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■ the greatest and
■ wealthiest nation
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been n ellgious
family festival of
good cheer and gift-giving. From
another viewpoint there is an encour-
aging growth of the spirit of the ut
terance of Elizabeth Phillips.
Eighteen years ago Elizabeth Phil
lips had an Inspiration to make the
anniversary of Our Lord's birth not
so much an anniversary* of happiness
for the few as tin anniversary of hap
pin ess for the many. She had a vision
of those who have giving to those
who have not. And from her humble
beginning with a few hundred poor
children have come the thousand and
one Christmas givings the country
over that are making the holiday year
by year one of happiness to Increas
ing numbers of the poor, the friend
less and the hopeless.
Elizabeth Phillips—she has been
dead these thirteen years—had her
inspiration in 1904 In Philadelphia.
She was a teacher in the public
schools. She lay 111 in a boarding
house. She saw the cold rain of au
tumn beating against her window.
She thought of the Christmas that
was coming.
“Christinas will not mean very
much to me,” she thought. “But It
will mean far less—maybe nothing at
nil—to many. If I could only make
it a better Christmas for some f
those. I can; 1 know I can. I will
try.”
As soon ns she got well she began
to work out her plan. Through the
co-operation of President Roosevelt
she was enabled to secure hundreds
of letters to Santa Claus—every
Christmas season these letters come
in a flood to every big-city post office.
Then she wade It her business to
visit her friends, to call upon a host
of new ones, to solicit help from
everybody, everywhere, collecting two
cents In one place, five cents In an
other place, a dollar somewhere else,
and by the time Christmas eve arrived
Rhe had tilled several hundred stock
ligs.
The fame of Elizabeth Phillips
spread widely. And she had visions
of a nation-wide movement along the
lino of her successful experiment.
“A Christmas stocking fcr every
-jhlld!” she said. “The Christmas
day Is coming when Santa Claus shall
visit every child In the land and none
shall be forgotten.
“It Is my purpose to make Santa
Clnus a reality, whose homo will be
In e\ery home and who will be the
friend of children everywhere. The
most Important thing Ir a permanent
headquarters—the House of Santa
Claus. And over the door there will
be a statue of the old fellow with a
pack of toys on his back. When the
children pass by they can say, ‘There’s
where Santa Chius lives—he sees that
every boy and girl gets n stocking
filled with Christmas things at Christ
mas time.’
“There Santa’s work will be carried
on—not only during the week before
Christians but all through the year.
And besides, l! will be a home for as
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Clipimcej got but probably Santa
Chius knoue lietter than we do where
tilings reullj belong. Anyway, Chaim-
many children—orphans—as 1 can
stuff Into It.
“I hope to build up an organization
in the National Santa Claus associa
tion which will be a joy not only to
the children but a benefit also to poor
people everywhere.”
For four years Elizabeth Phillips
continued her work. The Santa Claus
association grew with each succeed
ing year. It came to have many as
sistants wdth a fleet of automobiles
and an army of givers in the cause of
Christmas giving. The movement
spread to other cities and thousands
came to krtow her name and love it.
But the results of her work, though
great In the estimation of others,
seemed small to her. And as the re
sults became greater and the work
increased the goal seemed farther
away than ever to her. Her work
was halted by Illness, and she was
forced to watch the Christmas of 1009
draw nearer and nearer without being
able to keep on. Despair took hold
of her and she ended her life.
But the spirit of Christmas that
animated her did not dlj with her.
She had done her work too well.
From her Inspiration, directly or In
directly, have sprung the Christmas
givings of the Christmas clubs, Big
Brother and Good Fellow n cements
and Needy Cases campaigns rnd the
Christmas activities of municipalities,
community centers, newspapers and
business concerns.
For example: A New York news
paper took up, three years after Eliz
abeth Phillips* death, the task of sup
plying the Christmas needs of “th?
hundred neediest.” The task, too
great for one Individual, one organi
zation. was distributed among a great
body of those best able to shoulder
It, Just as Elizabeth Phillips aimed to
do, and as the givers Increased In
number so did the receivers multiply.
