Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-15
FIRST ELECTRICAL DISPLAY OF
FESTIVAL WEEK READY BY
FRIDAY NIGHT.
THOUSAND iNcANDEscENTs
TO FLASH OUT ON STREET
s;. Hundred ce!e.sa L:shte On al.
Trees in Front Of Court House-Arch
on South Third Avenue Gaily Dec
grated Santa Not Backward in
Asking For Wants.

One thousand eighty miniature cleo
trio lights will flash out on Main street
at dusk Friday evening, and the
Christmas festival will be formally on.
Chairman S. w Rubee, of the decora-
tions committee, said today that the
wiring on the Christmas trees on the
corners from Third avenue to Second
street would be completed early Thurs
day afternoon, and that the two big
trees in front Of the court house would
also be covered with electric globes by
that time.
There are to be 800 colored lights on
each of the forty-foot spruces in front
of the county building, while each tree
at the intersections Of the five blocks
on Main street will have at least
twenty lights twinkling a message Of
Christmas cheer.
Travellers to Be Welcomed.
Travellers coming up from the sta
tons will see the arch across South
Third avenue, which bears the word
"Marshalltown' on one side and Come
Again" on the other, gaily decorated
with festooning to give it a holiday
expected to begin stringing the colored
lights used at fair time across South
Third avenue today or early Thurs
day. The trees at the street intersec-
lions were being covered with holly
berries today, and the lights will be at
tached the first thing tomorrow.
/. Chairman Eubee found that he had
enough festooning left over after
stringing it along between electroliers,
. to Irvine the greens around some Of the
other electrolierS besides those on the
corners, in order to give more festive
appearance all along the street.
Giant Santa Wants Things.
The giant Santa Claus due to ride
triumphantly thru Main street Mon
day afternoon has sent word to the
committee as follows:
4 "Marshalltown Committee: am
sorry you let MI. Rubee put those tiny
Christmas trees in front of the court
house for am told they are not nearly
as high as the court house and l am
afraid I'll break them down when I try
to hang things on them. You ought to
have put up some trees about my size.
l know your trees are as high as the
Woodbury. block, but why didn't you
get some big ones?
4 Your suggestion from Will Strickler
sounds all right, and I would be glad
to carry Johnny Ruth as my Teddy
4 bear, for I know will be glad to
squeeze him, and I'll be careful not to
drop him, too, but I would like to have
Frank Willard ride with me in my
pocket. I am told that he is the tallest
man in your town. and il he brings
along his ice cream freezer to stand on
am sure he can see out Of my pocket
all right. I won't hurt him.
II am sorry but I would rather not
have your postmaster along. He's
short and stubby, and If I lost him
President Wilson could not find an
other democrat in your town for the
office.
What I would like. tho, would be
a lot Of kids. I've got some inside
pockets full of candy, not the pocket
where want to put little Frank Will
lard. Oh. no. / know him. / couldn't
trust him in with the candy. But I
have more pockets, bigger than the one
for him and I'm going TO have candy
enough for all the kids in your county.
My out Tn going TO have some fun.
Yours. Santa.
P. S-'Se sure TO send me Johnny
Ruth TO squeeze and Frank Willard for
a pocket piece