Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 169, Hammond, Lake County, 17 December 1912 — Page 4

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By Tho Lake County Prlatlnn- and p.k liahl aar CtBM7. The Lake County Tlmei, dally except Sunday, "entered as second-class matier June , i06"; The Lake County Times, dally except Saturday and Sunflay, entered Feb. J, 1911; The Garv Evening Tlir.ee. daily except Sunday entered Oct. 5, 190; The Lake County Times, Saturday and weekly edition, entered Jan. 30, 1911; The Times, dally except Sunday, entered Jan. 15, 1911, at the postofflce at Hammond. Indiana. :i under the act of March t, 1879. Entered at the Postoffiee. Hammond. Ind.. as second-class matter. rOREIGJT ADVERTISING OFFICES. II Rector Building - . Chicago PUBLICATION OFFICES, Hammond Building. Hammond. Ind. TELEPHONES, Hammond (private exchange) HJ (Call for deoartment wanted.) Gary Office ..Tel, 1S7 East Chicago Olflce Tel. S40-J Indiana Harbor Tel. 349-M; 150 Whiting Tel. RO-M Crown Point Tel. C3 Hegewlich Tel. 18 Advertising solicitors will be sent, or rates given on application. If you ht'e any trouble getting The Times notify the nearest office and bare it promptly remedied. LARGER PAID IP CIRCULATION THAN ANY OTHER TWO NEWS. PAPERS IN THE CALUMET REGION. ANONYMOUS communications will not be noticed, but others will be printed at discretion, and should be addressed to The Editor, Times. Hammond, Ind. Garfield Lodge. No. 469, F. & A. M. State meeting every Friday evening. Election of officers Friday, Dec. 20 for 1913. Special meeting Hammond Chapter No. 117 R. A. M. Past High Priest night December 18. Royal Arch Degree No. regular meeting December 25th. Hammond Council, No. 90, R. S. M. Stated meetings first Tuesday of each month. Hammond Commandery No. 41 K. T. regular meeting Monday, Dec 16. electipn of officers for 1913. A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. We confess that there are some movements that we have little sympathy with. . For instance here are a lot of people in this country who want to get something historic for the government in the shape of the Jefferson home at Montlcello. Don't understand It. If they want to get something really historic let them buy the Erie depot in Hammond. ONE of Bobby Burns' old razors Bold the other day for $100. Perhaps you can show this to friend wife and get her to quit shaving corns with yours in the hope that some day some sucker will give up 1100 for it. LOOKING off-hand at the situation we cannot blame Jim Goodrich for wanting to be a patronage broker. Patronage is what put Indiana republicans where they are today. EXPERIMENTS IN BUSINESS. The tendency of modern business is to eliminate experiments. The cost system of accounting eliminates loss through waste. The keyed advertisement makes profitable advertising a posibility. Commercial rating reports reduce the percentage of loss thrdugh bad credits. Large corporations reduce the cost of experimenting to a minimum through applying to many offices and warehouses the principles of economy demonstrated In any one of them; and the ose studen of business eliminates loss by analyzing the experience of others. To study business psychology and industrial organization is to give hostages to fortune; but the man whose eyes are closed to the experience of others can only succeed by miracles. Progress us the art of combining elements that have produced success, and avoiding experiment. Study and read. Let the other fellow get the experience. He always will. THAT Logansport story about a mother "selling" her daughter seems almost incredible were it not for the fact that some of the mothers cf girls who loaf on the streets after,

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NOT UNDERSTOOD. Not understood. We move along anuadrr. Oar path (ran wider as the season ererp Along the years we marvel and we wonder Why life Is life. And then we fall asleep. Not understood. Not understood. We gather false Impressions, And hug them closer as the years go by. Till virtue often seems to us transgrenslonai And thiiH men rise and fall, and live and (lie. - Not understood. Not understood. Poor aonls with stunted vision Oft nfflsuK giants by their nurro gauges The poisoned shaft of falsehood and derision Are oft Impelled 'gainst those who mold the age. Not understood. Not understood. The secret springs of action. Whlek He beneath the surface and the show. Are disregarded; with elf-satlsfactio We judge our neighbors, and they often go, Not understood. Not understood. How trifles often change us! The thoughtless sentence or the fancied slight Destroy long years of friendship and estrange us. " r noma mere Tails a freeslag blight. Not understood. Not understood. How many hearts are aching For lark of sympathy? Ah, day by day. How many cheerless, lonely hearts arc breaking? Hew many noble spirits pass away, Not understood? Oh, God! that men would see a little