Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
STREETS TO BE LIGHTED EVEN
BRIGHTER THAN BEFORE,
SAYS CHAIRMAN RusEE.
COURT HOUSE SQUARE ZIG
MASS OF coLoRED LIGHTS
All in Readiness For First illumination
Tonisht-Add More Lights at Last
Moment-Santa Wants to Stay All
Week-WilI Appear at 1880 Mondas
Afternoon.

As the time draws near for the fash
ing out OF the thousand or more cleo
,rlc lights which will mark the open
ing of the Christ mas festival, the pros
poets are that the streets viii look Just
as festive, II not even more so. than
they dld last year Chairman Rubee
says ne simply can not resist adding
few more lights here. and another
spray or two of festoonins there. and
altogether he has used as many COL
ured lights as ne did in 1914. with
Christmas trees on ever electrolier
post
The court house square win be the
center from which viii radiate enough
nSht TO make the moon look pale. Two
long strings Of colored incandescentS.
extending from the big trees TO the
sidewalk. an electric star on each tree.
another one between the two trees ana
a still larger one in the middle of the
street. will all contribute their share of
illumination.
Electric Lights Everywhere.
After a careful calculation this
morning Mr. Rubee figured out that
the space from the Two big trees in
front OF the court house 10 the side
walk would be lighted by nearly 500
Colored electric lights. Besides this,
/ every Christmas tree al the intersec-
tons OF all the streets from Third ave-
nue. to Second street win be strung
win lights, they We're iast year
TIE strings OF coio-s3 lights are pG;
vi, all the way down Third avenue as
far as the Great Western tracks, and a
coiored ligh; viii shine forth from the
top of each electrolier along Main
street At dusk this evening all these
lights will flash out. and the Christ
mas festival will have begun.
Late this morning II was decided to
put some colored lights around the
electroliers in the two blocks on South
Center and South First avenue be-
tween Main and Church streets. 1t
was only the fact that not enough cur
rent could be secured that prevented
the committee from hanging lights on
every electroiier up and down Main
street as vas done last year.
Special Wire From Santa.
At a meeting OF all the festival COM
mittees. held at the Marshalltown club
this noon, Chairman E. R. Lay. OF the
entertainment committee. read a spe-
cial wireless from Santa, asking how
! long ne would be expected to stay in
Marshalltown. Mr.. Lay wired back
! that it would depend entirely on how
good the children were the first day
! whether or not Santa would make his
big march up and down Main street
for the rest of the week. Santa will
keep his big eyes. (which are going to
look just like big electric lights be-
cause they will be so bright and spark
. T.
III. .he s!-ee:S the first 1a::-. and i
they really like him. and don't try 10
get more than one bag Of candy each,
he will stay here all week.
This will mean that he will have TO
send some Of his assistants around TO
other towns where they are expecting
| him before Christmas, but Saint Nick"
win be willing to do this. ne says. II
| he can spend a week In Marshalltossn.
He says from what he has heard there
! is no place quite as good as Marshall
| town.
Giant Santa in Wreck.
! The giant Santa Claus is going 10 be
! in a wreck. There is no doubt about
| it The Marshalltown Club wants
him to come down its street. and the
street car tracks do not run down
! C
/ If Santa does not come to see their
members they Will wreck his train,
drag the fiat car off the rails, and pull
| 1t down in front OF the club on the
! east side OF the court house square.
| Hour Is 1880 p. m, on Main Street.
! Promptly at l: 80 o'clock next Mon
| day afternoon the committee viii start
up town with their big old Santa On d
S.reef rar and ,ne fnur Ga nta Clans
gnomes will be with him TO keep the
kids from getting run over by the
| street car or stepped on by the giant.
In the motor street car behind, which
-:!! BE used 70 push Santa's big Car.
will be the drum corps" and Old Santa
! will be given a ride once up Main
street from the east to the switch at
North Third street, and then back
again. If the, Marshailtown Club has
it's own way they will wreck his train
! at the corner OF Main and First aven-
nue. and drag his street car down to
| the club, where Old Santa will be held
until he gives up all of his candy. If
! ne catches Mr.. Palmer the club is 60
| ing to try to pull him away, because
L the court house chimneys are so tall
/ Mr.. Palmer might land on his head
when Santa drops him down, and Mr..
L Palmer does not carry around with
him very much hair on his head TO
II cushion his fall