Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-28
Lives Up to Name
Lives Up to Nome
Anne H. Loving, ChiIdren's Friend
By Harriet French


Episcopal Home for Children.
when she appeared in the door
way Of their bedroom. The little
girls had been watching tele-
vision. do you want to see my
new petticoat?" asked the one
named Paula. Without waiting
for an answer she dashed to her
dresser and brought forth q gay
crinoline petticoat which her
mother has brought to her on the
last visit. That's my bed down
there with the fuzzy kitten
asleep on it" Patsy pointed out
to the visitor. MY little brother
can come here next year" Kathy
piped up happily. Hes only 4
now" Mrs. Loving had already
explained that children under 5
wears of age could not be takeno
The children went back to their
television as our visit through
the home was continued.
All of the rooms in the girls
building were bright and pretty
and looked like bedrooms In q
girls school. The bathrooms were
cleaning. Over each towel rack
was a child's name. The whole
house made one think Of the
rhyme. what are little girls
made Of, made OFF"
The boys building Is equally
attractive and is just right for
sturdy little boys. A group OF
them came home from q movie
and it was a JOY to see their
bright, happy faces as they
greeted Mrs. Loving. And such
good manners! Surely they all
had not always been like that.
It must be that the home attnos-
phere is just conducive to good
manners.
Each of the two dormitory
buildings accommodates Is chill
dren. At present there are "a
boys and % girls. Twenty-four
families are represented by IS
children. Thirty-two children are
8 years old. or younger.
Thfee Houses
The home, consisting Of three
colonial-type houses, is located
at 59O1 Utah avenue on nine
acres of land given by Mr.. Edwin
Gould of New York. The admin
istration building has a large
living room, which is about to be
redecorated under the supervision
Of Mrs. George Lipscomb of All
Souls Memorial Church. a main
dining room, shining kitchen and
pantries, gymnasium infirmary
and living quarters for Mrs. Low
ing and several staff members. On
the second floor is a little chapel,
with white pews. It is a small,
intimate room where a little
child may easily feel near to God.
Mrs. Loving says that only a
few children have lost both
mother and father since the cpl
.demic of yellow fever in 1902 and
the epidemic of flu in 1918. Most
Of the children at the home have
come from broken homes and are
staying there while a parent is
working 'to establish a home of
their own for them. The parents
or relatives pay according to
their ability. The little children
attend Lafayette Elementary
School and the older ones go to
Alice Deal Junior High or to
Wilson High School. On Sundays
they are taken, in a Beauvoir
School bus, to Sunday school at
All Saints. The Rector Of All
Saints goes to the home on
Wednesday evenings for a serv-
ice in the children's own chapel.
Well Qualified
Mrs. Loving is well qualified
for the position Of superintendent
of the home. She was a graduate
nurse and superintendent of the
operating room in Lynchburg.
Va. hospital prior to her mar
riage to Mr.. Ebert Brown Loving
Of Livingston, Nelson County, Va.
Three children were born to the
couple.
At the time of the death of
her husband, who was the gen.
eral agent for the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroad, their children
we're in high school and Mrs.
Loving decided to go to the Uni
versity Of Virginia for more
training. She went into social
work in Charlottesville in 1887.
During the depression, she
worked "in the alphabets," espe-
cially in Ado (Aid to Dependent
Children). She worked also in
Foster Home Care and Adoption
and in the courts Of Albemarle
County; in 1915, she was made
superintendent Of Public Welfare
Of Albemarle County, with head
quarters in Charlottesville, Va.
The board Of directors of the
Episcopal Home for Children
asked her to come to Washington
in 1949, but since she owned her
own home and was well estab-
lished in Charlottesville, she was
not interested in moving to
Washington. However. when the
bishop told her he hoped she
could see her way clear to coming
to the home, she came and saw
the need. She was granted FIVE
year leave Of absence from the
Virginia State Department of
Welfare when she accepted the
position Of superintendent Of the
home.
Mrs. Loving's maiden name
was Anne Harvey. Her home was
Holcombe Rock which Joins
the Boonesborough Club outside
OF Lynchburg. Va. Her children
are now married. Her son, Ell