The Washington times., 1920-12-04

thdI tiloSS W IIo llItNiIi aItihS
their intentions early in the
make it certain that the TRACE
not be enacted in any Washln
Practically everybody wants TO be
a Good Fellow maybe il wouldn't
be going too strong TO say that
everybody is a Good Fellow at heart
and the surests and most certain
way oil crystallizing this humani-
tartan feeling into concrete. definite
form, is to take one or more needy
families under wing and guarantee
them against gloom and sorrow on
Christmas morning.
POETICAL APPEAL.
One OF the citys numerous Good
Fellows has been moved to indite
the following lines TO the Good Eel
low movement:
show your GOOD spirit and send in your
BY dong so> friend. you will Win your
self fame.
It's M" proposition. this Good Fellow
scheme,
or mastng seem real some poor family's
dream.
The cost is SO little compared with the
or making real happy some girl or
For som just ltties as much as
heap, .
reap.
So stop for momcu, and think for
while
How much It Just means to have some
faces smile
That for Christmases back have done
nothing but froun. ,.,
Because OF poor circumstances keeping
them down
with Chr,stmas last coming. just twenty
In which to bring cheer to the poor
and bercft:
Won't you open your heart and come join
And send TO The Times your address
and your name"
Although the poem bears the nom
de plume OF Tommy Thomas" il vas
written by young woman who
served as n Good Fellow last year
and vas one OF the first to enlist for
this years campaign against Christ
mas sorrow and disappointment. Be-
tween the lines may be read some
thing OF the JOY and satisfaction she
derived from the humanitarian serv-
ice she pcrbrmed last Christmas and
what she has every reason for look
ing forward TO this year.
BOY SCOUTS TO ASSIST.
Scoutmaster T. W. Flather. OF Troop
u, Boy Scouts OF America, with head
quarters at Fifteenth and d streets
southeast, today requested that at
least two large families be assigned
to his troop so that the members OF II
could qualify as Good Fellows. AS
The Boy Scouts PLAYED an invaluable
mart In lar years Good Fellow cam
paign. il is believed that Scoutmaster
Flather's lead will be followed by
practically all the other troops in
Washington.
To-day as on previous DAYS thus
far in the campaign. the number ~
needy families reported 70 ThG Coca
Fellow Department exceeded the num-
her OF Good Fellows joining up. This
IS not at. all as il should be and the
condition must not prevail much long
er. If there is one cherries nced!
family on Christmas morning II VIII
be reflection on the wno!e move
nent. so let's all get together and
sipn IN to take at least one family
under wing, and produce surplus OF
Good Fellows.
CREED Is APPEALING.
The Good Fellow creed is so simple
that il is bound to make universal
appeal. 1t is:
Neither you nor | get anything ont
Of this except the feeling that we've
saved some soul from sorrow on
Christmas morning.
In other words, the Good Fellow is
n low Dispenser who guarantees TO
distribute cheer and happiness ire
spectiye of class. creed, sect or tne
cause of the distress he finds.
II is,no concern of the Good Fell
lows what condition is responsible
for the fact that chill ldren or the III
or aged face n clcerless Christmas.
All that interests hun is that the con-
dition exists, and that he VIII al
leyiatc IL by playing Santa Claus to
the family. J..
If YOU believe Christmas was in
tended as A season of JOY and happi-
ness for the poor as well as the rich,
that makes you Good Fellow. IL
tbcn remains for you TO determine
lust how strongly you will manifcst
your belicf--whcther you VIII take
under your wing one or scNerai
families and guarantee them merry
Christmas.
no n Good Fellow, but IL does require
good will and a feeling Of sympathy
fer those less fortunate than your
self. In one case a little % cent
doll or a box OF candy, or bright
rod can. or basket of fruit may
serve the purpose of bringing the
Christmas spirit into hcme that
otherwise would he chesrless and sad
on Christmas morning. In another
instance a pair of gloves, an over
coat. n pair of shoes or any other
article OF wearing apparel-whieh
you already have and therefore will
not have TO buy-may mean the dit
ference between miserable CHRIST
mas and a merry Christmas.
STRAIGHT LINE PLAN.
II Is for each Good Fellow TO da-
,.rmine for himself how many he will
care for and what he will give. THIS
~ a straigh, line plan the shortest