Organized as a clearing house for
the benefit of all the many charitable
organizations, concentrated as a focal
point for,the contributions of all the
many previously unorganized aud
aimless givers, the “neediest” cam
paign began Its career in 1912 with
the Christmas distribution of $3,600,
Each year it spread to greater
breadth.
For such was the success of this
movement that newspapers In other
cities took up the Idea. And such was
their success that still other organi
zations copied the plan, others and
still others, first In one section, then
In another, all over the United States.
Philadelphia has similar movements,
so has Pittsburgh. Chicago, St. Louis,
Denver, San Francisco.
The Idea, just like the alm of Eliza
beth Phillips, has been the means of
pointing out that such relief Is some
thing more than the giving of a tinsel
top. is something that has n deeper
significance than spasmodic giving,
useful as that sometimes may be. It
has been the Instrument of bringing
whole-hearted generous help to fami
lies In need and of bringing at the
same time the satisfaction to a large
number of Christmas donors of a
simple and direct method of translat
ing Christmas generosity into terms
nf health, happiness, good che«r, the
./ssence of the Christmas spirit.
The modern Christmas spirit has 1
gone farther than mer? giving nt
Christmas time. It has undertaken
to see that families who have met
cey adopted the doll as eagerly as
though l.e had been a girl. He took it
to bed with him nt night and talked
over the events of the day with it be
fore he went to sleep. He always used
n toothpick after his drink o> milk, hut
never without offering ‘t first to his
doll Billy. As time passed on nnd
Chauncey grew bigger he did not seern
to outgrow the doll. When he ap
peared nt Sunday school with his be
loved companion there were smiles,
but he didn't see anything to laugh at.
It wasn’t until the boys began to call
f- •
with misfortunes or have lost their
breadwinner through sickness or
death shall have that simple and fun
damental opportunity without which
democracy means little—the opportu
nity to live u family life. It is labor
ing In season and out of season. Just
like Miss Phillips, to demonstrate to
the public that this involves adequate
relief; that a scanty and penurious
relief of a family which merely makes
it possible for it to eke out a drab
existence Is not intelligent relief;
that this relief must not only be adc*
quate In amount but regular In Its
provisions.
Os New’ York’s “one hundred need
iest cases” in 1921, eighteen concerned
young mothers and children under the
care of the State Charities Aid asso
elation. These eighteen were given
Instant relief. In addition the sum
total of children saved from serious
and distressing situations reached the
number of 75. These additional chil
dren were helped from funds not des
ignated for particular cases. In some
cases a considerable portion has been
conserved for future use. Here, for
Instance, is a sample report of the
association, which shows what Christ
mas giving can accomplish when done
in the right way:
“Raymond, of Case No. 89, the half
starved, half-naked baby rescued
from a desolate room, had a desper
ately hard fight for his life. The doc
tors at the hospital tried every sort
of food, but Raymond’s was so serious
a case of malnutrition that nothing
seemed to reach the tiny spark of vi
tality. Finally, as a last resort, blood
transfusion was tried, and this had
the desired effect. Raymond reacted
almost Immediately; and wai soon
able to leave the hospital for a free
convalescent home for babies In the
country. From there he recently
went to a foster home of his own, an
unbelievably sturdy and vigorous
child. Amount received, $300; amount
spent, $72.73; balance on hand,
$227.27.*
So, at Christmas time A. D. 1922,
a multitude of organizations all over
the country will gather from those
who have and distribute among those
who have not. There will be Christ
mas good cheer In homes where other
wise It would be lacking. Encourage
ment will be given many who had
well nigh lost hope. Lives valuable
to the state will be saved. And there
will be joy where there was sorrow.
The activities of these organiza
tions of course vary widely. Some
give gifts, some give food, some give
clothing, some give money, some give
service. But their principle nnd pur
pose nnd Inspiration are the same;
nil are born of one Idea and nil alm
nt the same gonl. This goal is to
make Christmas day everywhere the
day of Joy It should be In a Chrlrtlan
nation celebrating the anniversary of
the birth of Our Lord.
It is no exaggeration to say that
much of this Christmas giving is the
result of Elizabeth Phillips’ Inspira
tion eighteen years ago as she lay ill
In her boarding-house room. To this
Philadelphia school teacher Is due In
no small part various movements all
over the United States that embrace
the collection and distribution of
Christmas cheer and Christmas char
ity.
