The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-18

willing to Accept Help In the Work Of COm-
ing to the Aid Of Those MhOm santa Is
To Busy to SIsIt -Har Work To sort
Out Worthy From Unworthy Appeals.
Perhaps the New York City Federation
of WomCn's Clubs will he sorry before
Christmas comes hat they didn't wait
until about a day before Christmas TO go
to old Uncle Sam and put il. up to him to
turn over 10 the federation all the New
York letters that come into the Post Office
directed to Santa Claus. n. Y. C., U. s. A.
Last Saturday liz Santa Claus letters came
to- the Post Office.
On Sunday the papers published the first
hint that the federation is TO try to get
hold Of the letters and satisfy as many Of
the petitioninG Riddles az possible. Where
fore on Monday more than 500 Santa Claus
letters came along. The quantity and
doubtless the quality of the requests are
still hiking skyward.
TO-day's the day that Mrs. Clarence
Burns. president of the Little Mothers
Association, is to make application to
Postmaster Morgan TO let the federation
have the letters instead Of letting Uncle
Sam follow his former practice Of dump
ing them into the dead letter morgue.
Uncle Sam always has been so heartlessly
materialistic in he matter that he has
ciassed Santa Claus with Mr.. Martin Dooley,
the Doe and Roe boys. the funny man on
Life, painless dentists and other things
like that. Uncle says you'll have to show
him before he'll believe that any old party
exists who possibly could he so clever as
to climb down countless sooty ~chimneys
and still keep his cotton beard a spotless
white.
Uncle sam ia so busy with SO many things
Just now that he couldn't he seen yesterday.
Instead he gave ont interviews through one
of hi . lCCal representatives.. Postmaster
Morgan. Mr. Morgan would neither con-
finn nor deny the story around that there
is no Santa Claus The Postmaster ven
turcd the opinion. however. that Santa
Claus had better keep a sharper eye than
usual out this year while hitting 'er up across
the sky line of Manhattan or he'll slam his
face against tine Singer Building.
But there are "A lot OF little ones around
town who know a heap Of things that post
masters and other %grownups once knew
hut have forgotten. and above all things
they know that when IL comes TO giving
things away Santa can make Mr.. Carnegie
look like "A regular pikcr. As has been
intimated, ll2 Of them knew this on Satur-
day. and the ll2 evidently have enough
slightly older brothers and sisters who may
w hAhfA SAAN-' ~ u aAA' ~ A'AAA
the papers to bring the number up to the
500 or more Of Monday.
Yesterday morning word came 10 Mr..
Morgan from Washington to turn over 10
any organization or organizations -Of
standing as many of the Kris kringlc
letters az the organizations wished to take
care Of. Up 10 the closing hour last night
the local post Office department had received
no application for the letters, but Mrs.
BURNS. who has been delegated by the prfsi-
dent Of the federation, Mrs. William Cum
mings Story. to ask Uncle Sam to hand
over the letters. said last evening that she's
going to make the request for them to-day.
Mrs. Burns has appointed Mrs. William
X. Chapman treasurer OF the tund that q q
women hope 20 raise in order to-make good
wherever Santa Claus falls down. Any one
that wants to contribute should send the
contribution to Mrs. Chapman at the Wal
dorf-Astoria Hotel. Also If there are any
responsible ready letter writer's around
town hat would like to help out Kris Kringle
in answering the letters-he's a shocking !
bad correspOndent-they should apply
to Mrs. Clarence Burns. 1 West Eighiy-
third street. Ind Mrs. Burns will turn over
az many of The letters IA Kris's self-ap- !
pointed secretaries wish to answer.
Heretofore. so 1t was said at the Post |
Office Yesterday, Uncle has disliked TO give
the letters over to charitable associations
for the reason that once the word gets
out that some one really is going to try to
answer the written requests countless
nail grown unueSlTdDies ana many tnAt /
are full grown begin TO yell for help. Even
children OF the well TO do suddenly grow
wondrous wise under those circumstances. |
the post Office people say, and begin TO pine
for something for nothing.
why, lots of them" IL was said at the
Post Office yesterday afternoon, will spend
twelve cents in stamps to send six letters
il they thought they could get a five cent
gift III return
But the federation knows. too, that there
are a lot of chimneys in New York thai
Santa Claus avoids simply because the
ChImneys are cold. No one ever would
accuse Santa of being a snob, but he sure
does play up to well heated brownstone
chimneys whenever he gets a chance. Sew
eral grouchy people who were asked for a
reason for this yesterday replied that it's
because he il human enough TO tody TO the
rich. bit as a matter OF fact it's because he
IL a charter member Of the :. p. G.. Of A.
You sec. he never has saved out enough TO
buy blanket for his reindeers. and so when
he IL preparing To climb down the chimney
ne can't throw u covering over his steeds
as the milkman does when he goes IN TO have
n biz of chat and a cup OF coffee with the
hired girl. The only thing left for Santa
Claus to do IL to hitch his horned power
TO warm chimneys.
Word comes from the Farthest North
correspondent OF The Sun, Harlem branch,
that when Santa Claus was sighted recently
every one was SHOCKED. He pas zone on
frightfIlly in weight within the last month
or so and his furs are a Bit moth eaten. A
worried expression was on his face as no
told the reporter that his storshouse is so
filed with automobiles. Broadway plays,
family jewels and things that have been
put In cold storage and which he therefore /