Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 155, Hammond, Lake County, 19 December 1911 — Page 4
THE TIMES.
Tuesday, Dec, 19, 1911.
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behind this movement have not been satisfied with superficial results. They have asked and to a marked degree they have secured genuine service. No more Hp loyalty to the principles of Christianity has been the aim. The third feature has been practicality. No attempt has been made to attain the impossible. Always the ideal, high as it ia, has rested on the firm foundation of good judgment and discreation. The fourth marked feature has been breadth, coupled with a deep spiritual intensity.
that our buxoni matrons are going to
do anvthlnr so" edifying as the
Mumbo-Jumbo. the Turkey Trot,
Griply eHar, Dallas pip, Frisco Flop, St. Louis Todalo, Cubanola 'Glide,
Walla Walla Wiggle, Apache, Salome, Hula Hula, the Barbary Hump or the
Mika Hall Shake.
The Day in HISTORY
New York Representatives Payne A Young. 30-34 West 33d St.. and 23-3S West 32nd St. New York. N. T. Chicago Representatives Payne A Young, 747-743 Marquette Building, Chicago. III.
ANONYMOUS communications will not be noticed, but others will be printed at discretion, and should be addressed to The Editor, Times. Ham' moni. Ind.
WE BEAT PORTER. Of asses and burros there are but
two in Lake and three in Porter
county. Those of La' e have a value of $510 while their kindred in Porter
can be purchased for t4 50.
We learn all of this from the gov
ernment's census report. The fact
that two asses and burros at home are worth more by sixty dollars than
the three in Porter county should set
it rest all fears of our farmers that
their neighbors over the way were Burreptitiously breeding a blooded aristocracy for that proposed North
ern Indiana stock show.
THE Indianapolis Sun, progressive republican, asserts that "if J. Frank Hanly were nominated for governor he would find his sanctimony would
get mighty thin by the time it was 11813 Fort Niagara taken by a force of
snread out over ninetv-two counties." British and Indians
jooi j. in. w. xurner, mmous painter
THIS DATE IX HISTORY. December j.
1686, Sir Edmund Andros, the first roy
al governor of New England, arrived In Boston.
1714 John Wlnthrop. celebrated sci
entist, born In Boston. pled In Cambridge, Mass., May 3, 1779.
Girl Leaves Opera Chorus to Be Premiere Danseuse
Yes you could use it all up and not
cover a quarter section in Lake
county.
died In London. Born there In 1776.
1854 Lord Elgin resigned the govern- !
or generalship of Canad.
I860 Marquis of Balhousle, former
governor general of India, . died.
Born April 22, 1812.
1S6J Congederates recaptured Holly
Springs, Miss.
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SOME of these fine days the ex
press companies will get what is m
ing to them. Marion (Ka,n.) Record. 1864 President Lincoln called for 300,-
Did you ever see a fine day or any
A TIEU MAVERICK. l ay on the Iron! the tie holds faat Aad my wild record cloirii Thin maverick t down at laat, Just rojed and tied with rose. And one small ftirl'i to blame for it. Yet I duDt fight with shame for It Iay on the Iron! I'm tame for It. Junt roprd and tied with roses. I loped among- the wildest hand Of sntldle-hatin winners, iiay colls that never felt a brand And acarred old outlaw sinners. The world was pasture wide to na, The wind wan rein and guide to us, Al our wild name wan pride to us High.hendcA broncho sinners! I
So loom and light we raced and fought
And every range we tnaied.
Hut bow, since I'm corralled and caasrht, I know them days were wasted. From now, the all-day gait for me. The trail that's hard hut straight for me. For down that trail who'll wait for me f Ay! them old days were wasted! But tho' I'm broke, I'll nerer be A saddle-marked old groaner. For never worthless bronc' like me Got such a (senile owner. There could he colt days a: I ad as mine, Or outlaw runs an mad an mine. Or rope-flans falls an l,ad as mine, nut never such an owner! lajr on the Iron, and lay It red! Ill take It kind and clever. Who wouldn't hold a prouder head To wenr that mark foreverf I'll never break and stray from herj I'd starve and die away from her, l.ay on the iron It's play for her And brand me here forever!
Charles Badger Clark, Jr., in Pacific
Monthly.
IMPEACHING A WITNESS
other sort of a day where the express j companies didn't get more than whati
was coming to them.
000 volunteers.
1S78 Baysrd Taylor, noted author.
died in Berlin, Germany. Born in
Kennet Square, Pa., Jan. 11, 1825.
