The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-12-26
LOTS OF LETTERS TO SANTA
GO TO DEAD letter OFFICE
somG SPECIFY the essAcT WHEREABOUTS sLEieH AND.
REINDEER mAH-coArGHTs OF LGrrERs NOT oivUloEp-
GIRLS SEND THANKS. soYs NEVER 90

hands dfift into the dead letter Of
Tee They oote from the hia cities
and the hHchWooaa. and from every
section 81 the country They uane
AZ last into the hands of Mrs Patti
Lyle Collins. a wonderfully keen lit
tis woman In charge Of = branch ~
tbe dead letter affiee Mrs. Collins
displays marvellous ability ia HetttnA
right Improperly ard partially al
dressed ietfefn. but the santa Clam
episfies are beyond her powers
kven when u iH plainly indicated
that he lives az Fairy Land Nurth
Pole. e among the "ioeberEH - Green.
land. IN Ncw York.. London or Pefir
sbe cannot see TO the delivery Of
these letters.
Mention 81 her name In connection
with ~. letters has given some OF
the children the notion that she =
Airs. Santa Claus only q few
days since, a letter addressed 10
washington. u. c. came from e
y@aruing soul AZ sherman. Ter. Her
appeal read;
GIRL say down here ~ TEXAS, ana
! have been tn bad health for a long
time. and this winter I fell down
HAAANM anu AHRA1 NAN - ANAA ~ -
air weeks before I could walk. and
now u 10 weak. and I can't Waih
very far. Ny papa N In bad health,
too. and has made poor rrota. and.
dear SANITY. I want a tricickis 80 verT
bad 10 rtasta school on. Could you
get word % old Santa Claus some
way 60 get me ore and send II n me
am nine years ola and I Wlii tov-
You. on. 80 god and HsnA you some
Texas p3caps " You VIII tell SANITY
70 send me fririekie. Yours fUndiy
HF.HSIcE PARKER.
on a nnm s-r % occasions. Mr-
Collins says. she has received re-
quests from rich people asking foi
the santa Claus letters Of the cities
IN which they iig~. Postal r.Hnin
tious hav. required the denial o'
these requests. The rule that ths
contents q LISTERS shall no, be made
public is enforced "a the dead lstf~i
office az strictly IN the case of child
fsh scrawta to Santa Claus as 20 an,
other ro~tmartsr- often give then
au, for publication. but that has mol
been done vt the general office her,
for three years.
Girls invariably want dolls. hoy,
y.arn for aiedn, soldiers. fire snEtne'
and rubber boots. Both make sen,
eral requests fs,r toys. Girls some
times express gratitude. but boyr
never do with tho latter there IL 4
positive statement OF their goodness
and almost a demand for the thing.
wanted. one little Eiri sent SONS
pressed flowers for santa Claus with
her request. A characteristic oi
practically all the letters 10 the din
POSITION to look out for No. 1. Tn
youthful author. seem TO feel thai
everyone should make his own lea
with Santa Claus. Rarely IN any re-
quest made in behalf Of parents
brothers or sisters. Sometimes. al
tho end of a long list Of things asked
for BIZ the author il the general r..
quest that Santa might bring some
thing for sister or brothan bu'
they don't want much"
The quacrsst request this yea
came from a little girl In the west
who asked only for a toothbrush
In the letter Santa Claus IL mis-
spslied 81 all couceivahis ways. NAM
Z OF the letters are printed, indicating
/ the authors primary cians trninin g
baby scrawis only are found In Hoin'
OF tho letters These little unel
know that their mothers can rcas
their writing and seem 10 think tha'
santa Claus should be able TO % -
as we'll. JACOB wALDEck.