Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-16

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Below are some Of the many letters received
from applicants for membership in the club:
Dear STAR: You are very kind to have started
such good noble work and would rather be
a member of this club than any other club
know. l send you my 10 cents and hope that
every child who can will JOIN it.
Dear Santa Clause: / am six years old but do
not go to school yet, am going next year. Now
/ want to Join your club, so l send you 10 cents
and would like very much to have badge, and
would like to see you ever so much Your
little friend
Dear STAR: Inclose you will find 10c. which
i cheerfully send for Tue STARS fund of she
Z. s. s. c. c., hoping that it may make some
poor little boy or girl happy, who have no
Father or Mother, to give them Merry, Merry
Christmas.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas, and
boundefull success in making those poor chill
dren happy upon that glorious day.
True LITTLE FRIEND.
Dear EVENING STAR: am a little boy years
old want to join the santa clause club l send
10 cts to make some little poor child happy 1
am going to send them some of my toys please
send me a badge SO l can let my play-rnates see
belong to the santa clause club.
THE PLAINS, Va
Dear Editor EVENING STAR: / have been
reading the letters from little children to the
Santa Claus Club Ny Sister and are going to
send 10 cts apiece am years old and my Sis
tef Is years Ola. IieASe senQ US o UauRe.
Dear Santa Claus: l send you dollar for
the poor children. would like to be men,
Der of EVENING STAR Santa Claus Club. Will
you please send me badge for myself and one
for my cousin Mary who is three years old. l
am in the third grade and 60 to the Cranch
School. Your little friend.
Dear EVENING STAR | am little girl only
years / wanter join the Santa clares club and
to make some little girl happy on christmas
Mama gave me 10 cents for being a good little
girl and i send it with pleasure merry xmas
don't for get my badge please
Dear Santa Claus: Enclosed find ten cents
which 1 send you to make little soul happy.
Dear EVENING STAR: send 10 cents Of my
Christmas money. | wish it was more. l am
years old.
Dear Sandy Clause 1 an glade your are here
again and | have tryed to be real good girl
and would like to have big doil-baby car
riage hoping you will get it for me.
Dear Santa Clus. Enclosed you will find l0c.
for Dollie for little Girl l hope you will
not forget to send me my bage. and cali and see
me on Christmas Eve Wight me none at this
time Good by Old Sinta Cius.
Dear Mr.. EVENING STAR NV mama has
been telling me about the Santa Claus Club and
thought would like TO join 1t. l am little
boy years old and my home is in California
My Papa sant me some money from CALIFORNIA;
to buy Xmas presents so l will send twenty
five cents 90 buy some little boy or girl pres
ent Please send me a badge.
ARLINGTON, VA.
Dear Santa Claus Club: l am little girl
nearly seven years old, and live in the country.
can not run and play, ind go to school and
Sunday school other little children do be-
cause two years and a half ago was paralyzed
and have never walked since can only creep
around the house, but have q nice home and
would like to help make some little child, who
may be unfortunate like me, happy on dear
christmas" day. so please accept this 10 cts
mn ms | hav nN thnr siofa
mamma also send 10 cts each. Wishing Won
and all the little children a merry Christmas, 1
am your little friend.
Dear Santa Claus: 1 am little boy five years
old and send you twenty-five cents. swept
Mama's porch and pavement for her, 80 l could
have money to send to your club for the poor
children.
ALExESDR1A. Va.
Dear Santa Clans we take The EVENING STAR
and want to write for my little brother and
very little girl but belonged TO the Christmas
Club. now good Night it is eight o'clock.
Dear EVENING STAR: would like very much
to belong to the Santie Claus Club. think if
all the poor children we're to have merry
xmas as the rich do it would be o happy day
all over the world. don't you think 80. and
my brother send dime Pleas don't forget
our badges.
Dear Santa Claus: send 10 cents out of my
Savings Bank SO that l can join the Christmas
NAuc' eoyc du kluO Oh savings
Bank myself as 1 swallow pennies. 1 hope.
dear Santa, you will give all the poor little
girls boys lots of dollies & toys Il candies.
Dear santa Claus Club: write for the ''four
Re" Ruth, Rose, Rae, Rita, who are sisters
We send soc but we do not want badges be-
cause We have gotten our badges at school
We wish The EVENING STAB and the Santa
Claus Club good luck and merry Christmas.
Dear Editor: think you are trying to OUT
shine Santa Claus for you are always doing
good l am a little boy nine yearA old and 20
to st. Joseph's School 30 does my Sisters Lille
and Daisy we would like to be members of your
Christmas Club enclosed please find thirty
cents hoping they will make some poor child
happy.
Dear Mr.. Editor: I have emptied INV bank
and send You 90. 20, all the money that was in
1t, for the Santa Claus Club. 1t doss seem to
me that our Papas Mamas ought to send you
lots OF money 70 mako some Christmas for the
poor little children.
Dear Editor: have been reading the lsttsr
In your paper under the Santa Claus column
and would like to become a member Of the or
ganisation which il known iii through Wash