New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-14
,nreals of Youngsters
Cover Everything, from
Toys TO Bread
~RIFIL AND KISS"
PLEA OF 9-YEAR-OLD
,ssociation Is Now Badly in
Need of Contributions and
Volunteer Helpers.

Mil scout and rinl ana sweet
rs,ourn The same 20 you.
..,c-op PONTECONO, 9 years Old
oosa First av"
near Santa Claws; hope you Will
.-.ber US tris year as my papa Is
- work eight months and as
has no shoes 20 80 20 work
&C.,. has ore day week, and as that
~ 40 have 90 depend upon It is very
- ". have four children, and /
eleven. my sisters arc nine and
.-,, and ms brother is three years
o'6 With love,
GERTRUDE MURRAY 527 West IS
Street .
-rgss are samples Of TIE letters that
go tscr.7r OLD Santa Claus buster
.ts- ever this year in his cave at the
~ Aston Santa has always been
49, enough with al those dolls 70
lee. and reindeer TO feed and new
..-4s Of s.-sh,1s 20 lesrn 20 run every
b,. this vear tho kind old fell
iov, las found another 1oo.
'oT . Is. -s,e.vf5 so many letters from
.ts-[- Ike Gertrude Murray, when
CO., ~ families that need not only
81 s-5 TOW t-e engines, but PLAIN
800 eva butter and rent money, tnst
,-s5s M his mind 20 start on his
Ss-risr than usual this year and
".t 80 homes where there is actual
4.-;~r because Of the hard times.
Boy Scouts to Help.
p. climbs down the fire escapes, and
-,r-;rc In So the windows OF rlckety
800. houses. sees the little chill
cr[,-r over their scanty suppers,
-To mamma i1 her 'kerchief and pa
L,s can have just settled down to
.o-, over t-eir tiny store Of COINS
.-.rs+ the hour Of the rent collector s
IN, Then santa caShes away ana
..F. q Bow Scout hustling 70 the door
,s.5 basket ot groceries, WhlIe ne
.-s anon the landlord and makes sure
.-st .ts moor family vii. not be evlcted
r-+1 after Christmas, anyway.
Mar times fortunately have not been
aha 20 spol Sarta's plans for giving
't.f3re- -fe TOYS they want for Christ
MS All sumner long Santa and his
cent. John y. G.CcS, organizer OF the
g., Claus Association. have been max
,-r g list Of generous persons. VINO
,-o--ise 90 answer one chlld's CHRIST
mas letter II tile association we're
dependent upon the generosity OF q
I'D. r,il',o-s,res the hard times might
no fs't in Sa-.a's treasury, but the con
.-,bu.ors are numbered by thousands
go each IS RESPONSIBLE for only one
,bi5. so there IS no danger that each
mall stocking viii not be filed.
Postage Stamps Needed.
II, only ching that Santa Claus
needs S. postage stamps. The assocls-
lion expects 90 receive one thousand
letters d day from now until Christ
mas. and each OF these must be an
svere5 The president Of the associa-
-or. uror whom Santa was depending
for stamps. died = few weeks ago, and
Mr G.uck sri other officers Of the
association have been supplying the
rostal department ever since. Hester-
aav they asked the public TO help
them. Two hundred thousand stamps
viii he needed 90 carry on the work.
One o. the most pathetic letters re-
ce.vei bv Tho association was one
about q crippled child in a Brooklyn
rarret Special attention was given
This case
This child" the letter read, sis ten
sears old "Hcr mother died a year
ago. and she lives ia one room with
her aged grandmother. Now, this child
was born with an enormous head and
is unable % furpor' 10. She has lain
OH her back all those ten years, 8
she cannot walk She is very intelli-
gent. rec'os poems and sings songs.
She is unsteady inclined and plays
almost any tune on a toy piano. She
doesn't own one, but plays on neigh
boris cii.d's toy p .aro. Her earnest wish
is that Old Santa viii please bring her
one this Christmas. as 10 would amuse
her greatly and help pass away the
long weary hours. 7 know her grand
mother hasn't the means 70 get her
one, az she is IN very poor circum-
stances"
Asks for first Presant."
Another letter than touched Old
Sar.a's hear;strirFs was from a small
East Side boy, az follows:
"Ny father duz not get much money
20 hy all these things and we never
get presant from any Santa Claus,
so we begg you 20 give US the first
rresaut, as we are so sorry we haven't
any p.aythings"
A bundle OF letters from the Catho-
Tie Sisters iu charge Of ST. Joseph's
Settlement House, AS East 10th st.,
was accompanied by q letter from the
Sisters saying that the children were
too poor 10 buy stamps, so she had
sen; them all together in one envelope.
These letters al gave Santa careful
directions for finding their fats. Mary
BsttipaClia wrote that she wanted "a
school SET and my sister Rita wants
toys, and Louise wants toys and Lucy
wants doll"
Mr. G.uck sent a letter last night
&C number Of business houses asking
them 90 tel their steuoCraphers about
Che work. 20 the hope that volunteers
VII offer a couple Of hours work each
night 90 help Santa answer the thou
sand letters a day he expects 10 re-
ceve. Forty girls who are out of work
because of the war have done the work
alone until now.