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ously nut on "Brltannicrs." in spite OF
its exquisite versifcstion. was never re-
garded as one II tho great plays Of the
author ~ "Phedre" ard the CLASSIC
French drama with its formal poses and
formal passions IT, about as far reno ed
as anything well could bs from the more
characteristi- drama OF or dar. Its ap-
peal Is that OF marble, rather than ~
flesh and blood. though marble has ~
beauty. TO he sure.
Miss Name Defiance a. the couhdahl'
Of Agripplre. In the few words she naG 10
say was one Of those who expressed this
particular sort Of beauty most gratefully.
Mime. Yorska. az the prince. was but her
own feminine sel,. dressed out in rather
outlandish clothes young Mr.. Ruben 5
Nero. an interesting tour &c force. though
but a stunt for al that. lie vas more
successful a. Perrot Ia the light ana
witty piece which followed the tragedy
altogether light and chaFnnme, I'm fact
And tbs do.s lot mean mere vauid grace
or .ea,lp Nh'msicaiits. IL uae the verFe
and C0utJ. iuH- IJ3ety NHch ne con-
trived TO flash through ms halN-lace
make up-aud tins young u-h has a
really astonishing Kin Of lighting up d
line when he so wlshes-V hich was I'M
usual and good II caught perfectly the
spirit Of the author-this French Atneh-
ian" who combined "GreeH line. Gaelic
color and French Wit and the SPIRIT OF
the I.tle play which aickers back ana
forth in the most amusing fashion he
H. i'm ~ "A ~
sentimental adventure between Plerio'
and the fairy and ending with Plerro'
talking over the footliGhts straight at the
real ladies' OF the audience and teilihs
them that after all they're quite as
charming as the fairy who has Just gone
off and left him.
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Chance to Win Hupmobile.

Chances on the Hupmobile, which is 20
be disposed OF under the auspices Of the
Junior League, may still be purchased az
81 each. the committee having decided not
TO make the drawing until Saturday.
Those from whom the chances may be
bought are Miss Josephine Nicoll. No. %
East 18th street; Miss Winifred Chisolm.
No. IA East 53d street; Miss Evelyn
Brown. No. 789 Park avenue, and Miss
Harriet Alexander, No. West SSth
street
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THRONG HEARS CLASSICS
Cooper Union Crowded for
Kneisel Quartet Concert

Perhaps the largest audience tha' eNe'
attended "a string quartet concert III Ne"
york gathered last night az Cooper Union.
,rbe Knelsel Quartet was giving ue
fourth concert Ia the People . ,'i'''o'''
club series. and the gre" "uu''o' 'o-',
was packed with an eager ana ih'ereS''"
crowd. .,..
Mrs. Thomas Taper was the assisting
or,fs, taking the piano part in Dvorak
oYiptet I'm A major The two other num-
hers were schumann's Quartet IN =
,na,or OBJ. a. No >, and two movements
ero,,, reethoyen's quartet Ia c major Or
%. No. 3. 90,
The lowering Of the lights IN the aool-
,.,,,,,, was an innovation which might
-, 81. cop,ed by other concert halls.
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of Beauty Row" Here

Frankie Heath and Harry LeVan' the
principals OF THE Bellies Of Beauty ROW
at the Columbia Theatre last evening
Cow . nov tone TO the seasons run oil
burlesoue. Miss Heaths attractive per
sonality and fetching little lisp made her
singing a delight. and Levan put over
q lot Of new and good funny business
besides being a welcome relief from the
average Hebrew or Irish burlesque com
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MISS ALICE A. HOLMES.

Miss Alice 4. Holmes. who was known
in Jersey city as the blind poetess' is
dead at the home OF her niece. Mrs. kolo,
No. ESQ Union street. that city. MISS
Holmes would have leen ninety-three
wears old on February .. She was born
Al Winfarthing Norfolk County. Eng
Ia nd, and came to America when she va
nine wears old with her father. on the
VOYAGE she had the smallpox and lost
her sight At the New York Institute
for the Blind she was the roommate 81
Fanny Crosby. the hymn writer. MISS
Holmes published volume OF verses
and other poems. chiefly relating events
The funeral viii be held this evening.
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STAGE AID FOR CENTURY
Hammerstein Director VIII
Join Aborn Forces.

