The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-12-25
LOTS OF LETTERS TO SANTA
GO TO DEAD letter OFFICE
GONE SPECIFY E,1scr WHEREABOUTS OF sLEIoH.A
REINDEER nAs-cosrEsrs OF LETTERS NOT oivvLoEp-
GIRLS SEND THANKS. BUT BoYs NEVER

hands arift into the dead letter Of.
Tee. They auuAe ffufn tia big cities
ana the baekwcoda. sna from even
ssrtion Of the country They pas.
It last Into tho hands Of Mrs PATTI
Lsir Collins. a wonderfully keen ia
lie woman ia charge " a hHaneh .,
the dead letter office. MrN Collins
displays rlafVsious ability nt nstiina
right improperly and partially al
dressed letters. but the santa ciaus
suistiss kre Beyond her poNsfr
EVEN when Il h plainly indicated
that he lives az Fairy Land. Norts
Pole among the ficrberEs 81 Green.
land. IN New YORK.. London or rAttr
she cannot zee TO the delivery al
thvnr letters.
Montlon % bN name In coaneciien
Niih the letters has given some 81
fhr children she notion that she =
Mira santa Claus only a fsW
days since. a letter addressed TO
'Nhashinkton. -. - came from :
warming soul At sherman. TEX. Her
appeal read.
D~ar santa C7auss I am a utii.
siYi var doNn here IN Texas ana
have be~n IN bad health for = tong
time. and this wtni-r I fslf tewn
stairs and broke my leg and n was
sls weesa before could walk. and
now u - weak. aud | can't wsfs
tery Ear. Mr. para is Ia baa health.
ton. and has made poor crops. and
dear Santy. ! want = trictckie 80 very
bad 90 Ftdsoo school on. Could you
Get wurf ~ ult Santa Claus some
way 70 get me one and senG Il 70 me.
am nine years cid aud l ~lll low
yca. on. no rund' and send yoa some
TEXAS p~caus II you will tell SANITY
10 seud uae q frlcickie Yours fandiy.
nEHNtCE PARKER.
on . uuns ssr uf orrasinns Mrr
eoiiiur says she has received re-
guests from rich people asking for
the Santa Ciaas letters 81 the u4fies
in which they live. Postal reguis
sIons have required the dental ~
these requests The rule that the
contents Of letters shall no, h- mad.
public IL entered al the dead letter
affios as strictly IN the case Of child
ish Fcrswtr % Santa Claus a. 70 an,
ether Postntastsrs often give them
30, for rubiiea ton. but chat has no.
been done ~ the general office here
for three years.
glris invariably want dolls. Boy
yearn for sleds. soldiers. fire engines
ana NNhH@F nsfNtAs HNhN MAKE kNNs
eral requests fssr tofs4 3iris sorue.
iinisE express gratitude. but bOys
never do. With the latter there 10 a
positive statement uf their goodness
and almost q demand for the thing.
waited. one little Girl sent some
pressed flowers for Santa claus with
her request. A characteristics of
practically al the letters IL the dis.
osition 10 iook out for No. !. The
youthful authors tesm TO feel that
everyone should make his own deal
with Santa Claus. Rarely In any re-
quest made I'm behalf Of parents
brothers or sisters. Sometimes. at
the end OF u long list 81 things asked
for by the author IL this general re-.
quest that santa might bring -soine-
thing for sister or brother. but
they don't want much"
The aueersst request this year
came from a little girl IN the west.
who asked only for a toothbrush
In the letter Santa Claus IL mis-
spelled In all conceivable ways. Many
Of the letters are printed. indicating
the authors primary class training
Rahy ecrawls only are found In some
OF the letters These Htil. ones
know that their mothers can reAi
their writing and seam 10 think that
Santa Claus should be able 10 DO 40
~ well. JACOB wALDECk.