Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-23

country cross roads. Although there was a
| large supply Of such goods on hand
only one building had been beard from.
The several hundred wallach School
| children had not turned in their donations. A
barrel Of potatoes. box OF apples and cans of
| homemade preserves were among the goods, as
well as several boxes Of canned goods Mr..
| Stewart, the supervising principal, who has
worked hard for the success Of the Santa Claus
Club, was at his desk figuring out the problem
of how to do the most good with what be
| had to distribute. He had decided to
have the donations put up In quarter -four
sacks, which Mr. Theo, j. Mayer Of the firm Of
Gait Co. had contributed for that purpose.
| and they will be delivered tomorrow. In all
| there were reports Of sos needy Ones and the
packages will be put up this evening ready for
delivery early tomorrow morning. In addition
to the goods donated Mr.. Stewart gave out 400
| orders for shoes, from the Santa Claus Club, as
well ~ about two dozen overcoats.
Fourth Division.
At the Jefferson building the celebration Of
Christmas has already begun and teachers and
pupils alike have entered into the festivities Of
the season and today are having .
Jolly good time. In several Of the
schools the pupils have somewhat
surprised their teachers. In Miss Van
Christmas tree and tastefully decorated
it, then each young lady wrote her name
upon a clip Of paper and put IL in a box, and
after they had been well mixed drew another
name. The idea to exchange presents.
When the bell rang this morning for school
to come to order the young ladies were fairly
bursting with laughter. The presents were
on the burlesque order and when the exchanges
came to be made the greatest hilarity pre-
vailed. Miss Van Horn had consented to hav-
ing her name put in with the rest, and when the
time came for opening her package she modestly
refarred IL N Of the Than oil
scholars gathered around while the folds
Of the paper were carefully unwrapped until
beautiful match box in the shape Of q Cupid
was brought to view. In Miss Bessie Burns
school the teachers desk was crowded with
beautiful presents from the scholars to their
favorite teacher. Miss Sarah Wise
treated to a novel entertainment in the shape
OF some literary exercises which were gotten
together by the young ladies. Supervising
Principal Fairbrother was kept busy this morn
mo STAR Santa Claus Club. A large amount of
money had been realized from this source, and
every pupil and teacher had a badge.
DISTRIBUTING ovERooArs.
This morning those children who had been
recommended by the teachers as being deserv
ing Of the overcoats kindly donated by
Saks 4 Co. assembled In Mr.. Fairbroth-
ers room. 1t was a pathetic sight to see
the poor little youngsters, lily clad and
shivering with the cold, wait their turn
for a card which meant to them a warm over
coat. Some of the stories they told we're
pathetic in the extreme, and all Of the little
youngsters looked as if they needed something
to eat fully as much they did something
to wear. Mr.. Fairbrother took each one
on his lap and spoke to them of Christmas and
directed them to go to Saks' store Monday
morning and get the coat. The youngsters,
with one exception. laughed with glee at the
thought OF new overcoat. The exception was
wee little tot, who gave his age as six.
The big tears welled up in his eyes as he
grasped the card and walked out of the room
with bowed head. He felt keenly his position,
and when asked by The STAR man if he was
happy he looked up into his face and said
'fes. 1 feel very good now, for l shall have an
overcoat aud be warm"
Georgetown.
In Georgetown at the Curtis building and
other schools large supply of goods of all kinds
were collected. Mr.. Janney, the supervising
principal, announced today that the supplies
donated would be distributed from the Curtis
building tomorrow.
Sixth Division b.
The good work went on in the schools in the
county with much enthusiasm as in the city.
The principal, Mr.. Freeman. arranged to have
the contributions from all the schools outside
Of Anacostia sent to the Van Buren, building
and although the children in these schools had
never before undertaken similar work yet the
results prove that they not lacking in the
Christmas spirit. There was a great store of
articles collected from the schools in Anacostia,
nearly every child bringing something if it was
not more than potato The other schools in
the county contributed literally, and Mr.. Free
man is gratifed at the liberality displayed.
The Colored Schools.
The interest in The Stars Santa Claus Club
has not by any means been confined to the
white schools, but in the colored ones the
number of children who have contributed their
dimes for the benefit and happiness of those
whose hearts yearn for some little remembrance
of the holiday season, but whose condition in
life will not permit this small pleasure except
from outside persons, have been particularly
large. When STAR reporter visited the
Sumner building this morning a glance into
the various rooms he passed was sufficient to
assure him that but few had missed the
opportunity to become members and
thus help the deserving poor. Though the
amount Of donations of clothing toys, &C..
were not perhaps as large those in the white
schools, the monetary subscriptions were COM
paratively larger. In the seventh division the
amounts collected from the various schools were
a. follows: Sumner. $50. So; Wormley, 800 80;
Briggs. S27 20; Garrison, $26; Stevens, s41.l0;
Phillips. 1880, and Magruder, 1913 The
remaining colored schools, which had not been
heard from up to IL o'clock today, will proba-
bly, increase the total contributions OF the
colored schools to $500, a most creditable
showing.
LINCOLN AND COOK BUILDINGS.
At the Lincoln building DIR. j. H. N. Warning,
the principal in charge, made especial arrange
ments for the relief of a number Of poor fami-
lies in addition to the general contributions
made by the children.
At the John F. Cook building, in which there
are twelve schools with an aggregate Of 600
pupils, over which Miss Lucinda Cook presides,
the pound contributions were brought in dur
ing the morning and they aggregated cart
load, embracing nearly every conceivable article
OF food and article which would help to make
some one happy during Christmas times.
Every badge bearing The STAR Club insignia
sent to the building had been sold and through
Mr.. W. s. Montgomery, - principal of the
district, orders were sent several hundred
more, and it is safe to say that the aggregate in
this building will be well up in the hundreds.
The bringing in Of pounds and the badge bust
ness was not allowed to Interfere with the
usual routine and all the schools were in session
till noon. when the work Of Christmas philan-
thropy was resumed.
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Jane A. Mckinney has filed bill for a di-
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