Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-19


II wish you q Happy New Year
Your little friend.
"A Merry Christmas how is MrA Santa
AIRLINE FROM THE BABY.
The letter she wrote on the typewriter for
her baby sister has rhyme in it like this:
lam lovely blonde baby six months old.
Cheeks like the rose,
cunning little nose,
Bright eyes Of blue,
And heart fond and true.
send you kiss to fill you with bliss.
Merry Christmas.
FAITH AND REASON FOR IT.
Here is some more faith such as 1 like to see:
II think Santa would tell no stories.
''Some children don't believe in Santa Claus,
but some children do. If there were no Santa
Claus no one would get any presents or letters
either"
SHORT AND BUsINEss-LrKE.
This one is a sample Of hundreds Of others in
length, so you see they we're not all such long
letters as that which Annie wrote:
"Please write me a letter 80 I can get it on
Christmas morning."
NEVER SAW SANTA CLAUS.
A poor little crippled girl living in Elizabeth,
N. j., wrote me q very womanly letter in
which she says:
"Oh. how happy should be to get letter from
your very own dear self. I would keep it all
my life. have tried so hard to see YOU every
Christmas eve since / can remember but my
eyes would go tight shut before you came,
though tried my best to keep them wide open.
l am nine years old, and cannot go to school
IKE other little girls, for am poor little Grip
pie, so mamma teaches me at home fell and
an hau to rraiph Ia
foot nights and heavy brace day times, but
mamma says she thinks / will be well in one
year, more"
NAME FOR THE DOG.
had to help out youngster by naming his
dog for him. he says: oai
Maggie fell down the steps yesterday and,
got bump on her head. She is SO fat she is
all the time falling down. l have q little dog
and do not know what to name him. Can you
tell me pretty name?"
shall tell him to call the dog Shepherd, and
may send him ribbon for his neck.
WOULD HAVE WRITTEN BEFORE.
This was surely case Of hardship before
Hay, who lives in Rockville, Nd, happened to
see my card in your paper. She says:
Il would of written to you BEFORE but 1 did
not know your address until last night and
was SO glad to it in the Evening Star.
Every year l have looked for your address. but
ald not see it before Saturday night. Santa
Claus, want you to bring me a nice fur muff,
a sled and lots of candy. Oh, well, leave it
all to you-Santa Clause. You know what little
girls my age want better than do"
WANTS PHOTOGRAPH.
The next case was somewhat similar. May is
this little girls name, too By the way, did it
ever strike you how many girls are named May2
Why hundreds of my letters are signed that
way. 1t must be because the writer's are all
lovely and blooming and SO much like that
beautiful month in spring. Well, this May
says:
Think it is real nice in you to work SO hard
all summer and make presents for such as me.
When commenced to write to you intended
to ask you for great big jointed talking doll,
big carriage, cradle, set of dishes a set of
bed room furniture, iron stove, a piano, a
doll house and, Dear Santa, have dear little
brother; he Is but three years old and cannot
write to you, but l don't want you to forget
him. Dear SAINT, if don't get all those things
L have written for won't get mad. am going
to leave It with you. Being me just what you
think l ought to have. But, Dear Santa. 1
would like to have them. Santa don't know
where Zeroland Is. but l am going to look it up
in my Geography, but know it is up IN a cold
country where there is plenty of snow and
ReindeerI- l do love you for thinking of me
up in you- home. do wish you would send
me copy OF your photograph"
TRIED TO BE GOOD.
very little letter from two very little folks
a boy and girl, whose ages added together
don't cross the limit of ten years
''We have tried to be good this year so you
would come to see this Christmas. We will
be very happy to get letter from you. We
are twins, and were four years old last April.
We love Santa Claus"
HER PRAYER HAS BEEN ANSWERED.
Here is q good sort of letter written by girl:
Il love you ever so much because you are SO
good to all little children. have been very
i'll, but prayed that might get well in time
to see good Santa Claus and my PRAYER has
been answered. hope the weather is as pleas
ant on Reindeer Mountain, Zeroland, as it is
here"
FRIENDS LOST IN zERoLAND.
want you to notice this letter, in which
was very much interested:
You must fatten your raindear so thay can
run over the snow coverd roof tops nice and
fast Oh how / would like to ride with you lust
once what fun it must be to whirl over the
hills in a great big sleigh l often think of your
cold Zeroland for l am named after a brave
friend of mammals who went up there and died
his name was George De, Long and his ship was
the Janet some OF his poor sailor men never
returned they may be living yet do you ever
see them Santa wandering about with the esqu-
max? Ii you could bring me any news of them
we would all be very happy I am writing this
letter all by myself now must say Good by
from your &C.
FOUR LITTLE GIRLS.
Four little girls, who live in the same house.
write nice letters that just bubble over with
eagerness. Ruth is but four. 80 some one older
than she wrote for her. Mabel is seven and
she wrote herself to say:
Il am SO glad know where to direct nv let
tiers. l have written ever SO many, but always
put them up the chimney"
Ethel is two years older. She says:
Sand when my big sister showed me your
card IN this evenings STAR was very happy
l have always loved you ever so much and
have written you lots Of letters, but never
knew where to direct them"
Violet, eight years old, writes:
"When my mamma told me about your card
1 was SO delighted that l had to write to YOU
before l finished studying my Sunday school
lesson. l think you are just the dearest old
Kris to write to all of us Children
LETTERS THAT MADE HIM SIGH.
Did you hear me sigh then? / suppose II
must have frozen before it reached Washing
ton. You see, sighed when I picked up
little packet of notes. about nine or ten of
them, that made me SO sad when read them
that put them to one side by themselves, withd
a big icicle on them to keep them from baosfipg
away. / thought that you would like to get a
glimpse of the tears of Christmas time as well