Evening star., 1927-12-18
BALL DECEMBER e
TO AID HOME FUND
CkilGren'S Home Managers
viii Hold Christmas Dance
to Further Work.

The annual Christmas ban Of the
hoard Of managers of the Children's
Country Home. which is operated for
the benefit Of conValescent children
recommended to its care by physicians
and charitable organizations of Wash
incton viii he held December @6. Tho
proceeds will he used to carry on the
work OF the home neXt Summer and
also TO create an endowment fund for
expenses.
The annual report Of Miss Laura ].
Scheihe superintendent. to Mrs. Alex
ander =. Legare. president Of the
board Of managers. made public yes
terday. explained that the proceeds Of
the ball determine largely the number
Of children who can be cared for. and
that special effort is being made this
wear To raise sufficient funds to
accommodate all applicants next sum
lner.
10S Received Care.
Mrs. Lcsare's report shows that los
children and 3 mothers were cared for
last Summer. less than one.half 70 the
applicants.
The 1925 session Of the home will
hoc June 10. Children to he admitted
viii he recommended from the Asso-
ciated Charities. Friendship House
Neighhorhood House, Instructive Visit.
ine Nurse Society. Providence Hos
pitaI Childrens Hospital the Board
of Children's Guardians and private
homes
Forty years ago the home was
opened in a little house which then
occupied the present site Of the Bu-
Teau of Standards" said the report.
This house was leased by the board
for three years, at the end Of which
time Mrs. Charles {. Glover donated
q piece Of property on Grant road and
the home was built by subscription.
Each summer the number of ap-
pllCantS is greater than the number
which can he admitted and cared for.
This past year 245 applied and less
than half could he taken in. Mothers
are admitted when il is believed the
children will thrive better under her
care. OF the three mothers admitted
last summer a 16-year-old mothar
gave har little 17-mOnth-old baby hot.
ter care and training than the other.
two.
Children Need Care.
ITO pick the children who most need
the country air. good food and proper
medical attention is great problem.
So many of the Districts poor chill
dren need Just such a place after
hard Winter with measles, diphtheria
and ear trouble that the present ac-
commOdatlonS are not at all adequate.
Children when they arrive are under
weight. but invariably. according to
the report, they return to the city in
the Fall gamers by several pounds.
The board of managers of the home
follows up all the cases during the
Winter. and in families where ~here
is need milk is supplied. Th Mmilk
fund, under the direction @Mrs
Ormsby McCammon. is this Erntar
taking care of l. children in families
whore il would otherwise haVeA been
impossible TO have kept the homes lit
Tie ward in proper physical condition.
Boys gain less rapidly at the home
than girls. Ten pounds was the aver
age for the girls and four for the bows.
or the l03 children admitted. % gained
IN weight. were taught proper care of
their bodies and domestic duties.
Secretary Wilbur treated the little
p9tients to two rides down the Poto-
mae IN his yacht, the SyIph. during
the Summer. Another friend of the
home sent the children a VictrDla for
rainy days, And still another came
out with modelling clay. and the chill
dren were taught to model. some of
them developing remarkable talent"
officers of the board of managers
are Mrs. Alexander 3. Legare, presi.
dent; Mrs. Joseph Hines, vice presi-
dent Mrs. Russell Train. secretary: