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Show BUSY N. Y.MAN 'MOTHERS' KIDS Executive in Spare Time Is Uncle Robert to Thousands n.r ALKXANDFTt 1 1 Kit MAW .t:w vork. one of the greatest mothers In tho country Is a man a hUS! N'ew York- m.iniitnriiip.r1 SI'ERu During office hours, surrounded by socrota r I e s , clerks and salesmen sales-men he Is Robert Sporo. vice president presi-dent and leading executive of a large mercantile establishment, estab-lishment, atten-llner strictly to business. But after hours ho Is Just I'ncle Robert Smiling Uncle Robert to thousands of children chil-dren . He Is their counsellor. their "mother," their all-year all-year Sunt 1 Oaus. who ci . 1 parties nnd presents. Last winter he arranged a Christmas Day affair at 1ing Ttranch, N. J. Nearly 2000 children chil-dren attended. Recently Re-cently he has be--n I nir hurt les In . New York. Children are looking for- I ward to more. "They're the best thing that ever I hrvppenod." lisped seven-year-old Fan - nv Cohen at the Crippled Children a Free School on the Bosl Side And Mr several hundred playmates agreed , "They kissed Uncle Robert and tears came Into his eyes. "Most of these children have no' mothers.' he said 'I can tell by I the yearning In their eyes "It Is that which set me on this work. "Although I m E s. married. and have no children, the thing I mlsa most Is the warm comfort of my mother She died 18 years ago. "It s the thing that these children miss. I found that out many voars ago when I started these parties "I was visiting u school In a poor, cuaxtor of a New Jersey town. I noticed a tired look In the eyes or many of the children There was discouragement, dis-couragement, hopelessness In their eyes "There was no expectancy In their :i es. "So I arranged a little party " He told stories, played house, gave the children presents and hud as good a time as the children. "It was Just a party for an afternoon." after-noon." says Uncle Robert, "but thosoj youngsters didn't forget I had to give another. This time 700 of the.n 1 came, ranging in age from two years I up." J The number has been Increasing rapidly. It Is expected that moro than 2000 will crowd Uncle Robert's home next Christmas. "The more the merrier." he smiles. ! "What greater good can any man do than ItIiik' the smile of happiness to so many youngsters?" So this New York business man keeps on working hard during busl-m busl-m ss hours to make enough money to cover the expenses of his greater' work. OO |