Evening star., 1934-12-02
CLEARING HOUSE
FOR TOYS TO OPEN
Gifts to Be Collected for The
Star.Warner Bros.
Matinee.

the Christmas Exchange OF the Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies, marks the ini-
tial step in the plans for the handling
and distribution of new gifts and arti-
cles of clothing for Washington's
needy children to be collected at
The Star-Warner Bros fourth an
nual Christmas matinees.
This shop, which occupies the en-
tire building which was recently the
Gait jewelry store, will be open at 10
am every day, beginning tomorrow,
until Christmas. 1t will also be a
clearing house for all toys and cloth
ing sent to The Star and to the Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies for Washing
tons poorer families this Christmas.
Miss Mary Edith Coulson, secretary
of the family welfare and recreation
division of the Council Of Social
Agencies. and directress Of the Christ
mas Exchange. urges that all VINO
have anything to contribute to the
children Of the poor this Christmas,
should please bring their offerings to
The Star Toy Shop, or communicate
with the council SO that some one
may be sent to the donors home to
call for whatever they may wish to
give.
Urges Early Registration.
The Council of Social Agencies, with
headquarters at ll0l M street. may
be reached by telephoning Metropoll-
tan 2284, or the Toy Shop. which will
be in charge of Mrs. Frank T. Par
sons and Mrs. Loren Johnson, may
be reached directly by calling Ster-
ling 1899.
Miss Coulson also urges that all who
wish to look after the needs OF par
ticular families, or who are interested
| in making the Christmas work more
/ effective, will please register their
names with the councils Christmas
Exchange as early as possible. The
purpose Of careful registration, she
points out, is to avoid unnecessary
duplication in cases where families
are being looked after by certain
groups or individuals, and to faclll-
tate the work of the council IN max
ing sure that as many needy persons
as possible may be reached.
Churches, schools, clubs and other
organizations, as well as individuals,
are appealed to to register.
In discussing the Christmas work
of the council Miss Coulson stressed
particularly the valuable aid which
has been rendered in past years and
which is again being offered by the
parent teacher associations and the
Boy and Girl Scouts organizations OF
| Washington.
! 10000 New Toys Distributed.
Last year 10000 new toys and
articles of clothing brought to The
/ Star-Warner Bros Christmas mat
! inees were distributed to needy chill
dren by the council with the aid OF a
! large force Of volunteer workers. 1t
IS felt that the need this year will
be far greater and many requests for
aid have already begun pouring in at
| the councils headquarters.
A letter received yesterday by the
Christmas Exchange from a needy
mother gratefully stated that her eight
children had been made happy last
Christmas through the splendid work
| of The Star-Warner Bros matinees
and the Council Of Social Agencies
and expressed the hope that her little
ones would not be forgotten this year.
| This is but one of great number
Of requests from unfortunate mothers
who are gravely concerned over what
little ray of happiness Christmas may
bring to their children.
But matching these pathetic appeals
are letters offering aid and promising
contributions.
Plan Christmas Matinee.
! Realizing that there are many gen.
erous persons among the more fortu-
nate in washington who wish to help,
The Star Warner Bros. have once
more made plans for the Christmas
matinees which have been so success
full in the past.
All who possibly can are urged to
attend and to bring with them new
gifts and toys, and those who cannot
be present themselves are asked to
send their contributions to any Of the
theaters listed.
| Programs, more elaborate and en-
tertaining than any before presented,
have been planned in the II theaters
where the matinees will be held on
| Saturday, December Is, and those who
attend will be we'll rewarded. The
sole price of admission will be new
tov or article of clothing.
Following is the full schedule OF
the Christmas matinees:
| Outstanding Pictures on List.
TIvOLI-Shirley Temple in Baby
Takes a Bow" Laurel and Hardy
comedy, Busy Bodies; The Night
Before Christmas and The Man on
the Flying Trapeze," a Popeye
comedy.
AMBASSADOR-Jackie Cooper and
Wallace Beery in Treasure Island" "
sThe Shanty Where Santa Claus
Lives" and Can You Take 1t" Pop
eye comedy.
| SAVOY-Joe E. Brown in 1.-The Cir
Gus Clown" Bedtime Worries" an
Our Gang comedy; Touchdown
Mickey" a Mickey Mouse comedy,
and Let's You and Him Fight" a
Popeye comedy.
COLONY-Shirley Temple in Lit
tie Miss Marker" wild Poses" an
Our Gang comedy. and The Night
Before Christmas" Silly Symphony.
! YORK-Joe E. Brown In "Son Of a
Sailor" Dirty Work." a Laurel and
Hardy comedy, and Touchdown
Mickey" a Mickey Mouse comedy.
AVENUE GRAND-Shirley Temple
in Little Miss Marker" Dirty
| Work" a Laurel and Hardy comedy,
and "Sockabye Baby" Popeye
comedy.
Shows Include Comedies.
APOLLO-Joe E. Brown in 1.-THE
Circus Clown" His Neighbor," an
Our Gang comedy, and "Mickey's
Good Deed" Mickey Mouse comedy.
| HOME-Bruce Cabot in 'Midship-
man Jack" His Neighbor," an Our
Gang comedy, and THE Three Little
Pigs"
| METROPOLITAN O'Brien