The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-25
Times FUND
CLOTHES 1241
CITY CHILDREN
$4,000 Spent in Putting
Warm Outfits on ShiV-
ering Youngsters.
NEW RECORD IS SET
Donors From All Classes
Share Comfort, Cheer
With Needy.
(1241 Children Clothed. See Page
for Donors LiSt.l

Sixteen thousand dollars walked
on indianapolis streets today
clarioning Christmas Day and the
warmth that thousands of city
residents brought@ needy school
children of the city.
The $4,000, spent through the
Christmasy goodwill of donors to
Clothe-a-C Child of The Indianapo-
lis Times, cracked all records of a
city's offering in the annual fund
drive to stem illness and winters
chill in the homes of the unfor-
Inmates.
Twelve hundred and forty-one
children-boyS with freckles, girls
with curls and of every race, creed
and nativity-met on the hearth
OF Clothe-a-Child and were ia
ken by men and women into city
department stores and CARRIED. The
former Clothe-a Child record was
1905 children dressed in 1884.
NO Christmas tree in the city
carried the candlelight shining in
the hearts of the donors from fac
tories, shops and homes as did
Clothea -Child's trees as it placed
an average of $40 of warm wear
ing apparel on each adolescent
needy child.
MiIeof- Dimes Totals S27SS.2O
ile-of-Dimes, sidewalk Santa
OF Clothe-a-Child, was picked up
from a slushy mire at Washing
ton and Meridian-sts by Drinks
Express Co. A count today showed
that $2788.20 was poured out of a
clty's coin purse into stockings,
lumber jackets, coveralls and
dresses. The silver shrine reached
sixteen and one-half 100-foot rows.
Stretching cash donors money
as far as it would go, Clothe-a-
Child dressed children from the
Mile-of-Dimes and on mail con-
trlbutlons at an average cost of
$7.75 child. Letter and personal
contributions of money totaled
$1SS8.92. A total of $4727.12 in
currency flowed into the city's
clothing marts from Clothe-a-
Child's Office.
But while Clothe-a-C Child acted
as the servant of cash donors to
the clothing carol of $4727.12 over
one-half of the children cared for.
or 651 youngsters, were taken on
personally conducted tours by
Clothe a-Child folk who did their
own yuletide shopping for the
boy or girl of their choosing.
Open Hearts and Purses
With every child's need an
proved by Community Fund relief
agencies and the social service
division of the Indianapolis pub
lie schools, the shopping Santas
needed fear of but one thing-the
purse-strings.
And how they unloosened those
strings! Boys and girls that at
first glance needed a STEM stern
dressing, found themselves eating
meals in restaurants they'd never
dreamed of and riding regally in
taxicabs beside their patrons.
Barber shops were first-aid sta
lions to hair and street Crime.
But while individual donors
clothed their children another act
in Clothe-a-C Child dramatized it.
self on westinghouse at Mile-of-
Dimes.
Their Wish for You
1nclement weather resulted in
numerous dime contributors send
ing their donations direct to
Clothe Child Office.
Clothe-a-Child, on behalf of
1241 boys and girls of the city.
wishes to thank each donor for
the garments they spread on ILL
clad bodies.
1t wishes you what you have
a MERRY CHRISTMAS that
comes from seeing some boy or
girl laugh again at the feel of
warm woolenS where ONLY
patched apparel and rags hung
before.