The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-12-04
CHILDREN'S XMAS
MOVEMENT STARTS
NOT A BLESSED TOT In MOSCOW
MUST BE FORGOTTEN ON
CHRISTMAS EVE
Little Hearts to be Made Happy-Star-
Mirror Christmas Editor Now
Waiting for Letters

DID you ever IN your whole DleSS6Q
life wake up to Christmas that
wasn't a Christmas at all, that had
no stocking bulging with goodies, that
had no tree mysteriously hidden be-
hind some folding doors, that had no
chimney down which fat old Sanity
had puffed and struggled the night be-
fore? No, probably not. But whether
you have or not, wouldn't you simply
hate to think that a single little child
in the length or breadth of Moscow
was in for such a horrible experience
Just three weeks from today? or
course you would. You wish that every
little boy and every little girl could
have something to wake up for on
Christmas morning, that there would
be a horn to blow, a dolly to love, an
orange to suck, stick of candy to
nibble at for every boy and girl IN
Moscow. You wish that you could un-
wrap your own lovely parcels with
the knowledge that every child In town
was laughing and eXclaiming and
shouting and jumping up and down.
Well, there's no earthly reason why
every one shouldn't.
There are just plenty and plenty OF
people who would think it the best
fun in the whole world to have an ex-
cuse for visiting a toy shop, who
would love to stretch little mlttens
over their grown-up hands to test the
thickness of them, and who would
lust adore saying to the candy man
in the store, 'Yes, pound OF that
nice, chevy kind to go with the sticks,
and be sure the nuts are assorted and
perfectly fresh"
Just how can all the grown ups-and
there are such host of themrwho
want to do the Christmas things TO:
forlorn children get in touch with the
forlorn children-and, really, there's
a host of them, too.
Here's one way.
ii you know of a single child in Mos
cow who is in any danger of missing
Sanity, write little note to- the chill
dren's Christmas editor of the Star
Mirror. Be sure to tell just the things
the editor must know Tell the
child's name, the child's age, just eX-
actlv where the family lives, how many
there are in the family, and just how
much they need a little Christmas jol-
lity. If you can, tell how big the
child is that you are interested in and
what size (about) he or she would
need in stockings or mittens, or caps,
or underwear. OF course, every body
knows the size of toys to buy
The Star-Mirror will not publish
your name or the name of the child
you are good enough to write about,
for of course Christmas is a secret.
But the star Mirror will try to have
a get-together party some time before
now and the beautiful Christmas Eve,
and it is practically certain-at least
it has a great big premonition along
that line-that every little child 50
written about will have something on
the morning of the twenty-ffth to re-
mind him that CHRISTMAS is MEANT
FOR CHILDREN, that the whole cell
ebration had it's origin in the honoring
If a Child, and that on at least one
lay of the year every possible bit OF
good will and generosity and unself-
shness that can be mustered up IS
,ut at the service of CHILDREN.
The Mirror hopes that you will
lot delay writing the letter about the
needy child you know.
The Star-Mirror hopes that the
yhildren's Christmas Editor will have
he chance to supply all the childless
,eople with the prescription for ma
ting some particular child happy
Not an unremembered, not an un-
,appy child in the whole city-a pretty
,ood Christmas appetizer that would
,e. SO write the letter!
All Hail to Children's Christmas.