Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 149, Hammond, Lake County, 11 December 1909 — Page 4

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Saturdav, I)ec. 11, 1909.

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YES THEY BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS! i Do they believe in Santa Claus? Well If you think they don't you ought to see the deluge of Santa Claus letters that come by mail and messenger to thismce. They are appearing dally In these columns. The TIMES is more than glad to be the medium whereby the boys and girls who believe in good old Santa Claus may have their wishes fulfilled. We trust that Santa Claus will heed the requests of these little friends of his We mPe that he will see his way clear not to forget a single one of them because they are all good boys and girls. They would not hare the heart to write to Santa Claus if they were not good children to their dear parents. . -, , The spirit that pervades many of the letters is praiseworthy and In manv cases most pathetic. Many of the letters breathe the spirit of sacrifice. This one wants sister to be remembered, that one brother and so on. Some of the little writers realize the conditions at home where' the wolf is knocking at the door and their hopes are timid. We know Santa Claus will do the best he can for theso children and this paper would feel distressed were the good old St. Nick, to forget a single one of them.

WHAT MR. BRYAN THINKS. I Tt is reserved for Harper's Weekly to utter the most unkind of all the many unkind remarks concerning Mr. Bryan's new paramount issue, and the cruelty of Harper's is its refinement. It says: "A Lincoln (Nebraska) dispatch says that the new issue that Mr. Bryan is preparing to force on the democratic party is prohibition. It says that he thinks the liquor interests are responsible for his defeats heretofore, and that he has prepared some annihilating pieces to be projected at them from his battery in the Commoner. ti,0 i a tpmntine: one. for Mr. Bryan personally, but though any

issue might look good to him without means to tie un the democratic party t i q pranri isR,,A Tt is full of emotion

is a larg?, self-evident fact that everybody knows about and almost everybody would be glad to abate, but there is great difference of opinion as to the way to abate it, and even Mr. Bryan must see the difficulty of committing either nt thn twn exeat nolitieal parties to a single method.

"It is sometimes said that Mr. Bryan missed his vocation when he com-

menr-H.; politics, and that his true calling was to be an evangelist, me very

next thing to that is to be a temperance orator. We hope Mr. Bryan will

try it. It would fit into, his lecture business line a nana into a giove.

ALL IN THE

A new light on the shopping-at-hpme crusade is presented by the Lafayette Courier which says: . "The newspapers may editorialize till doomsday on the patronage of home merchants, but unless the people act on the suggestions made such efforts are a waste of printer's ink. The most efficacious remedy in the ur-iriri i vahipipss tn pffprt results unleRa it is used bv the patient. All this

talk about patronizing home merchants

not act on it; and the way to act on it is to oegia to ao it at once, cerotniv n- nor Khmiiri hp nsiipd tn snend his monev at home, if he can do

better by spending it elsewhere. This

most persons follows that is, they think they do. People who go elsewnere

to purchase the things they want are not worried by motives of discrimination oc-iinct ttiolr hnmo merrhnnls Rplf-interest moves them so to act

The home merchant must offer at

chasers, n ne wisnes to nave tneir patronage. ine mertuaiii is noi aciuai. ed by philanthropic purposes any more than purchasers are.

HOW A FOOLISH STORY TRAVELS. The announcement that Gary Is going to ask that the fight between Jeffries and Johnson be held in. that city must be accepted as a joke. Possibly some slow-thinking sports have concluded that such an event would be possible in Indiana because our governor is so devoted to the doctrine of local self-government. But, doubtless, if a prizefight -of national importance were suggested in this state, the governor would cast aside his ideals of local self-government and insist on the enforcement of the laws, even if the militia had to be called out. But more likely is the theory that the Gary press agent has been busy, simply in the hope of calling attention to Gary as "a live town." Lafayette Journal.

As a matter of fact, Gary never asked for (he prize-fight and never wanted it. Gary wouldn't take it if it could get it, no there is no reason why

the Indiana papers should do any fusing over a little of Opidildock'a work.

IS THIS A DERELICTION OF DUTY?

, East Chicago citizens are making complaints that the municipal board of health is not taking proper quarantine precautions in the epidemic of scarlet fever which seems to be getting too strong a foothold in the city at present. Complaints have been received at this office that one house in which there is a case of scarlet fever, was permitted to go unquarantined. The officials of one of the public schools were compelled to take action and caution the pupils not to go near the house. It is hard to explain this alleged

dereliction on the part of the members fever is a dangerous disease and one thing but conducive to public health. has its good reasons for not placing such is the case an explanation is due

FRED KUNZMAN'S SAD END.

