Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1931, Page 5

TWO TOY MATINEES ASSURE HAPPINESS 2,200 New Toys Given for Capital Children—Distribu- i tion Under Way. 1 Now that Washington has answered the “toy matinee” challenge with a bright avalanche of gifts, efforts will be made to see that each present reaches the hands of a child who m'ght otherwise have waked to an empty stocking on Christmas morning Almost 2200 new to®s were tumbled into the tills at the Metropolitan and Tivoli Theaters vesterday, where a Christmas gift to the poor was the price of admission to performances arranged by Warner Bros. and The Star. Already plans are under way by the Council of Social Agencies to distribute the toys as widely as possible among sick children, crippled children, under- privileged children in all parts of the city. Check for Duplications. The gifts will be placed in deserving homes under the supervision of Miss Edith Coulson, director of the council’s Christmas_distribution bureau, who for several weeks past has been compiling Yists of children in need of help this Names will be checke Social Service Exchan: ) duplications and incure thit no child is overlooked because a present went to another already served by some charity agency. Virtually every toy through this means will go to a child who might otherwise expect nothing but a heart- ache on Christmas day. | A crowd of 800 thronged the orche: tra floor at the Metropolitan, where ti feature picture was “Penrod and Sam. The Tivoli, showing Jackie Cooper in “Skippy.” drew more than 1,200 per- sons. Three-fourths of the total num- | ber were children, many of whom were | brought by their mothers, although there was a surprising number of adults in both audiences. Public Put It Over. J. J. Payette, general manager for Warner Brothers in the Washington area, expressed gratification at the suc- cess of the benefits. “It was a fine showing.” he said. “We did what we could, but it was the people of Wash- ington who put the idea over! I take this opportunity to thank the patrons Wwho made the show a success, and (o wish a merry Christmas to the young- sters who benefited!” The first patron to arrive at the Tivoli yesterday was a little girl, scarce- 1y 6 years old, who presented herself at the Tobby doors just after daylight, while the janitor was in charge of the theater. “I wanted to bring the first present,” she said timidly, extending a small china dog in the palm of her hand The janitor, grinning broadly, accept- ed the gift and told the child that if she would come back in five hours he would ask the management to give her the best seat in the house Foremost in the crowd waiting for the Metropolitan doors to open was & 4-year-old boy. clutching at a red scocter taller than himself. “Give this,” h~ admonished the doorman, “to a boy about my size * * * or a little bigger. maybe,” he added when the doorman grinned at his efforts to hoist the scooter into the Santa Claus hamper. Marked for Children. Some of the gifts were carefully done up in Christmas wrappers and tied with bright ribbon, others loosely bundled in newspapers or brought direct from the toy shops—only a few, however, were second hand By far the greater number of gifts were shining, new toys, personally se- lected and purchased by the donors and marked for girls or boys of a certain d through th to elim e Several hundred persons who could ot attend the performances because of iliness, age or scme unavoicable en- gagement, brought or sent toys prior THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, “Toy Matinees” Spell Cheer for Hundreds POOR CHILDREN TO GET MORE THAN 2,000 GIFTS FRO! I ™M WARNER BROS. AND THE STAR BENEFITS. . = FEW of the youngsters (above) who brought toys to the Tivoli Theater vesterday and lingered to examine the growing pile of gifts for poor children. show with a new toy to the shows—still others dropped by to leave something on their way to work One very small boy showed up at the Tivoli, eager to enter with the happy milling throng of juveniles, but un- certain if the seven marbles which he had in his pockets would admit him “They're new marbles,” he told the doorman, “only I won them. * * * Could I give them to some poor kid? “Why not?” said the doorman. “We all gamble a little now and then.” Added Another Toy. Another ycungster, who came in clutching six very small tin scldiers, was awed by the great pile of toys, and apparently no little ashamed of his own modest contribution In a few minutes he returned from his seat in the theater and asked if he might leave a dime beside the tin sol- diers. The doorman suggested that he g0 out and buy some small toy, and this seemed satisfactory. In a few minutes he came back with a toy auto- mobile, put it on top of the pile and ran back to his seat A grandmother presented herself at the Tivoli early this morning with a big basket of toys which, she explained. represented her own wish to contribute and that of her seven grandchildren none of whom could attend. The pictures at both theaters were received with enthusiasm. “Penrod and Sam,” written by Booth Tarkington, and “Skippy, by’s famous characterization of that rame, moved the audiences to applause and tears with interpretations of the tragic-comic episodes in the typical American bo; Following the shows, was removed from the The number and quality attested to the success of | distributed Now the work of dis- tribution is under way, with one goal in view A full stocking on Christmas morn- ing for the most forlorn children in Washington! FIRST LADY. 