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Show BRING SISTERS SOMETHING, BUT i NEVER MM) ME, CHILD WRITES I (Investigations by Goodfellows Show Cases of Actual Distress in City; Some in Want j Given Relief ' Dear Santa Clause; I am a boy 11 years old and want to know If yon are coming to our place this year Mama says she did not think 80, We have seven children In our family I 'want a pair or overalls ami a shirt My little .brother wants a coat and a pair of shoes, size BV4. Blease bring some candy and nuts. "Yours with love, "My brother is eight years old, I have three sisters they arc 5. C ahd Id years old." I his letter addressed to "Santa Clause, care Good Fellows," reached tho Good Fellows" headQunrters -this morning along with many others from little foljcs In Ogden -and some from older people in need. 'A Neighbor' wrote the following letter: "To the Cool I-ellows of Ogden: Og-den: Please visit the home at avenue, of a widow with ;. large family. The little ones told me today that they looked forward to Christmas bul they didn't expect any-, any-, 1 1 1 1 1 r us Unit mother had no money, I Phase take them some stove piping 'so they can put up a heater. I think they need coal and everything." A girl of 15 wrote a letter, received today by the Good Fellows, appealing appeal-ing for some help for an aged woman I who recently met with an accident and is In neej. APPEALS FOR SISTERS. Because her sisters believ e in Santa Clans and expect him, a little girl living near the center of tigden wrote the following to "Santa Claus. care Good Fellows"; "My Dear Santa Claus: I am a little girl 12 years old. I have four sisters all small, and one baby bro-Ither. bro-Ither. 3 years. 1 am the oldest of six children i understand that mother has no money because father is out i of work so know that they will not 'get anything Cor Christmas, so l i i hope, dear Santa that you will not ' lorRi't them. My four sisters all wish ' for a dolly and some candy and a bov I toy for my little brother. I do not ue ir i don't get anything but I do hope you will not forget my sisters because they believe in Santa Claus. I "Hoping you a Happy Christmas land a Happy New Year." Good Fellows Were busy Sunday in ; making Investigations Dozens it visits were hiade to homes in till parts I of ogden. Some sev ere cases of dirv distress were disclosed In these visits ! There vv.re instances where the food supply was almost gone and no more in prospect, where the coil bins were nearly empty, where clothing cloth-ing needs were so serious that mother and children did not dare venture from the house but huddled about j tiny stoves; where furniture was so Scant that children had to stand at tin' table while eating their scan meals. Tears came into the eyes of many investigators and tears of joy at the thought their distress would be relieved came to the eyes of those I who told the details, under questlon- lng. ot their needs. "I never had a more sorrowful and yet a happier day than Bunday," said one of these Investigators. "It brought sorrow to find such cases of distress to find little kiddles In need of stockings, of underclothes, of shoes, of coats anything and everything. And then it brought joy to think that ' I was joining with other Good Fcl- lows In supplying these needs." SIGN THE COI PON. The Good Fellows need dozens of new members this year to help them, I either by taking entire families for j Christmas day or by donating to tho-funds tho-funds and aiding in distribution The fund Is growing slowly Hundreds j of dollars are needed to make pnr-I pnr-I chases. There must he money for j clothing, for flour, canned goods an 1 I other foodstuffs, for dolls and toys las well as candy and fruit for the Tittle folks. Shoes must be bought in many, many instances. If you desire to join the Good Fellows Fel-lows and help In this work, sign the coupon printed on this page and mall it to the Good Fellows, care Standard-Examiner. Fill In the number ot Children you will care for. if you d sire to have a family assigned. If you desire to make a contribution rill In the amount given and attach you. check. |