The Washington times., 1938-12-10
TOY Matinee
BRINGS JOY TO
1000 CHILDREN
Cheer Club Promoters
Happy Over Result

Well-more tn an a thousand
District children will be happy
come Christmas-becauSe YOU
went to that Toy Matinee at the
Capitol this morning! More than
a thousand smiles will wreathe
tiny faces that would otherwise
be bathed in the tears of diSap
pointment that always st t
where Santa fails to appear.
They should have called it the
Smile Matinee! And if it's any
satisfaction to the Capitol The
ater-the Washington H era ! d.
Times Good Cheer CLUB is VERY
happy over the splendid result of
their big-hearted cooperation!
TARTAN ESCAPES!
Tarzan escaped alright, but be-
fore he did you should have heard
those children laugh and scream
with delight! Collins and Peter
son, the irrepresSible comedians
who will pilot the jitterbugs
through their jamboree tonight,
put on some special Glowing for
the children, and had them rolling
in the aiSleS, really!
Bea Saxon, who sings the torch
lest of torch songs in the most
corching manner, certainly
proved that she can thrill an au-
dience with sweet and lovely
songs as we'll And as for Boy
Foy, the juggler who losses every
thing in the world up in the air
and catches it as it comes down,
from the precariouS perch atoy
a unicycle-Well. the theater i;
still echoing from the shouts OF
appreciation from the thousand
youngsters present.
And Art Brown-the man who
has Santa Claus ear-he was
there. too. and the youngsters
adored him!
HOW ABOUT YOU
Now how about YOU-you who
DIDN'T see the matinee-you who
DIDN'T drop a toy in Santa's big
reserve box in the lobby-you who
WISH you had done that! Oh
yes! There's loads of tirne Today
for instance, has about nine or 10
hours in which you can step to
the telephone and call a Premier
Cab - metropolitan 4141 - and
they'll dash light up to your house
and pick up your toys for the poor
kiddies.
Remember the main idea is to
give TOYS-not necessarily NEW
toys-not necessarily EXPENSIVE
toys-for the firemen in all the
District firehouses are busy mend
ing and tinkering and fixing up
LAST years toy-for THIS years
joy!
DOZENS OF WORKERS
And so are dozens of workers
in the WPA project of toy re-
Mobilization which is going on
under the direction of the Dis
trict Playground Department at
Ninth and G SITS. N. E. Yes, and
hundreds of boys and girls who
HAVE toys are pitching in and
helping fix up other toys at the
Fairgrounds for the Good Cheer
Club-and it DOES seem as
though you'd want to be in on
thatl
It's very, very tough to see all
the Santa Clauses in the stores
to hear them over the air with
good OIL Art Brown on VOL every
morning-to KNOW that there
are toys for MOST poor kids just
through such things as the Good
Cheer Club-and then wake up on
Christmas morning to find
nothing!
We know YOU don't want
THAT to happen!
A HINT FOR SANTA
So-just now-while you're
going down to the stores to pick
out Molly's new toys-or Sammy's
new train-DON'T forget to
bring the old one along-or get
it into the hands of the nearest
fireman-so EVERY child will
have happy Christmas!
You might-too-if you know a
little boy or girl who is not going
to have a merry Christmas-just
call Art Brown at WOL-or call
the Washington Herald Times
Good Cheer Club-REpublic IL
3-4-and give Santa Claus hint?
Maybe?