Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-26
HERALD's CHRISTMAS

and alighted on the spacious roof oil
the splendid building which is the home
of the Young Mems Christian associa-
| tion. There he served the best dinner
in Los Angeles-Al Levy's finest turkey
/ dinner-to thousands of poor boys and
| girls and their relatives. 1t was the
finest feast ever given in this city.
Then he led the way to the magnifl-
cent Simpson Auditorium, where there
was the biggest Christmas tree in Los
/ Angeles, loaded with presents, not only
toys, but useful articles Of all kinds,
/ including clothing and shoes.
There's no reason why there should
be any barefooted or out-at-elbows boy
or girl in Los Angeles today.
The little folks who attended The
Herald's Christmas festivity repre-
sented almost every race under the sun,
as If to remind us at Christmastide
tions Of the earth, and that all men
are brothers. And they all sat down
under a brave. big broad flag that fiut-
| tered in the breeze, the star spangled
banner which represents the American
| ism which makes possible an America
for-everybody, refuge for the op-
/ pressed OF all nations and place
where everybody, native son or i'm
ported son, has a chance in the battle
of life. At least, that is the kind of
country it was intended to be, and that
is the kind of country it will be yet
for all that.
You say, But is it Americanism to
feed the hungry children of Los An
geles on one day and let them go hun
CRY all the other days of the year?
We say: "It is Americanism to feed
all the hungry children of Los Angeles
not only for the sake of humanitarian
ism, but for the sake of the object
lesson. And we don't intend to let
them go hungry during all the days OF
the year. Los Angeles Herald intends
to keep up its fight for the first princi-
ples of Americanism, and its fight for
the children and for childrens rights
from yuletide to yuletide.'
According to a bulletin issued by the
educational department at Washington,
Scotland has solved the child labor
problen in a sane manner. 1t has guar
anteed that il parents will act like law
abiding citizens by keeping their chill
dren at school until the school course
is completed. government will find oc-
cupations and employment for children
who must go to work instead of enter
ing a Learned profession This Is
in Scotland-not England you Will
never find Los Angeles Herald befogged
as to the individualities of the three
kingdoms and the principality which
make up the United Kingdom). In
England school conditions are nearly
as bad as they are in the United States,
and many children with unframed
brains are compelled to face the strenu-
Gus conditions of the modern competi-
tive system.
Government in Scotland has In
structed school teachers to prepare re-
ports stating the occupational bent or
preference of every child that is grad
uated from public school. If nothing
in particular is indicated, that is so
stated. In the United States we don't
carry our care for children to such
extremes. And every Christmas, all
over the country, thousands Of children
must be remembered by Santa Claus or
else they won't be remembered at all.
The children entertained yesterday
at The Heralds Santa Claus festival
are as important today as they were
yesterday, and many of them will be
among the voting citizens of tomorrow
For the sake of the Republic is it not
necessary to keep up interest in the
poorer children of the community every
day? Poorer children'-why? Be-
cause their parents cannot earn high
salaries, or do not know the art of
money making; have no financial
ability. Yet among these children of
parents without financial ability there
may be- and probably there are, the
great authors, great composers, great
mathematician, great engineers. great
architects, great statesmen of the
future.
Santa Claus had a glorious Christ
mas in Los Angeles. The Heralds fes-
| ttV1tY was a IldTkeu anu SItillly ans
success; and all the good people who
entered with zest and zeal and Christ
mas spirit into the work of making it
a success are to be congratulated. The
Herald thanks them heartily. But, on
the day after Christmas, and on all
the days after Christmas, remember
the Christmas children of Los Angeles
and of all the other big cities of our
great country and register this vow,
that during the coming year you will
never forget the importance to the
American Republic of carefree, school
attending childhood, and will set your
face against every kind of oppression,
no matter how skillfully disguised, and
work for Americanism and the freedom
and the education in peace and in
plenty, of the children of the United
States.
We hope you had a merry Christmas.
The Herald Christmas was both
merry and memorable.
j A Frenchman who was arrested for