Evening star., 1933-11-27
YULE SPIRIT ABROAD
AT WHITE HOUSE.
Mrs. Roosevelt in Press Con-
ference Describes Her
Early Preparations.

Santa Claus has always filled the
Presidents stocking and I hope he is
going to this year!" Mrs. Roosevelt said
at her press conference this morning.
The spirit of Christmas is beginning
to seep through the White House al
ready. Mrs. Roosevelt loves Christmas
and shops all year around in antici-
patton. She has found big closet up
stairs where she has hidd'.l the pres
ents already bought. When she is not
there, the closet is locked. Pretty soon
she will take them all OUT and WIN
the help of maid who has been with
her Tor years she Will SORT thenl, oe-
eide which person would like which
present and begin wrapping them up
Mrs Roosevelt keeps her Christmas
Lists list doT Ts or years sny so Sn et fne
things she buys from charity sales
Sometimes she gets gifts from people
who write to her for help.
Day Begins Very Early.
Christmas day for the Roosevelts be-
gins very early. The stockings are hung
up in the Presidents bed room on
Christmas eve. The next morning the
youngest members of the family wake
up every one else and Mrs Roosevelt
says that is usually between $50 and Z
O'Clock Then the small ones take their
stockings and climb up on the Presi-
dents bed and all groWn-upS wait until
these are opened and w. carefully ex-
amned
On Christmas afternoon there will
be a tree in the biz hall downstairs.
This. Mrs. Roosevelt hopes will be
lighted with real candles because the
President likes them SO much better
than the electric cnes. Formerly, Mrs.
Roosevelt said. the President used to
watch the trimming of the tree and
tell just how it should be done, but this
year she is afraid he will be too busy.
On Christmas eve. at tea time. the
President begins reading to all the fam
lily Dickens Christmas carol. He reads
to them until dinner time and then
finishes it during the evening. Every
one who is in the house listens to him.
Mrs. James Roosevelt will be at the
White House this year. Mrs. Dahl with
SiStie and BuZZie and FRANKLIN and
John.
All Should Celebrate.
Mrs. Roosevelt believes that no mat
ter how hard times may be. every one
should celebrate Christmas in some way.
She went on to describe two letters
she had received in one mail from De-
u iNIt liic CtfIcI ddy. ollC Cdlilt lIOill Il
man who told how he and a group Of
his friends all of whom We're news
paper boys when they we're small and
had since grown into prosperous men,
would sell newspapers ON the streets
Of Detroit for an hour and q half every
Christmas eve. They became known
and collected annually many thousands
g 11G..arS which they would put into
clothes and food for the poor children
of Detroit. He ended his letter by say
ing that this year he was afraid they
would not be able to raise enough SO
he wanted to give a dinner and asked
Mrs. Roosevelt il she could come out
and speak at it.
The other letter was from man also
in Detroit who found he had several
thousand dollars he wanted to give to
the poor children in Detroit. He wrote
to Mrs Roosevelt to find out where
would be the best place to send this
money. So Mrs Roosevelt put both
letters in one envelope and sent them
back to Detroit with the happy solution.