Show r O I 1 L I lj I I C 0 of 0 l I Poverty Is of Santa anta Cl anse 1 I I I i 1111 j i a i i j 1 4 f I t a 1 J 4 I t S fT A i I iJ I i it itI 2 i kt hf i I J JI 1 I 4 if ift I 5 J U UI I k i I tk 3 I f ja p c e J 1 a t i S t a S a sj r c rr 1 ti q 4 IT ff T V ONDON ico 9 London Is I aty ue ty 5 LormoN jbf the tho most most violent ylo contrasts of or of Its In fl flon B t on orso r of starvation tl l q S il 11 S 5 20 of df i Its lt t ci at sit t tI I V 5 I institutions ns lit In j t r II UI meni In ll problem life W WIn like III of ot W Ich the I 1 lIlY I r SC I I brol I blasted and n parado Pf thousands I Ic c S that gave birth and iVI e it l bc I andopen open i riot ar d 1 IY f lic ail a l cru IW SI t dt may n nit l y seoul t th l r rS S i III it f fHt lp prince oo of charity ln rt I 2 ole Clans th a m l lhnn hand than i any l o ik In tf vo von vaid n n J t Jl n II m nc Lh t nio i wok Q tho H O s 11 more lI nn i 1 1 rc ll 1 I CC U lJ f c j 23 o OO cl lit JI Irs schools ino 10 s gU cs with i past rIfi Its ita lO ISI 1 tS r I O I I I IJ J 1 n ii 0 within 1110 I four fOIll falls ll moan J I I Ff it Is 1 proud lIOu noone goes S tJI ll by tho Unlimited S lof of f Father I I Christmas I I L day I oll l ll ll t Its HII Il io CI d title HUIJ of the thu must most fieri I fn otSO MO 00 oo Sl 1 t l l c by ily ll l noone no one knows w wi i tho thu ii rm o of I H 1 roro th I 7 0 oO I tito to chIl in tho food the clothing the t sl s U tc al and tim t l f ty or oC go things l S that th tiia froy goto goto to m te aCk C Sal tit Clans Cl the tho most Inot In st wOl I tl th J t most ost s 1 tile the linos t welcome cl Ol baS baSt bag bagIn t In oil all thc 55 S f POOR FEASTED AT Ar r HOME iio HO I 1 To T i li are o i tl loe atten public feasts In cl FOil t 1 di dinner dillner act ls 1 doll l tR h In n tact there tI IO I are ja lit a of societies s s I which t I iq of or i delivering i l I hr to the lie Hio I im cH of YIO cannot malingo to get ct For I ng r Si ns tl e j sc tl s llo arc ti e buy busy bl Jr col IJ n i f w S Crolli tim I r II ral nC I I J ls hae in III ni ra US i Homo orno 0 m I l g e II IIi i oll WIlls the s stI f a tI 1 c C the poor c ps and the poet y I Ig g guru elle with ith a II l l iJ c d the law Ia than i thanS su J Jil I a il illo r rH rou S H ou r C uN IL Y S I thao of oc Hit tiiS I S I rl uio one mo tug dt in H i t c At I Il 5 ina l ia a chopI pl i ft ii a I feut t n receives eH a I substantial s luck I s c 41 the clo ib al lil t J ji o s i the thaW docs d do s riot not give g c au I bw S 1 qu I t t tV t on an in 1 I f faI aI S Jh the IU il nt l of O nt 1 dui dU dUI jU Of I 1 fis Ils IL und various arlou f HI Mr ii t i fo ri ICI 1 1 ta 1 J fm te deH be 5 t 6 sun o i t l U t tS S ir ot I crippled cri nd i u ii uthe I the public pu lic feat feasts in t some seine S j i iJ J S even eol sending special Invalid car J who prefer to tu go So gd to th thAs lib hb As s If iz not naL II tobo t tic l IJ h the county cOll lb j their to tho Pari par part p v il c hlf tia city it OT ati al ald d and ma mayor ol of of c l lIeP contributions cont o out Olli ot oE the London fI for Ii d cn to children oJ I tho the ao 10 o Ragged Iii to tn t this on oli day tiny the thc lord lold ors s fund Is called 1 r CO l purses given to sJ As Af h S l 1251 r oItS Wan 2000 Vs V thu b these grants are Ide I if l l b f common 1 council e ouilee An Another Ani I other i fund f ind or of 0 a 11 character for by IY thu tho al iN danen though l tile sun Sll Is k much l h 25 into purs I lJ S 9 each each S I SI t b BOUNI Wt ti Ion 1 mayors Ii ban Sc I tiie iC ti lt council n t l l fot qt IH it Jl I Ie to til play n lie Hie I g l HI S g poor li H at at t ia ai t na s tune pL l a ol Il Wit ViI Wi ill I fur for instance It u I j I I f Sait II It lIs Jl jf ot Idl lI t in i fl London Jo I oi t doll and nd season oll gis gh es away no 10 loss l than tIia t 1 Q baskets I ll tUtt tS or air 1 hampers a containing Ue of ot the till best bost bostoC of or dinners