The evening world., 1893-11-13
Santa Claus Is Filling His Bag
and Will Soon Be Here.
" Evening World y Christmas Trees
Will Bear GIistening Fruit.
Fifty Thousand Little Ones Should
he Made Happy.
THE SUBSCRIPTIONS,


Previously acknowledged ................... 5lO0
Mine. Johnstone. West Thirty NTH street. 100
The Christmas-Tree Fund is the thing
you want to think of now.
There are thousands OF poor children
| In this town, Brooklyn and Jersey city
who owe their acquaintance with Santa
Claus to THE Evening World'' and its
array OF charity workers. In each of
| the past five years these unfortunate
| little ones have looked anxiously down
! the weeks that led to the greatest OF all
| Christmas festivals, wondering whether
Santa Claus would visit them. and, II
he did. what he would bring. They
knew his sleigh was packed with good
things for the children Of the better
conditioned class, and that the large
bag on his shoulders bulged with beau-
tiful and costly gifts for the offspring
of the rich, but they had large doubts
about their own yule time luck, and
they speculated spprehensiveiy upon
morn with doll of their own, delight
giving toy or a palate-tickling pack
age of candy.
Well, somehow or other Santa Claus
found them in each of those years
He found some In homes of sorrow
where starvation sat hollow-cyed watch
Ing ghoulishly, the progress of the festi-
val. He found other temporary unfortu-
mates unable 20 spare penny from
food to expend upon the feeting cheer
OF the day. Hungry little mouths and
Ing on most of the cold hearths of the
poor. and eager hands stretched out to
grasp the joy-tokens he distributed
every year from 5000 to 5000 children rsn
jolly old saint they were all poor chill
dren. the poorest OF the poor, to whom
Santa Clauss visit was like the. drop
ping in Of an angel with SLICES of heav-
they received filled their little lives
with a brightness that blotted out the
surroundings. It made Christmas as
| much to them as It could have been to
the son or daughter Of King. And
all at little individual cost to THE
about the blissful result. for 1t was
| Evening World" readers. big and lit
tie ones, and nearly hundred thous-
and quarters provided the toys and can
dies and loaded the trees with glistening
Christmas fruit.
There have always been seven Even
York, one in Brooklyn and one In Jersey
City. Every cent received from contribu-
tors to the Christmas-Tree Fund has
dies and more substantial gifts. OF
course. Christmas wouldn't be Christ
| mas II the little folks didn't have dolls
and roller skates and miniature express
wagons and boxes of healthy toothsome
candy, but mittens, caps, mufIlers, stock
| ing. &C., have not been forgotten, so that
the tiny beneticiaries Of the fund have
not only their senses feasted, but COM
forts provided for their little bodies.
Thousands Of dollars have been raised for
this beautiful charity. and 1t has been dis
and magnificent results that the donor
of few cents had the sweet satisfaction
| OF knowing that his mite carried happi-
ness into one distress-dampened home at
least
The Christmas charity has done so
much good in former years that 1t should
be unnecessary to waste much space in
| fore must be aware of the blessings that
his or her small donation purchased for
the numerous wards Of Poverty. These
people ought to give again without hesita-
| ton. There should be no break in the
ranks of our vast army of Santa Claus
boomers and Christmas universalizers.
the efficacy of this charity. Some peo-
pc may be in distress now owing to
closed factories and the scarcity OF
troubles soon, Prosperity is Frightening
up her Aladdin lamp. and 1t will not be
long before they will be distributed
among the multitude. again. Hard times
not encouraged to make long stays.
Good times, better times. are always on
the road, and their unpopular foster
brother has to skip by the light OF the
moon as the more beneficent members
OF the family approach. No matter
though. how much grown folks feel or
suffer by the hard times, children should
not be caused pang on Christmas Day
| by reason OF the presence of distress In
the community. There must be no hard
times for the little folks. Santa Claus
knows nothing about destitution and dis
tress. No chimneys should be covered up
by woe as he passes. No road to a
hungry stocking should be blocked by
misery or want on Christmas morning.
Evening World" readers can abolish
hard times for all the youngsters OF
these big cities II they will only be as
generous this year as they have been In
former years.
The first assistance for the fund has
come from Reina and Pansy Belasco, lit
tie dat ghters of the successful play
wright, David Belasco, who with some
other children organized the "Jolly
Seven" and held fair. at which $50
was realized. Other children should fol-
low their example. This Is excellent
weather for fairs, baZaars and entertain
ments, The little fairy godmothers should
hurry up and begin to do good. The fund
. ought to be started with a boom. II
should be bigger than ever this year on
account Of the hard times.
. Contributors will please send in their
; donations at once. All money should
Cashier. The World Pulitzer Building
New York"