The spirit of Elizabeth Phillips goes
marching on.
him “mamma” and to prescribe rem
edies for his baby's colic that his af
fection waned. Billy has long won
dered in the old garret when Chauncey
will return. He feels sure that even yet
Chauncey's thoughts go back with
pleasure to early associations.
To Preserve Linoleum.
Linoleum should ’)e swept gently,
then gone over with a damp cloth (wet
In milk If possible). A good floor wax
should be well rubbed in every tliree
ot four months.
Something to Think About
MANAGING MEMORY
TT JS observed that the educated
have, us a rule, a better memory
than the uneducated. The reason for
this Is obvious.
The one class exercises its capacity
for carrying things In its mind and
thus gives memory strength, endur
ance and ability to recall events,
names or dates at a moment’s notice,
while the other class permits memory
to become flabby and undependable.
Each individual has within his or
her brain a certain amount of reten
tive power, beyond which he or she
cannot go without unusual effort. And
if the effort is not put forth regular
ly, with persistent determination to
improve, memory will not of itself
make notable progress.
There are, it is true, native differ
ences of retentive power.
One child is from the first capable
of retaining Impressions of all kinds
more easily than others. A child with
n good natural ear for musical sounds
will be likely to retain sounds and
their successions better than another
child deficient in this sense-endow
ment, and so it goes through child
hood to old age, with memory playing
fast or loose as It has been taught.
Faulty memory, if you go deeply
into Its cause, you will find very fre
quently is the result of Inattention,
especially in adults who have become
absorbed In the problems of life to
the exclusion of everything else.
PICTURES ”
By WILL M. MAUPIN
*
JACK FROST can paint rare pictures
On the window over night,
Tracing myriad forms gymnastic
With his pencil cold and white.
But the rarest, fairest picture
That high art can e’er attain
Is my baby’s smiling features
Framed within the windowpane.
When the fiery artist limns his
Pictures in the glowing coals
He can touch the finest feelings
Os the most artistic souls.
But the sweetest, neatest picture
Ever shown to mortal sight
Is my baby’s smiling features
In the evening lamp alight.
When the sun god lays his colors
On the canvas of the world,
You may think earth’s richest treasure
To your gaze has been unfurled.
But the rarest, fairest picture
I can ever hope to know
Is my baby’s smiling features
With the light of love aglow.
(Copyright by Will M. Maupin.)
——
Uncommon
Sense ♦ ♦ ♦ & a h K b
LET’S NOT DESPAIR
•T'AKEN generally this world Is
about what may be expected of It,
considering the sort of people who are
In it.
Mourning for the dead, dead days
of long ago has a sentimental value,
bu* otherwise Is pretty useless.
Man was not born to become per
fect In n hurry. He isn’t perfect now,
even after some millions of years of
opportunity for development.
But he Is more nearly perfect than
he was two thousand years ago, or
'or that matter, a hundred years ago.
In other words, he’s progressing.
He isn’t war-proof yet. He hasn’t
found any means of settling his big
gest quarrels except by taking up
arms.
But he doesn’t burn witches any
longer, and he accords his fellows
more right to their opinions than he
used to.
Incidentally his morr : s are better
than they were in the time of Rome,
and he has done considerable to add
ONC£ ISMM
By F. A. WALKER
And these usually are the people
who habitually complain.
They have censed to see the sun
light or to move forward. They sit
dejectedly at the crossroads, while
others puss them and go on .heir way
rejoicing.
A man or woman is not better than
Ills or her memory.
Each may have ability, pleasing
manners and good looks, but If he or
she is deficient in memory the road
will take to nowhere save to disap
pointment.
The fact Is that good memory Is at
the base of every great success, hav
ing for Its helpful couriers energy,
industry and probity which give to
memory a strategic position from
which it cannot be shaken, even In
critical moments of stress when every
thing depends on the right move.
He who misallies himself with bad
memory, refuses to manage Ills mem
ory or drill it with utmost care, which
he can do by continual practice, allies
himself with failure, and In most In
stances he has nobody to blame for
his miserly incapacity and Inherit
ance but his miserable self.
(©, 1922. by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. >
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to his comforts and to his education.