The Century opera Company has en-
gagged Jacoues Corni. who was formerly
stage director Of the Manhattan opera
House as artistic director Of the Cen
fury, beginning next September. MT.
Corni will stage operas at both the Cen
tury and at the Aborns new operate en-
terprise at the Metropolitan Opera House
in Philadelphia.
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LILLIAN HARPER TO WED
,esement TO Miss Florence
'''n Announced AT Newnort

Aser., isasisph 70 1he Tribune
IA -. X J.. Jan. ls.-At a dinner
I. ss,,-sD' b. Mss James }. Brown
Ase, s :. , Of Miss Florence Tobin.
~, y William ia. per. head Of the
"a ~. 'eefins Company. Of New
ssa,,- announced ar. Harper Is
<ss-. W Years old ana Miss Tobin
buks,,. related 10 tie Harpers Of
10. company. and on h.s moth
Nm. we seals. OF Washington. Of
- Anb,. .sehmeieff. wife OF the Rus
'or to the United states. Is
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CARTER-In Bushwick Hospital. Brook
lyn. y. Y, on Sunday January ls, 1914,
Herbert De Wayne Carter, OF No. IL 81.
Andrews Place, Yonkers. y. y, In his
saith year Funeral services at the Park
Hill Reformed Church. Yonkers, y. Y,
Tuesday afternoon, at 2:30 O'Clock. In
terment WATERFOWL. y. y, on Wednes-
day, January Il.
CHRISMAN-The Rector Nardens and
Nestrymen of the Church of the Be
loved Disciple announce with deep sor-
row the death OF their late associate
Lieutenant Wilmer Olin Chrisman..
L s n. who departed this life on
January p 1914. Lieutenant Chris
man was r member Of our Nestry for
twenty-three years
lie had deep and abiding affection
FOR his Church and parish. lie was
profound student OF Holy scripture
and. having travelled in many lands,
was enabled 10 impart 10 the members
of the Bible Class. which he conducted
for some years, most interesting les
sons.
His wise counsel and genial presence
will be greatly missed at the sessions
REV HENRY NJ BARBOUR; D. D.
DAVID ". KNAPP. Clerk.
FOLGER-O Sunday. January IS. after
a brief Illness. Henry Clay Folger, IN
the s1st year OF his age. Funeral
Tuesday, January ~ a. . v. ii'' o. no
late residence. No. 80 quincy St,
Brooklyn. y. Y lnterment at conVen-
fence Of family.
GTILFN-At Pittsheld January -, 1871.
Mary Louise. wife Of John Stuart Gil
len. at her late residence. No. % Bart
lett ave Funeral private, from her
late residence. Wednesday. at p. m.
Interment at convenience OF family.
GRIFFIN suddenly. Oh Monday. Janu
arv 10. 1914, Annie NJ, wife OF Francis =.
Griffin and daughter of the late John "A;
and Sarah Earle Funeral services VIII
be held i'm the Central Presbyterian
Church 9th st, near BroadWdy, on
Thursday morning. ed inst, at 10
flowers be sent.
suddenly. on Saturday. Jan
nary L. william G.. son OF the late
Jefferson and Mary q. kimbal, IN the
66th wear OF his age. Funeral private,
tuesday, January 20. at l.5V p M
from his late residence. NO. l2b Cen
trail Park South, New York.
MORRISON January 49, 1914 at her
home. Princeton, y. j.. after BRIEF III
ness Ada Louise Norris. I'm the sd year
of her age Notice o. funeral hereafter
RoBgINs-At syosset. Long Island. Sew
enfh day First, 18th. nineteen four
teen. Roland r. Robbins. In his list
wear Funeral services on the Third
dav First 10Th. at y. m, at Jericho
Friends Meeting House
SEN ALL Oscar Trufant OF Ensle-
wood. y. j.: on Monday, January ls.
1914 I'm his 5ith year. Services and
interment at Bath. Me Wednesday.
January Il. San Francisco papers
please copy.
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thrust upon HlOlt VI icsS ii"' "Ni'NN
public under the-by this time-well
known auspices Of medical society, and
carefully watched over by the eagle eye
OF Deputy Police Commissioner New
burger and his alert stenographer. an
other white slave play appeared before
the faded first nghter at the Longacre
Theatre last evening.
This time the exhibit is d snow in four
acts and many sceres hewn from Mr..