The sad taking off of Fred Kunzman of Hammond removes one of the thriftiest and best known business men of the city from the circles of commercial activity. He wa3 an enterprising man and a valued spoke in th3 business wheel of the city, Nothing but sympathy for the bereaved fami'y Is expressed. That he should have seen fit in a mood of insanity to take his own life is remarkable for he was of a jolly disposition and not of tite type which is wont to brood over things when they go wrong. He was honest to a nicety in all hi3 transactions with mankind and his loss as a business man and factor in the community is all the more regrettable. Those who knew him and had business relations with him will deplore his ttnti nely Lea4 and will always have the kindest memories of Mm. .

$3.00 SLBO , . .ONE CENT

THAN ANY OTHER NEWSTIMES are requested to faor the ! In delWerln. Comm-nlcat. vritb th. . surprising anybody, we doubt If he to proniDUion. for mm, personally, and excitement. The curse of rum APPLICATION. amounts to nothing, if purchasers do is common sense and this is the rule least equal inducements to home pur of the bourd of health. Surely scarlet whose spread in a community is any It may be that the board of health houses affected under quarantine, but if the public.

RANDOM THINGS AND FUNGS

DONT believe everything you hear over a. telephone wire. A THE insurgent rebellion at Washington seems to have blown up. 4 WHAT are you going to do with your ticket to the First Ward ball? AA AS a polar savant our own "Josh" Billings has them both coming and going. DIARIES for 1910 are out,' This probably has something to do with Christmas shopping. RAILROAD reports show that old General Prosperity is making good use of the return trip ticket. THERE may be worse people than Zelaya but they are not hunting trouble as actively as he is. IT would be perfectly safe and sane to offer a good stiff reward for any of those blooming dandelions wouldn't It? . TWENTY-EIGHT hunters were kill ed in Wisconsin during the past sea son, but none of them played football. ABOUT thr;;e dozen members of the Lake County society of the Indiana society will banquet at Chicago thia ere. WHEN we think too, of all the heat that was wasted in East Chicago, Gary and Hammond about a month ago. THIS is the season of the year when sweet Alice gets her little nose nipped until it looks like a red red rose. 1 IF the cows would also get into some kind of a trust, what would the worried milk dealers do then, poor things? - LOWELL has a saloonkeeper named Poody and he got a license too at the recent meeting of the county commissioners. - SOME persons manage to make a lot of noise wallowing in the puddles and they are not over forty miles away from here. - j IN other word3 Dr. Hurty will fasten his teeth into the neck of Mr. Pellagra should that gentleman ever slip Into Lake County. THE East Chicago health officers have evidently forgotten that scarlet fever is a quarantinable disease if they ever knew it. ' LET us all hope that the switchmen and the railroad officials will all be pervaded with tire spirit of Christmas peace and goodwill. NORTH Dakota Judge advocates the killing of the Insane. His Honor will please tell us if he has conceived the magnitude of his task. 4 THE esteemed Gary contemporary that is working Up the Jeffries-Johnson bout for Gary, ought to let us all in on a few more of the particulars, 4 WE read about a Corean woman who is given to fits of silence lasting a week or more. We should like to hear more about the women of Corea. CHICAGO woman is suing her husband because he thinks she ought to live on 25c per diem. Funny what extravagant notions some women have. 44 TO. WATSON Says that a poet laureate is a vermiform appendix on the body politic. Chance for some doctor here to make a fat fee out of the body politic. w DIPLOMACY is the trait possessed by many women about this time of the year in getting possession of hubby's pocket-book without having to use a sand bag to do it. . MICHIGAN CITY man threw himself into lake because young lady re fused to marry him. Probably he was looking for some of the fish in the sea that are just a3 good. - PEOPLE who thought the Jeffries Johnson meeting was going to be a prize fight are hugely disappointed J,o learn that it is going to be nothing but a moving picture show. GOVERNMENT report says that fishermen are almost as great an astet to the country as is the farmer. Remember this the next time you spit on the bait and cast over into a bunch of spatterdocks. PENNSYLVANIA railroad company has been officially censured by the Lake County coroner. The company will now probably kill a few more peopl at Its grade crossings Just to show what it thinks of the censure.

