The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-26
HOW THEY SIDE UP
TO SANTA CLAUS
Juveailes Are Pretty Good At q "JolIy"
Il Would Seem.
A GLANCE THROUGH HIS MAIL
Letters Addressed to
the Good Old Man from the North
Pole Are in the Dead Letter Box at
the P0stOfIice..They Are Of All
Kinds and Descriptions and Would
Almost Anyone.


Claus Of the efficacy Of the U. s. mails
as q means Of reaching him. Just that
number Of tender begging epistles ad-
dressed to the fictitious saint Of child
hood remain undelivered at the Scranton
pOstOffice and unless recalled will be
sent to the dead letter Office to be
ruthlessly destroyed.
And what study for kindergarten
In those ninety-seven letters. Some are
correctly envelOped and stamped and
the address carefully and legibly writ
ten. Others are simply enclosed In q
piece of wrapping paper. a pin prevent
ing the letter and an imprOvised envel-
ope from parting company. Some have
a cancelled stamp glued on the cover.
Others have no stamp at all and others
still bear evidence of much ingenuity
in the way of homemade postage
stamps.
Scarcely any two writer's held the
same idea of Santa Claus pOstoffice ad-
dress. An even forty Of them had him
located at the north pole but they To-
Gated the pole itself or his particular
street and number at the pole in as
many different localities as there were
letters. Santa Claus 141 Mud street,
North Pole, Scranton. Pa; North Pole.
Greenland; North Pole, Africa; Rock
CandyhOuse, North Pole; Santa Claus
Vile, North Pole: Ice street, North
Pole" are examples of some of the ad-
dresses. Scranton, Pa" was second
choice as Santa's abiding place in the
minds Of st. Nick's devotees, no less
than twenty-five letters having been
sent in the firm belief that he was per-
manent fixture in the Electric City.
One Of the addresses indicated that
there was a juvenile new woman in the
thrOng. She wOulnd't ask anything
from any man; not even Santa Claus.
She made particular wants known to
Mrs. Santa Claus, North Pole, city,"
THE VARIOUS STYLES.
Their various modes of approaching
the giver Of all good goods with their
particulars are interesting to note.
This first little Miss started out in a
very formal and cold kind of a way to
make known her wants, but on second
though she determined to use q little
diplomacy and started in with regu-
lar book-agent introduction.
Scranton, Dec the 9, 1885,
Dear Santa Claus:
Please send. ] suppose you are getting
your horses and your reindeers and your
sleds for all the little boys and girls.
ANoW, am sOlnk u tell you what
want ! want pair of skates number Slk,
toe strapes. writing desk a pair Of
boots, stove, rocking chair with
plush on 1t and a nice band ring / am
going to tell you where ! am going to
hang my stocking, behind the stove on
a nail. So goodbye,
Yours truly,
Elizabeth -,
Locust street,
Scranton, Pa.
This Is a petition signed by family
of West Market street children: Rachel,
Annie, Lizzie. Maggie, Sadie. Ray, Will
liam, Frank, Wade. Alexander:
Rhylfelgyrch.
Santo Clause:
Rhylfelgyrch Gwyr Harlech.
Halech yfOddy faneri eywll y gclym
enyn Black board set Of dishes doll and
carriage Rocking chair Table Stockings
orange.
A dainty little missive, tied with a
purple bow of ribbon bore a two cent
stamp that had already been cancelled,
but 1t Is likely that the government in
spectCrs will overlook the attempt at
fraud.
No. 321 Iceberg street was written on
the lower part of one envelope in a
hand which betokened that papa had
been besought to help some little tot
III hci ehoilS " communicate Win
Santa.
ADDRESSED TO MUD STREET.
Here is another addressed to 14l Mud
street. showing that small minds, also.
sometimes run In the same channel.
No. 90 Plum street. Ice Co., Greenland,
Is another hOpefuls idea of Santa's
permanent whereabouts. No. OOOO
Sugar avenue. North Pole, Is another
tots guess.
They must have an idea Kris Is an
Ommisuent linguist.
An Herr sonta Claus in Himel Strasss
thurn rechte No. 2.
Santa Claus Island" was no doubt
meant for Iceland.
Here Is little lass who evidently got
Santa's address from the pOstoffice
mOrgue. where number Of letters ad-
dressed to him were displayed during
the ante-Christmas days. with the rea-
son for their being held stamped across
their face:
Dear Sand Claws,
2020 N. York street,
No such number.
Scranton, Pa.
"Dear Cant Claus" pleads a little
boy from Green Ridge, II would like to
have a pair of horse lines cents box of
candy a horn top book from your own
little boy"
Listen to this little jollier:
Dec. II. 1896.
Dear Santa Clause:
I will ask you to bring me a pair Of
skates and a storey hook Nv dear Santa