Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
YOUNG FOLKS
IN YULET|DE BALL
Brilliant Entertainment in Aid
of ChiIdren's Country Home
Tomorrow Night.

In keeping with the Yuletide tradi
ton the Childrens Country Home ball
at the Myflower tomorrow night will
be a young folks affair.
Their elders will be there. But only
to look on and enjoy the antics of the
school boys and girls.
Mrs. Joseph Letter, president of the
board of managers, sets the fashion
with a big dinner before the ball for
her son, Tommy, and his friends, Ten
year-old Nancy Letter, who has played
such prominent part in preparations
for the party, will be present by spe-
cial dispenSation.
AS president of the board Mrs.
Letter will head the receiving he.
She will be assisted in receiving by
bers of the ball committee. They are
Mrs. Alexander Legare, Mrs. A. Y. P.
Garrett, Mrs. Henry 3. Spencer, Mrs.
Lee Warren and Mrs. Kenna Elkins.
Arthur c. Moses, chairman of the
mems floor committee, will assist the
board members in receiving.
Miss Dewey Heads Committee.
The girls committee. headed by
Miss Suzette Dewey, daughter of the
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Charles S. Dewey, will pre-
sent a little sketch. The committee
will be in charge of Christmas favors.
Miss Dewey herself will present to
the company the famous Miss Holly
of HOLLYWOOD" presented to the ball
committee by Mrs. Joseph Hines. The
doll was brought from the PACING
Coast to be sold at the Children's
County Home ball. Miss Holly wears
5.year.old baby clothes and is quite
CSI~ -. nd
brown-haired and as pretty as Holly
wood beauties long to be.
Among the notables present to look
on and, maybe. dance bit, will be
the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
Mellon; the Secretary of War and Mrs.
Davis, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Dewey, Gen Perish
ing and a host of other notable.s.
The young people hope and expect
that John Coolidge, son of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge, will put in
his appearance at the party. Young
Coolidge likes to dance, and certainly
he cannot be blamed if he rather
fancies himself as the hero of the
holiday season. Although a modest
youth, it is something to be the only
son of the White House and young
and handsome.
Traditional Christmas Event.
The Children's Country Home ball
has become the traditional party of
Christmas night. Originally the ladies
of the board staged an annual hat
sale to raise funds to support the
home through the. following Summer.
The hat sale was discontinued in 1914.
and the Christmas night ball substi.
tuted. AS the home grew and ex-
banded it was found that hats had
not sufficient appeal to raise the neces-
sary funds.
At present the Childrens Country
Home is located in Rock Creek Park
upon a 6-acre tract presented to the
board by c. c. Glover. It's location is
ideal for children who cannot be taken
too far away from their mothers and
yet must have fresh air and sunshine
to recuperate from Winter ills.
The season opens June / and closes
late in September. To make certain
that the improvement in the little pa
tients is permanent the board sup
plies such of the youngsters as are
still under weight with fresh milk
and proper food throughout the
Winter.
The homes milk fund is under the
direction of Mrs. Orn1sby McCammon.