1881 Benjamin H. Brewster of Penn
sylvania appointed attorney gener
al of the United States.
THIS man Miller says he is willing to take what punishment is meted out
to him. Quick, Watson, the hemp!
UNDERSTAND that the turkey is to
THIS IS MY 31ST BIRTHDAY. Reginald C. Vaaderbilt.
Reginald C. Vanderbilt, the youngest
of the three sons of th lata Cornelius
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A PROPHECY.
Steve Miller, the degenerate who attacked the girl at Highlands who trie dto attack hl3 landlady and who brutally kicked another girl a few
days ago has pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to serve from two to
twenty-one years in the state prison
If recent events are to be taken as a
criterion the chances are that in
few years some fool sentimentalist
vill be pleading for the brute's free
dom and running around with a peti
tion as long as the road to Mandelay to dazzle the pardon board.
It is conceded, as a matter of common sense, that when the testimony
of a witness ca.nnot be credited, his
credibility should be impeached in order that the ends of justice may be attaained.
No man should be convicted on the testimony of n liar, a thief or a disreputable unless there is corroborative evidence against him. However, it sometimes takes a thief to catch a thief, according to the old adage. But criminal lawyers are likely to go too far in their efforts to Impeach a witness. They did in the case of Thomas B. Dean in the Williston case.
According to Dean the defense brought
witnesses from Kentucky to swear against him in another case in which he was involved and the transcript of
that case now in his possession, shows that at least one of these witnesses
was a perjurer.
Another abuse, which is apparent
to the layman, is the asking of impeaching questions which have no
foundation in fact. These are designed to raise the question of doubt
as to the character of the witness in
the minds of the jurors.
In the trial, of Walter Gibson at
Crown Point Dean was asked a number of of these questions. Apparently
the defense knew that if the matter was gone into that it could be shown that Dean was innocent of any wrongdoing, but it continues to ask them for
the psychological .effect it has on the
jurors.
If the defense could succeed in so clouding the issues that the jury
would get the idea that it is Dean and not Gibson that is on trial, Its ends
would be attained. But the question, "Does such con duct tend to promote the ends of jus
tice?" It seems that there ought to
be some war of making the defense responsible for any slanders of this
kind that it is unable to prove.
give way to the goose on many holl-1 Vanderbilt and great-grandson of Com-
day tables. Always talking of some- rnodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, tho foun
der or the family In America, was born
in New York city, Dec. 19, 1880. His
brothers are Cornelius HI and Alfred
G. Vanderbilt.
thing to eat, eh?
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
WOMAN says that babies Should be j received his education at Yale unlver-
brought up like puppies if they ex- sity, graduating in 1902. The follow-
pect them to grow strong and healthy. ,n 'ear he married Miss Cathleen 1 x 0 , . . ' Oebhard Neilson. daughtec. of Mrs. Suggested this to one mother and she Frederlc. Nenson, one c; the best known
testily replied, "Well my child shall young women in New York society.
never eat dog biscuit." So we let itMr. Vanderbilt Is fond of outdoor life.
go at that.
THE nation is sitting up and rub
bing its eyes andit may be that the
child labor nightmare may soon be
a thing of the past, then people will
have something else to praise former
Senator Beveridge for.
has been prominent as a breeder and exhibitor of show horses, and Is a di
rector of the American Hackney Horse society and the National Horse Show
association and a member of many clubs. His principal home Is Gandy
oint Farm at Newport, R. I.
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SENATOR Kern defines a states-! man's drink as two inches and a
quarter in depth. If this is true we begin to understand some of these
things that are going on in Wash-i
ington.
Daily Christmas Rint Gifts a Man May Give HU Fiance f Wifa
,NOT to be one's brother's keeper
n his hour of need now is to be less
thman a good citizen. In this con-
ection be sure and put Red Cross
stamps on all your Christmas pack
ages.
PARIS Is sterilizing its water with
ultra-violet rays. East Chicago and
Hammond fl:ad that whisky still proves satisfactory and refuse to be
led astray by the violet rays.
A SPLENDID MOVEMENT.
