The New York herald., 1922-01-01
ToMEN's CLUBS ended the

M IDMEN'S CLUBS ended the
M year 'witn numerous enter
tainments for charity, chief
of which was the series OF Christmas
celebrations by the Little Mothers Aid
Association at the various houses of
the organization. of which Mrs. Clar-
ence Burns is president Every child
IN the association in need OF shoes
received pair as holiday gift
Three hundred of the older girls had
their celebration yesterday. They
were entertained with a Punch and
Jury show and a sleight of hand per-
Torrance. When rabbits and all sorts
Of toys were taken out of silk hats and
boxes and when coins were extracted
from elbows and ears of the children
their joy was uncontrolled. There was
choral singing, after which refresh
ments were served and each child re-
ceived doll. candy, stockings and
handkerchiefs as it passed out. The
same entertainment was repeated at
the Greenwich Street House on Tues
day, where two hundred children were
made happy.
The all day kindergarten at the Sec
ond Avenue House, in charge of Miss
Cornelia Brown. held it's Christmas
festivities on Wednesday, where the
children received gifts and were served
with ice cream and cake. All the
mothers of the children attended the
party The South Ferry Day Nursery
at 66 Greenwich street had large
JAaAad viii, Gifts and
goodies, and the mothers, representing
ten nationalities, enjoyed the enter
tainment as much as the children did.
Miss c. e. Patterson is chairman OF
the festival committee.
Auxiliary No /, with Mrs. III. B. Lloyd
and Mrs Bond-Stow assisted by their
members. provided a large Christmas
tree. where every child was supplied with
clothing, dolls, toys and gifts suitable
20 tiny ones. The mothers assisted IN
srving the refreshments and all together
had a jolly party.
On the committee in charge OF the
Christmas festivals were Miss c. c. Pat
terson, Mrs. H. F. Kiddle. Mrs. j. b.
Cameron. Mrs William A. Deering. Mrs.
II. w. Mcdowell. Mrs. j. =. Bostwick,
Miss Edith Granger, Mrs. John II.
Judge, Mrs. William Grant Brown, Mrs.
Charles L. Wilcox, Mrs X. NJ. CARING
ton. Mrs. John Jay Cowdrey, Mrs. John
X Green. Mrs Noble Mcconnell, Mrs.
William A. Lusk Mrs. Benjamin Adri-
ance. DR.. Julia Lombard, Mrs. James r.
Siliman. Mrs. Albert Gallatin Weed,
Mrs Matthew L. Carr. Miss Edyth Tot
ten, Mrs. j. w. Phillips, Miss Jeanette
Omstead. Miss Elsie McCaul, Mrs. Emil
lie Van Bell and Mrs. Victoria Jennings.
There was a large attendance at the
annual benefit of the Woman's Press
Club yesterday afternoon at the Wall
dorf- Astoria. Men and women proni-
nent in the newspaper and magazine
world spoke, and there were original
poems and readings by well known au-
thors. Kate Jordan read from her new
book. Trouble the House :" Tony Sarg
OF the Marionette Theater revealed the
Secrets of the Studios" and DR.. Sig
mund Spaeth spoke on The Modern At
titude Toward Music"
Oher speakers included Don Seitz, !
Charming Pollock. Miss Beatrice Fair
fax, Lady Leonora Speyer and Mrs. The
odore Parsons. The musical ~art OF the
program was given by Charles Cooper.
pianist; Nine Marguerite sylvia. So
prano. with Miss Corinne wolverson at
the piano, and Mile. Vera Barstow, vio-
linist