The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-10


the toys to the children without the
need of using a chimney"
THAT seems to me a good plan" re-
piled Santa Claus. well pleased ut hav-
ing solved the problema 1--WE will try
it next year"
That was how the Fairy, the Pixie,
the KNOCK and the Ryl all rode in the
sledge with their master the follow.
ing Christmas Eve and they had no
| trouble at all in entering the new
fashioned houses and leaving toys for
the children that lived in them.
| Aud their deft services not only re-
| ieved Santa Claus of much labor. but
enabled him TO complete his own work
more quickly than. usual. so that the
merry party found themselves at home
with an empty sledge a full hour be-
| fore daybreak.
| The only drawback to the journey
was that the mischievous Wis1 persist
ed in tickling the reindeer with a long
feather TO see them jump, and Santa
Claus found it necessary to watch him
every minute and TO tweak his long
ears once or twice to make him behave
himself.
But, taken all together, the trip was
great success. and to this day the
four little folk always accompany
Santa Claus on his yearly ride and
help him In the distribution OF his
gifts
But the indifference Of parents,
which had so annoyed the good Saint.
did not continue very long. and Santa
Claus soon found they were really
anxious he should visit their homes on
Christmas Eve and leave presents for
their children.
So, to tighten his task, which was
fast becoming very difficult indeed.
old Santa decided to ask the parents
to assist him.
Get your Christmas trees all ready
for my coming" he said to them, "and
then shall be able to leave the pres
ents without loss OF time, and you can
put them, on the trees when am
gone
And to others he said, "See that the
children's stockings are hung up in
readiness for my coming, and then l
can fill them as quick as wink"
And often, when parents We're kind
and good natured. Santa Claus would
simply fling down his package of gifts
and leave the fathers and mothers TO
I'LL the stockings after he had darted
away in his sledge.
II will make all loving parents my
deputies cried the folly old fellow,
"and they shall help me do my work
for in this way I shall save many
precious minutes and few children
need be neglected for lack of time to
visit them"
Besides carrying around the big
packs in his swift flying sedge old
Santa began to send great heaps OF
tops to the toyshops, SO that if par
ents wanted larger supplies for their
children they could easily get them,
and If any children were by chance
missed by Santa Claus on his yearly
rounds they could go to the toyshops
and get enough to make them happy
,sRd eontented. For the 'loving' friend
of. the little ones decided that no child,
If he could help il, should long for
toys In vain, and the toyshops also
proved convenient whenever child
fell i'll and needed a new toy to amuse
1t, and sometimes, on birthdays. the
fathers and mothers go to the toy
shops and get pretty gifts for their
children in honor of the happy event. !
Perhaps you will now understand
how, in spite of the bigness of the
world Santa Claus is able to supply |
all the children with beautiful gifts, |
To be sure, the old gentleman is rarely |
seen in these days, but it is not be-
cause he tries to keep out of sight. l
assure you. Santa Claus is the same
loving friend of children that in the
old days used to play and romp with
them by the hour, and know be would |
love 10 do the same now if he had the
time: but, You see. he lis so busy all
the year making toys and so hurried
on that Que. night when he visits our
homes with his packs that he comes
and goes among US like flash, and it
is almost impossible TO catch glimpse
of him.
And. although there are millions and
more of children in the world
than there used to be, Santa Claus has
never been known to complain Of their
numbers.
"The more the merrierw he cries,
with his jolly laugh, and the only diff
ference TO him is the fact that his
little workmen have TO make their
busy fingers fly faster every year TO
satisfy the demands OF so many little
ones.
"In all this world there is nothing
so beautiful as a happy child" says
good old Santa Claus, and if be had
lis way the children would all be beau
tiful, for all would be happy.