Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-26
SANTA IS LITERARY.
KaufmannS' Sixth Annual Distribution Of
Illustrated Books
ALL The CHURCHES REMEMBERED.
A Feature Which Brings Joy to Fifty
Thousand Little Ones.
More Than $4,000 Now Expended in This
work-The Growth of the Distribution
in Six Years-Approved by the Leading
Ninisters-The List of Recipients.

in Six Yesrs-Approved by the Leading
Ministers-The List of Recipients.
There were many presents given anc
taken throughout Allegheny county yes
terdav, but there was one feature which, be
sides giving additional brightness and JOY
to the evanescent day, will be remembered
with gratitude and pleasure throughout the
entire wear and will even stretch to some
extent through the years which are to FOL
low. The one Christmas gift which is at the
same time useful and instructive, as well
as pleasing and ornamental, is handsome
and entertaining book, illustrated in a man.
ner to place the solid contents before the
reader in the most attractive manner.
Yesterday was the occasion OF kauf.
manns' sixth annual free distri.
button OF picture books to the
Sunday schools of the churches of Pitts
burg, Allegheny and surrounding towns.
The steady growth of this noble enterprise
has been truly remarkable. Six years ago
only 10,000 volumes were distributed, while
Yesterday five times that number, or 50, 1000,
were required to meet the demands OF the
work Each book contains SO pages, beau
tifully illustrated, and with neat covers
The cost of the books cannot be less, but
very likely more than 10 cents. This
would swell the cost of this years distribu-
tion TO at least s., 900.
A big amount, to be surei Yet very
small in the opinion of Kaufmanns, when
they consider the result-50, 900 happy chill
dren.
While these gifts were made entirely un-
solicited, many letters have been received
from the ministers of churches and the su-
perintendents of Sunday schools, praising
the methods adopted and the results Sc
cured. They tell of the joy with which the
children receive the presents, and the
brightness which the books cause in
many a home. The little ones them
selves express their pleasure in the most
enthusiastic language, and kauffmanns is
10 them a word synonymous with Santa
Claus The number of books received by
each church ranged all the way from % to
1000, according TO the size of the church,
and the other attendant circumstances.
Some so-called "philanthropists' seek
TO connect their deeds with the greatest
possible amount of notoriety. No so Kauf-
MAINS They try to avoid it. Instead of
advertising this free distribution of books
in the newspapers, they simply and quietly
mailed circular letters to the ministers of
the churches. asking them the number of
books required for their respective Sunday
schools
The distribution was made Yesterday in
an unostentatious but pleasant manner, and
the gifts were received in the same COM
mendable spirit. The following is the COM
plete lists of the churches which were the
recipients of Kaufmanns' bounty:
PRESBYTERIAN.
Millvale Presbyterian. Homewood Ave-
nue. PRESBYTERIAN, Welsh Presbyterian,
Sharon PRESBYTERIAN, StoopS Ferry, Cora
opo!iS Presbyterian, Third Presbyterian,
Freeport Presbyterian, First German Pres
byterian, Fourth Presbyterian, Avelon
Presbyterian. Lawrenceville Presbyterian,
Tilmerding Presbyterian, Mt. Washington
Presbyterian, Seventh Presbyterian, Second
Presbyterian, MeCandless Avenue Presby-
terian, Mcclure Avenue PRESBYTERIAN, Cen
tral Presbyterian, Allegheny, Turtle Greek
Presbyterian, Eighth Presbyterian, Knox
vile Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian,
Pittsburg.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN.
First United PRESBYTERIAN, Second United
Presbyterian, Third United Presbyterian,
Allegheny; Eleventh United Pres
bvterian, Irwin United Presbyterian,
Ninth United Presbyterian. Southside;
Eighth United Presbyterian, Fourth Ward
United Presbyterian, Ninth United Pres
byterian, Allegheny; Seventh United Pres
byterian, Thirteenth United Presb, rerian,
Fourth United Presbyteriar, Sfntn United
Presbyterian, Thir:. ,-third Street United
Presbytericn, Duena Vista United Presby-
teriap5 Third United Presbyterian, Pitts
burg; Wylie Avenue United PRESBYTERIAN,
Hiland Avenae United Presbyterian.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Hudson Methodist Episcopal, River
side Methodist Episcopal, Sycamore
Street Methodist Episcopal, Coraopolis
Methodist Episcopal, McCandless Avenue
Methodist Episcopal. German Methodist
Episcopal, SOuthside; Wilmerding Metho-
dist Episcopal, Ames Methodist Epis-
copal, Wesley Chapel Methodist Epis-
copal, Ellsworth Methodist Episcopal,
Brown Chapel African Methodist Episco-
pal, Wylie Avenue Methodist Episcopal,
Oakdale Methodist Episcopal, Buena Vista
Methodist Episcopal, Third Methodist
Episcopal, Denny Methodist Episcopal,
Park Avenue German Methodist Episcopal,
St. Paul Methodist Episcopal, Knowlson
Methodist Episcopal, South Street Metho-
dist Episcopal, Clark Street Methodist
Episcopal, Charters Street. African Meth
odist Episcopal, Glenwood Methodist Epis-
copal, Bingham Street Methodist Episcopal
METHODIST PROTESTANT.
Washington, Pa, Methodist Protestant,
South Eighteenth Street Methodist Prot
estxnt, Mt Washington Methodist Prot
estant, Springdale, Pa, Methodist Prot
estsnt, Sharpsburg Methodist Protestant,
Park Avenue Methodist Protestant, Idle
wood Methodist Protestant.
EPISCOPAL
St James Episcopal, Trinity Episcopal.
Epiphany Episcopal, ST. MARKS Episcopal,
st. Georges Episcopal, StJohn's Episcopal,
St. Timothy's Episcopal, St Luke's Episco-
pal, Good Shepherd Episcopal, Beaver Falls
Episcopal I
EVANGELICAL AND LUTHERAN.
st. Marks Lutheran, Zpn's Evangeli-
cal Lutheran, ST. Paul's Evangelical
Lutheran, St. Johns Lutheran, Pitts
burg; ST. Johns Lutheran, McKees-
port; Hope Lutheran, Memorial Evan
gelical Lutheran, Prospect Avenue
Evangelical Protestant, Thirty-seventh
Street Evangelical Lutheran, South Canal
United Evangelical, South Eighteenth
Street St. Pauls, Nj. Olivet Evangelical,
Pride Street Second Lutheran, Evangelische
Frieden's kirche, English Lutheran, High
Street Evangelical Zion's, Station Street
Evangelical Lutheran, Steuben Street
United Evangelical Protestant, Car
Forbes Street st. Johns Evangelical,
Sidney Street Trinity, Second Street st.
Paul's, Brighton Road St. Thomas, Roberts
Street St Paul's Protestant Episcopal,
Beaver Falls German Protestant, n. Main
Street Evangelical Lutheran, Bennett
German Lutheran, Manordale Emanuel
Reformed, Mansfield German Lutheran,
Lutheran, Tarentum German
Protestant, CHARTERS Street St Paul's