Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-13

- and Girls:
H@ am here at asst. My, but it seems a
eng time since l have seen all OF you'll And
there are many that I have never seen-of course l want
to see them. too. | have SO many things for you to see
this time that / hardly know where to begin. Things
that are 50 interesting that I am afraid your eyes will
a most pop right out of your heads. Therefore, when
you come, if you feel your eyes getting big and round, just
you hang on to them. because want you to keep them
SO YOU can see everything.
Some say I came by ~aeropiane, but that is not so.
NV reindeers would feel terrible if | gave them up after
all these years. Then, besides, | couldn't put bells on an
a~eroplane, the motor would make so much noise you could
not hear the bells jingle; and it's the j~ingling bells that
make me feel merry, and that is the sound you listen for
Christmas night when | crack my whip and dash over
the housetops.
Why, !. could not hitch my a~eroplane to the chimney
while l was filling your stockings. Besides, would wake
everybody up. With my reindeers | just say: "Whoa"
and they stop right beside the chimney and keep as still
as mice while l hurry down the chimney and fill your
stockings while you sleep. You see, | do not want to
wake you up, tor the best part OF Christmas is the early
morning surprise.
But must tell you about the big place on the Seventh
Floor where l have assembled all my toys.
lust so you can go around and see them all | have
made a little vii age. call it "a little street in Brittany
because the roofs of the little shops are bright red and
e~verything. is so merry and full OF lite.
am going to walk down my street in Brittany and
tell you about it as | go along.
First, is the little shop called the Sign of the Silver
Steed. Here you will see all sorts OF wooden toys. Some are
comical and | cannot look at them without smiling. |
made them to make you smile. A smile makes a glad heart
and want all little boys and girls to have glad hearts.
Next. we come to the hit c Shop OF LIE COG dor, as
the little French children say in Brittany, when they mean
the Golden Rooster. Here you will find little musical in.
struments and sets of toys, pianos, horns, drums and
The next little shop is the Sign of the Jovial Jumping
lack Here you will find lots of toys, from the Jumping
Jack Gust like the one l brought your father when he
was a little bow to many kinds o toy you will like.
Right in I front Of this little shop stand two little Elephants
that guard the entrance to Mother Goose Hall-but I'll
tell you about them later.
Now we pass the old Dutch Mill, put there to make
the street bright and pretty.
The next little shop is the Sign of the Little Boy in
Khaki. Here you will find soldiers and sailors represent
ing each branch of the Army and Navy, cannons and guns,
etc: but only boys will be interested in this shop.
The next little shop is at the Sign of the Jolly Mus
keteers. There are so many toys here that l cannot begin
to tell you all about them.
The next is the Sign of the Light House, where you
will find the ships, yachts, battleshiPs, submarines, etc.
When you come, look up and see the light flash that tells
the sailors which way to steer the boat.
Now we come to the little Railway Station Of To-
vile, with railway tracks, signals, towers and electric
trains OF. all kinds. The engines are busy all the time.
Next is the little shop, the Sign of the Pine Tree. L
lust had to have this because it reminds me OF my home:
And here you will find lots of toys. Some are new and
some | have been making Tor years.
Right in front of this little shop is the model Nursery;
then comes the Menagerie filled with animals that do not
fight or bite-tigers, lions, elephants, dogs, monkeys,
bears, etc. They are all in cages. Don't tease them.
Then comes Peter Newelps Toy Shop, where you will
see men making toys for me-funny toys that do all sorts
of things, and Peter will be there, too.
Now we will go back to the entrance to Mother Goose
Hall. ~, - +,
Mother Goose Hall is filled with dolls of every kind
little and big, dressed and undressed, comica! and
quaint. Oh, ever so many dolls! | could not count
them. Each one has a wistful look. They want some
little girl to take care of them. Then there are toys from
France that walk and dance and also little Music Boxes
that play while a Dolly rocks her baby to sleep.
In Mother Goose Hall you'll see a large painting Of
Mother Goose riding one of her large geese, also one OF
the Old Woman Who Lived in the Shoe, Jack the Giant-
killer, the Cow That Jumped Over the Moon, Ride a
Cockhorse to Banbury Cross and the Story OF the Three
Bears. >r-r -
On the stage is the Good Ship St. Nicholas. | am
going to make several trips each day to HaPPyland and
want you to come and go with me. we VIII have a
Jolly time as we sail along over the make-oeleve Blue
Sea, and will tell you stories about my RENDERS and
Toyland and the little gnomes that work Tor me;
Of course, your mother will bring you. rather taxes
YOU to the circus. so Mother will bring you to see me. Get
Father to come, if you can. The sight OF all these toys
will make him a boy again, and if you watch him you will
see him smile. You may then know he rs thinking OF the
DAYS gone by when he was a little boy and got up oright
and early on Christmas morning and chased the sand
man away by rubbing his eyes with his little ilsts as ne
peeked into the room to see what was IN his stocking;
and l am sure that he was so happy that ne began 70
dance with JOY especially if he got a pair
of copper-toed boots, a jack-knlte, a
bag Of gum drops and a few raisns.
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