The evening world., 1910-12-21

which m,Les mo Kind OF worried about
nex, va,r y I guess 1t Is all
hunky dory. though. because r''~"'e'"
and me will not get all the thlnSs we
saw. 80 that leaves something over tor
next time.
Well. say. what do you think was one
Of the best things we saw? II was those
men ard animals and things they COLL
"r.ddv's Adventures in Africa" Well.
say. that's swell. There was a Teddy
Roosevelt, about six inches tall. made Of
wood. and hanged IL 1t didn't look like
him. because ! saw him once and I
know. say. IL they could make this one
talk all The time some way 1t would he
Jus; exactly like Mr.. Roosevelt FOR fair.
And there IS a Kermit Roosevelt, too.
ana, ~ links, there IL a little camera
sIung over his shoulder. And. say.
santa Claus. tie cutcst little tents and
cGmp-stools and all the little things tnat
YOU camp with. and even some of those
African fellows with just nothing ont
beads on, the way my mother says KUN
-. Denis does when she dances. oniy
nv father says: she only gives mat
irees-haHg II all!'
Well, say, santa Claus, that's a
cute toy. al right, u | would IKE |"
have one, Elizabeth says TO write she
would, too. but II you think one III
the family Is enough YOU can give IL
t. me and as soon as she Is old enough
TO be careful / will let her play with It,
Novelty in Soldiers.
And say, flnta Claus. I had some
pretty fine soldiers given to me last
wear, but never saw anything so
grand as the o: rs you lave made ''r
this Christmas. There are the Wost
Point Cadets. they are only VI a caro-
some OF them, though the s. cards are
best. DO you know what | like aoonl
those cadets? / think it Is awfu nee
those cadets I think II IL awtul nice
The way YOU can move their arms. You
can poke their guns around In dineren'
positions and It Is just the naturalist
thlr, TO see them. Then. that was a
good idea YOU had, Santa Claus. about
fixing the soldiers so You can Just
shake the card they are fastened to ana
they will all stand up again after YOU
have gone and knocked them down
II. keeps the soldiers together. too
ara they don't get scattered around tine
mouse TOT DtUplt " 'NNP "' $500
their bare feet like my father did on
one of my best ones and broke ms
ba yone,, too. ! mean M father broke
the soldiers bayonet, and my mother
said, "Sh, how ashamed you'd lee! l.
the children heard that
Well. say Santa Claus, got 20 write
something now that Elizabeth wants,
because II | don't I expect she viii
ilggle herself to pieces right here
alongside OF me. oh, of course we men
know what she wants first, It's & doll.
II girls aren't the funnles: things 10
want trash like that when they could
lust as well hay a buzz saw or some
thing nice. Well. Santa, Elizabeth
wants a lady doll. One OF the new
fashioned ones you made this year.
She says they have regular hair done
up In a mot like my mothers, and q
hopble Skin, and a little nun for the!r
hands. We saw one for $50, and I tod
Eliza beth that was too much money
for a doll. but afterward We found out
there are cheaper ones.
Paper Village a Delight.
Say. Santa Claus. II you want to give
us something cheap. lust to MI In. we
like tina paper village for ninety cents
pretty well, There are ffty little houses,
churches and a school and everything.
and they are all packed nat In the bo>,
and you take them out and Mt them TO-
gether. There are some trees sud
fences, too, oome with the houses. BIZ;
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