The Washington times., 1922-02-26
Episcopal Home For
Children To Benefit
by Brilliant Ball
One of Last Events
Before Lent Brings
LuIl i'm Activities

Lull i'm Activities
ONE Of the principal events
occupying the attention Of SO.
ciety before Ash wednesday and
the beginning of Lent slows down
the social whirl is the ball to be
given tomorrow evening at the
Willard for the benefit Of that
splendid charity. the Episcopal
Home for Children, which cares for
any homeless. friendlesA child.
Mrs. Harding. like most of us,
finds in children great appeal,
and has graciously lent her name
to head the list Of patronesses.
Others following her example are
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. Nine. de
Riano. Lady Geddes. Mrs. William
Howard Taft. Mrs. Charles Evans
Hughes, Mrs. John w. Weeks. Mrs.
Mrs. Henry C. Wallace. Mrs. James
J. Davis. Nine. Elizalde. Nine.
Peter. Princess Bibesco, Princess
Lubomirska. Nine. de Cespedes.
Mrs, Theodore Roosevelt. jr.. Mrs.
Henry White. Princess Canta-
cuzene, Mrs. Guy Despard Golf.
Mrs. Charles J. Bell. Mrs. Delos A.
Blodgett. Mrs. Theodore v. Boyn-
ton. Mrs. George W. Baird. Mrs.
C. c.. Calhoun, Mrs. Henry F.
Dimock. Mrs. F. A. Delano, Mrs.
William F. Dennis. Mrs. T. Cole
man du Pont, Mrs. Stephen B.
Elkins. Mrs. George w. Ehle. Mrs.
Morris Evans, ST., Mrs. Franklin
II. Ellis. Mrs. William Eris Fowler,
Mrs. Henry w. Fitch. Mrs. John
C. Fremont. Mrs. Frederick Dent
Grant, Mrs. Charles C. Glover. Mrs.
Mrs. Augustus p. Gardner. Mrs.
Joseph Hampson. Mrs. Edward A.
Hartman. Mrs. Frank 8. Hight,
Mrs. Frank Hume, Mrs. George d.
Hope. Mrs. Hennen Jennings, Mrs.
Frank B. Kellogg. Mrs. Carl B.
Keferstein. Mrs. Joseph Letter.
Mrs. Nicholas Luquer. Mrs. George
Mesta, Mrs. Ridley Mclean, Mrs.
Charles A. Mum. Mrs. F. B. Moran.
Mrs. Beverley r. Mason. Mrs.
Charles @. Matthews, Mrs. Theo-
dore w. Noyes. Mrs, Seaton Perry.
Mrs. Edwin S. Fuller, Mrs. Ord
Preston. Mrs. Truman G. Palmer,
Mrs. William c. Rivers, Mrs.
William c. Rives. Mrs. Sylvanus
Stokes. r.. Mrs. Alpheus> H. Snow.
Mrs. John N. Speel, Mrs. Joseph e.
Thropp, Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood, Mrs. William Holland Will
mer, and Mrs. John r. Williams. A
number Of them will occupy boxes
with parties of friends the night
of the ball.
Newbold Noyes is chairman Of
the floor committee. and Will have
assisting him Richard Wilmer,
William Whiting Andrews, Clar-
ence Aspinwall. Charles ]. Bell,
Robert Wood Bliss. Alexander Brit.
ton. Arthur Capper. william Bowie
Clarke. v. de Alti, Frederick A.
Delano, Walter Edge. William
Phelps Emo. William ]. Father,
c. c. Glover. IT.. Charles Noble
Gregory, James s. Harlan, e. A.
Hartman. Beale r. Howard, c. T.
Jewell. T. F. Jewell. Victor
Kaufman, r. M. Kauff-
mann. David NJ. Lea. Joseph
Letter, William Littauer. George
T. Marye, Truman H. Newberry,
Fleming Newbold. jefferson Patter.
son. Manning F. Stead, Robert
Stead. jr., Corcoran Thorn. and
Coleman H. Jennings.
EIFTY-TWO kiddies are now at
the winter home of the organi-
zation in Anacostia, and there's q
waiting list. The Bell Home, at
Colonial Beach. has twenty addi-
tional beds. with larger buildings.
wide porches and charming
grounds running down to salt
water. Here the home takes caro-
OF the anemic child. who is in need
Of an outing. keeping him all sum-
mer II need be.
While the work Is under the aus
pices Of the Episcopal Church. chill
dren Of any faith are accepted.
The home at present takes only
children between the ages of six
and sixteen. but 1t hopes ultimately
to care for younger children. The
land and buildings at Colonial
Beach were the gift Of Prof. and
Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell. The
town home was started later, and
was enlarged. new buildings being