Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-25
MERRY CHRISTMAS
ON THE SANTA FE
LIMITED
Passengers on California
Bound Train Have Finest
Kind of a Celebration; Ev-
erybody Had Glorious Time

Whlriing dorus' the muuhltiug iud
valleys of tulutadu dud NuN MrNi,u.
travelling onward toward the Pacific
ocean ana the Rama uI iruii ana now
crs a. the rat" uf iurly mIlrs an hour.
Win tlurri". Of suuA dtshiug against
IN" car windows. Hud with the iur,s-
SAINT roar ui the giant lucumutigo
ahead, StruEgliLW lu mJtu time
against a fast srhcds 90. aa uu accom-
ptuiIn"ut. siAiN-siN passengers aud e
ere" al twenty r," santa F,, Pullman
ANA Harvey cmpluyrs, got torr,n,r
last evening ana rul,hrdtrd ChrtNm g.
eve IN n lavish Wylu mat Nd. sum
cicnL compensation tu every sugl,
parsOn On board for separation fruu
relatives aud friends at u time uh,u
the natural desire ul every human
heart is To- hr at "humc, sweet
home
when the California limited dashed
into AlhuulrIuuu 1T lu.II this mDru
ing. u christmas ire" occupied u hI ,
part of the space uu the observation
ear platform, silver trimmings uou
INK tu lh" breeze a., lh" train came lu
a standWlll The passengers plIrd ull
In a bunch 90 lnnHlr the gluriuus ErN
McXiru air, Drdring ana lnyigurttinp
~ sip uf imported ChHmptpu"
Walking hriskly up "ud down ih" sla-
ton platform during the halt nutII
stop IN AlhuuucIuuo, lhc pIesrug,ys
were all dgug over lUv magnificent
Christmas rNr celebration that 'unL
place on the train LIsl night lt,uur
Iruu immediately after the u',,o,t
dinner untiI miduiRhi and after
Plans tor TIA" ruTi. iIuus celebration
were CunrciNod IN the fertile braun ur
g. II, CBuu'D Jones', ui tn" lus Aur
morning as the limited was IrIr'ua
through Kansas prtlrlcs ~ an ullurl
10 get out Oi the SunllOWur stat. a.
quickly dS possible Mf Jones .pruua
his Christmas celebration idea uu lN'
unsuspcCting conductor !, T.. D,u,,
one at the most popular men lu Iu,
Pullman service.
"Surr thing, lri's go great idea,
declared Conductor deuel. "ulnus.
iasticullN.
Bob Jones appointed himself chair,
man UI the committee on aIT,ugr,
nenls. II" made pilgrimage
through tn, six Pullman curs, runtid,
ing his Intentions to every nombor
uf the train crew ana every paHsuuEr'
un board, sending the children int
ccstdsirs over the promised visit ui
santa CLAUS
Bcsidrs th" ,huirmanship Of u,
arrangements committee Mr. Juur'
undertook tu manage tho finances 'w
the aflHir Starting u subscription
list with a generous donation, n,
passed through the train and guuI
had enough money 10 have the great
est KIND nf u Christmas celebration
any place ON land or sea, let alone ,
railroad train,
Tho practical end Of the schrm,
WAS worked out In kdnsns bofor,
noon yesterday. At Newton, JOnc
and few ~ his companions made {
Wild rush tor the town ana snillnI
under a nag Of piracy, ANNEXED /
likely looking Christmas tree tina
stood innOCcntly in tho doorway o
store near the station. Tossing tn,
astOnishcd NOrckcopcr "A dollar, th'
pirates hurried hack 10 the train an'
Clambercd on to the back steps JUS
AS II wAH pulling out Of the station.
Having captured Christmas tree
the next move was to get decorations
| toys. candles and other necossar n
| eauIpmer for real first GLASS cele
bratlOn. The inVlnCible Jones calle,
for volunteers. Mrs, u. d., Goodwin
OF Ran Francisco, CAL, stepped for
' ward as volunteer 10 trim the ire,