Evening star., 1932-12-08
TOYS ARE TICKETS
FOR Z THEATERS
Warner Bros Houses to Co.
operate in Helping to Cheer
Needy Children.

Twelve theater parties rolled into one
huge TOY matinee" with momentum
enough to sweep laughter and presents
and a merry Christmas into the lives
Of $4,000 destitute children.
That is. the goal of the 1882 toy
matinees, arranged by Warner Bros. in
cooperation with The Star-not for
gotten child in Washington on Christ
mas morning!
Every community has a Warner
neighborhood house, 10 in all. Coupled
with the big downtown theaters, the
Earle and Metropolitan, their shows
will be thrown open Saturday morn
ing, December IT, to a city-wide audi
ence.
Gifts Are Only Tickets.
Gifts, new gifts, Christmas reminders
Tor poor children-these will be the
only cost of admission. Toys or cloth
ing will be acceptable-anything In these
lines to convey personal message OF
good cheer.
The second annual toy matinees are
bigger, wider in scope than last years.
They will offer feature entertainment
bills, fraught with Christmas atmos-
phere.
Although fewer, last years matinees
rolled up a huge contribution to child
happiness-2,500 new toys, from the
counters and gay shops Of the city,
straight to the most deserving children
in the District.
Small and eager hands were lifted to
receive them, from sick beds and hos
pital cots. Childish faces already re-
signed to disappointment were bright
ened In hospitals, correctional institu-
tions and impoverished homes.
Distributed by Agency.
Every toy collected was new bright
and shining. 1t found just the child
who most wanted it, through the care
full distribution of the Council of Social
Agencies, always close to the needs of
the poor.
The council will make the distribu-
ton again this year, but it must cover
wider territory. For every deserving
family listed with the councils Christ
mas Bureau of 1881, there are three
this year.
Some 5000 homes, averaging three
children each, look to charity for their
Christmas cheer. There is little money
for the bright, frivolous things, the
Christmas gifts which are more to chill
dren than even the barest necessities
food and shelter.
Every Needy Child Listed.
Hundreds of other children are
charity patients in institutions or sepa-
rated from their poverty broken homes
to live with foster parents.
But every child is listed, all are
known to the charity agencies, which
can locate them on Christmas morning.
Given the gifts, the agencies will
convey them to the children who need
them most, but who would be forgotten
otherwise
Huge Santa Claus hampers will be
ready in each theater lobby, waiting to
receive glad outpouring.
The shops and stores offer gay as
sortments, convenient to every theater-
goer, but far beyond the reach Of the
destitute.
Buy Christmas gift for some poor
child, trade it In as the price of ad-
mission and see good Warner Bros.
show. Then sit back and enjoy the
picture, warmed by the knowledge that
YOU have made a vital contribution to
the Christmas celebration of the poorest
child in Washington.
Shows at the Earle and Metropolitan
open at $50. am, and 10 am. at the
following Warner Bros. neighborhood
houses: Ambassador, Apollo, Avalon,
Avenue Grand, Central, Colony, Home,
Savoy, Tivoi and York.