The Washington times., 1920-12-03

or groups, TO take charge OF large
| families. the employees In the gun
shop at the Navy Yard today lined
up as Good Fellows and Immediately
the biggest needy family listed with
The Washington Times was assigned
to them.
OFFERS ARE GENERAL.
As on previous days, the Good Eel
lows signihed a willingness TO take
under their wing a family anywhere
in Washington and did not ask that
the faniIly's home be in their section
OF the city.
Good Fellows are enrolling by
sending in coupons clipped from Tho
Washington Times by letter, by tele-
phone and by personally calling at
the Good Fellow Department OF The
Washington Times.
Because OF the large number OF
families llsted-it is much larger this
year than last, and is constantly IN
Creasing-thc Good Fellow Depart
mcnt has been able to assign at least
one family to each generous-hearted
volunteer. There are still number
of needy families for which Good
Fellows must he provided II Christ
mas Is to be cheerful instead of
! checrlcss.
| TINE GROWING SHORT.
There are only nineteen more
shopping days before Christmas. and
as the Good Fellows will have to do
some shopping-as much or as little
as the xndesire--it would be well for
the men, women and children intend
ing joining this movement to signify
by saying Aye" right here and
now.
In number OF instances there ar
widows with a number of chlldrel
who are threatened with sad anc
sorrowful Yuletide unless some Coco
Fellows guarantee them comfort anc
cheer Because OF the size OF thes'
families, their desperate need. and th'
fact that they have nothing 10 LOOK
forward to but Christmas gloom anc
disappointment. it is suggested tha'
two or more persons join in taking
one of these families under theil
wings.
II you intend being Good Fello"
he time to act is now.
The Good Fellow creed is so simpi
and so human that it makes Ms ap
peal to men, women and children il
all walks of life, all stations of so
ciety and all states Of finances 1t is
Neither you nor I get anything
our Of this except the feeling that
we have saved some soul from
sorrow on Christmas morning.
NO ROMANCE FOR POOR.
Christmas in the homes OF tn
little rich boys and girls is Joyous
They are well. provided for. IL is 70
mantle. Visions MI their little head
Of snow falling silently. Santa Clau
riding through the air in his retnde"
chariot and all the goodies that arr
in store for them on Christmas Day
But in the homes OF the poor an
needy there is no romance at CHRIST
mas II ne. They look forward to TN
day as the ,se day in the year whei
1 some kind persons will provide then
/ with the bare necessities of life. NJ
visions Of sleds, dolls. candies. or tn
like fiji the heads Of the poor littl'
girl and boy They dream Of a pal
OF shoes. a coat. stockings, and food
In many poor and deserving fam
HES where there has been sickness
the children lack clothes. Some arr
forced to stay home from school 70
want of them. father has bee
seriously i'll and no money comes IN
or a mother with large IA nily ha
been unable to perform her house
hold duties and the little brood o
children go neglected.
1t is Just such families as thes
that The Washington Times asks TIL
Good Fellow to take under his winJ
this Christmas and bring iuletide juy
II may be the first real Christina
the poor family ever had. You hav
the opportunity to be the one Z
bring Christmas JOY to them.
Call Main $500 and ask for tn
Good Fellow Department OF TIL
Washington Times or All out u
blank printed today. Or, perhaps yol
prefer {" call at the Washington
Times office in person.
Make a personal visit 10 the hom
OF the needy family assigned to you
See for yourself. BE Santa to then