The Washington herald., 1913-12-31
SANTA GENEROUS
TO JOYFUL kids
Children Of Employees Of w.
r. & E. Co. Are Made
Happy.
2,2OO RECEIVE PRESENTS
Entertainment at New National Thea
ter Also Includes Baby Show
with Prizes.

Santa Claus made beIated appearance
yesterday afternoon at the New National
Theater and distributed presents to Zoo
children of the employees OF the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company at the
thirteenth consecutive Christmas enter
tainment given by the officials Of the COM
pany.
Long before the announced time Tor
the doors of the theater to open, throngs
of parents and children assembled to
participate in the Christmas tree party.
The program opened with selection by
a section OF the Marine Band, followed
by a series OF demonstrations by Takoma
Troop, No. q, Boy Scouts, under COM
mand of Scoutmaster Fred L Harries.
President King Makes Address.
preceding the main features OF the en-
tertainment. a prize baby show of en-
pIoyes' children. in which there were
eighty-two entries, President Clarence p.
King made a brief address OF welcome to
the companys guests. Il can hardly eN-
press to you all my sincere qualification
at seeing SO many happy faces here as
guests of our great big happy family, ."
he said. The various committees who
have made this afternoons entertainment
Tor you, ] know have done well, and the
baby show l am sure will prove that our
employees are a sturdy and fine set OF
men,
The baby show was judged by District
Commissioner Oliver =. Newman, Cuno
II. Rudolph, and Mrs Ben johnson, wife
of the chairman of the House District
Committee. Mrs. johnson acted as chair
man of the judging committee.
Champion Prize Baby.
The champion baby prize, Standard
sewing machine, was awarded to Cor
lelse Anita Penn, the sixteen months old
daughter OF Spencer NJ. and Hattie Z.
Penn. of 1916 c street northeast.
The other prize winners who received
diamond rings, gold bracelets, gold mesh
chains. and pendants and silver cups as
champions in the nineteen classes of
the show were:
Best twins--MurseIl and William Brooke,
three-months-oId sons of Mr., and Mrs.
MorseIl Brooke. 4lU9 FOrty-first street,
TsnnallytOwn, II. {.
ten .uonths-cld daughter OF Mrs. Eliza
beth WilsoL 6lS New Jersey avenue
northwest.
euteen-months-old son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur \. King, AIS Eighth street south
west
Rrd-headcd baby boy-Clifton owen.
tpn-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alb
ner J. owen. aO2S Twelfth street north
Wesj
ked-headed Slrl-Eien wagner LII
man. siXtern-months-old daughter of Mr..
ANA Mrs. 6. w. Truman, sos Twelfth
street northwest.
slcnd abv hoy-Frank Raynor For,
Ia 1t eighteen -months-Old son of Mr. and
Mrs +. +. Fornacht. dI Eighth street
mort heast
PiUud baby girl-Thelma Louise Rick
,tts. >iEteen-mOnths-Ol daughter of Mr.:
and Mrs Frederick Walter Ricketts,, 143I
East Cayitol street
Youngest baby girI-Mary Jane Ruda-
sell; siN-wseks-old daughter Of Mrs ii.
Youngest baby boy-Etney Amary
Manuel two-mOnths-Old son of Mr.. and
Mrs F-ank r. Manuel. &C. Ingram street
northwest.
Prcttiest in Niue Divisions.
Prettiest babies in nine divisions of the
CorIeise Anita Penn daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Spencer &. Penn.
Woodrow Eaveney Glasscock. fourteen
munthS-Uld son OF Mr.. and Mrs w. IL.
GiasscOck, 10 / street northwest.
F'loreure Lorraine Oliver. ten-mOnths-old
daughter nf Mr. and Mrs. Sumptor Oil
ver. 9y !. street northeast
l.euna ESteila Shenk. eight-months-old
daughter Of MIR. and Mrs. Rufus Shenk,
4SI NJ street northwest
Charles Grin Groves, seven-months-old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Grin o. Groves,
81 Harvard street northwest
Helen Shrier, twelve-mOnths-old daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Shrier, Conduit
Vincent Ambrose SisIer, jr., twenty
two-months- son of Mr. and Mrs. Vim
cent A, Sisler, ST, ISL Ontario place
northwest.
Thelma Lucille Garner. nine-months-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Baynom d.
Garner, 3411 Georgia avenue northwest.
Norman Wallace Stansbury, twenty
two-monthS-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
James w. Stansbury, 1882 Q street north
west.
Prize for Each Child.
Each child entered in the baby show.
whether a prize winner or not received
special prize in the way Of a dressed
baby doll, and every child attending the
entertainment received a Christmas pres,