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TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 87

The Orthopedic Hospital cares for children from all the
northwest states and Alaska, and while the majority come from
Seattle and towns near-by, many come f r o m great distances f o r
the help of the hospital, which takes all it can possibly care for.

When the Seattle Alumnae Chapter decided to finance the
naming of a bed at the hospital, as their share of the national
work, they began by installing a candy and cigarette counter at
the Orthopedic lunch room, a small restaurant maintained by the
guilds who work f o r the hospital. The proceeds f r o m this
restaurant, which is located in the down town shopping district,
help to support the hospital. The sorority spent one summer at
the lunch room with the candy counter, but found that the profits
were too small and slow f o r the work. I n the fall, the national
voted the first $250 to Seattle to establish the bed, and the alum-
nae began to plan for carrying the bed on after that. The chap-
ter has just paid the $250 for the second year and is beginning
work to raise the third $250, which will be due on October 1,
1926.

Last year the funds were raised by several means. First, of
course, were the small stuns cleared by the candy counter, which
was abandoned after three months' work. Next the chapter
tried rummage sales. These were found to be very profitable
and probably are the minimum of work for the amount of money
raised. The chapter held these two sales, one in the fall and the
other in the spring, in conjunction with the mother's club and
proceeds were divided. Otherwise, the chapter would have had
more than enough f r o m the rummage sales alone, for about $350
was cleared from the two and divided. On the other hand,
because so many of the alumnae are professional women and
cannot give time during the day, the help of the mothers' club
was almost essential to the success of the sale, which would have
been hard to conduct without their advice and experience. A
chapter that could do all the work itself, could easily have made
more than we needed f o r our bed. The rummage sales are rather
messy affairs f o r the fastidious, but except for the rent of the
building, (sometimes this is donated) they are all profit.

Several bridge parties were given by the chapter. Seattle
Alumnae did not attempt any large bridge parties; the biggest
was about thirteen tables. These were held at the homes and