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solicit funds for securing the gram of radium, intended to be a gift 

 to Madame Curie from tlie women of America, and to make arrange- 

 ments for her visit to this city. In this work the Director found 

 himself at the head of an organization of ladies and gentlemen whose 

 willing cooperation insured success. 



It was resolved to make all contributors to the fund members of 

 the General Reception Committee. The work of attending to details 

 was assigned to an Executive Committee of Ladies, at the head of 

 which was Mrs. Henry R. Rea, and a Committee of Gentlemen, at 

 the head of which was the writer of these lines. It is needless to say 

 that with Mrs. Rea at the head of the Committee of Ladies and with 

 Mr. James C. Gray, the President of The Standard Chemical Com- 

 pany, the principal manufacturers of radium in the world, on the 

 Committee of Gentlemen, success was inevitable. 



In response to an appeal sent out by the Chairman, contributions 

 in cash amounting to $12,780.76 were received, of which $10,196.25 

 were remitted to the General Treasury in New York and $2,584.51 

 were paid directly to Madam Curie. In estimating the contribution 

 made by Pittsburgh, there should be added to the foregoing total the 

 amount given by The Standard Chemical Company through Mr. Gray, 

 they having, in fact, contributed the sum of over fifty thousand dol- 

 lars. All incidental expenses were born by the members of the Com- 

 mittee of Ladies and Gentlemen without any deduction from the 

 funds contributed. The Standard Chemical Company also constructed 

 a novel and costly receptacle to contain the radium, the inscription 

 on which, engraved upon a gold plate, was as follows : 



PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON BEHALF 



OF THE WOMEN OF AMERICA 



TO 



MADAME MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE 



IN RECOGNITION OF HER TRANSCENDENT 



SERVICE TO SCIENCE AND TO HUMANITY 



IN THE DISCOVERY OF RADIUM. 

 THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 MAY TWENTIETH, NINETEEN TWENTY-ONE 



The case is opened by a gold key suspended from a ribbon. The key 





