Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-23


shade, cline and country are made.
Sonneberg also is the Paris of Doll
Land, for Sonneberg sets fashions and
styles in dolls and all things pertain
ing to dolls as arbitrarily as Paris
sets the styles for the world of fash
ion. Thousands of deft little fingers
work in the millinery and dressmak-
ing shops of Doll Land, designing and
making the latest in hats and gowns
and all that goes with the outfits of
Dolldom's elite. The tendency of
madame toward extravaganza in dress
is having its effect in Doll Land.
Dollies nowadays must be more beau
tiful than ever. Wealthy little misses
demand of Santa that he bring them
dollies with as many dresses as a
Newport or Washington society BELLE
Many of these elaborate outfits repre-
sent an outlay of money that would
keep several poor children In COM
Portable clothing all winter.
The utilitarian, practical and COM
mercial instincts of the American boy
are fully recognized by Santa Claus
and he caters to them. The Ameri-
can boys care little for guns, swords
and cannon as compared with the Eu-
ropean lads Santa Claus therefore
ships carloads of railroad trains. en-
gines, electric motors, steam cranes,
electric cars, tool boxes, etc, to the
United States. But the doll remains
empress and queen of the entire world
of little girls and Toyland 1t varies
in price from 2 cents to $25 and even
more, and in color from the little
kinky-wooled pickaninny for Africa
and the southern states and the almon
eyed. bald pate and sandalled doll for
the Japanese and Chinese to the blue
eyed, tow headed doll for Norway,
Sweden, Russia and Germany, but al
ways the samoa doll.
Cleveland, Dec. 23.-When Cleve-
landers awoke today the stage was set
for one of the greatest public celebra-
tions the city has ever known. The
celebrate is to be known as COM
munity Christmas and Cleveland has
the honor of being one of the first big
cities in the country to inaugurate the
idea.
A Christmas tree almost fifty feet
high, decorated profusely with toys
and varicolored electric bulbs, has
been placed on the big public square
in the center of the city Bandstands
have been erected about it and to-
night the ceremonies will start.
The object of the community Christ
mas is to combine the activities of
various charitable organizations and
make the giving of Christmas cheer
to the poor and needy a matter of civic
duty. In the past the Associated Char.
tiles, Salvation Army, Volunteers of
America and other charitable societies
have separately ministered to the
needy.
This year a committee of 35 prom
inent citizens, including Mayor Baker
and Lieutenant Governor Greenlund,
took charge of all charitable activi-
ties and they boast that not person
in this city of over 100000 population
will be without a good meal and warm
clothing on Christmas day.
A unique method of raising funds
was devised. A few weeks ago all
:, the downtown stores placed on sale
shares of stock in the Community
Christmas Company. The shares sold
for 81 each.
The certificates were made out in
the legal form. They stated the Com
munity Christmas Company would re
turn the original investment with in
terest, not in money, but in satisfac-
tion-a feeling that your investment
had gone to make some unfortunate
person or family happy on the day
on which was declared "Peace on
earth and good will to men," The
stock sold even beyond the expecta-
tions of some of the most enthusiastic
hackers.
/ On Christmas eve great canvas
screen. will be spread at one side of