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The Jasper news., 1922-12-07
many children-orphans-as can

many children--0rpnanS-a L Gun
stuff into 1t.
II hope to build up an organization
In the National Santa Claus G socia-
tion which will be Joy not only to
the children but benefit also to poor
people everywhere"
For four years Elizabeth Phillips
continued her work. The Santa Claus
association grew with each succeed
ing year. 1t came TO have many as
sistants with a fleet of automobiles
apd an army of givers in the cause Of
Christmas giving. The movement
spread to other cities and thousands
came to know her name and love II.
But the results of her work, though
great In the estimation of others,
seemed small to her. And as the re-
suits became greater and the work
increased the goal seemed farther
away than ever to her. Her work
was halted by illness, and she was
forced to watch the Christmas of 1909
draw nearer and nearer without being
able to keep on. Despair took hold
Of her and she ended her life.
But the spirit Of Christmas that
animated her did not dls with her.
She had done her work too WELL
From her inspiration, directly or in
directly, have sprung the Christmas
glvings of the Christmas clubs, Big
Brother and Good Fellow NJ Jvements
and Needy Gases campaigns and the
Christmas activities Of municipalities,
community centers, newspapers and
business concerns
For example. A New York news
paper took up, three years after Eliz-
abeth Phillips death, the task Of sup
| plying the Christmas needs Of "tha
hundred neediest" The task, Ioo
great for one Individual, one organi.
zation, was distributed among a great
body Of those best able to shoulder
1t, Just as Elizabeth Phillips aimed to
do, and as the gvers increased In
number so did the receivers multiply
Organized as a clearing house fol-
the benefit Of all the many charitable
organizations, concentrated as q focal
petnt for the contributions OF ali thS
many previously unorganised and
aimiess givsrs, the ~neediest- cam
paiEa began Its career ln-1e12 with
the Christmas distribution Of $500
Each year 1t spread to greater
brsa1th.
Fer such was the success Of thll
meyensnt that newspapers In othel
cftfes tSOk up the idea. And sueh WI.
their success that stu other orxani
Eations copied the plan. others an,
stlIi Sthers, first In ono sectson. the.
In another. all over the Unlted States
PhiiaAsaphia has similar mOvsnazas
so has Pittsburgh. Chicago, st. Louis
Desver, San Francisco.
The idea, Just like the aim Of Eliza
beth Phillips, has been the means o
i pointing out that such relief is soms
} thing mere than the giving of a tinss
} top. Ii something that has a despe
} signiacance than spasmodic EiviA1
/ usefui as that sometimes may be. ]
! has been the instrument Of bFingin
whOIe-hearted generous help 10 fam
! lies in need and OF bringing at tn
} same time the satisfaction TO a Iarg
5 number Of Christmas donors OF
{ simple and direct method Of tFAnslai
) ing Christmas generosity into term
: Of health, happiness. good cheer. th
essence Of the Christmas spirit.
d The modern Christmas spirit ha
. gone farther than mere giving q
:. Christmas time II has undertake
3 to see that families who have m'
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good cheer and glft-givlng. From
another viewpoint there is an encour-
aging growth of the spirit Of the ut
terance of Elizabeth Phillips.
Eighteen years ago Elizabeth Phil
lips had an inspiration to make the
anniversary of Our Lords birth not
so much an anniversary of happiness
for the few as an anniversary Of hap
plness for the many. She had vision
who have not. And from her humble
beginning with a few hundred poor
children have come the thousand and
one Christmas givings the country
over that are making the holiday year
by year one Of happiness to increas-
ing numbers of the poor, the friend
less and the hopeless.
Elizabeth Phillips-she has been
dead these thirteen years-had her
inspiration In 1904 In Philadelphia.
She was a teacher in the public
schools. She lay Ill in a boarding
house. She saw the cold rain of au-
tumn beating against her window.
She thought Of the Christmas that
was coming.
"Chrlstmas will not mean very
much to me-" she thought. "But II
will mean far less-maybe nothing al
ALTO many. If l could only make
1t a better Christmas for some ~
those. l can; / know / can. / will
try"
AS soon as she got well she began
to work out her plan. Through the
cooperation of President Roosevelt
she was enabled to secure hundredl
Of letters to Santa Claus-everJ
Christmas season these letters come
In a flood to every big-city post Office
Then she made It her business Il
visit her friends, to call upon a hos,
Of new ones, to solicit help from
everybody. everywhere, collecting tvs
cents in one place, Ave cents In an
other place, a dollar somewhere elsa
and by the time Christmas eve arrives
she had filed several hundred stock
ings.
The fame Of Elizabeth Phillips
| spread Wluely. Anu Sue ndQ Vib1On
Of a nationwide movement along tn,
line Of her successful experiment.
"a Christmas stocking for ever,
childi" she said. "The Christina
day Is coming when Santa Claus shal
visit every child In the land and non
shall be forgotten.
"It is my purpose to make SAINT
Claus a reality, whose home will b
in every home and who will be tn
friend of children everywhere. Tn
most important thing is a permanen
headquarters-the House of SAINT
Claus. And over the door there wi
be a statue Of the old fellow with
pack Of toys on his back. When tn
children pass by they can say. There
, where Santa Claus lives-he sees this
every boy and girl gets a stockin
filled with Christmas things at Chris
! mas time
} There Santa's work will be carrie
on-not only during the week befol
Christmas but all through the yea
And besides, It will be home for 1
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The Kitchen
Cabinet
. 1874. Western Nswspaper UnionJ

