Evening star., 1937-03-16

TT BEGINS to look as though the
stork got mixed up with the
Irish Hospital Sweepstakes draw
in Dublin today, two young ladies
who only recently made their bow on
the Capital scene sharing with II
other local ticket holders in the award
of $500 consolation prizes.
Another winning ticket was held
in the name of 7-year-old miss, one
by a repeat" sweepstakes winner and
still another in the name of Three
Legs" which, it develops, is a fox
terrier whose master is unemployed.
AS the Mansion House drum spun
today for the last time before the
Grand National is run, at Aintree
Friday, with the sweeps millions de-
pending on the outcome, Helen Hudg-
ins, who will be 6 months old come
day after tomorrow, and Barbara Ann
Steiner, November arrival, drew the
smiles of Lady Luck Consequently,
the Hudgins and Steiner parents were
pretty well pleased, for it takes quite
a few dollars to start a family off as
going concern.
Miss Hudgins, whose father, Ward
Hudgins, is on the staff of Senator
McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee,
won on a ticket made out to Baby
Helen" and shares her prize with Miss
Janice Tuchfeld, also of McKellar's
staff. Mrs. Hudgins is employed at the
Federal Alcohol Control Administra-
ton. They live at l42 Carroll street
southeast
Identified as Pumpkin"
Miss Steiner, who was identified only
as Pumpkin" in the announcement of
winners, is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Paul F. Steiner of 2137 Thirtieth
street northeast. Steiner is employed
at the Farm Credit Administration.
The 7year-old is Peggy Jean Han
ley of 1412 A street southeast, pupil
of Holy Comforter School and daugh-
ter of I. G. Hanley, Interior Depart
ment pritner, and Mrs. Hanley.
The repeater is j. T. Helfer, who
says he won on another sweeps, but
doesn't care to talk about it. He made
the mistake on that occasion, Heller
explains, of saying he proposed to
give away the money, and it seems
that he had several callers. He played
again, he says, to prove to friends that
lightning does strike twice in the
same place"
Three Legs"-who was born with
just that many-is the property OF
H. w. Pickles, steamfitter, of I'll
Longfellow street.
The other $500 winners were Mrs
Carrie Huddleston, 56 v street; Mrs
Beulah Thomas, 1924 Tenth street;
F. F. Schondau, 1928 Spring place;
Lawrence H. Freedman, 3720 Ninth
street, and B. w. Scala of 9l4 Mary
land avenue northeast, who also
shared a ticket with a friend. The
identity of one of the winners was
concealed as Some Dyna," 210l Con-
necticut avenue.
News Reaches Office.
There was at least $500 worth of ex-
citement wherever the prizes landed.
Word of the Hudgins windfal
reached Senator McKellar's office
early, and wiling friends Immediately
got in touch with everybody concerned.
1t was practically no trouble at all
to get the pride and joy of the Hudgins
household to pose, but she didn't have
much to say.
The Steiners always knew that
Pumpkin was lucky, and perhaps were
a bit surprised that she didn't win one
Of the big prizes. Steiner has been
home i'll for several days, but agreed
that $500 was a pretty fair sort Of
tonic.
Pickles, as spokesman for Three
Legs, said he didn't know which was
the rarer, three-legged dog or a
sweeps winner, "but when you've got
both, that Is something"
Both of the women Whining are en-.