The Washington times., 1922-12-22
FELLOWS
MUST ENLIST
QUICKLY
Need stiII 10 Great and Two
Days Only Remain to Join
Joy Army.
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1. now becoming an important fac
tor, II 10 now getting too late In the
day to register bv mall In time TO
make satisfactory arrangements Tor
the care OF family.
You should register by telephone
or IN person Immediately In order 20
get q satisfactory assignment.
There are many needy families not
yet assigned from which you can
msks~your selection. But you must
make It promptly. -
Use Teasphsne New.
II you are . Good Fellow at
heart you are going to pick up that
tsisphons now and call the Good
Fellow Editor ct Main s2s0. You
are not going TO put off making
that call until tonight. 1t may not
do any good then. You are going
to make the call within five minutes
from the time you read this. Now
how about II? Are YOU . Good
Fellowf Or are, you just another
one Of the herd?
There are, gratefully this is writ.
ten, hundreds Of real Good Fellows
in Warrington. There are other
persons whose hearts are--well. just
pumps.
Among the foremost ranks of the
Good Fellows are members OF the
District department Of the American
Legion. Led by Watson 3. Miller.
District commander, the legion In
A-l.- .>t.aA xrNS1r avx<xau thu AA@ti.
tute in the northeast section Of the
CITY. Fifty.seven unfortunates have
been taken In charge by the
veterans.
In several of these cases investi.
cation showed that the families had
no fuel ana In one case there was
no stove or furnace, even had there
been fuel. Coal has already been
purchased by the legion for five OF
these families and . stove IL on the
way to the family which lacked q
heater. In the families which had
no fuel OF any kind there was the
greatest misery. The doors and
windows had been tightly closed and
every chink plugged. Though the
sir in the houses was naturally
foul, Il was still bitterly cold. The
,leGiop has already seen to It that
there will be no more misery of this
sort during the winter. In those
cases where It was most urgently
needed. food has been provided.
Assigned TO Posts.
The organization IL now work
ing to provide clothing and toys.
which will be presented on Christ.
mas Day.
to the legion have been appor.
toned among the posts, the two
largest posts taking eight families
between them. Careful investisa-
ton has been made Of each case
20 that the needs Of the families
can be intelligently and, usefully
met.
The investigations showed the
following TYPICAL cases:
A widow was struggling to sup
port q family Of five children. The
mother 10 wrstchedly III and each
day must drag herself to work In
order to earn enough to keep her
little ones, from starvation. There
is no fuel Of any kind and the
house ,has not bsen heated In any
way. even during the recent cold
snap.
In another family the mother
works as q telegraph operator to
support q drunken husband and
five children, all under thirteen
years Of age. The husband and
father is q sodden wreck and q
burden on the poor mother, while
the children are in bitter want.
Two OF them must have clothing
In order to be able to attend
school.
These are Just fair examples Of
the crying want which exists in
the National Capital. There have
been more than $50 families 20 far
registered by the Good Fellow lie.
partment Of The Times, the major.
|ity of which are Just al nadly off
as these two. Last year the Good
Fellows brought Joy into SS5 local
homes. The number will probably
60 higher this year.
Doing Part Nobly.
But you must do your part. The
American Legion 10 doing It's part
and il doing It nobly. II no other
Good Fellows were registered dur
| Ing the year It would be worth
while Just to turn W such y group
Of real human beings.
But there are other Good Fellows,
scores of them just as loyal, Just
a. big hearted, and Just as earnest
l a. these legion workers.
These are the sort OF people who
form the finest and most ennobline
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