El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-27

And these neediest ones cannot reach the kitchens
through the cold winds and the snow barefooted ana IN
the pitfu rags which form only partial covering IOE
their bodies. They must have clothes Eacn ouIIII con
ssts of one pair Of warm wooden stockings one par OF
boots and a little OvercOat This one meal day, ana
these boots stockings and little coats be supplied
only If we give them. If do not the slaughter OF the
innOcents by cold and starvation will be appalling
Among the more than two million men and women
who viii read this page there is not One-here cannot
be a single one-WhOse heart viii not respond glady
and eagerly to the challenge OF TINS great need we
are asked you with US, to cooperate with Mr. hoover
in raising tWenythree million dollars to feed and cOthe
these children and save them from death this winter
It can be done It shall be done! THE LITERARY Dl-
GEST knows its readers and the deep earnestness, the
quick sympathy the great-hearted generosity they al
Ways show when any real human need calls TO them
You have never been called upon IN vain We are count
ing on you now with great confidence. We know
also, how truly you represent the American spirit
which beats In the hearts of hundred and three million
more In this big land of plenty, spirit which leaps ready
at every such CALL and is never weary IN WeidOIng we
are not hermit nation, isolated from the world, when
suffering and want cry out to us from anywhere under
the sun. A great beautiful and Notwithstanding hope
supports these stricken peOple-America viii come to
their relief For in the far places of the EARTH where
famine stalks one name and one alone IS synonymous
with rescue and hOpe-and that name is America.
The small individual unit of ten dollars win provide
the coat and boots and stockings and meal day for
one child this winter We urge our readers-We urge
every whose are these WOFuS-tO
" many of these units possible, to buy for them
selves that precious and priceless thing, the life Of
little child-as many of them they can and every
viii be shining star in eternal crown. 1t was the
Divine Love of little children who to earth a
little child and who regns as the King Of Glory,
who said nasmuch We have done 1t unto one of the
least of these, We have done it unto me- He does not
forget, nor fails to reward.
So deeply do we ourselves feel the urgency of this
great need knowing al the facts, that should feel
heavy burden of guilt if did not go beyond anything
have felt possible heretofore in order to save these
innocent children from suffering and DEATH Therefore
THE LITERARY DIGEST win start this fund with the
of $4,000 to feed and c0the twenty-five hundred
little boys and girls this winter What an inspiration
and example to many thousands who may be uncertain
how much to give-n I'm the first week there shall be
great shower Of checks for $1,000 for S5OOO for $4,000
well a deuge of smaller amounts to send the fund
rolling toward the necessary tWenty-three millions
Let us all see again what the fathers heart is in this
great rich land Of America Let US have again won
drous revelation of the heart Of American motherhood
Letus have great outpourng Of love and hepuness in
the name Of Him who said, "Feed my Iambs!'