The Washington times., 1925-12-12
GOOD. FELLO ".
BRINGS JOY
To THREE
Little Children, Are Made
Happy by His Timely
Visit

''Thank you, sir; thank you, sir;
thank you, sirp
n was the voices OF little chill
dren calling after a GOOD FELL
LOW who went to home where
three youngsters are just recover
ing from diphtheria.
Those kids hung on the GOOD
FELLOWS coat tails and grabbed
him by the fingers, kissing his
hands and cuddIing around him
like they would father or a
brother.
It was a heart-touching scene,
and as the GOOD FELLOW walke1
out of that household where he had
spread happiness and ChristwsS
cheer, he felt like better mar.
His soul was cleansed. He had
eeen poverty and he had not closed
his eyes nor his purse to it.
The very Tilt of those gay little
voices singing their thanks more
than repaid him for the effort he
had made to help a destitute family.
And. ladies and gentlemen, you
who are reading these lines, that
very scene Is being re-enacted all
over washington today, where hum
lreds Of GOOD FELLOWS are go
ing quietly about their work, after
having learned through the Wash
ington Times Of needy families who
would have no Christmas at all
unless the good-hearted public in.
terested itself in their cases.
This newspaper, as you may
know, each year undertakes to find
the really deserving poor who need
the helm of volunteers,
So far, during the month OF De-
cember, over 800 cases have been
handled by GOOD FELLOWS who
felephoned or wrote to this news.
paper that they would adopt" one
family, at least, for Christmas time,
and in many cases throughout the
weeks leading up to that festive
hour.
The filing division of the Internal
Revenue Department sent a mes
senger to the GOOD FELLOW Edi-
tor yesterday asking for twenty
families to look out for. There are
about 100 employees in that division
and that means that for every five
workers In the Files division, one
destitute household win be at least
partially relieved Of its suffering
and want.
The GOOD FELLOW editor
wishes that every Government bu-
reau in the whole Federal service
could see fit to emulate the ex-
ample Of the files division of the
Internal Revenue Bureau. If that
could be accomplished, It is a safe
wager that there wouldn't be a hun
cry mouth in Washington Christ
mas morning and there wouldn't be
. mother or child without shoes and
stockings and underclothing as well
az outerclothing.
All sorts and kinds OF service are
being rendered by GOOD FELL
LOWS. There Is really no limit to
the opportunities to spread fappi-
ness.
The letters that come into this
office from the unfortunate are tes-
ttmony to the fact that we have
more poor people in Washington
than one would believe.
You, nor the writer Of these
lines, do not see the poverty be-
cause our daily paths do not lead
In their direction. But IL we went
out Of our regular channels one
afternoon or oKe morning and
turned back the curtains to hun
dreds and hundreds of lowly homes
we would be surprised at the num-
Der Of cases Of abject distress.
And poverty isn't all the GOOD
FELLOWS are battling. They are
battling sickness and loneliness.
An inmate of st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital asks only for radio set and
he only wants crystal set at that.
Think Of the number Of idle crystal
sets that are. laying around Wash
ington unused-unused through the
fact the owners have supplanted
them with tube sets. How would
you like to take that set over to
the disabled soldier at st. Eliza
beth's who asks for it. The name
will be supplied over the telephone.
The letters which little children
are sending to Santa Claus are
being diverted by the postmaster to
this office-don't you want to be
Santa Claus to one of them?
There is a coupon printed here
for your use. If you wish to be
a GOOD FELLOW, fill it in today
and start yourself on the way to
happiness.
Good Fellow Coupon will be