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- " • ' ' • rK V :,f\- r.;-.- > • • < •• ., • • - • • • » • • • ' . „ ' " ; - - "**' <"• V ^ S?"* 'M Sl.i >*:3* 1'^ry^- <{ V- >T "• .-.V. S!«S«. I;-'.;- s:j^-v-v.-V-f ? WIS supposed to be sleeping quite sound, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. Then he filled up our stockings with candy and toys, For aren't those the presents for girls and lor boys? his : «. • ' •' ' ' ; <••'••' iSince the table the center of interest is, . He selected a fixture that was not amjui. So with filament lighted, the bulbs are a t V .... • • ' K, < -f. • ^ But he did not An assortment of lamps as from a peddler's pack. First were lights for the living-room, lovely and m For the ceiling and side walls, and table lamps, too. By the people who dine with my mother, the queen/ At the head of the table, for comfort again, He placed a new outlet, a double one then, So that coffee could percolate, waffles could fry, And bread might be toasting, with ham *n eggs JK: He permitted our old chandelier to And the lights o*er the mantel to stay just the same, But in front of the fireplace, beside the new couch, He placed a small reading lamp, taken from his pouch. Then he put in the corner where bookcases are, A tall floor lamp for which we're more grateful by far, Than a strong, glaring light from the middle of the room, Since weVe neither to live in the glare nor glnrm^ To the end of the parlor St. Nicholas strode, And still chuckling with mirth as he carried his He uncovered a bridge lamp to use by the dpsk, Which was just what she'd wished for, our dear Aunt Thereat. In the kitchen, the domain of pot and ol pan, He placed baseboard outlets, the jolly old man, And a dense milk-white fixture of enclosing glaN| Was the light for the. ceiling, the best of its claffe. Though the light was diffused evenly o'er the rooc To prevent any shadows, companions of gloom, He placed lamps o'er the sink and over the stovei, Just so high from the floor to avoid danger above; J^JFP Then he gathered his pack and to hall and to stair, He advanced, pausing only a moment, once there, To attach a new light where before none did burn. On the landing, the place where, the stairs make a A piano lamp next was disclosed to my view, Since I was but hiding, not sleeping like you: Then quick as a wink to the baseboards he flew. To place, for convenience, an outlet or two. Now the dining-room' He advanced, although Then he went to the bedroom where Peggy did sleep, I can swear that I saw him, for I told you I. peeped. He attached some new fixtures, some brackets were they, To the wall on each side of the dresser to stay. - ' . len a small boudoir lamp did he place near the bed, she always has longed for, so Peggy has said. the next place that he . laughing, on serious intent. And he put candelabra upon the buffet, Which enhanced its appearance by night by day. Then fixtures with brackets he put on the wall, To add spot* 4 color, to brighten the hall. Then to other rooms quickly the old man flew, The bathroom, the basement, the porches, too, Then he gathered his pack, up the old chimney flew, Quickly started his airplane, and was lost to my view, 1924 k,. --- :»V\ "A Umry W. Moore MODERN SANTA CLAUS" was written by Mary W. Moore, age 15, residing at 310 West 15th Street, Chicago Heights, Illinois. This girl is one of the more than 10,000 entrants from the territory served by this Company, in the nation* wide Better Home Lighting Contest. Having a creative turn of mind and the Mplfitioato be individual, Mary Moore presented her essay In the jboetic story form printed above. She deftly brings |>anta Claus up-to-date and yet leaves him still possessed hi the mythical romance with which we love to surround him* - - We feel that Mhg Muui'e*g % Worthy notice so we are giving you and others an opportunity to r< PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN 'ILLINOIS 6,000 square miles--202 cities and towns--with Gits or Electricity '• 'i, .? -Vv : J- •„ „; ;V),JifJVl •: