El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-25

the Rescue Home for Christmas
that Capt. Kate Marek sat down
and cried tears Of Joy Christmas eve
With the big tree sent out by L NJ
Mayer. manager of Everybody's. being
decorated in the basement. the children
tucked snugly away upstairs dreaming
OF sleighs and old men with white
whiskers, and the staff Of the home
working over more than score of
tiny stockings. stuffing them with
candy fruits and nuts. a big autOmo-
bile truck drove up outside and a man
asked. is this the Rescue Homer
The captain informed him that IL
was and he began TO unload. Isn't
there some mistaken" she asked. No
this is from the Elks." he said and he
kept unloading. When he had fin
ished, there We're 20 sacks of flour.
three sacks Of potatoes, three boxes
OF apples, a box Of oranges. 25 pounds
Of nuts, tub full of dressed chickens
packed in ice. u pounds of butter
about so pounds Of good beef several
buckets of lard. a tub full of celery.
a box Of macarOni and a lot of other
things that the captain in her joy and
tears just could not enumerate.
Then drove up big wagon from NJ
Ainsa and Sons and out of it came five
gallons OF syrup, sack Of rice. a case
Of tomatoes. a case OF corn and case
of beans. Mr. Ainsa said he wanted
TO do something for the children" said
the driver.
How 1t All worked out.
Then il was that the captain sat
down and cried ~On Thanksgiving
day we had nothing to eat and were
$3.50 in debt" she said Il was in
tears and despair when / talked to Miss
Ruth Augur. of The Herald about our
plight Miss Augur promised TO put
something in the paper for us-and
see what the result is The Herald
didn't stop with one days printing il.
The children had nothing TO wear
go out and play Now they all have
warm clothing, good shoes. all the toys
they can wish. candy enough for the
whole holiday week. and just look at
the larder- We had only some beans.
a little flour. some lard and a bit Of
received the 81 the Rotary club sub
scribed for our Christmas dinner. We
We're thankful, IL seemed heaven sent
But that was only the beginning 1t
certainly seems that God has inter
vened for us 1t was no accident that
] decided TO tell the story of our needs
10 The Herald: il was no accident that
The Herald took it up and continued
cident that the Woman's Club took an
interest in US II was all preOrdained.
1 am. oh. so happy.
Presents and Warm Clothing.
Then the captain opened a small room
and showed the presents II was full
of toys and candy and nuts. all put up
in nice little packa ges for the little
ones on awakening this morning There
were dolls for the girls. and wagons.
tops. little guns. flags, and lots OF
things that little boys like. for the
boys There We're half a dozen fine
big dolls. beautifully dressed. that
the captains sister had sent from Min
neapOlis. Back in another room. where
stack Of new stockings. sent in by
a kind friend, enough 10 outfit every
child in the place with a new pair
Every child had, if not a new pair OF
shoes, a good pair Of shoes, setting
by his or her bed Each child had a
en- cap hanging nearby Out in the
back yard the hospital was almost
completed and lumber was piled Up for
the kindergarten and playhouse There
was a reason for the captains tears.
Help From Street Pots
In came trOOping two of the girls
who belong to the local Salvation
Army corps We got $50 today" they
chirped This meant that the contri-
buttons TO the Salvation army kettles
for the day had been that much and
it had been turned over 10 the Home.
A letter arrived from Mrs. Adjutant
Pitt. formerly in charge of the work
in Fl Paso with her husband, and it
brought a 50 bill with the request
that il be added to the fund that the
generous readers Of The Herald have
been contributing TO erect the kinder
garten- 1t was a big night and happy
night for the tired. energetic little
woman who has the care of "A mother
less or fatherless babies and almost
as many homeless. unfortunate girls [
in her hands.
As Capt Marek watched the work /
OF decorating the tree as II progressed (
down in the basement, the tired. far /
away look in her eyes was acceuuated /
with a smile. Occasionally a tear Z
dropped. but il was not a tear of sor- !
row. 1t was q tear for the goodness l
that is in the world.