The Washington times., 1922-12-23
Gi00D FELLOWS
STILL HAVE 80
CHANCES
Fifteen Children IN One Family.
Eleven In Another, Await
santa's Coming.
Fifty coed yellovs e needed


follows: Northwest, nineteen; south.
east, seventeen; southwest. ten. ami
northeast, four. n
Many Expectant tChildren.,
The majority OF these families have
been registered within me past two
days. Some Of them are In desperate
want Among the families are sew
eral in which there are large mum.
ber OF children. There 10 one family
with fifteen children.S one with
eleven. four with nine anf three with
seven each.
There are several very old people
listed, several of whom are absolutely
alone In the world. n
Now, when you picture the happl.
ness which In going to reign in your
home on Christmas Day, Just think
Of the misery which exists in these
fifty homes. II you have the making
of q Good Fellow In you, you are
going to pick up your telephone now
and call Main $3.50, where you viii
ask for one Of these families.
Here II q letter from one Of the
remaining unassigned families,
which gives typical picture OF
the conditions In many OF these
homes:
IT am sorely In need OF help. This
Ia the first time In my fifty-sfx
years that / have had to ask for
aid. My youngest son had to be
operated on q short time ago for
appendicitis and the doctor said he
could not work for . year. He has
ono pair Of pants and they have
been darned 20 many times and
need darning again don't know
whether they can be made to hold
together much longer.
my husband and Oldest son are
out Of work and try, to get work
but cannot. The other son ID work,
ing, but the man he works for does
not have work on cold days or
rainy days. He only earned four
dollars last ewek and not that
much this week. would to God
II were able to help some one else
instead Of asking for help myself.
my youngest child is a daugh-
ter fourteen years old. My oldest
son served fifteen months over
seas in the world war and II seems
30 hard he cannot get work.
VIII thank you from the bottom Of
my heart IL you can help me In my
time Of need"
II you are q Good Fellow that
should be more than enough to send
you to the telephone. Ask for Main
II that letter depressed you read
this one. 1t won't. This was re-
ceived from q woman whose home
has been visited by an unknown
Good Fellow while she was out.
She asked the Good Fellow editor
to forward the following letter to
him:
49, Tells Of Gratitude.
After you left last night went
across the street to- see Q sick
brother and, on returning. found
your kind note and gift. which
made US all very happy. OF course
I could not 70 to bed without writ
ing to you. thanking you very kind
ly. I cannot express my apprecia-
ton to you. May God bless you
and yours and may you always
have plenty. God bless your dear
sister you told me Of. \ / will re.
member you all in my prayers.
81 pray God I viii be able to be
q Good Fellow some day myself.
Oh, how happy II must make any
one to be able to give!
'I hope you will receive this let.
ter, as will feel badly II you don't.
for want to thank you. Again.
God bless you. ] hope shall be
able to help in some good way like
this by next Christmas"
You can be the cause OF happi-
ness just as great as that unknown
Good Fellow. The way to do 1t is
to call Main $3.50 and ask the
Good Fellow editor to assign you a
family. Then give that family what
you can. But do 1t now-not to-
night. that will be too late. Do 1t
The Good Fellows are stin com.
ing in rapidly. But not rapidly
enough. Among the latest to regis
ter are the Good Fellows of Tho
Washington Times composing room
day force. They have taken up a
collection among themselves and are
going to provide a real Christmas
for one or more destitute families.
Another Good Fellow. aroused by
the plight Of an aged Government
worker, thrown out of employment
by the recent cutting of the forces
in several Government departments,
has sent In the following letter:
"I will employ the lady who asks
for work in Wednesdays paper, II
she will call on me at 730 Ninth
street southeast. after 4 o'clock In
the afternoon. will give her u
good home and fair wages"
\ The aged woman referred to was
left without a position, with an
eishty-two-year-old crippled husband
to support and with less than IS in
the house.
A young messenger boy, a student
at Junior high school in the day.
time, who 10 working at night in
order to support an invalid mother.
today asked The Times to extend
his thanks to the Good Fellow who
sent suit Of clothing to him.
Zita's Mother Sues son-in-lawI
VIENNA. Dec. H3.-The mother
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