Each Ea l hamper ha lt I contains it t a goose Sose or 01 O turkey a II cake and the lIce necessary SlUT sary constituents oft ot o a It plum pudding tia JI SQ s IJ I are ne al o l io tha children if iL II nf nC C lIlS lA II h r shar M MIho tho thu l lt jo io and thus illa of ir t London poor floUt who w lU t taste pf nf ire are lr ablo to regale ies with trl clerf de usually fo i l io i of tho rich I w wi S Sit S fl J i 1 Sh it II WIl 1111 arS Christmas s Hamper fund Ia u lh by b no up means m Uns luf one olie lie of oC its ill kind kid Tho Christ Christmas triaLs mas III I lS lull l t 1 thi t U tas all d similar si I in I neil lists of If thousands of Ull fi am i to which I t Iii thu Wv It ch cli CI m itO thu hotte ot of u the tho poor pOol lI 01 glad on ott Li Li 1 I r K SA l c 1 p 12 chase elu rival to 11 t HIJ S I iIi I i iii lI ar Inthis III hi this battle of o lt Is Sir ill hn Kirk S ik director d iI ot oil ol th thyi U e i tit at 1 JS Tha Lii la I I ft ito wor worthy thy y h i i ii LI II Im II Kanta yf t 1 It lher n flat Sell o which t he hLis g ti iii III fJ j id tu tH 11 III ls or Of fh Jt It I tutu and arcs t t ty by II 1 Whose Wi e it a Oj arts a lo Hili I iu J It lo III L ta u thu nil feed ft pal ill II I I Ci t tr tf h and a lL l in t I a tuttle t han JO 1 olO ti ii I I Th Ill I ia HUI I a I a i I mils dinner tariU Ih fl a I tile the hf thilL d th loll gia tilt the I Is i PS ti at a 1 te If I I lh tho IlIC lI of uC till alt ll tho th Christmas fea ts given glen by the tIn or organizations aa affiliated tel with the th gl l schools Is that which tahe plaice place a Il I 1 Ithe the Guildhall ul Where hel J a 1 I dillner di ii nor Is for fOl IIlo td t 1500 little onus Until This feast Ip ia I d with ull al f Ih ami c it In III oida OI t h ln lna lut I Ii i u tl d of M f UK thu im lIn in Real nf al u a n tt p rons mid ii i d I t ii upon hr it l I 0 11 I i tho th a h in u and a Ii d l l 11 i Ii L of If Ui Ut After k fter thu I au inner dinner 1 what whal nv 11 ii retain I iii of a f the banquet lea a q tie t Is ia U sti I tho tito wilting poor outside S hip The Tho I he i at tt a t tho liti t l ii Li I I II Is I t rift it n 1 almost International I n terna t lonal affair al fa ir for fair th tia that of If the flie h col colonies 11 onies rend Jo to th ti H South iL sunds ev uv year ar through Its School U II S thu thor SU the tho sum slun m 11 i I 7 while I I ti i t h Cail ii In i a coil COl l t ill U ts tsUI i an UI i 01 ii I Speaking S perth I it g of or tho wi 1 ei J ii tie r ti tin union for the pair pur poE 0 1 r I ii lug d iii hera to tho th London Ii poor POOI I r John J Kirk T I III I tI said S t s Hi nl AIH i s su I u I fn n distinguished I I a gu ili people hil ci a aI lolled I tutu th ms h H as ti Ij of lh 1 j i iii ii I fbi tan t hor 1 Ii 01 i I i t i tan to Lurd iu id I of being 11 U Sunbeam ind a i iii 1 i t II I itt t in I ii ae I n I that thal tin children of nI London havis a l t good oHl tJi 1111 iii HI I liil Ia Jlii I lit ha lJ nl III i f tint till festivals In ill tto past If ii Ir aty tn t I South Au Him Situ 0 If It I gt of at till nf ut I twy t 1 II Workers JiU ii s ti to hi th it as i llio attain he i Ial to iii i that thu th cither is II 1 1 I 11 Jl 1 1 Va Ii i t they tile t I i cy Hist II I 1 sta t rt getting gt I I a ig I t 10 i end to tat II J n for fui 1 I fI for children Sir 1 and a ii ii LI II U try I tie 1 wll tb I JI ho response re They rhe now HOW have hac about I subscriptions to iii n tho fund and Ind though the tb is hi often of tell sent in tIt th 1 1 form f u r and 10 pieces they IlIe iia ha i I In tho courso lit a u taw row ye el rs r rt fri If t tp this country not out less Ic s than titan South Australian Sun Situ Suat I t h wholly to 10 dinners hut but have It I lne for mr convalescent homes h fresh air nit funds anti and similar work Vork S URCHINS INS IN II FAIRYLAND hon we Wt elve lye our III ii l Lout Lon on I Ibn bitt SUlI year continued c J ll Hir h John ohn 1111 we wc