The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-10-31

Dear Children: l am arid you will tire
| of hunting out places and countries, and so
] will not require you to find any IN TINS
letter. but will tell you Of some pretty Things
that reminded me of Christmas.
One dav while walking around in the lar
vest b1iTdin~ 1T the fair | came across a
nlaca where | saw a crowd of little children.
j Thought | would see what was the attfac-
ton. and if YOU could have seen your Aunt
Susie" going around and admirlns the toys
YOU would have been amused. Nen' TIE
very first thing / thought about was you
door children. and how | wished you could
have seen them. They were toys from 'er-
many and if seemed to me ! never before
in nv life beheld SO many ana such peau-
tifuI TOYS Germany Is 4 great country loi
Santa Claus and Christmas trees, anu 80
there were ever so many on eAhioi'ioh' II,
The center OF the rOGm was Tail Staho' anu
on rbat was Il beautiful high car drawn by
n big white horse, woman was uiNi,7
the morse ana a beautiful girl sat on me
horse. Behind the woman STANDING III Tue
..r was cd Santa lie was dressed III the
,i,},esr robes. bordered with Iur ana d
s,.,,,r,ful fur can. Ills long white pearu
md hair were flowing in the WIND, ana nc
WIS loaded with toys Such toys you never
s.,,,.-1n,-r,, were. read butcher SHOPS, mon-
KEYS RIDING on bicycles, d05s, c;tr'n, nhe Su
giAes ANA Il boy paying Il huuic " =; '.d
nov. dancing. lHC NhOie cdi "'' .A'lI M
1.iin TOYS aud tncy were haASlhs ol. ~
over the sides. Santa loo>cu 80 i =, Sl,.n :
De tiAp ne. he WaS
letting ready TO begin has Chrls'lnIs tou Iint
and make MANY niue poys ana gus Ii'tI',r
In uuatuer part 81 tne room vas ''hT To-
Tarra SANTA Claus; he was stahulhe ny a.
fTuora wrrt, hundreds OF N(ue bright olA'
,,,nurs and strln4s OF red, bne, Waite ''ii'
IolJ heads. AS BIZ as marbles, ana capules
ri every color, tnrn every ilmo WIS 1uii VI
7ov4. oh. il would have done your tye1
.en,I ia have eeeu it. On shelves al 'tiouh'i
were fOy birds, sllpS, Cfuhl>, pl"li'7 ~
..nch dolls; biz dolls. little dolls ana pao9
lnil~ l,-trr in iheIr cradles with niue poC
lies OF mIIk ia thelr mouths IKE real "a
5ies. / could not begin 10 tel OF nan INC
tovs thaj / raW on those ShcNeS' SI,c
S.nt3 Claus had a basket over his shoulder
80 thl1 y,;s filed with toys. But the
,,raf1i,St thing / saw WaS Il funny process
SION There was beautiful golden ch''t
riot drawn by four white goats; py eacu
goat walked Il boy holding ilaS' ana IheIe
was Il Has on every goat n ny oiu Lo '2S|
fr, dressed Just like u man was leaoihS tlie
rrant rOar. The coats were not Slue DN sue
hut before each other. The chariot, Wlicn
1y-1s large and beautiful shape, was hlied
first with an immense egg and shdll eggs
oil around it. On every egg sal duchS'
rabbits, cats and chickens, AID walking pc
hind were two big chickens, dressed up ana
beating drums-uow when you remember
all these ducks, rabbits, etc, were dressed
1Ip in bright col0rs, i'll silk and SATIN, caps
and feathers. you can just imagine how tuh-
ny It was ! tell you | saw plenty OF papaS
and maiumas standing there with their ut
lie folks trying To get them away, but when
7hey once began 10 look at those toys IT
was hard to persuade them to leave. l
srail there a long time myself.
In another place l saw something that
would nave interested You. 1t was lhttse
Red Riding Hood and the wolf. There
was bed with white curtains hung
around II, and covered up, and reclining
on he pillow was the grim old wolf, with
his white nightcap aud spectacleS on, and
by his side SAT little Red Riding Hood, look
iHg 30 earnestly ut what she supposed was
her grandma, and was asking what makes
your eyes 50 big:' 1t looked so real that
] expected 10 hear, what makes your
mouth SO big?' and then, 'to eat you up
the better. my dear" so l thought i would
get away before the end came, and as it
was nearly night, | bid Sood-by to Riding
Hood and the fair and hurried TO my board
ing house. Yours, AUNT SUSIE"