Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-22
FINANCES GROW
WITH BANKERS
AS AUDITORS
PEOPLES FUND IN. HANDS OF
CHILDREN'S FRIENDS
TICKET DISTRIBUTION is WELL
UNDER WAY
More Men, Women and Girls Needed
to Make Eleventh Hour Canvass
for the Big Christmas
Dinner

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carry out the Christmas dinner is
daily impressed on the working
committees.
So warm was the welcome to The
Herald's idea that the festival will
probably become an annual fixture to
be carried out each year by the many
rather than the few
Children who otherwise might know
nothing of the Christmas kindliness
nor have their share of Christmas cheer
find in this affair at the Y. M. c. A.
and Simpson auditorium what their
parents cannot i'm all cases offer them
Ia bountiful dinner, happy after
noon spent enjoyably with music and
other entertainment suitable for inno-
cent childhood, toy or two to remind
them that even if they are the children
of temporary distress Santa Claus and
kind hearts have not forgotten them.
Bankers as Auditors
The following gentlemen have con-
sented to act as an auditing commit
tee to pass upon all expenditures and
see that the contributions of our friends
are properly used:
Stoddard Jess vice president First
National bank.
w. d. Woolwine. vice president Ma
tional Bank of California.
j. c. f. Hull, vice president American
National bank.
S. F. Zombro, vice president Central
National bank
The finances are being conducted by
. men who are conserving the fund to
the end that the greatest benefit may
accrue for every penny subscribed.
Such aid as the produce exchange of
Los Angeles has given in taking care
of the big items of produce goes far
to leaving a balance which can be used
in buying useful gifts for the guests
or in supplying them with orders on
stores for merchandise, paid for out OF
the Xmas fund.
Ticket Distribution
Representatives of the leading or
ganized charities, such as the Asso-
ciated, Salvation army Volunteers,
HebreW relief and Bethlehem instltu-
tional workers, school teachers, health
officers and few others, have been
supplied with tickets so that they can
distribute them among worthy cases.
Those who wish to come for tickets
should report at 1923 South Hill street,
The Heralds branch depot, at once.
DO not walt till tomorrow. Send your
big brother and sister if you are too
young to come.
Such volunteers as have a spare
hour or two before Friday can be of
great service to the poor by visiting
and inducing their friends to make up
bundles of old clothes especially shoes
and underwear). dolls, boys things,
nuts boys and girls hats, ribbons.
stockings and other items which are
continually being worn out in every
day life, whether the wearers be we'll
to-do or not.
Parmagianie's band of twenty solo
lists is holding daily rehearsals on
numbers especially pleasing to chill
dren This fine organization, selected
from the best orchestras in Southern
California, has negotiations on in sew
eral quarters, but it's members prefer
Southern California and may decide to
stay here.
Volunteer entertainers for the after
noon entertainment are also being en-
rolled, the time being limited and the
offers many. Good sleight- of-hand
men can tender their services for short
periods i'm the afternoon; also good
imitators Of birds and animals, whis-
tiers and soloists. especially those pro-
ficient in children's numbers.
Women Working
The good women of Robert E. Lee
chapter, Daughters of the Confeder-
acy. are at work individually and In
committees seeing their friends and in
teresting them in the Christmas din
ner. Some time ago the chapter sent
a check for $40 and yesterday for
warded an additional check for 81.
This from Arizona has kindly ring:
II am sending you so cents to heir
pay for the dinner for the poor girls
and boys ID. REID GILLIS.
Congress, Ariz.'
AS Christmas approaches every yeal
the children in the humber quarters
of the city talk of nothing else thar
the dinner they are going to have OF
Christmas day, of the great tree they
are going to see, with its dazzling
lights, gIittering with beautiful trap.
rings: or the Santa Claus, who pats
each on the head and talks in kindly
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