The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-23
8 LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS :

and mama and papa. Bring them
something, also grandpa Schilling;
bring him plenty of cakes, also my
! little friend Willie Keiffer. bring him
a box of dominoes. Your little
| friend, Marie Louise Dupont, 81 E.
Gregory
Dear Santa Claus am a girl 10
years old / want to tell you what /
I want / do not want much. want
| a pair of skates and box OF candy
and some hair ribbon and some pieces
/ of music. Bring mama something nice
! and don't forget to bring me some
! candy, fruit and nuts. Wishing you
! a merry Christmas and a happy New
/ Year, your little friend, Hazel Lewis,
1909 East Gadsden.
| Dear Santa Claus-I am little girl
| 3 years old / want to tell you what
| want. I want big doll and table
| and chairs and FIVE little dolls to sit
at the table | want a teaset and |
want a little stove. Don't forget to
bring mama something nice. ! want
You to bring me some candy, fruit and
nuts. Wishing you a merry Christ
mas and happy New Year your lit
! tie friend, Selma Lewis, 1909 East
Gadsden.
I
| Dear Santa Claus-I am little
| girl Z years old. / am in the second
grade Miss Eunice Clopton is my
teacher l love my teacher ! am
not going to ask for much. / want
You to bring me big doll. tub and
wash board. a broom, and please don't
forget grandpa and grandma, and
please don't forget the little orphan
children. From your little friend,
Doletha Marble.
Dear Santa Claus-I am a little boy
years old. / would thank you very
much if you would bring me a bicy-
Gle and some fire crackers. Santa.
have little sister Frances Hall
Forum, who is certainly a good little
| girl. Please bring her lots of pretty
things Your little friend, Charles w.
Forum, Jr.
Dear. Santa Claus-Please bring me
big doll and bed for 1t and some
I tea set and some dresses for it and a
| little carriage and some oranges and
apples and some candy and nuts, and
| want you to bring me gold watch
and ring and bugle and that will
be all. / am going to No. 43 school.
am IL years old and in the third
/ grade. / live on Gadsden street, and
the number of my house is 1905. From
Dorothy Gilmore.
Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
doll that can open and shut her
eyes and some tea set and table and
some chairs and a bugle and carriage
for her to ride in and pair of gloves
and piano, gold watch, harp, sweater
and some ribbon and a suit of clothes
and overcoat for brother and rain
coat and a gold bracelet and a gold
1 O &rRt4 l.
| candy. 1 go to school No. 43, and
live ON the corner of o and Strong
street. 1 am a poor little girl and
| never have had any toys. Please bring
me toy of some kind if you have
any to spare. Miss Marion Anderson
is my teacher. Bessie Reeder.
Dear Santa Claus-I am years old
and ! want you to bring me a small
doll as / have still. got my baby doll
you brought m elast year and l want
a horn and a few other things you
think nice. have cat and his name
| is Nero. He catches a mouse nearly
every morning, so please bring him a
ball with a string on it as he is very
playful, and bring papa pair of bed
rom slippers that he can slip on when
| he gets up to build a FIRE. Please
! bring me some fruit. nuts and candy.
Wishing you and Mrs. Santa Claus a
happy Christmas. Ny address is 824
| East Gregory street, Pensacola. Good
bye, Ida Mae Simmons
Dear Santa Claus-I want you to
bring me a very few things this year.
I want a doll, horn and some blue rib
bon, because my Christmas dress is
blue and | want a box of handker-
chiefs. Don't forget the poor little
children in the war zone and bring
papa and mama something. My adj
! dress is S24 East Gregory street. A
| merry Christmas. Good bye. Eva
Spence.
Dear Santa. Claus-I am 10 years
! old and in the fourth grade and have
a very sweet teacher. Her name is
Mrs. Andrews. Bring her something
nice that you think teachers like.
want You to bring me a doll, teaset
and bugle, piece of red ribbon. Be
sure not to forget mama and papa.
There are so many children ! guess
| this will be all. But before / close I
| want to ask you a question: heard
| that fairy once gave you bag and
| you make yourself small and get in
| 1t and the bag takes you down the
| chimney. Is this true? My address
| is 824 East Gregory. God bye, Ensel
Spencer.
! Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
little buggy whip and a little auto
! mobile, little gun and boat, orange
| and apple and some nuts. / am Z
/ years old and go to school every day;
and bring me a little wagon. Wishing
| you merry Christmas and a happy
New Year your little friend. Buster
| Hood, No. South Tenth avenue
! Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
doll, doll buggy, a rocking chair.
a piano, little brom, little bed and tea
I set, fruit and nuts. Your little friend,
Laura Gilmore, South Tenth ave-
/ nue..
/ Dear Santa Claus-I am a little boy
years old and am a good little boy
Please bring me a wagon, a dog, a
/ book, pair Of gloves. bugle. little train
4 and don't forget my baby brother and
I bring him a RATHER and bring my
mama something. and bring me some
candy for / am fond Of it. 1 will say
god bye. Your little friend. Edwin
! Hood, South Tenth avenue
Dear Santa Claus-I am little girl