El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-01
nv DOROTHY b. JOHNSTON.

tlVal OF cheer happiness and ABOVE
all, OF hope. Perhaps we can even
teach them TO play again
VIII Get Taste OF Happiness
so these 500 children will have a
taste of the happiness which is the
birthright Of ali children Yet unless
you in America help them even they
viii have no toys, no candy. nothing
to take back with them into their
broken homes where even such SIM
pie necessities as cooking utensils.
plates to eat from and forks to eat
with are lacking. In home where
there is literally nothing with which
. 10 build a hOspitable dwelling what
can there be for the children
These children of the BertincOurt
district form only a small percentage
of those in the devastated regions.
Many are being cared for to a greater
. or less extent by various Organiza-
tons. such as the Red Cross. the
Les Enfants de IA FrOntiere children
Of the Frontier and others, but many
are not so fortunate and are almost
completely without care"
Ten Cents Per Day Per Child.
Ten cents a day-S36.5O a year
viii give every person in America the
privilege of becoming guardian to a
fatherleSs child, made so by wars
fatalities. Ten cents a day viii mean
an efficiently trained child to the new
France Of the future, a child brought
up by its own mother in its own re-
ligious environ.
The girls OF this private school are
all patriots at heart They have been
doing much Red Cross work, and long
ago organized a junior auxiliary. in
addition 10 sewing twice a week The
older girls are going TO put special
stress on making surgical dressing
supplies-than which there Is no
Hn- cod in na "a ~rfT1 O.
men and labor.
The College Woman's club plans to
organize 200 children Of the city into
groups of ten, each child to save one
cent a day-each group will then be
able to keep a child in food and shell
ter This Will entitle them TO really
do some personal thing for their little
brothers and sisters in their darkened
hamlets abroad.
The Cast Of Chnraeters-
The following cast viii add to It's
triumphs OF the premiere for the
cause:
Mr.. Wooley, the Worsted Man. a
doll. an eXDedient. flirt. .------
--------------- JACK thompson
Miss Patience WiuouEh5y. an in
genuOus young woman, kno D. as
ImpatienCe, for obvious reasons
.-....-..-.-...... Ruth Schwartz.
Miss Mariana Jones. a summer girl,
o o 20 - 10 70 o % AllAA 1N4AH u a. -
Miss Babbette Hawkins. anxious
to be cOurted. ...-.-... Patty Ainsa
Miss Jannette Darlington, third,
DESTROYS Of being won--------.---
.--......----.... Katherine Dick
Miss Susanna barrow. 3 fourth, not
averse TO gaIlantry. -Ninda Laskin
Hiss Priscilla Middleton 1lIth,
looking for a cavalier. Lydia Happier
Miss Prudence Andrews. a sixth,
with her cap set Eleanor Falconer
Miss Ethlinda Dewitt, q seventh, ex-
cept in years. where she is easily
first. being quite 81. ready for
anything Margaret NeIt
Sambo Front Esq. q bell boy OF
ebon hue. Charlotte Ormsbe
Miss Brown. a typewriter, not averse
TO Mr.. Wooley- Alice Pruett
Mary, the Irish maid. Mary Bryan
The BIuebIrd Dance
BY no means the least attraction is
1 the Bluebird dance. a joyous exhibit
ton Of grace and rhythm done by
Paula 6rupp. Louise Crawford and
Winifred Woods, 10 the accOmpani-
ment Of Somewhere the Bluebird is
Calling TO You. You. You by Miss
Margaret Schuster- Miss Margie May
I lIcNary. in Scotch plaids. viii repeat
her captivating Highland fling. and
IS little girls. ranging in age from six
TO Il years tone-half Of them in Co
lonial dress. with powdered wigs, the
others appearing in black satin suits.
viii do the minuet. Also little Jose
phine McCIintock viii clog-enough
in itself TO bring out a crowd.
The College Woman's club has IN
dertaken for its years work the es-
tabnshiug Of this fund TO help the
French war orphans. the ways and
means for carrying on the altruistic
work having been discussed at a re-
cent meeting. Miss Ora W L. Slater
magnanimously agreed 20 the repro
ductiOn Of the play. A publicity com
mittee, consisting OF Mrs Robert
Townsend. chairman, with Mrs. E c.
Wade, IT., Mrs Max Meyer and Mrs.
! r. II. Cressingham. was appointed
A Chance to Help.
In attending The Worsted Mar"
I two splendid opportunities are com
I blned-first, TO help the little near
waits. and second. to enjoy a series Of
/ hearty laughs. a beneficial respite
from the serious work OF the day.
! The hostesses for the evening VIII
I be Mrs. A J. Morris. Mrs. Joseph Nea-
/ Ion. Mrs George LeBarOns Miss Ora
3 Slater, Mrs. Olga Kohl5erg. Mrs. Rob
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