Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-12-20
The Christmas Club.
ARRANGEMENTS IN PROGRESS FOR THE DINNER IN
THE sEcoNn DISTRICT.

The Christmas Club.
| ARRANGEMENTS IN PROGRESS FOR THE DINNER IN
THE sEc0fn DISTRICT.
The large hall in the Franklin school building
was filled on Saturday afternoon by the children
OF the Christmas Club, who met to make the final
arrangements for the annual dinner Of the club to
six hundred invited guests from the children OF
the poor. Miss MOllie Villas presided, and Miss
May Huddlest0n, relative of Mrs Cleveland, oc-
cupied the visitors chair.
After the distribution of the pretty blue badges
of membership, twenty boys and twenty five girls
were selected to act as walters at the dinner,
which will occur ut O'Clock on Tuesday, the 2Sth
OF December. or "InnOcents Day." In the National
Rifles aTmOry, on q street. The program of the
day will be the dinner OF turkey, cranberry sauce,
fruits cakes ana ice cream and other tOothsOme
S oy pnfh and Judy
from so much pleasure a small present will be
given to each, accompanied by pretty Christmas
card and box OF candy, and then they will be re-
turned to their homes in large wagons and omni-
buses
The walters are expected to be at the armory a
quarter OF an hour before O'Clock The poor chill
dren to whom tickets have been distributed are
invited to be at the armory q short time before 2
chosen to act as walters will be admitted to the
gallery after O'Clock, from whence they can wit
ness the dinner.
A resolution was passed directing the president,
Miss MOlie Villas, to write letter to Miss Nellie
Arthur, the former president OF the club and at
present one of the vice presidents expressing the
and sympathy for her in the recent death OF her
father.
The children were assisted at their meeting by
Mi. and Mrs. Ross Perry, Mrs. John A. Baker, Miss
Strong, Mrs. S. w. Webster and Miss NOyes.
President and Mrs. Cleveland are expected to be
present at the dinner.
THE CAPITOL HILL CLUB.
At meeting OF this club, held at the residence
of MI A. P. Clark, On 9Th street northeast Satur-
day evening, Mrs. w. c. Dodge, chairman of the
dinner committee, announced subcommittee on
turkeys, cakes, crOckery coffee, ETC., and submit
ted estimates for GOO pounds OF turkey, 60 large
cakes 1000 rolls. Thfrty-three large cakes were
reported as donated All donations OF cakes were
ordered to be sent to the residence of Mrs. Thomas
W. Smith, SO Massachusetts avenue northeast.
Mrs. j. w. Wilkinson, chairman OF the purchasing
committee, announced that she had secured dOna-
lions as follows: From the Boston Variety Store;
j. L. VOgt, SeitZ and Schneider, the bakers F. X.
Lamb, W. II. Scammell and G. ". Knox, j. Ii.
Soule and the herdic company. The committee on
authorized to buy 600 toys Subscriptions were
received as follows: w. c. Dodge and Mrs Dodge
SO; Robt. Leitch, s.; A. C. Clark, IS.
ssI'll Never DO So Again.,
AN HOPING COUPLE FROM VIRGINIA MARRIED IN
THIS CITY.
Last Friday morning, at the residence OF Mr.
Schinall, a well-tO-do farmer, in Prince George
county, Va, Alice, his handsome seventeen-year-
old daughter, kissed her mother goodbye as she
started for school with her books under her arm,
and said she would not return home that evening,
as she had promised to spend the night with one
OF her schOOlmates. Samuel Farmer, twenty-one
years DID, who lives in the adjoining county, was
not far from the Schinall farm, and few minutes
after Alice left her mother at the gate the couple
were together on their way to the river They
reached the wharf in time to embark on the
steamer, and arrived here Friday night The hour
was too late to procure a marriage license, and
they went to the house OF an acquaintance Sat
urday morning they were married. After the cere-
mOny the bride wrote ettef to her mother in
which she said '.If you forgive me this time I'll
never DO so again."
Young Farmer paid a visit to King George county
some months ago to look after his lumber business
time until their elOpement they correspondent but
on account OF objections OF her parents he paid but
five visits to the Schinal residence from the time
he first met Alice until they were married. The
young couple left for their home this morning.
MARRIAGE LICENsES.-MarTiage licenses have
been issued by the clerk OF the court to Edward
Jones' OF King William county, Va, and Birdie
Trent; James Burgess, OF Pittsburg Pa, and Sadie
Mockabee, OF Louisa Court House, Va; Thomas f.
James and Emma King; James NJ. Engle OF Har-
per'S Ferry, w. Va, and Lavtnia ii. Hauke: Mau.
rice f. Bowman and Martha A. Hawkins, both of
Montgomery county, Md.
Affairs i'm West Washington.
DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN BUSINESS MAN-Mr
stricken with congestion OF the brain about ten
days ago. died early this morning at his residence
No. 3102 street. In the 49th year OF his age The
deceased was born in this place and lived here his
entire life. At an early age he Occupfd position
as flour inspector in the mills OF the late George