Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-21
sssrA cIAns AT wsRg.
rhe King OF Chrsssnsas Ia Jelly Coed

SANTA thAhs At WokA.
rhe Kinx OF Chrsssnsss ia JsiiS Coed
isaasr.
Gone H. saia ehsery voioe.
A kseck a. the door maiked Pri-
vats Oiiios Of Santa Claus Dad elicit
ed this hearty response.
The visitor entered the .oon. Good
old Santa Claus stood In his shirt
sleeves mixing Isther.
- Why, wnat are yo1 going 20 do r.
was ths appointments query OF ths WIS.,
itor.
. Shave r wss che iso,nIc reply.
The dirsful eDnseq lences thai would
arise from sneh an acs had not catered
the mind Of the good old saint, who
would never be- recsgnizsd 40 santa
Cisns without his bashy hair and face
foil OF wbiskrrs.
For msrcy'a sake, don't do it,
pleadsd the rxsitsd caller. Yon will
Ioss ysur identity IL you do. Think
how many. many years you nave pre-
ssuted Just that little red moss 20 viuw."
:" dsp't count by years. bot by
Chrissmas-iides. replied santa Claus
bus will spare the whisksrs II you san
think that my changed facs would
brighten fbs children on Christmss
Eve" And 4 kindly look that bodcd
well for the little ones came into his
eyes.
. 30 yon want 10 interview me, eh r.
chnckied Santa. Just come into my
store and zee what have for Your peo-
ple,v and no lad the way into vast
room. which seemed 90 be all DOT doors.
80 big was IL. Al army Of assistants
were hard af work on their labor Of
love. :. For us only few days mere."
chirpsd Santa. Aud the hammers flew
and the saws whlzz ID aud the FORCES
scattered sparks OF gosd. The candy
makers moulded their wares into
tempting shapes. and the doli-m skers
bent - their task of making 250,00O.o 90
speaking dolls.
The woEkmen did not shirk when San
"a Claus was away. but his presence gave
them new vIgor. and the amount 1T
work they did was astonishing. Pres
ents for babes. for little boys and little
girls, for larger children. for Young man
and maidens. for stsid married folks,
and for the childhood of old age, were
stacked up in huge piles, covering acres
Of ground. seemingly In confusion, bat
they were not, all being ready for the
canning hands of the packers
Then Santa escorted BIS visitor to his
public ofilce, where the clerks weru
dashing away at correspondence and
flling mp great books with the names OF
children and tho description of presents.
Every land and every tongue were rep
resented, bat 1t was noticed that the
American department was the largest,
and It's clerks we're the busiest OF the
lot. The telephone, which connected
With the branch Office, was ringing all
the time.
.Come and listen to the reports"
said Santa to the visitor, as be grasped
the trAnsmitter and placed Il to his ear,
saying Helio." IA very natural man
ner.
"HsIlol This Is headquarters. Yes.
SANTA
This reply seemed 20 siagger the man
u the other eud. rs the 5Aint rarely An.
swsgs any Of the hundred telephones.
"G9 ahetd," resumed Santa, give |
me n full report. Who Little Jimmy |
Grsen. ha. ha Been bad hoy, ED |
tullcd the head of The doll gave his |
sister last Christmas. That's bad. Did
YOU ask Il he should be forgotten this |
Christmas on account of itg Well. |
saould say not. Do you think want |
20 lose Iny reputation Ill give him a |
Toy pistol. IL I'D on minute. rm called
az the Berlin telephone"
Hanging up tue ear trumpet, Sauta |
Claus trtppea 10 .hs telephone marked
Z" berlin
Yon mast excuse me-" said the kind
old msn 10 bis caller. " out | am sal sd
up by Influential men nov aud tnsn.
who are really my accents. Just before
yoI came has a nice chat With Esnpcr-
sr William Of Germany, who ssked me
IA take care OF the German children in
Ameriei.s
The popular saist then resumed the
telephone. The sgcnt Was telling htsn n
long story we<eh interested Santa very
much. as his EXPLANATIONS att sted.
After he had tinish,d. tia listener
tarned 10 bis gueat aud said
my TRASHY man on the Pacific C~ssss
aas been talking on n sn iect that pains
uie evers year nj this happy ssassn. l,
i. impossible for me "a yi>is every child.
and ,s rrieses ne TO think of TIE many
lissle worn ssockines thai ars hung uss ~
CIV name in whtrh the trusting wrafers
fSd nothinz but disappointment on
Christmas day. The one day OF all she
YEAR in waieh such thsng shaald nos
exist. Nov, cannot tend 20 every
thsnr, aud really wish when yon ges
asck 20 vonr ufflce you would inform
nv able band OF assistants thai shsll
saspsna GA them 90 look out Tor many Of
she chsldren in your ciiy, evea u they
DO no mere than TO Isii thesa to the
ueeka With so0dirsA Here Is = list of
eerSoas - waom | alsede."
This lsst Q snt<ins the nsmeS Of mtny
rich men and wosnsn wei1h II raolished
woaid create = - sktsao. aud uaaay wao
have esven 10 secret woa.d gaia q Espu-
saiion far dlnefeas from the Que they
n0v enjoy.
.Mny. santa" exclaimed The visitor.
do Yea really mean thai these Serseus
d~liRst 10 piease chiid life. ard wtli bs
~illins 10 assist you this Chssstmas ~
II assarsdly DO" replisa the eood old
saint. wlsh tear 81 grAsltnde IA has
eve; ~rny couakns was eagerly looked
for by them whnn they wcre yoang. and
the onsy wAy in whicA they e rvvt~o
those pleasant naaraarses - tnro1gh the
grateful hearts OF ether chiidFsn, rzsde
- hy thelr heaeheeaee."
Just then the ~. Fstets60rg telephone
rang eas loudly for nantA Claus. the
Landon seleehsne joined IN, and then
Is il by csucerted signal ali the beiis
IN the roon rhEsned merriiy. Ia TIE
midst Of which saas1e the visitor TOOK
his depaFsnres