“After meeting the 500 or more Doylestown kiddies Thursday afternoon in the Strand Theatre through the courtesy of Mr. Power, manager of the theatre, I could not leave town without expressing to the young folks what a fine time I had and how well they behaved. So I stopped at the Daily Intelligencer office and wrote a few lines for the editor to publish today. I hope that all the kiddies will read my message.
“There was such a fine bunch of my boys and girls at the show that my large pack of candy gave out before all the kiddies had been served. My orange supply was called into action and was given away instead of candy. To the boys and girls who did not get candy, I want to say that next Christmas I will be sure and remember them first.
“Many letters were handed to me by the good boys and girls of Doylestown, and I have glanced over them in a hurry. I will try my best to return on Christmas Eve and bring you what you want. One little girl by the name of Alice has asked me to bring her a set of dishes, a baking set and a broom, and then ends her letter by asking Santa to bring her a stick to “wip” her doll. I will do the best I can with Alice, but I am not sure about the stick to “wip” her doll. In another letter, a boy by the name of Ferdinando asks for a radio set and a lot of other toys. I expect to bring as many radio sets as I can carry this year, and I hope that Ferdinando will receive one of them.
“If the boys and girls are good, I expect to come back to town early next Monday night (Christmas Eve) to be present at the community Christmas celebration at Court House Park. I will be there to see you again, but I will have to leave early as I have so many houses to visit that night. To the boys and girls I do not have the chance to see personally this year, and to the big-hearted Mr. Power at the Strand Theatre, I wish a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
“And I want to add that the better boys and girls you are between now and next Monday night, the better I am going to treat you.”
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