Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-18
Not All the Wonderful Toys
Charm Him Most.
NOR SANTA CLAUS, EITHER
But It Was the Day He Rode and
Rode in Elevator
SWINGING DOORS BEGUILE HIM
And Bright Gold Finger Bowl He
Upset and Chased Through
Hotel Dining Room.


the store windows and the imitation San
Ia Clauses is part of the ante-Christmas
program. The question is. Who has
tie more FUN. parent OF clId?
There are stores fun of Joyous things.
fine tow. enchanting do-funncs, painted
grotesques in animal form. tin arrange
Mcnts that are to be wound up and sent
away vIi.zzing in eccentric paths over the
'arpet. under tables. between chair leg,
ed end up sasping their last like
a fish out of water; sai,boats. Steamboats,.
engines, sonss. drums. Everything: Ev-
eT5 thing
And into this noisy fairy land where.
tie ideality of the child dream oc The
Land of Toys is checkered and :. AT
tered and pierced with cries OF "CasE. -
DO YOU want To be waited on Oh.
ueaT me-" and = hundred thousand
strange ana raUcous sounds. every year
Inc parents bring their little children 10
fevei N "a sight of an imitation Santa
Claus
Denny's Trip to Toyland
Perhaps. !Iowever. this perfectly true
tale al Young Edward Dennison whose
family name must he shrouded in ano
IymitE-wili ed some new hight on the
Subject Of What children enjoy most
when they go downtown. Edward Den
nlson il known on Columbia Heights as
Denny he had the time OF his life
o. his downtown trip but in g most un-
expected way.
lie is little-two ana three-quarters as
~ Years, and small for that. His hair l.
perfect golden brown His eyes are
wonderful
He has unbourded sweetness and unen-
compaSsed mischief He is the little boy
Who Il so bad that his parents 20 wild
WIFE NeNation. YET when they start to
spank him one look of his eyes takes the
IeprinanG rom their lips and the hair
brush from the hand that yields it
Benny : aunt took him downtown to
see Santa Claus and the toys She
taousht it would be fine thing TO start
|; OF by luncheon at one of the big
hotels. where pruneS are listed at 81
cents As for Denny, he would just as
soon have luncheon there as anywhere
else.
Tne head waiter grew violently enamor-
Ell of Denny and produced golden high
chair tucked in his napkin and ac-
tiiaily served the lamb chop. while mil
ionaires looked on agrast. They have
tu line the head walters palm with
gold for that sort of service.
People in the dining room began cram
MS neckS To see Denny, Ladies whis-
per"d to their escorts: Isn't that the
Sutest little boy You ever SAW
His table manners We're wonderful The.
little boy with the golden brown haii.
ate away i'll perfect ignorance of the
faet that men We're nudging one another
all over the dining room just because. m
was there.
But Sold-plated finger bowl spoiled
Tie picture Now, Denny'S parents have
hhSer bowls as often as they have meals
out tteir bowls are OF the glass Kind
Along came Il Srlnning AISatian i'll a
bob-talied coat. bearing the golden
bowl like Ganymede offering wine to
love Denny took one look at the shin
ing object. was fascinated beyond table
manners, shot out small and active
hand and clutched the dripping thing
Down from the gold high chair he sat
10 chase the rolling golden, stopping
bowl From a hundred men and women
rose faint chuckle and then roar
Denny had made u hit