Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-17

north and northwest sections Of the city
and to still further facilitate the collection
| rangements for two more headquarters
where pounds may be sent.
Eppley's drug store, corner OF 14th and
Stoughton streets, will receive pounds and
care for them until they are sent to gen
eral headquarters. BealPs drug store, 1928
Connecticut avenue, has also offered to be
repository for contributions. AS a result
people living in Mount Pleasant or along
the heights will not be compelled to dis
commode themselves in order to do char
table act.
Some Generous People.
The Star mail today contained large
number of letters referring directly to the
pound party, which is to be held tomorrow.
Some of these contain suggestions as to
how the good results Of the pound party
might be still further enhanced. Others
contained offers of practical assistance
One such came from Mrs. Joseph Auerpach'
who writes: LAS a contribution to your
pound party, send you herewith my cheek
for 500 for the beneft of the charity
fund"
contributed to the pound party his services
and the use of horse and wagon for the
day for the purpose Of receiving and dis
tributing contributions Of provisions and
clothing.
One writer suggests that 1t would be a
good plan in facilitating the transmission
of the pound charity for all grocery and
| provision stores to display tomorrow pla-
the contributions which their customers
may wish to give to the office Of The Even
ing Star.
Another excellent suggestion, which it is
hoped will be acted upon as far as possible,
is that each package sent as a contribution
to the pound party be labeled with the
! name of it's contents. This will save
great deal of time and labor in untying
ha
again, and will materially help in the work
Of assortment and distribution Of the thou
sands of pounds expected.
Some days ago the children Of Soldiers
Home public school were told by their
teachers of the want Of many other little
children in the District of Columbia and
were allowed them for candy and other
childish expenditures. AS result Miss
H. e. King, the principal Of the school.
has forwarded to The Star for the fund
for general relief 81, which resulted from
these contributions.
A prominent member of the Young Peo-
pies Society of Christian Endeavor has
District officers of the union that at the
mass meeting which will be held tomor-
row night to inaugurate the third annual
convention OF the society special col
lection be taken up for charity pur..
poses. 1t is expected that thousands Of
persons will be present and as this will
be in strict line with Christian Endeavor
could be raised in this manner
The Epworth League Of the District has
also taken the matter OF charity collec-
tions in hand, and at the next mass meet
ing, which will be held at Waugh NJ. E.
Church, it is intended to raise a goodly
sum for the relief of the poor.
The Great Continuous Concert.
Plans for the great continuous concert
which is to be held at Metzerott Hall on
Saturday, from o'clock in the afternoon
until late hour, are being rapidly pushed
forward to completion, and there Is every
prospect that the entertainment will be one
of the most enjoyable ard successful that
has ever been held In this city. The COM
| mittee having charge Of the entertainment
| have received number of additional ac-
ceptances from amateurs and professionals
who were invited to take part in the per-
| Torrance. Mr.. Edgar w. Nye, who might
almost now be called a resident of Wash
| ington, but who Is better known by the
| name Of Bill Nye has written to the COM
mittee. promising to take part in the enter
| tainment-provided the police and the
| health department interpose no objections.
| He Is Of the opinion that poverty is good
| thing-to get rid of-and that if his serv-
/, ices will help get rid OF any he will only be
| too glad to assist. He will make "a. few
disjointed remarks at precisely $50 o'clock
| Saturday afternoon. He Will not en-
deavor to rival the lorg-windedness of the
| speakers who talk in the Capitol but he
will entertain the audience with few
| "reminiscences and anecdotes which have
not outlived their usefulness. He will only
appear once, but that once will be well
| worth the price of admission.
Mr.. Nye will be one of the star attrac-
tons of the performance-one Of them, for
there will not be any other kind. There
| will be only one price Of admission-5O
cents-for the entire performance, and if a
| person wants to come in out Of the cold, he
| is at liberty to enjoy the first number on
| the program at o'clock and stay until
| he ia w hO a
| accepted the invitation to take part in the
| charity concert. in addition to those al
| ready mentioned in The Star, are Messrs.
David c. Bangs Aaron Stern and the Phil
| harmonic Quartet.
Miss Mary v. Walsh, emotional tableaux:
Prof. Montgomery and pupils in dances;
T. Hayes, ballad; Lottie L. Ray, recitation;
| T. Williams-Pearman, song; Anita Hendrie,
| recitation; Master Will Newton, song;
| Missile Lottie Hutchins, skirt dance; Miss
| Constance Harworth, whistiing selection.
Tho Philharmonic Club Tonight.
In certain sense, the great concert for
| charity may be said to commence this
! evening, for at Metzerott Hall the Phil
harmonic Club is to give one Of its ever
popular concerts. and all the proceeds over
| and above the actual expenses are to be
| turned over to the general fund for the re-
| lief of the poor.
| United Hebrew Charities.
The United Hebrew Charities held joint
| meeting last evening, with the representa-
tives OF the different Jewish organizations
and completed all arrangements for their
| annual ball, to be held on the evening of
Thursday, January "a. at the National
| Rifles Hall. MIR. 1. L. Blout, the president
| OF the Hebrew Charities, was in the chair;
| Mr.. Lee Stargarter, secretary. This affair
| is always the social event in Jewish circles,
| and as the entire proceeds go to charity
| big results are locked forward to. Hereto
fore each years ball has always netted a
| larger sum than the year before, and as
there is so much want and restitution this
| year the committee is exerting every eff
| fort to make this the banner year. The
chairman appointed the following commit
| tees: EXecutive-Mr. l. l.. Blout and men,
hers OF the Washington Hebrew Charities.
| Master OF ceremonies, MIR. j. A. Goldstefn.
Floor committee in charge of Mr.. Simon
| Lyon and ten assistants. Reception COM
| mittee-Mr. lsaas Cans and fourteen as
sistants. The decoration, music and supper
| committees were also appointed.
| The Hebrew Charity Association has
| done much to alleviate want in the past
| few years. not only to its own, but to
| others outside OF their religion. 1t Is one
Of the best-managed associations extant.
| Every case is carefully investigated, and
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