The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-07
when the attention Of Tae Sni
,et;n 1, called to any miistatenen'
i fact or to any error concerning
.nv man or thing, corrections WI
sheerfully be made.)
Helm the Waits.

Christmas was never ihlehaea ~
grown people. 1t was lhtehueu ~
o,;,arap and the man who makes
ch.ld happy will find warmer spo'
/, Gods heart than will the multi
,;,tionaire who presents his " 4
WITH 4 million dollar tiara. III iF
not cpantity or quality that oount'
in Christmas gifts; it is the sp F''
opd the amount of good done thai
co,n4s A man who can find enjoy
men only IN giving costly presents 70
grown people is, indeed, unfortunate
If he has no children, he should e
sortb and seek n child upon whom tC
bestow a present. And he VIII MOI
have 10 search long to find the chlio
of poor parents, or the child without
narents. whose heart is filled WIFI
sorrow.
Has your heart become so calious-
ed that you can no longe, reeai
what Christmas meant for you when
Won were a youngster? All young
sters are alike--all of them believe
in Santa Claus and you We're one
them. When you were child there
was no other day in the year tha'
7neant SO much for you. II was &
day Of pleasant surprises day OF
continual happiness. You would not
have traded it for all the other days
in the year. On Christmas eve yot
fought first with your mother anc
father and then with the Sandman =
that YOU might stay awake and
watch for the jolly little fat man
The Sandman invariably won ths
battle, for you never could manage
to keep yeur eyes open long enougf
to see Santa when he filed you
stocking with good things. Was
there any single hour in the yea
that made you so happy as the first
hour Of Christmas day, You WouH
not have parted with those precious
sixty minutes of absolute bliss for
billion dollarsnot for all tn
money in the world. Santa Claui
had been there and you had VOW
toys. How could anything be NOR
complete?
There are millions of little ycung
sters who believe in Santa Claus an
who will go to bed happy Christina
eve. There arc millions who viii b
joyful the following morning. Blu
there are thousands and thousand
OF little tots who will be sad, TO
Santa, you know, never leaves pres
ents for poor little boys and girk
unless somebody pays him.
There are ten little waits In Caif
whom Santa will not visit unles
some arrangements can be made fo
his compensation. Several of th
Youngsters are parentless, while tn
plight of the others is worse tina
that OF .orphans--they have paren
who do not love them and who hay
abandoned them. One matron
mother to all of them and while h,
heart is large, she is poWerless
provide presents for her charges. 81
is poor woman and If she we
wealthy you can wager your la
dollar she would arrange matte
with old st. Nick for her charges.
There are other things these ch
dren require in addition to Christm
presents. They must be clothed, +
and sheltered at all times a.
whether this is to be done during t
coming year also depends upon t
generosity Of the people of Cairo.
Last year hundreds of war
hearted men. women and childrt
who realized the helplessness OF
waits at the Children's Home, {
mated to The Bulletins Christn
fund None Of the donations W,
large, but every penny count
Every man, woman and child
Cairo should contribute to the ful
no matter If they can give but.
few pennies. No donation will
too small, or none too large. If J
contribute to the fund, you Will ]
only help to make some child hap
but you also will make yours
happy There Is no personal sal
faction so great as that caused
the knowledge that one has indull
lsSs$ III N worthy charity. ,s ass4 !.