The Washington times., 1911-12-24
ST. NICHOLAS GIRL
TO GIVE PRESENTS
TO POOR CHILDREN
Distribution to Hundreds of
Riddles Begins Tomor-
row Morning.
Continued from First Page.)
rolled on the list of Santa Claus help
ers,

IoHeu OH the list or SANTA ClauS help-
ers.
Gets Hearty Response.
The response to her appeal was wide-
spread and spontaneous. Letters to the
st. Nicholas Girl came from all over
the country-from far-off Oklahoma,
from New Mexico. from Canada, from
Minnesota, and even from across the
water. contributions of money or toys
were sent to the st. Nicholas Girl, ask
ing her to use them as she saw At. Peo-
PIE well known In religious and philan-
1 pacRns circles rallied to her ,bs
GOOD FELLOWS.
The President Of the United States
Joined the ranks Of the GOOD FELL
LOWS early In the month. A small
mite, and was immediately enrolled on
the list Of GOOD FELLOWS. Tiny
tots struggled into The Times ONCE
Juggling bundles Of toys almost as big
as themselves. Big.hearted men rushed
Just long enough to donate five dollar
bill, and without leaving their names
Daintily clad society girls loaned the
use of their automobiles at the most
busy season and many Of them gave
themselves to the work Of reading let
tiers from the little people, classifying
them, and sending out postals to those
who had written their pitiful little re-
quests to Santa Claus, asking the good
old saint not to forget them this Christ
mas
Gifts for Thousands.
Down in the big banking room of the
Munsey Building there IL ranged In nu-
merical order. exactly 1,750 big manila
bags, filled to overlooking with toys.
Each bag contains. as far as possible,
just exactly what the child asked for
IN his letter to Santa Claus Each of
these bags has been numbered, and a
postal card. containing a duplicate mum.
of the bags that have been packed, rep
resent entire families Of nine or ten
children. One represents a family of
fifteen orphan children. An average of
SO that in all, about 1000 children are
to be remembered this Christmas by the
st. Nicholas Girl and her corps Of as
sistants.
Isaac Cans, chairman of the executive
committee, has promised that he will be
on hand early. with the other members
of his committee. to see that the early
birds are helped as soon as they arrive.
In fact, Mr.. Cans has promised that he
will not even take the time to look into
his own Christmas stocking until after
he has seen that all the poor children
have been provided with Christmas
gifts. Major Sylvester has promised to
send detachment Of police to help han
die the crowd OF happy little ones. and
the scout master of the Boy Scouts, l..
Gordon Leech. has sent the following
letter, which Is self-eXplanatory:
The st. Nicholas Girl,
The Washington Times, B..
Dear ST.. Nicholas Girl: .. e..
I have taken up the matter Of mes
senger service for your Good Eel
low campaign with the Y. M. c. A.
Scouts. Every one seemed ready Ia
assist you on Christmas morning and
l found II necessary to appoint our
representatives whose names l give be-
low:
Herbert Gates, John Barnes. Carroll
Fleming, Joseph Baldwin. Roger Bald
win, c. Minor Blackboard, Carl Porter
Rein Pidgion, Francis Wilbur. and
John Stockard.
Hoping that they will serve you as
good loyal scouts. I am
Sincerely yours,
l.. GORDON LEIGH,
Scoutmaster