Evening star., 1926-11-28
CHARITY BAZAAR
OPENS WEDNESDAY
Tea Room and Sale to Aid
Child Welfare Society's
Endowment Fund.

A rummage sale and tea room will
be conducted by the Child Welfare
Society. at 1915 + street for seven
days, beginning Wednesday of this
week. and continuing through the
following Wednesday, for the pur-
pose of completing the society's en-
dowment fund. If successful in at
tanning that goal, the society an
nounces, further appeals for financial
assistance will be unnecessary. and
the two welfare centers at Children's
Hospital will be supported by the
completed fund OF 100000, a con-
siderable portion of which is already
on hand.
According to the plans of the gen.
eral committee, under Mrs. Breck-
inridge Long, the rummage sale will
be one of the most elaborate and eX-
fensive operations of the kind ever
held in Washington. The women In
charge and those who will actually
conduct the many sales departments
are representative of the Capitals
most exclusive circles, and the wares
they will sell include everything from
simple bits of wearing apparel to
handsome pieces Of rare china and
porcelain, thus assuring all pur-
ae~asers of articles suited to their
Notables to be Guests.
A tea room will be operated in
conjunction with the rummage So
and a committee under Mrs. Arth.1
O'Brien has planned to make OF this
feature delightful rendezvous fol
weary shoppers each afternoon. "A
group of the members of Washing
toms younger social set will be in
charge of the tea room each day and
"a person Of national prominence will
he a guest of honor during each OF
he two-hour tea periods of the seven
days. Included IN those who have
already accepted the guest invitations
ARE Sinclair Lewis and Mary Roberts
Rinehart, novelists.
In the rummage sale stock will be
found books. wearing apparel, objects
uf art, edibles, dolls and, in fact,
everything that can be bought in a
large department or speciality store.
Prices, too, will appeal to every pros
fective purchaser, the committee
promises. The sale, which begins at
10 o'clock each morning, will continue
until $50 o'clock to accommodate the
office workers and those whose bust
ness might prevent them from visit
ing the sale earlier in the day.
The departments and the workers
mittees include the following:
Millinery, Mrs. John Allan Dough-
erty and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend;
cakes and candies, Mrs. Thomas F.
Sweeney; new dolls, Mrs. John 1hlder;
books. Mrs. A. Livingston Stavely and
Mrs. Victor Kaufman; children's de-
partment, Mrs. Elliott Goodwin;
novelties and jewelry, Mrs. Breckin-
ridge Long and Mrs. Marshall Lang
horne: flowers, Mrs. Charles S. Dewey
and Mrs. John Towne; gowns and
dresses, Mrs. Randall Hagner and
Mrs. Archibald Davis.
Will Head .Tearoom.
Miss Allison Roebling is chairman
at the seven young hostesses who will
be In charge of the tearoom during the
sale, and they and their respective
days of duty are: Mrs. Gerald AL
stair Wynn-Wynne, Wednesday; Mrs.
James Lee. Thursday; Mrs. George
NJ. Pulver, Friday, Mrs. Geoffrey H.
Thompson, Saturday; Miss Rosemary
Griffin, Monday; Mrs. Charles S.
Dewey, Tuesday, and Miss Frances
Mckee, the closing day. Each of
these young women will be chairman
OF O committee of the seasons debu-
tantes, who will assist in the tearoom.
Crisp waffies will be made in the
tearoom by Mrs. John Rodgers and
Miss Lydia Loring.
Tasty delicacies and staples will be
served also, and these have been do
mated by Washington's leading cater
ers. including the Willard Hotel
Wardman Park Hotel, Club st. Marks,
Madrillon Cafe, the Carleton and
RauScher's, while the room will be
decorated with flowers and ferns, the
contribution of Guide Brothers, florists.
While the sale will open with fully
stocked shelves, the committee wishes
TO prepare for rapid depletion of the
goods, and consequently it's members
are ready to receive any further do
nations Of articles which can be sold.
Contributors are asked to send theif
gifts to 1915 + street.-the old Fed
eral Bank Building-or to Keiths
Theater. which, tt rough its manager,
Roland Robbins, Is an authorized re-
ceiving station.
The room in which the sale will
be held will be fitted as a regular
store. as Julius Garflnckel has con-
tr1buted the use Of showcases and
garment racks. It was through Mr..
Garflnckel's efforts, too, that the +
street location was obtained.
Society Widely Known.
The Child Welfare Society, Of which
Mrs. Frank B. Noyes Is president, Is
widely known in Washington. The
work 1t carries on for the betterment
OF child welfare Is extensive and is