The Washington times., 1934-12-07
PARENTS LEAVE
8 CHILDREN;
NEED AID

The parents of the &c" children
found life too hard.
They disappeared one morning
about 10 months ago, leaving the
children, ages 2, 4 and 6, with
their grandmother.
The grandmother is poor. She
and the children are living on
relief" with just enough money
to feed and house them.
Deserted by their parents. left
in the care of one who has not
enough to care for herself, the
three mites are facing the dreari-
est Christmas Of their young lives.
New Baby Coming
They are cunning youngsters,
too. Children of whom any par.
ent might be proud. The grand
mother, who has written the
Goodfellow Editor Of the Wash
tngton Times, is devoted to them.
She asks only that some one
help her fill the tiny stockings on
Christmas morning-that their
faith in Santa Claus be not en-
tirely destroyed.
"A new baby is coming" always
has a special appeal during the
Christmas season. SO we hope
that the story Of "Mrs. E." will
strike a responsive chord in some
Goodfellow'S heart. There are
four little ones already in the
family and recently they buried q
seven-months-old child. The rest
of the story is the one heard these
days all too frequently-father
has no job, relief funds barely pay
ing for food and rent and family
Of little children eagerly awaiting
old Santa Claus.
Mrs. M. K" has only one
child, a little boy OF 3. She writes:
''He is just old enough to be
asking about Santa Claus. His
playmates have told him. We
didn't because we knew we
could do nothing this year. He
needs clothes and, please, few
toys. He hasn't any OF the
latter"
DANCE TO AID FUND
&c. B." (these aren't his ini
.'tials) asks that we do not print his
letter. The neighbors might know
and daddy and mother couldn't
stand that"
Death has visited this house
hold too. Christmas will be sad
enough for the children (girlS,
ages 9, 2 and 3 months, and boys,
II and 81 without the added
tragedy of five little empty stock
ings. The boys, writes &c. B."
."need pants" and the girls cloth.
ing of all kind. A few toys would
make their day complete.
Every penny raised from The
Washington Times Christmas
Cheer Club party at Loew'S FOX
Theater the morning of Saturday,
December is, will go toward the
club fund. So, also, will the pro-
.ceeds of the dance that night at
the Willard Hotel.
Arthur Godfrey, WJSV radio
announcer and Lou Brown OF
'LoewS theaters in Washington
are in charge of the program for
both events.
The Cheer Club is cooperating
this year with Washington Times
,Goodfeilow Club, oldest OF the
Districts Christmas giving organl-
cations.
Civic Units Help
The Goodfellows, according to
the plan followed in other years,
pick their families from stories
published in The Washington
Times or visit the Times office
and pick them from the appeals
piled on the Goodfellow Editors
desk.
: The Cheer Club funds will go
toward caring for the "leftoverS,"
those whose letters failed to
make the proper appeal. Many
of them, of course, are fully as
deserving.
Cooperating with the Cheer Club
are various fraternal and civic
organizations. Volunteer fire de-
partments in nearby Virginia and
Maryland suburbs are doing their
bit.
The campaign has the enthu-
sistic endorsement Of the depart
.ments of the District government.
Four of the local department
stores Goldenberg'S the Hecht
COMPANY, IanSburgh and PalaiS
Royal have offered their services.
So, too, have the Sanitary and
Atlantic and Pacific grocery COM
panieS.
The campaign slogan is:
: "NOt an empty stocking on
: Christmas morning."
: For the correct time telephone
the office of THE WASHINGTON