The Washington times., 1919-12-09
GOODFELLOWSRUSH
TO SPREAD CHEER
Scores of Washington Men and
Women Join Christmas
Club.
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ton that the gloom chasers are on
the job, and letters telling OF dis
tress are coming in little heavier
each day-eome addressed to Santa
Claus, others to Mr.. Good Fellow.
Here Is a letter from little girl
over Southeast that tells her own
story better than anyone else can:
Il am a little girl eleven years
DID, she begins. Il go to school
every day / can, but my health Is
very bad and can't go all the time.
| have two little sisters, aged seven
and three, and two little brothers,
one flve years and one two MONTHS
Our father works very hard every
day 10 make living for us, but he
cannot make enough to much more
than pay for our food. We need
some underclothes, and we'd like TO
have a doll for my three-year-old
sister and a little wagon for M
fve-year-old brother
Major to Be, . Good Fellow.
1t didn't take The Times long to
find the man it thought would be the
q
look out for this family. Maj. Will
liam w. Griffin, Q. NJ. c., had asked
for just such an assignment. Well
bet that family gets everything they
need to make Christmas happy il
Major Griffin has to order couple
Of captains and lieutenants to chip
IN Orders are orders in the arnly,
you know.
And there are many others who
need Good Fellow to maintain their
belief that on one day of the yeay at
least there is isehappiness and pros
perity not only for the rich, but for
the poor and unfortunate as well.
1t is the aim of the Good Fellow
department to see that not single
child or old person in Washington
this year fails to get real merry
Christmas.
There is in Georgetown a case that
ought to touch the heart of some
Good Fellow. It's another one of
those instances where a mans pay
won't stretch beyond the bare neees-
sites. The wife is i'll and just man.
ages to do her own housework. There
a&e five children, and they, too, have
been i'll. There is a boy thirteen,
and girls eleven, eight and five, and
a baby girl ten months old. A dinner
and some toys and candy are needed
cherc.
Form Good Fellow Club.
Then there is family on Twelfth
street northwest. There's boy
twelve years old who needs Christ
mas Joy. He has a sister fourteen.
Their mother is i'll.
. One young woman who came TO
ehe Good Fellow desk and got the
name of family went to the house
hast night She found that they
needed more things than she felt she
could give them, so she formed
little Good Fellow Club with two
other girls to give them real Christ ,
mas. The idea is a good one.
w. w. Broughten, Of the Gilbert
garage, who thinks the Good Fellow
movement . most praiseworthy one,
asked for the name OF worthy fam
lily. The Good Fellow editor as
signed him one, and both the family
and Mr.. Broughton are going to get
real enjoyment out of Christmas.
Miss Marion Odell, ten years old,
is going to have her wish gratified
10 take care OF three little children,
with ages ranging from three To
eight
And, Mr. Good Fellow, there are
promises of a merry Christmas that
should be made and kept in many
Washington homes. Shall a single
child in the Nations Capital or a
single old person miss Christmas
this year? Phone your ans1er toI
Main $3.50. Or fill out the blank and
send it in Or Drop into The Times
office today.