Evening star., 1940-04-25

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Christ Child Society
Convention Closes
With Banquet Tonight
Those who work for charity ART
themselves benefited far more thar
the benef1ciaries of their charity
Archbishop Michael j. Curley o.
Baltimore and Washington las
night told more than 200 member.
OF the Christ Child Society of Wash.
ington and delegates to the seventh
National Christ Child Society Con.
vention at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
These words from Archbishop
Curley, judging by the applause
which greeted them, were the high
point Of his talk before a session
which closed the second day of the
society's three-day conclave.
Addressing the women Of the
Christ Child Society. he said: "Ther,
is not Catholic woman in this city
who does not have an obligation tt
do charitable work. When you give
yourself to works of charity you are
helped far more than the benefici.
aries of the charity"
Introduces East Indies Bishop.
During the course of his talk Arch
bishop Curley introduced to his
audience visiting prelate, the Most
Rev. H. M. Mekkelholt, D. D. S. c.
Bishop of oalembang, Sumatra
Netherlands East Indies. After the
introduction Archbishop Curley
mentioned that we've been hearing
a good deal about the Netherlands
East Indies lately and said. "I
think we were very properly warned
to mind our own business, too."
(Relative to protection" by any
other power)
Today delegates and national Of
ficers OF the society were scheduled
to visit the boys camp in Charles
County. The convention, which
started Tuesday, was scheduled to
close tonight with banquet at 7:3O
o'clock at the Mayfower Hotel.
Banquet speakers were to include
Mrs. William Kittle of the Minimum
Wage Board, Allen j. Nolan, presi-
dent OF the Washington Criminal
Justice Association, and the Rev.
John Lyons, O. p, of San Francisco.
Archbishop Curley's address fol-
lowed a series of reports on various
aspects Of the work done during the
year 1899 by Christ Child Societies.
After hearing Mrs. Arthur Mullen,
national vice president of the So
ciety, deliver greetings from Miss
Mary V. Merrick, national president
OF the society, delegates and men,
bers from 80 cities and 20 States
heard Miss Agnes Melady describe
the work done by the Christ Child
Houses in st. Paul, Mimi; Omaha.
Nebr.; Detroit, Mich, and Wash
ington.
These four settlement houses
served $500 children during 1899 and
showed an attendance of 3S7 900, she
said.
Health Work Reported.
Miss Jeannette Sterritz told them
OF the work in religious instruction
being carried on in the settlements,
using for an example the Omaha
Christ Child House. Mrs. Arthur
McConville, vice chairman of the
Christ Child Convalescent Farm near
Rockville. Md, recounted how l41
convalescent children had been ad-
mitted to the farm from every hos
pital and clinic in Washington" and
that 1858 days care had been given
them. She described also how BAL
individual patients had visited the
dental clinic operated by the society
in Washington. making a total of
2,076 clinic visits. She said the farm
needed next an extension for the
care of heart cases..
James Riley, former assistant
corporation counsel for the District
and now an attorney with the Civil
Aeronautics Authority, told members
and delegates of the boys camp
operated by the society in Charles
County. Md, and the effect of it's
work on juvenile delinquency and
immortality. 1t is camps such as this
which save child for God and save
America for the children ne said.
Mrs. Mary Cooke of Chicago re-
ported that approximately 10000
layettes had been provided by the
society in the past year, while Mrs.
Frederick E. Altemus, president of
the Christ Child Society of WASH
ington, told how $50 girls had been
given camp vacations last summer.
Miss Claudia Quandsr of the Junior
Guild of the Colored Auxiliary of
the washington society told how
camp vacations had been provided
for go colored girls and 20 colored
boys last summer at a colored camp
near La Plata, Md.