Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-11
Several Write Argus Vol
unteering as Santa
Clauses.
OTHERS SEND MONEY
Officers of Charitable 0rganiza'
tons Supply Names of
Needy Poor Youngsters.

EDITOR Argus: ] happen to be one ct
those fellows you were driving at in
your issue of Friday evening. 1t IS
true that men, In the hum-dTuT IT
life, having everything that they need
for their personal comfort, unconsci-
ousiy grow selfish, and forget that
there are Persons in the world whom
poverty prevents from having those lit
tie things that make up the joyousness
Of life. | refer particularly TO the chill
dren, the poor children. After read
Ing your paper of Friday evening. hap
pened to remember ma nwhon ! was
raised with. He turned out badly. He
has four youngsters. know tn at they
are barely existing and that there IS
not the renotest likelihood Of their be-
ing remembered by the real Santa
Claus. 1t would not do for me TO 90
to my cid friend and give him money
with which TO buy gifts for his chit
dren. He might resort it, coming from
me. So enclose you $40 with the
names OF the little ones, and wanS
you to see that each one gsts some
present Please never let them know
;-sssll whom tho money came. Neither
90 deairs my name used in oonnec-
tion with 1his letter.
7ut know other men who are situat-
ed as ! am, and am going to become
a missionary in the cause. | am going
to make every Lass one OF them dig up.
They 3Tend enough in onc night with
the boys to make 4 dozen youngsters
happy on Christmas day. It's sP!en-
did i3ea, and if you need more from
me, Just call me on the phone, and my
check will follow.
A. SANTA CLAUS.
This is one of a number OF letters
received today by The Argus. Three
OF them contained remittances.
Charity workers to Cooperate.
The Argus has asked Miss Dina
Ramser. DR.. ]. W. Stewart and George
C. Wenger, representing the Associa-
ted Charities, to supply names of poor
children whose hopes OF a visitzfEom
Santa Claus will be unaupeased unless
the funds are furnished by the philan-
thropic people of the city. The names,
with the addresses, will be filed at The
Argus Office, and as many names as
are requested will be sent to those
who notify this Office that they are de-
sirous of playing Santa Claus to the
poor. Where the donor does not wish
to personally make purchases of gifts
and deliver the same. his money will
be turned over to the committee, con-
sisting of Miss Ramser DR.. ]. w.
Stewart and Mr.. Wenger. and they
will be intrusted with the formalitie5.
Many Gloomy Homes.
s'In my connection with local char
ity work 1 have come to have an I'M
derstanding of the extent of suffering
there is among the poor during the
winter months" Mr. Wenger said. "Of
course. we are no different from other
cities of like size So many men
fail to provide for the future. They
work all through the summer. but
spend every dollar as they go along,
and when winter comes they are with
out funds to buy food and fuel and
clothing for their families. The char
ity societies see that these families do
not go hungry or without clothing or
fuel to keep them warm. But the
children of these families-you can ap-
preciate that their Christmas must be
a dreary affair 1t would seem that
small contribution from the men and
women of the city at this time would
be sufficient to send gladness and sun
shine in the form Of little seasonable
remembrances into these gloomy
homes. I will do my part in gathering
the names of the deserving ones"
One of Good Fellows Responds Promptly.
: One of the truly good fellows of
Rock Island is A. NJ. Suhler, manager
of the Rock Island house. His eye had
hardly fallen upon the announcement ap-
pearing in last nights Argus, Of it's
purpose through the response of those
who in their hearts think of the I'M
. happy children at Christmas time, and