Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-17
CHRESTMAS APPEALS
FOR POOR CHILDREN
ARE SENT BROADCAST
Kensington's Needs Great, Says
Mrs. Ketchum-Penny
Savers Reap a
Harvest
GIFTS FOR THE SAILORS
,octpdinr today. there are only seven
u,ore shopping days before Christmas.

lnc,qe'h n1qe Stopping days before Christmas.
christmas is nothing at all If it is not
,ha most democratic festival In all the
unor n Is meant primarily for the great
s,.ss which includes those who just
sscane paying income tax and takes in
.,b a generous sweep everybody don
~ those who haven't any money at all.
nor this reason pennies have an eXcep-
,,onaI value at this time. Especially
rben they have been saved up for so
iong that they are dollars. Man. church
examinations have had systems of penny
saving during the year and are now reap
,nr q Golden harvest, one parish having
isSo to distribute to It's poor hildren.
T, would be n good thing II Christmas
preparations were concentrated entirely
~ the children. Too many grown-ups
rrho do not believe In Santa Claus will
rsceiva presents and too many children
rbo do believe In Santa Claus will get
nothing 1t Is a crying shame. Mrs NJ
" Ketchum is one of those who says
She has issued another appeal for funds
"a give toys and dolls, food and clothing
"a children in kensington, where the
words "cold wave coming in the weather
renort are not read with enthusiast by
nu,.of-works, It beiug apparently one of
me conditions OF an industrial section
,bst there is often no chance for many
persons to he Industrious.
Mrs Ketchum's address Is 1924 Frank
ford avenue.
She receives letters demanding instant
helm. The statement is often heard that
one would starve rather than ask for
help. The experiment of voluntary starv-
Ing Is open to all The reason these let
ters are heard of at this time Is because
4 Is Christmas time; but she gets them
m the same quantity all the year round,
fsv knowing II, except the obscure. un-
advertised, unportrayed and often poor
Individuals who always chat is to say,
nearly always) can be depended upon to
lend or give food, fuel or clothing or the
money equivalent thereof in cases of dire
necessity.
After all children do not drop dead of
hunger in hundreds; so somebody must be
feeding them.
The Boy Scouts are said to be having
extra work on their hands because of the
coming festival. Many of them have been
,mployed by business firms to run errands
IN the last few days before Christmas.
But there is a lot of volunteer work which
they are doing Their slogan is do a
good turn daily from now until Christ
mas" n variation OF their "Do good
turn daily" a saying which great many
Food friends of the Scouts sincerely re-
gret. as it tends to make n number of
boys priggish There is no credit for do
Ing good turns; often good turns are Of
fcous and offensive; it is to be hoped
that most Boy Scouts can be as bad as
other healthy boys.
II there is one place that religion Is
needed first, last and all the time, it is on
the sea. Everybody has heard of the
bishop who crawled across the deck dur
Ing the hurricane and asked the captain
what the chances were, and on being told
I'VE must put our trust now In Heaven"
acclaimed: Great Heavens, has 1t come
10 that?
The Floating Committee is doing every
thing in its power to give u good Christ
mas 10 the sailors in port and at the
same time to impart to them (what is
the same thing a new hold upon the
spirit OF Christian brotherhood. ID. w.
Elliott chairman, 2Ni6 East York street
Is sending out an appeal for contributions
10 I'LL 1000 Christmas bags.
I'VE need" he says, your gifts; for
We must supply these men with good
reading matter to while away the lonely
hours AZ sea. As each man Is obliged
TO repair his own clothes so We en-
deayor to provide him with u comfort
bag; these bags contain many articles for
his temporal needs, Testament for his
spiritual needs"
The Emergency Aid Committee will give
benefit musicale at the Bellevue-Strat-
ford on Monday evening for post-Christ-
mas presents for war sufferers in the
Allied countries.
The Orpheus Quartet has contributed
Us services for the affair. William S.
Thunder will be at the piano and Hans
Kinder will be the cellist. In the quar-
let are Edna Harwood Baugher, Henri
Merriken, Mabelle Addison and Lewis ].
Howell