Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02
War Relief Charities
For Foreign Children
To Be Aided BY. Ball
Near East and Serbian
Movements Among Those
Which Vie With Drive for
Needy at Home.

Ranking with home charities are
several war relief fuSds to which the
most prominent women continue to
give their support, most notable
among these being the Near East
Relief and the Serbian aid fund for
assistance to the children of Serbian
war heroes. The most recent proof
or this unfailing sympathy has been
the preparation for the. bail which
Will be held on the evening of jan
vary 8, the eve of the Serbian Christ
mas. at the residence of Mr.. William
p. Emo, III N Street, which promises
to be one of the most brilliant of the
season, ranking rather as subscrip-
ton dance than as charity ball.
The members of the committee are
among the most popular of the
younger matrons Of the smart set
under the craftsmanship of Mrs Bor-
den Hartman. assisted by Mrs. War
rem Delano Robbins whose husba nd
Ia at the head of. the. .Mgo.SMv sec
ton of the State Department. The
treasurer. Mrs. Sheldon Whitehouse
who was one of New York's autumn
brides. is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles b. Alexander and a
niece of Mrs Charles H. Croker, whose
warm interest in Serbia dates from
the first visit to this country in the
interests of Serbian relief of Nine.
Slavko Grouitch. whose husband was
then the Serbian undersecretary for
foreign affairs.
During the visit of the Serbian
royal mission to this country in the
winter of 1918 Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
were the New York hosts of the mis-
sion. which was headed by NJ. Milcinko
Nesnitch, whose daughter. Miss Nota
Nesnitch is now a guest of the Serbian
legltation in Washington.
Mrs. Whitehouse was upfauiug as
q war worker both al home and abroad
1nherIting the keen interests in child
welfare and general education of her
father, who is one of the chancellors
OF the University of the State of New
York.
Other members of the committee are
Mrs. Joseph Frelinghuysen. Mrs. II.
Leslie Craigie. Mrs. Randall H. Hag-
ner. Mrs Claude Mayo, Mrs Richard
II. kimball and Mrs. Scott Thropp. all
of whom are active in home Charities
and in all work of mercy directly for
the relief of allied sufferers from the
war.
The; object of holding the ball in a
private house is to reduce expenses
even though they have been privately
covered in advance and also to avo,1,
competition with the larger balls for
nome charities. of which there are SO
many at this sea son
The lists used for the Invitations
nave been those of the Margaret
~SAsC '1cWfiS tiFEie. 10 which all
funds raised by the ball will be turn
ed over for the purchase of materials
for making childfen's garments for
the orphans of Serbian war victims.
Several thousand destitute boys and
girls are being maintained and
clothed by the Serbian aid fund. under
which the Margaret Dodge Sewing
Circle was organized
Mrs. Stephen q. EIkins, 1926 X
street northwest. is chairman of the
local, chapter.
In addition to funds to be raised at
the ball. Washingtonians have been
contributing to this work through the
Margaret Dodge Sewing Circle, which
was organized in November of last
year in memory of Mrs. Percival
Dodge, late wife of the American min
lister to the kingdom of the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes, who, during her
short visit home in December, was
accidentally killed in the elevator
at the home of her parents. Ad-
miral and Mrs. Adams, on 18th street
4 The sad event cast gloom over
the new year. 1t was felt by the
friends that the most fitting tribute
to her memory would be making of
garments for children to be sent to the
American legation in Belgrade. where
they will be distributed by her daugh-
ter Miss Alice Dodge. young girl of
sixteen. who has courageousIy taken
the head of her fathers household
since her mothers DEATH