The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-05-17
EVANS HOME TO Be
COMMUNITY Center
Christ Child Society Has Bought
Old Landmark for Welfare
Headquarters.

washington Is to have a new com
munity centsr this summer. The resi-
dence Of the late Rear Admiral Rob
ley d. Evans. at 32i Indiana avenue
/ northwest. one OF the Capitals old
est landmarks. has been purchased By
the Christ Child Society. . local char
liable organization. and Will be con-
yerted into a permanent Headquarters
for relief and civic welfare work.
The residence 10 a nne old three
story red brick structure with a pic
turesQue colonial entrances, and Is
across from the City Court House.
II has twenty rooms and four baths.
The purchase price was $4,000, the
amount now being raised by sub
scriptions on the part OF members
and friends OF the society.
The home now 10 occupied by Ad-
miral Evans two daughters, but they
will vacate by July I, when the Christ
Child Society will take charge. The
magnificent household furnishings and
belongings of the Evans estate Will
be sold here at public auction on
Wednesday.
Move PIes.es Family.
Because OF the sentiment attached
to tho old household. members of tn
Evans family are particularly graft
fed that the home will be devoted to
charitable purposes. The structure
will be remodeled and litter for its
new purposes this summer, and by
fall the community center will be In
full operation. A married couple VIII
be appointed as caretakers and VIII
make their home in the building.
The building will contain mag
nificent library sewing room. class
rooms, industrial art rooms, Boy
Scout quarters, a baby welfare sta
ton, a dental clinic, relief offices, and
possibly a gymnasium. in addition to
other features now being planned.
The structure will serve as head
quarters not only for the local society
btu also for the forty or fifty similar
societies throughout the country, as
the Washington organization Is con-
sidered the parent body. to which
annual reports are submitted.
Women In Charge.
Miss Pauline Burr is in charge OF
the making of layettes for distribu-
ton among poor mothers, and the
Misses Irene and Louise Sheridan di-
rect the distribution of shoes, cloth
ing, and other relief. Mrs. w. j. BaX-
ter who has charge of the society's
dental clinics, is planning to estab-
lish classes in painting and other art
work next fall.
Mrs. Louis Watkins, Miss Eleanor
Heany, and Mrs. James Mccormick
are in charge Of sewing activities.
and Miss Adele May and Miss Gene
We've JOHNSON are in charge of the
instruction classes. Nine. 1gnacio
Calderon is chairman o fthe finance
committee, which has distributed sub
scription booklets among members
and friends. Other members of the
committee are Mrs. Charles p. Neill.
Mrs. ]. Dudley Morgan, Miss Sara
Maher, and Mrs. James A. Emery.
The society was founded twenty
seven years ago by Miss Mary V. Mer.
rick, member of an old Washingto
| family. who lived for many years at
1854 street northwest. but who now
resides on the family estate known as
Linwood. at Ellicott City, Md. On
June l members of the board of man
ayers will make their annual pilsri-
mage by automobile to Linwood
where plans for the coming year will
be drafted.
1000 ID. G. Members.
Since the formation Of the local
society. the movement has spread
throughout the country. The local
society has 1000 members. upon
whose voluntary subscriptions the
! support of the extensive program de-
| pends Although Miss Merrick and
many of the board members are
Catholics. the society is nom sectarian
and lends help where 1t is need9, re-
| gardless OF creed
nj isb ypeptS nf tho societv will
be reviewed at the twenty-seventh
annual meeting of the organization,
to be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon at Rauschers.
| The principal address will be de-
| livered by the Rev. DR.. William j.
| Kirby, noted sociologist and member
of the faculty at Catholic University.
| Refreshments will be served. Friends
! of the society. as well as members,
I have been invited to attend. An eX-
hibit OF the industrial art work OF
| the society will open at o'clock. and
there will Re demonstrations of the
society's methods OF work.
Officers of the society arc Miss Mer.
rick, president; Nine. Ignacio Caldc-
ron, first vice president; Mrs. Henry
| simpson, second vice president; Mrs
| Charles +. Neill, corresponding and
recording secretary; Miss Louise Darr
assistant secretary; Mrs. Thornton r.
Bolsnd. treasurer.
Board of Managers.
| Members of the board of managers
have been announced as follows, to
serve until March 1921: Mrs. Thorn.
ton p. Boland, Mrs. Thomas II. Carter
Miss Louise Darr, Miss Cover, Mis-.
Eleanor Johnson, Mrs. Loren johnson
Miss Genevieve Johnston, Miss Abel,
j May, Miss Alice Riggs, Miss Irene
Sheridan, Miss Louise sheridan, and
| Mrs. Henry Simpson: to serve until
March, 1929: Mrs. w. ]. Baxter, Mrs
w. S. Benson. Mrs. Henry L. Flather
Mrs. Simon Golibart. Mrs. James A
Emery, Miss Florence Mills, Mrs. P
=. Mullett, Mrs. Randolph Minor, Mrs
Daniel c. Stapleton, Miss Ella May
sullivan, Mrs. Hannis Taylor, and
Mrs. Louis Watkins; to serve until
March, 1923: Mrs. II. ]. Berens. Miss
Pauline A. Burr. Nine. 1gnacio Cal.
deron, Mrs. George u. Hamilton, Mrs