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On the stage. her aide and guest Mrs. Asher, lsa: Noyes, Thomas P. Poole, president of Chest; Elwood Street Chest, and Mrs. Street laday, campaign Chest: Victor Flather, jr.. T G el to one of the besides Mrs. Hoover. wiil be Ma). and Gans, Newbold Hickman, John the Community director of the Edward F. Col- chairman of the . William J. oldheim. William F. Gude. W. S. Hoge, jr: Robert McKeever, Gen. Anton Stephan, Mr. and Mrs. Sidnev F. Taliaferro, Arthur C. Moses, J. H. Hanna, Dr. W. L Darby. Mrs. John Jay O'Connor and Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith EISEMAN’S SEVENTH AND F STS. \ | '\ | PAY NEXT YEAR b €, TOYS FOR NEEDY | be displayed this afternoon at 4 o'clock | names of the children to whom th.y! | Protective Association. ON CONVENIENT DECEMBER 20, 10 BE DISPLAYED Exhibit by Girl Reserves to Include New Articles and Other Gifts. Countless toys to be distributed among the city's poor children will by the Girl Reserves at the Young| Women's Christian Association, Seven- teenth and K strests. Many of the playthings were repaired in the Christ- mas Toy Shop The exhibit will include a collection of new toys donated by the public through the aid of The Evening Star and the Metropolitan and Tivoli | Theaters as_well as gifts from the Little Art Shop. The guests will be received by Miss Elsa_ Peterson, chair- man, and other members of the Toy Shop Committee ‘The toys have bcen marked with the | will be given. Youngsters of the fol- lowing institutionsy and organizations will be the recipients Mother-Child Center, Galling>r Hospital, Children’s Home, Washington Home for Found- lings, Children’s Hospital, Episcopal Home for Children, Swartzell Methodist Home for Children. Police Department, ‘Women's Bureau, St. John's Orphanage, Episcopal ~ City Missions, Hillerast, Southeast House Board of Public Wel- lar District Training School for the Feebl inded Associated Charities, Peck Chapel. Providence Hospital, American Legion, Travelers' Ald So- clety, Noel House, Neighborhood House, Friendship House and the Juvenile, In addition many of the gifts will g0_to private homes The annual Girl Reserves' Christmas ceremonial and carol singing service will begin at 4 o'clock. The girls will offer a play, “Why the Chimes Rang.” The cast will include Sylvia Staves, Jeannette Russell. Marjorie Lipske. Ida Jeanne Dagger, Nancy Brock, Barbara Brothers, Agnes Deaton, Louise Gard- ner, Lucy Prahler Tuck Mendes and Mary O'Neal. The directors will be Mary M. Burnett and Alice Sigworth Morse Christm®s carols will be sung by the | Girl Reserve Glee Club. 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Stoner of McKinley High School; Elsie | Barber, Jane Lybrand, Anna Bell McBath and Evelyn Padgett of Western High School. DEMOCRATIC WETS-VOTE i FOR NON-PARTISAN BLOC Resist Efforts of Republicans to Draw Party Lines—Linthicum Elected Chairman. Democrat anti-prohibitionists in the House resistea yesterday the effort of a Republican group to draw party lines on tne issue. Instead of establishing a separate or- ganization, as the Republicans had done, three-score Democrats voted to continue i the old non-partisan wet bloc and re- elected Representative Maryland as chairman. ‘The Democrats did, however, pass a resolution giving Linthicum authority to select an Executive Committee of 10 to “take steps toward the form~ti-n of legislation apd to co-operate with those believing in the wet movemcnt. Lithicum of | distribution of gifts to 1,500 poor chil- dren cf the city, the Central Union | Mission_will hold its annual children’s | party Christmas morning at the Fox Theater. As many more children, who will be | guests of santa Claus on this happy occasion, will fill the big theater from top to bottom. Mrs. Hoover recalling | the hapoy time she spent at the party | Jast Christmas, graciously accepted the | invitation of the mission to come again and greet the children this year. She will help Ccistribute the first of the 1,500 bags filled with toys, candies and usefu! articles of clothing. Each boy and girl will receive an individual bag, braring his cr her name. Homer Rodeheaver, famous song lead- er, will be a guest of the mission at the party. He will lead the big ohorus of children in the singing of Christmas carols. It was expected that arrange- ments would be made for the United States Marine Band to furnish the music. Later on Christmas day the mission will feed 500 jobless men at a special din- ner. 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