Evening star., 1925-01-01
2OOMORE CHILDREN
GUESTS SAT PICTURE
See "Peter Pan" Through
Activities of Columbia Thea
! ter and Evening Star.

About 200 more of The Stars little
friends in the various children's insti-
tutions in Washington today began the
new year in high spirits following
their two-hour sojourn into Never,
Never Land" with Peter Pan at the
Columbia Theater. The children were
guests OF The Star and the Columbia
Theater mana cement, the second of
three groups selected to see the world
famous story by Sir James Barrie as
produced in 10 reels by the famous
Players-Lasky Corporation. Yesterday
231 boys and girls from St Joseph s
and ST. Vincent's Orphan Asylums, saw
the production, and today's special au-
dience on the mezzanine floor were COM
posed of inmates of the Washington
Home for Children, the Episcopal Home
for Children. the Jewish Foster Home
and the Industrial Home School for
Boys and Girls One other institution,
the Swartzell Methodist Home for Chill
dren, at 201 Rittenhouse street, was to
have sent a delegation of 10 children.
but their isolation from the downtown
section plus the uncertainty underfoot
caused the superintendent to postpone
their visit until tomorrow.
The Industrial Home School, with
total of so children, headed the list
with the largest number present.
They were transported to the door of
the theater on a special car of the
Washington Railway & Electric Co.,
which was waiting for them at the
Eleventh and F streets spur when
they emerged from the theater. The
Episcopal Home for Children at
Anacostia likewise was dispatched
homeward on a special car which
picked up its cargo at Eleventh and
+ streets.
h. irh ~,
several automobiles in making the
trip to and from the theater and the
Washington Home for Children, with
about Is children. who, despite their
age, comprehended the movements of
Peter Pan on the screen, were re-
turned home in private automobiles
which brought them to the theater.
Others to Attend Tomorrow.
Tomorrow St. Johns Orphanage at
Twentieth and F streets will send
SO boys and girls to the theater; the
Gospel Missions Children Home will
he represented by 80: the Swartzell
Home by 10; the Washington City
Orphan Asylum, 1899 Fourteenth
street, by 40; the Baptist Home for
Children at 904 Newton street north
east. by "a, and the German Orphan
Asylum. Anacostia, d. c., 40. The
foregoing, all Of whom have been
invited in the past to attend The
Stars outing to Marshall Hall, will
close the list. Saturday, however,
The Stars carrier boys will be given
an opportunity to see the picture
on it's last day in Washington.
Arrangements had been completed
for staging special performances for
the children next week, at which time
boxes of candy furnished by Brown
ley's and toy dirigibles supplied by
Chapin-S Sacks Ice Cream Company
were to be distributed. A sudden call
for the picture Peter Pan" out of
the city made it impossible to hold
it over for another week and there
fore The Stars guests were advised
to come to the theater early in order
to get the pick of the seats. In order
TO avoid confusion, the Brownley
candy store IS sending out the boxes
direct TO the various institutions and
the balloons will follow.