The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-12-16
NO EMPTY STOCKINGS
IN COvlNGTON XMAS
SEND A DOLLAR TO LEADER
GOOD FELLOW


If Coyingtonians Respond as They
Should There VIII be no Empty
StOckings-OnIy One More Week
Left in Which to Contribute 10 the
Good Fellow Fund.
Contribute a dollar NOW to the
Leader Good Fellow Santa Claus
fund and make happy the heart Of
some little child in Covington, whose
stocking otherwise will he empty
Christmas morning Leave your dol
lar with the Covington Leader, or
mail it to Good Fellow, care Coving-
ton Leader. DO it NOW; don't pro-
crastinate; you may forget and neg
lect to do it. 1t will give you d
warm glow Of satisfaction and will
make some little child happy Christ
mas morning. Can you imagine any
Disappointment more keen than that
experienced by little child, who, in
perfect faith and trust, hangs up its
little stocking Christmas eve-per-
haps darned and worn seeking, for
poverty and misfortune are many
child's portionand then falls asleep
dreaming that Santa Claus will fill
the pathetic little stocking with what
every child desires, and upon awaken
ing in the morning finds it empty
and Dropping?
Often in the night the little blue
or brown eyes open and stealthily
peep at the little stocking in the be-
lief that possibly they may catch
glimpse of old Santa Claus coming
down the chimney in his chariot,
drawn by snow-covered reindeer, his
chariot loaded with candy, oranges,
dolls, fire crackers and new and
strange toys. To the expectant child
the. striking of the clock or the noise
Of the windows, when the wind signs
and blows, may be Santa Claus
knocking for admission, and though
the child has been told that if Santa
Claus should see it watching him,
old Santa will depart without leaving
any gifts for it, yet curiosity in both
boys and girls-of course men have
no curiosity, which is the most curs-
Gus thing of all-will not permit the
child to forego just one little peep.
You can personally testify to this
truth; so can we. You would not
permit your little one to AWAKEN
Christmas morning and find his
stocking hanging there empty and
forgottenS Remember, there are many
little ones who have no father or
mother to remember them Christmas
morning, or perhaps misfortune and
poverty have rendered it impossible
for the parents to play Santa Claus
to their children. Your dollar will.
therefore, not only make a child
happy, but it will scatter sunshine in
the hearts of loving parents and re-
new their faith in God and in hui
mainly, in that true charity, which,
though it may begin at home, never
dies.
A child's faith in Santa Claus is
the first expression Of that sublime
faith in our sHeavenly Father, which
shapes and governs the lives ana
characters of men and women, for
after all God is the Divine Santa
Claus Of us alive speak reverently
and to the Christian every evening
is Christmas eve and every morning
is Christmas morning, for we awake
In full consciousness that innumer.
able gifts of His Love and tender care
have been b0unteously provided by
Him for our daily enjoyment, but Oh
condition that we divide our gifts
with those not so fortunate.
Send us your dollar today.
Let no little heart be broken,
Child-like faiths farewell be spoken,
By the absence Of some token,
Christmas morn.
Empty! stockings darned and faded,
Orphans stockings stained, abraded,
# their plea be scorned, unaided,
Christmas morn.
Send old Santa Claus a-knocking.
Drowsv eyelids gifts unlocking,
Let there be no empty stocking
Christmas morn.
II is impossible for Good Fellow TO
personally ascertain the names of all
the children in Covington who win
receive no Christmas gifts exceDt
through the generosity of Good Fell
lows, and he win appreciate 1t IL
persons who know the rames Of such
children will send them to "Good
Fellow" care Covington Leader BY
Wednesday,. December %. 1920.
LEADER GOOD FELLOW.