Evening star., 1934-12-01
HUNDREDS WRITE
/. ESSAYS ON SANTA
Letters Flood Star Editor,
Seeking $50 in Prizes
for Three Best.

The Star from boys and girls who are
competing for the $50 in prizes The
Star is Offering for the best essay on
the subject: Why I Know There Il
| a Santa Claus, and Why Every Poor
Child in Washington Should Receive
Gifts This Christmas.
The contest closes at midnight De.
| cember IS. and many contestants are
very wisely getting their letters in
early.
The Star is offering a prize of SIS
for the best letter of not more than
$50 words For the letter which Il
judged second best there is an award
of $40, and the writer of the third
best will receive S5.
Age Limit Is IL.
There Is only one condition at
tached to the contest, and that is that
contestants must not be more than
II years old.
Now is the time to get busy. There
certainly Is a Santa Claus and all
the world knows he lives right on
top of the world way up near the
North Pole. OF course, there are some
little boys and girls who don't think
there is a Santa Claus, but that Ii
just all they know about 1t. You can
prove it to them now that you know
there is one and he will come to see
you Christmas. With the money
from your letter you can buy just lots
Of toys and candy.
Address your letter to the Santa
Claus Editor at The Evening Star,
write on one side of the paper only,
remember that neatness counts in de-
Gliding the winners, and be sure that
| you mail your letter. in plenty of
time.
Winners will be announced one
week after the contest closes.
5-Year-Old Gives Reasons.
There are many reasons that should
| convince any one there Is Santa
Claus, but one reason received yes.
terday by the editor should eliminate
all further arguments.
A 5-year-old boy writes: 81 am
just little boy and am just turned
5 years old, so my mama is helping
me to write my letter to tell you why
know there is a Santa Claus. I saw
him downtown at store last year and
he lives near the North Pole; he comes
as far as he can with his reindeer and
sleigh and then he takes an airplane
to Washington We good boys and
! girls don't see Santa Claus leave our
| toys. for We are fast asleep. have
! cut out Santa Claus to show you
what he looks like and / hope to see
one like him in town this year.
think every little boy and girl in
Washington should receive gifts this
Christmas because Santa Claus wants
all children to be happy at Christmas
| time"
Film Draws Large Crowds.
The Star expedition picture, Search
! for Santa Claus" showing the first
movies ever made of Santa Claus in
his own home and workshops. contin-
, ues to draw large crowds at the Met
/ ropolitan Theater. The film calls at
/ tention to The Star Warner Bros
| Christmas toy matinees. to be held at
| IL Warner Bros theaters Saturday,
December Is A new toy or article Of
clothing will be the price of admis-
sion. They will be collected in the
theater lobbies and turned over to the
Council of Social Agencies, which will
distribute them to needy families in
| Washington.
Elaborate programs of entertainment
| have been planned for these matinees
| by the Warner Bros management
and. as they will include unusually fine
pictures ard supplementary attrac-
! tions. it is believed that they will be
nf inf MT to hot
children and adults. All who possibly
can are urged to attend and to bring
gifts for the children Of Washington
who would otherwise be neglected and
left heartbroken. To those who can
not come in person, 1t is suggested
that they send their gifts to the the
ater nearest their home where the
matinee is held.
Following is the full schedule of
the Christmas matinees on December
Is. The hours at which the doors Of
the theaters will open will be an.
nounced later.
Outstanding Pictures on List.
TIvOLI-Shirley Temple in Baby
Takes a Bow" Laurel and Hardy
comedy Busy Bodies; THE Night
Before Christmas" and The Man on
the Flying Trapeze," Popeye comedy.
AMBASSADOR-Jackie Cooper and
Wallace Beery in Treasure Island"
The Shanty Where Santa Claus
Lives and Can You Take It?" a Pop
eye comedy.
! SAVOY-Joe E. Brown in The Cir
Gus Clown" Bedtime Worries" an
Our Gang comedy; Touchdown
Mickey" Mickey Mouse comedy. and
Let's You and Him Fight" Popeye
comedy.
OLONY-Shirley Temple in Little
Miss Marker" Wild Poses" an Our
Gang Comedy, and The Night Before
Christmas" Silly Symphony.
YORK-Joe E. Brown in Son Of q
Sailor" Dirty Work" Laurel and
Hardy comedy, and Touchdown
Mickey" a Mickey Mouse comedy.
AVENUE GRAND-Shirley Temple
in Little Miss Marker, DIRTY Work.
Laurel and Hardy comedy, and
"Sockabye Baby" Popeye comedy.
Shows Include Comedies.
APOLLO-Joe E. Brown in The
Circus Clown" His Neighbor.' an
Our Gang comedy. and "Mickey's
Good Deed" Mickey Mouse comedy.
HOME-Bruce Cabot in "Midship-
man Jack" His Neighbor," an Our
Gang comedy, and The Three Little
Pigs"
METROPOLITAN O'Brien
in The Last Trail" "Oliver the
Eighth" Laurel and Hardy comedy,
and "The Big Bad Wolf" a Silly
Symphony.
EARLE-Charlotte Henry in Alice
in Wonderland" and 'Shanty Where
Santa Claus Lives"
| AVALON - Jackie Cooper and
Wallace Beery in Treasure Island"
"Santas Workshop" a Silly Sym.
phony, ana "Shoeir' Horses" a Pop
eye comedy.
Following its showing at the Metro.
politan Theater this week, The Star
expedition moving picture. Search
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