| Show SOCIETY SEES THAT NEEDY A ARE f GIVE ze r tu C CHEER 1 Charity Organization Is v Kept Busy Looking 1 After Needy Various Lodges Lodge Give Their Aid AidE 17 VERY needy family in Salt E EVERY J-j J Lake has beon been supplied with Christmas s cheer according to Miss Kate ate Williams secretary of the e Charity ity Organization society Pot For sever several l' l weeks the workers of ot the organization have been preparing for Christmas determined d that no child should be denied the joys jOs of the day through poverty Mother says we mustn't expect any Christmas this year year this this was the re remark remark remark re- re mark overheard by one of the workers The speaker was a bright looking lit litlIe little little lit lit- tle lIe boy who stood wistfully ully gazing into the lighted window of one of ot the big stores which sell to toys s Investigation disclosed the fact that the child was one of ot a family of seven The father died last year of oJ influenza He had h been en a good wage earner but since his death I ath the mother and six children had been able to keep the wolf from the thedoor thedoor thedoor door only with strenuous effort and some some small help from the county chari charity charity char char- i ity ty fund SANTA ANTA CLAUS GLAUS CALLS I 3 But the mother had told her brood that this year there was to be no Christmas Other families might welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come the arrival of ot Santa Claus Glaus but for some reason which the younger children ildren could not understand he was riot to visit their home Miss Williams t i at t once took charge of oC the matter It seemed as if this was a case where one of the many individuals who had re- re the names of needy persons might be of use The address of the family was given to a certain business businessman inan Ihan man and Santa Claus did not miss the Humble home Turkey and other pro- pro were provided and a Santa Glaus Iaus in an automobile brought toys and Eind candy i The Elks other lodges and Sunday school classes all worked through the society and there was no duplication of ot effort and no one was overlooked Miss Williams knew from experience that at atthe attie tie the last moment there would be cases discovered in which toe immediate te action would be required if the family was wasi i 1 ot of to spend a cheerless Christmas and anda a sum of money was kept In readiness for tor the purpose WORK WORK GOES ON C The society does not cease its work with the holidays said Miss Williams If lf Ir the wage earner of the family is out of df a job we try to find him work at once nce Yesterday a man who works as asa a cement mixer came to us for ad ad- ad vice Tice He Ile said that in winter his employment em em- ment ceased on account of ot the cold prevented the cement from re remaining re- re plastic He had a family and andras was was ras extremely anxious for work just justat justat at t this time He wanted to buy the children something for Christmas By Byuse use se of ot th the telephone we were soon in touch with a corporation who wanted a man to shovel sho snow snow He secured the work received an advance on his wages and returned home happy The society attempts to do more than bring temporary aid to a needy family she continued Medical at- at attention attention at at- is often secured the living standard of the family is raised as speedily as possible in cases where ItIs it itis itis is needed and in many cases individuals Individuals individuals who have neglected their th duty to their dependents are brought to a realization of the responsibility HOUSEKEEPING STUDIED Some of our workers have just completed completed completed com com- a course in housekeeping under Mrs Rose Widtsoe at the Civic Center In many cases It Is not the lack of money but the stan standard ard of ot living that causes distress and disease in im a fam fam- ily ny The trained work worker r goes into the family and demonstrates how things should be done and offers valuable suggestions The family is revisited until signs of Improvement are shown The society authorizes no one to so solicit solicit solicit so- so licit funds except members of the hoard board During the past few weeks Miss Williams has stopped the work of at at least three people who represented themselves as charity workers soliciting funds for the society In each instance the person involved has expressed sincere sin sin- here cere repentance and aided in returnIng returnIng returning return return- ing the money to the donors Miss Williams has not instituted prosecution in any case as no actual embezzlement of funds so collected came to light In one instance the of offender offender offender of- of fender was a woman who had represented represented s herself as secretary of ot the so so- so She had several checks in her possession when she sho was brought be before before before be- be fore Miss Williams She stated that she had intended to turn the money over ver to the 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