Evening star., 1946-03-10

woman, who was responsible for
setting up this city's Thrift Shop
which successfully raises money for
six participating charities in the
Nations Capital, already is planning
its famous, annual bundle of enter
tainment tea. 1t will be held at the
Sulgrave Club April "a.
Mrs. Truman. following the Gus
tom of other First Ladies, has set
aside this date on her own crowded
calendar to attend, and, by her
presence, sponsor the worthy cause
the occasion serves.
Following an 18-year practice,
admission for all comers will be
based on the presentation of q
white elephant" bundle subsequent
ly to be sold at a specially an
nounced sale at the Thrift Shop now
in new quarters at 809 Ninth street
NV.
Turning Trash Into Cash.
The worthwhile, humanitarian ef-
forts of the D. C.s Child Welfare
Clinic, Children's Hospital, st.
Johns Orphanage, Prenatal Clinic
at Columbia Hospital, Children's
Country Home and the Junior
League are furthered by the Thrift
Shops policy Of turning trash into
cash for sweet charity's sake. So
successful has this been that the
last melon which was cut divided a
net three months gross of $4,000
between these six fortunate group
participants.
I'VE constitute one of Washing
tons feminine monuments to the
efficiency and effectiveness of vol
unteer service, for the selling end of
Thrift Shop does not employ a
single paid helper except its cashier, +"
Mrs. Dougherty says proudly. THE
lady members of our participating
boards sort all the myriad articles,
price them and sell them. Their un-
tagging and dependable devotion to
duty is as characteristic with cab
met wives as it is with those upon
whom this city levies no official
duties"
During all of the years the Thrift
Shop has been functioning, she is
confident that there has yet to be
anything turned. over to it for which
some profitable use has not been
found. 1t also takes old silver and
glassware for sale on 20 per cent
commission basis
Spring Cleaning Offer.
If you have been of a saving turn
of mind during the war years and
before, Mrs. Dougherty begs you to
let the Thrift Shop help you spring
clean your attic, basement, cup
boards or bureau drawers by sending
its wagon to collect unneeded, un-
used and cast-off articles. Tele-
phone Metropolitan 1925 and it will
respond promptly to your call.
Mrs. Doughertys vision and initi-
ative are responsible for the Wash
ington Thrift Shop. When the
Child Welfare Society, in which she
long has been actively interested,
needed $4,000 to finance the in
auguration of the Schick test for
diptheria in its Welfare Clinic, Mrs.
Daugherty went to New York City,
worked in its three Thrift Shops for
a month learning how to price
wares, ascertaining the clientele
likely to patronize such enterprises
and obtaining accurate figures as to
the expense of setting up and main
tanning one. Then she came back
and offered to set up a Washington
Thrift Shop.
She attributes its success to the
generosity of the public, the con-
tinuing loyalty of its board members
and the very real need which it
fills. Mrs. Claude A. Swanson,
widow of the former Secretary OF
the Navy, and Mrs. Robert Fleming,
mother of the president of the Riggs
National Bank, were on its first
board representing the participating
member agencies, and still continue
active service at the Thrift Shop
one day week.
Famed for Grace and Charm.
The widow of Capt. John Allan
Dougherty, U. S. N, who died while
serving as American naval attache
in China, Mrs. Dougherty is as
famed for her social grace and
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