The Washington times., 1928-11-27
Christmas Viii Be Christmas With
Children s Country Home Bali IN

Holidays Will Frolic at
the Gayest Of Holiday
Festivities
Christmas will be Christ
mas this year, after all For
the Children's @ ountry
Home Ball, an engaging fea-
ture Of holiday festivities
for 10, these many years,
viii be held on Christmas
night at the MayfloWer.
Probably, however this
will be the last time, for the
Children s Country Home is
to be. affiliated with the
Community Chest and here
after its appeal for funds
will be made through that
organization. But the Com
munity Chest will not begin
its disbursements until well
into 1929 and the Children 8
County Home ball comes IN
1928
Merry Party
when December Is was first
chosen is the date for this ball,
there was some thought that
&c might be = mistake. Christ
mas was SO essentially 8 day
FOR family celebrations. But It
turned out that most family
groups were about ready to dis
solve by the time evening rolled
round. And dancing proved
delightful aid to the digestion
of one,s Christmas dinner.
At the holiday season the
town is always full of boys and
girls home from school and
college and for years they have
been gathered in great NUM-
bers for this merriest of par
ties. Consequently it is always
one Of the prettiest balls Of the
year and, since the Children's
Country Home is the pet char
ity of many Of Washingtonss
snaartest matrons, one Of the
most brilliant.
Pet Charity
For long time Mrs joseph /
Letter was president OF the board N
and ran the ball. She has now 1
relinquished leadership to Mrs.
Alexander Legare. but she re-
tains her interest in an appeal
ing philanthropy and usually gives
big dinner before the bail.
Indeed, there are three genera
tions OF Mrs. Letters family work
ing for the childrens country
home, her mother, Mrs. John =.
Williams, and her younger datigh-
ter. Miss Nancy Letter, being her
able assistants in I'll she under.
takes.
Beside Mrs Legare. the present
GERS are Mrs. Joseph Hines. vice
PRESIDENT: Mrs. Archibald Davis
treasurer. and Mrs. Russell Train,
nef.retary. Mrs. Randall Hagner
viii have charge Of the sale Of
hoxes for the ball and Miss Anne
Carter Greene, daughter OF DIR.
and Mrs. Louis s. Greene, will
be chairman Of the debutante
committee.
outgrown
The Childrens Country Home.
founded in 1858, Is located N
Grant Road on property donated
by Charles G. Glover. Originally
It was open for only three months
of the year but the season has
been gradually expanding and the
organization has quite outgroWn
its present quarters. Plans are
now being made to sell and to
build new firepfoof quarters,
which can be maintained the year
round as a convalescent home for
for the Children's Hospital and
other hospitals where children are
treated are so overtaxed that 1t
is often impossible to keep the
children through the convalescent
period, and frequently much of
the good work done there Is
rapidly undone when the young
sters go home. through lack of
trained care and proper feeding.
Mrs. Coolidge is attending the
concert this afternoon of Roland
Hayes at Polls Theater.
Frank w. Stearns has Joined
Mrs. Stearns. who has been a
guest of the President and Mrs.
Coolidge at the White House for
some time.
Secretary's Guests
Judge and Mrs John c. Clark
and their daughter, Miss Jane
Clark, of New York, and Senator
and Mrs. James e. MacMurray,
OF Chicago. were guests. Of Roy.
{ o. West, Secretary of the In,
terror. over the last weekend.
Senator.e1ect and Mrs. Philip
Lee GoIdsborough, of Maryland,
are the guests in whose honor
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin p. Seiby
will entertain at dinner on De-
cember 8 at Wardman Park
Hotel.
Mrs. Henry r. Rea. Of Pitts.
burgh, will be at the Mayflower
until Saturday and then following
q very short stay in Palm Beach,
Fla. she will return to Washing.
ton and be here until the middle
e of December.
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Ramon Padilla. son of the
Spanish Ambassador and Nine.
PadiIla, was host to small com