Evening star., 1921-03-03

Only the good Offices of the wealth
er man are now needed to make alb
solutely complete the success of the
big ball to be given at the Willard
tomorrow night for the benefit OF the
Child Welfare Society.
Not that unpropitious weather con-
ditions will keep any one from at
tending. however, for the attractions
Of this welcome, substitute for the ne,
officialdom entertaining the new
comerS. are too numerous.
The boxes are all sold. and appli-
cations for single and double tickets
are being received in ever-increasins
ratio. These tickets. on sale at
hotels. are now selling at a rate that
assures enough money already in
sight to pay off the $40 600 mortgage
on TIL" socicty's home. POO q street
northwest. and while the supply is
not yet exhausted. it is thought that
by tomorrow afternoon the capacity
of the three big bathrooms to be
used will have been reached.
Today and tomorrow theatrical
stars playing here, led by Miss Lillian
Russell and including Ann Penning-
| ton. Al Jolson. a native Washing
tonian. Hazel Cox and Kitty Doner.
are helping out in the last-minute
rush.
Count me in on anything that will
help the children" was the enthu-
Siastic response Of Miss Russell,
ranked for years as Americas fore
most stage beauty, when invited by
the committee on tickets to assist in
the work. Telegraph orders for tick
cts from people who have not yet ar
rived in the capital continue to be re-
ceived by managers of the various
big hostelries.
Generous Aid Given.
Owing to a large extent to the gem
erosity of number of prominent
Washington business men. the ball
has been arranged for at a minimum
expense. These men authorized Mrs.
John Allan Dougherty. chairman of
the ball committee. to underwrite the
preliminary expenses with money
they had contributed to the original
inaugural fund.
"A small percentage of the inau-
gural contributions was retained by
the inaugural committee to pay for
the work that was done before Sena-
tor Harding Cancelled the inaugural
celebration. Some of this was left
over. and the business men cheerfully
penses of the ball. This means that
practically every cent derived from
the sale of tickets will be used for
the benefit of Washington children.
Among the men who gave personal
checks for this purpose were Secre-
tary of Agriculture Meredith. John
Barton Payne, Secretary OF the In
terror, H. H. Adams and William P.
Emo.
Among the busiest of the ticket ta-
bles is that at the Shoreham. where
Mrs. Joseph Hampson today relieved
~
who has been interchangeable in her ef-
forts.
The sale of boxes has been extreme
ly profitable. Mrs. Thomas F.. Walsh,
Edward Doheny and Senator Phipps
each bought box for $500. Mrs.
Walsh then said she would pay $500
for another box if any one would
| match" her. Twenty persons accept
ed her challenge. thereby adding
$4,000 to the receipts.
Mrs. Mnrshall's Interest.
Mrs Marshall. wife of the Vice
President and chairman of the COM
mittee on boxes, in planning and
working SO diligently for the success
Of this AFFAIR. is giving one more evil
dence of the deep interest taken by
herself and her distinguished husband
in social welfare work for the benefit
Of the District during the past eight
years
Mr.. Marshall's services in the move
ment looking to the proper codifca-
ton of all local charitable and well
fare laws are we'll known, while Mrs
Thomas F.. Walsh, their personal friend
and willing coadjutor. gave the
funds necessary to obtain the serv-
ices of an eminent lawyer for the pre-
liminary work. Mrs. Walsh. in addi-
ton. gave $4,000 outright to the ball
fund. This, it now can be seen, is
clear gain, and can be devoted to the
funding of an additional child well
fare nurse or some similar purpose.
1t is the hope and aim of those
hacking the organization to make the
Child Welfare Society national char
ity and to make the Washington CEN
ters models from which the rest of
the country can obtain ideas.