The evening world. Newspaper, December 18, 1916, Page 7

THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1916, 1916 Santa Claus a Cop! He’ll.Preside at 52 Trees For 25,000 Poor Children — on wn Police Commissioner Woods Provides a Real Christmas in Every Pre- cinct of the City, Where Each Youngster Will Receive a Toy, Some- thing to Wear and Can- | dy and Fruit. Contributions for Pur- chase of Gifts Total $36,000—Some Will Get as Much as §2 in Pres- York, among them the tack of play- | grounds, We have got at that, | by the institution of play | ia where vehicles are not al- | ow ‘Then, by getting at the gang- | men, we have destroyed the New | York boys’ admiration for such he- | roes as ‘Dopey Benny’ and ‘Joe the! Greaser’ To the boy | streets these were charac late as long as they were gang lead- | ers at large, But behind the bars they are not nearly so admirable, The breaking up of gangs In New York| has had a marked effect on juvenile crime.” WILL TEACH CHILDREN WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS. “Your idea of the police station Christmas tree, then, is part of the} crusade against crime?” [ asked ' “Just part of the general pian, yes,” | the Commissioner answered, “art of | the idea of making obedience to the law attractive to boys and girls, of putting a halo about good citizenship instead of about crime. We hope to} bring the idea of Christmas home to the boys and gir’ who have never had any Christmas except as they | waw it in shop windows"— | POLICE INSISTED ON ADDING TO | THE SANTA CLAUS FUND. “T understand the police as well as the public have contributed to the Christmas tree fund,” I sald, and Mr. Woods answered: ‘The police are for- | bidden to contribute to funds without | ents—Members of the Force Help—St. Nick to i itt i high this year,’ But so much pressur , _ Aid Good Citizenship. was exerted by the policemen them: One or two | —___- selves that I consented finally to al: | y \ - Tow a contribution box In every sta- f ? if By Nixola Greeley-Smith. tion. But no lists of givers are mado | of a kind Re WI fe there & Gants Claus? up. Nobody {s asked to contribute, | Some children in New York don't believe there is, you know. Worse than that, some children have had excellent reasons for not believing in him, for in the past Santa Claus has been a rotund old ARTHUR H WOODS boys and girls whose names have been gathered by the agents of Mo- Nee Capt. Santa Claus will receive and a team of rein Srmacsesucree | ‘1ers, and the snob- bish habit of rac-|) {ng by the homes of poor children without stopping at all But 1916 has a brand new Santa] ser Claus. And the 1916 Santa Claus is al WTOt® cop. Beginning with this Christmas, and by special appointment of Commis-|? sioner Arthur Woods himself, Santa] ; Claus will be a uniformed Captain of the New York police force and will preside at the distribution of pras- ents which is to be made from elec- S of something to wear will dee tric lighted trees in fifty-two precincts on how much money can be of this city to 25,000 children of New| Spent in that precinct per child. York. i jWhere we have as much as $2 per These station houses thing to eat and something to play Commissioner Woods toid me in outlining the Christm os t which he said, “sort of yn min and ue a month ago I ular letter which t myself asking for gifts of ‘y or suitable articles for police station Christmas trees, [ was care- ful that no letter should be sent to any individuals who might require in giving except the Christmas s “AS a result we have received and have bought 20,000 toys and 11,000 pounds of candy, Contributions were made to each precinct so that the are in the} a sweater, and where there is less three gifts ; \ gentleman with a regular brain, | “tT thought we should give the “I'm afraid 1 sha’n't be able to | shaggy whiskers! onildren something to wear, some- 4p Alor tee trom thetnmmnl > charming young special permission. At first, I thought | it would be unwise to permit them to | contribute, because the police get low salaries and the cost of living is so nobody knows if a man contributes | or not. He does just as he likes.” “Are you going to see the distribu- tion of presents?” I asked Mr, Woods, And just here I want to say that ang- thing more unilke a regular re necked by-the-nine-gods-of-war Com- iniaxloner could be imagined than this young man who combines efficiency with good manners and a delightful voice, and who possesses the unusua, | combination of @ regular profile and answered with a note of regret though the distribution will be in some precincts on Christmas For I shall follow the custom I began some years ago of spending Christ- mas morning going about to the dif- ferent hospitals to see member the force who are sick and to lea ttle plant as a Christmas. rem brance to them. But I shall take tn as many of the Christinas trees as I can,” and he added with a quic! smile and a sudden thought of the man whom he married last June: "My missis ‘vill be very much disappointed unless | take her to see the Christmas trees too.” a od |WO’T ‘DIE OF SHAME’ NOW. N {child it will be a pair of shoes or! | Convict Caneo Geta Wish That Son | Go to Anot — BONWIT TELLER &CO. The Spacey Sot of Ong PIFTH AVENUE AT 38™ STREET Will close out Tuesday About One Hundred Women’s Frocks & Gowns For Street, Afternoon or Evening Wear 15.00 Formerly up to 55.00 a 5 a — VAL LLLLLAIDLLL ITALY ELLA UUAA ARDDULL Buy This Christmas Gift Sa 2) ALL CARS TRANSFER TO “THE HOME OF TRUTHY JOIN OUR XMAS CLUB NOW STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 10 P. M. Only 5 More Days to Christmas So decide right now—Come to Bloomingdales’ to-morrow Your Last Chance To enroll as a member of our greatest agd most timely CHR LUB The Club Is Limited to 376 Members Only 97 More Members Can Profit by the Tremendous Saving Offered Realize just what this Club means to you while there is still time to take advantage of it. miss the opportunity to secure a You certainly cannot afford to ° ° ° poceer sections of Mow ‘ork and|sonsy mittens, case miokines And som. ° High Grade, Reliable, Metal Tubing Brooklyn, and for the last month|things lik that. Each ohild will) Andrea Cuoso, who rved fifteen K Tf f OSIC:! one of the duties of cach police. | receive a toy and an apple, an orange, | years of a life term tn Sing Sing for | {e) (a WGD: 26 2 e Li and haif a pound of candy.” murder, will not “die of shame” through | man on post has been to gather names of the little boys and girs t, SANTA CLAUS TO TEACH GOOD meeting his son, Benjamin, in the sa In a Handsome Christmas Box NEW PLAYER PIANO his neighborhood who are not CITIZENSHIP. jdastile, Benjamin is a bigamist, and : Banta fiauee vialting lis’ ihersicaving toRke. 6 Santa | "hen father ents he nan bes whe Guaranteed to wear to your ab- FREE whom in the past Christma on ad 4 4“ | vieted, nt a letter to District At - been separated from othe ea Hie Aronsuea tte hie ont SRE Lainey Lain ch BiSANivh bekaihe Ghul solute satisfaction or New Hose Paine days by so Much As'a apr Of | Claus Bppointment to the fo ete RG A el hE SIs They mean comfort and freedom from holes and Free to Club Members Free to Club Members) But this year each one of the 25,000 EAraG ves io. 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