mrs. William Spinney Mrs. A. Lincoln Stadler Mrs. John B. Stanchfield Mrs. Penrhyn Stanlaws Mrs. Ella O'Gorman Stanton Mrs. Luke D. Stapleton Mrs. Waldo E. Steinfeld Miss Doris Stevens Mrs. Ernest M. Stires Mrs. William Cumming Story Mrs. Jacob S. Strahl Mrs. Ryle Strange Mrs. Nathan Straus Mrs. Robert Sweeney Mrs. Herbert Bayard Swopc Mrs. Benj. Stern Mrs. Louis Stewart. Jr. Mrs. F. B. Taintor Mrs. J. H. Tennant Mrs. Wm. Boyce Thompson Miss M. DeG. Trenhohn Mrs. Alex. Trowbridge Mrs. H. B. Tremaine U Mrs. N. R. Usher Miss Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom Mrs. Calvin D. Van Name Miss Gertrude F. Vaughan Mrs. Bernard W. Vogel Mrs. Blanche S. Vogel Mrs. Martin Vogel W Miss Lillian Wald Mrs. Alex. Stewart Walker Major Jennnie R. VV^ard Mrs. Frank H. Warder Mrs. Arthur Weeks Mrs. Louis Reed Welzmilier Mrs. Grover A. Whalen Mrs. John F. Whelan Miss Carrie Wiley Mrs. Samuel Willetts Mrs. Egerton Winthrop Airs. Benj. W. Wollman Mrs. Henry A. Wise Wood Miss Grace E. Worman Mrs. Hicks Arnold Wcatherbec Mrs. Rodman Wanamaker Mrs. Isidor Wels Miss Frances Wolcott Y Mrs. John Francis Yawger Mrs. Joseph Yeska Mrs. William Young Z Mrs. Henry Zuckcrman BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. MRS. LEWIS NIXON Chairman MISS GEORGINA ROBERTS Virc Cliainiian BOROUGH OF THE BRONX. BOROUGH OF RICHMOND. MRS. CHARLES H. HOFFMAN MRS. CHAS. E. SIMONSON I hair MRS. ELLA OGORMAN STANTON \ii-f Hiairman COMMITTEES. DR. S. JOSEPHINE BAKER Chairman, Health CommilU-c MRS. WENDELL BAKER Chairman, Co-ordination Commit tec MRS. HENRY WISE WOOD Vice Chairman, Co-ordination ( ummit MRS. O. H. P. BELMONT Chairman. Pul)Hc Affair- (. ommitlcc MRS. W. BOURKE COCKRAN Chaiiman, .National Work Committee MRS. WILLIAM EINSTEIN Cliairman, Information Bootli.-* Comm MRS. ALBERT C. BAGE Vice Chairman. Information Booths C MRS. NED ARDEN FLOOD Cliairman. Relief Committee MRS. J. S. FORSYTHE Chairman. Education Connnittee MRS. GEORGE JAY GOULD Cliairman, linteitainment ( (jmmillce MRS. OLIVER HARRIMAN Chairman. Food Committee MRS. HENRY PARSONS .\dultb' and Chihlren's War Gardens Cor MISS AMY HILLIARD Chairman, .Nurses Committee MRS. L. G. KAUFMAN Chairman. Finance Committee MRS. ADOLPH LADENBURG Chairman, .\rniy & Xavy Arlvis.)r> ( SOPHIE IRENE LOEB Chairman. Legislation Committei- MRS. PHILIP LYDIG (.'hairmaii. .S„eial Welfare CMmmitlee MRS. GEORGE ETHRIDGE Major, Canteen Division MRS. NED ARDEN FLOOD Trea--nrer. t'anteen Division MRS. WALTER W. IRWIN Chairman. Hook Committee MISS ELISABETH MARBURY Chairman. Publicity Committee MRS. ELLEN A. OGRADY Chairman, Protective Committee MRS. HENRY ZUCKERMAN Chairman, Fuel Committee In concluding: tlic rc[)ort sjjccial mention is duo the indefatigable efforts of the executive officers who were resj^onsible lor the policy and the carry-on work of the \arious activities. In this connection should be mentioned the splendid record of the finance Department of the Committee, conducted by Mrs. (ieorge W. Loft, Treasurer. who also ga\e generously in support of the several committees. Her work is another evidence of women's ability to successfully handle the financial cud of l)ig undertakings. A review of the Treasurer's report emphasizes this fact. Mrs. Lewis Nixon, as Chairman of the r.orough of Manhattan, was keenly interested in every phase of the work, giving ready and wise counsel, as well as constant financial assistance to the many activities. Her unfailing interest and co-operation were at all times im[)ortant factors, and especiallv in the matter of arrangements for the historic Independence Dav celebration at the Stadium. Special connnendation is due the Secretary, Mrs. Nelson Herrick l]enr\. who conducted the general business of the office in a highly creditable manner. fjeing one of the many ])rominent women in the City who have for \ears been closely associated with big undertakings, philanthropic and ci\ic. Mrs. Henry's fund of knowledge and large experience were of inestimable \alue. With infinite tact and di])lomacy and in her usual gentle manner, problems were solved. Her personal interest in the progress of every conmiittee facili- tated the work to an api)reciable degree. MILLICKNT HEARST, (Mrs. Wm. Randolph Hearst), Chairman, The Mayor's Committee of WOmen on National Defense. 6? LIBRARY OF CONGRESS III nil III I III I III II 015 910 843 ) IB ?09() 19 O O'CONNELL PKESi M^^**'^ 17ti PARK RC