The cities within a radius of a hundred miles hence, which are experiencing the beneficial results from "The Men and Religion Movement,"
are loudly enthusiastic in its praise. Th Grand Rapids Press editorially says: "The men and religion movement, which opened in Grand Rapid3 nine days ago, has closed closed in so far as meetings and speechmaking are concerned, but, let us hope, not closed in any 'other sense. One must have a poor opinion of his fellow man indeed to believe that the fruit of all this enthusiastic service could be lost. Its influence must be felt for years to come. This has been no mere emo
tional revival, aphemeral in its ef
fects, but a genuine moral awakening.
deep and sincere. It has appealed
more to the reason than to the emotions; in its basic nature, it has been
more masculine than feminine. It has
been positive, not t egatlve. It has demanded concrete tvidence of a sin
cere religious feeling rather than the
mouthy generalities which so often
pass as such. ,
"The campaign in this city has been
characterized by four striking feat
ures. The first of these has been san
ity. . The appeal at all times has fol
lowed the lines of common sense. It never has been unreasonable. The
leaders have sought not so much
new confession of faith, as a reaffirm
ation of the old. No man has been asked to work other than through the church to which he has belonged. Always the demand has been temperate and moderate. The second great feature has been thoroughness. Those
LET BEVERIDGE ALONE.
Just how hard up some democratic
papers are for material criticizing the republican party is seen by the num
erous attacks on ex-Senator Bever idge.
Since Mr. Beveridge was defeated nearly a year ago he hasn't opened
his mouth on politicalo anybody, tl
is impossible to get a word out of him. He has been busy with his
1
iterary work ever since and splendid
work it is.
- Now in view of these facts, doesn't
it look mighty queer for democratic newspapers to be dragging him into
the limelight all the time when he i
doing his level best to keep out of it?
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Tlllie Zick, tli youujsesi meaiutr of theChlcago grand opera chorus, is to
becomq a premiere danseuse. During her se.cond week In the company she at
tracted the attention of Mme. Rosina Gall!, premiere danseuse. Mine. Galll in
c- .. ..
quired where Miss Zick had learned to dance. Miss Zick had learned in tne
Auditorium theater at the end of one week of training.
been committed In Laporte. Within the little brothe-rs, one Is six and one Is
j i : tnxtr. i nf. Oldest one is tUKene. no
iasv wi.rty u wm.' Wants a. sword, a gun and a drum and . set of irons.
also a bueey for her doll. Now I will
tell you what I want. I want a new
coat and a set of furs, also a scarf. I
think this will do now. I will not ask or too much. Hoving nothing more to say, I remain
lour dear friend, II. RUSSO. 64 State Line street. P. S. Please do not forget us Tie-
cause we are waiting for you.
Hammond. Ind., Dec. 18. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: As I have a little time 1 thought I would write to you and tell you what I want.. I want a boat, a waiton. a set of blocks, a me
chanical horse race, a tool chest, a pair
ot pants, a new overcoat, a pair or stockings, candy and nuts. Your little friend. HENRY HORST. East Gary. Ind.. De?. .18. 1911. Pear Santa: Will you please rlng n a sled that can steer. My sister . wants a rubbing board. Maggie wants a doll and my brother wants a rocking .horse. Your dear loving friend. RAYMOND SMITH. Robertsdale, Ind.. Dec. IS. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: I am a little girl four years old and hoping you will not forget me this-Christmas. ,' I remember how tired you were last Christmas so I don't want to make your load so heavy this year. I want a doll buggy
and a nice dress for my doll and a nice
dences have been looted, and the lads SOme cahdv. The vouneest one is Ron
have admitted a dozen burglaries. They old. He wants a horse and an irisn wr Vild to await irrand iunr action ; mail and candy. Do not forget the lltwere held to await grana jury action. , . K ir. that have no mam-
KOKMEK KIHE CHIEF TAKES. 1 mas and papas. Thanking you for the
last year, i
Shelby Harvey, formerly chief of the fire department of Newcastle, released HANNAH '.
THOMAS.
FOR pity's sake men if Judge Gary
wants to give his wife a pearl neck
lace for Christmas let him. He can't
be giving Y. M. C. A. building's to
Gary all the time.
JURYMAN crazed by developments
at a trial stayed away from it for four
days and nobody knew where he was.
Story on why Jurymen go bugs will
soon be in order.
VIRGINIA law compelling hotel
keepers to put sheets eight feet long on their beds has been declared unconstitutional. Virginia is evidently
not Kansas.
IF Clarence Darrow took $100,000
for making the McNamaras plead guilty, how much more would he have taken had he cleared them in court.
IT 18 true as it can be however lots
of people will wait till Sunday to buy
them and raise ned because the stores
are not kept open for them.
GARY A FACTOR.
They say that the steel industry i
the barometer of the national busi
ness life. The way steel goes so goes
the rest of industry.
