Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-08
SANTA CLAUS STORE
HOUSE NOW LOOKING
LIKE TREASURE SPOT
Poor Riddles Appeal Meets
Instant Response From
City's More Fortunate
Youngsters-E Tables Piled
High.

Santa Claus store House at COS Chest
nut street, though only one day old and
= fearfully rainy seety day at that, al
ready has taken on an appearance of a
real treasure room
The appeal of the poor children at
home, whose plight is not nearly so spec
tacular- as that OF the little Belgian
youngsters, but is quite as real, has met
with an instantaneous response. and yes
tsrday the Santa Claus Lady had all she
could do to take care of the numerous
precious bundles which the parcel post
man and the express company employc
tumbled out OF their wagons.
The two tables which Santa Claus has
provided to hold the offerings are
piled high with lovely dollies and toys
that little Philadelphia girls and boys
have sent in. There are wonderful forts
with dapper soldiers marching about In
them, designed to set some youngsters
heart dancing wild with joy there are
whole sets of dainty doll dishes, animals
enough TO fill a good-sized menagerie,
ana even some practical gifts of warm
clothing and underwear
CHILDREN SHOULD COME AND SEE.
Every child In Philadelphia is invited to
come to the store House and see the gifts
which Santa Is going to have distributed
ON Christmas morning in the PUBLIC and
EVENING LEDGER automobiles.
Yesterday Charles and Dorothy Young
children of Charles w. Young, sent a
huge box containing a haif-dozen dolls,
a so-cart for a real baby, a pretentious
fort and a wonderful menagere From
practical youngster from Newark, n.
j., came two sweaters. a pair of rubber
overshoes and several sets of woolen un-
derwear
Little Dorothy Parker. who, according
to letter from her grandmother, Is IAN
invalid who cannot walk very much,
taking two to help her in her chair or
to put her at the table and has very
little use of her hands or arms" has con-
tributed several beautiful dollies, which
she dressed all by herself after much
painstaking labor, and a collection of
books that she packed for "the poor little
children"
And little Sara and Ethel Stafford, who
evidently had no toys left from their
last years supply, sent whole dollar
TO the Santa Claus lady, requesting her
to buy somo nice new toys for the poor
little girls and boys.
A TINY INQUIRER.
IN incident which shows how eagerly
some OF the kiddies are looking forward
to Christmas which is going to be a
real Christmas to them-perhaps the first
they have over had-was demonstrated
yesterday when a mite of a boy walked
into the Store House and asked what he
would have to do in order to be very
sure OF "gettin' somethin from santy's
automobile on Christmas morning?" He
had no umbrella, but had come a long
way in order to ask this important query
BE good boy" said the Santa. Claus
lady, taking his name. "and l am sure
he will bring you something"
''I'd like 1t to be that horse and cart"
he said, and his big brown eyes glued
T. aIrVna nA,,I
table, but of course II there amt enough
OF them to go around. I'd take something
else"
SO that there will be enough toys to
90 around every child is asked to give
some little contribution to santa's Store
House-a penny, a nickel, n discarded
toy-so that this Christmas will be less
one-sided affair than is usually the case,
80 that 1t Will be a day for all children
instead OF just for the chosen few.