The Washington times., 1922-12-02


As the Good Fellow editor plowed
through his mail this morning he
would find alternately a letter from
some sbig.hearted Good Fellow In
pretty comfortable shape himself and
wishing to make some one else com.
Portable and then q letter telling Of
d family where acute distress existed
and whore only Good Fellow could
banish the gloom.
II II q rather pleasant task. this
matching up Of Good Fellows with
the unfortunates. because In every
case II means Joy for the Good Fell
low and Joy for the old person or
kiddie whom he In going to take
under his wing at Christmas time.
Print Greed 0ften." He Says.
One Good Fellow who wrote that
he would care for twp or three fami-
lies In any part pof the city concluded
his letter with the suggestion:
Print the Good Fellow creed in
every edition. Do not for q mo-
ment let the generous men and wom-
en- Of Washington forget II. No man
or woman can ponder the Good Eel.
low creed and have Merry Christ
mas II he does not do his part to a.
ieviate the suffering" The Good
Fellow creed 10 90 simple a. to make
Q universal appeal IT 10:
Neither you nor get anything
out Of thls except the feeling that
we've saved some soul from sOr.
row on Christmas morning.
In other words, the Good Fellow
10 a Joy dispenser who guarantees to
distribute cheer and happiness ire
spective Of creed. class, sect or the
cause Of the distress he finds.
It II no concern Of the Good Eel.
low what condition 10 responsible for
the fact that children or the aged
and III face cheeriess Christmas.
Al that interests him Is that h OK
lists and that he win alleviate II hoy
playing Santa Claus to the family.
An Up to Yourself.
II you believe Christmas was In.
tended as a season of joy>and hap
piness for the poor q well az the
rich, that makes you q Good Fellow.
IL then remains for you to de-
termine Just how strongly you will
manifest your bclief-whether YOU
will take under your especial care
one or several families and guar
pantee them q merry Christmas.
II does no. take q lot OF money
to be Good Fellow, but II does
require good win and q feeling Of
sympathy for those less fortunate
than yourself. In one case Q little
Ascent doll. or q box Of candy. Or
a bright red cap, or a basket Of
fruit may serve the purpose OF
bringing the Christmas spirit into
q home that otherwise would be
cheerIess and sad on Christmas
In another instance pair Of
gloves, an overcast, pair Of shoes.
or any other article OF wearing APP
parel-which YOU already have ana
may mean the difference between d
miserable Christmas and 4 merry
Christmas. ;stlS
II Is for each GOOD rei,ow 70
determine for himself how many
he win care for and what he win
give. This ID the straight'iine
plan--the shortest distance betweef,
two points, the heart OF the giver
and the home. of the recipient.
,g Opportunity II Personal.
The Warrington Times win pro
vide the names Of the needy fam.
ilies and the Good Fellows Will do
the rest. With the name and ad-
dress Of the family the Good Eel:
low can make personal visits. find
the needs and determine how to
I'm them. f.e 4,s
: The washington Times win ac-
cept no money or other contri-
buttons. Il wants the Good Fei.
low to get the Joyous thrill OF
planning the Christmas for the
family or families, buying the
Christmas eifts, and personally dis
tributing them on Christmas morn
Ing. The Washington Timee has
made no provision for distributing
the gifts becAuse, such an arrange.
ment would rob the Good Tellows OF
the grsatest .pleasure incident 10
the plan--thAt Of hearing the laugh.
ter and shouts Of children In the
fami}ies adopted for the Day.
There must BE- some one day at,
ferent from the ofhef S0l dAyn IN
the year for the families Of Wash.
ington unfortunate, ana the Good
ToIloVgso toD - To supply that Dugno-