Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
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church choir will sing under the di-
rection of w. E. Braithwaite.
The Federation, in keeping with all
old custom, will give away more than
1000 stockings filled with candy. The
gifts will be divided among the inmates
of the School for Tubercular Children,
the School fer Crippled Children, the
Home for the Aged and Infirm at Blue
Plains, the District Jail, Casualty, Chill
dren's Columbia, Emergency, Garfield,
Gallinger, Freedmen'S, George Wash
ington, Homeopathic, Sibley and Tu-
berculosis Hospitals.
The candy was supplied by voluntary
gifts AS distribution begins tomorrow
morning under the direction of Mrs.
Elizabeth Whiteford Murray some $50
young people will gather in groups in
various localities and sing carols. In
addition, six Christmas trees will be
placed in the wards of Garfield and
Gallinger Hospitals.
Santa to Serve "Y" Men.
Santa Claus will serve a repast and
distribute gifts to large group of young
men during the Christmas breakfast for
dormitory residents of the Y. M. C. A.
tomorrow at 9 o'clock.
More than 100 dormitory men who
will be unable to spend the holidays
with their families will be special guests
of the association for the Yule festivi-
ties, to be held in the assembly hall of
the Central "Y" Building, 1885 G street.
There will be Christmas tree and
other decorations and a pile of gifts, to
be distributed by a real Santa Claus,
assisted by young women of ST. Pauls
English Lutheran Church.
Rev. Henry w. Snyder, pastor of st.
PauPS English. Lutheran Church, will
give short Christmas message to the
men. Leonard w. de Cast, general
secretary of the Y. M C. A., will preside.
Gerald Desmond, assisted by Albert
de Rosa, pianist, will lead the sroup in
singing carols.
The Christmas spirit will manifest it
self in many other ways at the Y. M.
c. A. The 'Y" Ladies' Club, composed
of wives of members of the association
staff, has arranged to distribute bas-
ketS of food to worthy families. Youth
ful mechanics and carpenters of the
boys department have constructed and
repaired great many toys that are b
be given to needy children by the Girl
Reserves of the Y. w. c. A.
An all-day New Year program is be-
ing arranged.
POrters to Sing.
Plans have been made to greet travel
ers with the singing of carols and a
brilliantly lighted Christmas tree to-
night at Union Station. The tree will
be decorated by the Travellers Aid So
ciety, aided by employees of the Wash
ington Terminal Co.
Starting at tbs o'clock. a program of
songs will be offered by the Girls Glec
Club of the Young Women's Christian
Association. directed by Miss Mary
Burnett and assisted by male voices
from the Epiphany Church Choir. AS
an added attraction, group of colored
porters will sing.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover will present the
first baskets of food to be given away
by the Salvation Army at Temple
Corps, sos E street. this afternoon. The
First Lady also will speak. A concert
will be given by the Marine Band
Earlier in the day Mrs. Hoover dis
tributed gifts at the annual children's
party of the Central Union Mission in
the Fox Theater.
1900 Children Given Gifts.
Gifts have been distributed to more
than 1900 children by the Christ Child
Society from the Admiral Robley Evans
Home Clothes as well as toys were
included. Among the 1,400 members
aiding in the work were: Miss Anna
Kaedv, Mrs. Frederick Altemus, Miss
Martina Pleace, Mrs. Robert Cahill,
Miss Mildred Clarke, Miss Ann Squire,
Mrs. L. A. Slaughter. Mrs. William F.
Sands, Miss Mildred Merrick, Mrs.
Miss Louise Sheridan Miss Irene Sheri-
dan, Miss Aloise Emery. Miss Mary
Frances Darr, Miss Louise Darr, Miss
Anna Connolly, Miss Eleanor Connolly
and Miss Eleanor Heaney.
Presents were given to $50 disabled
World War veterans at Mount Alto
Hospital last night by the Equality
Walter Reed Post and Auxiliary. No.
284, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Secre-
tarv Hurley attended.
Poor families in Takoma Park will
be given baskets Of food and clothing
tomorrow morning by the Halcyon and
Famous Fifty Clubs of the Washington
Missionary College. Miss Mavbelle
Vandermark is president of the Halcyon
Club and Russell Quackenbush is pres
ident of the Famous Fifty Club.
All World War veterans. who are
forced to spend Christmas in hospitals
here, are being provided with Christmas
packages by the District of Columbia
American Legion Auxiliary.
Visits are being made today to Walter
Reed and Naval Hospitals by represent
atives of the auxiliary units and addi-
tional visits we're made to Walter Reed
Yesterday and to Mount Alto Hospital
Monday.
Mrs. c. H. Knights, first vice presi-
dent of the Spengler Unit and chairs
man of the Walter Reed Hospital visit
ing group. is being assisted in the dis
tribution Of the gifts by Mrs. Jerome
Lightfoot. her auxiliary president: Miss
Lillian Regain, second vice president of
that auxiliary unit. and Mrs. Henry L.
Hurlburt, also of the Spengler Unit
The Nash unit of the auxiliary is rep
resented by its president. Mrs. Bertha
A. Werthner; Mrs. Rita Callahan, first
vice president; Mrs. Bob Ell Graves, the
second vice president, and Mrs. Francis
e. Thuney, chairman of the Welfare
Committee. Victory unit of the auxiliary
was represented by Mrs. S. P. Minis,
president, and the Colleen Post Auxiliary
by Mrs Leon Arnold
The colored veterans were supplied
with gifts by the James E. Walker Post,
American Legion, and the Walker Post
Auxiliary and the James Reese Europe
Post and Auxiliary.
The money with which the gifts were
purchased was made up from a fund of
81 900, donated partly by the National
American Legion Auxiliary and partly
by the American Legion posts and