Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
SANTA CLAUS IS, YOU BET!
A LOOK IN AT KANN'S STORE
SETTLES THAT.
Old Chap Is There Now Taking
Orders From Out-of-Town Boys
and Girls.

If any one has it up his sleeve to dis
illusionize his child on the Santa Claus
subject this season here's a tip to put it
off until next year. Christmas is no time
for disilluding, anyhow. and Christmas
morning would have no more significance
to the child than would the result OF
shopping tour if the real bare facts should
be disclosed so near to the grandest day
in the year. The Santa Claus idea is.
helped along in the toy department Of S.
Kann. Sons & Co., too A bearded and
red-robed citizen is sitting there in a little
office surrounded by enough toys to sup
ply all the children in the United States.
He has a book in which he inscribes the
wants of the young men and women who
come to see him. He takes their names
and addresses and places after it doll
or magic lantern or whatever the child
ish desire yearns for this year. Then, II
the parents cooperate properly, the old
gentleman sees to it that the request is
granted.
Easy, is it not? Children are happy,
parents keep up the old traditions and no
one Is any worse.
Paradise for Children.
S. kann, Sons & Co.'S toy department
has attracted attention among the out-of-
town shoppers, too, it seems. That Is
nothing to be wondered at, for they have
been paying lot of attention to toys. A
sign on one of the walls says that 1t Is
the largest toy department south of Phil
adelphia, and it would seem to the Ordi-
nary observer that II Philadelphia has
larger one anywhere it must reach over
into the outlying counties.
For that toy department OF kann's Is q
paradise for any one under fourteen.
There is everything a toymaker ever
thought of. and a few after thoughts.
Toys are the most important things In the
world after all Figure it this way and
you will reach that conclusion: Christmas
is primarily a children's holiday, barring
a few old crusty guys who sit In their
armchairs all day Christmas and figure
how much they have saved by not giving
presents If the children are satisfied
then every one else is satisfied, and as
the year seems to come to a great joyous
climax on December %. why then the
things which make every one SATISFIED are
important That's logical.
Well, one man thinks so anyhow, be-
cause he came all the way from down in
Virginia, left his entire bank roll in
KannS toy department and then made
bee line for The Star Office to get his
and said he had had the best time shop
ping he ever experienced. He must have
been buying for syndicate or for a
family from the anti-race suicide belt.
into kann's toy department from the
Allegheny mountains and bought $A6
dollars worth of toys. CanSyou not see
the happiness in that mountain home on
Christmas morning?
Wonders in Mechanical Toys.
He got better toys than he ever dream
ed of. He saw the latest things in me-
chanical toys. little moving picture ma
chimes that work to perfection. whales
that swim in bath tub and squirt water
like the real thing, toy umbrellas to
keep the water off while the whale is
working, electric railroads that run
through tunnels, into freight yards. have
switches, signals and passengers.
thousand different puzzles, dolls as big
as a mountain lion, teddy bears that
would sink a ship, teddy bears that he
could put in his vest pocket, swings,
hobby horses, elephants, Noahs arks,
building blocks-his brain ached from
seeing so many. -
But it was worth while coming to
Washington. He had good time. bought
the children the best stuff they have ever
had and got his railroad fare back.
Those two are not the only ones. There
were a whole lot more and they all say
they are not only satisfied. but mighty
glad The Star ran an out-of-town shop
ping section last Sunday.