The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
ar MYRTLE MILES

A Los Angeles daily tells story of Christmas made beautiful for a crowd of little children by a former Birmingham KirI-Carrie Ullman, daughter of Dr. Sam ueI Ullman She is now Mrs. Jonas Rosenfield and all during the month of December she has told stories and played games with the children of one charitable institution after another-the Los An geles Orphans home. Childrens Hospital, Jewish Orphans Home, Bethlehem Insti- fulton. and the Belle White Home.
 This happiness was given to the chil- dren of the California city through the { Los Angeles Record, in which Estelle I.awton Lindsay tells this story of Mrs. Rosenheld:
 Now" said Mrs. Rosenheld, T want to see everybodys eyes"
 Fifty-six pairs if eyes of all colors and shapes were raised trustingly to her face and 56 dimpled faces smiled in expecta- tion of joy to come.
 Carolyn Ullman Rosenheld, as she is known professionally, has a genius for handling little children. A kindergarten teacher before her marriage to Jonas Rosenneld, magazine writer, her two { sons have increased rather than dimin- ished her love for all children, and now she gives of her time and talents to amuse the tots who come to Venice with their parents and are bored by the amusements provided for grown-ups. Every Saturday afternoon one visiting j the big dance hall on Windward pier may see joyous, absorbed group of little folks sitting wide-eyed at the feet of "the fairy-tale lady,n drinking in the pretty stories she knows so we'll how to tell.
 I arrived in the midst of the recital of santa Claus Magic Curtain" The 56 were listeming breathlessly to the thrill < ing tale of how Santa Claus fell asleep s Christmas eve and so did not know of the rising of the magic curtain that warned 4him that all the little children in the whole world were tight asleep and it was time for him to begin his travels with his sleigh of toys. But Santa $ kittycat was very wide awake, and de- termned the youngsters should not be disappointed; so she jumped into the long white whislsers of the Jolly saint and wrought such havoc with her claws that Santa awoke with a jump and raced off with the sleigh of toys to the uttermost parts of the earth.
 Bully for the kitty" cried a small ur- chin in overals.
 "you bet echoed an elegantly clad lad whose kid gloves and Dutch cut hair marked him as belonging to the upper crust.
 q got cat" said a ragged boy, edging up and throwing a trusting and friendly arm across my lap. Shes a nice cat, 1oo-but [ know who Santa Claus is
 Keep it dark I said batting his little hand. Look at those kids; you don t want to keep them from being happy, do your
 Nome you bet don't" replied the child christmas is nice, ain't it? Folks thinks about kids them
 The story came to an end and many dimped hands clapped with pleasure. The boy in the overalls rolled over in token of appreciation, displaying large patch on the seat of his blue jean neither gar ment; and a white and gold baby with china blue eyes rose on her fat knees and cried for another story until the ia nonse red ribbon bow on her head bobbed like a cork when fish has hold of the hook
 Achievements rushed in from each side of the hall. Snaggletooth youngsters, chewing gum; fat babies, lowed along by nurses, and busiy sucking infantile thumbs little girls in stiff white dresses and wearing gold chains. as tokens of maternal pride; scholarly looking urchlns with green ties
 Rich and poor, high and low. dark and fair, ocetaental and oriental. they all had a common meeting ground in the Christ mas stories
 And the stories held each a moral skill fully concealed: that is all except a few nonsense stories told just to loosen the tension of the little bodies through hearty laugh.
 "Children need relaxation through non sense just as much as grown people. said Mrs Rosenheld "l make them hap DIV and then I can influence them. have done some wonderful work with the children of the slums in my home town of Birmingham, Ala. I know my influence on one little girl. a child formerly con sidered incorrieible. reformed an entire family. The child was incorrigible sim nlv because she was too ignorant tc know how to express the love and de- sire for improvement that was within her"
 Then she told another story of how the spiders came 10 see a wonderful Christmas tree that Santa had prepared for the poor little children and how ir gratitude for seeing the pretty sight they spun wonderful webs all over it, web' that immediately by magic became gold en. and every child who heard the story promptIy felt more kindly toward spiders.
 Following the stories Mrs Rosenheit directed q number of games in which hel small audience joined with royal gooC will and the grown-ups stood all arounC the railing that surrounds the dancin; floor and joined in the fun, clapping thei approval.