Reginald Wright Kaufman's novel. The
House of Bondage" by Mr.. Joseph Byron
Totten. and there is every reason to be
lieve that the piece will require the aid
OF both Of the aforementioned advertising
helps.
In the novel-barring an obvious at
tempt here and there 10 stimulate the In
terest by imaginative devices-the story
read like a straightforward attempt tc
portray a certain phase Of present socia
conditions as affecting young and unso-
phisticated girls
In the dramauZatOn, Whelner III ne lht
fault of the construction OF the play OF
the fundamental incapacity Of otherwise
acceptable actors to evoke sympathy ir
their present roles any dignity or sin
cerity that may have inspired the pro
duction was utterly lost The whole per
Torrance seems obviously manufactured
10 pick a little profit from the white
slave" wave before 1t has quite subsided
Cecil Spooner. unappily cast as the
girl Mary. is lured from her home in q
Pennsylvania town by a depraved and
ratlike character, Max, played by TullS
Marshall She goes through the life made
familiar to us by The Lure" and goes
through II for four acts and eight scenes
until the bitter and melodramatic end.
There are one or two players in the
cast shown 10 advantage. particularly
Blanche Yurka. who gives good per
Torrance OF Evelyn one Of the inmates
OF Rose Legere's modiste shop The res
Of the long cast appeared to he fighting
against overwhelming odds.
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Esch interest is being taken in The con-
VI 70 he given tomorrow afternoon by
~ Philadelphia Orchestra. under the a.
z,ion o. Leopold Stokowskl Miss Alma
il,s viii sing. lt IS for the benefit OF
asners Of the Assumption, nursing SIS
N o. the poor
Among those who have taken boxes are
-ifa.nal FARLEY. Countess de Laugier-
1lar. Mrs Geraldyn Redmond, Mrs
slnion Floyd-Joues. Mrs. Henry Clews'
m Francis Burial Hoffman. Mrs. Alex
rs~ Van Rensselaer,. Mrs. Edward I.
ss,abury. Miss Annie Leary' Miss
ssrgns Iselln and Miss Louise lselin.
Kiss Frieda Hempel. Nine. Margarete
lss' Mss Anna Case. Dr. William {.
n. and AischG Elman were the artists
Albert Morris Bagby's musical morn
= yesterday al the Waldorf-Astorla.
4, usual. the ballroom was crowded.
IN stuyyesant Fish will give another
her series Of dinners tonight al her
''.s, No . East 18th street.
m Pembroke Jones will give her third
it1ef tonight az her house, No East
" street il Will be followed by dancing
NE Hamilton FISH viii give luncheon
s-daY a. her house. on Fifth avenue. for
As Dorothy Schienelln. daughter Of Mr..
~ Mrs. George r schieffelin.
Ara Nicholas LongWorth is ~ the St
~ Tor few DAYS
and Mrs g. Oliver 1senp have left
- ior their place 90 Aiken. S c., 70
van until the spring.
~ and Mrs Warren T. Dennis and
Niared Dennis are at the Gotham
lev days before leaving Tor the
sac Mrs. Chariemagne Tower and
4v"er. Of Philadelphia. are at the
"a iol q short stay.
sno Mrs J kennedy Tod. who were
note. Vanderbilt. have returned Il
"'as a. Sound Beach. Conn.
a. sellers Mckee Will give a large
on Thursday 20 tho 81. Regis.
4, Holland Forbes left the Ritz
49, Where She has been STAYING. or
49, 70. Detroit 20 be with net
a.. \. Mas Natalie Forbes VINO waf
49,. p With scarlet fever while visiting
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A SAVAGE DRAMA
OUT OF SPAIN
Theatre Animalism Vividly
Played by Lou Tellegen
and Miss DOnnelIy.
FRENCH ACTOR MAKES
HIS DEBUT IN ENGLISH
Peasant Drama of Sexual Infata.
alton and Murder Not Intended
for Those of Tender Nerves.

Maria Rosa" \ play translated from
the Catalan Of Angel Gwimera by Jose
Echegaray ana done INTO Engiish 10y Wal
lace Gilpatrick and Guido Marburg. The
Thirty ninth street Theatre.
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LITTLE EXCUSE FOR
HOUSE OF BONDAGE
Cecil Spooner and a Good Cast
Are Lost in the Maze of Tire
some Underworld Play.