&c. 1879. Western Newspaper UniouD
Between the printed words that are so
wise
And march so easily across the page.
Sometime quite suddenly / catch the
looks
OF him who wrote, toiung in lowiy
guise
To keep his pen undolled by woe or
age
And then u think, What precious
things are books. ks."-Hilda Morris.
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with mlsfortunes or have lost their
breadwinner through sickness or
death shall have that simple and fun
damental opportunity without which
democracy means little-the opportu-
nifty to live family life. 1t is labor
ing In season and out of season, just
like Miss Phillips, to demonstrate to
the public that this involves adequate
relief; that scanty and penurious
relief Of a family which merely makes
II possible for 1t to exc out a drab
existence is not intelligent relief;
that this relief must not only be ade-'
quate In amount but regular in its
provisions.
OF New York's zone hundred need
lest cases" In 1921, eighteen concerned
young mothers and children under the
care Of the State Charities Aid asso-
citation. These eighteen were given
instant relief. In addition the sum
total Of children saved from serious
and distressing situations reached the
number OF 75. These additional chill
dren were helped from funds not des-
ignated for particular cases. In some
cases a considerable portion has been
conserved for future use. Here, for
instance, is a sample report Of the
association, which shows what Christ
mas giving can accomplish when done
in the right way:
Raymond, OF Case No. so, the half
starved, half-naked baby rescued
from a desolate room, had a desper-
ately hard fight for his life. The doc
tors at the hospital tried every sort
Of food, but Raymond's was so serious
a case Of malnutritiOn that nothing
seemed to reach the tiny spark Of VI
tality. Finally. as a last resort. blood
TRANSMISSION was tried, and this had
the desired effect. Raymond reacted
almost Immediately; and was soon
able to leave the hospital for a free
convalescent home for babies In the
country. From there he recently
went to a foster home of his own, an
unbelIevably sturdy and vigorous
A child. Amount received, $500; amount
spent. $72.73; balance on hand,
$227.27."
So, at Christmas time A. d. 1922
multitude Of organizations all over
the country will gather from those
who have and distribute among those
who have not. There will be Christ
mas good cheer In homes where other
wise Il would be lacking. Encourage
ment will be given many who haC
well nigh lost hope. Lives valuable
to the state will be saved. And there
will be Joy where there was sorrow
The activities Of these organiza
lions OF course vary widely. Som'
give gifts, sOme give food, some giv'
clothing, some give money, some giv'
service. But their principle and pur
pose and inspiration are the same
! all are born Of one idea and all ain
at the same goal. This goal Is (,
make Christmas day everywhere tn
; day Of Joy It should be in Chrirtial
. nation celebrating the anniversary o
| the birth Of Our Lord.
Z It Is no exaggeration to say tina
. much Of this Christmas giving is tn
} result OF Elizabeth Phillips insplra
. ton eighteen years ago as she lay Il
/ In her clearinghouse room. To thi
, Philadelphia school teacher Is due 4
5 no small part various movements al
9 over the United States that embrac
the collection and distribution Q
s Christmas cheer and Christmas chai
I ity.
a The spirit Of Elizabeth Phillips gOs
t | marching on.
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HE spirit Of Christ
mas, 1921 What
is it in America.
the greatest and
wealthiest nation
of earth? From
one viewpoint 1t Is
much the same
that 1t has always
been "A eligious
family festival of
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pealing breakfast dish. Wash the
peppers and cut them In rings, re-
moving the seeds. Soak for twenty
minutes In salted ice water, drain, dry
and fry in the bacon fat. Keep the
weH-dralned bacon hot in the oven
and serve the peppers when tender In
the center of the platter with the ba-
con arranged around them.
Gluten gems are liked by others
than those who find 1t necessary to
diet To two cupfuls of gluten flour
allow a teaspoonful of salt, two tea
spoOnfuls of baking powder, two table
spoonfuls Of sugar, one egg and two
cupfuls of milk or half milk and half
water. Sift the dry ingredients, beat
the egg, add the milk and flour and
beat again until light and foamy. Have
the pans kissing hot when the mix.
ture is poured in.
When the appetite needs coaxing
cnt the bread for toast in finger-slzed
pieces. toast and butter and pile log,
cabin fashion when serving.
A sprinkling of salt on the break
fast grapefruit is an improvement ir
serving Instead Of sugar. The sail
brings out the flavor Of the fruit. Thi,
is good news to those who are denieC
sugar.
Almond 5read.-Make sponge a
night with a quart each of water AM
gluten -four, add a yeast cake dis
solved in q little water, let rise In
warm place overnight. In the morn
ing add two teaspCOnfuls Of salt, on
cupful of blanched almonds fnel
chopped and enough gluten flour (
mold. Knead well, mold into loave
and bake WREN light. This make
two lUaves.
NM. Ds.s0
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tive dish of the
meal. There ere
such varietie s
Nat he is indeed
hard to please
who cannot find
one to his liking.
Vermont Chicken
Soup.-Take S X
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IUUIIU UUIIS Ut Ube IHb
cooker after Is minutes
to let the stea mescape,
or after the steaming dry
off for half an hour in a
moderate oven. The cake
has a much better flavor
and texture steamed first.
then baked.
At the this season Of
the year bacon with green
peppers makes a most ap-
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We may live without painters
Or writer's or mummers,
But civilized man cannot
Live without plumbers.
The Contributors Club
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SOUPS AND eARNIsHEs

