Arizona republican., 1921-12-25

great many more white children this year than there were last year, or the year before, and that the Mexican children were not so numerous. There were families large and families small--one consisted of father and mother and eight children; another family of seven was led by the fa- ther alone. But large or small, white or black, the Salvation Army workers looked after them and tried to the best of their ability to give them what they most desired. One littif girl, so small that she escaped the watchful eye of the last Salvation Army lassie, started to cry, "becaust she didn't get no dollie," and WE promptly brought back and presento
 with a doll almost as big as herself.
 Treat for Every Child
 The boys wanted baseballs. gam
 and tools, though some of them il sisted on Teddy bears. But eve
 child was given a bag filled wi candy and nuts, apples and orange though some of the little ones cou hardly navigate with the load.
 Altogether it was one of the bigge affairs Phoenix has ever had, anu on which cannot be forgotten.
 R. E. Sloane, former governor O Arizona, presented the regrets O Mayor Willis H. Plunkett, who wa | unable to be present. In speaking O ! the yearly custom of the tree, whicl was first started by J. C. Adams, h. 1 said:
 This Christmas tree has grown l 10 be an institution, and while in one sense of the word it is not a 1 municipal tree, in another sense it | is, for it represents the good will and
 generosity of the good people of the
 city" He expressed the thanks of
 the city to the citizens who made the tree possible, to the committee who had worked so faithfully to make this l evening a success, to J. C. Adams for the use of the hotel, and to the Sal
 vation Army which had charge of the distribution of presents. He then introduced Governor Campbell:
 Governor Speaks
 l Governor Campbell spoke of the 1 number of years he had presided al the Christmas tree celebration, say
 ing that he felt it real privilege to I part of such a wonderful occasion, and that. in the years to come when
 the years are more weighty upon me
 than they are at present among my
 most pleasant recoliections will be
 the remembrance of these times
 when l have had the privilege of
 standing before this tree. and vel
 coming the little children of the
 city. It is wonderful occasion, my
 friends, when people can gather to-
 gether to express by their very pres.
 ence the acknowledgment of Cen
 tral Being, who almost twenty cen- turies ago came upon earth to givt his message of love to the world. To night, all over the world, no matter what the condition of the people may be, they are celebrating the birth o 1 Him, who came that peace and goot will might be among men,
 Governor Campbell touched lightl. on his visit to Washington, and ol the effect the disarmament confer ence had on him, with a few mel seated around a table not large thai the space taken up by children presents" and working out the des | tiny of the world. 'All mankind i looking for peace, and so in Wash | ington we find the representative of the various nations of the worl working for that same thing. Flo the people of the world have com 2 at last to realize that in order to hay
 peace we must have confidence be
 tween nations and people, and th 1imitati of armies is only a stel IT think this year is one that wi remain in your mind and mine as tn turning point, for a whole people being guided by Christ's teaching It will be a foundation on which req peace may come to mankind" Gives First Present
 After telling of the effect easter weather had had on his appreciatio of the beauties of Arizona, and lay ing stress on the fact that those
 Arizona had much to be grateful an \ thankful for, that the hard year wa | past, and a bright future stretchir
 ahead, he gave due praise to the cui
 tom of the tree. and what 1t meal
 to the little children of the city. Success" he said. lis not pred cated upon the power of money. b. \ upon the service that we, as indivi,
 uals and as a community. perfor - for others. And so we have be-