The Washington herald., 1921-01-02
CHRISTMAS CHEER
GIVEN HOSPITALS
BY SCHOOLS HERE
Junior Red Cross Work.
ers Generous With Gifts
For UnfOrtunates.

Messages of thanks have been
pouring into the Junior Red Cross
of .washington's schools as a result
of their work for the patients at
walter Reed. Naval, st. Elizabsth's,
Public Health Service, Mount Alto
and ChiIdren's hospitals on Christ
mas Day.
Miss Esther Linkins, the Junior
Red Cross secretary, reported yes
terday that ten school divisions and
| one high school enrolled in the or
ganization provided through the
children the choicest fruits, candies,
cakes, nuts, jellies, preserves.
pickles, games and notes of greet
| ing to the sick or wounded soldiers,
sailors and Marines. Some sent in
baskets Of various shapes and sizes
attractively decorated with red and
green crepe paper. Others donated
containers ranging from shoe box
size to the largest crates.
Much Fruit Given.
The Elizabeth v. Brown School
gave two and a half barrels Of
apples, two boxes of oranges, 15o
\ tglasses OF jelly, ten pounds OF nuts,
ten pounds of candy. eve boxes of
dates and chocolate bars, cigarettes
and cake. The pupils also supplied
twenty trimmed Christmas trees.
each having gifts of various kinds
as we'll as candy, nuts and orna-
ments.
Corcoran School sent to the Mount
Alto patients twenty dozen oranges,
six grapefruit. Ave and a half dozen
apples, FIVE pounds Of nuts, ore
| pound of candy and 100 Jars of
preserves and glasses OF jelly.
Curtis School provided hve boxes
OF Christmas cheer. They contained
canned fruit, oranges, apples, grape
fruit, nuts, candy and raisins and
were arranged with plenty of holly
berries and bright paper napkins.
Many of the donors sent Christmas
cards with a personal message to a
sick soldier.
Boxes for Mount Alto.
| The classes Of the Force school
sent twenty-four boxes flied with
apples, oranges, jeIlies, nuts, candles
grapes, raisins, etc, to Mount Alto
| Five large afgans were also do.
mated and sent to Individual pa.
tients designated by the doctors In
charge.
Hyde School responded enthusi-
astically to the call and sent threC
boxes of goodies" Every child
gave something. Christmas cards
some Of them painted, made by the
| pupils was a feature Of the ship
ment.
Jackson School sent ten boxes OF
fruit. candy and preserves 20 Mount
Alto. Each box was prepared by
a grade in the school and gayIy
decorated. Christmas messages
were also conveyed to the ex-ser-
vice men.
Business High School reported 800
shoe boxes filled with dsinties and
twelve dozen apples and oranges.
send 200 Boxes.
One OF the divisions reported 200
! flied baskets and twenty nlIed
stockings. the latter 70 the little
patients in the Children's Hospital.
The third division, one of the
largest and wealthiest in the Dis
trict. sent a truck load OF things
| from each OF four buildings, the
other schools likewise contributing
generously.
st. Elizabeth's Hospital was also
| favored by other schools in the Po-
| tomac Division OF the Red Cross.
| Donations were sent from the
| Ridgewood School. Pratts. Va:
Burlington School, Burlington, Va
| ELY School, ELY, Va; Boycc Agri-
cultural High School, Boyce, Va.
| Woodberry school. Success, Va.
Palmer School, Wellsburg, West
| Va; Gerrardstown Graded School
Gerradstown, w. Va: Long Branch
School Charleston w Va