Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1922, Page 4

[ ] CHRIST CHILD SEAL - SALETOAID SANTA » Will Give Poor Youngsters Christmas Gifts as Well " as Daily Needs. The continued wholesome environ- ment, recreation, useful instruction and happiness of more than 250 Wash- ington children, which has been ex- teuded for the past thirty years by the Christ Child Soclety of Washing- ton, depends on the sale of Christmas seals during the week beginniug De- cember 8. The Christ Child Boclety is offering the seals in lleu of its‘am- wual tag day on this date, as thé District government has ruled agalnst sueh forms of public contribution. The seals, bearing a picture of the Christ Child and holiday greetings, will be placed on sale at all all the- aters, banks department stores and other places. They also can be pur- chased at headquarters of the organ- ization, 324 Indiana avenue northwest. taught to cut and fold paper and make picture pussles, while their sisters learn more practical lessons down stairs. “The pantry of Admiral vase old home has been painted to a anowy white- ness and made into an up-to-date dental clinic, where an average of sixty chil- dren ‘are treated every month. - ‘Tooth- brushes and tooth pastg are given each child. This work is in chatge of the health committee of the Christ Child Soclety «nd in addition to this free dental work, the members of the com- mittes conduct the children to the clin- ica for minor operations. Rolling chairs :ln:aamma appliances ‘also are pro- Boys, Use Basement. The basement of the big house Is; given over to a flourishing doys' clubd, with & membership of 245. The club is open every day and eveoing, o R good attendance, and Mawsa: ;e Ace v tles ars a Boy SCout D+€Z isar raci teams, thrée base oatl teams, a swim- ming class and a band of twenty-four pieces. The elub director not only | directs t;-e energies of the boys, but teaches them religion and moralify. The stable back of the house has heen ‘trans- formed into a gymnasium and {n.the stalls where the horses once stood there are shower baths. The girls’ activitles include a methers® <ltb; a Girl Scout troop, lessons by a trained vocal teacher, instruction in bas- ket making and dramatics. In the halls of the home there are generpus cupboards filled with warm undérwedr, suits, dresses and ghoes for distribution to the needy during the winter months. At Chrisimas time the vooms are filled with presents for the children of the poor, who might other- wise be forgotten. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. | NAVY RELIEF BALL PLARNED TONEAT Society May ‘Expand- Work of Aiding Meinbers' in Distress. It may be wdndered just how many Eguests not in or connected with the k | ncval service who attend the big ball to be given for the benefit of the Navy Rellet Socfety in the Hotel Washingten se~=gat know just what | 0 the organization actually is &nd what it does. ‘As a matter of fact, there {8 ndthing much In the nature of trouble that can happen to a member of the Navy or the Marine Corps, or to a member of his family, that this soclety isn't prepared to alleviate. And i, in case of another war, yeomen F and mari- nettes should reappear, the feminine pronoun could be added also. Patrons who attend these tmpressive annual ! including naval officialdom | ifrom the Secretary down, and who | affairs, flles of #nd men QE the and w%w whers ok l.hrmud winners had been incapacitated by disability or removed by death, sup- plementing the work of the govern- iment which.could not give immediate atténtion to pensions or any rellef in many cases; where temporary or per- mavient help. was nacessary, the small pensions receiyed belng entirély in- :ga%z;- e to support & family of small To enumerds on.nzlal of “evérn the main, gin ladsifications of -aid extenged would ‘be g lengthy task. 0 To- méntlon a few will sufite. Fo; instaned, last year.th 3“) Diego lllll; expectant' motheré” wére made com- fortable. in the knowledge that’ hos- pital facilitfes were provided and lay- ettes found for those depending en- tirely on the meager pay of an en- llsAted man. nother example: A young marine scrving at & nearby atation, who nad |come to Wasliington on furtough, {found on arrival that his young sis- ter suddenly had been taken very iI1, the doctor advising Immediate removai to a hospital and a prompt operation. he man, having but a few dollars, applied to marine headquarters angd was referred to the Navy relief office. The relfef committee recommended the required sum, which was fur- ey hed, and he is repaying it by al- lotments. Atds in Exam. Preparation. In another family a young man has been helped to get an appointment to the Naval Academy, and the