Evening star., 1922-10-01

vision. Miss Ruth Spencer. formerly
head Of the junior work in POLAND
will have charge of the distribution
Of the gifts in Austria =, ,s,
These boxes may contain all xmas
of articles. Last year the niue ~.
iise the tooth brushes and tooth
naste. These were things that they
were not accustomed to and proved
very popular. o.o+.d
with a washcloth which she receiNeo
that she wrote the ilt.ie ,t
virJ who sent it to her that she KEEP
r. for use on Sundays only. and used
her old cloth on weekdays for wash
ing her face .ho 1T
tie girls were delighted with was lnat
Of hair ribbons. They wrote 'nat tne
hair ribbons they got over there were
not nearly so nice as the American
variety.
ceedingiy popular. Small musical IN
strumentS, such as mouth ORGANS
also were greatly enjoyed oS ooIn
boys and girls and the rubber balls
dsii1hted them. 1t seems that they
don't manufacture many rubber balis
abroai. and therefore these were es-
peciaIly welcome gifts. One nttle
Austrian girl in Vienna wrote tnat
she had reached the point of betEg
able to east her ball clear up to the
ceiling" and catch it again.
Another little girl stated that she
much admired the mice. smelly soap
and the strings Of beads sent over IN
some of the girls boxes proved as
welcome to these little European
girls as those s .o Mh1Sh zen 1ndiana n1ium'as ss
long ago proved welcome to the orig
ina1 Americans.
One small boy wrote that the knife
which was in the box he received
was 90 big that it cut his hand. out
he said he didn't mind-he thanked
same.
A little blind girl was one of a
group of children at an institution
for the blind and crippled children in
Budapest which received a boxfui OF
little wooden toy animals. She re-
questions about this strhnge beas;.
she smelled it and found it was
nainted. Her face beamed with add
ed delight. and she asked the other
children If their animals were PAINT
ed, too. Fortunately. they were al!
painted.
The fact that children clear across
the big Atlantic ocean should be in
terested in them and wish them TO
have good times and toys seems TO
have made a very deep impression on
all the children in Austria and Hun
gary who received gifts. Their let
ters of thanks show their sincerity
and depth of feeling. Miss Camp
bell received as many as 5000 letters
and cards of thanks in one day to be
! sorted and remailed to the particular
school children in this country who
! gave the boxes. Some of the trans
iation work required to make the
| has Just been finished. Practically
every letter or card had to be trans
| lated.
Capt. Pedlow tells of some very in
teresting experiences with the chill
dren in Budapest last Christmas. One
| impressive program was carried out
! very effectively on December Is Of
last year There were twenty five
! booths in one large hall where the
work of the Hungarian children, ac-
complished with materials supplied
| by the American juniors, was dis
| had the major part in the program.
One little blind girl Of fourteen sang
IGounod's famous Ave Maria" and
accompanied herself on a harp. Fiji
teen girls of secondary school age
gave a style show with paper dolls,
selves had carefully designed and
made.
one does not think of any but Amer
lean girls giving style shows, yet this
one, given by the little high school
A chorus. Of thirty-five' little Hun
rarian girl juniors sang some of the
Old folk songs of their country and
twelve girls in native costume danced
in the Magyar ballet. The anal num-
her on the program was the singing
fof aAmerica" by nifty little blind and
ce3nnlAd hoyR and Rtfl9,