Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-11
.0DCE PRESENTS PACT AT arms PARLEY
The Spot Lighf

foremost world statesman OIL Ine udy
look most like7 You guessed it.
Santa Claus! When Charles Evans
Hughes pushed his wind strainers
thru the door of the peace conference
in Washington yesterday, it did not
require either sleighbells or reindeer
tc supply identification. No one but
Sauta Claus could have brought sucl,
message Of Christmas peace and
g, od will, and Senator Lodge. who
presented the new four nation treaty,
,ust fitted in right for the Christmas
p.ogrnrn
| have known Santa Claus for a
number of years, and that saint s
vitality has always been marvel to
me. Who else could have lived thru
the lies that have been told about
him, and kept his character unsulliedf 7
Who could have risked winter expos
ure like him and not suffer from flu
or rheumatism7 Who could patiently
bear the impositions of frenzied ad-
vertising like this Same dear friend
of our childhoodf Who could stand
the wartime cost of Christmas with
such good nature, and evade the in
come tax so SUCCESSFULLY
Santa Claus couldn t come bsek this
year. because he is the one thing that
never goes away, but for some reason
or other Santa Claus is on the job
this year as he has never been before.
Who but Santa Claus was responsible
for the Thanksgiving football game
between Central snd Centennial Who
but Santa Claus came to the rescue
of ireland when all other influence
failed. and in a uight brought set
Element of = quarrel that was een-
turies old. -. -s,,s sss.s.., --..s7
The longer live in this world the,
better / like it. There. are wonderful
things happening every day. and 1T
looks to me as tho we are running
into the most interesting period OF
human history. with the tank full OF
cas-, new cord tires on front and
back, paved roads ahead Of us and
Santa Claus at the wheel.
Net that the dear old man il in
any danger OF working himself out
Of Job, a, that When the new
treaty comes up in the senate, We may
expect that the inevitable minority
will express its opposition with all
the irmness Of the woman juror in
The Arbuckle cssc. It will be a long
time before Santa Claus gets 4 unan
imous vote in tho United States
senate.
Esmon de Valera is another tough
job for Santa. Apparently the great
est disappointment, he ever had was
10 get what he was fighting for. His
definition Of peace would be. The
invisible goal Of humanity that by its
blessed absence makes fighting neces-
zary. There are lot of people in the
United states and some Of them IN
Colorado who share Nalera's senti-
menis
whilr he is going strong Santa
Claus might also tackle the job of
settling the Colorado coal strike and
the packers strike ~ well. There s
no moro sense IN either one of them /
than there is in war between the
United States and Japan. or another
war between England snd Ireland.
No, a hit of IT, II Santa Claus had
his way there wouldn't be any
strikes.
If Santa Claus had his way the poor |
children of Europe wouldn t be !
starving this month of Christmas. He |
has been sending shlpload after ship
load Of food across the Atlantic. bnt
all those csrgoes are pitifully made ,
auate 10 the misery in Russia and
Poland and Austria and other nations
where men and women and little Chi
dren are diving as part of the cost
of Prussian ambition and greed.
Hero IN Pueblo Santa Claus has q
snap. He is velc, med everywhere.
the children love ',n. The parents
respect hiT The merchants give him
most of their floor space and sdver-
tising And everybody, young and
old. is looking forward and making
plans for the great day, when to