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Show i5Xe; I good I The Royal Ruler Considers It I Cruel to Deprive Children 1 of. Santa Claus on ! Christmas. Mm NOT TO BE BLAMED II FOR PARENTS' FAULTS ill Order of Silent Benefactors mm " Not Organized for -Material mm ' Profit; Unique Philan- ill thropy Here., . . mm Be a good fellow. ifiiH Tho royal ruler of Tho Order of SSH Good Fellows ban received hundred luufl of names and addresses of children ilfl whose merry Christmas ho knows to iflv be In jeopardy. w .He requests that every kind-hearted (tIkI man ami woman in Salt Iakc who $Rfl has smypathy for those little onc3 iKfl whose holiday may be without mirth become just a little active In their Ifil lie does not request contribution?. IjjrH lie dimply desires to inlluonco you Mil in their behalf, llil Whllu churliy organizations, the fflfl Volunteers of America aud otiicrti arc Uffl providing food and clothing 'for lb Iffll poor. Good Fellow is 'banding the good fall fellows of Salt Iakc iu an effort to nl have Santa Claus visit every child In ifUfl "Whether you spend ten cents or ten ifjl dollars, Good Fellow can tell you j jf H where toys will be lacking unlcsa 11 some good fellow hecomes Interested. IsM . Be a good fellow. mH P'casc, Tjesns, let Santa Claus co'mc down f Ail An' bring us s.omo presents before it Hill I want he should bring me a nice little i9 "U'lf bright, shining runners ami all j I painted red; llil A box full of tandy, a book and a toy, IS H An' len, Desus, in be a good boy. jfilM The author offthesc lincsc picture a lSH child threatened with a Christinas with- IU out Santa Claus. The talo is familiar. iSH The little chap who uttered the prayer ISH Mind a sister, who also appealed to tho tn Deity of which they had been taught Tho jf ill mother wuji dead and tho father, harried & SSI with business worries, had forgotten Ittllfl what heartaches might follow if Santa ; $fl Claim absented himself on that night of ! Kjil all nights for the children. lie had even jl been rough with the little ones. His grief 9 and misfortunes were making him mean j ami cranky. But he overheard the chll- jj dren pmy and their words reminded him PI of how grievous an omfsslon of no SanUi rail Claus would be. So he shook oft his 'WM choleric mood, became a good fellow and jj yjB admitted that It would havo been, heinous f lf to' deprive the boy and girl of their Kris f fl But there arc children in Salt L.ako I S$l who have no cranky fathers to relont at ft HI tho last moment Sill and supply their flff sonrco of Christ- I Ml Thiias cheer. 3Iuny Inj &A2j have no fathers at 5 ' ,l11' Tho parcnts ot I 8I Z&if&'teY sorn aro unable WjM ZUtk Glaus to miko jft$(j gWWJ&&thclv c"rlslman MM w&&f?M Kllld- Somo rar" Hitfl &f'WAf So ots aro in hos- Slff ff V PlUil3 asyhuna. oijfj WgpCr2 -H Somo havo desert- 1ih liiE-p?. " v ed tncir iiti,c onoa' liiiB ' Tho father of tho Buffi cjt clothed boy and . -t-s girl shuddered to fjpsH contemplate what a narrow caenpo he MH had escape' from lfl committing an set , IFM of cruelly that ho misht have regretted fl the rest of his life. For ho enmc to re- M gord It as cruel when, eavesdropping at j? the door, he overheard the childish, lisp- W ing, voices, firm In Iholr faith, calling for M a visit of tho i'ood St. Nicholas, who Wk would not have como lown had the man !jn not heard them pray. Everybody's Crime'. rjH "You have often heard that what is fjft everybody's business ta nobody'u," wild 3B Good Fellow yesturday. "One might ttjl paraphrasu thlH lulo, 'Vhat Is ovory- (l9 body's crime is nobody's crime.' But RB everybody's business Is everybody's, and Bf everybody's crime- is everybody':), Society 1 permits a largo proportion of Its mem- ij3 bers to be in want. For this wo rait at fiH socrely, but wbo feels the stlngV Seldom k can w point an accusing linger at nuy n Individual. Thero is no code of ohicst m among tho human race that provides for ijjH material gifts to tho poor. Ono Is char- WWI itablo If he desires to be If not, it Jk lull 1 his own business, 'Feed tha hungry' lfl fi not one of tho commandments. If wc MlH givo food wo merit pralfiu, that's all. ftlfl "Wo crush a competitor In buslnoss; ffifll wo establish a system by which tho in- fill 11 (Ooutlniiod ou Pase Twelve.) 'I mIH I 'jsmt II POOR KIDDIES ED ; MORE GOOD FELLOWS i ! ! (Contimicd from Pago Ono.) j equalities amour: men ilfilermino tlieh" i welfare. Some live In comfort and case,' ' somo In toll ami poverty. Tlio liclr to ! h. 