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LETTERS TO SANTA REACH SEC. MOHLER“Santa, CJaus, ease city Infill/’ reads the address on a dozen, or so letters that have found their way to the office of O. 13. Mohter, secretary of the Associated Charities, oil the third floor of the buildingSeveral of the missives are from children of poor families that are really deserving of assistance, but the greater number of them are from the offspring of people whom Mr- Mohler recognizes aa “regmlars, the same families that are continually applying to him for aid without making an eKort to help themselves.Tha Associated Charities, as are nearly all of the charitable organizations in the- city this year, has stood aside for the Elks* lodge, which is essaying the Santa stunt on a big scale, and Mr. Mohler has turned over to the lodge all of Ihe letters, including those of the children of professional mendicants These children, he figures, should not he made to suffer an unhappy Christmas hceause . of their parents.Well Oiled baskets of good things to cat and toys will be distributed by tho E3Ks” committee on Christinas eve. The committee has hundreds of Santa Claus letters and have srona through them carefully and as nearly as possible every desire of the poor children of the city will be fulfilled..--—-— n
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 19, 1912
Page 2
Full Page
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