Evening star., 1939-12-17
Settlement Parties
To Bring Christmas
Joy 10 Thousands
Play and Carols Stort
Round Of Holiday
Events at Barney

A continuous round Of festivities
during the next two weeks at Com
munity Chest settlement houses
and boys clubs will bring the joys
Of Christmas to thousands of WASH
ington children.
The round of pleasures actually
started Thursday night at Barney
Neighborhood House, 470 N street
S.W., with childs. Christmas play
and carols. Again, tomorrow, about
100 children from to 10 years of
age will gather around the Neigh
borhood Houses tree at pm. for
special Christmas story hour. And,
Of course, there will be gift for
each of them.
Daily festival events will vie with
the gift-making business at Barney,
with a party for the smaller chill
dren Tuesday and for the older
children the next day. The kin
dergarten set" will entertain Cole
man Jennings, Chest president, at
the upstairs" party Thursday, dis
playing for his benefit the secret"
gifts they are now preparing for
their parents.
1T is a thrilling thing to see Il
small child's eyes shine with pride
and satifaction in the generous ges-
ture of sharing with others" said
Mr.. Jennings. II wish all Chest
contributors could share the ex-
perience with me. 1t would more
than repay them for the gifts
through the Chest which make it
possible for so many little ones to
spend many of their waking hours
safe and happy under the wing of
our neighborly settlement houses" "
Neighborhood House Tree.
Friday the board members of
Neighborhood House are planning
tree and party for nursery chill
dren. Baskets containing Christ
mas treats for many families will
be delivered Saturday and on
Christmas eve sorority party will
be given the older girls by Alpha
Chapter of Beta Chi.
Gift-making by Washington Boys
Club members is going on at full
tilt. All sorts of things to make
children and grownups happy are
being turned out. There will be a
celebration Friday at each of the
four boys clubs, with the young
sters taking part in the entertain
ment. The boys also have accepted
the responsibility of decorating the
entrance lobbies and auditoriums.
Festivities at Christ Child Settle
ment started with sewing school
reunion" last Wednesday. A moth
ers' club party will be the feature
tomorrow, followed by carol practice
by the children on Tuesday ard
Wednesday for their appearance
later on the Library of Congress
program. At $50 pm. Thursday
the children will sally forth with
lighted candles and lanterns to sing
under neighborhood windows. Then,
Saturday at 7 pm, the youngsters
will take part in an outdoor ma
tivity pageant.
Friendship House Sc. 4lement at
6l9 d street Sc. is in noliday at
tire. Yesterday the boys and girls
went into the country gather trees
and greens to decorate their house"
A nativity pageant will officially
open the festivities today at S pm.
The public is invited. The author
Is Edward Trip, 19-year-old N.
Y. A. student.
Girl Reserves Party.
Adults will gather at Friendship
House for a play and squarehouse
tomorrow at 8 pm. The next aft
ernoon the Girl Reserves will have
q party to display the dolls they
have dressed for sick children in
hospitals. The intermediate" boys
will have a separate party at pm.
The Glee Club will participate in
the Library of Congress carol sing
ing Wednesday at 4:3O pm. The
same evening the nursery children
will have a supper with their par
ents, followed by a regular party
Thursday at 1890 a m. the day home
nursery group will gather around q
tree to receive gifts. Friday morn
ing the 2 to 4 year olds will take
part in play using clay models
they have made.
Christmas baskets will be distrib-
uted from Friendship House to fam
lilies Saturday evening by the older
boys and girls clubs and the foot
ball team also will have its party
the same evening. Christmas eve
will find the Friendship children
caroling at Providence and Walter
Reed Hospitals. The house will be
open all day Christmas.
Georgetown Children's House, at
1924 N street NV, began its pro-
gram yesterday with bazaar spon.
sored by mothers of the nursery
school. There was also entertain
ment. Old English Christmas rev.
elry will prevail when the 6 to IA
year-old children light yule log
Friday at $3.50 pm. Some will be
dressed in old English costumes and
the play of "St. George and the
Dragon" will be presented.
At Southwest House, sol Second
street S.W., and Southeast House
324 Virginia avenue Sc, there will