The Washington times., 1920-10-17


ner and ask help for the inhabitants
Of any country In Europe-not except
ing the milkIess babies OF Germany
and Austris-and got a. In a golden.
shower. But when IL comes 10 the
starving and destitute right here at
home In people seem 10
be deaf. and blind. and generally In
sensiblew And there was some rea-
son in her plant
charity is nnally coming home 10
roost. Mrs. Thomas r. Walsh and
her assistants. who have outntted
scores OF Belgian and French refugee
children. are now working for the
destitute children OF the District. A
big concert with the new tenor,
Crimi. as the bright particular star,
is to be given on November for the
beneft OF the child Welfare Society,
which does such = remarkable work
for tho youngsters OF the city.
Then there is n "bepeht 10 be
given at Providence Hospital this
week Vocational work for the re-
turned soldiers. carried on under the
Public Health Service. WAS quite a
novelty with the boys at nrst. but
since they have grown sunicientiy
skilled to produce along the various
lines. they have grown restiYe from
with Christmas hard by they want
to sell their wares
over in England and In France,
the ex-soldiers are furnishing by far
the larger number OF gifts for
christmas, A Teddy-besr, a basket,
copper bowl, or any other bit OF the
handiwork OF the boys having first
place on the shopping list. with this
in mind there is going 10 be sale
at Providence Hospital on Wednes-
day from 2:30 10 o'clock. under the
auspices OF the Pubic Health Sery-
ice through the instructor at the hos
pitaI In occdpationai training, when
the 100 boys who are there. are hold
ing out q special lure In the way OF
baskets, trays, copper ana brass
work, toys, weavings or many KINDS
and In fact an almost endless line OF
handsome things Miss Duggan, the
head instructor. assisted by Miss
Couison ard Miss Gates, Will assist
the boys in the sale.
While the sale is on the tea under
the auspices of the George Baldwin
Mccoy unit OF the American Women's
Legion, will carry on, Mrs, Walter l.
Mccoy, mother OF the lad lost over
there for whom the unit was named,
presiding. Assisting her Will be Mrs.
Hugh s. Cumming. wife of Surgeon
General Cumming, of the Public
Health Service: Mrs. Robert Coe and
Mrs. Allen y. Boyu.
Mrs. Lewis Clarke Lucas is chair
| man of the committee having in
charge the tea. the proceeds from
which will buy more material for the
boys. and she has assisting her Mrs.
Easily Smith, Mrs. Parker. Mrs. Gill
bert Rude. Mrs. Augustus Mcintyre,
Mrs Frank II. Towner and Mrs Sher-
man Miles. Mrs. Lawrence Townsend
will preside at the coffee urn assist
ed by Mrs. Dallas Bache Wainwright
and Mrs. Butler. A group of girls who
will help with the tea are Miss
Yvonne Townsend, Miss Paula Lucas.
and Miss Diana Cumming.
Sister Berchman has far pro-
vided money for the materials used
by the boys. and il is hoped the tea
will help materially in furnishing
enough to keep the boys busy during
the long, shut-in days of winter
when just waiting" isn't a bit of
fun.
s.
The Junior League, whose funds are
always devoted to helping home phi
lanthropies, expects to repeat this
winter the series of small and
successful last year. Plans have not
yet been completed, for the girls are
just beginning to come back to town,
but I understand the dances will be
given on Friday evenings through the
season as they were before.
Apropos of the Junior League
hear that Peter" Greig, formerly OF
the British embassy is expected in
Washington for a few days visit
early in November. He is now estab-
lished in business in New York, but
has not forgotten all about us for
series Of sketches with Washington
as a background are appearing under
his name in one of the monthly maga-
zines. 1 understand he has promised
to write another revue for the Junior
League this winter. though ne will
not he able to produce il himself,