Show SANTA NEEDS HELP FOR XMAS MAIL LETTERS RECEIVED I Too Late to Forward For Them to Joyland Now Postmaster Will Turn Missives Over ver t to Anyone Anyon Who Will Give Aid AidOne 1 JI By C. C E. E PALMER J l' l t. t J JOne One hundred little Salt SaH Lake girls and boys with an abiding faith in in the kindly old patron saint of the Yuletide are awaiting expectant and hopeful the dawn of a Christmas sm morn norn rn that may bring them nothing nothingS b but t crushing disappointment They have hav written to anta Claus Glaus in their her childish way asking him for gifts to brighten their lives Serenely confident their appeals will be answer answered d th they y are c counting u ting the days until tl the e day of days r 1 r I An And i all the while Santa is in ignorance of their pleas The letters ha have e not been peen delivered to him and unless some of his friends act in his his' stead the little ones will awake to a cheerless Christmas The delay to the Santa Claus Glaus mail became known last evening evening evening even even- ing when the writer called at the p postoffice and interrogated J. J E. E Seely inquiry division clerk rk on the subject He claimed that San Santa fa Claus Glaus was very popular just at this time and intimated intimated intimated inti inti- mated that before Christmas day rolled around hundreds of appeals appeals appeals ap ap- ap- ap peals from poor children of the c city ty would pass through the hands of his department It is too late to send them to the abode of Santa far off in inthe inthe inthe the icy wastes of the northland and Postmaster Warrum hopes they will be taken by men and women w men whose hose faith in Santa w was s never shattered and nd who want to o preserve it itin in the children of today I NOBODY CLAIMS CLAIM LETTERS I In lii other years the volume of letters to Santa Claus was claimed by charitable organizations Investigation Investigations were were made and where children were fo found nd in poor circumstances ample provision was made for their comfort and happiness This Thi year so far none of these organizations has asked for the letters With Christmas so near at hand prompt action by Santas Santa's aides will alone save his little friends from a desolate Christmas As a rule some of the appeals are so path pathetic tic that it is almost criminal for those thos paving having the means to bring happiness s sto to the little ones to neglect the opportunity Under a postoffice rule the he e con contents of the lett letters rs are re not made mad pu public ic to to anyone but persons who pledge themselves to see that th the tiny writers are areas'S asS as'S assured r d merry a-merry The The on pastal la th e subject is as foll follows ws LETTERS ADDRESSED TO SANTA CLAUS Postmasters are re authorized to fo deliver r all letters on on which the postage has been fully prepaid arriving at their respective tive d during ring the month of December De De- December De- De cember ember of each year which are addressed plainly and unmistakably to Santa Claus without any terms or orI I expressions identifying the person for whom such letters are are intended to responsible charitable institutions or ori ori reputable i i individuals in the town or city of address who may desire to use them exclusively for philanthropic purposes Although t the e time for i investigating t the e lett letters r is growing short the hope is IS expressed by the postoffice officials that this work of brightening the lives of unfortunate children will not be neglected Get together good fellows its it's its it's a worthy cause and nine times out of ten the cases will reveal poverty and destitution |