Soups will never grow passe, for
with too many a soup is the attrac-
The Jasper news., 1922-12-07
ALL KINDS OF THINGS

When making the fruit cake for the
winter use any recipe desired, place In
The Washington times., 1922-07-20
GAINS
. AS CONVENTION
CENTER IN ]. :.
Many Organizations Will Come
Here for Annual
Meetings.

Washington's claim to the title
Of the leading American convention
city is strengthened by the fact
that a score Of the nations leading
fraternal. professional, and business
organizations have picked this city
for their annual national meetings
during the remaining months of the
year.
Among the organizations to meet
here are the National Restaurant
Association, which will bring to
this city several thousand OF tho
country's foremost restaurant and
hotel men, beginning October g.
The National Association of Post
masters of First and Second Class
Offices, October 10; the Association
Of Military Surgeons of the United
States, October 1914: the American
Child Hygiene Association, October
1914: the American Clan Oregon
Society, November 9.10; the Delta
Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, DecenG
Der 27-29; the American Dietetic
Association, October 1918: The
American Society Of Agronomy, No
vember; the Grand Chapter. Order
OF the Eastern Star, November 12
II: the National Conference of Cath,
Ole Charities, September 1914: thu
Women's National River and Har
Dor Congress, December s.7; the
Phi sigma Kappa Fraternity. De
cember 27-ao; and the Pi Tau p
fraternity. December 27-so.
The Washington times., 1922-07-20
YEGoS FRIGHTENED OFF
SAFEGUARDING JOB

A daring attempt was made early
this morning to blow the safe in the
general merchandise store OF Alfred
Wilson. at Bethesda, Montgomery
county, Md. After "soaping" the
crevices of the safe door, the yeggs
were about to apply nitro glycerine
when 1t is believed they were fright.
ened away.
Discovery of the robbery was made
by Mr.. Wilson when he opened the
store this morning. II was found
that several stamps and about IS in
cash had been taken from a cash
register. Detective Sergeant James
Springman and postoffice inspectors
are working on the case. Detective
Sergeant Fred Sandberg. official fin
gerprint expert Of the Washington
police department. found prints of
the yeggmen on the safe. II was
said the yegss are known
The Washington times., 1922-07-20
Local Woman Catches
Mauretania In
Mid-Stream