IIP AND DOWN

WOCLDST PROSECUTE. James Noonan, a Fort Wayne saloonkeeper, arrested for having a slot machine in his rlace, sought to have Prosecutor A. E. Thomas prepare an affidavit, charging either Captain Kelly o" Sergeant Harkenrider with having been responsible for the lifting of his s'ot machine. Ha cla;.ns that the outfit was "frisked"" for $13 while In the police station. The prosecutor refused. INDIANA 3 YEARS OLD. Indiana will celebrate its 23rd birthday anniversary today. On Dec. 11, 1SJC, the territory was fcdmitted to the Union. There are no plans for a general celebration made, . although those who are informed on Indiana history do not forget the date of the state's birth. Robert J. Aley, state superintendent of public Instruction said that so far as he knows no special entertainment has been planned. WAS GOVERNOR "ROLLED." Was Governor Eberhart of Minnesota "rolled" by a pair of card sharks while en route to Fort Wayne on the Manhattan CJmited yesterday .afternoon? A report was was received by Captain Stoll Of the Pennsylvania police force and It was further reported to the captain that the amount secured was $130. The police department upon hearing the report wired ahead to know if the two supposed sharks, who stopped off here, should be arrested. but a reply was received that nothing should be done. SHORTAGE OF GAS. A shortage of gas In Kokomo Thursday caused general suffering from cold and plumbers have been on the Jump making disconnections In stoves to permit the use of wood or coal. The J. M. Leach company says that with It is simply a case of . shortage of gas and that all is being sold that the company possesses. THE BIGGEST FOOL. A gasoline explosion Thursday wrecked the home of Joseph Ardapple, of Lafayette and injured three people. Ardapple had started a' fire and brought a two-gallon gasoline can In from the barn and poured It on the flames. In an Instant there was a terrific explosion and all the windows and doors were blown from the building. FEET WERE AMPUTATED. Herbert Crawfords, 36, a farmer residing near Bentonville, was brought to Richmond Thursday that his feet might be amputaated at Reid hospital. Crawford became Intoxicated while at Cambridge City and crawled under an elevator, where he was found Tuesday .eart to Heart By EDWIN A. NYE. WATCH TEE BALL. George Stone, the fielder of the St Louis Browns, is a, keen observer of the players. , He says the reason why so many baseball ball players fail to be good batters is because' they persist in watching the pitchers and fall to keep their eyes on the ball." Which observation contains some good philosophy. Many a man has failed of success In life because he has' kept his eye on what the other fellow is doing, instead of looking out for the main chance. Watch the ball. Many a young man watches his boss more than he watches his Job. Listen, and you will hear one of them complaining of the way the foreman acts toward him. His grievance is mostly of his own fancy, ne tells how, were he in control, he would run the business. That young man is taking up his time in watching the pitcher when he ought to Watch the ball. The good hitter gives scant attention to the gyrations of the pitcher, who is oftentimes an adept hypnotist The good batter watches the ball, keeps his eye on It3 angle, and when it comes strictly his way he "swats" it good and hard, ne may sometimes fail in his eye measurement and miss, but not often. He studies every chance and never fails to Watch the ball. So must the business batter be. If he aspires to succeed the young man, whether in trade or business or profession, cannot take time to keep tab on the ways of the other fellow and to the exclusion of his batting business. He should not absorb his energies in criticism of the pitcher or the umpire, but should make it his special aim to Watch the ball. And when that ball comes right! The great trouble with many a school or college graduate is that when he gets into the game he spends altogether too much time in watching the pitcher. He has not yet learned how to adjust his eye to the ball, ne Is slow in making a bit. By and by he learns the trick and makes up for lost time, ne knows how to Watch the ball. If you hope to succeed In baseball or baking bread, in preaching or planting, In buying or building, or what not Watch the ball. "THIS DATE IN HISTORY" December 11. 1789 Miron Winslow, noted missionary, born in Wllliston, VL Died at the Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 22, 1864 1816 Indiana admitted to the Union as ths nineteenth state. 1833 The "Green Bay Interrigencer" appeared at Green Bay, Wis. 1838 Silk-growers met In convention In Baltimore and organized a national silk society.

