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THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS Br Tht Lake Const? Printing; and Pab. llafclas; Coapaar. The Time East Chicago-Indian Harbor, dally except Sunday. Entered at the postoffice In East Chicago, November 18, 113. r The Lake County Times Iaily except Saturday and Sunday. Entered at the postoffice la Hammond. June S3, II OS. The Lake County Times Saturday and weekly edition. Entered at the postoffice In Hammond. February 4. 1911. The Gary Evening Times Dally except Bunday. Entered at the poatofflce In Gary. April 13, 1313. All under the act of March 8. 1879. as second-class matter.

roiuciax ADTTsmiira officei, It Raetor BuIMIos; - - Chtcaro TEUCPHOmtS, Hammond Oprlvata exchanrs) Ill (CfUl for department wanted.) Gary Office ...TeL It? Cast Chlear OSl.:... Tel. 1 49-J Indiana Harbor Tel. 1 19-11; lit Waiting TeL te-M Crewn Point ..TeL 1 lilwlfk TL 11 Advertising solicitors will be sent, or rat fa t-ivn on urnlii-j t!.-n. If you have any trouble getting The Times notify the nearest office and have It promptly remedied. LARGER PAID UP CIKCC LATI O N THAN A!Y OTHER. TWO NEW 8PAPERs IX THE CAMIMET REGION. ANONTMOUa communications wlT not ha 'noticed, but ot&er will be printed at discretion, and should be addressed ta The Editor, Tlmea, Hammond, Id. Garfield Lodge No. 669, F. & A. M. Stated meeting Friday Dec. 19, 7:30 p. m. Annual election of officers. R. S. Galer. Sec. E. M. Shanklin, W. M Hammond Chapter No. 117. R. A. M. Special meeting Wednesday, December 17, Mark Master degree. Visiting companions welcomi Hammond Council No. 90 R. & S. M. Stated assembly, first Tuesday each month. J. W Morthland. Recorder. Hammond Commandery No. 41. K. T. Regular stated meeting Monday, December 16, election of officers for 1914. Visiting sir knights welcome. WHAT THESE CENTS DID. Are you doing your share In the battle against tuberculosis? A little boy about six years old rushed into a store n Trenton and asked if they kept those stamps that had the picture of Santa Claus on. The clerk said: "Yes, my boy, we do; how many would you like to have?',' The little hoy looked earnestly into the clerk's face and asked: "How much are they?" The clerk answered that they were only a cent apiece. The child looked Joyfully around and .said: "I heard ray mother talking about how the money was to help the por sick people that had con sumption. I've only got three cents, but I want to help them by buying stamps." He received his three Red Cross Seals and left the store, proud to think he had perhaps helped some boy's father who had that terrible disease. WISCONSIN farmers are said to have agreed to hold their potatoes for higher prices. Anti-trust officer, do your duty. HERE'S A HINT. See by the papers that our vice president is to" go out on the Chautauqua circuit next summer. And not long ago be announced that he would buy a motorcycle when congress wouldn't allow him an automobile. Let him get the motorcycle and become a trick rider. A vice president doing motorcycle tricks would draw bigger houses than a secretary of state and tent full of yodelers, acro bats, and magicians. NEW York alone has mailed $5,4 09,000 to Europe as Christmas gifts It's a good thing Christmas comes but once a year. A GOOD MOVE. The news that Mayor-elect John son and his administration will en deavor to carry out their solemn promises to the people of Gary by wiping out the extravagances that creep Into cty government and that one of the first things to be' done will be to dispense with the treasurydraining automobile of the commissioner of works will be received with much Interest. A commissioner of public works has no more right to have a costly automobile with more costly upkeep than any other official. In some cities the contracting ring get the city council to buy an automobile as a sop to those who have the letting contracts. The first automobile purchased by the city soon went into the scrap heap because city officials used It to take women on Joy rides. And the second machine has been "loaned" to friends for long-distance trips. An offical automobile costs several

