Show 1 GOOD V fEllO CLUB AMPLY I REW REWARDED Sends Proof of Kind Hind Heartedness Heartedness Heartedness Heart- Heart edness of Salt LaKers to Many Needy Homes CHILDREN ARE MADE HAPPY FOR THE ONCE Telegram Delivers Some of i the Many Evidences of Good Cheer Salt Lake set a I new Christmas record for kindness to the unfortunate Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day and yesterday 4 If It those persons who sent Christmas presents to THE TELEGRAM to be distributed to the poor pOOL Saturday could have been in the car that took them to the needy homes they would have felt repaid a for what they did Harry L. L Bracken manager of the Bracken Auto company brought Bought a bi big big- Cadillac to the office at 1 0 clock o'clock for the first delivery and drove e it himself With some money furnished for the good cause by a distinguished dis dis- attorney in the Tribune building flour butter potatoes bread and sugar had been purchased and these were put in the car with many packages of toys The car went straight ht to the poorer homes of the west side south of Second Sec Sec- ond South street and some sights met the mens men's eyes eves which made them gasp gas and wish they had millions so suc such poverty and misery could be abolished forever Many of the houses houes were not even cloSEd i up p tightly enough to keep out the cold and gaunt aunt misery was vas stalking stalking stalking stalk stalk- ing through b the district with pitiless manner One of f the first houses bouses reached had five little children in it and there waRnot was waR not enough to eat there much less toys to gladden ladden the little fellows' fellows hearts fo for C Christmas The mother weary from suffering and working to support her ber children smiled happily as a big bag of toys was placed in ina a little where she could keep them then hidden until t the e boys boys- and girls awakened the thc next morning Seven r Youngsters Here re Y At an lii b r J e there W were re seven children and all Jl had Id been talking m and d dreaming of bf S Santa nta Claus Glaus us They had written a 3 letter to the Good Fellow Pellow club care THE TELEGRAM asking that they be remembered With the instinct instinct in in- ct o of childhood they felt that their wish was being gratified gratified- d when the big automobile stopped in front of their I home All the children huddled about the door and their eyes were filled with wonder as the package was handed banded to the mother Have uHa you anything to eat she shew w ws s asked No uNo I do not know what I will willi give to the children for their Christmas Christ Christ- mas dinner she replied I IThen Then some of the food furni furnished hed by bythe the good attorneys attorney's gold was handed banded to her She made no speech of acceptance acceptance I tance but her thank you rang I true and the tears of happiness in her ber eves eyes made the tho man at the door feel like shouting for joy that he ho was pres pros ent cut One home bad had a diphtheria si sign n on if it The car stopped on the opposite side of the street and one of the boys took over the toys and food to the gate and called for the people to come conic out As the car started movin moving awa away the mother stepped on to the pore porch and when she saw what had bad been done she could barely call out thanks for forshe forshe she sho was almost overcome o with joy after the outlook for Christmas had had been so 50 gloomy i In n the car were m many ny extra toys with no names on One woman who had been deserted with four hun hungry lJ children in the house was v visited and andT T provided ro with food and toy toys for the I kiddies Car Oar Does Good Work The car plou ploughed hed through the mud and over ditches a long longway way way west of the Jordan riVer Ter lea In leaving happiness where there had been sorrow The trip continued until Tenth South street was reached then the car returned to THE TELEGRAM RAM office for another load This time it went west and covered the territory north of Second South street Continued on page 10 I. I GOOD FELLOW Continued from page from page pate 1 It I grew ew dark and those in iu the car found it difficult to find find- addresses One of the tho reporters went ent to a door ofa of a double house houRc and asked for asked for an address address ad ad- ad dress also askin asking if the man knew of an any homo horno whore where tho the children would miss Santa Claus We are fixed a all right but tho tho woman oman next door coor is a widow her husband hus bus band having died six si months ago he said She has four children and I know she has haa been worrying about their disappointed Christmas Ho Ilo went with the reporter to the thedoor thedoor thedoor door and introduced him We have ha some toys from the f Goodfellow club and can give you i ou some for the little nes said saia the latter latter lat ht i ter asking if she would accept