Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-08
THE Letter Received from Santa
Claus. ......s .. H.. i

1.-THE Letter Received from Santa
North Pole. Dec. "a, 1915.
We'll. chfldren-Tcny. Lucy. FANNY
and MarioD-if Christmas isn't here
again! | thought you'd write you
this year to tel YOU about some Of the
things In Santa Claus 7 and. -: ~.
First, have been 50 busy. every
day since cot back from my last trim
the morning of December Is, 1914
You knew that most Of nv shors
where toys are made are in Germany,
did you not? You know, too those
people there seemed to forget abouf
little boys and girls and the things
they need and want, aad--it rs nearly
two years ago noW--fnsteed Of 'lsin"
the iron, tin and wood. etc. had for
making toys and other things to make
people happy what do you suppose
they did with them? Why, they made
things to use to fight with. Now they
are fighting the rapas' end big
brothers of MANY little boys and girls
who live near and far. l. . IL,
You ask me what II is all about. ell
Really, do not know. have been
so busy trying to get enough toys
made anyway that J haven't had time
to find out. But ii must be something
awful, Just awful, don't yor think, else
they would not take the nice things
had and go such long distances, and
tramp, tramp through mud and over
snow to kill each other. r.. ..a ~
Mrs. Santa Claus helred ME. though.
She said she'd try making all the doll
dresses. wish you could have seer
that first dress she made! It was for
beautiful ng-golden-haired dol
named Dolly Dimple that I was going
TO take to one of those little girls
whose papa had been killed in the
war. Dolly Dimple pouted and said it
wasn't pretty at all, that she did not
want to wear it. / got pair of scis.
sors, a needle and some thread, then
we together got her fixed up all right.
and pretty she was, too How that
little girl laughed and clapped her
hands when she saw Dolly Dimple
peeping out at the top of her stocking
After that first attempt doll-dressmak-
ing seemed easy, and Mrs. Santa Claus
finally got one dress apiece all around.
took the shop-work. | had to geth:
er up tools. That took so long. When
I'd look for a certain one often found
that the Germans had gotten it and
made 1t into war material, or that the
Allies-you know that Is what they
call the people who don't like the Ger
mans and are fighting them-had run
away with it. Then would feel cross
to think how naughty they all were,
and that couldn't get my toys made
without proper tools to work with.
Now wouldn't you? But the next min
ute burst out laughing and laughed
till my sides ached, as watched
them-shooting here and running of
there. or hiding behind little fort. or
trying TO make the other believe they
had the most of my iron, tin, lead.
wood and cookies. - r.. : +: ~ e.. !.
Suddenly stopped laughing.
could see blood-papas and brothers
killed by the roadside. and many were
the homes that knew nothing but sor.
row or sadness. That made me get
right up. and slipping up near got
some of my things back. and ran.
am so fat, you know. could not run
as fast as wanted to. However
some people. and there are more of
them than | thought there were, who
do not like guns and war any more
than | do, came up and helped me
and we got away safely. E....-