The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-01
CALLS FOR
WORKERS
GO.()|JT
Many Good Fellows Will Be
Needed to Garry Christmas
Cheer This Year.

Letters for Good Fellows should
be signed in full.
It sometimes happens two fami-
lies by the same name reside in
the same neighborhood. Where
only the name is given, without
the initials, confusion follows in
locating the right family. It is
also important that addresses Of
those expecting visits from Good
Fellows be given.
in the neighborhoOd of" or
"above above" such and such q
street is not sufficiently definite.
Good Fellows who undertake to
carry abroad the message Of
Christmas cheer should not be
asked to institute neighborhood
hunts in locating those in whom
they are interested.
Cases Interested In.
Just what kind Of cases are the
Good Fellows looking for?
This question Is being asked
daily. Good Fellows have had ii
put to them. Apparently they arc
interested in all cases where family
or individual circumstances hold lit
tie promise Of Christmas being less
than day Of gloom. Their activi.
ties will not be restricted to any set
of circumstances, or limited by the
character of the need. Boys and
girls, men and women, old and
young, all look alike to the Good
Fellow. 1t may be dolly, baby's
rattle, a pair of roller skates, shoes,
stockings. or bedding that stands
forth as the crying need on Christ
mas morn.
Several instances. by the way,
have come to the attention of the
Good Fellow editor, where blankets
are asked for by little folk. Good
Fellowship Is as broad as the needs
Of humanity on Christmas Day.
Information that several OrganiZa-
tons are being formed to carry on
Good Fellow work reached the
editor today. Such units should
send in their addresses and such
particulars as will lid the editor in
assigning cases to them as soon as
possible. The eleventh hour rush
will be heavy on 10th sides. So
let's adopt the shopping slogan,
do your Christmas shopping earlv
and avoid the rush, slightly
changed to read, "Start Good Eel
lowship work today and prevent
the crush"
Many Appeals Come In.
Appeals are coming In so fast
that 1t is evident there will be need
of vast army of Good Fellows.
The great majority of the appeals
are in the interest of little children.
They are the children in families
where the parents work. but work
as they will, as hard and con-
sistently as human endurance per-
mits, they will be unable to provide
such Christmas cheer for their
little ones as should flood each
Washington home. Among the ap-
peals, however, are others than
those requesting toys. Many or
them are penned by friends. The
latter call attention to cases or
necessity involving not only ind1'
viduals who have met with I'M
avoidable accidents or are the vic.
TINS Of lingering diseases, reduced
to a plane little removed from that
of absolute restitution, but OF
whole families in such c1rcum'
stances
The parents, too proud to make
the home condition known, VIII
never know how the Good Fellow
came to find them, for the appeals
| made in their behalf will be treated
ron fi6anfin1lU hHy 40 FellOW
| and others conversant with the CIT
| cumstances.
Citizens associations, In several
sections of the city, it Is under
| stood, are planning to aid In the
Good Fellow work through spsclal
committees. AS these are organized
the Good Fellow editor will supply
neighborhood cases to them. TINS
will greatly simplify the destrlnu
ton of Christmas packages whlle
1t is said, in hundreds OF instances
1t will insure the Good Fellow inter
est carrying on after the holidays,
| AS pointed out by scme OF the
leading Good Fellows, the chance
exists to make Christmas & new
starting point for many families
hard luck Victims" and cause
them in turn to become future
active agencies in spreading the
message of Christmas in it's broad
est humanitarian sense.
| So Good Fellow committees
formed within the ranks of citizens
associations may accomplish more
than they had In mind at first
The Good Fellow editor Is ready II
help them start on their beautiful
! mission.
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