Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24
LETTERS TO DEAR OLD SANTA
Childhood's Beautiful Faith in the Man
with the Gray Whiskcrs,
SIGNIFY THEIR WANTS BY MAIL
SAMPLES ur Letters to santa claus
from II Legion OF NdmirCrS-Mis-
directed They Reach the
Dead Letter OmCc.

remains I'm undisturbod sYlcudor-thr flr-
clad old gentleman, st. Nicholas. The child
That has not known the joy OF absolute be-
ilei in his scramblinE down the chimney,
while Comet ANA Cupid and Dancer and
irancer waited on the roof, impatientlv
J~angltng their bells. has never truly lived.
, Ihe most scrdid ana worldly grow tender
hearted ana generous as the Christmastide.
, with It's dearest OF festivals. approaches.
ana for the children surely the gates of
paradise ought to swing ajar.
Llsten-Hcre are copies of letters received
at the Dead Letter Office, containing tho
outpouringS of a few little hearts to
uear santa Claus. They know he will
come They know they have only to
ask ana be good This little girl
signs no name and after asking for those
christmas standbys-nuts and candy-she
pleads for those nccessarios Of lfe-clothes
and then, with perhaps a sigh because her
i"Sl years bottle was so small the suggcsts
a big bottle of perfume"
Dear Santa Claus-I want a stockinr full
thhu nuts aud candy and dress n pair of
SHOES Tor Christmas and a Christ mas trco
fume. 20 '''' VI p''-
From Buffalo, n, V, one child is evidently
W'Fltlns Tor another, whose big eyes.have
been ~toasting upon the wonders displayed
in a shop window in his own town. So
santa Claus is given specific directions ma
TO where he will find these treasures:
dear. old santa claus-waltcr wants q
Ptlr OF skates and a chu Chu at COS around
r,bb m"oM III l5lrjholomL's and Il pair of
dolls house ca" " i""pef coat ana a
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IL is a Washington child-a boy-wbo
writes in true boy fashion for those gifts
VI noise and motion which strike terror 10
these who forget they were children oncs
mu eeiueh'ly thinks old Kris Kringle does
NoL own an incNhaustiblo pack. for ba
asks for n wagon II tbo dnnon :" ne
greater tbor ,be u 'eiN""o Is not
man II supply
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1I-Deor Santa
wheel Bicycle please because ] am a very
bring if t@ %I me u you nave a wagon over
you a merry christmas and !" / nope
game OF block with pitckues on them
Good BY from
nouF Lo'en friend
From a "roraion ia,
, ' ioieisn iau (New Jersey comes
d ietter containing two modest requests.
Was the poor child rrirhtnnodo ~, go,t.
some grim monstor, 90 ~ u"upt
undated tho little thing. AT any rate she
had ne'er a grandmother to nrotert bar
else she could NOT have tbouob. ~. ~
old ,sort, oorni.s y. n"Ne 'nous"I that dear
Dear Santa Clans 7 r.isn
bring me a black Hoard WM' SSdd you would
sled and some cande. santa Do Won SrSI ba va a
have to br,nSS me- me- n n ubi nope you VIII not
One dear lille tot 10 co an,
and odmira+ina' .h 70 % H''eu "eth love
Wv "'ini,alloh mat she stops TO tell Santa
Claus and then probably turns after her
-, f''o " .aie ior the baDy. She
as so many do, but one feels that she is a
1itt -,l
MARIN-rr,rE wv.
SAINT I 1--we ynr WIS pecehlber 9 1899 Dear
old SAINT. If Won n Inm you are q dear
large dniI md o'I II pITd3 j. would ike a
for Ch.istmas " Tte asmTI1 ana q story book
'' " AWAKE ana she tired Good by.
Often ono fr5s Ii.I.
,ooa u Hnu' pt.ie hearts asking for
or others ana this child does not forget to
u'scrloe mlhutely the bank for which he
"sAS'
Zee, 10 1879. Dear Santa Pleas | wish
bank thai vii win I"u Mi a uoIi mousse ana a
the man holding it and n box az riore 90" fnr
ana "a purse for my papa mamma. Good
- l' WI ''"e' IRON your friend.
DANVILLE. Ind. Dec G 1Soo Door eo,,
Claus. ] want YOU to bring mamma some
sSrnb SPoomS' ana papa a box of handk-
gun and a ferret. and Frank -" some W g,oyo q
a hat, and me a pair of kid gloves. a
collar ~ new tin,oi u solI ring nun ana fur
pounds of candy some nuts. Your IIttiee
friend
Deor eorto cr----
team, gun, sorwd, fire engine holsc I me
ship, fish pond, soldiers. drum. bueIo, saw,
Ing Wood book, cap, cart, candy, Christmas
bells N''IP'''' e'oNeS' plocNs' ana some
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BuFFALO. N. Y.-Dear Sanity: | want
Soi h q Sord n morse and wagon and tin
foot Ball n drum and normn q a s 81 3hi5
ana gun. a train, ana rocking horse 3 story
hoUhS a DiiGk board a little milk wagon.
" " nol9e''
RIcnqo brine ', io'i 80 SANTA
and my brother Ralph a Hook and Iod6er
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In marked contrast to some of these mod
est children is this letter from a child who
believes that Santa Claus has every
thing for young and old and SO he asks