Evening star., 1936-12-08
POLICE PLEA WINS
BICYCLE FOR GIRL
Edmonston, Md, Resident
Assured of Gift at
YuIe Party.

Elizabeth Martin will get Q bicycls
for Christmas.
Elizabeth, In case you don't remeni.
ber. Is the l4-year-old Edmonston.
Md, girl who wrote to police last week
appealing for something to make her
Christmas happy. Her father had
been forced to tell her they would have
very little Christmas.
In her letter to Capt. Joseph c.
Morgan. chairman Of the sixteenth
annual Metropolitan Police Christmas
party. Elizabeth said she would be
grateful for anything, but that she
would so love to have bicycle. Capt.
Morgan promised she would receive
some gift, but bicycle-well, as Eliza
beth admitted. that's a pretty elaborate
sort of present, especially since there
are so many needy children to take
care of this Christmas.
Two Bicycles Offered.
Elizabeth's letter has achieved its
purpose, it was learned today. Capt.
Morgan has received at least two
offers to donate the bicycle for which
the girl yearns. One was from Joseph
N. Romm, bicycle dealer at 739 Ninth
Sunday Star and Immediately called
up Capt. Morgan with his offer
Thus has the happiness of one
child at Christmas been assured.
There are hundreds, however, who, like
Elizabeth. must depend on kindly
citizens to heed their appeal Many
cannot speak for themselves. This
must speak for them. For example:
The five children Of w. P. A.
worker who makes barely enough to
keep his family housed and fed, much
less to clothe them or to buy any
Christmas presents.
The four l. children on Rosedale
street northeast. Their father was in
the Marine Corps during the World
War and was decorated for bravery.
He died recently Of pneumonia Their
mother. though seriously i'll. worked
standing all day long in a W. p. A.
sewing room until clinic physicians
forbade her to continue. This familys
only income is So a week from relief.
One of the children is seriously Ii
in hospital.
Father Jobless Months.
Seven children. ranging in age from
2 months to IA years, whose father
has been without work for seven
months and writes. We don't think
we're going to have a very good
Christmas"
Such are the people who will be
aided by contributions of food. cloth
ing and toys to the police campaign,
being conducted in conjunction with
the sixth annual Star Warner Bros.
N. B. c. Christmas toy appeal.
Gifts Of cash and clothes already
are beginning to come in at the
police party's collection center in the
District National Guard Armory,
Sixth street and Pennsylvania ave.
nue.. About s275 in cash has been
donated. William Hahn g. Co. il
giving new shoes. Kann's Depart.
ment Store gave a box of childrens
garments Arthur Jordan of Jordans
Piano Co., sent two secondhand
radios, which will be placed in hos.
pital children's wards to make shorter
the long hours of invalidism or con.
valescence.
Speaking Of hospitals-after the
police Christmas tree party on the
morning Of the 25th. toys are taken
to children at Gallinger, Children's
Hospital and in the District Tuber.
culosis Sanatorium at Glen Dale, Nd.
Others are sent to orphanages, day
nurseries and foster homes. Among
recipients will be children at the
German Orphanage, Friendship House
and the Providence Hospital Day
Nursery.
Misery Can Be Eased.
Needless is it to say that the misery
OF children in hospitals, the loneliness
OF children in orphanages can be
alleviated by the balm provided by
a Christmas gift.
Policemen from each of the city's
Is precincts will meet at the gift
headquarters Thursday TO map out
their program for covering all WASH
lngton in their census of families
who must not be forgotten on Christ
mas. Precinct captains have assigned
one or more men to solicit contribu-
fions Of money, food, clothing and
toys. to list all deserving cases and
to distribute presents when the time
comes around.