Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-12-16
WHERE SANTA GOES
AFTER Christians
Renorter Interviews Him to
Discover Why He Shows Up
Only on Christmas Eve.
CATCHES HIM AT WORK
Reindeer Stuff Found to Be
Merely a Blind for His
Real lob.
CATCHES HIM AT WORK
BY DWIGHT S. ANDERSON

S} bWt6fl ,. ANDERSON
Where does Santa Claus hide
after Christmas?
Unless this genial, bewhiskered
old gentleman can show a good
reason for appearing In public but
once a year. and then retiring for
twelve months into seclusion, he
Is a fake philanthropist.
In some quarters IL is doubted
whether he personally delivers ALI
the packages that are found at the
fireplace Christmas morning; IN
others 1t has even been whispered
that he Is so lazy he gets the in.
mates of Home for Rich Old I'm
eles to lick the Christmas Seals he
uses to decorate bundles Reindeer
driving once year gives him
quite thrill, but as for hard work
at times when newspapers con
slider him poor copy" ~ Santa
Claus simply doesn't deliver the
goods
So the reporter burst into San
ta's Office one day. Here. Santa
he said. is what people are say.
ing about YOU How Gomez"
The room was crowded with
children. most OF whom were
naked to the waist. Two nurses
were weighing boy on pair II
scales in a corner, writing down
his weight as well as height on n
chart. Sarita himself stood in the
center OF the room bossing the Job.
Meets Santa Face to Face
Make IT snappy," breezed Santa
with one of those worldwide grins
OF his. I've got twenty more kids
to examine before five o'clock"
Where do you 20 after Christ
MAST" the reporter asked,
Everywhere. Just now am ex-
aiming these children for signs OF
undernourishment or incipient tn
bercuIosis That's part OF what do
all the year round On top Of that,
| conduct open.air schools in some
places, support preventoria in
others, where children can go and
live in the open air and sunshine
| am busy almost everywhere with
health education in the public
schools. The best gift give is
Health. and ! give II, not only al
Christmas time, but all the year
round"
Where do you get the money to
do all this?" asked the reporter.
THE people i've 1t to me when
they buy Christmas Seals, my boy
A penny at time the money rolls
in Last year ! had the tidy sum
OF s4.75O 900 to expend in the
United States. always see to II
that practically all the money
given me when people buy my
seals stays in their state and IL
spent to fight tuberculosis in their
own community"
Santa" cried the reporter.
you've been selling Christmas
Seals for almost twenty years.
Have you accomplished anything"
I've helped cut the death rate
from tuberculosis in half during
that time" answered Santa and
besides that there are more
than SOC tuberculosis sanatoriums
in the country now and there were
only two or three when | started
Coniidentially' and here he low.
cred his voice so the children could
not hear him the big reason !
call on all the boys and girls on
Christmas Eve is 10 take peek
into their homes while they are
asleep and see how my health
work is coming along"
Where He Gets the Money
DO you collect all this money
yourself?" the reporter asked.
ooh. no. no, no, that would be
impossible. | can't be everywhere.
Plenty Of men and men volun
teer to collect this money for me-
otherwise so huge sum could
never be raised penny at time
And almost everybody in the coun
try knows by now that Christmas
CgaIu a. 1ifborD5,lrafo