Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17
Wartime Fr0cks Are Like Wartime Menus
Talk ON French Dress
PATSY KILDARE
THE OUTLAW
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS
Santa Claus Comes

T HAD hardly got to sleep last night
when something made me sit up in bed
| ana listen / heard stumbling and then
a voice said rs this where Patsy Kildare
| ilves? said why. Mr.. Rockrudder you
Know 1t Is" So I lit n lamp and opened the
| uoor ana the joke was on me, Tor IL was
not Mr.. Rockrudder at all. II was Santa
| claus lie was fat and trimmed with fur
and whiskers. That was why Rowdy did
not bark
] said, Come right In. How are your
lie said, Fine. How are you?' I said,
FINE, Why did you not come down the
clunheyY Are you going up the chimney?
DO you not want me IN go out and hold
your reindeer? What have you got in that
Rag? Come this way ! was expecting you
Did YOU have any trouble finding the house
! know little boy on this street who does
not believe in you. lent that silly" Santa
'1als said, ut certainly is. Who is he? !
VIII not leave him a thing" I said, 81 can
not tel you that ] want you 10 leave him
OF OF things and then he will believe In
you next year" Santa Claus said Sup
pose ] do not leave you anything If you do
not tell?" At that sat down on the edge
Of my bed and felt like crying. l said. II
cannot help it. ] shall be sorry, all right,
and I'll push his face In tomorrow IL you
do not leave me anything on his account,
but ! am not going to tell you his name
Santa Claus patted me on the head and
said, Patsy, you are a good sport, that Is
what you are" Then I felt glad and we
went into the other room and while he was
laughing at and loading the stockings and
the one pair Of my fathers socks and the
tree | said rs your home near Hcaven?'
He stopped laughing and said, Yes, Santa
Claus's home Is very near Heaven" said
do YOU know any Of the angels?' He said
"A few" said, DO you know my
MOTHER He said. Has she hair like
yours and blue eyes? what Is her first
name?" | told him and he said. why
l know her we'll She has told me lots
Of times how she loves her little girl and
what good little girl she is. Well, I
must go now. will have to climb up the
back of the house to the roof where my
reindeer are" l said. Let me so out and
boost you" He said. "No. that Is not
necessary. | will not trouble you" ] said
ut viii not he any trouble. ! have got
ladder that can put against the house"
He said. Never mind" ! said, We'll
] will go and watch you anyhow" He
said, NO, II Is against the law to watch
me, You shut your eyes and count n
hundred and then open them" So I did
and when | opened my eyes he was gone
Then I undid the packages and looked
at my presents. There was a hair ribbon
and gold bracelet and a doll and a velvet
coat and slippers with fur around the tops
and all the stockings and socks were filed
with nuts and oranges and there were two
dresses ana 1our nlghteS. put on the
slippers and then 7 spread out all the other
things on the bed and then Rowdy and 7
kneeled down and | prayed. Dear mother.
which art in Heaven. | have just been talk.
ing with friend of yours His name Is
Santa Claus, He has brought me the
beautfullest things you almost ever saw
] am going to sleep with all of them
Thank God for letting Santa Claus be so
good and thank you for telling Santa Claus
about me and getting him to bring so
many beautiful things Amen"
"Fertivlties." the next Patsy Kildare adyen-
fure. appears In Mondays Evening Ledger.