The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25
Miss Ella Ward, the Saint
Nicholas Girl of Pensacola
What She Has Accomplished
Towards Making the Poor
Children Of Pensacola
Happy on Christmas Day

Remember that Christmas is kept as
the birthday of our dear Lord Get
SO close to His heart that you may
catch His spirit and so may give as
He did-freely, gladly, and most album
dainty, to those who most need''-A
Year of Beautiful Thoughts.
1t is a wonderful thing to make
other people happy. Often people
carry this wish in their hearts but it
Is not always possible to make even
the most beautiful wishes come true.
But, through the kindness of the men
and women and children of Pensacola,
and the men of the warships in the
harbor, it has been possible to make
one beautiful dream come true.
Dreams never come true. without
the magic of faith. But that is a
wand that can accomplish all things.
The Journal believes in Santa Claus.
Always has believed in Santa Claus
And always will, now, forever and
forever. It must be a Tnisanthrope,
indeed, who could fail to see the
beauty and the glory of the Christmas
Saint, after the worderful thinss thssz
have come 10 pass In his name during
this bright bright Christmas season.
It You do not belive in Santa Claus,
go to the St Nicholas Girls Christmas
tree this morning. After that you can
never. never doubt again.
At 10 O'Clock this morning In the
old McHugh grocery store, on West
Garden street, Santa Claus will greet
you at the st. Nicholas Girls Christ
mas tree, and hundreds of the little
children will be made happy by the
good patron saint of all little children
And the St Nicholas Girl will be
there.
For six weeks this girl has given
her time and her attention to this
work, without money and without
price.
She could not have done this work
generosity have made this beautiful
deed possible.
But without her, without the love
she has put into it, and the thought
that she has done, the big Christmas
tree would not have been the bright
reality that it is.
Twinkling with many colored lights,
blossoming in gaily dressed dolls
dolls that shut and open their eyes,
dolls that wear satin gowns, and dolls
in pretty school frocks, dolls in sailor
suits and dolls in red party dresses
big dolls for little girls, and little dolls
for baby girls-shaggy white dogs
that have beady bright eyes, and
brown monkeys that cling to the tree
and cornucopia,s filed with candies,
and horns. dozens and dozens, and
work boxes and tea sets and books,
bright with pictures and gay with
verses. and tool chests and jumping
lacks. rattles for the little, little
babies, and cap pistols, and swords,
and boxes of candy, and oranges and
so many. many, many things, that the
ST. Nicholas Girls could not begin to
get them all on the tree. For there
are hundreds of gifts for the hundreds
of girls and boys of Pensacola
Aren't you glad that you have done
T,A . M IL
dren, who have helped so wonderfully :?
But none has given what this girl
has given.
For she has given herself. heo~' and
soul to this work. For six weeks she
has planned to this one end-to make
the children happy at Christmas. II
Won do not think that this means WORK
and I am sure you realize how much
work it does mean, go this morning TO
the ST. Nicholas Girls Christmas tree
When those children gather together
this morning, they have many fo thank
for their happiness For everybody
has. seemed to have goodwin ana ioY-
ing thought for this work Tor the
children. But most of all do they owe
a grateful and loving appreciation 10
the St Nicholas Girl, who worked SO
earn estIy and so faithfully to MAKE
the christmas tree the wonderful sue
cess it is.
kind Miss Ward has done. AS MEM
ber of the Silent Workers for several
years, she has helped to make the
cb;IJ-a,1 benny at Christnaastide,
working so quietly that few knew Of
the work she was doing, except the
litt1e children whom she made happy.
For weeks the St. Nicholas Girl has
planned and worked and thought about
this one thing She has given TO II so
1n1cf love that it could not fail.
And so The Journal wants the chill
dren, and those who visit the beauti-
ful nee and see the happiness OF the
children. to know that it is this girl
who has made this posslole-Lne 81
NichIoas Girl. who has made dreams
come true.
Dreams in which visions of sugar
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