The Washington times., 1923-12-11
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Ranks
Boy OF 10 and Another Of 4
Are Enrolled on Times
Good Fellow List.

Johnny is only ten years old.
He works as an Office boy for one
Of the largest firms in the city.
Johnny decided to be q Good
Fellow and 50 he enlisted in the
Good Fellow ranks today.
Adds Three Recruits.
"Send me the name Of one family
with two or three children. would
like to have one OF them q boy Of
my age. am ten years old, = he
wrote, "and ! win see they get q
Christmas dinner and few toys. ]
don't care where they are living Al
the city"
1t was learned that Johnny earns
a salary of $S week. This inforna-
ton came from official sources. The
result of Johnny's determination to
become q Good Fellow is that three
additional Good Fellows were added
to yesterdays list. They include the
members OF JohnDy's firm.
A FOur.Year-OId Member.
Another Good Fellow TO report is q
four-year-old. He wants = family all
to himself. preferably one where
there is wee little baby" A se-
ries OF marks across the bottom of
his letter attest his official sigma.
ture. OF course, he has had just the
kind Of a family assigned him that
he wants.
There is the ''wee little baby and
q mother who keeps light burning
in window at night. She is still
in hope that a familiar tread will be
heard on the stairs leading to the
little One-room apartment at the top
Of the house where q little girl Of
fourteen months is Graded, while her
mother works long hours each day
on plain sewing brought to her by
the few who know Of the family
tragedy following in the wake when
"wanderlust" led somebody away.
Many Touching Appeals.
The appeals reaching the Good
Fellow editor are featured by many
such instances. They tell stories of
hopeful mothers battling to feed
and keep about them the little ones
who prattle about Santa Claus and
wonder If he will bring ''some.
body" home for Christmas. Many q
grueling battle is being fought in
barren apartments scattered all
through the city, of which the great
majority of Washingtonians know
nothing. II they did, IL they could
just know what is going on, hun.
dreds Of cases where assistance Is
sorefy needed and deserved would
receive attention. But they do not
know.
The Good Fellow work will helm
to broadcast such information and
bring aid where otherwise 1t would
never be extended because those
willing and able to help do n0s
know where to make their offers.
It did last year.
To Open Toy Depot.
Numerous offers Of toys, and to
assist in repairing them are being
received by Mrs. Arthur G.. Killing.
Of the Argonne apartments, who Is
directing the organization Of the
Christmas Toy Commission. The
time has come when it Is essential
the commission secure a downtown
depot where the toys can be re-
ceived and repaired and from where
they can be distributed. 1t Is ex-
pected arrangements will be made
for a. depot today.
Many high school boys and girls
have volunteered to do the repair
work." said Mrs. King today,
There are also a large number of
persons who have collected toys and
are only awaiting a place to deliver
them. hope satisfactory
n ,.ra n conenf can ha roade IN noo,,ca
a depot down town today. The
ly as the toy commission becomes
more widely known"
Mardi Gras for Fund.
Proceeds from a Mardi Gras For
NAL to be given in the ballroom Of
the City Club, it was announced
today, will be contributed to the
Good Fellow work. The ball will be
given December 10, and will be
one Of the social events of the
season.
1--WE expect to turn over several
hundred dollars to the Good Fellow
work." said Norman w. Marsh.
athletic director of the club, in
announcing the event today. Tick.
cts to the ball are being widely
sold.
While the appeals are increasing
rapidly with each mail, Good Fellows
are also volunteering. But the
Good Fellows should be enlisting
more rapidly. The records indicate
that the number of unassigned an.
peals is steadily increasing.