Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-29

Five hundred little folks of Har-
risburg, in whose homes Christmas
was not celebrated as it might have
! been had their parents been more
/ prosperous, We're guests to-day of
! the Harrisburg Rotary Club at that
organizations annual Big Brother
dinner.
1t was a highly successful affair
ask any one of those present, hosts
, or guests, if you doubt it. Last year
the little hall was large enough. This
, year the big auditorium was scarce
! ly sufficient to accommodate the
throng. The Rotarians had it all
planned. They were going to call
for their little guests in automobiles,
and many of them did. But lot of
boys and girls took no chances. May
be they knew about tire punctures
and blowouts and the balky tenden
cies of automobiles in cold weather;
at any rate they began to assemble
fat 10 o'clock, not to mention three
who were on hand at SIS. 1--WE
came right after breakfast" they eX
planned. ito avoid the rush.
One of the early corners was a lit
til lad who walked four miles yes
ter,day to tell Frank Davenport,
chairman of the dinner committee,
thr.t his father is sick and that the
family had no Christmas" He ask
ed to have his four little sisters ad-
mitted. and was oVerjoyed when he
found that there would be places
not alone for them, but for himself
as well.
The Hall Picture
The hall was IL picture in it's
| Christmas decorations. All of yes
terday party of Rotariuns under
the leadership of Arthur II. Hol-
man hung the walls and the ceiling
in green and red garlands, holly and
( laurel being used in large quanti-
ties. The whole front of the gallery
was screened i'm holly and long fes-
toons hung from the ceiling beams.
After the days work frank Daven-
port entertained the committee at
dinner. On the committee We're the
following: Arthur IA. Holman,
chairman; Samuel II. Hughes, L B.
Dickinson, Walter Davis, Charles
! Goodman, Isaac c. Hess, J. Harris
Bell, Ashmer NJ. Blake and Norris
S. Longaker.
Under the direction of j. william
Bowman, chairman of the presents
committee, and Rudolph X. Spicer,
master of ceremonies, the long
ia bles were laid off checker board
style in green and red, so that the
walters assigned to each table knew
just where they were to serve.
Mr.. Davenport, in the absence OF
S. $. Rutherford who was attend
ing the funeral of near relative,
cooked the dinner and there was
everything from roast chicken to ice
cream and cake that u boy or girl
could enjoy. Well-known business
and professional men and their
wives in walters garb served the
food, while others presented the
children with bags of candy, apples,
cakes and oranges and gifts especi-
lly selected to suit age and sex.
These gifts were purchased by Mr..
Bowman at wholesale rates and
given to the club at costs. All the
expenses were borne by the club
members and the cost will be nearly
$500. including the hall, which
Zembo Temple. through Colonel
Charles T.. Covert, gave for the
event at "a reduced price, Daniel T.
Miller. the custodian, helped the
Rotarians greatly and received a
vote of thanks.
The Dinner
William S. Essick opened the din
ner by saying grace, and as soon
as the ice cream had been put
where it would do the most good, c.
Floyd Hopkins opened the enter
tainment with moving pictures that
included a Charley Chaplin film.
After that C. w. Miller. physical di-
rector at the "Y," did a tumbling
clown stunt that set the little folks
wild and directed number of
members of the Y. NJ. C. A. gym
nasium classes in wand drill, The
Orpheum orchestra WIS donated for
the occasion and played for the