The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-12-14
CHRISTMAS FOR WAR CHILDREN

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The children of our allies look to
tho children and grown-ups OF Ameri-
ca, hoping we will remember them
with love and little gifts and Christ
mas.
They have been encouraged to ex-
pect a bit of good cheer at Christ
mas because the war children's re-
lief fund has made thousands OF war
children happy every Christmas since
1914.
Mrs. Eva Mcdonald Valesh, ma
tional chairman Of the fund, enlists
volunteer workers all over the coun-
try to tell the pathetic story Of the
little white stockings which is the
symbol of this Christmas work.
The stockings used for collecting
the fund are actually sent to the chill
dren, and they contain just about
what a Christmas does in this oun
try. In addition to the candy and
fruit and the little toy and the rev
pennies in the stocking there is .
package of warm clothing and ar
engagements are made to give a good
Christmas dinner to thousands of the
children of the allies who would 9TH
erwise be very desolate and sad in
the holiday season.
The little war children of the allies
are in pitiful need and they look wist-
fully to the children of the United
States to share some of their Christ
mas good things with them. Then
expectancy is the greater this year.
because of the fact that the United
States is in the war, too, at this
Christmas season and because the
children on the other side more des-
perately need food, clothing. shelter
and a bit Of gladness as the third year
Of the wan draws to a close.
The wal children's relief fund. with
headquarters at the Hotel Majestic
in New York City, is sending broad
east over the country the message of
their little stocking-thc message i.
that every dollar contributed by YOU
will make a child in n of the war
desolated countries on the other side
happy on Christmas day. The gifts
go directly to the children who are
so needy, some of whom are gather
ed in orphanages, while others are in
groups of refugees which find shelter
where they may.
Many children in the United States
have volunteered to do without candy
and oranges for themselves this year
and have asked their parents to con-
tribute their money to the wal or
phans.
Nearly every letter accompanying
contributions sent to the war chill
dren's relief fund has expressed the
writer's regret that he could not
make his greater, and many children
who have shaken the pennies out of
their banks and given all they had
saved.
One letter received this year was
written by "A grandfather in behalf of
his two grandchildren. He said they
had taken two little white empty
stockings out among their friends and
each had collected IS. He said the
children were delighted that they
could thus play Santa Claus to the
children of our allies.
The relief work for war children
has, since the war started. netted
$4,000 in money and $4,000 worth
Of new clothing, toys and food. This
year, because of shipping conditions,
the organization will not try to send
such individual gifts of clothing as
in the past, but will ask cash contri-
buttons for wholesale buying. They
expect $4,000 this year. Contribu-
tons may be sent to the Wan Chill
dren's Relief Fund, Hotel Majestic,
New York .City.-Iola (Kas.) Regis
ter.