It isn't Pittsburgh that Is the mer
cury of the steel barometer any more
The Gary rail mill is the indicator
now days. If the wheels of the Gary
steel plant are turning faster in usual they know it in Wall street and if the wires carry the news that the rolls
are not so active there is a nervous glance at the ticker.
Next Saturday when you get your paper look over Dun's or Bradstreet's report. You will invariably find mention made of the Gary mills. Then la the stel review columns In the evening papers you will read more about Gary. And further, if on Monday you happen to be in Chicago, buy Saturday's New York paper. Look at its financial page and you wi'l
learn what a big figure Gary is get
ting to be.
DID you ever have anything hap
pen to you to make you vow again that you could never introduce an
admirer to a friend?
CHIEF No Shirt is taking a band of Indians tx Washington. If he
isn't arrested there let him come to
Hammond and try it. . ' .
IN the meantime Mr. Lee it you don't think Mr. Taft can carry the
state whom do you think can, a man
by the name of Lee?
by Mayor Barnard for Improper con- , duct, was arrested yesterday afternoon
on a grand Jury indictment charging
grand larceny. It is charged he took
and hid in his shoe $50 whi.ch was drop-
ped by a customer in a poolroom, where he was employed. I
MXUMAS IS ELECTROCUTED. I Robert Weaver, 31 years -old, a line
foreman, was electrocuted yesterday afternoon while working on top of the substation of the Hartford City Light
ing Company. Twenty-three thousand volts passed through his body when he f accidentally walked into a tie line run- i ning from Marion into the Hartford
3815 Kim street.
SOO COLZiaBS fob pretty kecks.
The man who has a pretty fiancee.
wife or daughter will go well to exam
ine the three necklaces photographed
here. These, fashion experts assure
us. are the very latest wrinkles In
neck ornaments.
If the one for whom !t Is intended
has a plump, pretty neck the narrow
turquoise mounted collar will be ac
ceptable. It is mounted In old silver.
Trinkets of any sort are liked by
pretty women. These collars, if mount- City station. His widow and two enn ml with ReminrAclmis stones, nre not dren survive. Weaver is the fourth vic
tim or electricity sincr ints Gas and Klectric Company assumea
out of the reach of ordinary pocket
books.
Up and Down in INDIANA
LIFE is not worth living in Indl
anapolis unless Mayor Shank is either
selling a car load of potatoes or cheap turkeys.
DON'T know what Indiana is going to do to cough up money to pay expenses. Its coffers are almost empty.
A FASHION expert says' that society women can get rid of fat by
dancing. No use expecting however Jsives.
UNLESS Chairman Lee kisses up with some one it is not going to be
' much of a campaign for the progres-
1'OtlCE PfBSVE ELOPERS. After they had been forbidden to
meet, Braden Beecher, a Wabash Col
lege student, and Miss Dorothea Lamphere, daughter of . W. II. Lamphere, a prominent politician, departed trom Crawfordsvllle and were married at Danville, 111. The girl's father made a desperate attempt to prevent the mar
riage and telephoned to the police t Danville to arrest the couple. They
were married, however, before the police found' them.
The officers investigated and. It Is
said, found that both had made false affidavits In regard to their ages.
FIl.I, WAGOX WITH UftlOR. Edward Sylvester, a druggist at Harrodsburg, was arrested last evening by
Sheriff James Browning, charged with
running a blind tiger. When the officer
and his deputy arrived at Harrddsburs,
they found a number of men drinking in the store, and they conttscated a wagon load of whisky, beer, brandy and wine. Sylvester was brought before Justice Robinson In Harrodsburg and gave 1500 bond. The affidavit for a search warrant against the place of Sylvester was filed by County Commissioner John C. Clay. FROM ORPHANS' HOME TO MAXSIO.V. To be taken from the Madison County Orphanage, where she has been a de
pendent for the last two years, to an elegant home In Frankfort, being- pre
pared by a $16,000 legacy left to her and her brothers and sisters by an uncle, will be the experience of Alice Cain.