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THE WOMAN IX SORROW. Ah, it ho la she vrho dwells In my heart, the woman sorrowing; ever f I wooed Bier and I failed, I decked her with wreaths and sans aonga In her prnlr. ."v amne anone in ner lace for a mo ment, then It faded. "I have no Joy la thee," she cried, the woman in sorrow. bought jeweled anklets for her feet and fanned her with a fan srema added made for her a bed on a golden couch j There flickered a gleam of gladness In her eyea, then It died. MI have no Joy In them," she cried, the woman In sorrow. I seated her noon a ear of victory, and drove her from end to end of the earth. Conquered hearts bowed down nt her feet, and Kout of applause rang In the sky; Pride shone In her eyea for a moment, then It waa dimmed In tears. ul have no Joy In eonqoeaits," she cried the woman In sorrow. I asked her, "Tell me, whom la It thou aeekest f " She only aald, "I do not know his Days pass by and she weeps. "When will my beloved came whom I know not and be known to me forever? she cries, the woman In sorrow. Tasjore, the poet of India, this year's winner of the Nobel prise. thousands of dollars and the Johnson administration will be doing well when it discards it, thereby carrying out the promises to the people. FOR an off-season, the volume of trade in National league circles leaves no ground for complaint. THE DEBAUCHEES OF YOUTH. "THE TIKES gives space to the following: "A hard-working seventeen-year-old East Chicago lad employed as a rivet heater on a night trick at the Standard Steel car plant In Hammond a time when If It were not for present-day economic conditions boys of his age ought to be tucked away in bed, was filled up with squirrel whiskey by an East Hammond saloon man yesterday morning as he came from his work. "The lad's heart almost stopped heating. He became deathly ill on a stret car. His chances for Ufa were about even when he was sent to the hospital. "Now we are anxious to see what is going to be done about it. Is this going- to be another case of hte guilty going unpunished? "Hero Is a chance for the police department of Hammond to show what mettle they have. There is the boy there is the saloonkeeper. "In-the meantime what about the saloon keepers' association? Wouldn't it be to the interests of the saloon men to see that the dastard who. sold that booze to that boy got what was coming to him?" Possibly THE TIMES might take the matter up with the association. The News took up a similar case once upon a time with the same sort of an association here in Fort Wayne, and was bluntly told by Its president, a child of light named Morches, that the object of his organization was to attend to its own business and that It Intended to live up to this exalted policy. The News naturally Inferred that part of this busness was the protection of liquor dealers who de bauchyoung boys, and it is candid to confess that it has never had presented to it any evidence whatsoever that would cause it to alter this opin ion. Rather the reverse is true." Fort Wayne .Kews. AS a tourist attraction, the sad sweet, inscrutable smile of Mona Lisa should be all the better for the va cation. THE JOB VS. THE MAN. When our own Tom Marshall went to Washington as vice president It was with a firm determination to prove himself bigger than the job During the first few months of Mr, Marshall's term it was quite evident that he was of the opinion that a vice president should be heard as well as seen. Mr. Marshall talked and talk ed but evidently he failed to prove that the office of vice president is one of national importance says the La fayette Journal. A silence has followed the first outburst of Mr. Mar shall and already people are wanting to know what has become of the vice president and who he i3. It is feared that tho vice presidency is getting the better of Tom Marshall. That there Is speculation on this point is indicated by the following from the Chicago Tribune: "Mr. Sam Blythe Is of the opinion that the vice presidency is getting the Hon. Thomas Riley Marshall, observing that he does not come up to spout so often. 'At present he is admirably fulfilling the obligations of the vice president, which consist of being seen publicly as little as possi-

