摘要：Lena Sefton Wakefield Clark, mother of the late Dallas Clark, chaired the
first Charity Ball on November 30, 1909, at the Hotel Robinson on Fir Street
between Third and Fourth Avenues. The ball started late in the evening, featured
a midnight supper, and continued well into the night. Couples danced, played
cards, and engaged in other diversions. Originally given to benefit the infirmary
at the Children¡¯s Home, it provided seed money for the internationally recognized
Children’s Hospital founded in 1954 on twenty-five acres of land located by Dallas
Clark on Kearny Mesa. It was renamed Rady Children¡¯s Hospital in recognition of
a major gift made to the facility by Ernest and Evelyn Rady in 2006.
