The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
Confidential Exchange Looks
After Every Needy Family.
Presents. Food and Fuel Are
Given to 1875 Persons.
SALVATION ARMY BASKETS
FIkS' Club Provides for 500
Boys and Girls.
Never Before Did TOpekans
Show Such Liberality.

Like "a chivalrous knight Topeka
hearing the call of distress buckled
on her charity spurs and wearing the
coIors OF the Confidential Exchange
sailed forth against Poverty. And as
her THANKSGIVING tilt with the same
adversary she returned complete vic
tor
The Confidential Exchange an
nouuces today that every case of dis
tress that was reported has been
taken care of as far as known.
Never in the history of Topeka have
So many people received charity. Thir-
teen hundred and seventy-five persons
today received presents, food, coal and
money. from the organization and in
diViduals who did their giving thru the
Exchange.
The little fellow who had never re-
ceived "A visit from Santa Claus before,
the old man AT the county farm whose
sole wish was a blue handkerchief
the old lady who wanted a Bible with
pictures" All were remembered this
Christmas
The official figures do not quite
cover the charity.
For the salvation Army. one of the
cooperating agencies of the Exchange
gave out today many more baskets
than had been originally applied for
More than 200 family baskets were
given out this noon at their head
quarters
At the E1Iks.
The Elks' club this morning over
flowed with children-60O of them
and he air was filled with howls of
delight as Santa Claus distributed 500
stocking caps. shoals of presents and
ruyriads of candy bags. And as eachi
little guest filed out about noon he
uss.- given a ticket TO the movies.
Each OF the fourteen inmates at the /.
tuberculosis sa4-atorium received the
h. l-~..a
of the recipients was so deeply pene-
trated with the Christmas feeling as
Nan Ewing. now a patient, once a
principal in many police court
dramas.
The Kappa Sigma fraternity of
WashburH and the Marguerite club of
Westminster Presbyterian church saw
To- il that every inmate of the county
poor farm received the gift that he
asked for
- want some good religious book"
was the request made by an old man !.
81 the county farm. Il got a Bible I
and I've read it thru-many times"
Three da ago when the presents
were bought the old mans wish was
remembered
The presents arrived Sunday at the !
farm. But there was no claimant for
'thc religious book" For Saturday /
the old fellow died. with his wish un-
gratified.
Christmas Tree at Y. NJ. c. A.
saturday night the Y. NJ. c. A. +
''dormitory boys" gave a Christmas
tree for forty children. Two parties .
avere in progress at the Provident as
Sociation Saturday afternoon Both
were given by Mrs. Bair's class and .
the intermediate G. +. of the Central |
CONGREGATIONAL church. The guests
We're the twenty children of the dav
nursery and about fifty older children. .
Il desire my gift to remain anony-
NOUS. was the substance of many /
phone calls. And the confidence of .
Topeka in the Exchange was shown ,
iu that almost every individual dona- /
ton was made without stipulation !
Just put it where it will do the most
good" they said \ fleet of volunteers +
IN autcs attended to the delivery of 4
the presents Sunday and this morning /
Inc PrONldent association spent /
many weeks before Christmas securing
the town for worthy recipients for
Christmas charity and ascertaining the
exact needs and wants of every per-
son. which il reported to the FIX
change. The Goodfellows gave pres
cnts 10 several hundred children Sat /
urdaN. the names and wants of the
majority OF whom were secured thru (
me Exchange, who saw to it that food /
coal and substantial gifts supplement-
ed the efforts of the Goodfellows /
Dibhle's grocery was the donor of ten
heaping baskets of food.
Elmont Junior League.
''f'lfAi Rul OF town good SamaTi- !
tans developed. among them the
Junior ! ague of Elmont KAN: Mr.. ,
ana Mrs W F. Miller of Oneida. and /
farmer near Topeka. the anony-
nous giver of a huge box of butter |
and eggs. distributed by Exchange
among the sick people on its files
Following are the names of the
churches which gave thru the Ex-
nge; The Philathea. b. Y p L.
the Shaw Bible class. and Alpha Beta
Theta classes of the First Baptist
church; Mrs Fairs class. the Broth
erhood. the intermediate c. E. and
the Intermediate department of the
sunday school of the Central Congre- |
cational: the First Christian church: |
the Episcopal church: the Euclid NJ /
T. church: the Lowman NJ E; the
seward Avenue NJ. F.: the Mizpah |
class. the Redden Mission and the /
Menninger class of the First Presbv-
terian; the Marguerite society of the |
Westminster Presbyterian church. /
and the Indianola Mission Sunday |
school
Other organizations which contrib
uted are: Golden Rule club; the L. !
and l. club; the Spalding Reading
circle; the y y. s. club; the l.. l.. l. /
club Of the Y W: the W. c. T u; the /
Pansv Embroidery club; the Alpha (,
Irovident asSocia ton: the Good Eel !
lows; the 5000 school children with I
Iheir potato shower: the Kappa /
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