"If the rooster won't come
across the street to you, go
across and meet the rooster" is
an old saying. It applies equally
to ocean liners leaving the dock
and passengers half a minute
late.
So thought Mrs. Sarah A.
Payne, of sos East Capitol
street. She arrived just half a
minute after the gangplanks of
the Mauretania had been drawn
in at the New York dock where
she had purchaser a ticket for a
trip abroad. The Mauretania
had just started to move when
she reached the dock.
She pleaded 80 hard with
Cunard officials 70 be placed on
the departing liner that they
placed her on one of the tugs
that had just helped back the
liner out and put her abord the
giant steamer in midstream.
The Mauretania left dock at
noon yesterday.
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WHAT'S DOING
Today and Tomorrow
Today,

Today.
MeetinE-Takoma Park Baptist WON
ems Mission Society, 16 New York ave
nue., Takoma Park. 8 p. m.
Dinner-Arts Club OF Washington, 201i
I street northwest, Z p, IN.
Meeting-J. Richard Harden Camp
No. 2, United Spanish War Veterans
Pythian Temple, 8 p. m.
uncheon-Cosmopolitan Club, resi-.
dence Of Michael Heister. Rock Greek
Ford road, p. m.
Lawn fete and bazaar--Benefit oi
Episcopal Home for Children and Epis.
copal Eye. Ear and Throat Hospital, st
PaT's Church, 8 p. m.
Luncheon-KiwanisC Club, afternoon.
Concert-Marine Band, Grant Circle
1880 p. m.
outlng-odd Fellows, I. o. o. F..
Chesapeake Beach, alt day.
Meeting-Rotary Club, Hathaway's
Cedar Park Way and Irving streets
Chevy Chase. Md, Tao p. m.
Dance-Curley Club, FIT. Berry Coun.
try Club. s:30 p. m.
Meeting-Natlonal Capital Post, No
127, Veterans OF Foreign Wars, lIi;
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, Q p. m.
The Washington times., 1922-07-20
YOUNG MEN URGED TO
TRAIN IN ARMY CAMPS

Young men employed in Washing
ton business concerns are asked TO
spend their summer vacations at a
military training camp in a bulletin
issued today by the Merchants and
Manufacturers ssociation, Of
which Brig. Gen. Anton Stephen is
president.
Camps will open July 27. the brl.
ietin states. and transportation, uni
forms, arms. and equipment, togeth-
er with quarters and meals are pro.
vided by the Government. Camps
for Washington are: Infantry cav.
airy, and field artillery, Camp
Meade: motor transportation, Camp
Holabird: engineers. Camp Hum
phries. and aviation. Langley Field.
Application blanks can be mad
from the army recruiting station at
Tenth and e streets northwest, the
War Department, military posts, or
General Stephen, at Dulin q Martin
1915 r street northwest. r..
The Washington times., 1922-07-20
DAMAGE CAUSED
TOROADSOF DC.
| BY HEAVY RAINS
Entire Sections Washed Out in
Some PIaces--Many Gel
lars Flooded.

Considerable damage has been
done to roads by the heavy down.
pours Of rain of the last few days.
In some instances washing away
whole sections. The tracks Of su-
burban street car lines in some
places have been covered with mud.
Deep ravines have been made in
the roads. Scores Of cellars have
been flooded.
Broad Branch road. In the vicin-
ity Of Grant road, is reported to
have suffered the most damage.
It has been roped Off by the police.
During the downpour Of rain last
night the roadway was flooded and
greatly damaged.
Tracks of the Capital Traction
Company nearby were covered with
sand and mud which caused much
delay to traffic. A number of houses
in Mckinley street also were affected
by the storm, cellars being flooded.
Cars were tied UP for one hour be-
tween Z and 8 o'clock last night on
the Rockville car line because of the
mud washed down on the tracks. Re.
pair crews were busy during that
time carting away mud that covered
tracks In the vicinity of Wisconsin
avenue and Fessenden streets.
The Weather Bureau reports thai
three inches Of rain have fallen since
Monday.
The Washington times., 1922-07-20
D.C;POL|CE SEEK
SLAYER FLEEING.
FROM VIRGINIA
Alvin Harris, Who Shot Justice
of Peace in Gainesville, q
Headed This Way. 20