THE House OF Bondage" a dramauza-
ton OF Reginald Wright kauhman
novel, by Joseph Byron Totten. At the
Longacre
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IA oscar l. Richard save dinner last
81. q. her home 80. 46 East 18th street
= yiss Vera Van Buren,, who IS 10 be
ard tomorrow 20 her son. Harold G.
,a,-s IN s.. Thomas's Church. There
=, dancing afterward. The guests were
Us Elsa Van Bergen Miss Virginia
~ Mss Elizabeth s. Kendall, MISS
g-.,r,e Moore. Miss Jean Graham
s-,5sle. Miss Alice Buckley Moss MISS
nrbsih Lanmsn Riggs. Walter /. Hich-
al Donald Carr. Albert Hopkins. DaVid
l,-sn Van buren,. John W. Eginton, IT.,
..rtd Major. Daniel p LAYTON u"
usr Hunting and George y. Richard
~ viii be The attendants al the we'd
-
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BORN.

LIVINGSTONE Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
Livingston (nee BenedicD. Of New York
City, a son, born January 49, 1914.
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OFFICES.

MAIN OFFiCE-No. la Nassau street
UPTOWN OFFiCE-No 1894 BroadWaY. or
any American District Telegraph Once.
HARLEM OFFICE-No. iaI East t..ih
street. No. 2G3 West l.5th street and No
10 West i25th street
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THIRD BIG DANCE
HELD At SHERRY'S
E Clarence Jones Enter
t,ius at The Dansant in
the Tapestry Room,
MRS. o. L. RICHARD
GIVES LARGE DINNER
..n,5slphia Orchestra VIII Give
oft Concert To-day for
Sisters Of Assumption.

...c ZONES gave Tho third OF his
(.tse sarsart Yesterday afternoon
80 ..,estr, room a. sherry's Among
''' u,~s he Count and Countess
p - che Brazilian Ambassador and
n CANA Ar and Mrs Anthony !.
VIZ H. and Mrs. Jay Gould. Nj
i'A rs Georcc r. u. Schienein. MI.
OF r. suNcrr Taller. Mi and Mrs.
IN Nr-ombs. Mr. and Mrs Mon
VIA, vor,aene Mr. and Mrs Ira A.
~ sir and Ms. Jgl.an NJ Gerard
~ I'D Mrs Stuart Duncan. Mr. and
y -r~,-s Y. Broksw, Nj and Mrs
Bachc Mr ard Mrs. Archer NJ.
....r,or NJ. and Mrs. Beverley W.
h.n~ N,r and Mrs. Tyler Morse AM
Is Robert Z. Tod
.,s Mrs Henry C.. Trevor. Mr.. and
-. o-r,ond c.. smith. the Duchess de
-.s,.s Mrs. Gouverneur kortright
=. H.rber, Sh.pman. Mrs. John T.
-, Yrs A. Lsnfoar Norrie. Mrs
~. 1sv Gould. Mrs william Hami-
rs,s,on. Mrs. Edward A. Manice Miss
80, stoddard. Miss Eleanor TAYLOR
r,1e de Barrii Miss KathrNne
Mss Mercedes Crimmlns. Miss
-, xinEsland. Miss A. Leonune Roee-
= Mss Audrey Osborn. Miss caroline
,-,-snd Miss Hope Hamilton
~.,a.riek r. Frelinghuysen. Henry
-, D-avton. Lawrence Atterbury'
s.n-idre s. Taft Schuyler l. Parsons
p.,nn Ranlett. PHILIP Ia Montague
..,s,a 3. Elkns. James A. Blair IT,
a.x,rs TAYLOR. Jules J. Nstahle' Msccui-
"A NILE and Alfred b. Msokay
r.,so,,s 2. Ionssen gave a small dance
:. night ~ Sherry's In the tapestry
About midnight a buffet supper
:. served. NJ. I.enssen was assisted in
...,v,,s hy Mrs. Arthur Lenssen. Mrs.
-,,o1o-s T.. Bailey. Mrs Frederic a. de
s,s.r and Mrs Francis Henderson.
,-o,e the one hundred guests were
~, Margaret Henderson. Miss Harriet
b.. Mss Penelope Sears. Miss Rosetta
.,,,,r Miss Elizabeth Carson. Miss
r.,,ss,t Goelet I.eussen. Miss Flora NC
49,, Miss Ruby Lenssen. Miss Estelle
f.-srn. Miss Gladys Endicott Mss
r,.,o- " Tenssen. Miss Emma Ro-
-, Miss Jeanette McAlpin. Charles :.
s,er = lansing Satterlee, Charles
,.v,s.rd George ". Hubbell. jr.. Clifton
Y,.,r Harold lmhrie and Ezra T. Prem
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CEMETERIES.