elen rer. Or judge less harshly where they can not seej Oh, God! that men would draw a little nearer T . . . " " - "'rr, iney a oe nearer Thee, And understand. W. M ah on. nine and ten at night are doing worse than that they are giving them away. GREAT weather. , Puts the red in the ladies' cheeks and red In the men's noses. THE HOUSING PROBLEM. How much blue sky, per capita, do you allot to the people of your city? Determine that and you will know what are living conditions. In certain tenement districts in Chicago and other large cities wornout mothers, emaciated children and hardworking men never see the blue sky from the windows of their crowded apartments. The result is hindered development: nhvsical. mental and moral. And then, only a few miles away, there are broad green acres where the soul rejoices in its liberty, where lungs test their expansion with, fresh air, where sunshine penetrates and where the feet know the feel of the earth beneath. Before the era of transportation cities grew up in the air, congested districts were numerous, the white plague thrived. But now we are building our cities laterally, hot horizontally and with the lmorovement in transportation facilities'this tendency increases. The garden cities of the east and in the suburbs of European centers of population are the latest results of this tendency to spread out. to get away from the center, i Here in the Calumet region there are, as yet no slums, no great num ber of tenements no seriously con gested centers. But now is the time to take steps to avoid these condi tions. The solution is merely a matter of transportation. There are, within a twenty minutes ride of the larger manufacturing plants of the Calumet district, thousands of acres of fertile land selling for $200 to $300 an acre. If this property could be subdivid ed into city blocks of five acres each, so that they could eventually be cut up into lots and re-sold when the density of the population warrants, each house holder could purchase a two and a half acre block for $500 to $600 or a whole five acre block for $1,000 to $1,200 and have a piece of property on which he could build his house, plant fruit trees and garden truck, raise chickens and pasture a cow. The cost of living would be dealt a body blow, the standard of efficiency of the employes in the mills would be immeasurably increased.

the home would become a revenue producer instead of a salary reducer, the health of the community would be improved and such a place could be made the most beautiful garden spot in the middle west. Two things are necessary to the consummation of this plan. One is good roads, which this community Is fortunate in having, and the other is first class transportation facilities designed espeially to serve such a community. Practical men will point out that traction companies are not in the DEVELOPMENT business, which is lamentably true. The board, of directors is continually asking the earnings per car mile or per car hour. But perhaps the time will ome when public "utilities commissions will force the lines which skim the cream in the congested districts to operate pioneer lines at a loss In the suburban districts. These ideas are presented in the belief that they will encourage suburban development and hasten the day when we will all be lords of our manors and our share of the blue , sky will be measured only by horizons.

DON'T spend it all remember that the gas bill collector and the telephone man will be around to see you within a week after Christmas. BETWEEN trying to get a breath of pure air and freezing to death a ride on some of the local street cars is one never to be forgotten. ENRAPTURED CITY REPORTER. As a succession of lovely poses that still did not seem studied or conventional her acting -would reward observation. There was, tor example, the Instant that marked the really brilliant passage in her first song, "To the Land of My Own Romance." The radiantly . Titian creature leaned lightly for- , ward, the weight of her body gracefully poised on one foot, her hands clasped under her chin, her lips parted, her head uplifted. The lines of the pose long, free lines of the pose were noble, while the delicacy of the poise was exquisite. Could a painter have caught her thus he would have gone feverishly to work. ' Given the right painter the result would have been memorable. There Is a something that this beautiful, commanding woman puts Into such attitudes an exultant lightness, combinded with a statuesque certainty that Is quite Incomparable. Chicago Record -Herald. Oh rapture! Oh half-a-dozen raptures! Gee what riot of revelry a Chicago newspaper would have, could it but find such a lot of piffle in some country paper. WHAT you want on Christmas Is altogether a different proposition from what you will receive. HOW fine a Christmas present It would be for Alderman Tim Englehart if his new oil well went on a rampage about that date! THE