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EX-CONGRESSMAN down at Mnnrie Is aald to have gone on a sand diet. Luckier than some other lame dock who had to cat crow. IT'S a slow community now days that hasn't a correspondent who can't rig up a "poisoned" needie story. PROFESSOR says that -arth will not last more than 16,000,000 years. But in the meantime Rome can continue to be known as the eternal city. VICE PRESIDENT Marshall la also going out on the Chautauqua circuit next summer. Tom could make more by going Into vaudeville with his motorcycle. KING and Queen of Spain have fininhed their Christmas shopping at Paris. Why don't the Madrid merchants get up a trade at home move ment T "BLINDNESS OP VIRTUE" has no bearing on any of the Gary aldermen who have done so or any of the aldermen-elect who will permit a city hall contractor to take their note for a "loan." MAGNATE DIED THE OTHER DAT IN CHICAGO WORTH 40,000. WANT ED TO BE '-AN EDITOR WHEN A YOUTH. IT IS NEEDLES3 TO ADD THAT HE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN HIS EARLY AMBITION. ble and of being heard publicly even less frequently than that.' It's been an interesting contest between the office and the man and, although the office seems at times to have the best of it, we doubt that Thomas Riley Is pacified, reduced or subjugated yet. There are not even bubbles to mark the spot where he went down with obscurity hanging to his arms and neck, but like the shrewd loon he'll come up when and where least ex pected." SENATOR Root has been awarded the Nobel peace prize for 1912. That was the year in which he served as chairman of the Republican convention in Chicago. A QUEER DISCUSSION. A woman says that a middle-aged man In a bathing suit is not a thing of beauty. Of course not he doesn't pretend to be. He wouldn't wear the suit if It wasn't becauso he has to In order to get his skin wet. He prefers the old swimmln' hole and nature's garb, but the fashionable women wouldn't allow him there, and in sheer selfdefense he has to don the hideous bathing suit. By the way, Is a middle-aged woman in a bathing suit a thing of beauty? Huntington Herald. What in the name of the wild waves of Lake Michigan has aroused this discussion In Huntington where in winter people confine their baths to Saturday night? WHISKEY is said to be account able for most of the hunting accidents. Still Maine, where most of them occur, is a prohibition state. A. A. U. MAY DE0P BASKETBALL. Several amendments to the constituton will be proposed at the annual convention of the Amateur Athletic Union which opened in New York today. Five are proposed changes to the athletic rules and one to the constitution, likely to be Been among the rules of the national body. Up to the present year the sports over which the A. A. U. claimed jurisdic tion number twelve, but it is propos ed to drop basketball. How it will fare with the delegates noone Is able to state, for while basketball is popu lar In some parts of the country, and seemingly clean, it Is a sport that has suffered from the Inroads of the professional in other quarters. The convention will also consider a new method of scoring for a point trophy. and the expenses of athletes are to be placed on a strict and economical basis. GOVERNOR Tener is probably worth the $25,000 a year he will get as president of the National league, but a good many people will not believe it unless he improves the quality of the peanuts sold In the bleachers. NO WORK FOR THE IDLE. There Is a very beautiful story some place about an employer who, seeing a group of men who were doing nothing, said to them: "Why stand you here Idle? Go, work In my vineyard." That story illustrates the point that there Is plenty of work to do, and that men ought not to be idle, but it does not present a very good picture of a modern employer. When a business man of today is looking for laborers he shuns the Idler, as earnestly as the Idler shuns

J JUDGING from the dispatches from Mexico, General Villa Is also a firstclass vlllian. MAYOR Knotts has decided not to take a consular appointment in Cuba. And no doubt President Wilson has decided in the same manner. LA PORTE man was marrled a day too soon, says an exchange. But many men may think that they were married too soon. FROM all appearances Ex -Govern or Snlzer and Harry K. Thaw bare been discarded by the editors. Thanks! TALKING of building an armor plate plant at Gary or Indiana Harbor. These things always coma too late. Should have had one in operation for the Gary city election. ALTHOUGH the administration has ripped up the white hons-e mint beds it has aurjointed a Kentucky man to a colonial governorship. NOTE that GovcrnorCox is to deliver a lecture In South Bend on the "Signs of the Times." Thought that the great commoner had this copyrighted, but he may be syndicating