The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-07
CHRISTMAS
CHEER
SURE
GoodfeIIoWs Are Enlisting Rap
idIy-Touching Appeals
Reach The Times.

line. Today's mail brought in
an encouraging enlistment. It is
the vanguard, Of course, but it
is moving in from all sections Of
the city. Back of it the main
body is forming. It will carry
Christmas cheer to hundreds Of
Washington homes.
Missions to Execute.
There Is little danger of any Good
Fellow finding himself without a
mission to execute. The appeals
are rapidly increasing. Nearly
thousand children are on the list
awaiting Santa Claus representa-
tives.
That is the situation today.
Tomorrow will see the list of APP
plicants Increased by many addi-
tons. This win be the story each
day. To meet the situation le-
veloping it Is absolutely necessary
that contact be established without
loss Of time with the main body OF
Good Fellows.
Surely they will understand this
necessity, and surely they will re-
spond to it. Help the Good Fellow
editor in making the assignment of
appeals by registering today.
Children Need Clothing.
Appeals received In the last mail
indicates a growing demand for
children's clothing. In past years
toys held the foreground But they
have been supplanted by the cloth
ing demand. Shoes, stockings, over
coats. underwear. girls dresses and
hats, are wanted more than ever be-
fore.
Such appeals are significant at
this season, especially when coupled
with suggestions that used cloth
ing" viii be acceptable.
OF course there are requests for
toys. Many little girls are looking
forward to Christmas as the day
when they will become the happy
possessor Of dolly, or set Of doll
| dishes, dollhouse, or preambulator.
They feast their little eyes on the
treasures exhibited in show windows
and displayed in toy departments
the possession Of some coveted toy
would bring them, confide their
hopes to Santa Claus. Their letters
tell Of their implicit faith In Inn.
He will surely send some Good
Fellow with the longed for toy.
Messenger. Asks Bicycle.
Occasionally there is the appeal
for the useful toy. One hoy who is
employed as a messenger, who hap
pens to be the only working mem
Der of the family, asks that a
bicycle be provided. He can use it
in his work. He is twelve years
old and has been employed for more
| than a year.
In numerous instances the ap-
peals come from mothers who are
working to support their children.
Frequently several little ones are
dependent on them. Christmas din
ners, coal, and other family
necessities are requested.
OF course it can be taken for
granted that few toys in such
cases will go along ways toward
J making Christmas the festive
occasion it Is accepted as being,
for and-they could be added con.
SISLcALlys
There are cases reported by
friends who tell of aged couples,
childless, friendless, eking out
scanty existences, who are in need
Of life's comforts, for whom Christ
mas will be a mockery unless they
be aided by some Good Fellow.
Acting AS Clearing House.
Instances such as are cited can
lie multiplied many times. The
Good Fellow Exchange Of The
Washington Times, acting as a
clearing house in bringing such in.
stances to the attention Of Good
Fellows, is devoting every energy
1t possesses to the successful &C.
complishment of this end
When Christmas passes 1t Is
hoped no child, no family in desti.
tute circumstances, no aged WON.
on, or crippled old man, in Wash
ington will associate. with It the
memory Of having been forgotten.
1t is the one day in the year when
oil society must feel the obligation
rcsting on each individual to con.
tribute In time and service toward
making It what 1t really is, a day
of merriment, Of good cheer, when
the heart lightened of it's burden
there il born anew the spirit of
hope tinting the future with ex-
pectancy's rosate hue.
One hundred Good Fellows are