The Washington times., 1910-12-05
Toys, Flowers, and EdibleS
to Be Distributed Where
Children Are Sad.
THOSE WHO HAVE
WILL GIVE A HAND
Christmas to Be Merriest This
Year, With Everybody Giving
St. Nicholas Welcome.
By SELENE ARMSTRONG,
The St. Nicholas Girl.


know this is true Santa Claus said
so himself and while he talked the
laughter died out Of his merry old face,
and tears came in the kindly blue eyes
which are as bright today as when you
were a little boy or a little girl in the
Land Of Long Ago, wondering TO your
selves how he really looked
This is what he told me the day he
brought 10 Washington from his ice
palace at the North Pole a wonderful
snowstOrm IN which ne could ride with
out heing seen by either children OF
grOw1-ups-
There are little children n Washing
ton he said, who have never known
my name Yes, 1t Is true, my dear,
even though you fnd It so hard 10 be
ueve.
They are the children Of the alley
homes, in which the sun never shines,
and where ignorance, and sometimes
evaTice and cruelty, reign, instead Of
q love and peace. which are the rIgntt.
heritage Of child 0Od-
Sadder Boys and Girls.
Then, there are the children who I
sometimes think are even sadder-those
who have faith that there is one santa
Claus. the friend Of good boys and
girls. They Try pathetically hard 10 be
good and patient, even when cold and
hunger are their portion. for they be
Heve that Santa, with his sleigh and
reindeer, VIII come 70 every home,
however humble, on that woudrOuS eve,
when ali the world preDa res TO rejoice
because Of the birth Of a child But
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day pass
by, and these children VINO have been
good, in their childish way, and who
have hoped anu believed that Santa
Isl
mystery Of the dawn. weep bitterly
that the dearest friend Of childhood has
failed them
They are the children whose mothers
and fathers, IN the fight for existence.
for poor food and shelter, cannot pro-
vide the dear frivolous dolls and drums.
and horns that are the things most real
10 childhood some OF these children
have no fathers to provide for them.
others are mOtherleSs. all are pitifuI
But how can I take care of them.
unless the men and women Of Wash
ingtOn VIII help-these same men and
women, to whom as little children,
came in all love and bounty
And there was queer sort Of catch
IN Santa Claus throat
But these DAYS in his palace Of ice
and snCv-, Santa whistles merTily the
whole d. long The Old mans heart is
young and his step i light. as never
before in the old days.
VII Help Santa Claus
6 No 5eaEer VII tffe Ttt1e children OF
Washington whose mothers and fathers
csnnot provide for them be Euprovided
for The Washington Times viii play
Santa Claus in the humble homes Of the
city, in some Of the hospitals where
the little darIzrgs lie 50 white and still,
and perhaps IN the orphan asyIums over
which the mother saints viii Ee watch
Ing Christmas nncrninE-
Put neither The Times. The St Mich
oIas Girl, nor santa Claus, intend to be
selfish with the fun OF giving We ask
every man, woman. and child who has
a toy, a SOweT, OF a bright silver quar-
ter, a crisp dollar bill, or anything else
that can maze happy the heart or a
child. to send It 10 The St Nicholas Girl
al the office Of The Washington Times
There win be provided in the AIunsey
building a store room Just as big as
santa Claus heart, and here gifts and
contributions viii Be received and kept.
10 be distributed Christmas Day ac-
cordinE TO santa Claus orders
For every lonely heart IN this big
city waits some little Waif with an
empty stocking For Jhe mother who
has lost her child there - another 5
child TO be made glad this Christmas
For every little SLo-kI1E that mas been
folded and laid away there hangs an
other bv another chimney corner
And so, If vou are lonely, give, that
a Common tie may exist between YOU
and these children II E0u remember a
boz OF girl whose Drattje Is forever ST.
fenced, give. that another hOv or girl
NAV Le made happy for their sake II
YOU are a CTUStiv old bachelor YOU owe
Al even greater debt TO the children. %
send NOuT offering 10 tie 81 Nicholas
Girl and L vOI are 4 SDinster. re-
member that the mission OF the child
kESs woman IS TO mother the ulltherless.
Here arc . few Of the letters that are
coming To The Times office daily by
the hundred
Just Knows Santa
December >. 1910
Ny Dear Santa Claus
7 am little girl Of four years. and
like 10 play with playtliuCs- I have
heard OF YOU often and Just BEGIN to
know who you are I would like to have
YOU bring me a little doll baby some