The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-13
There Is!
The Town Is Chuck Full
of Santa Claus; Look
and See!
BY ARCH STEINEL

1V4 Santa ClauS!"
Nose smudged against the depart
ment store window on North Illi-
nois street he crowded. pressed his
very self into the window. Into
the room of mechanical soldiers
that strutted under the watchful
eye of the be-whiskered old Christ
masy gent. He seemed to strut with
those soldiers.
Window painsl
"Look-mama-S Santa Claus!" he
urged the futile face worn weary
from tramping around store aisles.
But her answer was broken by
sharp diScord. An erudite urchin
pushed his way between them with:
There amt no Santa Claus"
The smudged nose against the
window pane looked with diSdain at
the intruder and then queried his
mother mentally: "Is that true"
Mol it isn't Snludged Nose. The
whole worlds a Santa Claus. Come
along let's watch 'em.
n
CHOPPERS, shoppers and more
y shoppers with bundles and
bundles looking for Christmas bar
gains for Santa. All brands of shop
pers-" showers" the "eels"-puShing
their way toward the ultimate goal,
a full Christmas stocking for the
Johnnys and the NAMES OF Indian
apolis.
CHE was old-old enough to be
y forced to click her tongue now
and then against the plate of her
false teeth, to keep them in place.
st declare did you ever see such
sights as they's got in the winderS
now. Come to shop for my niece's
youngun's but just can't seem to
find what I want. Such a lot to be
choosy from. There! Amt that doll
cute. Didn't have 'em like that
when was youngun,"
"Thck" went the false teeth and
a pleased mutter, Guess I'll go
right in now and get that doll fore
they sell it out of the winder."
There's more where that one came
from, Grandma.
Look! Smudged Nose there she
goes off to help Santa.
INTO the "dime store" where the
L proletariatS buy their wedding
rings and the aristocrats their
Christmas presents for poor rela-
ton"
Beads for blondes, brunets, and
the "indifferents" at the jewelry
counter. A study in mob psy-
chology here, for watch moment
Now there's two or three looking
at those "heartache" rings-the
make-b believe diamonds. See there's
more join them. Now some are leav-
ing and-now they're all gone. But
wait-the bead counter has the
crowd and now-now they're gone
Gone to the candy counter.
Sorto follow the leader or-one
bee sees a flower and down comes
the swarm to see what they can see
and maybe take the flowers honey
away with them. Christmas bees
buzzing of the best place to buy
this, where you can exchange thai,
will Susan like this"
Working for Santa Claus, Smudged
Nose.
"T WANT two yards Of that rose
bud trimming your selling at
ten cents half-yard," ordered the
muskrat coat with a Rolls-Royce
air. Hotsy-totsy class varnishes
anyone within radius Of her being.
'These rosebuds will stay togeth-
er won't they?" she queries Of the
yawning clerk.
"Yes-sum."
Rolls Royce whiSks out.
'Bet she's going to decorate a
bunch of garters with those buds,
give the garters to her friends and
say she made Them" offers the
clerk.
No bet.
60 it goes, Smudged Nosel
- "Let me see that train"
"How do these mechanical toys
work, clerk?" Would a ping-pong
set do for boy 11-years-old" IT
got my girl one like that'n with the
blue rompers on" "Ain't that toy
dog too cute for words"
Through the citys streets they
mill until they're ready to drop
from sheer exhaustion, hunting
samples of Santa'S handicraft to
take home to their own Smudged
Noses that have looked longingly in
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