Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-22
CHRISTMAS TREE
FORALBUQuERQUE
KIDS IS SET UP
Things Begin to Look Like
Business Around the Corner
of First and Central, Relief
Work Finished.

The corner Of First street and Gem
tral avenue took on a decidedly bust
nessliko aspect Yesterday afternoon
when the giant forty-foo Christmas
tree. brought down from the national
forest under the direction OF District
Forester A. c. Rineland and ]. r.
Mullen. arrived at destination in good
order ordinary wear and tear ex-
ceptcd, and the work ct erecting IL
on the vacant lot opposite the AlVn-
rado hotel began.
The pied piper Of lfamcln had
nothing whatever on that tree Kids
seemed To spring up out of the ground
at It's approach, From the Highlands
and the Iowlands. from north side
and south side. they gathered TO
watch with fascinated gaze the biz
tree which Thursday evening Is 20 be
the center OF the biggest municipal
gathering ever held In AlbuQueruue--
the biggest public celebration that the
state of New Mexico has ever known.
II didn't take long ia get the tree
into position. Towering forty feet
in the air. il attracted the attention
OF everybody who came within sight
of II. Workmen began AT once get
ting IL shaped up Tor the employees
OF the Albuquerque Gas. Electric
Light a Power Co. who Will today
begin the work Of wiring It for the
electric illumination that viii dazzle
all heholders during the three days
beginning Thursday.
Busy From Now On.
From this time on, the Christmas
tree will keep everybody connected
with Il extremely busy until the eele-
bration is over. In order 10 prevent
the intrusion of those who mikht in
terfere with the work on the tree,
temporary fence is Ia be erected
which will serve not only Go keep
people out but also to prevent passers-
by from seeing the work uf deeorn-
tion--for II is the purpose of the
committee to save the big surprise
for Thursday evening. and at that
time to show everybody just how
beautiful a forty-foot Christmas tree
can be.
Mrs. Robert T.. Dieiz and Miss Lou
Lee are In charge OF the decoration
of the tree. Assisting them will be a
corps uf young huskies from the high
school who viii help In the manual
labor of fixing things up, and the
domestic science department of the
same school, the members of which
were busily engaged all day yesterday
in filling the stockings which are TO
be hung from the tree
Preparations for the musical pro-
gram are almost complete. Tonight
the German children of the city Will
meet at the Lutheran church to re-
hearse the German songs that are 10
be sung at the celebration. Similar
rehearsals have been held by those
who are to render the Italian and
Spanish songs, and there Is no doubt
that the Christmas carols In four diff
ferent languages Will surpass in spec
tacular and human interest features,
anything that has ever been done IN
Albuquerque.
In the next day or two the commit
tee intends to issue instructions which
viii be published in both the daily
papers of Albuquerque telling Just
how the children of the different
schools are to be arranged around
the tree. In other words, when the
kids get there II VIII not be d ques-
tion OF getting all scrambled up. for
everybody viii know Just where they
are to stand.
Relief Work Finished.
II Was announced yesterday that
the relief work undertaken by the
Christmas tree committee Is praotc-
ally finished. The work that has been
done in allevlating suffering among
the needy families of the city can
only be appreciated and understood
BY those who have been engaged IN
1t or who have come into close con
tact with the workers. Clothing. pro-
visions, fuel and medicines have been
and II is safe to say that
at least 500 people have been affect
ed by the bcneficenees Of the COM
mittce
While there is still something IN
reserve In the way of coal, clothing
and groceries. IT Is the plan of the
to distribute this only to
those who are most In need~-especial
ly those who are sick ana to whom
there is no immediate prospect for
an Improvement of their condition.
There are a number of such people
to whom supplies have already been
given, but these supplies VIII soon be
exhausted and the committee does not
intend to see that they are left high