The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-24
LETTERS 70 SANTA clluS
FROM WELL KNOWN TOpEkAns

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he would Be glad to have you remem-
Der him again. c. n. 3
Dear Santa Cl&us: Please bring me
q real. live. full-f1edged joint. one that
you can pull and it will run and be
pulled again. We haven't had one in
our town for . long while and lots OF
people want one. 30 they can pull 1t.
and they think ought to find 1t for
them. SO please help me out do not
want it to play with myself. but just
want to have it around 20 other peo-
pie can pull it and be made happy.
want to please the ladies.
Also please send me . real, live
hold-up man. one that viii not run
too fast and can be caught want
one that talks and says he has robbed
lots Of people and Is a bold. bad man
and would never have been captured
had 1t not been FIR the vigilance and
efficiency of the Topeka police depart
ment Yours with love.
r.. L. COFRAN.
Roy L. Bono.
Dear Sanity Klaws: have pinned
this note to my sock. instead OF mail
ing 1t to you. because it ID q pretty
sock, and besides I am the city's
financier and do not believe in vast
ing stamps. These green socks ought
to please you and make you feel good
and give me q lot of things, because
everybody was pleased who saw them
at the Commercial club minstrels.
Our family lives in the City Hall
and have been . real good little boy
and have not Quarreled with any of
them, not even when they tried to
break their penny banks. SO I think
you ought to be real good to me and
U>A - IL
very much for you to put a mayora1ty
in my sock, all nicely tied up and safe
ly delivered and one which will please
everybody who sees it. Please. Mr..
Sanity. do this II you can. but If you
have not got enough Of them to go
round and have already promised
what you have. then bring me one
next time sure.
Yours hopefully,
ROY L. BONEd
j. N. Council Of the Santa Fe.
Dear Santa Fe Claus: If you can
see your way clear. old boy, to give
something to tho Santa Fe railway for
Christmas, go At it slowly and dis
creetly-raflroads are not accustomed
to receiving something for nothing
and the shock may be serious.
When you come to Topeka-be sure
and take the Santa Fe-there are sew
eI61 OulC0IS Oh inc IOAQ nero IN Iu0
general Office building who are in need
Of gifts. Give Mr.. Copeland a musket
and a cannon similar to that on the
state house grounds-hfs reputation
as a protector of Topeka female Pc
destrians must be maintained. Give
Mr.. Koontz q special train that he
might fly from the higher attitudes
when the occasion demands and when
he has q golf match scheduled in To-
peka- Give Mr.. Kouns a man upon
whom he may wish his rheumatism
or an original cure for the temporary
ailment. Give Mr.. L. M. Jones a half
dozen 2OO-pound linemen for his
Washburn football team. Give Judge
Smith q little intersts-e equipment for
his annual fall hunt. Give j. d. NJ.
Hamilton q safety valve for his get
tho habit steam-other than. /. Hale
from Kansas. Give Henry Lautz q
new brand Of podltry-chickens that
will hatch egg-plants. Give Mr.. Par
ker assurance that slimness is over
taking him. Give M. ]. Drury a ship
load of the good old mechanics from
who will listen to his Chinese dog
story.
One more thing. Santa. Don't for
get that the Santa Fee is after that
California mail contract. All we ask
you to give US Is q fair chance. And
say, confidentially. old scout, don't
give US any more union depots-ugh!
how they do cost! You might pack a
blanket in your pack-one large
enough to subdue the noise raised
over leaving Topeka on the transcon-
tinental map. "
In a general way, we will enjoy a
merry Christmas If you will keep
Kansas covered with a damp fertiliz-
ing snow. IL you will drop prosperity
into the homes Of the millions Of pa
irons along our lines. II you will MAIN
tain safety and satisfaction among our
employees and If you will overwork
our ticket agents for the holiday sea-
son.
Please don't think we have asked
too much. Mr.. S. Claus. On the other