Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-18
CITY AND DISTRICT.
SANTA CLAUS LETTER BAG.
What the Little Ones Write to Good
Saint Nick.

SANTA CLAUS LETTER BAG.
What the Little Ones Write to Good
Saint Nick.
| LITTLE MIssIvEs RECEIVED AT THE POST OF
FIcE FOR KRIS KINGLE-wHATrH THE CHILDREN
ASK FoR-POoR LITTLE ONES WHO HAVE NO
CHRISTMAs AT HOME.
santa Claus mail is very heavy this year.
Dozens of little missives addressed to "Santy
Clos" or "Santaclaus," or "Mr Criscringle, d
have passed through the city post Office. The
superscr1ptions represent all the eccentricities
OF juvenile caligraphy. Sometimes the name
of "Mr. Criscringle" is begun In the lower left
hand corner and ends somewhere on the other
side OF the envelope. For several years q gem
tieman representing himself to be Santa Claus
has appeared at the city post office and claimed
these letters. A STAR reporter traced this
santa Claus to his home last year and found
| letters In some way. In some ecses he did It
ny giving hint to parents, and in others,
Wn ,ha Inc letters gave evidence of the poverty
ne TOOK some way of sending q ray OF light and
happiness into that home on Christmas day
When q STAR reporter hunted up this Santa
Clans this year he found him comfortably set
tied in his dressing gown at his library table
with all his mall scattered about him. "Some
OF these letters are very touching" he said as
The STAR reporter gathered them up to read
them sometimes a trusting child, having
faith in Santa Claus, will write things to him
fh nat, WOULD never come out In any other way.
wish people who were able and willing TO help
them could know these things"
LETTER SENT TO MISS CLEVELAND
zone letter I received continued Santa
Claus, II sent to Miss Cleveland. 1t came all
the way from Princeton, Ill. kept a note Of
it, he added, picking up a memorandum and
reading. ut began: Mama says yoa are poor
this year and can't make many presents
Then Then the little girl says: I would like new
wnite apron and new book and she closes
mama; heard her say once she liked nice
are not too poor, you would bring uer q nice
one. I will send this to the town where the
saar1 d Ses think you viii get it. When
stocking at Princeton Illinois with the name OF
Annie on it
explanation as to how it came into my pos
session. saw in THE STAR that she was pres
ent ut the Christmas club meeting and
tlhoagnt mat perhaps she might like to answer
=, santa Claus heap of letters was quite large.
some oi them bore evidence OF having been
Wrltten by Older people Tor the little ones, but
these are quickly detected by Santa Claus, and
pigeon-hoied, as being OF less importance than
those coming directly from the little ones; 1t
was not hard to distinguish the latter class.
Some of them are printed in great Roman char
acters all over the page. In others the little
writer's nave carefully ruled heavy lead pen
Gil lines, to make sort oi track for the letters
10 travel on, and keep them from rambling all
over the page.
TWO LITTLE NEIGHBORS.
In one diminutive envelope came two little
letters ortWo little squares fnote paper. Two lit
tie girls had got together, and written in conf
dence to Santa Claus. One OF them said:
Dear Santa Claus
Please bring me little sister, a dear little
Pnppie Please let Rosita live togeather next
door to Ourtamily.
JOSEPHINE -
n st. NV.
The other one said:
want beautiful french doll that will talk
and tricycle. and Il dear little sister and dear
little baby OF my own.
Ros1rA
Pst.n.w.
Then on detached piece of paper one of the
little ones had guShed forth as follows: "Dear
ola Santaclaus Good old Santacaus, SANTA
WANTS SOME TIN SOLDIERS
One little boy had printed the following letter
On piece of brown MANILA paper:
DEAR SANTA CLAUS
PLEASE SEND
A LITTLE BOY SIEVE
n YEARS OLD SOME
IN SOLDIERS WITH
CANNON and a 81
ED IO-I1, ST. WASH
INGTOn ID c TO
Harry
WHAT GA1THERsBURG Girl. WANTS.
Mr.. Sanity Clos
Please sir send my little brothers Christmas
D years old he says he wants a nice cap and
gloves to keep his years and hans warm and
am going to scool and wish could get nice
warm clOke to wear to scOOl. Brother and
brotner charlie says they would like to have
somthing too. Our papa is pore and has to
work hard he Amt got much money.
WHAT WOULD MAKE WILLIE HAPPY.
A small boy living on d street makes the fol.
lowing modest request:
Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me a pony,
harness, tree, forty marbles, one agat, printing
press. WILLIE W.
WILL BE GOOD IF HE GETS ALL.
Another small boy writes:
Dear Santa Claus-I thought I would write
you letter 10 tell You what ! want you to
bring me for my Christmas. should like to
have sleigh, . horse and some steam cars and
thing that is nice. l am very anxious to have
Nanny Goat & an Express wagon, harness
soa bve gss all Of them win good
well. From your dear little boy Lemuel =.
- Carroll st.
SLED AND A DUMPING CART
Another boy living Oh Prospect avenue
writes:
Dear Santa claus. 1 thought would write
you a few lines to let you know what l want for
christmas want sled and a dumping cart
from Harry -.
NJ IAfA HI GIVE HER ANYTHING.
A little girl living at Upper Falls, Massachu-
sets, writes or rather prints the following:
Mr.. Sandy Claws.-Piease send me something
for Christmas. am a good little girl and awful
poor and did not have anything Tor myself last
Day-day, MAY
Upper Falls, Massechsits, Care Aunty Mary.
DOES NOT CHEW GUM.
A little girl living in Park Place, this city,
writes:
Dear Old Santa Claus.-I am anxious for you
to visit me. I am a little girl only six yesrs
old. My papa is buried and have only man.
ma, and she is not able to give me all want.
DO not cheO gum like the other children. I try
70 0e COCO: a.. IN, dear! my poor doll has her eyes
table, Nellie broke the leg of-so YOU see I
would like new One-also a set of dshes-a
willow carriage, and lots of nuts. candies and
cakes. 60 TO Sunday school when the weather
Is not cold. hope to hear from you soon.
your dear uttle friend, EDNA -.
POOR LITTLE BALTIMORE BOY.
A boy in Baltimore writes as follows
Dear sanity CLAUS
/ heer that you are kind to moor bows and