Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-18
HILDISH PLEAS
M SANTA'S MAIL
....os of Letters Reach
Him by Way of Eve
ming Ledger
.oys AND FOOD WANTED
Rr M,1Iss

By MLlsS
=,,fa Clnus-G write 10 you
- ,ou can help VS. for Christ
Vv father IL not working and
,sr.s little brothers and my
Nae two grandchildren, Their
/ % IN them and my brother Is
+ .sirr we would be very thank
\ -, h YOU would give ms some
~ Christmas We need toys
,,sd we will thank you SO much
~ don't forget us From
JOSEPHINE d.
christmas the EvESiSd LEDGER
made tho depository for lots of
claus mail Numerous little boys
.,,ts and grown-ups, too. sometimes.
!. ,h,nk that Santa stops in at sixth
r,.stnu, streets ever and anon on his
\, collecting things In order to
~ toes They hope to catch him In
sisf mood They picture him iu re-
.cd defcnselcss attitude, With his
~ perhaps and mellow pipe In his
~, l,ow that once they get at him
80 tbia way hcll not lie able 10 re-
. ,t.m Thcy pclt him therefore with
- calculated to pull his heart-striuga
{. - no matter what he did last year. or
~, before that, he viii have To heed their
ah shls time
~ The letter OF Josephine II. In the
..s-'r.l i,'s written In a childish hand. with
- M tho words misspcllcd, and u has no
aasiuatlon at all. But the poignant par
19aii ia not so much the plight OF the
-, Il depicts. but tho Thought that lies
-, abort second from the last sentence.
-, rcd TOYS and food" Josephine u. Is
gsr,iar child II can be wogercd. ana as
- human person knows -SCular child.
. rr,tter how cmaCiatcd size may be from
.,,mpy meals. or no meals At all needs
z. before she needs food. It's safe bet
/ IN though Josephine's little tummy were
.sdysled to half It's size " great big
IA and n great big meal were set before
- her little hands would so out in
aaeiiysly TO tho dolly.
HERES ANOTHER JUST LIKE IT
"a EVENING LEDGER doesn't know any
a,ne about Josephine, no more than Il
s.swa about the scores OF other Christmas
issifIhutors. Florence. for instance. who
rtRss;
pear Santa: / know you are very kind
81 make little children happy and merry
s Christmas, so I am writing to YOU to see
/ ( yeu will try to make us happy and merry
Il sndlng us few things. as we did not
Asve much Of Thanksgiving and II will
Isl b much OF n Christmas for us either,
& ny father Is not making much"
Florence goes on to say that she is four
~ ard the oldest OF six children. tho
iarEtst being twenty-five months.
BIT what the EVENING LEDGER does know
3 that although II may be possible that n
Nv unworthy persons try to heckle Santa
laga oils haV
~ don't need anything, the majority need
" they can get. The EVENING LEDGER,
4 lAsfefore passes along the names of some
4 & rs Santa Claus correspondents In the hopG
iAat Benevolent readers will come across
- help the grand old man OF Christmas to
aks care OF his people. At the same time
mgEesis that II these benevolent ones
lafe any suspicious as to tho worthincss of
ea correspondents they either make per-
saal Investigation or ask tho Society for
euhlzlng Charity to do It for them.
LITTLE ONES LOOKING TO SANTA
CLAUS
AEfe are the names and addresses of those
zhAaye Implored Santa not TO forget them
- iecause they are poor:
isshns DAILY. 215 Watkins street. six chill
atAaFl9e Coffee. rear 1875 Ellsworth street
= White. eiel Hazel avenue. six children.
khidren.
aassa sasquel rear oiI South Water street,
s.GaA MSers. i7ie South Lee street. two chill
- Cassidy, 1902 South Hancock street. two
- sisSaits. rear a1s Titan street, hyo
Eaas JererS rear l7l2 South Leo street
Asna dritn,h. 1lo Mountain street. three
Nrsn,
asssd Edwards. sO?2 North FaIrhlll street.
III Morris. ~ Mercy street, four children.
= hardiker. 1850 South Front street. two
@rsh Butler, 50 Mercy street. Ave children
559ssan snyder. 800 Mexican street, one child,
@4sAA LORD, 1870 South Lee street. six chill
A. = smith. $3.50 South CLARION street, seven
Harksr. 652 Ferry avenue. Camden. hye
5sha hecOwss. 1918 South Lee street, two
hsF'y Nelson, el6 Watkins street. four chill
Eafsncs Brown. 2T4O Titan street. hvs chill
easslss Mackenzie. Saa West Thlrty-tourth
- Samden, two children
.s'snse E9sterday, 2lO Mountain Cor Manton)
20 Marrow, rear 1915 South Philip street
- Peak. e2ss cadwalladsr street. four
An A wolhnger. 4lO Durfor street. six chill
= ohone 2200 Reed street. elght children.
- Charles kaffer. lT6s Bodins street, three
esHy Phslsn. 200 Titan street. four children.
James Mcclure. 22O West Columbia ave-
e NarEarst Brown. $40 Titan street, four
- gikh, rear 1929 MOyamsnslng avenue,
- Campbell. 1928 South Philip street,
= hsllsy. 22s Titan street hye children.
W zss lAeron. 1918 South American street.
sss Bates. 1899 South Philip street, four
- Brown, 222 Titan street. three children
aszf 49, pHsra. 1885 South American
r n psvihs. 2Sis Federal street. four
- giess. 22s Titan street. three children.
Hzssn na'ier' iisl North Lee street. three
~ Burns 2s4 Manton street. one child.
s isr.lF Ffettyman. 1919 South Water street.
sse1sHsr, 81 Dudley street, seven chill
ts5s tssrsfSss ssi;s Saunders, 1909 South Water
< wiR'r, si25 oaul street. four chill
c'eeia. 1925 South Franklin street. four
s5f'd Mclaughlin. siaO Cross street, eight
= .,s.1 gli.n m, Taylor. 2 wistsr place German