The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-08
ITO HOLD BIG
| RECEPTION At
ORPHAN HONE
Little Waits And Matron McEwen
Will Entertain Pubic
Sunday
TOTAL PASSES 500 MARX
Santa Claus viii Not Dare Pass
Chimney AT Children's
Home
TOTAL PASSES 500 MARK

Home
Previously acknowledged .$l& rs
List 194-Mctropolitan Life
Ins. Co. ,...... ... 15. 90
List 513-St. Loris South
western R. R. Boat En-
ployes ,.., ...... 3.75
r. T. Torrey ........ 100
List 40-American Credit
Store ........ ... loo
List 120--Cairo Bottling
Works .... ...... 200
List 372--H. F. Moreland so
List l52--W. ]. Cochran. 400
N. L. Miller ............ so
Resident Of East Cairo ... loo
Florence Davies ........ sc
List S3-New York Store 9.25
List 379--F. d. Nellls Coal
Co. i. ..y 2.65
Dr., James MoMasss 500 500
Total "A MIG. saos 40
The Buyhn's Christmas Fund for
the ChlIRSn's Home passed the two
huudEG dollar mark yesterday
iTrnhf present indications Santa
CLAUS sure will visit the Home
christmas eve with big pack Of
toys and other nice things for the
rood little girls and boys. IT also
appears as IL the wolf wont have any
reason for hanging around che door
Of the Home this winter.
A public reception will be held at
the Children's Home next Sunday
and The Bulletin is authofaEed by
Matron McEwen and her babfA,, ,to
invite every man, woman and chifAt
to visit the institution that day
There are hundreds of citizens who
'haye never seen inside the Home
and hundreds. who probably don't
knew where <be institution is locat-
ed. The number is 800 Twenty
fifth street.
Matron' McEwen almost wept last
night when informed by tffe Fund
Editor that Santa Claus wouldn't
dare pass the chimney of the Home
Matron Was Worried.
"Oh. I'm SO glad" she said "For.
weeks I've just been worrying my
self about Santa Claus until it had
me sick. Not a day has passed
without one Of the babies asking me
about Santa Claus and for the last
few days they have talked about
him incessantly. II would be the
greatest disappointment of my lifs
If Santa Claus didn't come. The
poor little children are just count
ing the days until Christmas and
now that am sure they will not be
disappointed, | feel better than eyef
before. The children want a Christ
mas tree and they all want candy
Not one Of them has made an un-
reasonable request. The girls all
want dolls and the boys want horses
and trains that go on tracks"
A bright-faced little lad. who
sells magazines after school, visited
The Bulletin office yesterday and
1nuonced that he would donate
something to the fund,
He's Going TO Give Something.
81 don't know Just what I'll give.
out I'm going to give something"
he said. Maybe I'll give you all
make on my magazines next week
md maybe | won't, but anyway, I'm
going to give something. see If
ion't. I'm glad ain't an orphan.
because ii | was maybe wouldn't
yet no presents You'll see me back
here next week. F"
Inc Fund Editor docs not DOUBT
the little boys sincerity lie will
1e back next week and no matter
row much he gives, it will be ap-
oreciated.
An elderly man visited the Fund
Editor yesterday and left silver
dollar for the fund, Don't tlel
him who left this money" ho
warned, Just tell them its from
l resident of East Cairo. That's
>nough.
Bond Makes Two Donations.
Manager Bond OF the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company made two
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