Evening star., 1938-12-25
CHARLES DICKENS,
Whose "A Christmas Carol"
has been read for many years.

that they lost their appetites and
could eat but little"
The members of the committee
of this district who waited on the
tables included the following girls:
Ella Ramsdell, Louise Shaw, Hat
tie Blaine, Maud E. Moves, Agnes
Beach, Maud Noble, Hattie James.
Mathilde O'Toole, Jennie Reese,
Eleanor Sicard, Mary Sherman. Su-
sic Walker, Carrie Gibbs, Mabel
Hemenway, Nellie Stinemetz, Byr-
nina Clarke. Lucretia Stockbridge.
Lizzie King, jamie Gibson. Mary
King, Susie Dawson. Ethel Hall,
Ruth M. Sites, Bessie Copenhaver,
Marie Smith, Mary Howe, Rena
Smith, Bessie Casey, Edith Car
ruth, Helen Monroe, Josie Perry,
Nan Hudson, Edith Horne and
Blanche Wales.
The boys who assisted we're:
Neil Sacket, George Greene, Nor
ton Ramsdell Charlie McKenney,, ),
Edward Whitemore. Brook Baker,
Richard Johnson, Seymore Carter,
Fred. Riggles. James Cheeseman,
j. King, W. H. Tappan. Lester Da-
Wis, Willie Kind. Arthur Merritt,
Jessie Lee. Charles Timms, Louis
Clephane. William Hodge, R. D.
Weaver George Howard, Horace
Wylie. Walter Willard, Thomas C.
Noyes, L. C. Gannell, Charlie Stone.
Frank Reeves. Charles Gray. Charles
Ruggles and Charles Sawtelle.
The Reception Committee in the
hall upstairs was composed of the
following: Frank Sacket. Rowen
! Stevens. Thomas c. Noyes, M. R.
Waite, C. C. McMichael and Lloyd
Chandler.
The Christmas Tree Committee
included Claytie McMichael, Emory
McMichael. Willie O'Neil, John
Hams, Frank Sacket, NJ. R. Waite,
Marie Howard, Edith Card, Mamie
Green, Nellie Arthur. Sadie Wal
ZACH and Alice Totten.
This district also afforded mixed
glee club who rendered selections
as part of the entertainment. The
officers of this chorus were Ellen H.
Arthur, president; Edith Card. Sec
retary: Julia Edie, treasurer; Mamie
Greene. secretary; Clayton Nc
Michael, Nellie O'Neil and Lloyd
Changler, vice presidents. The mem
bers of the chorus were Fanny
Walker. Alice James, Mamie Greene.
Maud Ashford, Nellie Arthur, Sadie
Wallach, Alice Totten. Louise Hoff.
Edith James, May OReilly, Jeanie-
OReilly, Marie Howard, Fannie
Hays, Harriet Hallowell and R. Nc
Allister.
Perhaps-in some respects at least
President Arthur was one of our
most democratic Presidents. for he
mingled considerably with the pub
lie, and in view of the fact that he
followed in Office the lamented Gar
field, wo died by the hand of an
assassin. this might be looked upon
as unusual And so, not only was
his daughter actively interested in
this first Christmas Club, but he
came also to take in the sights, be-
ing accompanied by Chief Justice
Waite of the United States Supreme
Court and Commissioner j. R. West.
Upon this occasion, when he ap-
peared, the children greeted him
with storm of APPLAUSE, and it
seemed to please him very much.
He even took seat and remained
an interested spectator for some
time. Miss Arthur, his daughter,
who wore white lace sash, as presi-
dent of the club, entered with zest
into all the arrangements for enter
tanning the children. She sang in
the chorus and helped distribute the
presents to the guests. Her unaf-
fected manners and interest in all
that was being DONE" to quote the
press, illustrated the spirit which
animated the entire club
In South Washington, where were
the headquarters of the third dis
trict, an unusual complication arose.
Here the Christmas Club got of to
a bad start, but through strenuous
and heroic efforts of the adult men,
bers of the community, everything
worked out successfully in the end.
However, it was not found advisable
to hold the dinner in the manner fol-
lowed by the other clubs, because,
as The Star puts it:
Many of the children sought to
be benefited were sick, and would
be unable to attend a dinner party.
Another was that though the par
ents of many of the children arel
poor, yet they would not like to have
their children classed among the
poor and needy in public way; but
the main objection was the fact that
there are many Catholic families
among the worthy poor of South
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