We have bettpr means of under
standing each other than we used to.
We know what is going on in Sydney
and Nome and Tokyo, and can go to
the movies and see pictures of ele
phants a pilin’ teak In India. All
this makes for education, and as IL
G. Wells tells us, education eventual
ly means perfect civilization.
It may* not be the best of all possi
ble worlds, but It is the best world
that people now living have experi
enced. And we think it Is getting
better.
Anyway, Just because women wear
short skirts, and crowds go to prize
fights, let’s not despair. We’re im
proving, slowly but surely, and by and
by we can work out our own salva
tion. And a time like this, when there
Is more going on than there ever has
been before, Is surely a good time in
which to be living.
(Copyright by John Blake.)
mother’s Cook Book
The true end nf American education la th*
knowledge and practice of democracy, what
ever other peraonal ends an education may
■erva.—Dallas Lore Sharp.
SEASONABLE GOOD THINGS
A NICE oyster dish a little out of
the ordinary and one which may
be used for luncheon or Sunday night
supper Is
Escalloped Oysters and Celery.
Allow two dozen oysters to serve
four or five persons, one cupful of
diced celery parboiled for fifteen min
utes In n very little water and the
water used with the oyster liquor In
the escalloped dish. Drain the oy
sters and place a layer In a buttered
baking dish, cover with celery, a few
crushed cracker crumbs and pepper
and salt to taste, dotting each layer
with bits of butter. Repeat, using but
two layers of oysters, finish with cel-
PAGE SEVEN
Has Anyone Laughe-H
?! At You r; !
U n ETHEL R.
4 Because PB^Ea ■
You Give Too Much of Your '
Time to Others? How often •
have pinole Laid to you: “You !
:i: use up so much perfectly good
I strength doing for others? Why
do you? They don’t appreciate
R it I’’ It may be true that you do.
« It may be true that some few
!;!; people do not appreciate what
:j: you do, but s< me do. Anyhow,
you have a "cod habit. None Is
better than the giving habit.
The Good Book says. “Cast thy
$;• bread upon the waters, for thou
shalt find it. Give a portion to
:j: seven, yea, even to eight.’’ And
that’s only another way of say-
Ing If you give n lot you’ll get
45 a lot, maybe not In money and
U things, but in real happiness
and satisfaction. Think what
U sacrifices the Quakers and the
people of the various commis
slons are making in foreign and
uncomfortable countr'es to help
*2 the starving!
SO
Your Get-away here is:
Nothing pays like giving. So
<4 you can feel sorry for the chap
U that laughed at you; he hasn't
: ’ begun yet to be happy.
: (Copyright by McClure Newspaper
I Syndicate.)
MEN YOU MAY MARRY
By E. R. Peycer.
Has a Man Like This Proposed
to You?
Symptoms: Long of limb, dark
light hair, that glints In the sun.
beaming white teeth; you see
them glitter before you see him;
wears soft clothes! Get it? Soft
everything. Looks soft, yet ath
letic; wears slouch hats, slouch
suits, (Norfolks and Knickers),
slouch shoes, never gloves. He
likes you \ecause you don’t
mind going to a fancy show
with him in slouch clothes or
going Into a big restaurant to
dine with him In slouch attire.
IN FACT
All his slouch Is In his clothes
and you know It.
He is really quit? smart I
Prescription to His Bride:
D Teach your mother that he
is all right and then all
will be well and your life will
be happy.
Absorb This:
Know Where to Slouch! There
All the Smartness Lies!
(Copyright by McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
ery, crumbs and the oyster and cel
ery liquor, mixed with one-quarter of
a cupful of cream. Finish with but
tered crumbs and bake long enough
to brown the crumbs. More than two
layers of oysters In a baking dish
Is not advisable ns the tvj» and bot
tom layers will be overcooked before
the Inner layer is cooked.
Quick Squash Biscuits.
Mix and sift two cupfuls of flour
with one teaspoonfu. of salt and three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. *Rub
iu turn tablespoonfuls of shortening
and the yolk of an egg, one-half cup
ful of cooked rlced squash and cold
milk to make a mixture to roll. Cut
and bake as the ordinary biscuits. De
licious with butter and honey.
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