Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
SANTA WILL VISIT
FOUNDING HOME
Kind Hearted Washington
mans Respond Generously
to Star Appeal.

That the spirit of Christmas and the
love of little children is as. strong to-
day as 1t has ever been, despite the
contention that commercialism and
worldliness have smothered the real
meaning of the birthday of Christ, has
been proven with emphasis by the gen.
erous response of WashingtonianS to
the story which appeared in The Star
last week about the probability of empty
stockings which awaited the little chill
dren at the Washington Home for
Foundlings, on Forty-second street.
Due to the fact that the new home,
with furnishings and equipment, in ad-
dition to clothes and food, had created
an unusually heavy drain upon the in
stitution's finances, little had been left
to induce Santa Claus to make his visit
down the homes chimney on Christmas
eve. A story to this effect was met with
immediate inquiries from literally hun
oredS OF kind-hearted persons.
Response Is Immediate.
Within an hour after The Star had
come from the press last Friday, tele-
phone calls and personal visits were re-
ceived by Miss Elizabeth Thomas, super
| intendent of the home.
us the story true? Are there no
toys for the children? What can we
send you?"
The questions, with rapid-fire eager
ness from kind-hearted men and wom-
en-, anxious to help and give happiness
to the little children whose confidence
in Santa must not be betrayed.
From Friday afternoon until Mon
day morning, from all stations of life
many in limOusineS, others walking
some richly clad in costly fur coats
others, in shabby, worn garments, mute
| evidences uh fIna rxff e.
| meant sacraf1ce to the giver-came
the men and women whose hearts had
been touched by the thought of the
motherlesS and fatherleSS little ones
in the Children's Home.
Virginia Will Get Doll.
Auburn-ha Virginia is assured of
a curly-haired doll, with hair as wildly
colorful as her own pretty locks.
Little Edward of the solemn face will
have books to satisfy the cravings of
the greediest bibliophile Boxes of story
books and picture books lend assurance
to the fact that the library shelves for
the little children of the home will be
well filled from this Christmas on.
And not only will certain little ladies
have pocketbooks in which to carry
their pennies to Sunday school, but
tiny "hankies" will also be found in
many of the miniature handbags, placed
there by understanding persons, APP
preciative of the yearnings Of the eter-
nal feminine.
Givers Are Happy.
Happy, indeed, should be the hearts
Of all those kindly persons, whose gener-
osity has made possible long line of
well filled stockings before the stone
chimney of the Children's Home on
Christmas morning. For not only will
they have given happiness to the SO
or more little boys and girls given shell
ter by the home, but to numerous little
brothers and sisters of the inmates of
the home, living with widowed mothers
or with lonely daddies in homes sad
dened by the absence of mother" To
these little ones, outside the home, Miss
Thomas has been happy to send numer-
GUS toys from the generous supply sent
TO the members of her flock.