Evening star., 1917-01-24

tative Of The Star at the show, Henry
g. Hanford, and while Mr.. Hanford stood
in the box afr. Thurston told him that
The Star should find homes for these lit
tie people.
The magician then showed the young
folks some of his card tricks, making the
little pieces of pasteboard do everything
he commanded. He made specified cards
and picked them up everywhere, from the
noor, out of the air and out of the mouth
of persons on the stage.
The children strained their little necks
in an effort to fathom the wonders of the
magical stage, and their appreciation of
the work of the magician was expressed
in all the superlatives in the vocabulary
OF the young people. And there were
cheers from the rising of the curtain un-
til the children were called out to take
the special cars to carry them home to a
nice hot supper
Lesson in Patriotism.
A little demonstration in patriotism
was given the children. Thurston drew
forth The Stars and Stripes and told
the children that they always must
stand whenever the flag was shown.
and he had them all stand. Then he
called for three cheers for President
Wilson. followed by a call for three
cheers for The Star, and the more than
100 little voices made the theater ring.
But the little fellows exposed" the
magician in one of his tricks. He had
box with four doors, and in it he
placed a block of wood. He opened one
SIDE, put his hand in, and it WASH
there. He closed that and opened the
other and it wasn't there,
we KNOW" they called out. open
both sides"
So Thurston opened one side and then
the other again.
We know where it is Open both
sides at once. 1t slips from one side to
the other
Then Thurston invited them on the
stage to see OF course, they knew, but
when all of the little arms were in the
air pointing out where the block of
wood was in the box in the magician's
hand. bang and big flash in the
his work. Then the little folk were
marched off the stage to don their
wraps for the trip home And judging
from the looks on their faces. it was
with great regret that they left, for
as they passed out the door they all
stopped to get final glance at the
stage.
Eleven Special Cars.
Eleven special cars were waiting to
take the children to their orphan
homes, nine on the Washington Rail-
way and Electric lines and two on the
Capital Traction lines. The Washing
ton Railway and Electric cars were
sidetracked on the line on E street
near 14th, while the two cars on the
Capital Traction line were put in line
with the regular traffic.
The children came from the Indus
trial Home School, Tenleytown, which
sent 135 children; St. Vincent's, at
Edgewood, 120 children; the Bell Home
Anacostia, go children: the German Or
phan Asylum, Anacostia, SO children;
Bruen Home, 5000 o street northwest
so children; Jewish Foster Home, 3213
Q street northwest, IL children; Bap
tist Home. Brookland. 80 children. and
the Washington City Orphan Asylum
at 14th and streets. 120 children.
The children from St. Johns Orphan
age, at 1922 F street northwest. and
- ON st. Joseph's Orphanage. on H
street northwest between 9Th and 10th
streets, owing to their location in the
downtown section. walked to the the
ater. From each of these two institu-
tions sixty children came.
The children made a big hit with
every one at the theater. The mother
less and fatherless little ones all were
neatly dressed. and a healthy-looking
lot they were and able to provide all
kinds of enjoyable life in any home.