Evening star., 1937-10-05
MAG|C|ANS PLAN
TO BOOST
LUNCH FUND DRIVE
School, Board to Be Asked
for Help in Promoting
Benefit Affairs. f.
$25, 900 MAY BE RAISED
FROM PERFORMANCES
First Of Vanishing" Tea Parties,
Designed to Swell Money Chest,
to Be Tomorrow.

The instructive love of children for
wizardry and witchcraft may be the
source Of free hot luncheons for the
thousands of underfed children in the
District schools.
In the belief that from $4,000 to
$25,000 can be made for the lunch
fund through week of benefit magic
shows in a white and colored theater,
Charles w. Townsley, vice president
Of Washington Assembly, No. %, So
ciety of American Magicians, has
asked the Board of Education 10 con.
slider at its meeting tomorrow his plan
for getting tickets to those school
children able to pay 10 aid their less
fortunate schoolrlates.
If only 10000 Of the 10000 mora
or less financially able buy tickets,
there will be $4,000 added to the hot
lunch fund.-" Townsley declared. Tho
children would attend matinee per-
formances.
Shows Appeal to Adults.
Magic shows, he added, have always
appealed to a large section of adults
as we'll and they would be approached
for evening performances at slightly
higher prices.
I'VE may we'll turn in s25.000 from
these shows, or one-fourth of the en-
tire necessary fund.-" he said. Such
are the powers of magicl"
Townsley's plan which the board
will be asked to approve involves the
placing of posters in every school
room, the distribution of tickets by
teachers and the afternoon OF for
children to attend.
The latter proposal. he felt, would
cause the children to use real sales
pressure" on the parents. Under his
plan a certain proportion would DO
let of each day of the week of matt
nee performances.
Tea Party Tomorrow.
In the meantime, the first Of the
series of vanishing" tea parties will
be held at the Mayfower tomorrow at
pm. under direction Of Mrs. Lola
Gingrich.
Mrs. Gingrich will invite etfA
other women to the tea, each of th@n
paying so cents and promising to
hold a tea of their own within the
week to which they will invite seven
other women at so cents.
The procedure goes on for eight
weeks, the final host having only one
guest
At meeting in the Fund Commit
tee headquarters in the Maynower
| Hotel yesterday Mrs. John Boyle, IT,,
Chairman. announced the committee
has obtained the food concession at
the Inter-American Horse Show at
Meadowbrook October 81 through "a
She added the committee has writ.
ten heads Of the Police and Fire De-
partments that $50 will be awarded
the fireman and policeman selling
t.. most tickets for the benefit box
ing matches at Grifith Stadium Oc-
tober 18. There also will be four
prizes of SIS each fc- the two police
men and two firemen selling the sec
ond largest number Of tickets in their
department.
The Boxing Committee announced
the addition of Nathan Sinrod, certi-
fled public accountant, to its member
ship. Sinrod will act as controller Of
the fight receipts. handling the ac-
counting and making formal report
to the Emergency Committee after
the event.
To Ask Churches to Help.
Local churches. Mrs. Boyle said. will
be asked to set aside this Sunday to ex-
plain the situation and tax, up spe-
cial collection on another Sunday.
The Civic Business Committee,
headed by Arthur Clarendon Smith,
will meet Friday to discuss plans for
the members of the mems business
and civic organizations to take child
to lunch once q week for a month.
The committee is also going to suz.
gest that families throughout the city
make room in their budgets for an
other person and then give the money
to the lunch fund.
Some members OF the committee
also planned today to attend q lunch
con at Opportunity House at 1880
pm. to discuss the situation. ,