The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-18
LETTERS FROM
THE CHILDREN.

THE CHILDREN.
Dear Mr. Times Man;
will serd you a Xmas; story ana 90
hope Will get the gold medal ~, pvt - h am
might write better stories because they
are older, but II they do an, ! not t4 give
up for Will be man ms, sons 1s uag .r rhf
Anderson IN my reader; then can have
gold medals, can't / !? &.
Mr. Times Man wo hays n nun cnf p zee zee
them on cold mornings ny dow, for their he
then run III the house Presently y n lnnta,na
s sos Ahe 0 9 ses q s
" TO the window. SC. as to not frighteans
them then they fy do vrs h9p nad Shy
l I'm, Of Mary Fuiton Jim, Ted and Rob
ROY to give us this nice breakfant," and
We feel happy to SEQ them enjoy IT.. III, 4,
The first time Y9 n Ta aow snen on my
water iiI RI from ron the barrel where we kept the
water lily during the summer. Mamma
Gd gte e S Se f fsw aoWn s
FssS VI , hna ffw s%s liz %,,n otsr e
where It found It arN1llheT bs Same ~ then
Whole, Whole host Of them. Baby Ralph
clapped his hands md coocd with delight;
Rob Roy said .Oh' look at ,,em. LOOK %, az a.
brides flew! Soon they. returned and
picked up the crumbs. Now they como
every morning to get water and breakfast,
ened; Ike they have found we don't mean TO
hurt mem hour JIM i;1ta Tied RUDY.
independence. Va. .,
Dear Mr.. Times Man:
I viii tell you what daddy did, Daddy
had all our flreplaces closed up and put
heaters n the rooms ana I'VE nesse ear hm e
didn't know how Santa Clnus would
come in. Then daddy said we would
leave the dining room fireplace open , anu
Claus Will not. get burned, but we are
afraid Santa Claus will not know where
to find our s,ofkingy 50 We mean na n 70
in IN mi,amnn1y's room and Josie said she
Thought he would fiji both. for Santa
Claus would soc the ones In the. dining
XVIII xvii i must st see how many children I've
here" Then he would find the stock.
ings In tho other rooms ind /, s N.Y. y!
x e9E nny sn!'qr9" afs 'f hese =
and :we would get them full TOO:
whatever he brings me- candy or any;
& L, ! mean e give Miss Bertha par.
Ana /. will tell you what ] ohm yaughan's
daddy said. Joints daddy said II John
didn't be q good boy Santa Claus would
not come there at all. and If he should
come and start down the chimney ne
would burn him: John Is trying awful a.
wants Santa CLAUS to bring, her u piano
but daddy said he didn't believe Santa
Claus's reindeer could pull piano up
: i hone Santa Claus will bring you lots
ofsnice things. for you have been 50 good
a. q ROB ROY RHUDY.
Independence Va.
Dear ditor-I have Just gotten through
looking at your funny nl"tur., and was
looking at your r. d. G. &i:.ub page and
meme in the cHlun q yo
very much for your kindness toward me-.
I drew a picture this time, as | made
a failure on the colorlng. hope you
will be kind enough to put 1t on your
Christmas is coming closer every day,
and Santa Claus will be around. VIII
what Kind Of time had. Our Sunday
school Is going to give an entertainment
/ and 7. will have 70 be in It. I haven't
anything more 70 write " Sc Si'1 close.
fo0I DE aSs!{i cuLBpRr.
Marion, Va.
Dear Mr.. Editor,--I have waited. to
time This is my first. i like to read
$thc clldren's letters ! enjoyed the en-
iertainment you gave n ,, Us al the, the B, ;al
coming home found a pocket-book with
three dollars and nfty-one cents. a. key
and some other things was so proud
that ran home and carried 1t to my
Mother. She opened 1t and found be-
SIDES what 1 said some visiting cards,
giving the name of the owner. On New
Years Day we carried it6so the lady&and
she gave me one dollar and nifty cents.
and a box of good things. Il was the RICH
est boy in Richmond. l tell you / never
will forget that lady. tt!ilt u
Re s!RSbbfis BATES
No 46 N. Thirty.seeond ST. St.,
Dear Mr. Times Man:
We can't think of anything to write
al bout now, only Xmas and Santa Claus.
We wrote down everything we wanted
and 1t made two ges fun, We wanted
the mail but Joise said the best way to
reach Santa Claus WIS to send them up
the chimney; and a little ELF would carry
them to S.lntn Claus 5"quickern scat" So
and when we did a naughty thing she
would mark off one Of our presents. and
when we did something nice and kind and
dear she would add another present.
had mtet Been IN marked Off, Jim Led Whispered
to Rob Roy; daddy might as we'll close
up the other fireplace, for no didn't be-
leve Santa Claus would come, So we de-,
cided We had !. better be good and now
Mr.. Times Man hope you will have q
merry, merry Xmas. and be very happy,
for you have made 80 many lite chill