Evening star., 1914-10-02
PONY PARADE SAID
TO CHRISTMAS SHIP
Girls Helping Hand Club
Plans to Create Interest
in Toy Fund.
GROWN-UPS IN AUTOS
WILL ASSIST CHILDREN
Movie Benefit Is Planned by Santa
Claus Ship Club No. of North
east Washington.

Another club of children has taken
up the work of helping to load the
Christmas ship. the cargo of which is
to be sent to the war orphans of Eu-
rope-the little boys and girls whose
fathers, brothers, cousins and uncles
have fallen in the terrible battles that
are raging in France, Belgium. Ger
many, Austria and Servia. This new
est organization is the Child's Helping
Hand Club. composed of little girls,
many of whom are pupils at the Strong
John Thompson School, at 18th and L
streets northwest.
Little Miss Genevieve Pyle, daughter
of DR.. and Mrs D. F. Pyle. 14th and L
streets northwest. is the organizer OF
the club Miss Genevieve is eleven
years old. but in forming the club. OF
which she has been chosen president,
she has shown an amount of executive
ability that many an older girl or
woman might envy.
Tomorrow afternoon the members OF
the club, with other children, and with
a number of grown-upS besldeS, are u
give a parade through the downtoWn
streets and through part OF NOUN.
Pleasant. Many of the girls, as wen
as the few boys. who compose the cluD
own pony carts, and these carts, sUr
geOuSly decorated, are 10 coHhpoSe e'AS
main part of the parade
Children to Parade.
Little Miss Pyle, in her own cart.
decorated with goldenrod. is to lead
the parade. Besides the pony carts
number of decorated automobiles are
to be included in the parade. and
throughout the decorations and the
signs which many of the equipages are
to display is to be made manifest the
spirit of helpfulness which has In.
spired the formation of the cluo ana
the plans for the parade.
The line of march of the parade, for
which Maj. Sylvester. superintendent
of police. has granted a permit, Is 10
be as follows:
Form at 14th and L streets north
west, start to be made promptly at
2:30 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon. south
on 14th street to F street, east 10 Stn
street. south to Pennsylvania avenue,
east to 7th street, north to K street,
west to Connecticut avenue. north to
Columbia road, on Columbia road TO
18th street and south to L street
Following are the officers and mem
bers Of the Child's Helping Hand Club:
President, Miss Genevieve Pyle; vice
president, Miss Winifred Young; sec
retary. Miss Mary Neil; treasurer, Miss
Josephine Geschickter: Grace Chant
land, Selma Steiner, Wade Atkinson,
Laura oder, Helen Davis. Zenada
Bailey, Marie Smith, Sherman Chant
land, Baby Miller. Sadie Miller.
Helen Goodman. Adele Price. Virginia
Price. Louise Tabe and Clarence Sharer.
Boy Scouts to Aid.
Although Boy Scouts are not permit
ted, under the laws of their organiza-
tion, to participate in parades. Scout
Commissioner E. s Martin has prom
detailed to participate in the demon
stration. Maj Sylvester has also prom
ised an escort of police for the parade
The Continental Trust Company has
given the members of the club a num-
Der. of the small banks used by the
company, and the club members are
using these banks in soliciting 1unos.
The banks will be opened in the offices
of the trust company and the 1unos
collected are to be turned over to The
Star to be forwarded by the Christmas
ship when that vessel sails Tor war
ridden Europe.
The club members and their friends
are also actively at work collecting
toys. articles of clothing. etc. to be
added to the cargo of the Christmas
ship, and these donations. which are
now being forwarded to little Miss
Pyles home, will be taken charge of
by the Merchants Transfer and Stor-
age Company until time for forward
Christmas cheer for the little war or
phans.
Santa Claus Ship Club No. l of
Nor beast Washington has perfected
arrangements for the benefit perform
ance to be given at the Maycroft Mo-
ticD Picture Theater. The entertain
ment is to be given from 7 to o'clock
the evening of Wednesday, October Z,
and the entire proceeds are to be given
to The Star-Chicago Herald Christmas
ship fund.
Movies to Help.
Pictures, lights, tickets, services of
employees and everything connected
with the benefit have been donated by
the management of the Maycroft, and
the members of Santa Claus Ship Club
No. 1, which is composed of the boys
of the Junior Roosevelt Club and the
girls auxiliary of that organization,
have had number of posters printed
and displayed in the vicinity of 9Th
and H streets northeast. The posters
read:
Special Feature Show Will be Given
Wednesday. October Z,
to o'clock pm,
at the
'Maycroft,"
621-623 H street northeast.
For the Benefit of the
War Orphans of Europe
Under the Auspices of
Santa Claus Ship Club. No. 1.
Admission, 10 cents
If weather is inclement the show will
be given the next good night.
Merchants Offer Prizes