RIGHT DOPE. Jersey Judge has made a ruling that if a man earns only $12 per week his wife is entitled to the whole of It. Very wise judge. If a man hasn't "get-up-and-git" enough about him to earn more than $12 per week his wife should have every sou marquee of it. Perhaps that decision will stir uy the $12 a week man a little. COME ON ART. ) "Did Dante ever see human be ings thus in the pit of the damned?" he asks. He adds: "Chicago made me ill. In that city I met the blood infamy of present-day civilization face to face and saw . into it and reeogniied it. Shall I flee from it? Whither? Can I escape hell? Where is there none? The world today is hell." So writes in his new book Arthur Hollitscher a German writer who visited Chicago recently. We advise Arthur that he can flee from Chicago very easily. Let him come out to the Calumet region and escape. He will find it heaven alongside of Chicago. FASHION mag, says that scallop ed table clothes are very much the style. If they taste anything like oysters done that way kindly count us out. AWFUL lot of fuss, about those big storms in the Philippines. - When we took over the Islands we also took over the typhoons. THE UNVENTLLATED CAR. There were some thirty passengers In a street par that traveled between Broadway and Hohman street a few days ago. The air in the car was warm, fetid, and redolent with the odors of garlic and other smells peculiar Jo this region. Not a ventilator was opened

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Passengers traveling between Gary and Hammond were confined in that car for an hour and during that length of time they had to breath poisoned air. What would we think of a restaurant that served poisoned food? Poisoned air is just as bad. There are more cases of pneumonia, sore throat, bad colds, and grippe aused by hot, stuffy, crowded and poorly ventilated places than any other cause. Every passenger who rode in that car jeopardized his health. If public service corporations will not safeguard their patrons local health boards should take a hand. Sickness and death lurk in the car that we have described. MRS. Carrie Chapman Catt or Mrs. Carrie Catt Chapman or something like that wants to discard skirts and wear Chinese trousers. All those in favor? Carried. Go ahead Mrs. Catt. EGGS are to come down in Chicago this week. Perhaps with a smash too. If they do might be well for the health department to stand ready. PAINLESS DENTISTRY. No more need the victim of an aching tooth fear the dentist's chair. Thanks to progress in the dental art the patient, for a few dollars ex tra, can have the tenderest gums prodded into and the most sensitive cavity drilled by means of a new process. - Analgesia is the name of the new gas. Unlike ether or chloroform it does not render the patient un conscious nor does it leave any deleterious effects. It is wholly safe and during the period of Its appli cation the patient is in "a sort of In toxication" which permits the dent ist to operate with ease and without causing pain. Many of our local dentists employe analgesia and the extra amount charged for it is amply returned by the absence of pain. THE story that the brown tail moth has killed all the Christmas trees is a canard. After pricing some of them however you will be convinced that the brown tail moth really did something to them. HI E A R D .;' BY RUBE WHAT'S become of the old-fashioned Hebrew clothing dealer that used to give us a Are sale every three months whether he had a fire or not? "THE world today is helL" German author. Cheer up, old top, Roosevelt will eventually keep still. JOE FROST, the Gary contractor, who helped M. M. Winter build a house for Mr. Zierau, the tea dealer, informs us that he is trying to land the contract for Harry Sommer's new countrj home. Brother Frost ought to try tc do some work for the immortal Freese family of Robertsdale. TE lazy editor: ' , We cannot say ; why, but our editorial comments of yesterday seemed to have struck a popular fancy. This was manifested by such an extraordinary demand that our edition reserved for the flies was exhausted without satisfying those who wanted copies. The mails today contain so many requests for the edition, that in order to supply the popular desire, we reprint herewith our editorial column of yesterday. South Chicago Daily Calumet. EVANSVILLE native turned in a false alarm just to see the fire department run. Evansville being a quiet burg no doubt the native wanted to see what a fire cart looked like. JOHN D. has purchased $400 worth of Red Cross Xmas stamps. Seeing that Jawn has ben so liberal in a hard year each of the prosperous employes of his Whiting oil works ought to buy at least $10 worth. THE man of 1912 can thank his stars that his wife needs but "a half yard of broadcloth to make one of those tight effect hobble gowns, whereas in '62 his grandfather had to buy fourteen yards of broadcloth for the hoopskirt. "AS a matter of fact, the country lawyer is one of our national institutions." Chicago Inter-Ocean. And the fact that our Hon. John B. Peterson has been sent down to congress should make him nothing less than an international establishment. In the meantime while the newspapers are informing us about these parcel post zones remember that we have entered the Xmas zone. The Day in HISTORY "THIS DATE 1ST HISTORY December 17. 1778 Sir Humphry Davy, inventor of the safety-lamp, born. Died May 29. 1829. . 1792 First Provincial parliament of Lower Canada met at Quebec. 1807 John Greenleaf Whittier, the

