Evening star., 1933-12-16
|G|FT FLOOD DRAWN
| BY TOY MAT|NEES'
Thousands Play Santa Claus
to Needy Children in Spite
of Weather.
Continued From First page.)

the carpet rose couple feet, then
sailed toward the door. Outside, 1t rose
with the smooth swiftness of an ex-
press elevator. High above Thirteenth
street, Santa snapped his fingers again,
ard the brownie lesned q few inches
to one side The carpet turned in that
direction and few along with a speed
SO great that the city below was blurry
and unrecognixable.
In almost no time at all, Santa and
the reporter were In the Ambassador
Theater. Conditions there were much
the same as they had been at the Earle
the same gOod-natured throngs of
men, women and children, the same
piles Of dolls, mechanical toys and
other gifts. And all the other theaters
presented just about the same picture.
In less time than 1t would take you to
walk around the block the tour of the
theaters was completed and the carpet
settled down again in the lobby of the
Earle. The brownie rolled it up. tucked
1t into his sack and disappeared.
See, what did tell you" Santa
exclaimed. expanding his chest until 1t
stuck out almost as far as his stomach
! Isn't 1t great?"
Santa was right. 1t was great to see
the happy faces Of the gift-bearers.
There wasn't frown in the lot-Only
smiles and laughter.
Gifts Too Many to Count.
Estimates of the number of gifts were
unobtainable, due to the speed with
which they came in. 'Its something
like an election" Santa pointed out.
"All you can do is to guess at the num-
Der of votes at first; then. little later
on. you can get fairly accurate esti-
mate; but 1t takes time for an exact
tabulation. especially while the voting
Is still in progress"
After all the excitement had sub
sided, trucks donated by the Security
Storage Co., 1140 Fifteenth street, will
carry the gifts to 1T09 L street, where
they will be turned over to the Christ
mas Planning Committee of the Coun~
ell OF Social Agencies. Members OF
the committee. under the direction of
Mrs. E, H. Griffith and Mrs. Frank T.
Parsons, will begin allotting the gifts
to the various organizations and indi-
viduals in need of them
First OF ALL" said Mrs. Griffith,
well have to count them. Then
we'll have to 60 over our request lists
and get everything arranged in good
order. After that the whole thing will
pe up TO santa.
Groups to Get Toys.
The bulk of the toys, according to
Miss Mary Edith Coulson, secretary of
the Family Welfare and Recreation
Committee of the council, will 60 to
the children of families on the rolls
OF the emergency relief division of the
Board OF Public Welfare Among other
organizations or institutions to which
allotments will be made are the fol-
lowing:
ST. Johns Orphanage, q for girls
and 10 for boys: German Orphan
Asylum. "a girls. % boys; Euclid Street
Children's Home Is girls. 27 boys;
Travellers Aid Society. 20 girls, "a
boys; Gallinger Hospital. 36 girls and
boys; Hillcrest, boys: Providence
Hospital day nursery, 38 girls. IS bows:
Providence Hospital children's ward.
II girls IL boys; Episcopal City Mis-
sions, Is girls. 40 boys Juvenile Pro-
tective Association, 81 girls. 70 boys;
American Legion welfare and relief
department, $50 girls and BOYS: Chill
dren's Hospital. 400 girls and boys;
District Training School. Laurel. Nd
46l girls and boys: Associated Chari-
ties, 43l girls, 439 boys: Northeast
Boys Club. $50 boys; Catholic Chari-
ties 81 girls. A boys; st. Johns
Church, IS girls. 80 boys; Columbia
Hospital for Women, 81 girls. 81 boys:
Juanita K. Nye Council House, IS
gris and boys. Numerous private
families also are on the lists.
List Of Theaters.
The toy matinees''-the third to be
presented by The Star and Warner
Bros.-were held at the followin: thea
tiers:
Ambassador, Eighteenth street and
Columbia road, Harold Lloyd in Movie
Crazy"
Apollo, 624 H street northeast
Wheeler and Woolsey in Hold EN-
JAIL
Avalon. 56l2 Connecticut avenue
Mit1 Green in Little Orphan Annie. I"
Avenue Grand. 645 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast, Little Orphan Annie"
Central, Ninth street between D and
streets. Laurel and Hardy in Pack
Up Your Troubles"
Colony. Georgia avenue and Farragut
street. Movie Crazy"
Earle, Thirteenth and E streets.
Jackie Cooper in Divorce in the
Family"
Home, 1880 c street northeast, Joe
E. Brown in Elmer the Great"
Metropolitan. Tenth and F streets,
Esther Ralston in BLACK Beauty"
Savoy. 5000 Fourteenth street, George
O'Brien in Golden West"
Tvoli. Fourteenth street and Park
road. Elmer the Great"
York. Georgia avenue and Quebec
place, Pack Up Your Troubles"