It out. IN announcing that he is about to declare war on the bosses it is evident that some one should tell President Wilson to look into a mirror. work. He passes by the loafers on the corner a sone would pass by a pesthouse. He goes directly to the place where men are already employed. He seeks out the busy worker as a miner scans the dirt for gold. He wants in his employ those who know what WORK is by actual experience. Keep busy. There is no surer way to step to something higher than by showing your employer that you are not afraid of work. Don't quit one position to look fr ' anther, but find the seend one before you leave the first. When a man becomes habitually idle he is a candidate for the poorhouse, and deserves to be. IT might be a good idea to ship a movng picture film of the Army and Navy football game to the city of Mexico. THE UNFAIRNESS OF IT. It was only the other day that this paper In pursuit of news had occa sion to chronicle the, arrest of a woman and her conviction in court. The men who were at her house at the time of the episode were unnam ed. They were not named in the news story because the woman refus ed to give their names to the police and the latter could not get them. Neither could this newspaper, though there was no effort by it to protect them. The same experience is en countered by many newspapers. The Fort Wayne News said last night edi torially: "The News Is asked why it did not on Saturday publish the name of the man found with Mrs. Benz by her Irate husband. The inquiry is coupled by the tart observation that It seems outrageous to conceal the name of the man In a case of this sort while that of the woman la dragged through the mire. With this sentiment the News heartily agrees, yet It was unable to obtain the Information from Officer Pappert. Mr. Pappert stated that he kept silent on the request of Mrs. Bens herself, who was anxious that her partner In sin be protected. ' Thus the woman suffers alone and In certain sense does so vicariously. She assumes not only her own burden, but that of the man responsible for her degradation. While there may be some who respect her self-lmmola-tlon, there Is no doubt a very general feeling that If exposures are to be made in miserable cases of this character the man should be forced to bear the brunt of the Infamy and publicity. Yet It Is never so. Even where his name is disclosed his transgression Is soon forgotten and forgiven, while the stain once stamped upon a woman's name remains as Indelible as the brand on the brow of Cain." The Day in HISTORY DECEMBER IT IX HISTORY. 1854 Kansas being settled by New England emigrants, who were resolved to fight against slavery in the new territory. 1862 Union troops occupied Baton Rouge, La. 1S68 The Senate adopted a resolution disapproving the President's financial recommendation. 1878 Gold sells at par on Wall street. New York. 1895 President Cleveland sent his Veneiuelan message to Congress. 1904 Japanese resumed furious bombardment of Port Arthur. 1912 President-elect Wilson prepares to spend the holidays In Virginia. TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS. Congressman Frank Plumley of Vermont, was born lnEden, Vt... Deecmber 17, 1S64; is a lawyer by profession and has represented the United States, on

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Letters To Santa Claus Little Anna Weber of Summer street went into detail In writing to Santa. Like the small son of a South Hohman street man who asks Saint Nick to "come in by a window as the chimney goe9 direct to the furnace," Anna gives explicit directions. Her letter is the longest yet received. Oat of the Letters to Santa. "I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." Francis Jones. "Do not forget the poor children, Santa, who do not know what a real Christmas Is." Harry Cole. "We made our mamma a basket, and a match scratcher for father. I would like a game, some ribbons and a pair of gloves." Lillian Hathaway. "I am getting my presents ready. We are going to give them to you to give away. I do not expect any presents from you. Tours truly." Elmer Helhburg, 176 Sheffield avenue. Simple, direct and epitomizing all the Instincts of childhood, the letters to Santa Claus which are to be found on the editorial page of The Times, are classics of literature. In one brief paragraph of 26 words Elmer Hehlburg expresses unconscious generosity, faith, hope