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Show Son Shoulders Burden Oyster Bny, N. Y. The Santa Claus who gladdened the hearts of Cove Neck school tots nt Christmas time Is gone, hut the task of carrying the toy bag has descended upon the shoulders of his son. Twenty-five years ago the late Theodore Roosevelt played Santa Clans for th'e ehirdren Of Cove Neck school, for four of his own tots were pr.pils there. And then it became a Joyful habit with him to dou the red and white suit and losg whiskers so well known to little folk. Each year at Cove Neck the children wrote to tell Santa what they wanted, nnd Mr. Roosevelt carried the gifts to them. The Santa letters written nt Cove Neck this year have been sent to As sistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt Roose-velt at Washington. |