El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-13
big Brothers OF Ell Paso
Needed To Provide Cheer
For Poor On Thanksgiving

DIG Drotnerg ana sisters 100 are
D needed by the poor OF f Paso Il
they are 70 have good dinners
Thanksgiving day and II Santa Claus
II 70 visit them Christmas
The need Of big brothers was voiced
saturday By J. ,. GWin- secretary Of
the Associated Charities This or
gauization is preparing 70 help the
big brothers OF the city to help the
poor in scientific way 50 that dupli-
cation OF giving viii be avoided and
so that nobody who needs help wiz
be missed
A filing system VIII be kept OF all
Of the clty's needy, specially for
Christmas use, GWin said. Churches.
lodges, clubs and philanthropic indi-
viduals who give on large scale wiz
be asked TO send TO the Associated
Charities complete list OF the per
sons TO whom they intend 70 send
Christmas cheer. Each name on this
list will be filed ALPHABETICALLY and
only one person viii ever see the list
50 the public win not have access TO
It, something which might embarrass
the people TO whom baskets are 10 be
sent
Through The filing system. duplica-
tions can be watched. GWin said that
in other cities where the method had
been used he had known one name 70
appear on nine different lists. If the
second list received contains names
on the first list, the organization or
person sending in the second list win
be notified OF the Implications so that
new names can be added 20 the list
70 replace the Implications
Cheek Up Lists.
After all the lists are in and
checked up, the Associated Charities
win take care OF all needy persons
not on the combined lists. 50 that not
one poor OF sick man. woman OF child
IN the city VIII 60 without good food.
little candy and such Other trifles
as the human heart Graves on Christ
mas.
To carry out the winters program
OF giving ali assistance, in addition
10 what the Associated Charities is
able 70 render, viii be welcomed. II
somebody wants TO send a check with
the specification that Il be used TO
buy coal for some widow. milk for
sick babies, or a suit and a bed for
some homeless old man, the check
VIII be welcomed and used as di-
rected.
Last year 1851 families were given
assistance by the Associated Charf-
tiles The average is four persons TO
the family. making a total OF 400
persons who were below that rim al
which folks break even That means
one person out OF every % in Fl paso.
As a rule. about as many Americans
SICKNESS are no respecrors OF persons.
During the summer months the As
ISOLATED Charities gave aid 10 an av-
erage OF 125 at once In the winter
the number jumps TO 100 There are
about so families, or 200 persons. fin
FL Faso who are pensioners. In
other words. they cannot live with
out constant aid from organized
sources. so they get monthly allow
ances and permar ent supervision
Lodgings Provided
me total number or lodgings pro-
wIUnn for VIA Hnra last
5l61. The number OF persons 20 whom
lodgings were given was SIS. Many
OF these we're men q some intelIi-
gence and standing where they came
from, but, through bad judgment or
misfortune had gone down and out
temporarily and had TO sleep on
charity.
one OF the largest tasks OF the
charity association Is the nurse care
OF 1000 sick persons. most OF them
children. Just now there Is only one
visiting nurse. but before long there
wiz be two more.
Discussing the Thanksgiving and
Christmas plans, Gwin said a Thanks
giving dinner would be provided for
so children at the DAY nursery. At
405 South Campbell street There
VIII be a dinner for the men at the
lodging house, too. For Christmas
the plans are more elaborate.
All school children will collect
clothes and other articles from their
homes day or so before Christmas
and leave them az the schools Trucks
from the Associated Charities viii
gather them up About $500 viii have
70 be spent in addition to articles
given.
The first cold snap. starting this
week, piled up work at the charities
office Coal, clothing and food are ia
demand Many persons come here III
OF tuberculosis. leaving good hospital
advantages because they believe cli-
mate alone VIII restore their health.
Such persons swell the lists Of the
least OF these which humanity must
help So the big hearted big brothers
OF FL Paso are awaited