IN INDIANA

tn a1 fearful condition. Both feet were so frozen that they can not be saved. HURLED 100 FEET. Jesse Simpson, a farmer near Lebanon, was struck by a Big Four passenger train Thursday and hurled a hundred feet, receiving only a few bruises. The train was going at the rate of sixty miles an hour and his escape from death or fatal Injury Is marvelous. He walked to a physician's office and had a few minor injuries dressed. TAFT TO INDIANAPOLIS. President Taft will visit Indianapolis this winter, probably in February, although he is unable at this time to fix a certain date. The president told Henry Reisenberg of Indianapolis, who called on him Thursday, that hs has not forgotten his promise to visit the Hoosier capital, but that with so many different matters pressing for consideration he could not say at this time exactly when the promise will be redeemed. STRIKE IS FROZEN UP. All the strike-breakers have left Bedford and an unusual quiet prevails among the strikers. Some of the planer men and others have returned to work. It Is not thought that the operators will Import any more professional strike breakers, but that as men who are skilled as stone workers are needed they will be obtained from other cities. SAFE IS CRACKED. - The safe tn the general store of John Endicott at Flatrock was blown -early Thursday and $41.94 stolen. The burglars used nitroglycerin. . TALBOT AGAIN PINHCED. John W. Talbot, supreme president of the Order of Owls, was arrested in South Bend Thursday on three Indict ments Issued by the grand Jury at the instance of Mrs. Leona Mason and Esther Graffenberger. Two Indictments charge assault and battery on ths wo men. The prosecution of Talbot is the outcome of the lattefs attempt to send Mrs. Mason to prison for attempted murder. Mrs. Mason was vindicated. LETTER FROM M'CCTCHEON. George Ade, who came over to Lafayette from Brook Thursday to attend the Cory-Murdock wedding, re ceived a letter- Tuesday from his old Purdue chum, John T. McCutcheon, cartoonist, who is hunting big game In Africa. The letter is a long one, and Is dated ML Kenid, Oct. 23. According to McCutcheon, he is rivaling Roosevelt In the killing of lions, elephants and rhinoceroses In the 'wilds of Africa. 1842 John Brown, president of the University of Georgia 1811-16, died at Fort Gaines. Born in Ireland, June 15, 1763. 1S62 Fredericksburg, Va., bombarded by the Federal army. 1867 House of Commons adopted preliminary resolutions in regard to the acquisition of Rupert's land and the northwest territories. 18S9 Funeral of Jefferson Davis In New Orleans. 1903 Niagara Falls, Ontario, incorporated as a city. 1905 New BritisH ministry formed by Sir Henry Campbell-Banerrr.an. "THIS IS MY 85TH BIRTHDAY" Hamilton Hntchlns. Captain Hamilton Hutchins, of the United States navy, was born In New Hampshire, Dec. 11, 1854, and graduated from the Annapolis naval academy when 20 years old. After serving on various ships of the old navy he was assigned In 1889 to the cruiser Boston. Subsequently he served on tb,e Cincinnati and in the war with Spain he was on the cruiser Montgomery. His first command was that of the gunboat Machias in 1903." He reached the grade of captain Oct. 13, 1907, and in the memorable cruise of the battleship fleet around the world he was in command of the battleship Kearsarge. "THIS DATE IN HISTORY" December 12. 175 John Jay, first chief Justice of the United States supreme court. born in New York City. Died May 17, 1829. 1804 William Lloyd Garrison, reform er, born. Died May 24, 1579. 1812 Hun. John S. MacDonald, Cana dian statesman, born at St. Rap hael. Died In 1872. IS30 National republican party, at Baltimore, nominated Henry Clay for president. 1S76 Wade Hampton declared gov ernor of South Carolina. 1S77 Workingmen of Oakland, Cal., sent a petition to the president praying for the abrogation of the Burlingame treaty with China. 1889 Robert Browning, English poet, died in Venice. Born near Lon don. May 7, 1812. 1894 Sir Johnson Thompson, Canadian premier, died suddently while a guest of Queen Victoria. 1895 An agent of the Standard Oil company found guilty at Waco, Texas, of violating the Texas anti trust law. "THIS IS MY COTH BIRTHDAY. William K. Vanderhilt. William K. Vanderbilt, head of the noted family of capitalists, was born on Staten Island. Dec. 12, 1S49. After receiving an academic education he spent several years in study in Gen eva. Switzerland. Upon his return to the United States he began Ills business career as treasurer of the Hudson River railroad. In 1877 he became one of the vice presidents of the New Y"ork Central and Hudson River Railway company and in recent ypars he has been one of the controlling factors in the various lines composing the so called Vanderbilt system of railroads. Mr. Vanderbilt has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Alva Smith of Mobile, Ala. They were di vorced in 1900, and three years later Mr. Vanderbilt was married to Mrs. L. M. Rutherford. Cockney Dialect in Bible. A Bible printed in 1810 had a line of semi-cockney dialect in Matthew 8:43: "Who hath ears to ear let him hear M

LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS What the Little Friends of The Times Want Good Old Santa to Bring Them for Christmas.

