The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-24
HUNDREDS or BASKETS READY
Many Associations in City Interested in
Distributing Christmas Cheer Guard
Against Duplication and Against Any
One Being Overlooked.

That all the needy in Kenosha may
have merry Christmas, members Of
the Elks, the Salvation Army, the As
ISOLATED Charities and a half a dozen
other organizations in the city who are
accustomed to extend the hand of re-
lief and good cheer at Christmas time,
were in conference today to guard
against duplication and to seek out the
forgotten ones in order that every
where in Kenosha Friday may bring
the joys of Christmas. 1t has not been
hard to find lot of empty stockings
in Kenosha, but the people interested
IN this work of philanthropy are hope
full that they will be able to seek out
and find a lot Of people who have
nursed their suffering in =ilence and so
concealed the fact that they are in need
that it has not been brought to the no
tice of the people in charge of the
annual distributions by the various or
CARNATIONS. Hundreds Of letters to
Santa Claus sent through the postofice
have been checked over by the officials
of the Associated Charities and plans
have been made to take care of most of
these children. Good Fellows have
been found in all walks of life in Ke-
nosha, but there is still need for aid
along these lines.
A lot of little children are going
to be made happy on Christmas. morn
es3 siG tht4 caancet for
others to give expression to the Christ
mas spirit by helping in this work.
TO guard against duplicating Christmas
charities the lists Of the various or
CARNATIONS have been carefully prepar-
ee and where extreme want existed
without aid being given through the
regular channels of the city department
big boxes are to be sent which will
make it possible for these families to
live for whole week in comparative
comfort.
Never in the history Of Kenosha has
there been such a lavish response to
calls for aid. The warehouses of the
organizations interested in the distribu
ton OF Christmas cheer have been filed
with warm clothing and provisions and
many people who in the past have paid
little attention to these matters have
been the most generous in aiding in
making up the Christmas baskets. -
Tomorrow is going to be busy day
for the people connected with the or
CARNATIONS and the delivery wagons
will be kept busy from early morning
until the time set for the iingling of
the bells of Santa Claus in the evening
IN delivering the hundreds of baskets
and boxes. The fact that Kenosha is
going to have a municipal Christmas
tree for all the people has in no way,
reduced the interest shown in the
needy. In fact the development of the
Christmas spirit by the work of the
tree has done 4ot to loosen
purse strings of the people and bring
shower of gold and provisions for
the needy.
Tomorrow many of the companies in
the city employing large numbers of Il. en-
and women will make presents to their
employees. While the year has not
been a bumper year among the manu-
facturers these presents to the men will
be just the same as in other years. The
people who have travelled about among
the warehouses stored with food and
feel certain that it is going
to be the merriest of all the merry
Christmases that Kenosha has known.
There is juts one thing and that is
don't let any real needy person be
overlooked.