The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1910-12-25
s. CLAUS.
General JOY Furnished
by Wholesale.


''This have very criminal appear
ance.' I snagger, hiding behind Nogi,
who was deposited under a barrel.
Long waits enjoyed by us.
Pretty soonlv pink limousine ottomo-
bile come bumbling up and short, fatty
gent of old age whiskers emerge ont
ward At firstly we thought he was
Hon. And. Carnegie because of his free
library smile, but when he removed off
his fur-skin cap, we observed what was.
1t was Hon. Santa Claus in American
clothing
With calesthenic hearts we step for
wards
rHon Santa Clans I belieye' - is
smart remark I make.
81 agree with you, snuggest him,
making laugh with face.
"We have pursued you from NY. to
Denmark and return for purpose of IN
forming you some very serious inforlna-
tion | vellup.
"Come inwards to my laboratory. y
he report nervely. We do So thank
you.
O what sight we seen with eyes.
Imagine all department stores of United
States and Pennsylvania enrolled into
one, Imagine this magniferous store
entirely overwhelmed with toyish gifts
of every description, Imagine sufficient
dolls to carry a Suffra gette election, If
thev could vote and was intelligent
enough to want to- Imagine sufficient
jumping Jacks to leap from Brooklyn
to Cairo. if combined in one excited
lump Imagine 10000. 100000 tons of
candy canes all sorted in umbrella racks
and being painted red. white and blue
by baby angels employed for this de
licious art. And imagine something
more please. Imagine all them joyful
of Xmas being tied in suitable packages
! for assorted children in America. China,
| Arabia. Germany. Ireland and Peru
and who was doing this delicious works
! 1000 brown fairies laboring seriously
with department store expression!
owe are expecting extremely heavy
| Christmas this annual year. say Santa
/ Claus. "High cost of living has never
! arrived to the Santa Claus business
He led US to the large brunette studio
where seventv-fve magicians were
! laboring working making Inventions.
One was inventing Teddy Bears what
could talk; another was discovering
new picture puzzles; while yet several
more was working with chemistry to
manufacture the perfume what comes
with Christmas trees Forty little angels
were stirring large pot with silver
spoons. Now and occasionally they
would drop in candy, golden bells holly
berry, sweet music. etc, and eetera.
Some item Hon Pot would boil upward
making cooking sound to resemble three
trillion childhood laughs.
"What could it be they are manu-
facturing?' I require with voice.
"Jov.'' response Hon. Claus with
ahuckly whisker
Ne & Nogi stood upward. remember
ing our detective employment.
"Nr Clans. - we report gruhlv, "we
are here on deliciously disagreeable
business''
"UmpossibIe say him with smilings
''What should you require?"
"All Children Of the World las
formed Union and threatens a strike,
unless Santa Claus IS pusitjvely proved
10 be what folks say he is. -
How shockvi' snagger Hon. Claus
Don't Children believe intSanta Claus
no more?'
"Some of them has: their deceptive
suspicious, - T snuggest.
"'WeH. well" he amuse. "what is
World coming TOP First Insurgents say
they do not believe in the Constitution,
then Harvard Professor say Chris. Co
lumbus was somebody else And now
Thuhdren uprise up and decry that San
IN Clans IS merely 4 vacuum. Why
should they have this sinful supersti'
rion2''
Beca1se-so. -. 7 response. "modern
America-child say that Santa Claus can
not come down chjmneys, because mod
ern flats Is made Of steam pipe arrange
ment ~
"Ab-ho,' spieked s. Claus. "ehim-
news is no longer useful 70 me in this
age of Scientific fixtures. Recently
XmaS fairy gave me beautiful Goldy
Key which admit me to any fat. how
ever ventilated. BY this key 7 can en-,
ter hv front door or come fs telephone.
What next objection have they got2'
"Thev decry that TOYS can't arrive
from Mr.. Claus when they are sold in
Dent Stores.
~ smile.''pop forth him joyly. ~
leave them TOYS in Dept Stores merely
as samples so that Parents can Iook-see