The Washington times., 1919-12-21
A year ago Helen had a father and

mother and happy home, out In
Maryland. The influenza epidemic
came along. Both parents were
stricken and died. Helen came to
the home Of relative over in the
Northeast section of Washington
The family was poor and the man
who used to be the bread-winner
was q cripple. But Helen had NO
other place to go and the family took
her in. An investigator called there
today, she found Helen's foster moth
er cooking pumpkin. There was no
other food in sight Not much chance
for Christmas cheer there, is there
Now for a. Good Fellow.
Then there is John no lives In a
shanty over Northeast They man
age to keep warm with the coal John
picks up In railroad yards. Some
times the widowed mother has food
for him and sometimes she has not
John has missed Santa Claus a num-
Der OF times already. He ought not
to miss him this year. There are
thousands Of meh and women in
Washington who could give John the
merriest ChristmaA of his young life
for the price of Just few of the gal
Ions Of gasolene they burn in their
motors. -,
Wants Express Wagon.
Then there is Harry, who dreams
of an express wagon and some nuts,
but he can't have them unless some
Good Fellow wills it. And there is
an invalid husband and the wife who
must stay home and care for him,
who are going to be very low in
spirits this Christmas unless some
Good Fellow comes around.
And there is Joe, who has seen
nothing but sorrow in the twelve
years of his life. His sister is i'll
in a hospital and the physicians have
said there is no chance for her re-
covery. But the parents have staked
all their savings and pledged much
of their future in an effort to bring
her back to health. There is moth
ing left. for Joe's @Christmas, but
somewhere in Washington there must
be some one who wifi see to it that
Joe smiles this Christmas morning.
|, Dozens More Like Them.
Cold type may not be able to hit
the human target, but If you could
see any of these families and dozens
more like them in Washington you
would forthwith become a Good Eel
low. =
+ There. was assigned to Miss N. G.
Jennings. of the Department of JUS
tice. yesterday case that looked
just like any one of a dozen others
in the Good Fellow department. Miss
Jennings investigated it at once. She
found an aged woman who cared for
four grandchildren by Gaming chairs,
but work for this woman had been
slack. There was neither coal nor
food in the house.
The children-intelligen clean,
normal American .children-were in
want In that home today there is
warmth and comfort and a new out
look on life. Miss Jennings is true
Good Fellow and no Good Fellow
ministers in a way that pauperizes
the recipients. 1t is. not the Good
Fellow idea or the Good Fellow way
to pauperiZe." ....-.l
Good Fellow at Last.
One Good Fellow sent in a contri-
button of 81 today and with 1t this
note: Il am enclosing a dollar for
the Good Fellow cause. It's pitiably
small. but l felt as though l must
have little part In 1t. If had not
been too much of good fellow" in
the past, / could of made it more
nova Stranger and Sojourner."
That Good Fellows dollar went to
the Fairgrounds Department, and it
will help make some kid happy.
You can be a Good Fellow by call
ing The Times, Main $3.50 and asking
that you be given the names OF the
less fortunate who you can help at
Christmas time.