The Washington herald., 1921-01-09
CLOWN EQUINE
OF HITCHY ,KOO
AIDS CHARITY
Attracts Cash to Relief
Fund and Figures in
Amusing Episode.

Because Raymond HITCHCOCK
clown horse looks like there
amt no such animal" one young
lady at the Treasury building was
almost frightened out of her hand
PAINTED spats yesterday afternoon.
Hitchcock was donating the serv-
ices of the equine clown to the
fund drive for starving Europeans
when a government worker tried to
get out Of a Treasury D partment
doof as Ethel" the horse, tried to
get in. Now Ethel" is the kind Of
a horse one has to anticipate before
seeing else the effect is more or
less stultifying with paralytic
trimmings. -
The surprised miss registered all
OF those things including a bakers
dozen Of shrieks and what-nots.
Ethel" was so upset She doffed her
papier-rnache head and rolled a
cigarette. Things -quietened and
when the roll was called 1t was
found "EtheTs" antics had swelled
the relief fund by $3.50.
i Final Week Opens.
The final week Of the campaign
in Washington to save the lives OF
10000 children of Central and East
erR Europe begins today and ends
next Sunday, as far as the canvass
ing is involved. There will be sew
eral benefits held after January 16,
notably motion picture day on the
2sth, but the general solicitation by
workers holding cards emitting
them to seek the Individual named
thereon will end on Saturday.
Charles Henry Butler assisted
ethel" and the comedian in rousing
the crowds yesterday. 1t was the
largest gathering of the drive, and
was made additionally successful by
8 detachment Of twenty men from
the Marine Band and the excellent
police detail under Capt. c. Z. E.
Flather. Of the First precinct Credit
Is also due w. G. Plat, chief clerk
of the Treasury Department, who
permitted Ethel to use his ofice
as dressing room, and to the COM
ponent parts Of Ethel" herself.
Billy" HoIbrook and Henri Lingen,
who played the fore and hind parts
Of the horse, respectively.
Women Workers.
Among the ladies who took up
collections were Mrs. Charles D.
Chaplin, Capt. Anna L. Fisher. of the
arabian army; Mrs. Goldsmith Sig
mund. Mrs. Wallace Luchs, Miss
Katherine Stouffer, Miss E. Brady,
Miss Ruth Finnoff, of Pittsburgh;
and Mrs Cecilia Snigoski, and five
girls in native costume representing
Poland. Gerson Nordlinger, W. T.
Hanford, W. Marvin Pope and (.
Lodge Hill also assisted in making
the affair a success.
Washington has still Ss5,o0O to
raise.
The girls of the Red Cross Club,
1901 street northwest, gave a
benefit dance last night, and the
proceeds were turned over to the
Red Cross team Of Miss Genevieye
Hendricks, who has thus far COL
lected $3.50.
Program of Talks.
r. H. B. Lyon, director of the
speakers bureau, announced, yester-
day, that DR.. Abram Simon, presi-
dent of the Board of Education,
would address the student body OF
Howard University at noon tomor-
row, and that Thomas J. Donovan
will talk on Herbert HooYer's efforts
to relieve suffering abroad at the
Bliss Electrical School, Takoma
Park, Tuesday, at $3.50 a. m. and I
D. m; sld at the Alonzo o. ClIss
Medical Company at p. m. the
same day. Col. Barry Buckley will
explain the work of the European
Relief Council to the students Of
Gonzaga College on Tuesday at 1915
D. M, and Raymond E. Dickey win
do likewise before the Grotto on the
9th at $3.50 p. m.
Lyon states that NJ. GoIdenberg
employees contributed $40 and the
Hscht Company employees, $3.50,
voluntarily, as the result Of noon
day talks mads>to them.
Among the late contributions are
those of Butler and Kratz, $3.50;
Epiphany NJ. z. Church, $500; friends
and employees of E. D. Turner, 1407
New York avenue, $500; Washing
ton Herald employees, $3.50; Julius
I. Peyser. 5000; Fred S. Gichner, S125,
and Washington Hebrew Congrega-
lion Sunday School, $3.50.
Harry Crandall has9 been APP
pointed by Mr.. Hoover chairman of
the motion picture managers COM
nfttee for Washington and will
have charge of the arrangements
tor motion picture day on jan
nary 26-
NcoEBS NiCudEus' JFp sun OL Dig
Gen. Richards, U. S. NJ. C., upon
reading of the suffering among the
children abroad, asked his father to
give him half of his allowance to
Ievote to their relief The general
complied with his sons request, and
Foung George, who is 7 years old,
brought $40 to headquarters yes
.erday.