Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-01
Salvation Army
Plans Christmas
Dinner For Poor

The Salvation Army will soon start
| its canvass and work to provide Christ
mas dinners for the poor Of the city
Members Of the army will solicit gifts
of food and money in the annual effort
to provide as many baskets Of food Is
it is possible to buy. In preparation
for this work Adjt. Stewart A. Meyer
who is in charge, has addressed the
following letter to the public:
Thanksgiving day is past and our
attention turns to Christmas. Decem-
Der brings more JOY to Christendom
than any other month in the year. The
reason Is that the uppermost thought
in the minds Of the people is others
The Joy Of joys is the JOY that joys
in the joys of others
Buying, making, planning and work.
ing that others may have Joyous
Christmas brings more real Joy and
blessing than even Christmas day IT.
self. The universal Christmas spirit
of giving spreads benedictlon ovei
Christendom.
1.-THE Salvation Army kettle will soon
be placed on the corners of the street
while happy iSalvationists, thinking OF
others, will stand despite the snow
wind, sleet and cold appealing to the
passers- by for the wherewithal to pro-
vide happy Christmas for Marshall
towns poor.
you who live in comfortable homes
and are not required by your daily vo-
cation to visit the poorer portions OF
the city may not know Of the need,
but the Salvation Army, whose officers
iy0
poor, devoting much of their time to
investigating and relieving the desti-
tute, know only too wen from personal
contact the scant meal that many Mar
shalltown families sit down to during
the cold winter months. Past expert
ence shows us the need Of generosity.
For a number Of years the Salvation
Army has given free Christmas dinners
to from 100 to $50 families each year.
These people have no one to plan any
Christmas surprises for them and the
knowledge that you, thru the Saliva
ton Army have not forgotten them on
this day OF universal rejoicing. is one OF
the bright spots in their dreary lives.
"Tho Salvation Army IS in personal
contact with the poor, visiting them,
helping, advising, consoling and filling
their hearts with hope beyond the
grave. No street is too dirty to be trod,
no howell too dilapldated to be entered,
no people too loathsome to be loved
and assisted by these self-sacrhlclng
servants of ALL
LISTS are now being compiled OF
the homes where a Christmas dinner
will be a Godsend and where a few
new toys and games will Danish that
feeling Of bitterness which arises too
often in the hearts Of those who are
always skimped on food allowance and
seldom see a new toy except in a store
window.
If you are a woman you know what
a difficult task it Is to provide a good
Christmas dinner for one family, ond
If you are a man you know something
of the difficulty Of footing the bill. We
will therefore have your sympathy IN
our task Of providing dinners for $50
families and our heavier task Of meet
ing the cost. We feel that this has
become a sacred part Of Christmas fes-
tivities In Marshalltown so that even
If we could we would not like to deny
you the pleasure OF participating in the
providing Of this feast for our worthy
poor. Will you help?
Make all checks payable to the
Salvation Army and mail to Adjt. Stew
art A. Meyer, II North First street,
phone ia"