Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-12-24 | Page 12 | Know Your Own Child

KNOW THE YOUR CHRISTMAS OWN VISIT CHILD 1 I n ly By ALBERT LOYAL CRANE Ph Pit D. D pur Our readers are invited to write to Dr Crane care of the McClure Newspaper Syndicate 13 73 Fourth avenue New York City N. N y requesting information or advice on such problems of childhood as home training mental development school progress vocational guidance Incorrigibility etc All letters bearing bearing- name and address will be acknowledged ged and answered either through the column or direct by mail mall I For a number of years It has been our good fortune to know now a group of young folks whose annual custom it has be been beis D. D on Christmas day to make a trip to one of ot t the fie e great hospitals of New York City where the less fortunate of or our sick are housed house 1 Gathering at the home of ot their leader in the early gray of Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas morning this little group of ten or twelve set forth on their mission of labor leaving their own Christmas bundles unopened behind them then Laden with simple homemade gifts the they sought t out the wards where crippled children lay In Silent si silent si- si lent rows of ot tiny cots Here they gathered round the Christmas tree and sang the carols while ethers of their number distributed the gifts among the children It was a simple visit conceived in the simplest spirit of ot gracious kindness and conducted in the simplest simplest simplest sim sim- sim- sim and most mot matter of fact man man- ner nero Yet that visit for these young young- I folks oll s was the high spot of their Christmas day daj casting its r radiant I glow over all the festivities that J I followed I For these young people had caught the true rue spirit of ot Christmas I Is there not a suggestion here for young oung people ever everywhere where es especially especially es- es for clubs of or young oung folk in their early teens For surely such a visit blessed both the visited and the visitor Dear Dr Crane Crane- What suggestions could you make for Christmas activities for fora a a. group roup of young youn people I am leader ofa of or ora a a. club of ot twenty between 14 and 17 years In a small city and we would like to celebrate mas to to to- gether Thanking you E ERG K R. G. G Th The first thought that comes to mind In response to your letter Miss G G. G Is th the old saying The anor poor nr We we have ever fiver with US What could be nicer than tuan for each of your our gr group up to visit some needy family on Christmas morning tak- tak taking ing Inc with vou you some som of ot the necessities necessities ties of life and linen J about 11 o'clock to meet at your our home foran foran for foran an Interchange e of ot experiences Or Y you u might arrange to partaKe e eIn In the celebration about the community com corn community Christmas ree If perchance perchance per per- chance your home community has not yet vj-et et adopted the community Christmas tree habit could you not take It unon yourselves to inaugurate inaugurate inaugurate the custom B But t be bent of t all it seems to me is the Christmas visit plan which we Va have told you about today Copyright 1924 by the McClure i ure Newspaper r Syndicate