try t to tho the occasion a ll ono for the tho gnos inoa At SL hl h Guildhall Oui d hd I everything e tray t lihu g is III done lone as its Ito Irn Imi i Iel as If it possible There are 1110 Ion did bands of ot music the tim is 1 Ia gor decorated and aut ci to poor 01 ii n picked right out nul of ot the worst Slums i it I t must iii tuat scum M II I fairyland In Icy Ia aid Of OC 0 ClUI at as ls tho does LIC net hut hold hot I ill IL I 1 the tho 1 I i children cli I Id i eua there aro Ull tu other oth r dinners ii I I in various cs As s to these others a ita is i a 0 sort Ott of movable so ica soo 0 jo I o I That l iti hi each year wa move moc It to a place Otto One year ir It is In III I it lt I II M vory Wn poor pOOl I alt tho L In IIi I ii Sian ti i w Ihm Jit are nl many llaH and the thU thUit over OlI it Is i terrible t and itutti su ll on Oil iii A year tL oj sat II yo so si ago H 0 IO CU w tI gave go Va ono OliO of our titi III t largest t ii I in I n Ihn Ihl I iii Hooplas POI P ICH titi I ii Iii I u till the I iti with which h Sir h 1 was so tea long connected oj S Tint no num nix KUNU J S very J lurge lall Il In lit London is 15 I known utta al i thu Ihu I rt hlll fund fluid ta 1 looks louka out for fOl tho the of oi upward tutt ai tl of Jf tt U Kir Ir John Jhn KIIk Is I h trust ti Uit nf tf this lill fund also 11 and tilt probably lila his h name 11 Is i mol tal 11 y associated us with vJ Ut Iho lh pour I 1101 at fl t Christmas I I nH I l tH than I tin u a t he t of or r rall any atty all other oilier p in Ut It Is If his In it l and y touch with this thi work that 11 lip 1 v made imade e hip h name cu o well known amons the tho poor pOOl Last y a I III leI Eal In ii recognition I to ii ot oC o f this LIt Is fact tact con ferrid a it upon him himA hi in inA A very popular rOll forth l of If providing for thug tho poor lOOI mans inn ns Christmas In Iii England Is what Is I as ats the goose gOOlO club Inor I by contributing C I at ting from i ono olle onoto to tn two cents ll ts per nn tara 1111 to U for tOl a 1 Christmas din dinner ner Ii CI Including hid U d I uig lg O or 01 turkey tat Thorn ure 0 Several philanthropic societies which asH assist gon c clUbs u their pro provision vision of Christmas dinner That Is If the tha club up UI sufficient tu ti provide dinners IH for ECO OO CO persons the tho fund tuft will slI an alt 50 to get gc a it t Christmas l hamper or J make mako up tul tutor hunts funds arc are stuart short S SS S nl Not Sol only do Ill tb special provide cheer eliet hut hul nearly every at rd t Ira liti UK ItH I ba festival test I vial for fill the poor 1001 of tat 1000 J I additional dinners are arethus thus Hm provided lc by various lIllou churches i Sep Separate SC arate assort tie Its look after a ter bringing juI n gi hg the tilt maximum Inn ci IU 0 amount n t o of Ct happiness hanoi into in Iho lie I London Loui hospitals It taita different d I organizations havu hae this work in itt hand hiatt wl a I la a number n it u I be r dt d r C 1 t La Pit Li iLl I tit tOi isis 1 ls lake Int a II personal It Interest In III hue tho work 1011 I I di Il I la I I UI at 1 us enoh year Ial about 1000 worth of lie 13 I to 10 tile the London hospitals aunt and IriS also 0 Iso donates d nun luxuries ilen as HI cit hll Il Ila a toil aro tue It tea I to lu hae Ho a lullS tuns OilS nf tat toys lo s to t I the wards lH avat ais Is many mallY of at I I I t ese being bet i t g ot of J tho I I te most in tuh pattern i III and alt sumo suh io if f I ll f tH Ot DC it course with wI thi I ha hO h the tho ot of II plum pudding und am turkey w ld bo ho beSt St thI hit to LU du lots orders otther but butt most IIII t if f the thu stcl los devoted l to 10 alle albe alleviating g dm tic condition nf ur tho the suffering BlIff l haVe naVo Christmas tho tue hospitals hor various useful given givena S Savay a avay s of II ii cripple aros aie 11 d frit with H siu J 1 i lIl I Il l eh lh thy y b 11 lu j too fol t pyor l to li t i haY