Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-23
MRS. SANTA CLAUS IS FOUND
She Hides Herself under the
Name of Alice Purinton.
W orks In the United states Patent Of
flee at washington where she
Decides on New Toys for
Christmna.


Warrington Is the nome Oh ereal
many people VINO are Famous LOT one
reason or another but very rev cn'loren
or groWn-ups e'ther' ior that rnatter-
are aware that one OF It's prlncipa, c'a'ms
to renown lies IN me Iact that IL IS .ne
home or Mrs. santa CIaus' Mooes' 'he
santa Claus nimseH' sne niuss neIoe'l
in,o,, o,a h.s nav n,or, sbon IN ths limited |
states patent office She has the entire
confidence not only OF santa Claus out
or Uncle sam ana WIN them "orks very
hard for the Denefit or the ch'ldren Oh
the United states
This year, due to the war In Europe |
there mas been much extra WORK ior tne
patent OFFICE because spurred on py tne
threatened Toy taIn'',e' santa Niaus 10y
inventing genius TOOK new squirt AS
result saSo tne New Aork l"nes' VAS'
NUMBER OF ""noerlui 'ni"ss nave .o''e
Out or MS WORKSHOPS oil over '"e 'a'',
thinss "h'ch nave W wv ''os''S eN""',.''
ana reh'stereu y! 'i'e pa'e,' ne
haroest part Oh All 'h's ia''s "" MSS
mton' ana '"e 'oaos cA oe"e"'.u' anu
astohishihs He" 'oSs '""N po''
ner hahos ihahe He' ''o seo'. Wv
IN inc word 10 Soine peop'e o'"'" S.au'
useo 10 '"''N '"a' NE .o''u &c. ms
Ne designs carried W. oes' ~ nan,
ana RUSSIA ou. ITO" ne ','us I' '
"orkihe'' quick 10 ea'cn anu ..e" ,"p'ole
MS iueaS 50 ne - Aeeps Use W..
working overtime W supply MN WV" .ne
mliiiohs vi P'as'h'"ss "e'e''"'s io' MS
Chris'''as PACK
NOT OLD LIKE MIR. SANTA CLAUS
She Is no, DIT ihe one "',sn' eNp.''
7" ma her-oio anu "h''e ''a''eu' M
s'eao' she IS charming YOUNG "'''a''
or many Accomplishments VINO mas 'o'
forgotten now nice II Is 10 wake up on
CHRISTMAS morning ana run. sh'Verins
with cold ana anucipatory oehsn'' 10 voc
nar s,ocrirg In ordsr "a no ,i,tiny
helpmeet for Santa Claus, she took a coll
lege course. graduating from the Uni
versity of Nebraska. her home State. with
the degree Of Master Of Science. She
unites with this technical mechanical edu-
cation a wonderful human understand
ing of her work that makes her an in
valuable assistant both OF Santa Claus
and Uncle Sam.
She gets a lot of fun out of her part Of
the work Of providing toys for Young
! America. and admits It. though she is
rather reluctant to say nothing at all
about herself, being just about as retir-
ing as Mr. Santa Claus himself.
"Of course l get pleasure out Of my
work" she answered when the question
was pressed II find It very interesting
| to study the va rious designs and try to
put myself in the place Of the little one,
who are going to get them after a while
| think that most grown people like toys
as we'll AZ children. anyway and 1t Is not
unusual to see a father taking his sons
| Christmas present away from him and
playing with il himself for hours espe.
cially IL It is anything with a motor or
mechanical problem In It,
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|
LOOK at the cro~o around street
Vehoer or Toys ana see II 'ne sreaI ma
,ority OF utterly aosoroed oniooRers are
not grown men, When they f'naiy puS
one OF these noVelties isn IL as h'uch LOT
Big Jonn as Lit'Ie John! Mos' Toys are
invented TOO oy oioer people but IL Is
not at all unusual Tor US 10 nave very
clever patents sent IN by boys ana gir.s'
| one OF the most interesting tI'inss
connected with the work is 10 "atch the
,o,'i s'. w. s,,o
t,op.l TOW was no doubt the A r G. blocks
with which we have been familiar from
o,,r earIiest wears. TOYS and games are
constantly getting Ia mean something be-
aides things given 10 n child TO mass an
id,s moment People are learning that
tina mind can be stimulated at the same
TINA That q 4. d,vertad aud so We are
dai,y called unon 10 handle .oys which
tea ch mora in a minuta than a textbook
can after a week of hard study When
WIN r.a,ixs that there 4, .corce,v a fact
crhsr r~p,eren+e6 in tovs and game. vou
NAV ses how easv II /. IN mako them
combine both Instruction and amuse.
ment
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nhvs,c. at an ac,d.u, IN turr 10 d,o
gram ~ the f,,,ubee, n, nm o,oi,. IN
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together and with the n child can build