Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
Lieut. Gov. Wallace Attired in a
Bartender'S Suit and Given
BungStarter for GaveI
RUSS AVERY GETS LEMONS
Gates Forced to Don Suffragette
Garb-None Spared in An
nuaI Christmas links

1ndde tne annual CnrlSIInSa JlnkS OF
the City club yesterday the most en-
joyable the club has known. Frank $. |
Forbes, who has been Santa Claus for
several years, performed that function |
again and distributed gifts to the prom
lnent members of the club and some
others in such a happy manner that |
there was no sting to any of the jeStS. |
A doll in tin mail, astraddle toy |
building that looked like the court
house, was the present Santa Claus |
pulled from his sack for Marshall
Stimson. This was a play on car
toon which appeared in one of the
local papers, labeled "On to the Court |
House, when Stimson took the lead
of the good government forces.
Russ Avery chairman of the Repub- |
liCan central committee, received |
cheese box full of lemons.
Santa Claus wrapped a purple sena- |
torial toga around Judge ]. d. Works |
and hailed him as the next United |
States senator from this district. Dur |
ing the recent campaign Judge Works |
was frequently referred to as "'rhc |
Old Roman" and with the purple toga
draped gracefully from his shoulders
he easily looked the part. He enjoyed |
the spirit of the gift but declared it
a little premature, as no one knew
yet the outcome of the senatorial con- |
test. He expressed a hope that the
time would soon come when the people
could select United states senators by
direct vote. Judge Works received
warm ovation when he arose to speak. |
CONGRESSMAN GIVEN CANNON
Congressman-elect w. D. Stephens
received a badly damaged toy cannon, |
and Santa Claus told him that was
what would happen to a certain Can
non in the house of representatives.
when the new congressman got into
action.
A ]. Wallace. lieutenant governor
elect, was vigorously opposed in the
recent campaign by the allied liquor
forces. because of his well-lNnOwn pro- |
hibition sentiments His gift was from
the Royal Arch. 1t was bunS
starter. to be used as GaNel when ne
presides over the senate, and a par
tenders uniform of white coat and |
apron. On the white coat was the leg |
end in red letters, Duke of the Royal |
Arch" The coat was many times too |
small, but Santa Claus explained that
was because Mr.. Wallace had become
so sWelled up since he was elected.
Wallace fumbled for time with the
apron, and then Assemblyman-elect
Henry Lyon, who once on time was
q bartender tied it around Mr.. Wal |
lace's capacious waist. The dexterity
with which Lyon handled the apron
brought out one OF the hearueSl laughs
of the occasion.
Senator-elect Leslie r. Hewitt re- |
ceived a little donkey bearing the label |
Consolidated City and County or
Watts" and it was explained that rep !
resented Hewitt's idea of the "burro"
form of government.
Then Santa Claus produced a stran-
ger garment than any fashion maker
has vet had the nerve TO devise. 1t |
was half hobblc skirt and half trousers. |
He called for Senator-elect Lee G.
Gates and presented the peculiar COM
1 grif +
fragettes. He put it on and was llited
ON the table, where he cracked some |
Jokes and made a little speech for
equal suffrage.
LYON AND LAMB TOGETHER
Assemblymen-e elect DR.. w. A. Lamb |
and Henry Lyon were called up to- |
gether and received a toy couch with a
lion and a lamb lying down together
A wooden box painted to represent |
a safe and with a large "3'' on the |
front was given to Supervisors Prid- |
ham. Manning and Butler. Santa Claus |
explained that 1t was the first time in |
the history Of the county when there |
had been safe "solid three" for the |
people.
r. G. Finlayson received toy bench |
from Santa Claus pack as symbol of
his election as superior Judge.
toy duck was given to Dr.. SherWin |
Gibbons. Santa Claus told him he !
was to hold an inquest on the duck |
and find out if 1t was dead duck, and !
if it was, what was good for it. This
was a reminder of DR.. Gibbons race !
for coroner i'll which he was defeated |
by q narrow margin.
Second only TO the ovation Judge !
Works received was the warm greet
ing given William Mulholland when
he arose to receive his Christmas pres |.
ont Santa Claus first read a letter, |
alleged to have been signed by Joe
Simons, in which Mulholland was told
that his tufa cement was no good and |
that the aqueduct should be lined with
Simons' rick. Then Mulholland re-
ceived a bottle of mucilage to mix with !
his tufa and a sample of the Simons
brick.
r e. Gibbon received a life mem-
bership in the Democratic party, pro-
vided he would stand on some absurdly |
humorous planks to be put in the plat
FORM
FUN WAKES FURIOUS
The fun had been thoroughly enjoyed |
to that point but it became fast and |
furious when DR.. Gibbons and Henry |
Lyon were detailed to go out into the |
lobby of the Westminster hotel and |
bring in w. +. Herrin, who had been ,
seriously injured when his railroad |
organization was wrecked during the |
last campaign.
From his makeup Herrin might have
been David Warfield in a Hebrew char |
acter but he wasn't E. He was W. Z. !
Wing in a most dilapidated condition.
Santa Claus gave him brick and eX-
plained that he was to put it in his
hip pocket so that it woulo not hurt |
so much when Governor-elect Johnson |
kicks him out of politics in this state.
Thomas Lee Woolwines gift was the
ideal platform on which to stand when
running for district attorney of Los |
Angeles county The platform was
composed of two toy horses, one large |
and the other small. One was black |
and labeled "Royal Arch" the other !
vas white and labeled "Anti-Saloon |
league" Under the Anti-Saloon league |
horse was a little blind pig.
A very dark-skinned doll was pre-
sented to Guy Eddie and the incident |
showed that the libels cast on Mr..
eddie during the recent campaign were
recognized as without foundation.
A lin crown a tin scepter and toy |
world to conquer were the gifts to
Meyer Lissner. Mr.. Lissner responded