THE WOODLAND CEMETERY.
aasd 81. BY Harlem Train and 10y Trolley.
once 20 East 23d ~. ~ Y.
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STOCK AND ONE WEEK THEATRES.
VAUDEVILLE HOUSES.
eURLE SQUe

::l5.........,..S: Columbia.
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cieiv are nothing II not versatile. AT lie
Harris Theatre yesterday afternoon
Young NJ. jose Ruben was The hmpe'o
Nero one minute in Racine's 'Britannl-
Gus" and the next chalk-faced, smiling
Pierrot i'm lie Baiser" Of Theodore DE
Banville. Nine Yorska, who has play ri
principal parts during the recent Monday
matinces i'm La Vierge Folle' and Ia
Rafale" appeared as a spansled fairy IN
the De Ranville fantasy. and in snort
,unic and bare knees. as the youthiu
prttsnuicus in the older play.
Neither the sonorous Racine nor the
witty sentiment OF De ban'llle-'na'
grandson OF Horace and Oh Niioh
WAS as well adapted 10 entertain Ne"
York audience as the modern plays Drew
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Time Curtain Rises o-Day
AFTER NOON.

2:oo-"The Whirl Of the World
Winter Garden
2:15-"Kitty MacKay Comedy
EVENING
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love our teacher dearly. We have been good boys for a long time. Mother tells us that if we are bad old Santa will not come to see us so we are ex- pecting you. We want you to bring us a little wagon and set of harness for our little dogs a drum apiece pop guns Indian suits horn a train and rain coats to wear to school and don't for get our little Sister Zelma she wants a little stove doll and doll bed a piano horn and nuts apples candies of all kind and we want you to be sure and not forget our School teacher Miss Mattie Jackson. So good-by Santa.
 Johnnie and Brown Howard. Brinkley Dec. 10. Dear Santa
 1}I want you to bring me a doll buggy, doll trunk. rocking chair some fruit and candy. Bring my little sister pretty doll. little piano candy and some fruit and don't forget bring my teacher Miss Beasly and Sunday school teacher Mrs. Thurman something nice. Now Santa l will leave the front door unlocked so you can get in.
 Your little friend
 Sadie Mae Huffman. Brinkley Dec. 8. Dear Santa Claus
 am going to tell you what l want. want a knife, some candy, nuts, three romancanels and two packages of firecrack- CTS.
 Don't forget the poor children. Don't forget my teacher Miss Della Baggot.
 Your little friend
 Jimmy Bridges. lE Clarendon Dec. G. Dear Santa Claus
 Please bring.me a little wagon and a policeman suit with a star and club. 1 am six years old and go to school pleas bring me a rain coat and hat and boots and anything you want me to have.
 Pleas don't forget my little sister she wants a big doll and a doll buggy and a little piano. Pleas bring us some apples. Tell 'em you saw It In the Arous
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candy, apples, oranges, and nuts. 1 want a goat wagon, a init, a glove a toolchest a cap pistol some caps and some fire works. Bring my little brother Allen lots of things. Bring my teacher Miss Della Baggort something.
 Your friend r
 LeRoy Huddleston. Dear Santa claus | 1 want doll Book comona, china clauset and don't forget my sister and the rest of little children. good by Santa claus.
 Mamie Mae Hale. Dear Santa ClouS,
 1 am a little girl 7 years old. Please give me a big doll, and some apples some nuts. That is all 1 want. But do not for get my little brothers and my little sister Grace.
 Your friend
 Annie Cobb. Dear Santa Claus;
 want to see you so bad and please don't forget to bring me a little ring, some dishes and lots of things.
 Lovingly
 Frances Sharp Bogle Dear Santa Claus;
 Please bring me a horse and buggy and a wagon.
 Your friend,
 Louis Hall Bohlinger. Dear Santa Claus
 1 am so glad you are coming soon.
 1 have been a good girl and have tried to take care of the
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LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS

