Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18
V0CAL|STS To AID
IN CONCERT FOR
XMAS FUND |.
Triple Band viii Be Feature Of.
Big Musical at the Grand
Theater Sunday. !.
By EUeIyn Wren

NolillS since tne Empty STOCKING
Fund was opened has promised such a
substantial addition to the fund as the
offer of Atlanta musicians to give a
whole Sunday afternoon for the poor
children. The concert next Sunday aft
ernoon at the Grand should fll the big
theater easily and bring in harvest OF
money to buy Christmas gifts for thO
hundreds of little folks who otherwise
would be forgotten on Christmas morn
ing
Since the announcement yesterday OF
the Sunday concert the Christmas Ed
itor has received numerous offers of
assistance by talented singers, and the
complete program soon will be made
public.
Miss Margherita Carter has prom
Used to sing. and The Singing Mar
tins" a grand opera act, will give sew
eral numbers. The Martins are sing
ing at the Montgomery theater, but Mr..
Montgomery consented readily to per-
NIT them to appear at The Georgians
concert.
Record Band to Play.
The band win be the biggest and best
which has played in Atlanta in years.
1t will in fact. be three bands COM
bined. the Fifth regiment, under c. E.
Barber. the Wedemeyer under Fred
Wedemeyer. conductor. and Matthies-
sens combined band and orchestra, I'M
der Jake Matthiessen. The three con-
ductors will lead the triple band for
two numbers each.
The concert was offered for the
Christmas fund by the local union of
the American Federation of Musicians,
and the use Of the Grand is given free
of charge by Manager Hugh Cardoza.
Every cent contributed by the audience
win go toward making hundreds of poor
children happy on Christmas morning
just a week from today.
No tickets will be sold. All who come
win be welcome, but collection viii be-
taken and every auditor is expected to
contribute something, a little or lot, to
help fill the stockings next Wednesday.
Rich's Girls Aid Fund.
No more striking evidence Of the
wide appeal which The Georgian's
Christmas fund is making has been
furnished than the action today Of girls
in the corset department Of Rich's store
who raised $40 from among their none
too easily earned savings. That $40
will go a long way toward providing a
/ bright Christmas morning for more
than one Atlanta youngster and If the
Empty Stocking Fund had done moth
ing except giving the opportunity for a
display Of this sort of spirit 1t would
have been well worth while.
Let's Make Every Kiddie Happy.
You who crawled out Of coy bed
this morning and looked out from a
warm room into the rain outside said to
yourselves:
Nasty, dreary day! Gloomiest I ever
saw"
But 1t was not half so gloomy and
cherries as next Wednesday morning
will be to the children whose stockings
hang empty by the chimney; the chill
dren whom Santa Claus forgot
The Christmas Editor has received
more than S1,10O to help brighten the
day for these little brothers and sisters
of all Of us, but the list Of the poor is a
long one-longer than the list of con-
trlbutions More is noeded-a great
deal more--to carry happiness on
Christmas morning to the children the
Christmas Editor knows
Filling Empty Stockings Now.
But a few days remain. The Christ
mas shopping for the Empty Stockings
has begun. The packages must be made
up next Monday and Tuesday. After
that it will be too late.
The list of contributors still is open,
and the Christmas Editor would like to
add d hundred names to it today and
another hundred each day this week
letter with a check or a note will be
the best way; a telephone message to
| She Christmas Editor is next best.
Big Stores Help.
Several stores of Atlanta will aid
the fund materially in providing goods
for the poor who win be helped at cost
price or less. Among them are Keely's,
Richs and the Mcclure establishments.