Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-26
HOSPITAL BABES
HAPP|EST DAY
SANTA CLAUS REMEMBERS
LITTLE SUFFERERS
Children Revel with New Toys, Music
and sones-Many Pass Most
Joyous Hour of Their
Little Lives

Thousands of children gave Santa
Clause a hearty welcome all over the
city yesterday, but nowhere was he
more enjoyed than at the Children's
hospital on Castelar, street,
Miss Bessie Won Buskirk donated a
large tree, and with the help of her
friends she trimmed it with candles,
popcorn strings and candy, while for
each eager child was some pretty gift,
not clothes or orthodox presents that
would not please their childish hearts
but good, everyday toys, horses and
cows, woolly dogs. dolls and picture
books.
That was not all for these little ones,
for Christmas eve each had hung his
or her stocking on the foot of the bed,
and when they. woke up yesterday
morning every one bulged with things
from Sant.L Claus.
Probably to these children Christmas
means more than the average child who
has a small Christmas every day. Their
faces yesterday we're bright and shin
ing, and all except the little Indian boy
had a CHEEKY smile for everyone, while
they proudly displayed their precious
playthings.
Enjoy the Phonosraph
All day yesterday they were enter
tanned by a large phonograph which,
through the efforts of Mrs. A. B. Bar
rett of Hollywood, was donated by the
children of Los Angeles and Hollywood.
The contributors were Katherine Paul
ey, Eleanor Reynolds, Dorothy Warner,
Harold Warner Sheldon Douglas FL
lott, Clyde j. Eastmas jr., Joseph K.
Horton, Goodrich Read. Richard Barnes
Stith, Edward P. Johnson Sd, Mar
garet johnson, Eleanor Johnson, Kath-
crime Barnwell Johnson, Robert John
son, Martha Risher, Lee Edward Will
liams, Helen Williams, Constance
Chambers, Reginald Chambers, Aud
Thomas. Helen Stern, Louise johnson,
Evelyn Johnson, Eugene Stern, Vir-
ginia Gaylord, Dorothy Avery, Robert
E. Jardine, Katherine Palmer. Stanley
Roller, Ned Barmore, William Oliver,
Isabel Potter, Kennison Lovey Brooks,
Edmund Lester Allen. Bernice B. Allen,
Mildred G.. Allen, Eleanor Cole. Neil
Cole, Ronald Davidson Kingman Ma
pie, Victor Barnes, Lillian Barnes and
Merritt Davidson.
This was a novelty to the little Mexi-
can and Russian children, and many of
them stopped every few minutes to lie
back and rest and listen to the music.
The children lead happy lives in the
hospital, and yesterday was probably
the happiest most of them had ever
known or ever will know. The wards
are not full now. and although few
of the patients have been brought in
on account of accidents, most of them
are only i'll and injured.
Indian Baby Is Pet
Little Louisa is a happy example of
the hospitals care. She is a MeXiban
baby and was brought to the hospital
vI,a e,1,a ttVNIn Of thes
old, in such condition that she looked
as if her mother could never have given
her moments attention since her
birth. She weighed only five pounds
The hospital took care of her for three
weeks and then sent her back in fine
health to her people again, but it was
only month or two before they
brought her back again in much worse
condition than before and almost dead
She is year old now, well and happy
and yesterday her fat little face beamed
all over with happiness when the mat
ron patted her head. She could be sent
back to her parents now, but the mat
ron is afraid that she would only have
to come back and start again all over
Big Indian Chief. little Indian boy
is the pet of the ward, he is such pa
tient. contented little chap. Yesterday
he had his presents from Santa Claus
and enjoyed them just as much as the
other children. but his tiny, stolid face
never wrinkled once into even the SEM
bl9nce of a smile. He is 4 years old
and will probably never be we'll again,
as his spine is injured, but the sad
part has not come yet, for he likes the
hospital and doesn't care a bit about
going home.
Wee Lad viii Never Walk
Moses is another little patient, Rus
sian boy. whose Christmas this year Is
better than usual. His hip is dislo-
Gated, but he doesn't mind that very
much, for he sees all the children have
to lie on their backs like he does and
he knows that he is going to get we'll
some time. When he came there about
six months ago he could not speak a
word of English. but now he can talk
as we'll as any of the children, and yes
terday could tell about good old Santa
with the rest.
Charley, the third, is a dear little
chap of 4 years that will never walk
very well, but yesterday he was the
happiest of all and had a more encour-
aging smile than whole regiment OF
capitalists.
The hospital is not very pleasant in
name, but the Children's hospital this
year has given happier Christmas to
its little guests than could be deemed
possible and nothing could be brighter
than the lives of those little children
whose belief of Santa Claus is that of
the most generous person I'm the uni
verse, and whose small worlds are not
dimmed by any selfish desires.