The Washington times., 1912-12-25
HAPPY. CHILDREN
|. FIND THEIR DREAM
Of SANTA IS TRUE
Ten Thousand Little Ones
Are Made Happy by St.
! Nicholas Girl.
CONTINUED from First Pasel

srs1edy in childish fancy than the real.
isation that Santa Claus forgot to
come to our house"
Many Of the "kiddies must Sy.: nave
had the milkman ceased his rounds be.
Yore the vanguard formed in L. street
From dawn until noon the arrivals were
steady and at times 1t REQUIRED the eI-
men to keep the little folks In line. In
the Munsey building. proper several po.
llcemen. squad Of cavalrymen from
Fort Ayer. who volunteered their serv.
i;es. and busy agSrssast,S,ns .Es;,son OF {, sSy Ky
gifts and In keeping the happy little
ores on the move.
Antielpeting the siege, from the es.
2sctant tots. who had written g.
svsaS.sin. % had nf. been .!rsnsed
in advance in The Times offices.
More than 1000 great paper bags
covered an immense area of floor
SPim Mish viz efn chr,ss@ss na ~p Some
Of the bags contained gifts for two
and even three tots. for the presents
for little brothers and sisters. some
Of whom had sent Joint letters to
A large staff OF workers distributed
these packages and this staff was q
or My snSs' ca sn.
j pany and Warrington society girls.
Newspaper people. Boy Scouts. leaders
IN the business world Of the National
Capital: the Districts superintendent Of
Cans. head Of the committee which
helped. the st. Nicholas Girl. the three
GommissioEers Of the District: Cuno
Rudoiph, Gen. John A: Johnston and
ren Dean. L. $. A.. who brought a
squad Of Fort Myer troopers to keep
the children in order while anxiously
waiting the time when the line had 10
Sl mSysd up they SSuG get Inside the
Twas the Children's Hour.
But the dignitaries. society girls
actors and other willing aids to Santa
Claus were not the interesting part OF
the animated, colorful scene. II was the
Children's Hour.
In they came. children Of varying
years. though mostly very young. Tall
and slim children and fat and chunky
ones. Poorly dressed for the most
wan. All eager. all a little anxious
until they had got inside and presented
their postal cards of identification
These cards have been In Santa Claus
.sssea sns h h tS. ss
that each and every little boy and girl
was given what he or she had asked
Impatient the children were not
simply eager. And when the necessary
waiting had ended--ten thousand per.
sons given Individual gifts in a few
minutes-all other emotions gave way
before pure JOY. They rejoiced. Happi-
ness shone In twenty thousand eyes.
All the small mouths curved into
smiles.
The Willing Workers.
Presiding over the scene within the
bnilding were the members OF the toy
packing committee. headed by Mrs
Isaac Cans. who was assisted by a
corps OF workers. including the Misse.
jeanette Allen. Gwendolyn Dennis
Dorothy Walton. Leah Hermann. MurIe
Creery. Mesdames II. W. Hamilton, l.
+: Catlin. Merriam. Schoenthaler, W
M:,oIsa "; surdstte; g. Gw,Xir y IisS BHek y; p !!
Smith. /. c. Fletcher. c. T. Armst rong
r. Merritt. Hantxman, Katherin
Norman. W. II. Douglas, jr.. G. b
Earnshaw. +. Rosengarten. Harry II
smith and w. q. Williams.
Many others have helped to make thl.
real Christmas for 1000 small boz,
and girls. Readers OF The Times have
Siven money and presents generously
but the most invaluable help came froir
those who contributed personal service
among such were Miss katharine sey
mour, of Rochester. y. l.. and Mis-.
Ruth Selah. both Of whom We're assist,
ants to the St. Nicholas Girl las
Christmas. and who gave their time fol
read and classified the letters that wer.
sent to Santa Claus by the poor chill
dren: Miss Elizabeth Malotte Barnes
whose previous experience as a wOrke,
AmnnD rhiIiran NJ nSn tnt IN
at this time: Miss Gertrude Gordon
Miss Florence YOdcr. Mrs. l.. Rosen
garten and Mrs. q. Eert Repasz.
Loaned Their Automobiles.
Mrs. r. p. Andrews. who was the
chairman OF the transportation com.
mittee. loaned her own automobile and
the services Of a chauffeur. and per.
sonally supcrintended the transporta.
tion OF the donated toys down te
The Times office. She also took bags
Of toys to those children who by rea,
son OF illness or of being crippled
Others who loaned their automobiles
and brought in toys were l.. Claud.
Livingstone. Miss Courtney Wade, Har
rington Mills. and several members Of
the Pnckney Bible class Of Immanue
baptist Church. who brought the toy.
tuot were uOHuteu Dy tHdt Ctdsb las
Sunday morning, when u collection wal
taken UP at the morning service.
The Commercial Club gave Its Christ
mas tree. The Normal School girl,
candy and donated them. Bureau o
Chsmistry clerks. Bureau of Engravln,
Restaurant. Poli's Theater. Columbis
Theater, both giving benefits. and SOth
ers and Marlowe. were among the larg'
contributors.
Others were Leila Mcintyre and join
Hyams. lzetta Jewel. A. il. Van Buren,
Louise Kent. John Drew, Fountail
Merry Girls' Sewing Circle. employs
non Theater. District Of Columbi'
Friendly Aid Society, Llnthicum IIom
for Widows. Boy Scouts. and all tn
the "Old Homestead" beneft.
From the Suburbs.
The Falls Church Episcopal Churcl
and the . Hyattsville Presbyterian
Church were among the late contrlb,l
tors Of gifts and SO were the employe
OF the Loose Wiles Biscuit Company
adding u little ray OF sunshine"
The personnel of the executive com
nittec headed by Isaac Cans Included
besides the Commissioners and other
named above. l.. Stoddard Taylor
James Thatcher. II. c. Wilson, Georg
J.. Dunlop. John l.. NewbOld, A. Lisner
William j.. GUIDE, II. r. Andrews, Jane
j. Oyster, John W. Lyons, ID. j, Cal