Evening star., 1914-10-25

Interest in The Stars Christmas ship
and its cargo Of clothing and toys, TO
be sent to the war orphans and their
widowed mothers, is spreading far De
yond the boundaries of the District OF
Columbia, and this interest Is py no
means confined to the boys and girls
Grown-ups as we'll as the young 1oiK
are working for the success OF the en-
terprise and present indications are
that Washington's contribution to the
Christmas ships cargo viii just ABOUT
fill the big freight car the Pennsyi-
yania railroad is to give. free OF any
charge. to carry the gifts Of capital
residents from this city to Brooklyn.
where the naval collier Jason-desig-
mated by the Secretary Of the Navy az
the Christmas shin-is to receive her
cargo.
The Rockville. Nd. correspondent OF
The Star sends in the following:
Rockville proposes 10 have part
in loading The Stars Christmas ship.
which is soon to sail with a cargo OF
toys, etc, for the children OF europe
who have been orphaned by the war
now raging there. To that end com
.nittee has been named 70 so1cle con-
The committee is composed OF MIS-
Otho H. W. Talbot. chairman; mrs
George P Henderson,. Mrs. dattersiy
". Talbot, Mrs. George : stone. MIS- 5
Lee Ofutt Mrs. Richard Stokes and
Miss Mabel Kingdom Under the au-
spices of this committee an afternoon
tea is TO be held tomorrow at the
montgomery Country Club for the ben.
EFT OF The Stars Christ mas ship funo-
To Give Entertainment.
Two small boys, Benjamin Nyman and
Robert n Buckler, are to give an enter
tainment from to 5 o'clock next FRI
day afternoon for the benefit of the fund.
The entertainment is to be given at the
home Of Mrs Howard S. Nyman, who is
/, give the use of the entire drawing room
iioor of her residence. 1888 18th street
I.orthwest, for the affair. The boys are
lager to add their mite to the fund for
he purchase Of gifts to be sent on the
stars Christmas ship to the war orphans,
and the proceeds of their concert will be
,idded to the contributions pouring into
jhe fund.
At a meeting in Woodward & Lothrop's
gudtorium Saturday afternoon the school
f"ys and schoolgirls of Washington are
,r be given an opportunity to hear OF the
smost unbelievably awful conditions in
e. ne War-torn countries of Europe. A
humber of speakers. recently returned
from the war zones of the old world. are
TO describe what they saw and tell OF
what they heard there, to give the young
information in regard to the suffering that
Exists among the children for whom the
;-ifts to be carried on the Christmas ship
are designed.
The meeting is to open at 3 80 o'clock
and the program is to include number
OF musical selections, among these being
patriotic songs by Miss JEANNE Winston
Miss Winston is also to sing Its a Long
Way from Tipperary, which, according
20 dispatches from the battlehelds, is the
most popular song among the British
troops The entertainment is to be giyer
under the auspices of the children's RELIEF
committee
To Present a Play.
This organization is also perfectins
plans for a performance of Hop O. NJ,
Thumb at the Playhouse November II
Arrangements for this production wer,
made before it was learned that thu
Christmas ship was to sail November 10
and when the ships sailing date wa.
'.nnounced II was too late to advance
the date of the performance. The pro
eeeds, however. are to go to the wal
orphans, the use of the Playhouse hay
ing been donated for the occa sion. Mis-,
Ada Louise Townsend and Maurice II
Jarvis are to take leading parts in tn,
production Dancing is to follow tn,
performance, and tickets for the affai]
are to be on sale November 2.
Contributions to The Stars Christina
ship fund are coming in in gratifyin,
volume. The following letter speak
for itself:
Please accept this dollar from fou
little daughters of a soldier. Our pap,
has been reading to US every night o
all the little hoys and girls that ha "
been made orphans by this terrible wal
We feel SO sorry for them, and we dom
know what we should do IL our pap
should have to go to war"
Contained Money Order.
The letter. which was dated For
Washington. Md, was signed by Sophie
Ethel, Margaret and Josephine Welc
and was accompanied by q post offfc