edu- egtional committee is furnishing the money to prepare for the examination next March. IT case of death. a’'member of the pellef committes premptly yisits the hauge apd belp, 1f n d, Jp oifered; an attémpt is made to.protect the fawijly “from commitment “to Targe fuperal penses and’ they are ad- vised to dcespt-gavernment funerais, Which ajwiys are available. Theére are many sged woman rela- tives of deceaséd naval men who would be entirely forgotten at Christ- mas if the local auxillary did mot 1ook out for them, presenting cloth- ing and supplies to eke out the small pension sent monthly by the govern- ment. Loang are advanced to the families of enlisted men to tde them over the time intervening between the making of allotments and their receipt by the beneficiartes. Wives Abiond Helped. In case of domestic tragedy wives in forelgn ports can apply for help to get them to their families or to some THORSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1922. Jo(ly in the states where they have over the 108 per cent mark today wi4 friends sna can be placed in & posi- IEE PRH:IN{:’[S tion to earn their own living. Many loans are made for such purposes and nearly all are repaid. The schedule of aid upon which the recommendations of the rellef com- mittee are based conforms, although not too rigidly, to that of the govern- ment lald down by the war risk in- surance act. In that act the death compensation of a widow is placed at $25; that for a dependent mother, $20. In the relief committee’s schedule they are $25 and $30, respectivély. not a8 the reault of his own miscon- duct, his desigriated beneficiary is en- titled to a gratulty of six months’ pay. 'The amount of insurance, if any, de- pends upon the policy carried volun- tarily by him. Every effort is made by the relief committée to expedite the adjustment of government claims, but when adjusted the purpose of ghe soclety is considered fulfilled. It is not contemplated to maintain an in- definite pension 1ist, although in many cases this has to be done. —_— Miss Carolyn Virginia Plattner, an energetic American girl, has sailed for Rio de Janeiro, where she will es- I a man dies in active service, and | | ENROLLINRED ROSS Patrolmen Cive Dollars to Organi- zation and Near Goal of Department. Two more police precincts today in a body answered the sixth annual roll call of the District chapter, American Red Cross—the fourth and eleventh, leaving the third, fifth, eighth and tenth to turn in maximum member- ships. The drive, which closes officially to- night, will net more enrollments of this class, it was predicted at head- quarters this morning. as not many men are needed to put them over. sloomy, and Capt. Ira Sheetz of | fourth and Capt. Martin Rellly of the | eleventh even stated they did | think it would be possible for eac drive went on the captains cont !call in the fire department were | panies were instructed yesterday The outlook at the beginning of the tablish a billiard academy for women. drive for the two stations that went gress. RIS RRRRDERVERERERERERERER ‘ tha nor their 165 men to enroll. to place the needs of the Distric:. chapter squarely before the men, und not Tong ago the figures began 1o rixe. It was a case of the dollar meaning great deai to the policemen, it wisa pointed cut, and at the same timas they wished to join the organizatin:. Reports of the progress of the rol available today, as the several have them in Chief Watson's offi. s tomorrow. —_— REFUSES PRESIDENCY. Jimenez Declines Offer by Costa Rican Congress. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, No 30.—Richard Jimenez, now. in ington in connection with Costa ¥ foreign affairs, has declined to cept the presidency. The office tendered him by the national c What the society is giving and has given to the chHdren, whose parents are in a none too seund financial po- sition, can be suramed up in one word The formula fer this enjoy themselves to the full, are; thereby helping the District auxillary | of the soclety to refill fts coffers in or- | der to maintain and, perhaps, expand the work. The proceeds from the sale | of tickets and the membership dues ' That there may be 1BIG J APANESE BANKING —happiness. T B result, however. is & comprehensive one. Evans Héme Transformed. dquarters, has bécome a thriving tlement. One of the sunny bed- rooms has been reserved for the smaller children who, sitting at low legged tables and on tiny chalrs, are t HOUSE CLOSES DOORS By the Askociated Preag. TORIO, November ¥0.—The Osaka Nippon Sekiden Ginko, a bankinf house with elevén hranches in Osaka and Kioto and deposits of 10,000,- 1000 yen, has suspended payment. 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