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ILL-TIMED JOKES. The Times has beem la receipt of a amber of fake Santa Class letters from East Chicago, evidently the work of a coterie of smart alecka of both ea.es who wish to Impose on the paper by forging names, of other persona to the letters they write. These letters have been placed In the hands of the postal authorities and when the latter get through there are some boys and girls In Bast C hicago who will have a different Idea of a joke than what they have now. Whiting, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: We will try to get our letter out early this year. I want a gun and a little train and a Noah's ark, a Santa Claus puzzle.' Eileen wants a little red-headed doll, a dolV buggy and a great big set of china dishes and some candy and nuts. Agnes wants a pencil set and automobile cap, a white one, and Santa Glaus puzzle and candy and nuts, and don't forget a Christmas tree. Our names are EILEEN KELLY. JOHN KELLY. AGNES KELLT. 232 Laporte avenue. East Chicago, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: I am five years old and I want a royal racer a train and track. Don't forget my brother. Good-bye. RICHARD MEIER. East Chicago, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: I am a little girl II years old. I want a Christmas tree with lots of candles or little color lights through It. I want a story book, music roll, signet ring, nuts-, oranges, candy and games, pencils and slate. Don't forget where I live 4713 Migoun avenue. Don't forget mamma and papa. From FA YE BERMONT. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: As it is near Christmas and I want to write to you and let you know what you should bring me for Christmas. Bring me a doll, a set of dishes, pair of ribbons, tableland chairs, nuls and candy, oranges and apples. As I have two little brothers and do not forget them as they want a sled and a cork gun. Their names are Henry and Fred. One Is 7 years old and the other brother is 6. Please, Santa Claus, do not forget us, as we will wait for you. Goodbye. HELD A SCHROEDER. 200 Fort Wayne avenue. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17.' Dear Santa Claus: Christmas Is drawing near. I would like to tell you what I want for Christmas. I do not want very much for I know you have other little boys and girls to give something. I am S years old and go to school every day. I want a train of cars, a pair of cowboy gloves, a tool box and a stocking full of nuts and candy and a Christmas tree. This will be all for this time, so good-bye, dear Santa. I hope you will get home safe, and don't forget my sisters and brothers and my mamma and papa and the poor. PAUL MARTENS. 450 Plummer avenue. Hammond, Ind.. Dec 17. Dear Santa Claus: I phoned you one day but I forgot to tell you my name. It's Marjory Alfce Downing. I am 6 years old and want a red dress, doll and hair ribbons. Baby sister Luclle Is 17 months old. She says Claus bring dolly and chair. Both of us want a stocking full of good candy, nice and soft, for we are ctTtting teeth and can't eat hard candy. Goodbye till next Xmas. MARJORY ALICE DOWNING. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: Thought I would drop a few lines to let you know what I want for Christmas. I would like a writing desk, a stove, some books and some candy and nuts. Please do not forget the poor children. My sister wants a big doll, a dresser, some books and candy and nuts. Please do not forget to bring us a Christmas tree. I have a little baby sister three months "Quaker Poet," born at East Haverhill, Mass. Died at Hampton Falls, N. H, Sept. 7, 1892. 1874 Emigrant ship Cospatrick burned at sea, with loss of 465 lives. 1878 Gold sold at par in New York, for the first time since the beginning of 1862. 1880 Paul Kruger elected president of the South African Republic. 1895 President Cleveland sent to Congress his memorable message on Venezuela. 1907 Sir William Thomson, who was created Lord Helvln for his valuable service In science, died In London. Born In Belfast In 1824. 1908 First Turkish parliament opened by the Sultan. 1911 Alfred G. Vanderbilt and Mrs. McKlm married in London. THIS IS Ml 6STH BIRTHDAY' Frank Plumley. Frank Plumley, who represents the Second Vermont district in the national house of representatives, was born In Eden, Vt., Dec. 17. 