The Washington times., 1938-12-12
A TOY? NO, BUT
He COULD NOT
PASS CHEER BY
Herald Times Club to
Repeat Matinee

was loll. anu III "etS 1AAAAA
and he was shabby.
And he had shaggy, white eye
brows, and a big, shaggy nous
tache-and he walked up to the
ticket window of the Capitol
Theater on Saturday, and stopped
hesitatingly when he saw the big
pile of toys which Washingtonians
had left as the price of admiS'
sion-and as the cure for Christ
mas heartaches for LOO Riddles.
He was just the kind of a per
son you'd expect to shoe folks
away. and to shake his cane, and
growl:
GO away-little boy; Christ
mas? Bah! Go away"
DIDN'T BUY TICKET
He didn't buy a ticket, either.
He walked away. He did, indeed.
And he went into Brentano'S,
next door to the Capitol. And
then he came out and went past
the ticket window. and laid a
small envelope down on the pile
of toy. Then he seemed afraid
to leave it there, and brought it
to the man on the door and said:
Here's mine. Better take it
inside
Well - they took it inside -
and he went into the theater.
He hasn't been seen since. But
after while, they got to wondering
whether there WAS anything III
the envelope. And they opened
it. And there was a Christmas
card, and it read
II wish you very Merry
Christmas"
And-wrapped in the Christmas
card was a silver coin. Scrawled
In pencil was note
Il have no toy. I don't
know anything about them.
Here's a half a dollar"
A GREAT SUCCESS
Well! If the Washington Herald.
Times Christmas Cheer Club
hadn't done another thing-it
could be called a bowling success!
But, of course, it HAS.
AS matter of fact, so success.
full was last Saturday mornings
Toy Matinee, that Loew's is going
to repeat the idea at the regular
performance of one of the great
est Christmas stories ever told
Dickens christmas Carol"
Yes, sir-you can take the kid
dies tc the Christmas Carol" per-
Torrance just so long as you're
there BEFORE II a. m. next
Saturday-deposit a toy-old or
new-and walk right in and see
the simple tale of heart reborn
to love of its fellowmen!
CABS COOPERATE
And if you can't do THAT, we'll,
you can BUY a toy e.: you can
sort out those your children aren't
going to want after Santas visit
Christmas Eve, and call a Premier
cab at Metropolitan 414l and
they'll come right over and pick
them up! That's THEIR contri-
button to the Christmas Cheer
Club.
And the firemen all over the
city will fix the broken toy. or the
WPA workers who are helping out
the playground department of the
District at Ninth and G Streets
Northeast will paint it up, or some
OF the 1000 children at the play
grounds will make new dresses for
the dollies or fix them up so
they'll SEEM like new to the eager
little hearts who trust Santa!
Yes, if you could read some of
the letters that Art Brown is get
ting on his morning broadcast
these days-letters from homes
where the Good Cheer Club is
going to see that Santa goes
you'd KNOW what a wonderful
thing it is NOT to forget that
while charity is sweet and need
ful-While the necessities SHOULD
be cared for by Community Chests
(by the way, have YOU done ALL
you can to clear up that slight
1ack?)-it is also VERY necessary
to care for the JOY-HUNGER of
little hearts, too!
You'll find full accounts of the
Cheer Clubs activities daily in the
Washington Herald and the Wash
ington Times.
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