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wounded soldiers at the hospital are
coming into The Times Santa Claus
room" in ever-increasing numbers
Kitchen employees OF the Hotel La
fayette have subscribed $14 to The
Times Christmas asbtheir part OF the
plan in Washington to remember the
soldiers on Christmas Day.
The money was used to purchase
fourteen packages Of Fatimas, nine
teen packages of Camels, twenty pack
ages of Lucky Strikes, five pipes, and
twenty-four cans OF Tuxedo smoking
tobacco. These gifts are now storCi
in the Santa Claus room" OF The
Times
Seven canes wrapped up In a n Eat
bundle Is one OF the latest OF the
gifts brought to The Times santa
Claus room"
Thomas p. Moore sends in q con-
signment of one dozen pipes for the
wounded men at the hospital.
There were thirty-one popular fc-
ton books received yesterday.
Tobacco Coming In.
Tobacco still continues to come in
by spurts and dashes. There are
thousands and thousands Of cigarettes,
can upon can of smoking tobacco. and
hundreds OF cigars now awaiting
shipment to the wounded soldiers at
W alter Reed.
A big bundle containing hundreds
of sheets OF writing paper and dozens
of pencils is included in today's re-
membranes.
A mandolin sat in state on the big
pile of gifts yesterday. 1t was the
first musical instrument to be re-
ceived.
Two fountain pens were added to-
day to those already sent in.
A dozen necktles were also re-
ceived, while a can of apple jelly
was smuggled past the guardian of
The Times santa Claus Room" Tho
Red Cross has suggested that sweets
be not sent to the men,
On the night OF December 30. after
the gifts have all been ''mobilizod. /"
they will be taken in a big truck to
the hospital. where they will be turn
ed over to the Red Cross.
To Arrange Parcels.
The Red Cross officials will open
the packages and make uniform
Christmas parcels of them all. Every
soldier at the hospital will In this
way receive a Christmas gift fiom the
people of Washington.
But six days remain until Christmas.
and but three days remain in which
presents may be sent 10 the overseas
boys at the hospital
This Is because the Red Cross has
stipulated that the gifts must be In by
December 2.
The wounded soldiers at the hospital
seem TO have fallen into the spirit OF
the occasion with boyish enthusiasm.
Those who have been unable to get
furloughs home are planning to make
merry for the YuIetide celebration
Just what presents some Of the sol
diers want Is a source Of constant in
terest to the visitor.
One big overseas man who wore two
gold service stripes and a wound stripe
on his sleeve and the citation cord OF
the First Division around his shoulder,
declared that he wanted a tuneful Ger
man silver piccolo.
Killed sixteen Germans.
"And he killed sixteen Germans be-
fore he got his" murmured an awe
stricken comrade. I'D think he'd
just naturally hate anything German
after that"
"Well, I'll tell you what I'd like"
spoke up another youth. "rd like to
have some Latin books to read. prefer
ably Cicero and-and-and I'd like a
too"
whats a 'Euclid?'" brusQuely
asked a doughboy who had a very
level gaze and a citation cord. as well
as service stripes
81 guess it's geometry" said an
other.
The doughboy then emphatically
went on record as saying he'd rather
kill Germans than read that old Greek
or "Eys-talian" stun, or whatever it
was.
Hush, we're not supposed to be