Burnham, 111. Dec. 9. 1909. Hello, Santa Claus: I want to write you a few lines and tell you what I want you to bring Christmas eve. 1 want a nice new sled, if you please, and a pair of hockey skates, sise lOVfc, a new drum, a stary booy, a watch and chain, a box of chocolates, a little engine, a solid gold ring with my Initial in it, and a collar and necktie, and a lot of toys, candies and nuts. Aged nine oia. Yours trulyt EDWIN K1ERSEY. East Chicago, Ind., Dec. 9, 1909. Dear Santa Claus: I am eight years old now. I would like you to bring me a big doll and a set of furs and a game and a little doll gocart. Weil, this will be all for this Christmas. From your little friend. LEANOR GAUTHIER. Box 55. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 6. 1909. Dear Santa: Christmas will soon be here so I am going ta tell you what I wanL I want a big doll, dressed In blue, with eyelashes ' and light hair. I want a set of books, too. Brother Louis wants a wagon, an Indian and a waicn ana chain. We want a Christmas tree and some candy and nuts. I will have to close now and say goodby. GENEVIEVE AND LOUIS ALLNUT. 121 Douglas street. Burnham. I1L, Dec 8, 1909. Dear Santa Claus: I am twelve years old and want to tell you what I want for Christmas. I want a big doll 26 inches long, some nuts and fruit and candy. I am in the fifth grade. Hoping you will remember me, I remain yours. IRENE MATCHEZ. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hammond, Ind., Dec, 9, 1909. Dear Santa Claus: 1 am a little girl five years old and would like to have you to bring me a new doll with blue eyes and a doll bed. toy piano and a mun and fur set-for my doll and a pair of felt slippers, and please don't forget mamma and pappa, and the Christmas tree. ina MISS EVELYN THOMEN. 408 Sibly street Hammond, Ind., Dec 9. 1909. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a picture book, a drum a train of cars, and some nuts and candy. Please bring me a maglo lantern, too. From your loving friend, RICHARD TINKHAM. Merrlllvllle, Ind., Dec. 8, 1909. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a dolly and buggy a istove and a little piano and a pair of shoes and a pocketbook. They will be tome candy on the table for you. From your little five-year-old girl. EDITH PIERCE. Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 7. 1909. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a stiver watcn ana an automobile, l want a story book and a pair of high top shoes and a sweater jackeL I am ten ye-rs old and live at 520 Pine street. Don't forget mamma and papa; don't rorget me. uooclDy. Yours slncerelv. CHESTER ECKLUND. Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 8. 1909. My Dear Santa Claus: I am a little boy eight years old. I want you to bring me a sled and a little wagon. I don't want you to forget to bring me and my brothers and sisters some nuts and canny. From your little friend, RAYMOND HILLYER. 15 Reece avenue. P. S. Don't forget to bring us an Xmas tree. Don't forget papa and mamma. Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 8. 1909. Dear Santa: Christmas is drawing near ana i tnougnt I would let you know what I want for, Xmas. Please bring me a sweater coat, box of candy siory dook ana a nice Amas tree. I am a good girl and I helD mamma all T can when I get home from school. Don't forget my sister. Thanking you many iimes i am your men. . THERESA KAHL 1 68 Michigan avenue. Don't forget where I live. Griffith. Ind.. Dec. 7. 1909. Dear Santa Claus: As Christmas is drawing near and you will soon be com ing around I wish you would bring me some useiui presents. But as I am getting big enough to help my mother in many ways I do not wish for any toys. Now I wil close, wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New x ear. Your loving child, MARIE MINNINGER. Griffith, Ind., Dec. 9. 1909. Dear Santa Claus: Xmas ' is soon here. I hope you remember me. 1 want you to bring me a sweater coat some blue ribbons and some candy and nuts. I am nine years old. I remain as ever your truly friend. MARGARET MILLER. Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 8 1909. Dear Santa Claus: I am seven years old and I would like to have a doll that can sleep, a trunk, a new dress and a story book. I have a .little sister who is five years old. Her name is Alice. She would like to have a doll and buggy, a new dress; and please don't forget the nuts and candy. Wo thank you very much if you bring all mat. Your loving little friend, ANNA JASIN. 750 East State street. , Burnham. 111., Dec. 9, 1909. Dear Santa: I thought you would ime 10 Know wnat presents I want for Christmas. I will be satisfied If vou will bring me a gocart for mv doll, a big one that will fold up, a pair of ice sKates and a box cf bon bons. I am twelve years old. I will close, wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Your friend. MARIE D. PRUNCE. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 8. 1909. Dear Santa Claus: I am nine years old. Could you bring me a doll, German story book with verses in. a new dress, a Christmas tree, nuts and candy. I have a little sister, her name is Genevieve, she is three years old. She would like a doll, buggy and a utory book. Would you please bring that all, and don't forget my little brother, who is one year old. Yours truly, MARIE JASIN. 750 East State street. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 9, 1909. Dear Santa: I wish you would bring me these few toys: A bottle of blue Ink, camera, magic lantern, two blocks paper, ink, two boxes of ; pens, two penholders, and do not forget my dear little sister Eleanor. I am ten years old. Yours trulv, ARTHUR KETCHUM. 193 State Line street. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 9. 1909. Dear Santa: Please will ycu bring me "Arabian Nights' story book and a nice curly bearskin coat. If you do I will go to Sunday school every Sunday with my penny and will say my pravers every night. LITTLE MILDRED DAVIS.