and a supreme belief in retribution. "I do. not expect any presents from you," he says. It is almost a wail. Evidently he has committed any of scores of boyish misdemeanors and thinks he is disqualified. Only a Cent. Think of It! The letters to Santa Claus are decidedly worth reading, not only for the entertainment they afford, but for the cheering effect they have. Except In the race cases where a highly developed imagination overpowers, the Juvenile sense of reason the demands on Santa are very modest, surprisingly so. The reason for this is that children, no matter how small, know all about the high cost of living and how, years ago before the pure food law, one could buy a "fried egg" made of candy in a little skillet with a spoon attached, for one cent. Laura Marcelini asks for a nice piano, Aloylslus wants a steam engine, Gerald Seramy asks for an auto racer, and every one wants Santa to remember the poor children, above all. The quality of mercy shows above everything else. Hammond, Ind., Dec. IS. Dear Santa Claus: I thought I would let you know what we want for Christmas. I have a little brother, his name la Georgle, he wants two horses, a wagon to hitch the horses on, a boy doll and a set of soldiers, a story book and a Christmas tree. I am 4 years old. Dear Santa Claus, I want a baby doll, a rain cap, a story book, some games and a set of furs. That will be all for this time. EVELYN AND GEORGE THOMEN. S27 Sibley street. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 1$. Dear Santa: I want a baby doll, a sled and big doll, a Christmas tree, a box of candy, furs. That will be all, dear Santa Claus. I am a good girl. LORENA VOGEL Whiting, Ind., Dec 16. Dear Santa Claus: I want a two wheel bicycle, a sweater and a fish game and some ties and my boxes full of candy and nuts and a Christmas tree and an automobile, and that will be alL Yours truly, KARL VOGEI 801 Cleveland avenue. Whiting, Ind., Dec. 16. Dear Santa: I want a baby doll and a buggy and a big dolly and a set of dishes and that will be all, and a box full of candy and nuts. Yours truly, ALICE VOGEL. Hammond, Ind., Dec 16. Dear Santa Claus: I am 6 years old. I would like you to please bring me a character doll and a sewing machine and a toy village. If you can't spare all this Just bring what you can. Don't forget the poor little boys and girls; I wish you a Merry Xmas. Your little friend, BERNICE BOTH WELL. 494 Hoffman street. Hammond, Ind., Dec 16. Dear Santa Claus: I am a little girl seven years old. Please remember me Xmas eve by bringing me a doll, some hair ribbons, an Xmas tree, some candy and nuts and a go-cart and some books and games. Your little friend, HARRIETT KAUFMAN. 388' Ash street. Hammond, Ind., Dec 16. Dear Santa Claus: I have been a good girl all year and I want a doll and buggy, a little piano and rocking chair, a set of dishes, some chewing gum, some candy, nuts and a nut cracker. My sister Rena wants the same. Your little friend, INEZ TALLMAN. 486 Indiana avenue. Lanaing, 111., Dec. 16. Dear Santa Claus: Xmas is coming, your little friends are thinking of you and what I wish for is a good strong football and a pair of ice skates, sixe 4. And brother ilaxie wishes for a shooting gallery and nuts and candy and an Xmas tree and an auto that will run when I wind it up. And don't forget the sick children and the poor. Bring them first good things and if you have any left then come to Maxle and me. I will lock our dog Bowser -In the barn so don't be afraid like last year. From your little friends, IRVIN AND MAX IE BECKMANN. Hammond. Ind., Dec. 16. Dear Santa Claus: I want a policeman suit, sled, gun, wagon, wheelbarrow, fire engine, horse with wheels on,

moving picture machine, Indian, train and boat. I am 7 years old. A good school boy. HARRY t3RUSZKA. 472 Morton avenue. Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 16. Dear Santa Claus: I am a little girl 6 years old and would like a new dress, pair of shoes, pair of stockings, a doll, hair ribbon, set of furs. I have a little brother two years old. He wants a Teddy Bear, a dog, pair of shoes, pair of stockings, a doll. Wa both want some candy and some nuts. NETTIE BELL SLAYTON. Hammond. Ind., Dec. 16. Dear Santa Claus: Just a line to let you know what I want for Xmas. I want a doll and go-cart, a set of dishes, a pair of hair ribbons and a box of handkerchiefs and some candy and nuts. Yours truly.