Washington police were notified
today by authorities OF Gainesville,
Va. to apprehend Alvin Harris.
twenty-five years old, colored. Of
Bristow, Va, who late yesterday
afternoon shot and killed Thomas 8.
Meredith, brother Of former Goa.
gressman E. v. Meredith, of the
Eighth Virginia district.
Meredith, a justice of the peace,
the Washington authorities were
told, was shot down when he went
to the home of Harris with a war
rant for his arrest on a charge Of
] threatening the life of his wife.
The justice had just knocked on
the negros shanty door and called
| to him to come out when the negro
dashed through the door, revolver in
hand, firing three shots, two Of
which took effect in Meredith s
/ body.
AT the time he was killed, Mere.
| dith was not armed and had not ex.
pected trouble.
Following the shooting the negro
fled from his house and the author.
titles were notified by his wife Of the
killing.
Bloodhounds taken to the scene OF
the murder, trailed the fugitive to a
nearby highway and II is believed
that the negro hailed a passing auto.
mobile for Manassas and caught u
train for Washington.
A man tallying with the fugitive's
description was seen In the vicinity
Of the Manassas freight yards last
night, according to States Attorney
Thomas II. Lion. of Prince Williams
county, who is heading the posse
securing the surrounding territory
for the murderer.
The deceased man, who was sixty.
five years old. was the last of a long
line Of Merediths who have lived in
Prince Williams county for more
than one hundred years. r. v.
Meredith. the dead mans brother.
served several terms in Congress and
died about four years ago. The dead
man left no children. His sole sur.
vivor is his wife. Mrs. Rose MCGEE
Meredith.
Feeling against negroes of that
section is declared to be bitter and
authorities fear a retaliation against
the colored people at the slightest
provocation.
II the negro Is captured the Wash.
ington authorities will be asked to
hold him for a few days pending the
funeral of Meredith and until the
feeling shall have partly subsidized
against the negro.
The Washington times., 1922-07-20
POLICEMEN INDICTED IN
BLISS CASE SUSPENDED

Following their indictment Mon
dav on a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon on Louis w. Moore
a Bliss Electrical School student
Policemen Ernest G. Spaulding
Fifth precinct, and Charles r.
Bremmerman. of the Second, were
suspended yesterday by Superin
tendent Sullivan.
The ALLEGED assault occurred the
night of May 2S on a Ninth street
car, Moore being belabored with
blacktacks after an argument on
the tram, Il Is charged.
The Washington times., 1922-07-20
ExoNERATE COL. COLLIER
OF CORRUPTION CHARGE

Col. D. c. Collier, commissioner
general Of the United States to the
Brazilian international centennial ex'
position. has been exonerated from
all charges of dishonesty or moral
turpitude," the State Department an.
nounced today.
Examination of charges preferred
by Frank o. Harrison, a former mem
her Of the commission, proved, the
announcement stated, that no corrupt
or illegal conduct had been estab-
lished, and there appears to be no
basis for any charge of dishonesty or
Of moral turpitude."
The Washington times., 1922-07-20
HUSBAND vA|NLY
COMBS CITY FOR
MISSING WIFE
Mrs. Sawyer Took Two Chill
dren With Her Last
Monday.

Mrs. Maybel Sawyer, young and
pretty wife Of Albert Sawyer, an
employe of Oysters dairy. who early
Monday morning left her home at
1915 Wisconsin avenue northwest
with her two young children. is
believed today by the youthful hvs-
band to have run away with an
other man.
She is believed to have met the
man on Seventh street Saturday
night, when he Is thought tu have
given her the money to buy the
knickerbocker suit in which she fled
Monday morning at 7:20 with the
savings her husband had given her
TO make a payment on an apart
ment. Mrs. Sawyer was seen to
enter a store by the sister Of Saw
yer Saturday night and make the
purchase.
When Mrs. Sawyer left the house
she told her husband that she was
going to a moving picture show
The man, whom the parents Of the
husband think they know, Is said to
be married and to have two chill.
di en-.
Before coming to live in Washing
ton, the Sawyers lived in Arlington,
and 1t is thought that during her
frequent visits to and from Wash
ington on the bus a romance sprung
up between the pretty passenger and
the country bus driver. He Is said
by the husbands parents to have
paid the young wife attentions that
were Objectionable to the husband.
Mrs. Sawyer took the two chill.
dreen, Frances aged two, and Louise,
six, with her. When last seen the
"eloping wife" was entering a taxi
cab in front of her mothers home
about 10 o'clock Monday morning,
where she had gone to borrow a suit.
case. The two children were seen
by neighbors sitting in the taxicab.
II don't know what she was think.
ing Of" the husband OF the girl told
his parents in commenting on the
disappearance. loved her. She
took all my savings with her. I will
find her II It takes 100 years.
II don't know whether I want her
back or not. I'll decide that when I
see her"