The evening world., 1893-12-25
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
To All Contributors to the Christ
mas-Tree Fund,
And Greeting TO the Winners Of
the Best Outfits.
/" Baby Costello" Otherwise I'm
known, One of the Fortunates.

The PriZe-l.ct'cr Contest Is settled,
The lanes Of the winners are Baby
Costello" address unknown; Julia Don
nelly. Al West Fifty-third street, and
Alfred Curtis. of San Francisco, Cal, a
native Of credit to New York city.
The Judges awHrdc one child's com
plete outfit to Baby Costello, to be Sc
lected by her ~babyship's secretary.
one girls complete outfit to Julia Don
nelly. to be selected by her little SET
from Best G. cos Liliputian Bazaar,
and
one full suit of clothes to Alfred Cur
It's or his representative. TO be delivered
or forwarded by the editor.
If Baby Costello viii send in her
nursery address and some friend Of Mas
ter Curtis will make known his place of
residence, orders will be mailed at once,
and Best d Co. will honor them on
presentation, Brave and lucky Julia
porthht communication about breakfast
time tomorrow. When her letter is
read every reader will be heartily glad
that she won the prize.
IF there had been thirty prizes instead
OF three 1t would have been just as diff
iicult to decide the contest. Nearly
1900 subscription letters were received
when the contest closed, and several
hundreds came In later. Many excellent
and admirable little compositions had to
be set aside because they were too long.
Here are the prize letters:
PRIZE BABY LETTER.
Dear Editor:
am II little baby girl Just four months
old, and my littl brother, Joe, talks so
much about IA Christmas tree and
reads so much about n fund |
t to pla tsli W aHSIa, is best MAMMA so | as ssys. her r
Christmas tree is a beautiful plant that
grows In tn garden of love, planted by
the dearest friend of childhood, Santa
Lord to make little children whom He
50 dearly loves rejoice and be happy on
that glorious day. His head assistant is
The Evening World" which hunts up
fate has deprived OF the sweet pleasure
of their W tlreslde cheer, to bestow
upon them gifts from the Christmas
Tree Fund. Santa Claus and "The Even
ing World are two great institutions.
Blessing on them both, on all who have
helped along the Fund. and on all Who
BABY COSTELLO.
This letter contained a Decent contri-
button.
BOYS PRIZE LETTER.
70 the Editor;
You may ask, what is a San Francisco
boy writing to you for ?
My little story Is soon told. Ny mother
and uncle are newspaper people" and
so I'M |. for I sold THE World" on the
s Ws tea Of NS %Sw YORK for a lonE TIM,
lately we moved here. We get The
World" and know of its kind acts. The
PAPERS here, especially The Examiner,
u %inclose 55 cents for the Christmas;
Tree Fund. l am going to school and
cannot spare more from my allowance,
AS my mother works very hard to keep
me In school.
know that your Christmas work will
reach many II home that would be desc
late and full of SORROWS except for your
lie girl in New York who would be the
%happiest little girl in the world If she
had the prize dress you propose to give
away. She is very poor and cannot, get
such clothes, so, If you are 90 good as
to consider this among your more able
letters | would he happy to present my
prize to this poor little girl, know that
the good storc-keeper would give a girls
outfit In the place of a boys outfit. 1t
will be my happiest Christmas II l win.
ALFRED CURTIS.
San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 10. 1893.
GIRLS PRIZE LETTER.
70 the Editor ,
made them by going to the store for
people. | wish 1t was so instead of what
II Ia. | am n little girl six years old. |
cannot 90 to school any more, for ! have
mamma is dead and poor papa Is out Of
work. ] am sure Santa Claus will not
come to see me or brother Jim. Jim Is a
cripple, but he is a good boy. He Is
sorry for the poor children. and so am |.
! hope some little girl will be made
happy. II Is nice to think that 50,WN
viii be made happy by The Evening
World' ChristmaS-Tree Fund.
| did nos write this letter, Brother
Tom. who wrote 1t for me. said he could
not write very well. He IL nine years
old and brother Jim Is thirteen years old,
I hope everybody win have a merrier
Christmas and more happy New Year
than we will. And God bless your paper
II Is so good to the poor people.
JULIA DONNELLY.
Al West Fifty-third street, rear.
Dec. 10, 1893.
David l.. Russell, No. q Clendennine
avenue, Jersey City, missed the prize by
two dozen words too many. His letter
was very good.
To the following honorable mention IL
due: Edith Sinclair. No. lA0 East Ninety
seventh street; Hattie Linsley, Marjorie
Wood, Alice Pratt, South Orange; Gerti'
R~othschild. Regina T.. S54 West FIFTY
sixth street, Daisy G~ottschalk, 1877 Gate
avenue; Marian Rockwell, Freddie HUI
burt, Fancy street, and Freddie Wright