The Washington times., 1935-12-21
v. F. w. Ladies'
TOGiVe Xmas
Stockings
By MARY PADGETT

Judge Robert E. Mattingly will
play Santa Claus Monday after
noon at Mt. Alto Hospital, where
the hospital committee of the
Ladies Department No. /. Vet
eranS of Foreign Wars of the
District of Columbia. will diStrib-
ute Christmas stockings"
Everything that goes to make
up a real Christmas stocking" 1"
including cigarettes and gifts,
will be given to everyone.
Mrs. Clay Keene Miller, the
ladies department president, and
Edwin Inman, department COM
mander, and the hospital COM
mittee will assist Santa Claus"
The auxiliary committee men,
bers, representing eight auXili-
aries participating, headed by
the ladies department hospital
chairman, Mrs. A la j e M.
Grant, are as follows:
Dorothy Detrow. National Cap
ital, No. 1877; Ruth Brenner
Equality-Walter Reed, No. 284;
Dorothy Lowman. Federal No.
824; Florence Morris, Potomac
No. 1885; Edna McClutchin,
Front Line, No. 140l; Roberta
Fawcett. Follow Me No. 1880;
Ruth Van Allen, U. S. Treasury
No. 24O0; Rose Riley, Police and
Fire No. 2979.
Ninety children took part in
a Christmas entertainment held
at 10 o'clock o'clock today by
the Sewing School Club Of Christ
Child Settlement House, 500
Massachusetts, Ave. N. E.. under
the direction of Mrs. Sarah Pep
per, chairman.
The program consisted Of a
pageant, The Birth of Christ, l"
presented by the Dramatic Club,
under the direction Of Miss
Marion Abrams, and the singing
of carols by the Glee Club, under
the direction of Miss Jessie Olln.
At 5:45 p. m. the Carols will be
sung again and the pageant given
in the home of Miss Mary V.
Merrick, founder and president OF
the Christ Child Society.
Those who assisted Mrs. Pepper
in arranging the party are Mrs.
George Worthington. Mrs. Mary
Mccarthy, Mrs. Frederic Martin
Mrs. Howard Boys, Mrs. Louis
Peak, Mrs. Virginia O'Hare and
Miss Rose Mary Walsh.
A children's Christmas party
will be given at the Women'S City
Club, 736 Jackson Pl. N. w" to-
morrow afternoon. The program
will consist of carols by the chill
dren's chorus of Friendship House,
with Miss Jessie Olin directing;
stories of Christmas told by Miss
Mary DaShiell, and Yuletide solos
sung by Miss Harriette N. Alex
ander.
Miss Nell v. Price will be host
ess.
Mrs. H. E. Rogers. Mrs. Gladys
Ball Middlemiss and Mrs. Frank
]. Mann have been appointed as
the nominating committee for the
election of officers of the Board
of Woman's Clinic, Inc, which
will take place at the meeting on
January 13. &c.,,
A drive for associate members
will begin in the near future.
The object of the Woman's
Clinic is to maintain a dispensary
where women. and children under
five years of age, may receive
medical aid from women phySi-
clans.
The clinic is under the manage
ment of a board of directors,
which meets every month at the
Georgia Avenue clinic. Many we'll
known women are listed in its
membership including Mrs. Frank
A. Birgfeld, president; Mrs. Edgar
T. Brown, Mrs. Corbin Thomp-
son, Mrs. Alexander Columbus,
Mrs. Martin Hysong, Mrs. Chares
H. Curl, Mrs. George Eastment,
Mrs. Frank Golden, Mrs. John H.
Harwood, Mrs. Grattan E. Kerans,
Mrs. Calvin Lucas, Mrs. Maurice
Rosenberg, Mrs. George Sager,
Mrs. Otto Hammerlund, Mrs. Don
A. Sanford, Mrs. Frank M. Short
all, Mrs. Fred Trott, Mrs. Ruth
H. Snodgrass, and many others.
The T Street clinic, for colored
women, is now functioning under
the direction of DR.. Gladys Kahn.
1t is open on Mondays and Thurs
days from l until 2::30 o'clock.
. DR.. Lauretta E. Kress is in
charge of the clinic at 4704
Georgia Ave. N. w., for white per-
sons. AS many as 125 patients a
month are treated. The clinic is
open Tuesdays and Fridays from
1890 a. m. to IL o'clock.