Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-07
SANTA CLAUS STORE
HOUSE OPEN TO TAKE
GIFTS FOR 'KIDDTEC'
Crowd of Admiring Young
sters at 608 Chestnut Street
Will Direct You Where 10
Leave Toys.

Ihe Santa Claus store house Is open
and ready for business. with santa's own
private secretary In charge. to meet per-
sonaliy little boys and girls who win
orins generous offerings to help make this
universal childrens Christmas, SO that
no Riddle, no matter how poor or how
forlorn. will be without at least one gift
II you don't happen to know where old
hriss' earthly storehouse is, Just walk
down the GOO block on Chestnut street un-
I'll you come to a little group Of young
sters standing outside Of beautiful
Christimasy window. decorated with
blocks and dolls and rocking horses and
bicycles and all the toys that make n
child's eyes grow as big as saucers and
his little throat lumpy through ecstacy
and desire.
1t isn't necessary to know the store
house is in the front room of the WASH
ington Building. sos Chestnut street; the
little kids gazing in wonderment before
the window are a surer indication.
Rain and sleet beat against the window
pane this morning as the Santa Claus lady
opened the door Of the store house and
made ready for the days business.
Prosaic grown-up folks hurried past the
window, eager to reach the protecting
warmth of their business offices, but three
little children stood oblivious to the rain
and gazed and gazed and gazed.
A dlminutive messenger boy literally
tore himself away, but the other two
watchers, n boy with his little snub nose
pressed fiat against the glass, and a tiny.
tot Of a girl, with her umbrella trailing
forgotten on the pavement, stayed on and
no amount of moisture could serve to
dampen their enthusiasm.
The Store House will be the receiving
station for gifts which every child in.
Philadelphia who is certain of q merry
Christmas Is asked to bring so that un-
fortunate klddies to whom Christmas Is
just plain 25th of December and Santa
Clause a mysterious person known only
by heresay will taste some of the holl-
day joys.
1900 KIDDIEs PART WITH TREAS
URES
Twelve hundred children, the Juvenile
members of the PUBLIC LEDGER Santa
Claus Club, have been boarding together
the lost month or more little gifts to
bring the Store House. and this morning.
SuCn n heterogeneous COiitCllOH uGSGeHu0u
upon the place that the Santa Claus Lady
was tempted to laugh out loud at the
funniness of them, IL it hadn't been she
was all choky from thinking OF the sacrl-
fees made by some of the youngsters In
sending their offerings.
Ragged doll babies, bearing all the ear
marks of affectionate wear and tear; toy
pistols, dolly dishes. doggies and sheep
things which wrench the heart of a child
to part with, are among the first treas
ures which will pour into Santa'a Store
House until Christmas morning, when the
PUBLIC and EVENING LEDGER automobiles
will whlsk them away to the homes OF
poor little boys and girl.
All the way from Bethlehem, Pa, came
4 huge box from Dorothy Sayre Dodson,
a collection OF toys and dol
lies that is going to make some little
girls and boys so happy on Christmas
that there is no measuring It in.
mere words. Little Elsie MacEwan Of
Merton. Pa. sent five surprise boxes,
which will be a surprise indeed to tho
lddies who receive them.
A poor little rich girl" drove up to the
Store House in a great shiny AUTOMOBILES
his morning and had the chauffeur leave
4 huge donation of dominoes. dishes,l
boxes OF gorgeously colored beads. play
roning board, a horse and cart and
iollie.
"For some poor little ohild's Christmas.''
was all she said. and the motor whirled
her away