1844. After graduating- from the law department of the University of Michigan he was admitted to the bar in 1869 and has since practiced his profession at Northfield, Vt. His Athut in public life came in 1876, when he was elected prosecuting attorney for his home county. Later he served in both branches of the Vermont legislature, filled the office of United States district attorney, and for four years sat on the bench as Judge of the Court of Cairns of Vermont. He was elected to Congress on the Republican ticket In 1908 and has been twice honored with re-election. Mr. riumley Is noted as an authority on international law. In 1903 he was elected as umpire In the settlement of the disputed claims of England and Holland against Venezuela and two years later he again served in the same capacity In the French-Venezuela dispute. Professor Charles It. Henderson of

old. Please bring her a litle knitted jacket and a pair of stockings. Do not forget my mamma and papa. I hope you will have a nice night for your travels. This is all for this time. Good-bye, Santa, from MABEL E. SHOLES. 320 Indiana avenue. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: I am going to b 12 years old Dec. 22, 1912. My name is Miss Mollie Zimmerman, 451 Logan street. I think Christmas Is coming nearer and nearer every day bo I thought I would write and tell you what I would like to have for Christmas. I would like to have a Christmas tree, some nuts, candy, fruits, a bracelet, two yards red ribbon, six handkerchiefs, one pair of black hose and a couple of dresses. Please do not forget my mamma and papa and my Bisters and brothers and two little nephews. I will close with love to you. Yours truly, MISS MOLLIE ZIMMERMAN. . Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: Your phone is always busy when I want to tell you what I want. So I shall have to depend on The Times to tell you what I want. A snow shovel If you think it Is going to snow this winter, and a train that runs through a tunnel. I am 8 years old. Slsttr Ethel wants a' doll, table, chair and red dress. Don't forget the candy and nuts and poor children. BYRON DOWNING. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: I am a bey 6 years old. I go to kindergarten every day. I would like to tell you what I would like to have. I want a coaster wagon and a cowboy suit and a tree and nuts and candy, and don't forget mamma and papa and my grandma and grandpa. I suppose you remember me since Wednesday evening when I spoke to you at the Lion store. WILLIE LOHMEYER. . 26 Gostlin street. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa: I am a girl 9 years old. I would like to tell you what I want for Xmas. A set of gray furs and

parches! game, a baby doll, a sewing box. a few more things that you think are nice for me, and don't forget my friend Mary in Michigan, and all the little girls and boys that haven't any mamma and papa. So good-bye till Christmas evening. FRIEDA LOHMEYER. 26 Gostlin street. Hammond, Ind., Dec 17. Dear Santa Claus: I thought I would drop you a few lines and. tell you what I want. I want a painting book, a sled, a game, hair ribbons and a mesh bag and my doll a coat. That will be all for this Christmas. Do not forget mamma and papa and all the poor little children that have no mamma or papa. Your friend. EDNA FINDLING. 156 Clinton street. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: I see by The Times that many little boys and girls are writing you letters so I will not wait any longer, but let you know what I want before all the toys are gone. I would like to have a sled and some kind of a nice game and some hair ribbons. I will be very thankful to you for these things, so don't forget. LILLIAN FINDLINO. 156 Clinton street. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 16. Dear Santa Claus: Ab Christmas Is drawing near I thought I would write you a letter to tell you what I would like to have for Christmas. I want a register bank, a tool chest and a mechanical boat. My brother Clarence wants an engine, a shooting gallery and a small automobile. We both want a Christmas tree, nuts and candy. Don't forget mamma and papa. Your little friend, LESLIE HANSEN. 126-A Doty street. East Chicago, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa: Would you please send or bring me a telegraph Instrument and an electric engine. I guess that the University of Chicago, one of the most noted American authorities on sociology. 64 years old today. Popular Actress Now in Chicago I .4. 4 x n

