Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-14
ALL WORK HARD
ON PLANS FOR
FESTIVAL WEEK
CHRISTMAS DINNER DETAILS
WELL UNDER WAY
CHILDREN MUST REGISTER TO
GET INVITATIONS
Contracts Being Made to Feed and
Entertain Thousands of Young
People as Guests of The
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MISCELLANEOUS
Mrs. f. p. Sawyer, 28I4 Central avenue,
doll and Christmas cards.
Mrs. H., South Pasadena, canned goods.
e. L. Cobb, 3210 East Twenty-second
street, clothing.
Mrs. Emily Haines, 1860 Reid street,
clothing
Mrs. wilbur, 1922 South Alvarado, dolls,
shoes and chidren's clothing.
Mrs. G. @. Stewart, 724 West FOrty-hrst
drive, clothing and dolls
III. o., doll.
Little girl, books and ten cents.
Mrs. v. II. Raleigh, books, games.
Friends, toys and handkerchief
a FRIEND canned goods.
Miss C. Il. MhitsOn, 28I3 Normandie ave-
nue., dozen dressed dolls. dozen sacks candy.
Friend, McCulon street, cake and dozen
Jars fruit.
Mrs. T. J. Wilson, 921 BIain street.
Mrs. c. Robertson, $1,000 Winter street.
A. II. Avakian, 67s West Thirty-ifth
street, clothing.
John Kahn of kahn-Beck Co.. 20 pounds
ZelIerbach Paper company, 1000 sheets
heavy manila paper for wrapping packages
Sierra Paper company, 1000 sheets heavy
drab paper for wrapping packages.
Friend, clothes.
Friend, nat.
George Austin, chicken and game.
Broadway Store, one case toys.
Mrs. - comforter.
Naumann & schill, dGecatessen, sausage
Mrs. Dudley Fulton, 200 Grand avenue
Mrs. 1. T.. Palmer, 3a1 South Hill street,
Mrs. BaiIy, 2747 Stephenson avenue,
chicken.
All committees, all friends and all in
teTested in The Herald's Christmas
dinner and entertainment on the after
noon of Christmas day expect TO make
this week of results.
Much of the preliminary work has
been done and the infinite details or
mailing thousands of circulars, call
ing on thousands of persons, arranging
the plans of the big feed and making
the lists of prospective guests is well
under way.
Today the ranches in the surround
ing country are being canyassed for
turkeys, chickens, potatoes, cranber-
ries, celery, nuts and fruits.
Scores of friends have promised TO
contribute, but have delayed doing SO,
thereby interfering with the making OF
contracts, which must be done this
week AS soon as a definite amount OF
cash is on hand expenditures can be
made in proportion-not till then.
For the benefit of those who do not
realize how urgent is the call for
celebration of this kind, a few sam
pie. letters TO the Santa Claus editor
are subjoined:
Little Girl Supports Them
Dear Santa Claus: We can't afford
TO read newspapers, but some one sent
us The Herald and we see the Santa
Claus letters. Dear mamma isn't very
strong. l have a dear little sister OF
10 years, and / am the only support
dear mamma and sister have. [ am IA
and do the best | can. / wish | could do
more, for there are so many things We
do need that / scarcely know which
way to turn. We scarcely know what
Christmas means, for we have 50 lit
tie, so If you would try to bring dear
mamma and sister something l will
try to do without
LILLE M. N,
East Sixteenth Street.
Eight in Unfortunate Family
Dear Santa Claus: This Christmas
will be Just like last Christmas to us.
There are eight in our family, with
papa and mamma. Papa is d cripple
and mamma has to wash and help
make the living, and it is not a very
good living at that. We only got two
or three Christmas presents last year.
Papa takes The Herald. Dear Santa,
YOU can send us what you think best.
MATTE w,
East Seventh Street, Long Beach.
Sick Since Santa's Last Visit
MY Dear Santa Claus: 1t Is nearly
a year since you have been in our
house. Hope that before the year ends
you will call again. Come to us with
} good things. Papa cannot buy us any
thing. He is still sick in bed, is you
saw him a year ago. You were good
to us last year, bringing us clothes and
, shoes so we could go to school. We
have nothing now. There are nine in
, our family. PEARL Z"
Echo Park Avenue"
Sick Boy Wants Wagon
Dear Santa: ] am II years old and
have been sick for two weeks with
pneumonia fever l can sit up now
in bed a little My little brother and
want you to bring us wagon to
haul mamma some WOod-a good big
one, please. That Is all we want eX
cept some of your good dinner. we
can't come down to the hall because
mamma Is sick and we live too far
away. Good-by, dear Santa. [ hope
you will come, for we are awful poor.
IN. X. r.,
winter Street, Boyle Heights"
Seven Children There
Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me
something for Christmas. We arc
seven children in the family. Papa has
no work and he barely has enough to
feed us. We never get anything for
Christmas. Santa Claus don't come
to us. 1 hope that you will send us
something this Misunderstanding
you want w. b.,
"Gillette Street"
Must Register This Week
Young people who expect to partici-
pate in the festivities are asked to fill
the application blanks, so that tickets
can be issued them. This enables the
committees to know in advance how
many guests to expect and guard
against duplication and deception
The applications can be made by the
parents or by the children them
selves, and should be made at the
branch depot for the dinner 1923 South
Hill street, the old office of the Wright
Calender Real Estate agency.
PASADENA LADS WISH
Dear Santa-Pease send train OIL
cars, a little wagon and music. | am a
little boy years. and go to Lincoln school.
L Please don's forget me. t. C.,
Fair Oaks avenue. Pasadena,
II, RAG CAT FOR BABY