The Washington times., 1921-12-05

A Committee OF Sponsors.
For the past two years The Wash
ington Times has conducted the Good
Fellow movement on its own responsi-
bility, but this year a COMMITTEES OF
Sponsors has been appointed to super
wise the work. This Committee Of
Sponsors is composed Of representa-
tive men and women who approve and
endorse the Good Fellow plan and con-
slider Il an admirable, practical and
sensible way of taking care Of the
needy and unfortunate children and
old folk in the National Capital on
Christmas Day.
The Committee Of Sponsors. who
will cooperate with The Washing gton
Times and give this paper the benefit
OF their counsel and guidance, 10 COM
posed Of x....
Commissioners CunO Rudolph.
Commissioner James #. Oyster.
Commissioners Charles Keller. U. 8.
Judge Mary OToose. Municipal
Court.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, District
Plsygrounds Association.
Judge Kathryn Sellers, Juvenile
Mrs. Gfles SCOT Raftsr, president.
District Congress Of Mothers.
Each of them gladly consented to
serve as a sponsor when invited by
The Washington Times to participate
actively in this altruistic and humant-
tartan movement. Each Of them II in
hearty sympathy and accord with the
object Of the plan-the alleviation of
suffering and the prevention Of gloom
and sadness on Christmas morning.
The Good Fellow Plan.
Here is the Good Fellow plan in .
nutshell:
The Washington Times has a long,
long list of children Ill and needy.
whose stockings will 20 empty on
Christmas morning unless Good Eel
lows come forward and see that they
are filled. Men and women who want
to insure themselves a merry Christ
mas by making someone else happy
are asked to write, telephone or come
to The Washington Times office and
select one or more of these children
and promise to see that Santa Claus
comes to see them on Christmas morn
ing. The Washington Times relies
upon them to keep that promise.
That's all there Is to 1t.
No contributions are sought. You
are not asked to send In checks or
cash.
Anybody can peel a $40 bill off or
a roll and say, Buy something for
somebody for Christmas" but It takes
a genuine Good FeSiow to select the
name of a poor child, go to the Kid
dies home, find out what he or. shc
wants for Christmas. and take that
toy or article Of clio thing to that home
on Christmas morning.
In this way the man or woman will
ing to share his Yuletide JOY with
someone else, knows exactly what the
money he or she contributes 10 spent
for and who is the recipient OF his or
her Christmas bounty.
An Incompatible Joy.
Good Fellows who served last year
and the year before, will tell you that
there is no happiness In the world
comparable to the feeling one gets on
Christmas morning upon seeing the
smiles and tears Of JOY on the faces
| of needy children and old folk who
have been visited by Santa Claus when
they thought old Kris Kringle In
tended passing by their chimney. The
merry laughter and the shouts of JOY
Of these grateful children Is the
sweetest music you could ever hear
and II will ring in your ears to the
! longest day you 1--we.
The poor and needy children In the
National Capital regard The wssh
ington Times and it's readers as the
chief emissaries Of Santa Claus, be
cause they address their letters to hin,
in care of this paper. The post office
evidently takes similar view Of the
. v,rt.r~ es ~ dpi'"ers 10 The Wash.
ington Times letters addressed 10
Santa Claus, North Pole" There
fore. readers of this paper are relied
upon by the needy children OF Wash
jngton to take care Of them on Christ