Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-09
l07 DAYS TILL XMAS;
SANTA STILL LIVES
10 Your shopping Early n You
Want Ia Comply WIN the Wishes
of Your Government
GIVE, BUT GIVE It WISELY
National Council ~ pcfcnae Nndifcs
Rule Nhnlishuc christmas
Giving This Nclr.

"YSs. dear. thero isn safh Clan.
Pemnmbsr thr letter some Nnw hork
editor wrote tHb.NuIo a0ri boo ausw'r
OF rJu1rfH ilti there was no santa
Claui W.u. fh, oll flahluurt
Christmas saint aNH rHr'H NO fpiie NJ
d tumor s frv urtE ago tnl' hr had
been convicted of b"IuF pro German
hy the national council Of defense
J Burr GIINuuF chairman of tho
Tulsa council N drtrnHn. admits
tNCrCa Santa claus thih year ana
thor should faffIr Ii
Buf inla Santa NE war Kind De-
going t1 Uo 10 little different from thr
find foIka have always known Hes
going 10 he more ErhvD and more
spnmhio ana nor near so Jolly as he
old FentlW1n that Ho hucceBafulN
managed DhrIFlmaa lu paft ages
No More Made In Germany"
Irfhll on account Of tho war The
kaiser and the Huns who really lu
vcutod santa Claus ana have Kept
the custom ~ chuNtmaa siying 1lIvo
for years and yclrs with their made
i0 Germany dolls ana hoahH arkH
and wooden horses ana plaY. sumo.
have bowed the world m Porrov and
tears Thoy hlNe made 10 unulfn tor
little children ana hiF 10 live and be
happy ln this oid world ana FOR the
present an tho decent folks aro busy
trllns 10 show them ihry acc dead
wrong Because ~ th.H hIE fob %
seemed nccerr1iy 10 abolish Santa
along with other good thiusr. urul
Germany was made Hs good as any
place in tho world
TO DO this the order came from
Washington months aso mat Christ
mas this year would he only "a pc
riod Of Worship and praise inatend OF
the usual greetings and exchanges ~
cheor and Eitts and good wishes
There WASH 90 h0 any Santa Claus
II waa necessary 60 save material
the soldier boys needed 10 win thc
war Then. thore wsH the matter ~
labor. Hands that ordinarily we're
used 10 make toy guns nnd TN
swords could better De employed in
turning lout aurc-ououFh weapons
and sharp. steel hayoncts -to educate
tho Hun
Railroads arc Heavily Taxed.
transportation facilities so neceH
e1ry now 90 move tho soldier boys
10 the sen board. whsro they embark
for chance 20 clash with the beasts
of Berlin, couldn't be ciuttcred up
with tho usual Christmas freight and !
mail
Retail stores. 20 enfential 20 hand |
ling tho ordinary demands pt the ma |
tion. would be drained. ANA huainesa
must not be- hRmpefed. nor The usual
Christmas prevail Delivery service
would domnnd attention. useless ev
pendiiures made. and much lost mo /
ton result
The government felt that the war
.Is..s t# NH
vital % the world was involved. 10
the anti Santa claus order came out
But Santa claus cant hc stopped
hy the waving uf q magic wand, or
even hv The order ~ an executive.
Hes going 10 live and he's going 10
he IN an tho world Ar this Christmas
tida--in an the world but Germany
He'll be In France. in Belgium, in far
Russia. in the United States, In okla I
homr right In Tulsa.
simple Giving Rules.
The council ~ defense has word /
officially 10 that effect The order 1
mas been modified There's 20 be a /
real Christmas lust like there has
been since tho day lie was brought
into thiu worid--hut les to be CON
trolled sy wartime conditions These /
are the rules under which So a. 60 pre-
vail
There is 20 be a real Santa |
Claus
g Give freely hut give wisely |
DO your shopping early
Garry home an that YOU buy I
Don't tax the merchant and can upon
him 20 uEe labor lu deliver your pur
chases that should bo used 20 win the
war
8 Bay useful thlnFs Give toys
20 the children II ISN'T Christmas
without that Indulgence
6 Sec that every article you buy
is free from tho mark 'made ING
Germany
Z Remember the boys who are
doing the Nghtng Your own hoN
and some other moihert son, this
must DE real Christmas for them
And do your shopping early.
And 40 it wisely
a. Give Liberty bonds and W s.. y.
N tsnt too early even now t0 plan
your Chfistmas Many are 0lready
doing itf Merchants have their goods
bought and many are ready 10 show
useful gifts It's only i0I DAYS until
Christmas