El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-20
SANTAGIVEST THE
ROTARIANSFUN
With Little Ell Paso Fairies,
Kriss Kringle Brings
Cheer to Crowd.

AGO4 W VI " " u
: FL Paso Rotary had its Christina
celebration and its members were en-
tertained by four Yuietide fairies an
remembered by Santa Claus himself
5 Thursday noon at the weekly luncheon
at Hotel Sheldon
When the ROtarians gathered abou
, the tables. they found the room lightel
only by the little twinkle on a beau
tifully decorated Christmas tree an,
by subdued lights on a fireplace ar
ranged in a corner. Santa's fairies
impersOnated by four of FL Paso'.
little live fairies. Anna Douglas Evans
Dolores Peavy, Dorothy Sloan ant
MinDette SaCkers. Of Bailey school
announced their coming in advanc,
by singing the beautiful Silent Night
Holy Night and suddenly danced
into the room. where they rendered
another Christmas song. followed by
a recitation, The Night Before Christ
mas by Miss Evans.
Bounds in with Gifts.
Then Santa Claus was heard draw
! ing I'D his reindeer behind the hearth
I through which he bounded into the
I room and announced that he had come
I from the North pole TO extend q per-
sOual Christmas greeting TO ROtarians
y
/ ing which every ROtarian present was
! remembered.
Presents Smile PrOvOkers.
c W Groom drew a pencil with
/ which to write a brief and win case
I for change" D. D. Clark. of the tel
/ ephone company, was given the order
[ or the double iron cross" a placard
nounclng lines busy" Ben Glenn
ents was given a piece or real rubber
so he viii know what it looks like"
I j. NJ Evans was given a pin to at
tach to his high note; Louis Fisch5ein.
the tailor. received piece OF gum to
stick trousers together; w. T. HixsOn
was presented with a Ford watch ."
so that there might be zone in his
store that runs J. r. Segall drew an
empty beer bottle. the raw material
for eyeglasses such as he sells"
More Appropriate Gifts.
Dr. r L Ramey was remembered
with glass eye, the gift of rotarian
Segal, A. Schwartz drew a hammer.
so that for once in his life he might
Weld one or NJ least see what it looks
ike F. b. Simmons got a rule to
measure shrOuds and collins. rabbi
Martin ZielOnlla was given a horn, so
that he might continue 70 blow about
himself as an orator r. 7. Tighe got
z pin, to stick him to FL PaSo for
ever; V r. Stiles received a piece Of
candy for being Cd q well known
sucker; i ". kirkpatrick was pre-
scented with q pencil 10 figure how
much he has lost on moving picture
Investments; F. b. Ezeu got a small
package, which santa said was the
size OF a ton Of coal sold by Ezeu
VIII CrOmbIe, Our we'll known
prOtlteer,' was remembered with n
package that was supposed TO repre-
sent what man gets for a weeks
wages when he buys produce. James
A. DICK got q stick Of candy. be
cause you are such q sweet child,
Bob" Seeds got @ bottle OF hair re-
storer. with the injunction 10 split 10
fifty-fifty with /. IT. Yale. Yale got
a small wagon with the Injunction
TO make deliveries the same week
they are ordered. George r. LeBarOn
got shovel and Joe Wright a hoe
Hugo Eichwald got rake. F. b. /
FLETCHER got a clothespin, ito hang
out the weeks wash at the Acme; .
Edgar kayser received a small gun. .
to use on PanchO Villa next time he
tries TO make a forced loan, Bob
krakauer received small high I
chair; Walter kOhlberE received "a I
safety first Dick Newton got a glass
Of water, so he'll know what one
looks like. Rev G.. L. Overstreet re- ]
eeived a pair Of cOlored glasses. Ito ]
obscure the glare Of the hereafter .
he talks so much about"
Appropriate for ~Wide BIlr Roe.
w G. Roe received a book on .
-girth cOntrOI'- Don Rathum and J. R
u Spain received books on rearing
children A. f. Rowlauds got q pen
ell to use lin correcting adding ma
chine Mistakes DR.. !. ". Ridley got .
some candy. "to put cavities in his
teeth, like his customers. Allen
Rodes. got hook, 10 help pull I'm life
insurance risks. Lee Hartford got 4
thermometer for keeping the TEN
1erature OF the departed. Everybody
got something appropriate"
Norman Walker was later extended
d rOuSlnE vote OF thanks for imDer-
sonating Santa Claus so well
After Eotarians were all remem-
1ered, the four little girls present as
FAIRIES were each given a stocking
TILED with Christmas toys. a silk
was then passed around and
a Christmas donation was extended
he mattresses for their services dur
ng the year The stocking. heaving
WITH coins, was formally presented
by Mr. Segau ia q tremendously sue
,essful address.
Message 10 Pe-shins.
Remembering all their friends. the
meeting voted to send the following
message to Cen j. J. Pershing in
France.
Holiday greetings and best wishes
n all May the kind Deity watch
,ver you
Signed 'EI Paso Rotary" j
Respond 10 Amusing Mechanics.
Before the advent Of Santa Claus
nd his fairy host. president Krakauer
equired all ROtarians TO introduce
themselves in the names they were
allied when they We're kiddies Some
musing nicknames We're heard Of
pecial interest as follows:
" H Fryer willie" c. 4. Mar
in, Allie" r. b. Fletcher, stretch"
2 r. SeEau. Red" f. O. Davis. ,
Dutch A. r. 1Iiuican. "Skinney:"
Z r. Stiles. Stub u. c.. Peyton. /
Jo-Jo. the DoEfaced boy Julius ]
1rakauer. Lille" W r. Schultz.
Wilhelm" H L. Stevens. Isaac" j
abb Martin Zielonka- "Zelze.' Ben
dement's. "Shoestrings;' =. p. Shee- 4
an, Dear"
Gives $50 For Soldier smokes.
President krakauer contributed q /
heck for SO TO the soldiers to- !
accO fund, explaining that his firm ,
sually remembers its friends on
christmas with smokes" but this ,
ear it is giving half of the fund TO e
he soldiers.
The program for the day was ar =
anged by the entertainment COM
littee. Norman Walker. chairman. J.. ;
Evans was leader Of the musical
umbers-
ROlIO Mcbride Presented. @
The usual business was pretermft-
ed, except the reading by the secre-
airy of a letter from international ;
eadQuarters asking that the local . ,