them Sheds Joyful Tears Teas The poor woman just managed to tos gasp s yes yep and then bur burst t into a flood food of tears such sueh as women do when the nervous strain breaks and they become very vory happy She probably had bonn been praying praying for some way to mako make her ber boys and girls glad lad she had struggled struggled hard to provide toys tOJ's for them but could not even get ct enough food clothing clothing cloth cloth- ing and fuel Tho The chill chi wind was blowin blow blow- I in lug ing across that like desert-like land where there are arc few homes and much desola desola- tion ton The sky was he heavy vv and the tho streets luddy Its It- It was a a disagreeable experience Men en in the car who had Imd been invited to dinners i in comfortable homes had bad seen the hour go by and ami I knew they could not be there They had been been rubbing elbows all al afternoon I with Despair I The rhe reporter returned to the car and anil told his companions the story He wasn't very ven talkative for his throat was as troubling g him with a choking sen son The woman had neither toys nor food But did she get thorn thom 1 You bet DOT oci she feho sno did am alG I bet DOT oci she feho sno did am alG There were all aI kinds of extra toys in inthe inthe the tho machine and those little HUlo girls got dolls dols dishes paint boxes and other things while the boys received many presents resents that made their awakening yesterday full ful of gladness And that reporter never worked so fast in his life as he did carrying food to that woman He was about ready to empty the car right there Still Sti hysterically happy over the answer to her prayers the good woman could barely speak thank you ou between between between be be- tween sobs but those words were greater reater pay than money could be and if j you OU think the three men in that car cared a rap about missing dinner enga engagements engagements en en- ga or the mud or anything else you are mistaken They almost almost al nl- al- al most as happy over it as the woman and to think it was almost by bv accident that thc they knew she needed assistance Can Still Sti See It I. I Those felo fellows s can still sti close cose their eyes I and see the smile smie on women's and children's childrens chil chi chi- drens dren's faces and arid hear th the sweet music of childish laughter as the little ones re realized re- re that something Rood good had come como comet t tf In their huts Man Many of the women visited had been ben deserted and all al of them had children like stair stir steps In height height Harry L. L Bracken is a brick brck Ho He ran his car over the roughest of roads crossIng crossin cross- cross in ins Ing ditches climbing embankments embankments ploughing through the black mud and doIng doing do do- Ing other stunts that would put tots lots lot of cars car out of or commission But that Cadillac Cadillac Ca Ca- die kept running perfectly The very The very ver engine seemed inspired by the spirit of the occasion Mr Bracken guided the machine with wih the hand band of an auto master master mas mas- ter tr and made no complaint though he was out from rom 1 1 o'clock in the afternoon until 8 S at night Hes He's the Real Stuff Many are called caled but fe few respond Mr Bracken didn't even en wait walt to be called caled lie le volunteered and arid came himself lf There are some automobile dealers delers who find a newspaper convenient when they have a picture of a new car to tobe tob be run and arid the they besiege one with wih requests to let them know when there is a deserving uso use for their car But when a case like that tha of Saturday arrives arles they have some somo excuse and feel awfully sor sorry they tey cant can't let out a car The Dodd Randall Randal Dod Automobile company company com corn pany sent a Buick around for a a. delivery delvery of presents in the east past side and David Irving drove it f. f while an employee of THE TELEGRAM distributed distribute the pres pres- emits These men found many conditions similar to those on the west WEst side sido though thou it is hoped the they didn't find as much mud They her made many children n glad glai and cheered up their parents parent After the Elks and and the Salvation Army had checked up names and addresses of the poor por families man many of the latter later had moved and the good fellows who who trl tried d to deliver dellver dever presents to them couldn t locate the people The same experiences were ere met In In inthe the auto trips and the presents present thus left over were distributed today to addresses found later The United Motor company furnished a a Maxwell car this morning moring for forthe the final delver delivery and C. C J. J Morris drove It It coverIng covering covering cover cover- ing territory In which were many homes that had ha not been visited before because addresses had not been secured earlier earler |