Evening star., 1940-12-21
Yu|e Hopes Voiced
To World by Children
OF 3 Nations
Cheer Shines Through
Messages Broadcast to
U. S. and Far Lands

The half gladness, half sadness
that is Christmas, 1910. reached yes
terday to the Hall of Nations ball.
room of the Washington Hotel,
where children of 33 nations ex-
tended holiday messages of good
cheer and future hope of peace to
the children of the United States
and their native lands.
Let us join in a prayer that next
year God will give us all Christmas
of peace and freedom and happi
ness, shyly said 9-year-old Mar
jorie Bertha Morgenstierne. daugh-
ter of the Minister of Norway.
Her words and those of the other
children were broadcast throughout
the United States in the 9th annual
International Children's Christmas
Party, sponsored by the National
Broadcasting Co. and the Greater
National Committee of the Wash
ington Board of Trade.
Rebroadcasts Arranged.
Today and tomorrow the tiny little
voices will be rebroadcast around the
world to countries at war and to
countries still blessed with peace.
Said Charles Cervenka, 12-year-
old son of DR. Carol Cervenka, first
secretary of the CZecho-Slovakian
Legation: Our children at home
cannot rejoice. but they do not de-
spair They are confident that
Christmas eve will come soon again
"a glorious. happy Christmas in
free and liberated Czecho-Slovakia." !"
Before a large audience that in
cluded her parents, Supreme Court
Justice and Mrs Hugo L. Black,
Josephine Black, 7. opened the pro-
gram. Dressed in a blue velvet
frock with a. corsage of small pink
roses, she stepped to the microphone
and said:
II wish to extend greetings to the
children of the world from the boys
and girls Of the United States" She
was to have sung Jingle Bells" but
bowed away, too shy to perform
further.
Applause for English Girl.
The message of Elizabeth Pirie,
IL, daughter of Air Commodore G.
c. Pirie, Air Attache at the British
Embassy, brought loud applause
from the audience that included
Richard G. Casey, Minister from
AuStralia. ITO my fellow country
men in Great Britain, I want to
say we are all thinking of you and
wish you the happiest Christmas
that these times can bring" she
said.
Elizabeth was followed on the air
by Giovannella Infante, 11-year -old
daughter of Brig. Gen. Adolfo In
fante, Military Attache at the ItaI-
ian Embassy. She recited Christ
mas poem in her native tongue.
Next to extend greetings was IL
year-old Maria Ester Kuo, daugh-
ter of Col. Teh-chuan Kuo, Mill
tary Attache of the Chinese En-
bassy, who concluded her message
with, Il want to express our graft
euaS w AllC1lCd, dllO llOpc Jul
American friends won't forget their
little friends in China" She was
dressed in a native costume
Many Others in Costume.
Youngsters, many in their native
costumes, from Guatemala, Yugo-
Slavia, Haiti, Nicaragua, Egypt,
Switzerland, Australia, !Thailand,
Chile, Peru. Sweden, the Neither
lands, Venezuela, Colombia, France,
the Dominican Republic, Bolivia,
Iran. Spain, Finland, Argentina,
Mexico, Canada, Belgium and the
Union of South Africa also sent
messages to their homelands.
Greetings of children represent
ing Brazil, Costa Rica and Luxem-
bourg, who were absent at the last
minute, were read by the announcer
and master of ceremonies, Byron
Rash.
Children of Japan and Germany
also were absent from the party,
which adjourned to another room
Of the hotel for cake and ice cream.
The United States Marine Band,
under direction of Capt. William
F. Santelman, played Christmas
music.