The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-28

Patent Merriment to Order. With or
Without q Personal Santa.

by didn't happen usually to
60 to the front door himself, but he
did on this occasion. He was greeted
by quiet, perfectly groomed gentle
man with the most delightful man
ners that Grimmsby ever remembered
to have seen.
Grimmsbly gasped.
Patent Christmasl' he said. ~ don't
quite understand"
"Quite easy. If you will permit mo
I will explain. My company takes the
whole thing off your hands. We do IL
all. We can furnish you with COM
plete Christmas-accordin to your cir
| climstancesA-all the way from $50 up
to $1,000. Nothing for you to do. All
you do is to sit back, smile and be
genuinely happy"
"That sounds good" said Grimmsby,
who was In that ante Christmas condi-
ton of mind where he was willing to
welcome anything. How do you do
itT
"Qulte simple, assure you. Would
you like yours with or Without"
with or without whatT
with or without personal Santa
Claus visit. We have them all grades
An ordinary Santa Claus who appears
Mt the right time and distributes pres
ents to family party for the purely
nominal sum Of So. If you wish him
to come by aeroplane and make actual
descent through and down chimney,
anywhere from 4sto o in morning. that,
of course, is hlgher-from $50 to $40
extra. Let's see, you have five in fam
lily. Shall give you an estimator
"Do you think up things to give all
" ones friendsr asked Grimmsby,
trembling with excitement.
Certainly. Short description of par
ty TO be honored is all we want"
"Do you trim the Christmas tree?"
"Of course. We make speciality of
| getting something unique and origin II
each year. This season we have train.
ed birds that slng as the candles are
lighted. They come high, but are
worth it,
"Ah! Do you acknowledge gifts?"
"Yes, sir. In the most delicate and
sympathetic manner One of our let
ters Of acknowledgment, written by
trained bands of authors we employ,
would bring tears to your eyes"
The stranger leaned forward impress
sively.
I'VE leave nothing undone," he said
earnestly. "All you do is to furnish
us list Of your friends and family.
We employ a telephatlc expert. who is
enabled through mind reading to tell
what every one wants. There are some
errors, of course-we cannot all be
perfect-but these we rectify afterward
by system Of exchange. We do up
all packages, we tip all servants,
and we can do this cheaper than any
concern In the world because we have
a system.
I'VE guard against all intrusion. We
superintend the Christmas dinner, and
our doctor is on hand. In attendance
afterward, to treat the children. We
hang up all stockings. preserve all flu.
sions that the children have ever had,
abstract all letters they place in the
chimney within five minutes after they
are deposited. make all acknowledge
ments - In fact, sir, there is nothing
about Christmas that we do not attend
to. In short, we give you absolute
freedom, ill you to overflowlng' with
the right spirit and make you happier
than you ever dreamed Of being
And we do this at less cost to you
than IL you did 1t yourself. Now. can
ft you out with combination Christ.
mas-say our No. 3. This includes ia.
ther and mother. three children. eight
relatives and limit OF sixteen friends.
Would that be about right for your"
II should say that would hit It,"
"And about Santa-just an hour of
him. or will you have an actual de-
scent. with aeroplane waiting, Christ
mas bells heard ovorhead?"
"Put that In"
well, sir, we can fix you out all
complete, including exchanges. ac-
acknowledgements and everything. for the
small sum of three hundred and
Suddenly. at this interesting point,
something grasped Grimmsby firmly
by the arm.
1t was Mrs. Grimmsby.
"Come! Comet" she exclaimed.
'Wake up, you lazy thing 1t is almost
Z o'clock, and you've got to spend the
rest OF the day helping me tie up all
those packages and trimming that
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