Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-24

urEanization abo-it this time of the year. bat
owing 20 the charitable activity of the MEM
beers 10 fHE EvESINo STAR Club there q
good deal more TO be done this year than ever
before.
I From all the school houses in the central part
| % the citV wagons rolling all day yester-
/ 'lHv ard III. greater portion OF the night bring
I NIX "a the Office OF the Associated Charities the
I food and clothing which the school children
h..d hruugh:u- their contribution toward making
I the Christmas jpv geners,las possible through
I ont he city. The secretary. Mr.. l.. s. Emery.
T wa on hand aud had general direction OF the
\ good work Hi experience well as the ma
I elmer Of thu organization were placed at the
I s.r. ic. uf the good cause thereby insuring the
I pro- or and the best of the contributions
: and mouey which had been 80 generously given
b b. the members of the club.
I A. fast tbs goods received the con-
I ;ru;H were assorted and then began the tack of
I making az, the Packages for distribution. The
pu-po-e was kept in view TO provide tho
I materials for n dinner and the provisions re-
I cci,ed were assorted that there would be as
mach variety possible.
The srtiris- OF clothing were used n the par
ticular needs % the families seem to indicate
/ Tcdsy the Nork OF distribution was begun and
. " Emery thinks by night more than 500 fam
Lies will h. supplied wi q Christmas dinner
well "a clothing aud shoes.
The families assisted are known TO be worthy,
ard while no doubt. there will DO some cases
Of imposition still those who gave will have the
Satisfaction OF knowing that their generosity
has brought to many home some measure Of
the 10y and gladness which ought TO be the
universal lot at this season of the year.
south Washington.
Supervising Principal Tsrbrother Of the
South Washington division and the children Of
hi, schools began their work of distributing the
contributions made by the children and their
friends Yesterday afternoon. and before night
fall not less than fifty families had been sup
Piled with food. fuel and clothing
The distribution directly BY the school chill
dren was decided upon because the children
best Knew whore the deserving families were 70
be found. and because the little ones we're
thereby enabled to crafty that spirit OF loving
kindness characteristics of children.
And they trudged about, delivering
their Offering among the sick and the poor,
the bitter freezing air penetrated not their
warm little hearts. They found fruitful field,
for II IL believed that more unfortunate poor
exist IN this section OF the city than in any other
THE STAR SANTA CLAUS FUND.
I; VS. decided by the managing committee OF
1HX EvKNINo.ST.h Santa Claus Club that $500
should lie Appropriated for Mr.. Fairbrother's
division, aud TODAY he busily engaged In
properly HppOrtionEg that sum among the
families who have been reported az deserving.
he assisted bv Principals Peabody, Perkins
school bows OF their divisions.
Before them were lists containing the names
and addresses OF more than $50 families need
ing assistance. While Mr.. Fsirbrother exam
ined the lists to discover which families needed
food and fuel his assistants wrote out orders
iuI firm in the neighborhood- Then
orders for those families in want
Of fuel alone were made out upon selected
woo': and coal dealer. the orders for shoes and
clothing being next made out As the orders
were made out they addressed and
banded 20 the boys. who at once rushed and
delivered thrri to the families named
PERSONALLY INVESTIGATED CASES.
In addition to the families named in the two
lists we're the names and addresses of almost
many more sent to SIr. Fairbrother by The
STAR. Mr.. Emery of the Associated Charities
and other persons. The cases mentioned in his
two lists had. however, been investigated
By tie teachers and pupils Of the schools
and aere personally known to be deserving,
therefore Mr. Fairbrother decided that such
families should first be supplied and il any
funds then remained that they should be de-
voted TO the relief of the remaining ones.
Where food. fuel and clothing were all
needed the orders given called for 20 worth
Of groceries and provisions, quarter ton of
coal 50 cents worth o. wood and many pairs Of
shoes. The clothing supplied came from that
donated In most instances all those things
were needed. but in a few only shoes OF cloth
ouy food or fuel were. Mr.
Fairbroihsr did not hope to be able to supply
al thu needy ones today. but stated to a STAR
reporter that If he did not he would resume
the work early Monday next working until the
funds and donations at his command were ex-
haustcd
Enst Washington.
The thermometer registered about 90 this
morning in The neighborhood of the waliach
School building. where the supervising princi-
TaI. Mr.. A. : Stuart. was busily engaged in the
closing work of making happy the hearts of
several hundred persons in the third school
q ,!sion. The packages consisted of all sorts
OF provisions. including several hundred
rounds Of sugar. -four and other articles of
food. Several boxes of canned goods. pack
age of tea coffee and other things to help the
Christmas dinners were also among the dona-
tons.
The school teachers had collected the dona-
lions and sent them IL. and had disposed of the
badge and made 80 many children members of
tn Santa Claus Club AMI performed other work
IL the interests Of the deserving poor. that
Nlr. St1art thought they had done their share.
For tina; reason be did not call lpon the fair
ouca TO Till the -four sacks with what had been
donated. but left that work for the ladies of the
Associated Charities
ast night the ladies went to the school and
found all the packages piled in the cooking
room. while apples potatoes and onions were
found in boxes and barrels. There was also
large pile Of cast-off clothing. and this, too,
had TO be assorted. for there was bu; little of
IL that was fit for wear and the
best of the garments were intended
fo- wear in weather much warmer than this.
Then there were dozens of odd shoes, and il
was suggested by one OF the fair teachers that
they were intended for one-legged men the vic
Tins o. Embarrassing accidents who bad been
fortunate enough to get away only half killed.
THOSE WHO DID THE WORK.
The Associated Charities ladies were Mrs. W.
G. Dodge, representing the northeast section OF
the city; Mrs. J. ". Babson. representing the
extreme eastern section. and Mrs. Thos. G.
Jones, representing the southeast. The task
Of asserting the packages and filing the sacks
tedious one. but the ladies finished
the work and left them in the room
ready to be labeled and sent out. There were,
fully $50 packages, each one representing from
twenty-five to forty pounds of the necossaries
OF life Each package represented q family.
While the ladies were busily engaged in pre-
pairing the packages Mr.. Stuart, whose untir-
ing efforts In jhs interest of the poor had made
the East Washington branch OF The STAR
santa Claus Club a success, was preparing the
u kets for shoes for the poor ones. Five East
Washington dealers had agreed to furnish the
shoes, and in order to simplify matters Mr.
stuart Lad tickets printed for dsrrihutiou