Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-24

what would you 10 If you were
Santa CLAUSE asked a reporter Oh
three men sitting in an office in a near
by building.
"Ivell, thai is a pretty hard aues-
tion,'' said one, 'but l think that II l
were that personification of gooaness
I'd be the real and only one Il 90
away with all those on the street cor
ners and stores. I think that the fake
Santas destroy the Illusion that the
children have regarding st. NICK. Inc
myth is a beautiful one and should De
preserved. AS 1t is. a thinking chlid
500 realizes that If there are so many
Santas there is no real one
It was the other mans turn to an
swer. and he spoke up readily. ia go
to every orphan asylum and take, care
of the little unfortunates there. we
owe them more than we do the children
that have parents, and when become
Santa I'll treat them we'll"
I'D Go to the Children That Need Me.'
The third man did not make up his
mind so readily, but when he Anally
spoke it was evident that he had the
subject at heart. Your question Is
not an easy one" he said. 1T requires
thought. I've been thinking that IL l
were Mr. ST. Nick I'd fill up a great
big wagon with a lot of useful things,
besides toys, and go down TO the Sums.
| would not touch a street IN Wnlch
there is a house with a bathroom. Ia
go to the poorest places and make the
children that really need me the hap
piest of the happy"
THIS conversation led the reporter
to ask others what they would do IL
they We're Santa Claus, and here are
the replies:
MAYOR JACOB HAUSSLING-"If l
were Santa Claus / don't know what L
would do. l do know that il l We're
rich enough L would see that every
family in Newark, in which there are
children, had a Christmas tree. The
Christmas tree appeals to me as II
fond recollection OF childhood days"
WILLIAM C. ASHLEY, Chief of Fire
DEPARTMENT. would make all the
poor children happy. The children Of
the rich can be taken care of by their
arents. And l would see hat there
were no more fires or accidents.
Twenty minutes after the STAR re-
porter had obtained the above express
sion from Chief Ashley he saw him at
the Orpheum Theatre accident. 1T
doesn't look as If 1 would make a good
Santa Claus" said the chief.
CHARLES NJ. MYERS, assist
ant city attorney-"If / were
Sanity Claus I would do my
utmost TO keep peace in all fam
lilies. so that the children would be
protected. 1 would strive to make
everybody in the world happier
CITY TREASURER ALBERT T.
GCENTHER-"I have been playing
a Santa Claus role lately in connection
with the High street fire relief fund. II
we're the real thing / would work
for the uplifting of mankind, and
would especially work to help out the
ignorant foreign citizens In the educa-
ton of their children to the proper
ideal Of American citizenship"
HARRY B. O'CONNELL, member Of
Board of Works-"One thing that Santa
Claus could do would be 10 keep do
mestic peace in families. Then the
children would always be happy"
SURROGATE ISAAC SHOENTHAL
IF I was Santa Claus l would put
the spirit that exists at Christmastide
into the hearts OF mankind so deep that
throughout the year the same desire for
good work would remain and much of
the trouble of this world be removed
JUDGE JAY TEN EYCK-'Well, II
| was lucky enough to be that jolly, fat
old gentleman 1 would give the county
of Essex a court house that would be
properly heated and ventilated. Gun
Court House is usually overheated II
summer and u~nderheated In winter"
COUNTY AUDITOR EDWARD l.
CONKLIN-'There are so many things
/ would like to do now and cannot that
l really cannot tell you what l would
do If I were Santa Claus and could
make many people happy
JUDGE THOMAS A. DAVIS"
would give to the girls and boys 0.
the State Fairgrounds and breathing
places. 1 would give to the people o
the State proper laws regulating tn
working hours and the conditions I'm
der which employees should work, no
only in factories, but in stores an
similar places, to the end that thei
morals. health and lives should b.
properly safeguarded. For their leisur'
hours I would provide clean ant
healthy amusements and Amusement
places. properly supervised, to take tn
place of the immoral dance halls ant
similar amusement places, which a
present are degrading the morals O
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