Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-23
THE CHRISTMAS CLUB.
Further Arrangements For the Dinners
Next Saturday.

The meeting of the members of the Chill
drens Christmas club of district No. Saturday
afternoon in the Franklin school building was
well attended. Those present manifested great
interest in the success of the dinner, which will
take place next Saturday. The annual election
of officers resulted in the choice of Miss Jane
Fuller, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Chief
Justice Fuller. as president. Miss Ruth Harlan
was selected as vice president The choice eff
those who will act walters on the occasion
of the dinner was determined by drawing lots
The following were selected:
Girls-Annie Hughes, Flora Finley, Alice
Lerch, Ethel 1ibbets, Florence Tibbetts.
Lidia Dorian, Mollie Leo, Ada Duke, Mary
Shinn- Marie Epping. Georgia Lightfoot, Mary
Ditterer, Rachael Sanders, May Barnace, Cora
McKeever, Helen Soule, Fidele Clark, Gertie
johnson, Rachael Soule, Anna Tibbetts. Violet
Weld, Rose Weld, Julia Post, Clara Donovan
Leila Walker, May Hoffman, Ethel Patterson
Alice Rochester, Jessie Hopkins, Blanche
Hodges. BERTHE Keifer, May Martin. Stella
Miner, Edith Nixon, Elmer Lane, Rachael Sc
we'll. Kate Tindall, Nellie Cook. Mamie Good
rich.
Boys-C L. Hull, T. S. Clark, F. G.. Calvert,
Charles Hewston, Joseph Tyssowsky, Cotton
Maynard Howard Barker and Howard Wilson,
The club then adjourned to meet at the din
ner next Saturday.
All those wishing to donate toys, books, &C..
will please send packages to Mrs. mcfarland,
1916 street northwest, as soon az possible so
as to allow the ladies in charge ample time for
arranging them.
MRS. HARRISON AND MRS. MCKEE,
the wife and daughter of the President have
accepted the childrens invitation to be present
at the dinner of the Children's Christmas club
at the National Rifles armory on Saturday next
The Presidents little grandson, BENJAMIN
Harrison Mckee, has sent SO as his contribu-
ton.
The following additional contributions are
thankfully acknowledged: Miss Work, SI Mrs.
Nat. Wilson. So; Mrs. W. F. Mattingly. IS; Mrs.
Il. g. H. Mattingly, 81; Mr.. w. Il. Speare, 50;
Mr.. Ernest l.. Moser, 50.
THE EAST WASHINGTON CLUB.
Mr.. Robert Leitch treasurer of the Chill
dren's Christmas club of East Washington. an
nounces the following contributions. Capt. r.
W. Tyley. 50; W. A. Croffut, SIS; T. J. Hudson,
50; Il. h. Simpson, -; Cash, So; Mr.. Kings
bury, &c.; DIR. A. Z. johnson, 81; Miss Lena
Cox, S1 Miss Condron, Soc; J. A. Whitaker,
81.
AT the meeting of the club Saturday evening
the following donations were reported: Cakes
from Mrs. DR.. French, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Baker,
Miss Fernald, Miss Roth, Miss Della Wells, Miss
Carrie Wells. Miss Dudley, Mrs. Parkman, Mrs.
ing q Middleton, Mrs. I. NJ. McNeely 2, Mrs.
J: Cross, Mrs. c. Miller, Mrs. Grinnan, Mrs.
Holtzlander, Mrs. Fair, Mrs. W. H. Orcutt
Mrs. w. G. Dodge 3. Mrs. Stoutenburgh 3, Mrs
Aldrich, Mrs. j. II. Wilkinson s. Mrs. Ripley 2;
Mrs. A. Clark, one cake and turkey. Mrs. Is
dell, lbs. butter; Miss Tibbets, dolls; and
miscellaneous donations from E. Castell, d.
Nadman p. p. Otterbach, Frank Hume, Jack
son 4 Co., Master j. W. Bakar, jr.
Mr.. Geo. w. Knox has, through Mrs. Wilkin-
son, promised to furnish two of his largest
coaches to bring the smaller guests from the
Blair school. northeast to the hall, and Mr.. S.
G. Eberly, superintendent of the Herdic line,
will furnish coach to bring the children from
another distant point, the Mccormick school,
Mrs. W. c. Dodge, chairman of the dinner
committee, is very anxious to add ice cream to
the already abundant bill of fare, and if the
patrons of the club are as liberal az heretofore
in their contributions they will be able to afford
this GROWING pleasure to the little ones.
The pupils of the public schools Of the Cap
itol Hill division will probably raise $500 from
the sale of badges.
The final meeting of the club will be on
Thursday evening next at o'clock.