The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-24
WITT. OUR LITTLE PEOPLE

you have on it?'
"Oh, tum and see!' :,
1 followed him to the room, in which, all
about, hung great long paper chains, whlch
he must have learned to make at the KIN
dergarten. He pointed to them WIN prloe
and delight and said:
desc is trimmin's, but OATS not all
I've dot a bank"
''Oh, you have? And what's in it?'
81 has open DIT and they's one dollar and
eighty-five cents!'
"Why, Caroli' I exclaimed, what will
you do with so much money?'
And here is The remarkable part OF this
story:
well. OWED so centses to the orphans
den 1 bought my mamma hant-er-chit!'
'Then What?' [ asked, more touched than
I dared let him see, for the dear little mite
is himself partly orphaned, and is being
cared for in thesh home of a good woman in
Seventh avenue.
"Then I Owed part of the res to the
Mercy Home"
"And then?''
"Then 1 buyed bruver and sister tie
and "a picture book"
"And was that ALP"
mo, I'm dom to dive the rest to the
Lord"
1 am pretty sure old Santa Claus will
have something for that tree Don't you
think he will?
Winston Anderson says that he Is not
right sure what old Santa means to do at
his house, but he is certain there will he
a fruit cake and some other kinds of cake,
and they will all hang their stockings.
GAN" means Frank and Pelham, I know,
and maybe some others. My! that many
boys together don't need anything to help
them have a good time. There is just fun"
naturally! Those stockings ought to be
sent to a place where there is only one poor
little child that lives all alone. When he
gets married, then there win be none.
T. o. Smith says there will be tree at
his house. .t
Fred Robbins says he will have a tree.
Helen Eustis is to have tree
Elizabeth Going was so timid and modest
that it was a little difficult to learn that
great preparations are in progress that
this little woman, who is the only small
person at her house, may have a 'Trismas
tree" but she whispered it to me, and
thereby rendered me almost as happy as
she will be. Won't it be just splendid for
Elizabeth to have a Christmas tree?
Then Theoline Elliot is to have Christ
mas tree at her house. Where do so many
Christmas trees come from?
Alberta and Samuel and Marie Tanner
are going to have a candy pulling and a
Christmas tree, for Marie told me So
Won't that he fnn9 IF child can have
lots of fun, three must have three dots OF
fun.
Robert McLester has written Santa Claus
for a trombone. never would have
thought to ask for that, would you?
Gamaliel Dixon's mamma is arranging a
ladder instead of a tree. He thinks that
will be fun, and I am sure I would like
ladder, because 1T is so much easier to
climb than tree.
The little boys who go to the Young
Mems Christian association are to have a
tree.
The children at the Mercy Home will
have an immense, beautiful Splenulu
Christmas tree.
Dot O'Bren will have a tree.
Drela Raymond will have party and
have as good a time as only young folks
can.
a tree, too.
Lulu Green is going all the way TO Geor-
eia to enjoy Christmas 1t seems ito me
there will be good times enough in Eir-
mingham
Walter Hood says he is going to have
good time ''just doing nothing" No
school all this week, you know.
Francis, Isabel, Covington and Gay Law
son will have magnificent tree. 1t will be
gayly decorated, brilliantly lighted and en-
joyed beyond measure by these young peo-
pie.
the time is surely slower in passing away
Than ever it was before. On Friday he was
so happy, he told me, because there We're
only three more days.
Willie Douglas little pet rabbit died last
week, and we are very much afraid old
Santa won't hear the news and bring an
other for him. Maybe he reads The Age
Herald, and will see this in time to get one.
Mita Cochran, Maud f4amill, Mary Elmer
son, Rubie o Keith, Emma Dorsey, Desota
Woods, Ira Carter, VIII McCaskey and
Gus Douglas have been very busy making
candy and selling 1t for the Missionary So
ciety Christmas offering.
Annie Joe Duffee and Edith Wright and
the parrot are eagerly anticipating the COM
ing of Santa Claus, who is to them a real
sure enough" friends. They are to have
magnificent tree.
Roberta Pearson is to have an elegant
tree, and Roberta will see that every one in
the house has gifts from her tree.