Evening star., 1917-02-09
MAKING GARMENTS
!. !, FOR SALE AT COST
Form of Philanthropy Which
Has Its Center at the S. J.
Bowen School.
WORK OF MOTHERS CLUB

Teachers and parents Of the south
west section of the city are co-operat-
Ing IN most unusual form of philsn-
thropy which has its center at the
s. J. Bowen School. Sd and K streets
southwest. Under the auspices OF the
Smallw ood- Bowen Mothers Club teach
ers and mothers are making garments
TO be sold at cost to the parents OF
school children who are badly clothed.
The activity had its inception at the
Bowen School last spring, when chill
dren of the school, under the super
vision of Miss Alexandra l.. Galeski.
the principal, gave several concerts
at the school. Forty dollars was net
ted, and it IS this money that now
is being used by the women of the
Mothers Club to purchase percale and
gingham to make little blouses and
dresses for needy children.
Meet Every Thursday.
For the past month women have met
every Thursday afternoon in the Kin
dergarten of the Bowen School to cut
out the garments. Mrs. Dora George
and Mrs. n. Coleman are to be found
there every Thursday. and they are
putting the same care into the making
of the apparel that would go into sew
ing for their own children.
The clothing is cut out by these TWO
workers and is then sent to other work
ers of the neighborhood, who nnish
them Many members of the club are
unable to leave their homes and stores
go the cut-out blouses and dresses are
sent to them to be finished. Among
those who are engaged In this WORK
are Mrs. ]. L. Goldstine. Mrs. Margaret
Koehler, Mrs. Kenney, Mrs. Burger and
Mrs Baum. Typical Of all is Mrs.
Goldstine, who almost any afternoon
may be found in her general merchan-
disc store on Az street, when Gus
toners are not in, sewing FOR the chill
dren.
But not only teachers and parents
are interested in the work. The girls
of the eighth grade of the Bowen School
make the buttonholes and sew on the
gave what aid they could. carrying
Mrs. Georges sewing machine over to
the kindergarten room.
I'm No Sense a Charity"
The making and distribution of the
clothes is in no sense a charity"
uniform price of 25 cents being charged
for each garment. Teachers who OBJ
serve in their classrooms children evil
IDENTIFY in need of better clothes than
they possess recommend to Miss Ga
leskf. the principal, that such child
be given a blouse or dress, as the case
may be, and if the parent Is not able
to pay % cents, any price is accepted
in very needy cases the garment being
donated, although 1t Is always desir-
able to accept a small sum. If it be no
more than cents or 10 cents, so that
the touch of charity" may be avoided.
committee of teachers. consisting of
Miss Lily Cohen, Miss NJ. NJ. Marsden
and Miss Florence Crossheld, all OF the
Bowen School, offers means OF touch
between the sewers and the parents
who may desire the clothes for their
children.
How to obtain the Garments.
Parents may communicate with these
teachers. and they will investigate the
demand and see to it that the desired
garment is Forthcoming.
To date about thirty garments have
been made, black and white percale
blouses for the boys and brown and
white gingham dresses for the girls.
From the sale of garments more money
will be raised to go into more gar
ments Teachers of the school and the
mothers of the neighborhood are en-
thusiastic over the work.