The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-26

REVEALS
NEEDY
Many Tasks Await Good Fell
lows Among city's Desti-
tute on Holiday.

Assurance that there will be full
opportunity for every Good Fellow
in Washington to find destitute
family to which he may bring joy
on Christmas Day is guaranteed by
the heavy registration Of needy
families already under way.
AS in previous years the heaviest
registration Of destitute families is
from the northwest section of the
city, particularly in the vicinity Of
the Georgetown water front, or the
section known as "Foggy Bottom. !"
There are registrations from each
Of the other three sections of the
city, however.
Requirements of Order.
What are the requirements for
Good Fellows? Merely a big heart
and a strong desire to bring hap
piness to the less fortunate on the
one day in the year Of all others
when everybody should be happy.
After all, it doesn't matter what
you give SO much as the spirit with
which you give. A visit from a
kindly, sympathetic well-Wisher on
Christmas Day brings to the sick
the message that they haven't been
forgotten and that God still rules
on earth. If, in addition, the Visitor
is able to relieve, in some measure,
their most pressing needs there is
going to be happiness in that home.
II you are a Good Fellow at
heart-and there are thousands of
real Good Fellows in Washington
well situated, financially, as your
neighbors isn't going to prevent you
showing that you are a Good Eel
low and that your heart is in the
right place. There have been Good
Fellows enlisted in this humani-
tartan work who themselves were
sorely in need of the services of a
Good Fellow. They might have
been in want themselves on Christ
mas Day, but in the noble service
of bringing joy to those even more
destitute than themselves, they
found comfort and happiness.
Times Brings Them Together.
The chief difficulty experienced
by the born Good Fellow has been
that of locating truly needy and
deserving families. It is for this
purpose that The Washington Times
originated and is continuing the
Good Fellow movement. It is the
object of The Washington Times to
bring the Good Fellow and the
destitute family in contact, to the
benefit of each.
All that the Good Fellow need dc
is send in his name and address to
the Good Fellow Editor of The
Washington Times and TO state
how many needy individuals OF
families he is prepared to take care
of on Christmas Day and in what
section of the city he prefers them
The Good Fellow Editor, from
his list of needy families and indi-
viduals, will pick out those who
most closely approach the require.
ments of the Good Fellow. These
names and addresses will be mailed
to the Good Fellow. who may then
visit the family or individuals as
signed him and assure himself of
their worthiness and their most
pressing needs.
Names Not Published.
His action thereafter is entirely
up to himself. The Good Fellow
merely follows his own conscience.
Whether he gives much or little is
for him to decide. His reward
comes with the consciousness of
having performed one of the noblest
services he can we'll undertake.
No Good Fellows name will be
published, nor will his deeds be
heralded to the world. The names
Of needy families are never made
public. Come on, Good Fellows.
it's time to get busy!