Evening star., 1934-11-19
STAR EXPEDITION
GIVEN WELCOME
Santa Claus Greets Party
in ToyIand Kingdom
After Long Journey.
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birth of Christ and the shepherds and
the wise men. Wherever we gazed
were Christmas symbols and Christ
mas stories.
Santa led us up to one part Of his
castle, his own rooms, where he lives,
reads and eats and sleeps.
Mrs. Kleinschmidt was eager to see
Santa's living quarters. She wanted
to look at the kitchen, the dining
room, the bed room and where he
rested when of duty. Santa perceived
her gaze and wish and promised her
that she would be taken from cellar
to the roof and nothing would be
spared in making the children ac-
quainted with his home life
Il am going to show you people
everything that might interest the
boys and girls reading of your trip in
The Star" Santa Claus said.
A bright fire was cracking in a
cozy fireplace and we made ourselves
comfortable in easy chairs.
Santa clapped his hands and a
dozen shiny little fairies with butterfly
wings appeared. In a twinkling they
had set a dainty table with frosted
cakes and nuts and jellies and all the
good things we have only at Christ
mas time. They poured tea into dainty
little China cups and Mrs. Klein
schmidt had her great wish fulfilled
she had tea with Santa Claus in his
castle.
When we had finished Santa said:
IF you are not too tired we'll go and
I'll show you part of the castle be-
cause it will take several days before
you will be able to see even half of it,"
He led the way from his rooms
across the great corridor which seems
to be the main street and, stopping
before great gold-mounted door,
said: when you step into the next
room you will see the greatest sight
ever offered mankind. You are about
to enter the largest gift shop in all
the world"
Santa clapped his hands and eight
gnomes bounced forward and bowed
before the gift king. My good gnomes,
open the door to the gift room"
The gnomes, always obedient, swung
to their task.
One unlocked the door with a large
golden key and another slipped back
a bolt and slowly the doors began to
swing inward.
New World Visible.
Before the eyes of all OF us a new
world was visible.
The walls. all solid ice coated with
gold, seemed to be miles in length
The ceiling reached so high that our
necks were strained trying to see all
that hung from the ice rafters.
The walls were laden with all man
ner Of gifts and the floor was stacked
with every form Of toy that boy or
girl could possibly name or want
This room, the only one like it in all
the world, was filled with millions OF
gifts. It Is not surprising that the
number totaled millions when one
stops to consider there are $4,000, 600
children who believe in Santa Claus.
Santa kept talking with us and
smiling when any one asked him a
question. He seemed to enjoy being
interrupted in his labors even though
Christmas was only few weeks away
Many gifts we noted we're marked
for delivery in Washington, but we
could not stop to read the names
There is no need Of us walking all
through the gift ROOM" Santa said
He called to two gnomes, Have them
harness a couple Of teams of reindeer
and we'll ride through the room" This
pleased Mrs. Kleinschmidt and the Es-
kimos were standing with mouths open
and eyes glistening, for never did they
dream that so many gifts could be
piled in one room in the land of Santa
Claus. The little brown men. even
though Santa has always lived near
them, never realized the greatness of
his factory and his kindness of heart.
Message From Santa.
Santa told me to send you this
message:
Washington boys and girls" Santa
said, have been unusually good this
year and I have studied their cases
carefully and some Of my best pres
ents will be left in your city. In your
next wireless message to The Star l
wish you would ask the Washington
children to send me letters. They
must hurry. for, as you see, will be
forced to work rapidly. I have more
than 1000 gnomes opening and sort
ing letters each day and a few days
before Christmas I will have twice as
many Of my little men working.
How long does it take you to make
delivery of all these fine gifts?" Mrs
Kleinschmidt asked. well you see it
is this way" Santa said, Il have al
ways been able to make tour of the
world on Christmas eve. OF course
there have been nights when I had
to hustle up the reindeer and once I
almost missed some sections of the
world when old Layluk. the North
Wind. attacked me. My good REIN
deer, however, can travel through the
clouds as well as on the snow and
when I find the wind too severe on