Hammond. Ind., Dec. 8, 1909. Dear Santa Claus: I hope you do not forget me yet and if you would be bo kind to send me a wig for my six year and three months old doll, a very nice hat and lots of candy and nuts. I am not very old. Do not forget my mother father and brothers. There are onfv two. Dear Santa. I hope It will not be too hard to carry. I live at 43 Huehn street. - Your friend, CORNELIA HENCEL.

Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 8, 1909. Dear Santa Claus: I will , write to you and tell you what I want for Christmas. I want a big doll and gocart and some candy and r.uts and oranges and a new dress. I guess that is all I want this Christmas. From your darlirg little girl. GOLD1E MAE HASSMAN. 813 Truman avenue.

Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 8. 1909. Dear Santa Claus: Will you please bring me a pair of Ice skates, magia lantern, a nice story book and some fruit and candy. I hope I see you soon. Yours truly. WALTER MOTKOWSKI. Hammond, Ind.. Dec. 10, 109. Dear Santa Claus: I want a piano, for Christmas, and '.t I don't get a piano I want a doll and buggy and some nuts and candy, and that Is all I want, and my sister wants a doll and a buggy and a bug and a set of dishes, a story book, and thit is all that she wants. MARGARET BOTH WELL. BERN ICE BOTH WELL. 732 Hoffman street. Hammond. Ind.. Dc. 8, 1909. Dear Santa Claus: 1 thoue-ht I would drop you a few lines and tell you to bring me a story book, gloves and some 1 hair ribbons and candy. And bring my iwo sisters two coils, piano, washing set and a set of dishes and some candy and fruit. I hope you can carry it all. Yours truly FRANCES MOTKOWSKI. 908 Johnson street. Hammond. Ir.d., Dec. 8, 1909. Dear Santa: I am a little boy six ears old, and as Xmas is soon here WOUld Ilka VOll tn hrlna- mo a n.l.nl wagon and a big blue horn and some candy and nuts, and a big Xmas tree, and don't forget to bring me a sled. Please Santa, do not lose my tovs In the snow. I wish you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. i remain your little friend , HARRY SLCNAKER. 715 Torrence avenue. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 9. 1909. Dear Sa.nm rriana- pi.o.. hrin. . - - - - uiuiq ilia a. neW PRlr Of ihOAfi O ran A var a pair of hair ribbons. I am ten years old And don't forget to bring some i ct.iuj, auu iiuls. Ana aon t rorget papa and mamma. Your little friend, , AGNES ALLMAN. 240 Douglas avenue. Hammond. Ind., Dec. 10, 1909. Dpjlf Knnta T.ao, tu T Playing with my elster Margaret I heard mv nun, ,a,1 i i , i i r. , . i Thb Times to Dear Santa Claus, so I muusni x wouia seni one to dear Santa Claus. I am a little girl only five venrs nM n u-rmi i i ; i . - v , doll, little piano and a nice Christmas ' ttae aon 1 rorget mv little sister Margaret. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Y'eHr. r ruin a. nine Kind neart. c ... LENA DAHLKAMP. 258 Sohl street. East Chicago. Ind., Dec. 9. 1909. DAt Knnta llmia' t ,1, t would write you. a f ?w lines to let you know what T n-Uh t.-i- rh.i.tn,.. t-. , ' ' " " - ' v iii i inn .1. 1 " i fcanta Claus please before you start juui iiui in poip 10 reaa mv ietter over, and bring me the toys that I Wish for Dour Santo Cloim r have a doll, a table, a bed and also a sioiKingiui oi candy. I am a girl of eleven years old. and hor" -ti will not forget me, so goodby to dear Santa Claus. From your friend. 4805 Alex-.ider avenue. