The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-19
GIVEN HELP TO
BASKET FUND.-.
PrOvident Association Making
Success Of Plan For christ
mas Gifts.
PLAN FOR SYSTEMATIC GIVING

How much have you given to the
pTOvident Association to help make
the Christmas season brighter one
for some family Have You done
ycur part 10 make n few stumuchH
full more bodies warm aud more
hearts cheerful on Christmas day?
Every one should do Ids or her pnrt
IN this great work to help the needy
poor OF the city Poverty, hunger,
cold and disense ARE prevalent IN
many homes In this city Fighting
against lnck Of money and insuffici
cnl help from those who nrr able 10
give, the workers nj the proyidpht
Association ARE helpless against the
great odds confronting them aud the
great numbers they must help who
cannot help themselves They need
the help NJ every mnu and woman In
the clry Even the children have help.
cd great denl aud win do more
Send today or any time chrCk or
contribution " any kind tu the nsso-
citation headquarters at ll2 West
Grand avenue or phone Walnut 2ONi.
Contributions are tnirly g,Ol now
nnd have been. for several dnys hut
they are not what they should be-, say
those In churgo NJ the work II every
one could get the spirit " the season
ns some have NIL would he we'll The
contributions have come I'm fairly
good numbers. Muny checks were ~.
celyed this morning and clothes an
food were coming I'm nj the store room
almost constantly The one fact that
IL lncOmpreheuslhlr Ia charity work
err II that the subscriptions come ~
rule from employees OF the business
houses.
Little Children Are Helping.
In several cases little children have
turned IN money
The Basket Fund plnn % the Prov.
idCnt Association X meeting with
much favor all over the city. ny this
plan those who are 10 receive the
Christmas baskets viii share accord,
Ing to their needs. whereas II the
help was distributed without any sys
tenn some ~ the needy would get Il
large amount and others would get
nothing.
Under the present plan the lists
will be- made up by competent persons
and there will br no Implications The
baskets will be- distributed the day be-
fore Christmas nnd along with them
will be- 4ent clothing shOes and such
other articles ~ are needed by the
poor families
4 contribution that helped and
was done through sheer good fellow
ship came 10 the notice NJ the assOci-
alton yesterday An unknown mnu
who refused 10 give his name called
the association 10 learn the where.
abouts OF any two boys who needed
help He wns directed 10 two little
boys. brothers, who were scantily
clad. without even proper underwear
or shoes
Help From = Big Brother.
The big brother took the little fel-
lows 10 clothing store and fitted
them out from underwear to over
coats
II IL this style II giving that counts
No one knows who the man H. Not
even the bONs know their benefnctOr
md vet the oltfit for the two youuR
sters amounts tO q considerable
amount VI money
The acceptance Of donations does
not stop today, nor tomorrow, nor
Christmas II will have 10 he kept
mp without end, hut right now IN a
time when II II needed the most Con
ditions are depIornbl" now. md right
nj q senson when the world should bC
the hnTrlcst The chance II AT hand
now tn make Christmas n happy one
for someone 10 whom II would other
Wise bc merely one of the cold, hun
cry days that they have always.
II II bcing demonstrated that the
llheralitv NJ tho nconlc NJ the city Is
unbounded They are rlad to contrib
ntc to the fuul 10 nrnvide baskets fol
Christmas and through Pivinr In that
way they get M INSIGHT into the work
that II helng done hy the provident
Association II Is expected that m,
contributions for thp poor. mad,
through the providrnt Association
win continue through the winter