The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-14
TELL To SANTA
THEIR DESIRES
Children Flock About Depart
ment StOre:kris kringIe.
LATTER is MAKING CONVERTS
THE ARCTIC VISITOR ASSURES
CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO ALL.
N EGETABLEs. please. Santa. mann

Y ma says candy's not good for
me-"
1t was wonder that the bewhisk-
cred, kindly-faced, red-frocked person.
age thus addressed contained his laugh
Ter as this modest requested was de-
hvered to him yesterday afternoon.
No doubt he would have chuckled
had. he not been a well-paid Santa
Claus in one Of Salt Lakes large
department stores. A laugh, a smile
even, might have destroyed the fair lit-
Tie petitioners hope that here at last
was real, live Santa Claus. and that
would have been fatal If Kris Krin-
gle would hold his job nowadays he
must use diplomacy in dealing with
his subjects. for a red slip might fol-
low failure to perform his duties eff
GENTLY
so the vegetable request made by a
dainty little miss of about s years was
carefully noted with hundreds of 9TH
ers. Then the applicant flew back to
her mothers side and whispered. He
put it all down" And her mother. the
woman with anti-confection tastes.
smiled apprOvingly.
Santy's throne was the scene of a
merry hub-bUb and the girl who made
the singular request was forgotten as
others pressed on for their turn. The
first was little girl Of about years.
who, after enumerating several desir-
able presents, said:
Please, Santa. don't forget the piano.
1 never had one in my life"
Wants Tin Hay For Tin Horse.
Santa assured here, as he had her
predecessor and then lent his ear TO a
boy of 6. who besieged him with:
A tin horse and a tin COW on boards
with wheels-and hay fol them
What kind Of hay?" asked Kris.
Why, er-yes, make the hay tin hay,
Then followed these requests in quick
succession:
"A dump cart" "A sweet little dolly
with long, curly hair and blue eyes
"a light-headed DOLL "a pair Of gloves
with fingers"
Then an enterprising little girl added
TO her request for a ''niggeT doll. doll
buggy, candy and nuts" the admission
to Santa that she Just loved him" A
minute later she pushed through the
throng again to cOnfide that if it was
all right she'd take a stove instead Of
the niger doll"
Girls Want Home Things.
~ thA last girl may be noted the ex-
tent to which love of "a little home of
their own dominates thoughts of the
little women to- whom sa-ta Claus is
an open sesame TO desirable presents.
In nearly every instance. as Santa
himself said after business hours. when
girls ask for presents, they lean toward
the domestic. Thus, it is a little
stove or a little dashboard" or a
little rocker" which is desired Games.
puzzles. pictures, etc, are not so well
thought of.
The illustrations given Santa which
best illustrate this point were given by
a 6-year-Old girl as follows:
q like bed, and a washbOard. and
table, a sewing machine and a beau
-eau and d clock"
Almost enough there to start house
keeping at once. one would think.
On top of this came an inquiry from
I 6-year-old miss. who wanted To know
If they got any little houses with win
lows and doors like ours
Santa was next obliged to assure a
title girl that she should have "a bug
81 TO roll dolly in when she's sick. and
chair and rocking chair. that's all"
A specific little miss of only one sum-
ner and a half lisped for "a rubber doll
md a stuffed cat
Some little girl of II years is to have
a stove, little one like mammals, and
new red leg for the table for Santa
aid she would
Boys Seek to Make Noise.
As noticeable as the domestic traits
mOng girls is the desire among boys
or something that is OF brilliant color
T that will make noise.
hHrc &c
fire department, or a string Of cars.
'ut a red rocking horse, or q red fire
apartment or red cars. The soothing
rum is favorite not easily over
brown. as indicated by the instruc-
ions given Santa by Young America
Another consideration which rules
Oy's requests is that of their elders
For instance, Santa hap
ened to know that the boy who want
q cans had a big brother working for
he railroad company. The boy who
-anted barn and cattle had an uncle
hose ranch he had visited.
The first mentioned lad asked for "a
re department with red wheels. with
captain and whole business, and a
an Pedro train"
One boy, who believed in using his
yes as well as his tongue, suggested to
anita, after telling him that he wanted
red rocking horse. that he might give
i'm that one right there" The rock
* horse indicated was one of the best
stock and the boys hopes were
aised high when Kris promised that
should be his-"Or one like it,
One youth wished "a Ratchet TO chop
indling for mamma, also a tool chest
In this way the requests ran on for
he hour or more that Santa was on
Exhibition. In most cases the children
anne away with smiling faces. conf
ent that their wishes were to be real
ed. Some were so positive in this be-
eff that they double tracked, thus
orking poor Santa to the limit
He's a peach said some ones girl
; she hurried away with q companion.
tier letting he of the whiskers and red
ock down easy with doll trunk.
lreau and candy"
This seemed 10 be the general senti-
ent Santa was a peach" He was
D bluff. He wasn't any paper" man.
And it is in this belief that the mod
n Santas stock in trade lies. There
e Santas and Santas. Some, il seems.
light prove 10 children that they were
Ot myths at all
Santa Tells His Experiences.
The Santa Claus referred to in this
-ticle is proba bly, dc gOod as any who
ave been on the salary roll of Salt
axe house. Speaking of his exper-
nee as a modern Kris Kringle. he
i'd:
.s-The question as 10 the wisdom, az