The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-07
ST. ANTHONY GIRLS
ENJOY REAL XMAS
Blackfoot Girl and
Women Provide Holi-
day Cheer

Twenty-seven of the Blackfoot
women and one Of the Blackfoot
girls found happy way in which to
serve some deserving ones at Christ
mas time.
Miss Marian Chubbuck, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Chubbuck, is
teaching at the st. Anthony Indus
trial school and taking q great in
terest in the girls. As she studied
the situation with each Of her forty
six girls, she found that there were
some of them that would receive
from relatives or friends, but most of
them were not likely to and some
were certain not to be remembered
by anybody with any kind of gifts
or even postal card.
At Christmas time in 1918, there
were eight of the girls who did not
receive anything and who were so
sensitive about it that they could not
bear to see the other girls opening
their packages or displaying the gifts
they received. These girls wanted to
hide themselves and suffer out their
grief alone, so they went and con-
cealed themselves in various places,
some of them hiding for hours under
their beds engrossed in grief. Christ
mas day was period of great sad
ness for them, but very happy day
for all of those who received the
simplest of gifts, mere handker-
chief with cOlored border being
sufficient to put girl in fine spirits
for the day.
Miss Chubbuck made up a list of
the names of the forty-six girls, their
ages and appended to each name
some information relatives to their
station %in life or their circumstances,
or the circumstances of their people
She looked over this tabulation and
thought of the great needs of most
Of the girls and decided that some
thing had to be done. When Miss
Chubbuck decides that anything has
to be done something is quitely likely
to happen.
Professor Vincent, superintendent
of the school, is a Blackfoot man
and he has been quoting Blackfoot
to the boys and girls there at times
because as he said, Blackfoot and
Blackfoot people filled big place In
his life and his experiences Miss
Chubbuck was think of Blackfoot
and Blackfoot people and the
chances of getting help out Of them
when she wrote to Mrs. Blanche
Eldredge outlining the problems to
her and asking If Mrs. Eldredge and
some of the other Blackfoot ladies
could not do something for her girls.
Mrs. Eldredge dropped everything
else and went to ringing up her
BlackfOOt friends and workers with
the result that this tabulated list
we have been speaking of was laid
before then and in a week Miss
Chubbuck had wardrobe filled with
forty-six packages for these forty
six girls.
Miss Chubbuck became so en-
crossed in the work that she spent
about months salary buying things
for the girls and she wrote to the
folks at home not to send anything
to her personally, but whatever they
intended to devote to her, to just
change them and send something
suitable for her girls. So on Christ
mas morning she had the happiest
girl family anybody ever saw. They
were all supremely happy and Christ
mas was a great day to them. There
we're little handkerchiefs, ribbons,
crochet hooks and thread, nail files,
.alcum powder, powder puffs, pieces
Of dainty dry goods suitable for MAX
ing waists and other dainty wearing
apparel and the gifts were so well
suited to the girls ages and condi-
ton in life that each of them seemed
to make hit. There were twenty
seven of the B1ackfoot ladies who
helped in this work and each Of them
selected her girl or girls to whom
she sent gifts. These Blackfoot
ladies' are now receiving some of the
finest letters they have had from
anywhere. They prize these letters
because of the spirit of gratitude
hat prevades them. The ladies did
1ot fully realize what a great thing
t meant to the individual girl to re-
,eive such a package, but the let
ers are making it clear to them.
Arrangements were made for a
couple of the girls to come down and
'pend a part Of the holiday season
n Blackfoot homes and one of them
proved to be violinist of consider
lble skill and she was made
'upremely happy by being furnished
! violin and a violin teacher. The
acquaintances made in this manner
Will not all end with Christmas time,
but will 90 on and develop into
friendships Of long standing. The
Blackfoot ladies are glad that these
opened up to them and
the girls at st. Anthony are twice
glad.