The Washington times., 1922-12-19
IS VIRTUALLY PAYING HUGE SUBSIDY TO FOREIGN VESSELS
GOOD FELLOWS
GET THEIR .
FAMILIES

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Big Hearted Folk inspire Dis
couragsd to See Life in
Roster Hue.
BY this time next week the main
work Of the Good Fellows Of Wash.
ington will be over. y
A week from today there will be
hundreds of homes in this city where
the families face the world with re-
newed confidence. though their
struggle may be just as bitter a. 1t
is today. through the good offices
Of the big hearted Washingtonians
who have enrolled in the Good Eel
low army to prevent unhappiness In
Washingtonu homes on Christmas
Day.
Experiences In past years show
that the cheer brought into the lives
of the unfortunate by Good Fellows
on Christmas Day has inspired the
breadwinners In more than one
home to renew a discouraging bat
tie with the world with new strength.
In these cases II was not SO much
the value of any gift left by the
Good Fellow as II was the weight
of a kindly thought and a cheering
word which inspirited the tagging
zeal to a new pitch Of enthusiasm.
Scope Of Work Enlarged.
This work is going on on larger
scale this Year than on any previous
Christmas, the enrolment Of Good
Fellows being especially heavy to-
day. While In previous years there
have been unassigned needy fami-
lies, through lack Of sufficient Good
Fellows. right up to Christmas Eve.
the registration of Good Fellows this
year Is going on so briskly that II is
now certaln there will be no unas-
signed needy families when Christ
mas dawns.
While many Of the letters re-
ceived by the Good Fellow editor
from needy families In all parts of
the city have mirrored desperate
want and sudden unhappiness there
have been few which, for utter
misery can compare with the fol.
lowing, q letter from two dying
men, stricken down with an incur.
able disease and patiently awaiting
an end whick they feel must come
to them before another Christmas
rolls around:
Being interested in your Good
Fellow movement, as we are two
men In the last stages Of tubercu.
losis and nearly destitute and
pretty certain neither one Of US has
a chance to live to sea- another
Christmas. we thought we would try
our luck and ask you to throw q
little cheer into our Christmas.
believe we need help about as bad
az any ] know OF anyhow.
I'VE have both been given up AZ
incurable and are only making II
the best we can until the last call.
IF you, will send some one to
investigate you will agree with US
we need help and need II badly. I
am sixty-four years old and my
pardner u thirty-eight.
I'VE are unable to do any work
that calls for exertion Of any
moment but scrape along to pay
rent on what little odd jobs we get
that we are able to do. We have
one room with . gas stove and pre-
pare what little we have - eat In
the room.
''On account Of the weather being
80 bad we are exceptionally bad off
In health, which makes II harder
for us to make both ends meet.
Il hope you will interest some
tn
sure he will find that we are de-
than I have worded Il here.
II am sending this with a wish
and q prayer and ] hope you will
not disappoint our faith"
The Good Fellow who can bring
these men Q measure Of happiness
in the face Of their misery and
despair can well look back on
this Christmas as being the most
worthwhile he has probably ever
had. AZ In other cases OF this
sort special requests for assign
ment to this and similar cases
will be- handled In the order re-
cefved unless II 10 apparent that
a Good Fellow has especial Qualifi.
cations which make It especially
advisable to assign him the case.
while 1t ts not customary to
assign cases outside the District
unless there II special request for
such families, every effort will be
made to locate a Good Fellow to
take care Of the family referred to
In the following letter, received
today from q Washington friend
Of the family:
II know a family in desperate
need Of help right now, over near
Alexandria. They have had no
coal for about a month and
scarcely any food and have no
warm clothing.
They will lose their home unless
they can meet payments soon.
There are four small children,
the youngest a baby three months
old and the oldest about eight
years They have been III and the
parents can't buy milk. The mother
Isn't strong, and the father, through
gambling and race tracks, got into
debt, took to drinking, and has
gone off and left them without any
money, coal, or food.
They have been helped tempo
artly by friends-shs has no near
relatives to appeal to for aid and
doesn't know many people here.
naving come from Southern