The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-06
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It Is thought that Santa Claus will assrwhsImins Ha,sF..E chFlstmss toys coming in. lese the girls and boys grtn) iAF ChEisfmas cash going out, t5 fsee their nave and deddies peutl The only way seme msn,s babies keep them up 6t night is through tell Inf the funny snaaFt things the. kfd 2sd dfaaS tEe HS aOas sss q 5iF'sis 'siss brave. = Where the trust is supreme.
 And the poor man slave.
 Considering the kind of convsrsas usa s.s. ecps that worasn hand olt to na- into EiobAF'ne idiotsf
 Everybody in shgS town -is happy anA pgQaperous and malEinE a. noiae like q ChristmAs present. What malt our bsek ike watsf oss q duck. -
 In Alter Yearn.. ,es Ia after years when we grow pid.
 When llfe'e dim eve ie neat...
 Inc SIs anSs SsYosa Socs ns ws sussss sssr s0lo We think of children grown and gone
 And we pick up with care A little toy, little shoe.
 Or . little lock of hair. 8 Maybe upon the rnantlepiecs
 A little boys eyes Beam from Q faded photograph
 In innocent surprise.
 Maybe some funny words he wrcte.
 With many a little pause, And q lump comes rising in your
 A note to santa Claus E. oh give us back the silvery laugh.
 The little pattering feet
 But now twouid seem so sweet. oa Wsii sRsSt sSsuS ySu while Sfs asOssaee Ms ssS You rob q mother of her babe.
 To give the world a man.
 Throwwh Ehe Mall Rag. (Such letters as the following make a fsfiow feel like working hardsr than ever to merit these kind words to praise from well known Alabama
 Beyond the MiIis of Dreans. Beyond the Hills of Dream today my
 fancy's roaming free -A - ths land of Yst To Be. And think that you are with me and
 we're strolling. hand in hand XAiQUAn Oh che HIiis of Dream. they beekdn and
 ! want 90 much to go, where the sweetest Inpsie's Rlsying to Tn 8 world of love and beauty, where
 the Queen Of 1t is You, ys With your hair of golden sunahine,
 with your eyes of dreamy.:biue. There are moekinE birds and roses.
 there are sweet magnolia blooms. There gre tarns of 9trrored moonlight,
 there are palm trees waving And syeFygas is good and pure as Iit-
 ue chtldrsa are
 Oh. to feel your hand-clasp. see your
 eyes with old love gIeam x0u Gsas 1ond VRi tSs s Eh SSs SssgDSse Dsaa away be-
 P. H. A. Dear Mir. vArmstfong:
 Please accept my congratulations on the sweetn0as and sentiment expressed> in the above. It's a kind of habit of Go read your column daily. I don't as- sSg s51s mans tS Ss but # were % csiisd S apos to "place" you. tt would be my pleas ure to estimate your productions along side of Frank I. stanton; and yet, suppose you are but young mar, are parR graphing, I am sometimes 80 egotistIc as to think ts one Of my pet hobbies, and naturally I'm interested In that feature of every paper which comes to my desk. Your sQulbs. some how, always catch my eye first of all, in fact, don't think 1t any exaggera- tion Go say that you are among the best in Dixie.
 am not fixing to run for ofice ana have no axe whatever to grind in ~handIng" you this, but as It's hu- man nRtureNto appreciate anything that sounds like a compliment. no matter how Insignificant the source Of said compliment, and as we newspaper FOLK so seldom get an. overdose of that milk O human Kindness, known as Bympa- thy and appreciation, and as had 2 kind word in my system for you. tuss thought I'd seek relief on my soratchs pad; and let you have It. This is not intended for publication by any means. but if you just can't help letting the world know what one of the fraternity thinks of you why let Tor flicker. but kindly withhold my Te save you the trouble of running ovsr Co Tom Owen'e oftioe, or glancing through BTitanlea's to lind out who am. win cay that you probably will be able to Identify me with the Dothap psseeFs more especially the deceased, but memorable. Daily SiftinBs.
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