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will be all this time. Your true friend. DEAN GOULDING. P. S. Do not forget the poor. Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: I thought I would let you know what I want for Xmas. I want a Princess tricycle and a Jointed doll about 15 Inches high, and some story books and a moving picture machine, and I want and apron and hair ribbons. I am six years old and I go to school and Sunday school. Please don't forget the poor child ren, and bring us all some nuts and candy. From your little friend, GENEVA MAY MUZZALL. Main and Goldsborough street. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: I would like to have a bracelet and a ring, a locket, a new hat, a new dress and a pair of new ribbons and a pair of stockings full of candy. And my brother would like to have a big wagon and a train with cars on and a track and a street car and a story book and a stocking full of nuts and candy. And my sisters would like to have a buggy and a doll and my baby sister would like to have some blocks and a set of dishes and my other sister would like to have a ring and some dishes, too. We all wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. From your dear friends, LILLIAN PARDUHN. HELEN PARDUHN. HENRY PARDUHN. ALICE PARDUHN. 439 Sibley street. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: I thought I ; would try to get my letter in soon. I would like to have a doll, a cradle, a set of dishes, a desk, a little stove and some shoes and a hair ribbon and a dress. Please bring mamma a coat, and bring Mrs. Ackerman a coat. MABEL HOFFMAN. 823 W. State street. Hammond, Ind., Dee. IT. Dear Santa Claus: My name is Fred Spoerner and I have been a good boy to my parents, brothers and sisters. I want a little fire engine, a magic lantern and a game for Christmas. Thanking you. FRED SPOERNER. 444 Sibley street. Hammond, Ind., Dec 17. Dear Santa Claus: I wish you would please bring me a pair of boots, a pair of mitten and some candy and nuts, and do not forget my little cousin Everett. Yours truly. LEWIS DAWSON. Hammond, Ind., Dec 17. Dear Santa Claus: I will tell you what I would like for Christmas. I would like a pair of boots, a coaster wsgon and bring a dress for my little cousin and all kinds of candy and nuts. RALPH DAWSON. West Hammond, 111., Dec. 17. .Dear Santa Claus: I thought I would white you a few lines to tell you what I want for Christmas. I would like a football and a pair of boots and sled If you think it Is going to snow this winter, and a pair of gloves and a motor machine and some candy and nuts and oranges and apples and pears, and I think I will close np. . AUKUST STEINKRAUS. East Chicago, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: How are you? Please bring me a doll, a story book," pair of shops, a trunk, a dress and a gray cap and put some, nuts and candy and do not forget the poor. Do not forget to come to our house. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Good-bye, Santa, your loving friend, STELLA JOHNSON. 4819 Northcote avenue. East Chicago, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa: Please bring me a doll, dress, trunk, a story book, a pair of shoes and a cap and nuts and candy In my stocking. That will be all for this year. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Good-bye, Santa, Your loving friend, MABEL JOHNSON. 4819 Northcote avenue. East Chicago, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring Raymond a football, a horse and a train and nuts and candy. That will be all for this Christmas. Good-bye, Santa, and do not forget to come to our house. Your loving friend, RAYMOND JOHNSON. 4819 Northcote avenue. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: Christmas is coming soon. I hope you won't forget us, dear Santa. I want a nice big doll and so does my sister Linda, and a blackboard and some chalk to write with, some candy and , nuts and a Christmas tree, and don't forget mamma and papa. Good-bye, dear Santa. From your little friends, LEON A AND LINDA WEINNING. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Old Santa: I am a little boy 7 years old and go to school every day. I would like to have a train on a track and a story book and a Christmas tree, nuts and .candy. Don't forget mamma and papa. Don't forget the poor. Goodbye. Your friend, CECIL ROCK. Hammond, Ind.. Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: I am a little bo three years old and I have been a good boy, so you will come. I want a train that runs on a round track, a game

and Jumping Jack. Bring my baby Bister a rattle box and some toys. We want a Christmas tree and nuts and candy. Good-bye, GERTRUDE ROCK. JOHN ROCK. 610 Hoffman street. Whtttng. Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: I am a little girl eight years old. I would like to have a blackboard and a mult and a basket cart for my doll and a Christmas tree trimmed with candy snd nuts. Pleasa stay a while with us. HAZEL MILES. 432 Laporte avenue. Whiting, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: I want a gun and a little automobile and a wagon and rattle box and some candy and nuts. I am but a baby yet, but am growing up, and be sure and don't forget to bring the Christmas tree and fill the stockings full as you can. My name Is VIRGINIA KELLY. 232 Laporte avenue.