who will be 10 years old next month. . Two years ago the father of the five Cain children died and their mother, r is said, instead of making an effort to provide for them, deserte them and has t.ot since been heard from. ADMIT MAX Y BIRGLARIES, James Mitchell, 13 years old, Stanley J. Fout, 15, and Jacob Byers, 16, mem
bers of promirient Knox County, Indi
East Chicago. Ind., Dec. 18. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: I would like a Steamboat and a train and cars for my little brother Bobbie and that's all I want. Your friend, DONALD R. JOHNSON. Whiting. Ind.. Dec. IS. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me
a set of chairs, a ring, a pair ot Kia gloves and 1 want some heads, also some story books, some candy and nuts. I am 8 years old. I am In the third reader. I know my lessons. I go to the Sacred Heart school. Goodble. From EL.KANOR HAUGH. Lansing. 111.. Dec. 18. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: I will now write and tell vou what I would like to have for Christmas. Please bring me a gocart, nuts, candy, oranges and a Christmas tree. My brother wants a nice storv book. I am Six years old and my brother is ten years old. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and hope to see you. We are vour little frtends. MINNIE AND AUGUST PETERS. Lansing. 111., Dec. 18. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: I am a little boy S vears old. As Xrnas is almost here I will tell vou what I would like. I don't want much, but I hope you can brinsr what 1 want. I want a football
For some time the shop's officers have and a drum and my brother a train been missing small tools used about the that tV0.1-wir,R,,V-v2 plant and the Greeks -were suspected. (ne hacjt door open for you. Don't forSeveral hundred dollars' worth of the get the poor and si"-j jrlend, missing tools were disclosed In the 1RVISGANI) MAx'bKCKMAN. search. The men are in jail tonight and Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 18. 1911. will be aralened.in the court of Mayor; rear Santa Claus: As I am a little
control of several surrounding plants.
TVEXTV-0E HELD FOR THEFT.
Twenty-one Greeks were arrested last night and today as a result of a search made by officers in the foreigners' quarters at the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern shops at Washington.
McCarty tomorrow Washington from months ago.
The men came to
the East several
Letters To Santa Claus
Dear
Your Utile boy. CARL, BINHAMMER.
boy nine years old 1 would like to have a pair of boots, a raincoat and cap, a- dozen pencils, a half dozen pens, a tablet and many other toys. I also weuld like to have Life of tue Saints, a doaen handkerchiefs, a pair of shoes and a pair of gloves. Do not foi my brothers and my parents and all poor children. Your friend. WILLIAM HORST. 166 Sibley street. Robemdale. Ind.. Pec. lg. 1911. Dear Santa: I am a little boy six
I vears old and I read the letters wrote Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 18, 1911. ' to you in the paper every evening. Santa: Christmas is getting Wishing you would bring me a train t 1,1 tnr Vma a sled and a car. a sled and a little automo-
and'a aun and a game and some story bile. I think this is all for this hnokt and nuts and candy, and I think Christmas. Hoping you won t forget
that's all for this year. Wishing you my little neignrors.
a good Christmas and Happy New ear. Thaniiinir vou. Your friend.
MAURICE KELLY. i Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 18. 1911. P. S. And don't forget my little sis- Dear Santa Claus: I heard that you ter Violet. She wants a nice, doll that are in town and I want to let you knowgoes to sleep. Also a little table to where I'm living. My name is Willie put her tea eet on, and lots of candy KohlotT. 534 Garfield avenue. I like to and a tree. 1 hope you will find your i,ave a wheel and bells on it, a game way. We live in the country. We will an(j school bag and a box of candy, leave the door open. Mv sister Lydia wants a doll and goHammond. Ind., Dec. 18. 1911. cart and a fur and muff and candy. My Dear Old Santa: I wish you would sister Tilly wants a doll and gocart brine me a sled and a story book and and some toys, and please don t forget a flying machine and some candy and her candy avmS'tiij'y ROH nuts Don't forget mamma and papa ANILLlL, LYDIA AND llLLl Rutland v brothers and my little sister. LOFI-". She wants a doll and a little gocart. 1 Robertsdale. Tnd., Dec. 18, 1911. Your little friend. Dear Santa Claus: It is drawing WILLIE CALLAHAN. ! near to Christmas so I thought I would ncr.TYinnd Ind.. Dec. 18. 1911. write and let you know what I would
, c. i wr,t a h or rtril likn to have. 1 want an Irish mail, a
and a gocart and a Christmas tree and drum, and a fire wagon, also don t for some candy and nuts. Our chimney is get the carjdy and nuts, too smaU for you to get in. but 1 will V m V' mvHAMMFP leave the door open. -JjP."N. J"MSJ,EJl' .
P S. Don't forget the poor children
and bring us an Xmas tree.
CECHLIA JONES.
Wood River. III.. Dec. 18, 1911.
