Evening star., 1923-12-09

event of impor- ::. B.
j tance, both So
! cially and finan- ,.:=: 49,
cially, with even
| the proverbial 'pot :. 80.
| OF gold' at the
| foot of the rain MRS An pacce
! bow. Mrs. Baggs Is
| an active eInber of the American Won.
4 en- Legion and In a number Of other
| oEsanlzations' among them being
| Ihe Maynower Society, the Colonial
| DANES, the Daughters Of the Found
crs and Patriots of America the
Society Of Colonial Governors, the
society of New England Women and
inc me pI,hIiladelphia I,In Society Of Plays
IN command. the rainbow fete viii
1 certainty be success in ererv sensa
OF the word.
The executive boa rd OF the District
OF Columbia Congress Of Mothers and
rdrent-Ieacher Associations will meet
tuesday IN the Ebitt Hotel, instead OF
10 the headquarters, 1876 Jth street,
as originally planned. The Christ
mas sale committee will meet tho
same date and in the same place as
the committee Is too large to meet
In tne headqua rters room. The board
meeting Will take place at l:3O pm.
and the committee meeting 10 caIIad
for 2:30 pm.
The rainbow fete will truly be a
thins of beauty and a joy forever"
tons will be a delight to the eve, and
the certain financial success will prove
a blessing to many otherwise destitute
scnool children, VINO will be supplied
! WIN snoCs and other needed garments
"hIeh VIII be purchased with the pro-
| ceeds. 1t has been said that the Ameri-
can people are making Christmas a
commercial festival, with the idea of
| receiving much more emphasized than
| the real Christmas spirit of giving,
But this comment on the wrong spirit
| OF Christmas is certainly not true
| among the members of the school
clubs who form the great sale COM
mittee.' The real Christmas spirit pre-
! Tor others is worthy of the highest
tributes OF praise. 1t is this splendid
| ieeiing of co-operat ton and willing serv-
| ice that has made the Parent-Teacher
| Association work so successful and at
no time has this been so evident as
now, when every school association IS
WORKING and giving to make the rain
bow fete A success.
:, When the doors of the crystal room
| IN the Ebbitt Hotel are thrown open
70 the public next Friday at l o'clock
the scene that will greet the eyes of
the visitors will be indeed a thing of
beauty" At one end of the long room
/ will be toyland, which will be decorated
in all gay colors On either side of
the entrance to toyland will be a huge
Christmas tree. AT the far end of the
room will be the arch Of the rainbow
just over the entrance into the tea
| garden. Arranged along both sides of
! the room will be the booths each one
| representing one of the rainbow col
| ors IN the proper sequence. so that the
! eye VIII receive the general color ef-
| iect leading toward the real rainbow.
| The wishing trees are to be selected
! from he.
! chairmen in charge: then they are TO
! be loaded with wishes for boys and
girls. each one wrapped in bright
colored papers. After passing be-
tween the wishing trees the Visitor
enters toyland itself. where every
thing dear to the hearts of children
will be found. There will be hope
chest full of dainty things every girl
parcels post.
The different features and the
| schools whose members will manage
| them are as follows: Toyland. Park
| Bradley. Fairbrother, Bowen Small
wood and Weightman: cakes ard
pa stry. Maury. INSTRUMENTATION,
Gage: book shop. Cook. West Pea
High: flowers. fruits and vegetables,
West. Reservoir, Western High, Jack
son and Franklin Thomson: fancy
work. Johnson-Powell. Brghtwood.
Carbery and Blair-Hayes: household
articles. John Burroughs, Brookland
and Kenilworth; parcel post, Bryan.
Brightwood. Park and Randall High
lands: games. Adams. John Es ton and
st: Paufs Mothers Club: preserves and
Iellies. Wallach-Towers. Buchanan,
Hines Junior High and Congress
Heights; hope chest, Wallach-Towers
and Emory lexington; candy. Lang
don. Brookland, Monroe and Pet
worth: fortune telling. Force; toilet
articles. Edlnonds and Ludiow-Tay-
Mckinley; dancing, Eastern High;
Kingsman and Franklin Thompson.
New names added to the list of
chairmen since last week include
Mrs. Boswell, Mrs. L. Y. Caster, Mrs
Z. II. Pullman Mrs. \. F. Magrum
and Mrs Wolf Smith.
The District Of Columbia branch of
mated 250 new garments to the
clothes conservation department.
They were delivered at the new head
quarters, 426 5th street northwest, by
the acting president Of the guild. Mrs
Chester SWope. The garments consist
OF dozens of pairs of stockings, un-
derwear, bathrobes. sleeping gar
ments. hats, mittens and baby
SacQues.
The appointment of Capt julius T.
Peyser as a member Of the board of
education is most gratifying to all
Parent-Teacher associations. He Is
the president Of the Cook Parent
Teacher Association and is a vice
president of the Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teacher Associations and