The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-18
MERRY CHRISTMAS
TO COME TO MANY
-onwrvrTy TREE is IN PLACE on
OLD FORD Lor OPPOSITE
CITY HALL.
{ NOTES FOR P Pills
ERoG EYE CAKE WALK TO SWELL
FUND roR THOSE WHO
Mss SANTA
CLAUS.
NOTES FOR PUPILS

Friends Of the movement for tho
community Christmas tree. embracing
All the Charitable and Other sor{erlcs.
are striving in every way 70 make the
affair a most successful ouo Iva all par
ttculars Resides the ind yleual CON
tritut}ons and the activity displayed
hy city officials the school CfIife7.
have taken up tha proposition. a"d
will contribute their mlte as best they
can.
All children who expect something
from the big tree. IL .heir names ard
addresses are knoWn. VIII get some
thing,
Commissioner John 15rsrhnere, and
Or James Buchanan ask all the school
children who know Of Attle friends or
acquaintancss who may not be happy
this Christmas unless Santa Claus
looks them up. 10 send what they can
toward the tree distribution. and IL
send the names Of children and others
who may need some Of the things be
ing contributed by the people br
James Buchanan. OF the Associated
Charities. gives out the following IN
struetions
where TO send Stockings.
All who desire 70 give stockinEs
must bring fhera ~ this various schools
ca Monday Children who desire 70
give provisions er MONEY instead Of
stockings eAn 40 80 al the Same time.
The stockings in tire East End will
he collected from Jefferson, Bellevue,
4 Springfield, Paramount Oakwood. Chin
boraxo ana Nicholson, and TAX en- 30
Bellevue sohoolt FROM which school
they viii he distributed.
These FOR the central district will
+ be collected from John Marshall High
school John Smith md Ruffner schools
ard taken to the High school ana ais
srtbuted
stockings for the west End, north
OF Main. from Eiba. william A. Fox
and stonevau Jackson schools, viii be
collected At this ". a. Fox school
In the West End south OF Main, from
Madison. Grace Arents,' sidney and
a Randolph. they will lie collected at
Madison school and distributed over
the southwest district
The sfockin Ra In South Richmond
from Powhatan and Bninbridre schools
viii he collected at Powh2tan and dis
irlbnted over the SouthHide.
Groceries and provisions win be col
leeted by the auto cars and taken to
the central depot whore they will be
assorted and placed IN the community
Christmas baskets
All contributions in cash must he
sent To the treasurer of the community
10 ]
car National Bank
The principals OF the various schools
hase been requested To furnish "a list 81
the names of children to whom Santa
CLAUS is expected TO deliver stockings
on Christmas eve
The committees IN the various dis
tricts will cooperate with a detaail
Z from the Boy Scouts IN the distribution
of the community Christmas stockings
Frog Eye 20 Assist.
AS an Incentive to many who may
rot be able TO give much. the enter
safnment at the city auditorium to
morrow night ct which the famous
Freq Eya" and a large company OF
singers and merry-fnakers will furnish
q most entertaining evening WIN prove
an instrument by which something may
be given the celebration. while tbs
donor may en5oY a most iaughable and
Interesting entertainment
This entertainment will be under ths
supervision OF Commissioner Hirsch-
berg, who has n committee Of active
workers to assist him.
Tickets for this are Just twenty cents
each. and the show Itself. II ~ said
is worth much more Tickets are on
sale at q number of convenient places
In the city
Node Brothers, OF Church Jill, have
contributed a large cake to be given
70 the most expert walkers" at the
entertainment The cake VIII he on
exhibition on Broad street today ard
tomorrow.
The tree is being placed in position
II was taken TO the old Ford lot yes
terday. under the supervision OF su-
periHtendent Thompson.
Report Safe Robbed.
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