'fortune or to superior talent or geniiiH i makes use of his advantages. Why not'.' But where he proiils others may lose. Some of us Inherit health and strength : and. those mak up our equipment in tlio competitive world. Wo utlUv.i' tliein, of 1 course. The" man horn to physical or mental weakness and poverty cannot make himuclf as valuable as vc who are t not thus unfortunate. Neither you, I nor i :uiy other man ran ho blamed for what nature docs to others, nor can wo in reason ho asked to reduco ourselves tui their state: but wn can and otifrht to make as much restitution as, with our means, wo conveniently can, for the crimes of society. Children Blameless. "What censure donK a child niurit If ' bin father or mother is not what a parent par-ent should be? Docs a llttlo boy or t;irl yearn any the lesn for Santa Glaus h because tho mother moth-er or father is in-' in-' jrs. dolrnt or lnlem-1 lnlem-1 Jga.- penile? 't'lio chil-Tfi chil-Tfi Nfc VJ. dren In tlio verse JJCft- NY J would liavo been -r-vp QrA treated cruelly, of I A3 3 course, had the fa-3 fa-3 rf(Cfj ther ncsloeted to (Sr 1 wtJw"TO l "ia'fo Chistmas TXttPi. ' ffim! . .ioyful for them, 55n!Uw""l flcsplto his Kilct 1 X!pSI.TC,ifc: II a,1(1 perturbation, s-" !lkm but whh:h is mora -MurMf?J :,lc,, JeprIv!ne IftVmWWM i children who arc JT 1 Ai'Jifi J accustomed i o 65. fi -TA"if rn u n y abundant fflB luxuries, or those filr who seldom res'. re-s'. n colvo a real, Hb-JZ. Hb-JZ. -,, v. 1 oral visit from St. Nicholas? And to he a Rood fellow in iho senso that wo apply tho term is not , to be pernlckity in selecting objects for our benevolence. Aside from not holding the children responsible for tho sliort- comlngs of their parents, our pood fellows fel-lows will not observe evil in tho little ones themselves. They feel that It aids In making children good to seo that their hopes In Santa Cldus materialize. Irl. us nil get together and make this business busi-ness of suppylng toys tho business of everybody who has a dime to spare. This time it will not be. regarded a nobody's business. Wo have hundreds of members- In The Order of Good Fellows, but we want more." Good Fellow has reason to desire more members. The other day It seemed that there micht be more good fellows than children who needed Santa Cluus. The Trlbuno published a reoucst that the names and addresses of little ones whose, parents were unable to provide toys be sent to tho order. Hundreds of names have poured In and now many more good fellows are required. Unique Movement. The Good-Follow movement In Salt Ijiike Is u n I nuc. It Is absolutely devoid of any intention to d c r i v c material - , proilt. Nobody eon- - nccled with h so- - Holts contributions, -f.zr:i free advertising or CvUSr'j r-U notoriety. it be- V-VY' Kan when a bosl- &fi$v&tJ' ' J uvsh man of thin vy'vfS VfV' ' t,,,v called on tho vft Vavv' inanagcnient o f TNVS llllS I'ul'ur- ,lu JSI Kfftif S,l,M" wish to start tlL&tL n "'"voment to .IV-j-Tfl )iLV0 U(0 mcn .1MlJ L v. r women of Salt f PN-v IaiUh purciiase and T'c: fexO i deliwr, or send, lv psX Vi-stf' tu.vs, candles and v' - - I v""! V I other good things' 0feV 'Uil i " clilltlrcti whose .' 1 : parents or guardians guar-dians are unable to make Christmas what it ought lo be. Under no circumstances would I consent to have my name or tho name of anybody any-body else published In connection with the matter. From now until after the holidays my office will he practically closed. The nature of my business Is such that at this season hardly any sales aro made. J will see thai all the necessary neces-sary work Is done tho correspondence, tho filing of names of poor children, etc. The Trlbuno Is simply to give tho movement move-ment not tho movers publicity." How to Join. Tide, in brief, was the proposal. It was accnplod. The readers know tho rest. Tho gentleman in question is h:iv-lng h:iv-lng ono of the happiest times of his life hamulus n remarkable philanthropy. It la his movement ami bin alone. Tu Join the Oritur oC ;ood KVUows a man or womuii fills out. the coupon printed In Tho Tribune and directs 1 1 to "Order of Good Fellows, Sail !,alco City." The coupon will not coiiip near thi:: office, or tin- office of any oilier newspaper. Vou transact everything with Good Fellow alone From his office you rceolve fhc names and addresses of children whoso merry Christmas lie knowa to be in jeopardy. Then you see thai Simla Claus gcta to them, lie a yood fellow. |