The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-26
MANY RECEIVE
G|FTSFROMST
NICHOLAS GIRL
Four Hundred and Fifty
Children Gladdened By
Toy Fund Distribution.
CELEBRATION
HELD IN ARMORY
Remainder of Gifts Left
| Given To Various
Institutions.

If you made one of the many who
witnessed the st. Nicholas Girls dis
tribution at the armory hall on Christ
mas morning you are the better and
the happier, and perhaps just a little
saddeT for the experience For it was
wonderful sight to watch these chill
dfen, into whose lives so EttIe of
brightness enters, when through the
loving kindness of the st. Nicholas
Girl and her helpers, their Christmas
Day was made a happy one.
The st. Nicholas Girl and her staff
had been busy for days, and tables
were heaped with dolls and tea sets,
balls and bats, knives and toys, and
long benches. marked with the ages
of the children, were piled high with
| the hundreds of stockings, flied in
pairs so that they might be worn after
yards one stocking filed with apples,
| Oranges, nuts and candies, and in it's
mate a horn.
To take care of four hundred and
1 fifty children is a task of no small
proportions, but the st. Nicholas Girl
/ had many helpers, and the work was
| conducted with so much system that
/ there was no disorder of any kind, and
! the children were cared for in remark
| ably quick time
Miss Ada White, the St Nicholas
Girl who has given her time to this
work for weeks before Christmas, had
| many assistants yesterday, eager to
aid her in the distribution.
I Down stairs in the hall, where the
hundreds of children surged back and
| forth, Morris Liehten and a squad OF
Boy Scouts were in charge. Sam Pin
ney, probation officer, and NJ E. Clar6
had charge of the tickets, and Herbert
Matthews timed the children, who en-
tered in squads of eight through one
door, passing out as quickly as pos
sible and making room for the on
coming crowds.
Among those who assisted Miss
White in the distribution were Miss
Leila Abercrombie, Mrs. Stevens, Miss
Evelyn Thornton, Miss Sadie Kugel-
man Miss Viola. Roch. Miss Annie
! Langley, Mrs. ]. j. Sullivan, Miss Dora
Sullivan, Miss Fannie Sullivan. MISC
Cecilia Robinson, Miss Lamont ana
, Cade Shackelford, Tom Rozear, Clem-
ent Blount, Sidney Bell, George Brent,
Eddie Motta, Rev Mr. Phillips, Sidney
Levy, Captain Stevens Raymond
: White, John Anderson, Jim Barker,
Oliver Semmes and others.
Following the distribution, TIRES
: automobiles were loaded with the re-
u mainder Of the toys. and stockings and
. trips were made to the Poor Farm,
? the Pearl Eagan Home, and the home
? of private family, where the hearts
? of six little children were made happy.
. George Brent drove one car, with
: Miss Ada White, Miss Sadie Kugel-
man. Sidney Bell and Ed. Motta. In
; the second car which was driven by
? Miss Viola Roch. were Mrs. Quarles.
g Raymond White, Sam Pinney and Miss
C. NJ. Robinson. Sidney Levy drove
u the third car, with Miss Leila Aber-
a crombie, Miss Lamont, Jim Barker and
e Jack Pinney
3 1t is probable that those who spent
le their Christmas morning at this beau
= tiful work will never forget the expert
y ence. To see the light of JOY leap into
i the eyes of child is a wonderful
y thing, and to be brought close to the
IS poverty that seems so much harder al
re this season, gives one a deeper con.
- ception of the duty and the privilege
le of service.
10 The work that the St. Nicholas Cir
" is doing in Pensacola is not only q
l. very beautiful work, but it is a worb
&c of vast and growing Importance, fol
Is through this work at Christmas timt
IN those who aid her are given an oppor.
rs tunity to see many evils that shoulc
IN be and must be corrected so that the
IN Christmas season may not only be Z
II happy time for these unfortunate chill.
on dren, but that their lot may be mad,