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 7, 1909. Dear Santa Claus: I will write you a few lines to let -you know what I would like for you to bring me. If you will be so kind. 1 wish you would bring me a little Workbox so I could make dresses for my dolly which you brought me two years ago. That is all I want and please Santa Claus, don't forget my little brother William. He wants you to bring him a drum and Noah's ark, and please Santa Claus, don't forget papa and mamma. I am seven years old. Goodbv, Santa Clans. MARlrARET WKXZKE. Hammond. Ind.. Deo. 8. 1909. Dear Santa Claus: I'leas? bring me a little tea set and a new hood and a nice little rocker and two chairs and a pair of new shoes and some leggings and a pair of nice little mittens. And don't forget some cundy and nuts. And don't forget mamma and papa. 1 rom your little friendt LILL1E ALLMAN. 240 Douglas a venae. Hammond, Ind.. Dec. 7. 1909. Dear Santa Claus: As I am a boy nine years old and Christmas Is bo near I hope you have not forgotten me dear Santa, as times are so hard and you have so many little boys and girls. I will be. pleased with what you mind to give me. I live on louglas avenue. West Hammond. Please dear friend Santa, don't forget me. I remain a great belh ver in dear Santa Claus. Your little friend. WALTKR WILLARD. My love for you. Hope I see you soon. Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 8. 1909. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a new pair of shoes, a new cap, a new Aui.t. Please brlr.g some playthings, any will suit me. And don't forget candy, nuts. I am sick In bed now. And don't forget my litle sister. And don't forget some little poor children. From your little friend. CARL ALLMAN. East Chicago, Ind., Doc. 8. 1909. Dear Santa Claus: I am eleven years old and I am a very poor girl, not what you call real poor, only I want a little present. My brother is mean to me and won't let me play with his toys. Please send me a story book if you can. Will you please send me the book on how to trat dumb animals? And I will be very thankful to you for it. Yours- trtilv. LILLY STKEPAY. Hammond. Ind., Dec 9. 1909. Dear Santa Claus: I will lt you know what I want for Christmas. I want a big doll, piano, a new coat, dress, two yaris of hair ribbon, nuts, candy and fruit. Please Santa Claus my little brother wants a moving picture machine, and that will be all. I hope I am not asking too much. Goodby. From ymir i'.ttlp friend MARGARET JIAL'CH. 218 Indiana avtrue. Dear Mr. Santa Ciaus: I am sorry I did not write before. I want a big rag doll and a Teddy Bear, a big apple and a rubber ball. I am a nice little girl eight years old. I do what rr.v mother says I should do. I have a big brother Raymond. like him, too. He is vt-ry nice. Goodby. Hope you come to our house. I a:n a little eirl. BESSIE W. Hammond. Ir.d.. Dec. 10. 1909. Dear Santa Claus: I will write you a few lines. I am a little girl eight years old. I would like a leather gocart for my doll, ;i set of dishes and a nice doll head and lots of nuts arid candy. Please don't f'.irget my litt;r sister Lizzie. please bring her thi same and bring her a broom. Don't forget mamma and papa. from vour friend. GOLD IE HII'SHER. 539 Cedar street.

Burnham, 111.. Dec. 8, 1909. Dear Santa Clans: I am eight years old and go to school. I would like to have you bring me a pair of skates, a sled, a tool box and some, candy. ' I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Yours trulv, GEORGE MILLS JR.