The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-20
never A SANTA!
Boy 8 Years Old Has Never Had
q Real Xmas.
Confidential Exchange Cares
for More Like Him.

HE is 9 years old and has never
had visit from Santa Claus was
the report concerning one little school
boy received by the Confidential Elk
change today. The informant was
school nurse. He thinks that Santa
mustn't care for large families for he
has five other brothers and sisters
But he has written letter to him and
feels sure that this time Santa won't
forget. Can't the exchange do some-
thing for him?
I'VE certainly can was the answer
given by Miss Adams, secretary of the
exchange. And today the case of the
little boy, his i've brothers and sisters,
and his hard working parents, was
connected up to the generosity of one
of the "early bird givers,' who is do
ing her Christmas giving early
But there is a whole army of little
| folk whose acquaintance with the pa
iron saint of Christmas time has been
almost as limited as his, according to
Miss Adams.
And with but a week more for or
CARNATIONS and individuals to get busy
| in, the secretary is worrying whether
the wonderful record made by the EX-
change and Topeka last Thanksgiv
ing in feeding every hungry mouth
will be duplicated til; Christmas.
Eleventh hour giving is the fear
y
| just five more days until the day of
days which will spell joy or gloom to
| 500 or 700 children and several hun
dred parents and old people
School Children Help.
| Following the request of Miss Adams
Superintendent H. b. wilson of the
city schools set apart today as Potato
Day. Five thousand children in the
grade schools will bring one potato
! each-more if the family larder and
purse permit. A large share of tae
spuds received will be given to the
| many school children who are going
| lunchless to school. A gift of several
| pecks Of potatoes at present prices to
| poor families may enable them to send
their children to school with some
| sort of lunch. The rest of the pota-
| toes will be starch for the hundreds
| of Christmas baskets which will be
sent out thru the Exchange by To-
| peka organizations and individuals
OF cooperating agencies of the ex-
change seventeen have already taken
their families from the Exchange lists.
TheSe organizations are caring for all
the way from one family up to TWEEN
ty Notable is the work of the Saliva
ton Army that mas carefully scanned
the files for especially needy cases.
They will give a big dinner for those
in the Salvation Army hall Christmas
day followed by a Christmas tree for
| the little ones.
Fifty little beginners in the Sun
| day school of the First M E. church,
none of thcm over six years old, have
been putting pennies for weeks into a
| sunshine bank The contents of the
bank will be emptied next week and
i Christmas day certain family on the
east side will receive a basket of real
Christmas food, with toys for the
three little children of the family in
addition a check for $500 to insure
that the Xmas joy will continue for
several days.
Those Who Are Helping.
Following is the list of organiza-
tons who have responded to date:
N. N. S. club. the Alpha Charity
club, the Day Nursery club, City Fed
Grafton of Colored clubs, the Redden
mission, the Golden Rule club, the
Mizpah class of the First Presbyterian
church, the Spalding Reading circle,
the relief committee of the Lowman
NJ. E. church, the Sunday school of
the Lowman NJ. E. church, the West
minister Presbyterian Sunday school.
the Central Congregational Sunday
school, The Salvation Army, the B. Y.
P. U. of the First Baptist church, the
First NJ. E. Sunday school, the Euclid
Avenue NJ E. Sunday school, the w. c.
T. u, Provident association, the Pleas
ant Hour club, the Kappa Sigma fra
ternity