Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-26
WHOLE SOUTHWEST
COMES TO AID OF
!. LITTLE MINNIE
GENEROUS GIFTS
GIVEN IN Ell PASO
Other New Mexico Towns
Swelling the Fund to Buy a
Pair Of Feet for the Crippled.
Child.

Since the announcement q week ago
in the Morning Journal that little
Minnie, the cripple child, under the
care of the Children's Home society
here needs a pair of feet for n Christi
mas present, the pom not only in
Albuquerque, but from all over the
southwest has been most generous
and gratifying and the cause Of the
deformed little girl has gained en-
thusiastic friends everywhere. So it
appears that there will be enough
money to defray the cost of the sur
Igical operation which DR.. j. p. Kas-
ter says will give her q useful pair of
feet instead of the cruelty deformed
members which now make it possible
Tor her only to crawl. Nearly "a
hundred dollars has been realized in
FL Paso through the instrumentality
Of the FL Paso Herald, one contri-
button of $50 coming from as far
away as Midland, Texas, where the
Polo Club of that place awoke to the
appeal and answered it handsomely.
one man in Chihuahua. Mexico, has
sent a contribution. Many children
have been touched by the picture Of
the deformed girl and have sent in
their mites to help.
Christmas Box for the Child.
One little Ell Paso girl was so
touched By the pathos of the case
that she sent a handsome Christmasl
box to the child in this city. The
Herald says of it;
Little Minnie, who wants Santa
Claus to make her. feet well and
gfrnnp Gu cha .saY1 ys1 liz ar, tIan, NAL
other little girls. Is to have a Christ
box all her own. When the San
Ia Fe pulls. out of the union station
tonight for Albuquerque, the express
car will contain a box upon which
is written. To Little Minnie. care Of
DR.. c. L. Lukens, Children's Home,
Albuquerque, n. NJ. From Gladys
"A big bunch of Christmas holly
with the reddest berries will be the
thing little Minnie will see when
Lukeps opens the box for her
morning. Under the holly
will be toys and candy and warm
for little Minnie to wear. 1t
will be her first real Christmas box
md when she finds that good old San
Ia Claus has arranged to have her
'eet Strengthened by a big, kind faced
doctor with glasses and a pleasant
smile, Minnie will be very. very hap-l
oy: happier than she has ever been
before on Christmas morning.
Little Gladys Primim. who is about |
he age of the poor, crippled girl at .
he Children's home, read in the Herr I
I'D of little Minnie and of her pitt ,
ul appeal for Santa to straishten her
feet Gladys, who has a {
,ony and cart. and is going to have d
big Christmas tree, wanted to helpI
title Minnie to realize her wish. Not +
My is she going to help, but she
'acked the Christmas box with her =
.wn hands and sent II to Minnie at i
albuquerque. @ L
Her father and mother, Mr.. and
lrs. j. i. Primm, are also going 10 v
CLIP Minnie. Mr.. primm. who is as b
lstant cashier at the American Ma II
bank. has subscribed s. to the q
ierald fund to help the little girl to n
ave a Merry Christmas" =
In Silver city the Independent hasl
the appeal and the response r
rs been instant, and elsewhere in
Mexico the contributions are be-
lg gathered in. SO that Or. Lukcns 1
ill undoubtedly be able to announce
long that rittle Minnie Will
ave her great Christmas present.
it Is urged. that all Albu-
persons who have not conf
ibutcl. bring or send their gifts Of
Ish to the Morning Journal or to
r. Lukens. b.