MARGARET S CHAFER, 686 Price place. A Hammond, Ind., Dec. 16. I have been a nice boy this year and I am going to write and tell you what I want for Christmas. I would like you to bring me a little engine that runs on tracks, a little shooting target, a Teddy Bear and some candy and nuts. Yours truly, M. HANDLER. 722 Truman avenue. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 16. Dear Santa Claus: Just a line to let you know what I want for Xmas. A pair of shoes, a cap, electric car, story book, a dox oi nanaiterchieTs and a pair of gloves and some nuts and candy. Your old friend, RAY SCHAFER. 686 Price place. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 16. Dear Santa Claus: I am a girl ten years old. I hope you don't forget me. I would like to have a writing desk! and a little stove and a story b6ok and a set of dishes and a Christmas tree with candles and some candy and nuts and oranges and apples: fcI have got some sisters and brothers. Do not forget them either. I guess that will be alL Do not forget the poor. Your friend. HELENA GROSSE. 40 Sheffield avenue. Griffith. Ind., Dec 16. Dear Santa: I guess I will write a tew lines what I want for Christmas. I would like a nice pair of skates. No. 8 or 8ij, and I would like a sled and a steam engine and a magic lantern and nuts and candy. I wish you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. Your friend, SYLVESTER BEIRIGER. Griffith, Ind., Dec 16. Dear Santa: I thought I would write a few lines what I wanted for Christmas. I want a drum, a popgun, a train that runs on a track, sled and a little wagon. I think that will be all for this time. Wishing you a Merry Xmas. HILARY BEIRIGER. . Griffith, Ind., Dec. 16. Dear Santa: I thought I would write you a few lines what I would want for Christmas. I would like a little sewing machine and a set of dishes and a story book and a little table. I think that will be all. but bring us a few nuts and candles. Wishing you a Merry Xmas, and, oh, a silk cap for my dolly. Your friend. DOROTHY BEIRIGER. Hammond, Ind., Dec 16. Dear Santa Claus: I want a pair of Ice skates and a magic lantern, train that runs on a track and a writing desk, a sled and a signet ring and a gold watch and fob and some books and games and nuts and candy and a Christmas tree and a baby doll. MAURICE LEWIS. 739 Walter street. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 16. Dear Santa Claus: I am a little glr 9 yeara old. l warn xor jnnsimaa a baby doll, a set of furs and a cover, a kimono, a Christmas tree and nuts, some candy and oranges.' And my sta WITH

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ter Is four years old and wants you to bring her a buggy and dolly and cover, a bracelet and a cradle and a Christmas tree and nuts and candy. And my brother Charles wants you to bring him a train that runs on tracks, a horse, a gun and dolly. Please don't forget all little poor children. Don't forget mamma and papa. Yours truly, IIERNICE TROWE. 738 Walter street. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: So It is getting so near Xmas I thought I would get my order In. I want a bracelet, a sweater coat, a manicure set and a pair of kid gloves, and don't forget the poor. Wishing you a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. Your little friend, EVALYN ERICKSON. 321 State street. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa: I thought I would write to you and tell you what I wanted. I am a boy 9 years old. I want a B B gun, a signet ring, a pair of fur gloves, books and games and candy and nuts. Your loving friend, ROY ERICKSON. 321 State street. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa: As Christmas is drawing near I will write to you and let you know what I would like to have for Christmas. Well, I would like a story book that has some nice pictures and stories in it, a set of dishes and a

pair of pink ribbons. That will be all for this Christmas. Next year I will ask for more maybe. Don't forget all the poor little children, Santa. I go to school and am in sixth grade. I hope you receive lota of other nice little letters that will make you feel good because I know I feel good when I get a letter from some of my friends. I am eleven years old. I think I will close now, Santa. I am your friend, LAURA STRAUCIL R. F. D, No. 1, Box 86. Black Oak, Ind., Dec. 17. -Dear Santa Claus: I am a little boy and go to school every day. I am writing so that I could let you know what I would like for Xmas. I would like a Jack In the box and a motorcycle that will run when you wind IU I would like an Xmas tree, candy and nuts. I will hang my stocking beside my bed. So don't forget me. I am your friend, RALPH PHILLIPS. P. S. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa Claus: - I would like to tell you what I want for Christmas. I would like to have a bicycle and some other little thing that you would think best.. Don't forget to bring some nuts and candy. I do hope you will not forget the orphans and the poor. I am 4 years old and do not go to school yet. Wishing you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. I still remain your friend, LEONARD LARSON. 645 Chicago avenue. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa: I am writing you this letter to let you know what I would like for Christmas. I want a little redcradle that, can rock. a.nd a. doll that shuts her eyes when she. sleeps. , Bring a Christmas tree, candy and nuts. I will hang my stocking too and bring me a little go-cart. Santa, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I am your friend, LENA L STRAUCH. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 17. Dear Santa: I am a little boy eight years old. I would like to have a boy scout suit, drum, horn, a sword and a little Daisy popgun, a lion bank, nuts, candy and oranges. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, dear Santa. I am your little friend, JOSEPI KRAEMER. 1299 Harrison avenue. TUB mm mm