El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-24
lie schools as supervised play grounds
for the public"
sautificatiOn Of Parks.


for the public
Identification Of Parks.
J. ). Connors' park commissioner
The best Christmas gift for FL PasO in
my opinion would be an unlimited sup
ply OF money for the Identification of
city"
R. J. Tighe, superintendent Of city
schools-'For the greatest benefit to
the entire city, night schools. social CEN
ters IN the school building and a good
system of recreation NAV grounds
would be the best Christmas gift"
Miss Alice FTtzpatrick-'The use of
the pubic school grounds as public play
grounds for each community in which
the school is situated with the proper
play supervisors in charge and a larger
auditorium in our school for our semi
annual opera programs would be my
Christmas wish for the people of Ell
Paso."
Mrs. Burt OrndorffL"CIean up the
southern part of town. That would be
Christmas present to the people of Ell
PasO tnaJ would be immeasurably bene-
fetal in preventing disease and making
Ell Paso a better place in which to live"
Elimination Of Race Men.
Rev Perry J. Rice-''The elimination
of all people from El Paso, who have as
their particular purpose of residence
here, the participation in the race track
gambling on the other side of the
river"
Miss Gail Lane, general secretary Of
the Y. W. c. -A.-"For Christmas wish
for FL Pasos young women, the best
would be thoroughly modern well
equipped central Y W. c. A. building
that would be the social, educational
and religious center for all the young
women of the city"
Mrs. Rue Jackson Of the Rescue
Home association executive bOard-'Aly
Christmas wish for Ell PasO would be
that everyone would realize the value
of the Rescue home which has recently
been started to give a chance to the
girl who Is down, or who never had
chance"
Miss Lula Jones-"The extension Of
the kindergarten system TO every school
IN the city, would be the best Christ
mas present for the younger children"
Endowed symphony Orchestra.
Mrs. George Drummer, chairman OF the
music department of the Woman's CLUB.
THE very best thing for Ell Paso would
be permanent municipality supported
symphony orchestra. The splendid con-
cert played last week by the symphony
orchestra gave me more pleasure than
anything 1 have heard in FL Paso 1t
would give pleasure to so many people
who do not often have the opportunity
to hear such a high grade of music
played"
Mrs. Carl Lee Smith, chairman of the
art department of the WOman's club
"A Christmas gift that would be of
great benefit to all the people of Ell
Paso would be municipality conducted
educational moving pictures, either IN
municipal theater or out Of doors"
Mrs W. l. FOxworth, chairman Of
the current events and literature de-
partment of the WOman's club-'My
Christmas wish for Ell Paso would be
that the city will continue to be as
generous and as charitable to those in
trouble in the future as it has in the
past"
Rev. Kenneth BrOwn-"Christmas is
nothing without Christ My sincere
wish for Ell Paso is that Christmas may
be more permanent in every heart In
other words, that every soul may ac-
cept Jesus Christ as Gods great Christ
mas gift to humanity"
c. E. Waterhouse, chief dispatcher at
the union NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is sup
posed to be a time of peace and quiet,
and I know Of no. gift which Santa
Claus could bring which would be of
more benefit to Ell Paso, and to man
kind in general, than the stopping Of
the terrible fighting in Europe and
south Of US and bringing about world
wide peace"
James A. Smith, postmaster-'I be-
lieve the best gift Santa Claus could
make Ell Paso is to have the names of
the streets posted in conspicuous places
on each corner and to change the num-
boring of houses in places as. for
instance. on Overland street, where
houses have the same number. With
the names of the streets posted con-
spicuously, new men would have far
less difficulty in the delivery of mail"
W. R. Martin, superintendent at the
union station-"I would like more than
anything else to see Santa Claus bring
Ell Paso more travel There is moth
ing which adds to the prosperity of a
city, and of the country in general
than heavy passenger traffic"