The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 22, 1921, Page 1

lowenteua ieee eas ap nt 03000 wore homes Grery day than ony cher Sle Haspapor. — 1000S _THREATENING NORTHWEST PPP PPP LPL DPD LP LPL PLP LPP LPP RRR AAR AAA AAA AAAS RPL On the Issue of “shes Of shnerioinltin There Can Be No ising CN rae PS ceaies s=| The se attle Ss tar EDITION Ei Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1599, at the Postoffic t Seattio, Wash, under the Act of € * March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mall, $5 to $9 OLUME 2S ~~ SEATTLE, “waa TUESDAY, NOVE MBE aR 22, 1921. | ~ TWO CE NTS. IN SEATTLE — Seattle Must Earn A DAY OF Its Thanksgiving Day by Filling the CRISIS = Community Chest “NV EATTLE faces the shame today of coming HERE are reasons why the money has up to Thanksgiving with the community come in slowly. Some persons have not chest less than two-thirds full. given at all simply because the volunteer ' The Star does not hesitate to declare that if canvassers have failed to reach them. Others fr : : 1) sane have not given because they were not accus- ci city fails (but it must not fail) in this great tomed to giving for chatity im systematic if Seattle is to progress? And how wil we ever face the outside world if news goes forth that Seattle in the year of our Lord; 1922, failed to support 46 of its chief charities THIS DAY MARKS A CRISIS IN THE HIS- TORY OF SEATTLE; THAT IS WHY THE LP ees ic and humane project a real, lasting blight way. STAR USES THIS SPACE TO EMPHASIZE }) pill be upon us. And many, many others have given only a THE NEED. rar here are the 46 principal agencies of fraction of the amount the cause deserves. TODAY, we urge you, LEND A HAND! If yo itable endeavor depending for their 1922 Some because they did not stop to realize the are one of those who for any reason has neg= oppo urgency: of the need or the magnitude of the lected to give, GIVE TODAY. If your contribu rt upon this single campaign. And we gency ve upon us an inclement winter, a winter of undertaking. They gave as if it were for one tion has been less than you now feel you migh stein dirisent and need & wittae wh agency rather than.46. They did not stop to have given, increase it. If you are one of tI — 19 Th Reger ees. or think how easy it would be to give largely to great middle body of fine Americans who istress and privation are going to call for all the community chest when they would be re- represented in the group that did give to the help that the combined organizations can lieved of 45 calls later in the year. maximum, we know that you will just naturall extend. And then, of course, there were the slackers: find some way to enlarge your contributio) oe Some refused to contribute at all on the ground Mire 3 our suggesting it; for that’s the so A : ; ons they disliked this or that organization of Tolks you are. ene HE’ community chest is an instrument ng the 46. THEY SANG THEIR PETTY We print herewith a schedule of a “Sugges that has been tested in many other cities Hi} Y M NS OF HATE TO CAMOUFLAGE Basis of Giving.” To our way of thinking this and found to be the best agency for hand- THEIR STINGINESS. ought to have been given wide publicity during ling a community program of charity and relief Among this number, The Star regrets to the campaign. Read it in light of your own-cir: ind citizenship building. ‘It has been carefully record, were not a few of the wealthy leaders cumstances. Mdapted to the special needs of Seattle by a of the community. For instance, the multimil- : ane ot Ja r roup of local leaders who have spent many lionaire who gave a miserly $1,000 when he E print also on this page an official Months in its study and in patient working out should have given twenty-five times that sum. community chest subscription blanks | of details. What has happened is shown by these figures: FILL IT OUT and mail it to the ches | Its budget was drafted by a committee made oan $06 Scattlete vclading b cong ao tae ide headquarters as directed. *", 4... F.* ‘ : leites, inc e same ave ; resen ae) _ up of some of the fairest-minded and ablest given $450,000! Some of the wealthy, we re- We i igh “ pone oer jaa business men of Seattle. The amount was peat, who have been carrying the load (to their nate) of Seattle’s charity agencies. slashed to the limit, the committee’s idea being credit), this year have seized upon the com- Remember that it does not call for cash. You to add no new undertaking and to do no build- munity chest as a pretext for slacking. may pay quarterly or monthly, as you cone ing this coming year, but to carry on only the But they are not the only ones; there have ps 1922. Itis your pledge that is wanted. | essential work of the various agencies. The been slackers of $10 denomination as well as Remember the need and the shortness of the mount agreed upon, including an allotment to slackers of $25,000 denomination. : time. ; ’ #} meet emergency needs, was $744,000. And after 3 ” And remember that Thursday is Thanksgiv- . More than a week of effort Seattle has failed ODAY’S duty is not to moan or condemn; ing Day and you will want to celebrate it with _ ) to raise even two-thirds of that sum! it is to FILL THE CHEST. Seattle a heart full of human kindness. a MUST, if it would maintain its self-re- Cee a Rte RAE Sel apect, raise that $744,000. The committee has promised that the one campaign would eliminate 45; it is up to every loyal Se- SUGGESTED BASIS attleite to make good that promise. Seattle never yet has “fallen down” in an undertaking of this OF GIVING | Incomes of less than $2,500 a year—$1 to $1.50 a month. ye Os ign committee a eacl jorkers, The Star publi vty this p pledge Fill out and to Community Chest headquarters, " Peree Tee CeCSCeCeeceecer Terr rerrerrrerr t sort; Seattle’s pride and its big heart will, The Star believes, pre- coast vent it from failing this time. For the minute leaving the humanitarian issue to one side, | 70 isate cor s-cicerssen le nabeates Iorsoseaa i think of the penalty of failure. Here is the most important un- dertaking of the kind on which Seattle ever embarked. If we | [Incomes of $2,500 to $3,600—One per cent. of annual in- come, flatly fail now, how can we ever find leadership and confi- dence and energy for “putting over” other civic endeavors? If we fail in this how could we ever hope, for instance, to erect the great community hotel we talk about? How could we ever erect a-memorial to our soldiers? How could we ever find leaders for any of a hundred great community projects that lie ahead 4 _ | Incomes of $3,600 to $5,000—One and a half per cent, I | | "| Incomes of $5,000 to $7,500—Two per cent. | | I subscribe the sum of....i..++.......Dollars, | to be paid ay indicated. i Incomes of $7,500 to $10,000—Three per cent. | Subscriber Sign Here | [Incomes of $10,000 and more—as much as possible.