Brinkley Dec. 9. Dear Santa claus
 Please bring me a doll a doll dress and a chain for my locket and some nuts and apples, some oranges. And I want doll bed a set of dishes.
 your friend.
 Martha Lawrence.
 Cotton Plant Dec. 8. Dear old Santa s~ 1 am a little girl ' years old and am in the second grade Miss Ednaie was my teacher l like her fine.
 Santa pleas bring me cook stove and doll and that all. Carry other things the poor children. don't forget little brother.
 A good little girl
 Ruth Henderson.
 Cotton Plant, Dec. S. Dear old Santa am little boy II years old I go to school and am in the 4th. grade. Santa 1 would like for you to bring me gun and 2 boxes of shells.
 If you have anything else for me you can give it to some poor little children. 1 have a little sister and brother please don't forget them.
 Your little Boy
 Frank Henderson.
 Brinkley, Dec. g. Dear Santa Claus.
 How or you? l am writing you letter. Please bring some
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gun, pistol and some caps, a punching bag and a railroad train.
 Don't forget my teacher Miss Della Baggott.
 Your little friend
 J. C. Peterson.
 Clarendon, Dec. 9. Dear Santy Claus
 want you to bring me a large sleepy doll and also little cook ing stove and a pencil and tablet. Santa l have a little sister and Brother please don't forget them and don't forget the poor little orphan children. Well I will close.
 Your little friend
 Pauline Overton. N Brinkley Dec. II. Dear sanity calus
 bring me a ball and a init 1 want a knife too bring me a train too bring me a street car too bring me a false face too 1 want a indian too bring my sister a doll bring me a COW boys suit bring my teacher a hat her name is miss della bring her a braslet.
 Everette Hurst
 Brinkley, Dec. 9. Dear Santa Claus. M will write you a letter of what l want. Please bring me a wagon, a tie, a collar, a drum, a horn, a streetcar, an automo- bile, some oranges, apples, some nuts. a story book. 1 want an air gun, spinning top. a pair of gloves. l want a sweater, a suit of clothes. a football, a cap. Please bring my teacher Miss Della Baggott a ring. a necklace, a bracelet, a new hat.
 Your friend.
 Fred Lawrence.
 Brinkley, Dec. 9. Dear Santa Claus < 1 want you to bring me a foot ball. air rifel and some apples nuts oranges and some candy and a train with 15 cars on it. 1 want you to bring me a ball and a bat and don't forget my teacher Miss Della Bagot and bring3me a drum. We have you on our blackbord.
 Jack Huffman. h Brinkley, Dec. 9. Dear Santa Claus.
 1 want a drum, sfand a horn, some candy ia football .slsome apples and some oranges, la.Santa Claus falce face and some nuts. l will hang my stockings up. don't forget to bring me some roman candles, some firescrackers some skyrockets a capistle1 land 4 boxes of caps.
 Your friend
 Harold Brickell.
 Indian Bay, Dec. 8. Dear Old Santa Claus:
 We are two little boys just
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things you brought me last year so am going to ask for some more pretty things. l would like a doll, a nice book and any, thing else pretty you have.
 Lovingly
 Tranquilla Bogle. Dear santa claus
 am a little girl six years old. 1 have been a good girl this year will you please bring me a pretty doll and a rocking chair and some dishes and please remember dear santa all little children.
 Mildred Riner.
 Vian. Okla. Dec. 7. Dear Santa Claus. / 1 want a little pull cart and a wash tub and board and a doll cart and doll.
 Yours Truly.
 Rebecca Coleman. ~( Vian, Okla. Dec. 7. Dear Santa Claus. 1 want gun that you fill up with water and it will shoot the water out and some books to read.
 Yours Truly.
 Jim Coleman.
 Brinkley. Dec. 8. Dear Santa Claus. I am a little girl nine years old.
 1 am in the third grade hope you won't forget to bring me a sewing box and suit case for my doll. Don't forget my teacher Miss Della Baggott and bring her something nice. Tell 'em you saw n In the ArGu.