Evening star., 1915-05-23
MANY STITCHES TAKEN
IN NAME Of CHARITY
Friday Morning Sewing Class Doing
Twenty.Six Years Good
Work.
Estimates 63,0S1 Pieces of Needle
work as Worth $14,243.55
Given Away.

The making of 63,0S1 pieces of needle
work, at cost of s14,243.53, and dis
tribution of these among all charity
institutions of Washington, irrespec-
tive of creed, is the proud record of
twenty six years of service of sewing
circle of prominent Washington society
women.
This organiza ton is known as the
Friday Morning Sewing Class, The
above figures are taken from the an
nual report of Mrs. Charlotte Everett
Hopkins, 1926 Massachusetts, avenue,
secretary and treasurer since its or
ganization.
The other officers are Mrs. T. F.
Richa rdson. president: Mrs. Cleveland
Perkins. Mrs Seaton Schroeder and
Mrs. Francis Winslow, work mana gers:
Mrs James NJ. Johnston. Mrs. Horace
II. Lurton, jr., and Miss Emory, execu-
tive committee.
Founded in 1889.
The society was founded in Novem-
Der. 1889 1t is composed of $50 men,
bers who meet weekly for nineteen
weeks at the homes of members.
This year the sewing circle turned
out $3.50 pieces, mostly household
linen. which have been distributed to
such institutions as: Children's Hos
pital, Little Sisters of the Poor. st.
johns Orphanage, Emergency Hos
pital, Epiphany Church Home. Eye. Ear
and Throat Hospital. Good Samaritan,
Home for Incurables. Country Home,
House of Mercy, Instructive Visiting
District Nursing Association. Soldiers.
Sailors and Marines Club. Homeo-
pathic Hospital, Noel House. Camp
Good viii. Young Women's Christian
Home, Neighborhood House. Girls
Home, Friendship House. Associated
Charities, Colored Social settlement,
Episcopal Home, Christ Child Society,
Diet Kitchen Association, Gospel Mis-
sion Women's Clinic Auxiliary.
Some of the Members.
Among the members are Mrs. L. P.
Morton. Mrs Fl. F. Hodges. Mrs. Ira c.
Copley, Mrs. Christian D. Hemmick,
Mrs. Hugh Wallace, Mrs. Ralph Cross
Johnson, Mrs. John f. Rayburn. Mrs.
B. II. McCalla. Mrs courtland Hoppin.
Mrs. Stephen Elkins. Mrs. Glover. Mrs.
FitZhugh. Mrs. Harlan. Mrs. Clover.
Mrs. Butler, Lady Spring Rice, Mrs. A.
l.. Miller, Mrs. Seibert. Mrs. Gregory.
Miss Blunt. Mrs Ridgeley Hunt. Mrs.
s. B. Austin. Mrs. Buckingham. Miss
Freeman. Mrs. Merrill. Mrs. r. H. Nc
Kim, Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. F. D.lRoose-
welt. Miss Woodruff. Mrs. William
Crozier, Mrs. Bayard. Miss Boardman.
Miss Goldman, Mrs. Hale. Mrs. Sanger,
Mrs. Merriam, Mrs. Selfridge. Mrs.
Luquer, Mrs. Shiras. Miss Henry, Mrs.
Morse. Mrs. Frances Howe Johnson.
Miss NJ. Melton. Mrs. Porter. Miss Hege-
man, Mrs. Hornblower, Mrs. Rupell,
Mrs Hamlin, Mrs. G. H. Chase. Mrs.
Rodgers. Mrs. Greeley. Miss NJ. F. Mel
ton, Mrs. Talbot, Mrs. Ffoulke, Mrs.
Theodore Mosher. Mrs. Julian James.
Mrs ID. L. Phillips. Mrs. Andrews. Mrs
Symms. Mrs. Edison Bradley. Miss
Elizabeth Bliss. Mrs. Littauer. Mrs
Williams, Mrs. A E. Bates. Mrs. Ather-
ton. Mrs. Prudy, Mrs. Gaff. Mrs story.
Mrs. q. p. Mclean. Miss Schenck. Mrs.
Mrs. McLannahan. Mrs Edward II. II.
Old. Mrs McLane. Mrs. Richey, Miss
Patterson. Mrs. La Montague. Mrs. F.
H. Brooke. Mrs. J. S. Sherman. Mrs.
Pennington. Mrs. Ackley. Mrs. George
Eustis. Miss Patten. Mrs Wetmore. Mrs
Randolph, Mrs. Wilmer. Miss Jay, Mrs.
Spaulding, Mrs. Phillips, Miss E. G.
Du Puy. Mrs. N. l.. Anderson, Mrs.
Hitchcock, Mrs. ]. M Johnson. Mrs.
Francis. Miss Lee. Mrs. Thomas Ewing.
E. H. Goodwin, Mrs. C. H. Butler, Mrs.
Ben Johnston, Mrs. Chapman. Mrs.
Richardson, Mrs. Perkins. Mrs. Barker,
Mrs. Lamar. Mrs. Gheen. Mrs. James.
Mrs. McCauley, Mrs. Stockton, Mrs. E.
L. Koon, Mrs Macomb. Mrs. Thacher.
Mrs jackson. Mrs. Reber Mrs. Royal
L. Meeker, Mrs Harvey Wiley, Miss
Merwin, Mrs. Winslow. Mrs. Schroeder.
Mrs ]. Van r. Hoff, Mrs E. F. Sweet.
Mrs Ladd. Mrs. Littell. Mrs. George V.
w. Duryee, Mrs. 1. T. Craven. Mrs. 2.
L. Tanner, Mrs. r. r. Belknap. Mrs.
Fairbanks, Miss Emory, Miss Kibbey,
Miss Rustine. Mrs. Pillon. Mrs. Riggs,
Mrs. Hamilton. Mrs. Worthington, Mrs.
Field. Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Simmons, Mrs.
Fowler. Mrs. Sidney Ballou, Mrs.
Spencer. Mrs. Anderson. Mrs. McCor-