payi lor IOl Most Jost Jo t of the thu i 1 l while thu r i 1 utah tUI CS tlc fl i Ii Jre i 1 iJ tell ten S j jItO ItO l S I BUS YS e in lii addition i II J 3 jl i and ami funds for fo giving poor li v dr r I feasts goods good and pc be t that cuch n 5 r rIm has Im j a II mayor of Its own own and anil lif r those 1050 are not tobe t to I be bd out outdone j done by hY tile the central authority Eachl Iah S e eI mayor I I OI is It I supported by b l i lid i 1 r and mid most n o t of th so assist J th ll cutlet chief in it providing thu th poor po r if C S i their districts with freo h meals ii ls eoa 1 blankets t mId and things I lg lii rH it 11 lL i species of emulation lii b lIe 1 upon n ohi the thC poor hour at ait 1 T place lacta i the tho various London fo n 1 hits this thih con c n of or gifts In Condon In Ini recent i C years yeats c that there ther Is I always at it uIt S Christmas a II mysterious arious Increase I Y or ot 1 population p In II I IL somo of tho poorer 1 S sections of th tI F lIt cIty Which y Ir the tiie way war cannot t d Cm f r situ ply b h 1 tho tit th ordinary Il S of oC country cousins who to have cOllic to t j tnt for tile tho Ih c i i S 1 m AS s 8 a matter utan 1 or of fact so 5 many lT Christ Christmas titus mas ais tutU aro given away awa In hI 11 Lun and the tho I poor VJ nom Itt In for foi f rl 10 o f X 1 many b ha that it I t almost a I t pays Im S r for tho the poor to coma cutno to from other cities In itt order Ir m to participate i i In III tho shower of cf f largesse lat Careful f watch lIu lo to bo ho kept over One On man boasted In last year that it ir irVI every VI precaution ho hut I managed 16 tO t pro S JF f vide tle himself lit unset u and tam family with a T Christmas and ai titi obtained tik I tita tH to I 31 J 1 1 t feasts e 4 These ho he it distributed his hl hii friends Ci j with liberal generosity While it II may mn I 10 1113 h possible pO pc fin fol repeaters to 1 work the tIt societies soel ics In such a ft WIly way va that tb y a can obtain a number of tickets there thero S Sit is it no doubt douht that tho tito genuine poor at ut 1 t Christmas received most the tIm I of bene i S t tH Ills 5 It H is this play pia of unstinted goner gener genero V o lt which makes It so to tomake tomake 1 make maim an nn impression on Co When j Jt It t comes to Instilling the sense o ernie omle wrong Tho Tue are tre as It I 1 were pauperized by b the upper classes who vho not only at tt Christmas but ut dur d during r j jIng ing various I political contests manage a aIA to IA distribute their thelt favors so to that tho the gospel of of discontent has t I f scant hearing If the tho weather nt tat Christmas In fit I England be lie at al all nib cold It seems Heams to tn 1 operate a still better tot for the Ule oot of the tho t a 1 I poor 1101 Managers of the tho various dinner V and Christmas coal coral and alit Man blon Manket J ket n agencies reported re rc recently e i to the writer that they thc needed nee ed a t R sharp sh I cold colt spell to open tb the 51 r dC of tho tile rich itch S o HUNGER MARCH e j Owing to the tho great groat 1 problem this year Christmas Ci I t twill will probably ho bo drawn upon mort ex cx VI than titon any nn year NIl In thu Utu th past aast I with the th exception crImi s of ot tho tit Irish famine year It IK Is It estimated lUll S 1 1 that thal upwards oC itt iO unemployed 1 f ff hun hunger and other II to Jj tire r In on tho the streets in II T Tjust just now no and all alt these will of ot o course k 4 receive their share shuro of din dinners V ft ners non Otto One of tiC the gr 1 march hi v leaders li recently in discussing this j 1 I g with tile the writer paid V 5 Our mon inet all nil expect XI ot turk 1 understand that Ulal different 1 I a aro are tl look loul ftC Ui i S Thero arc aro about le hunger iCI I marchers that Is ts I without any lI i j abode abado unless you ou call ClI tim 1 I their theil home Most Host oC Ol tiles thesa I people do 10 not |