Dear Santa Claus: As it Is near Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 18. 1911. Christmas I will tell you what I want. Dear Santa Claus: How are you? I want a story book and a box of writ-, w e are all well the same, thank you. .ng paper and a sewing box and a pair Dear Santa. I am now going to tell
of hair rihbons ana xnai is an ior this year. Santa, don't forget the poor, so Kood-bve. dear Santa Claus. My name is " HELEN ZWEIG. Indiana Harbor. Ind., Dec. 18, 1911. Dear Santa Claus: 1 want to tell you
ana. families yesterday confessed to the! what I want. 1 want a doll with curly authorities that they had been guilty o! halr.liu ;ov.Q tHep,honft aet the numerous burglaries which have 1 more" books, a set of furs. I have two
vou what my father wants, lie would like to have a new overcoat and a pair of new shoes, asla sum of dollar bills to pay his debts. My mother would like to have a new suit of clothes and mv brother would like to have a new suit and a pair of gloves. My other brother would like to have a suit-and a
pair of gloves, and my sister would like to have a new coat and a set of furs.
Your little friend.
ELSIE BINHAMMER. P. S. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 19, 1911. Dear ,Santa: I am a boy six years old and I want to tell you what I Want for Christmas. I want a little aeroplane and a bicycle, and don't forget mv little brother. He wants a gold ring and a little aeroplane also. want a Christmas tree and candy and nuts. Your little boys. ...-.', CARL AND HAROLD DE VAULT.) 740 Calumet avenue. Hammond. Ind., Dec.18. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: I am eight years old and I thought I would write and tell what I want for Christmas. I want a doll and a buggy because the one you brought me last Xmas is broke. I also want a set of little dishes. Don't rnrt mv Kiatar She Is ten vears old.
She wants a doll and a bracelet and some ribbons. Santa, don't forgeti a Christmas tree and a stocking full of candy and nuts. 1 . Your Vttle girls. DOROTHY NIERENGARTEN. ESTHER NIERENGARTEN. 726 Calumet avenue. Hammond. Ind.. Dec. 16. 1911. Dear Santa: I am a little girl seven vears old. I want a big rag doll with blue eyes and a box of raisins and some chestnuts. Don't forget my little friends. Good-bye. Your little ft-ier.-!, NETTIE GERTRUDE HIX. .765 Claude street. East Chicago. Ind.. Dec. 1. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: Don't forget me this vear. I want a nice boy doll with black hair and brown eyes, and some candy and chewing gum. It-want a
storv book. too. .Mimma savs 1 nan written enough. Please be nice to the poor. Your little friend, , GRACIE JAMES. ' 4420 Magoun avenue. West Hammond. 111.. Dec. 16. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: My brothers and I have been good boys. I would ask you to bring us a gun, some bullets, a pair of legginB apiere and two pair of rubbers and a -moving picture machine for Christmas. With thanks we remain vour boys. v LEWIS AND RALPH DANSON. East Chicago. Ind.. Dec. 16, 1911. Dear Santa Claus: 1 am 11 years old. We are glad to see you. On Christmas eve bring me some candy and nuts an-t the poor children some shoes and clother. 1 think that Is all. and hoping you a Merry Christmas. Your friend. GEORGE CHUVALA. East Chicago. Ind.. Dec. 16, 1911. Dear Santa: I am nine years old
and will be ten years old Christmas day. I have plenty of toys so this Christmas I only want some candv and nuts. Do not forget mother and father and the girls and bos. I think all of them have bean good. Your friend. GUSSIE STRATFORD. East Chicago. Tnd.. Dec. 1. 1911. Dear Santa: I thought I would write a letter to tell you what I would like. I want a coaster slpd and a pair of shoes and some candy and nuts. I think that is all. Do not forget the children and my father and mother. Your friend. CHARLES L.YXS. 4420 Olcott avenue. Hainmond, Ind., Dec. 15. 1911. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a sled, a nickel doil. a dresser, a sewing machine, a dress and a doll bed and
Christmas tree, a dollar ring. some candy and nuts. Don't forget the. poor people and the sick people. That is all. Your friend. VERA MILLER. 573-150th street. Dear Santa Claus: T am an adopted little girl nine yeari old. My mamma is dead. I wonder if I am late In writing. Christmas is drawing near so I thought 1 would write and tell you what I want for Christmas. You need not bring me very much for times are hard and I know it must be lots of trouble for you to t distribute your presents. I want a doll and a story book and some nuts and candy. Do not come down the chimney for we will have a fire in the stove anl yon will burn up. Do not forget the hisk and r-oor -"s vour friend. JAN IE YODER.