Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-15
CHRISTMAS CLUB.
Providing a BOuntiful Dinner for the Poor
Children of East Washington.

Providing a BOuntiful Dinner for the Poor
Children Of East Washington.
An enthusiastic meeting of the promoters of
the children's Christmas dinner for East WASH
ington was held Saturday evening at the resi-
dence of Mr.. A. 2. Clark, 119 9th street north
east. Mrs. Thomas W. Smith. chairman of the
dinner committee, announced subcommittee
on turkeys and meats, cake. ice cream, bread.
&c, and proposed a bill of fare for the little
ones, embracing cold turkey, buttered biscuit,
cake, pickles, nuts and raisins, winding up
with ice cream.
The tickets of admission are distributed to
the number of about seven hundred among the
poor children Of the northeast and the south
east by il committee of ladies by house to house
visitation. in which the aim is to select homes
into which the joys of a real child's Christmas
never enter. As the guests are mostly the
younger children it is necessary to send
coaches to remote points to bring them to the
hall. Col. G. W. Knox will furnish two large
buses and Mr.. Samuel G. Eberly superinten-
dent of the Herdic Company, will supply her
dies
The teachers of the public schools of Capitol
Hill enter with much zest into the work of pro-
yiding this annual feast to the unfortunate
poor. The pupils of the schools make the silk
badges, dress the dolls and act as walters, be-
sides selling badges to the amount of 300
Trustee J. ". Whelpley, Superintendent Powell
and the Commissioners of the District show an
active interest in the Christmas club. and
always honor the occasion by their presence.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The following are the contributions SO far
reported: Mr.. George Francis Dawson, S.:
W. C. Dodge. S5 C. II. W. Junken, 81; o. II.
Hoover, 81; Robert Leitch, S. Allen C. Clark. IS.
Through Mrs. q. p. Hopkins: Woodward 4
Lothrop, IS; DIR. W. P. c. Hazen. So; Frankie
4 Co., 81: Henry King. jr., Geo. Ryneal, Chas.
Baum, DR.. L. X. Beatty, Chas. Kellogg and
Lewis Baar, 81 each.
Through Walker Babson, s25; T. W. Smith.
IS; Mrs. j. H. Oberly, 81; Miss Keefer, 81:
Miss Carrie McNeely, -; Miss Edith Eberly.
81; Mrs. Spofford, 81, and Mrs. Harvey, 30
cents.
Contributions Of flour, coffee, sugar and
cakes were received from the following: I. J.
Mayer, BENZ. Charlton, Mrs. W. c. Dodge. A. P.
Clark, Mrs Jas Plant, Mr.. Z. b. Earnshaw.
Mrs. L. NJ. McNeely, Mrs. F. A. Wood, Mrs.
Koontz, r. Goldsohmid, Mrs. H. c.. Ewald.
Rich & Co., n. H. Bowman, G. +. Gulick.
Wheatley 4 Burch, Mr.. Repetti, Mrs. Keefer.
Mr.. !. Taibert, Mrs Copeland, Mrs Znrhorst,
Simpson, Flora Fernald, Florence Dudley. Til
lie Roth, Mile Dyer, Helen Gilman. Bessie
Erly, Gertrude Pattee, Rose Parkman, Emma
Iippetts, Mrs. Dr. French, Mira. Adams, Mrs.
Adams, Mrs. Benton Russ, Mrs. D. Kirby and
Mrs. j. A. Sutherland.
Prof. John P. Sousa has kindly volunteered
to send a section OF the Marine Band to en-
iven the occasion. Mr.. j. H. Soule contrib
utes cards of invitation and Mr.. r. o. Polkin-
horn printing. The following gentlemen were
added to the finance committee: Mr.. Harry L.
West, Mr.. p. v. DeGraw and Mr.. j. H. Oberly.
Miss Addie Hayes was added to the committee
on gifts.
Donations of money may be sent to Mr..
Robert Leitch, treasurer. 3N. 9Th street SOUTH
east. The next meeting OF the committee will
be held on Saturday evening. December 20.