The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-19
TOYS PIL|NG UP
FOR NEEDY TOTS
Fruits, Candies and Nuts
in Great Quantities
to Be Distributed
OVER $l,4O0 RAISED
Baskets for the Poor Will BE
Filled and Given Out
on Thursday

Nowhere is the air more filled
with the Christmas atmosphere than
In the office OF the Tulsa Humane
society In the courthouse, where the
Empty Stocking Fund. raised by
The World, ls to be turned into
Christmas baskets for the poor.
Already toys to make glad the
hearts Of the Riddles have been ro-
ceiyed and are bldina their time In
eix large packing boxes stacked In
q corner of the outer office. An
inventory OF these toys reads IKE
Q list OF what-cyory-ch wants at
Christmas. for there are dolls, play
horses. wagons. slcda. drums. horns,
balls, pocket knives teddy bcar2
trains. tops and books.
A large supply OF nuts In all
awaiting the hour when II Will br
Apportioned to the different baskets.
and already part CT the canned pro-
visions is on hand In the Torc-
room. One citizen has promised TO
furnish all the apples needed for
the baskets and another all the
necessary sugar.
The list OF families for whom
baskets will be prepared grows daily
~ the workers OF the human society
return from visits to poor neigh
borhoods, kindly citizens telephone
In tho names OF needy families and
requests arc made In person Tor
baskets. There are about 500
names In the index case and these
will be greatly augmented next week
eveln up to Christmas day itself
Among the requests pouring In are
Q number from nearby towns. one
little girl Viola by name, whose
family now lives at Owasso ana was
helped by the humane society dur
ing their residence here three years
ago, wrote the humane society last
week that her family would go
Christ mas-less without help from
tho Tulsa organization. Humane
Agent A. NJ. wclch promptly sent
back a reply that a basket would be
ready for the family.
Baskets will be filled Thursday by
the staff of tho organization. ana
volunteer workers. Baskets des-
tinued for diw ribution In West Tulsa
will bo taken to the community
house In West Tulsa and volunteer
trucks and other vehicles will call
for the baskets for families In sand
Springs and In the negro district
OF this city. volunteers VIII tAke
baskets to those OF this city who
ore unable 10 cali for them. Other
families will begin calling for
baskets at the humanc office early
Friday afternoon. 1f this dlstribu
ton day In no different from day,
In the past. lnrgs number o
people whose names have nevei
been listed with the humane society
will como for baskets on Friday.
Belatcd contributions to th'
Empty Stocking Fund again came tt
The World office yesterday. Th'
small Empty Stocking Fund boxe,
wNScn were placed for a number o'
days In downtown business offices
were opened and their contents
added to the fund. The Hauflatr'
dancing academy on South Boulde'
avenue, doubled the amount fount
in the box placed In the academy
The present status OF the fund Ia al
follows:
A. previously reported ,'.,.,. .Na1+o
Arthur spiilnau .'...''''t l'"V
A Friend 80. .........,,' 500
balance from outstanding
boNes ,,,....ss''ss.''s yolt - .
boxes ..,.....s,fss's's' s"'l' ioe'i
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Total to date ,,t,st,st,.,,s'., ,ti,sSto