The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-23

lMtlN. lNtf. lFH fN NN~ IfMl0llfnEt OF
the Associated Press An American
Christmas for American soldiers ana
Tor French children b. the great Yule-
tide project OF the American Expedi-
tiOnary Force. aided hy the Young
Mems Christian association. Thuus-
ands of tinsclled trees deckcd with
presents have heen d'stributcd in read
mess for the Gay. thousands Of red
santa Claus costumes with econ
pamying white whiskers have been
provided ana thousands of Christmas
entertainments haze been prepared
for presentation on Christmas eve In
the Red Triangle huts-'his rome ov-
cr there"
The Americans hfve shown the
Fr nch what they can do IN the way
Of fighting, ana nov viii present their
peculiar ideas in the as OF celchrat-
Ing the day of universal good will, the
birthday of the Prince Of Peace. Last
December. when fbsre were less than
200. 600 American soldiers In France.
and these mostly busted training for
the great knockout which they de
livered to militarism this summer. the
boys In khaki and tho y" workers
managed 10 show a small sample OF
h American Christmas ideu 10 the
French. This year the 1000, 600 AM
orleans here viii Import Americas
Yuletide bodily and set II down on the
sacred soil Of France where the peo-
pie have learned q expect the Yanks
TO do everything on the grand scale.
The celebration viii divide into two
parts. the Christmas for the American
boys so Far from their " firosides
and the gift day for The youngsters OF
France. 80 long denied u real obserNa-
ton of their beloved Noel
70 guqh nf m. . q 0OO gnlutgTA in
the American ENpeditionary Force the
Y. NJ &. \. viii present "a Christmas
boX containing two bors Of chocolate,
q package of cream candy. two pack
ages OF cigarette and a tin ~ tohac-
co. In addition each man will receive
"a Christmas card.
The Red Triangle organization has
arranged foi the Christmas eve enter
tainmenta in the Y" huts. 1900 In
number. as well as in the 1900 Foyers
du Soldut maintained with the French
army. \ comedy sketch written cN-
clusivciy Tor the American soldiers in
France. has been 40 the course OF sec
ret rehearsal for weeks and Will be
given the greatest premier In thea.
tricaI history hundreds of first
nights simultaneously GA the nigh'
OF the 2tth. with hundreds " origlnhI
casts. The entertainment department
al InH ". o.. ~ NAN ~ q
mntic cuathcs who rehearsed the sol
dier-actor, boo ,hcir parta and furnish.
/ ed the necessary costumes and maxi"
: NJ
This sam, entertainment depart
mont nlsn lrraugrd 10 put on As mann
professional vaudeville and dramatic
shows In .. MANY huts as the 81 pro
fessional companies OF actors ~ ~
command rould give On christmas ey'
ana Christine oty ~ night w
USING tn. fast tttveliing motor trans
mort of the "Y" these actor WIN
were sent over los the Rcd Triangle
entertainment department q Amcrl
cas- over There Theatre league. WI
he able tn give from four 10 six shot"
tn a day. bringing joy 20 Thousands %
men in uniform
Amateur talent. however. VIII b'
the mainstaN of toe fesiiyaia enter
uiumcnt Working on the theor'
ina, Young men enjoy most the en-
tertainmcnt which they get up them
selves. the "Y' secretaries ave AZ
arusod unlimited minstrel shows a
which plcnty uf local "hits and en-
Cnre y.rscs taking off the member
81 a~.rtirular units will count heavil
I'M smashiug the black beetles bael
bcyond their H~indenburg line
I'm every hut viii glisten the christ
mas tree. Where inc nut hhH el''iiA
lighting the sIceuery Will bc ulunln
, ntod with nttlc varicolored tncandes
cents. A. tine appropriate time SAINT
! CLAUS viii make his initial bow b
France ~ first appearance 10
ne familiar old saint Of England an
America is not so widely known !
france. although hc viii be a tNtur
from this year on u the present AZ
rangements for mis- debut count 10
anything
Af,et the distributions 10 the sol
diers "a the nuts, the duiy sciec'e
mperaonator of santa CLAUS viii Tag
forth on christmas day 60 catty "a
fighters gifts 10 the children
Franco. TOYS had been provided ,
abundance on the theory that ~
bovs i'm khasi unable 10 cciebrai
with Their own families, you'd lin
happiness iu Tightening the ives =
these little ones Of smother iand.
soldier choruass. drilled ~ son
directors. will sing carols la -" cant
early Christmas morning Spsrib ~
leicus services viii follow b. he hut
with the chnpiain- 81 every denomins
ton Invited 10 preside Nyrr"prla'