The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
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is THERE A
SANTA CLAUS?

We take pleasure is answering
at once and thus prominently the
communication below, expressing
at the same time our great gratifi-
cation that its faithful author is
numbered among the friends of The
Sun:
Dear Editor--I am years old.
Some of my little friends say
there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says If you see it in The
Sun it's So
please tell me the truth, is there
Il Santa Claus?
Virginia O'Hanon.
lib West Nineyt-hfth street."
Virginia, your little friends are
wrong they have been affected by
the sceptlclsm of sceptical age
They do not believe except they
see. They think that nothing can
be which is not comprehensive bv
their little minds. All minds, Viz
ginia, whether they be mons or
childrcn's, arc little. In this great
universe Of ours man is a mere in
sect, an ant, in his intellect, as COM
pared with the boundless world
about him, as measured by the in
tclligcncc capable of graspng the
whole of truth and knowledge
Yes, Virginia, therc is a Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as
love and generosity and devotion
exist, and you know that they
abound and give to your life its
highest beauty and joy. Alas! how
drcary would be the world if there
were no Santa Claus! 1t would be
as drcary as if there were no Vir-
ginias. There would be no child
like faith then, no poetry, no ro-
nance to make tolerablc this eXis-
tcnce. We should have no enjoy
mcnt, except in sense and sight.
The eternal light with which child
hood fills the world would be cxtin-
guishcd.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You
might us we'll not believe in fairies!
You might get your papa to hire
men to watch in all the, ,chimncys on
Christmas Eve to catch Santa
Claus, but even if they did not see
Santa Claus, coming down, what
would that prove? Nobody secs
Santa Claus, but that is no sign
that there is no Santa Claus. The
most real things in the world are
those that neither children nor
! men can see. Did YOU ever see
fairies dancing on the lawn? OF
course not, but that's no proof that
they are not there. Nobody can
conceive or imagine all the wonders
there are unseen and unsccablc in
the world
You tear apart the hahy'S rattle
and see what makes the noise in
side, but there is a veil covering
the unseen world which not the
strongest man, nor even the united
strength of all the strongest men
that ever lived, could tear apart
Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, ro-
nance, can push aside that curtain
and view and picture the supclnal
beauty and glory beyond. Is it all
real? All, Virginia, in all this
world there is nothing else real and
abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God!
he lives, and he lives forever. A
thousand years from now, Virginia,
nay, ten times ten thousand years
from now, he will continue to make
glad the heart Of childhood.-
lcctcd.
1t is better to go through life to
the grave carrying the scarcG Of
fight than to admit defeat to avoid
a bruiSc
THE DOLLAR
is scarce article. Our mcrchan-
disc is piled high and in order to
exchange plentiful merchandise for
scarce dollars we are putting on
this most phenomenal "Common
Sense Sale"
If YOU
would do your friends kind deed
.cll them Of Rigby's "Common
Sense Sale"