Show C santa vans clans a 0 0 3 0 11 in 13 D tt the shottis 0 E D D J Q 13 D 0 0 D D D 0 rj 0 by GENE MORGAN C D 0 D OUR information Is in J Y T part correct said san ta claus receiving the VW y arfi B interviewer in the li 11 Q A arary of his ice palace it Is ta true that I 1 have received several flatter jal ing offers to star in ast l moving picture prodoc eions alons but it Is not true that I 1 ha have ve a accepted C 4 anyone of these propositions I 1 am still in doubt as to whether it would be the proper thing 1 I have my duty to the children of this world and I 1 must not impair my health or my power of service to them by the strenuous work demanded in the movies no doubt I 1 would prove a very popular star at the childrens children a matinees mati nees but I 1 wonder it the children who nho see me in their dreams do not get a better and more flattering idea of mo ine than they would in the picture you see my dear sir the camera does not lie I 1 am sure it would not lie for me when it will not tell falsehoods about the appearance ot of kings and potentates every child in the world thinks 0 of me as a very ban hand d some old gentleman some of 0 them may have an idea that I 1 am inclined to be a little stout but a good many others imagine I 1 have a as a graceful a form as that ot of a young soldier they think I 1 curl my whiskers and have a beautiful wave in my long silky locks I 1 aw 4 4 9 your uncle santa Is getting fat they ar are not aware thit thaT your uncle santa Is getting so fat that there room in the sleigh tor for himself and the larger toys nor that my noble mane ot of hair what it used to be it if people ever sent me presents which of 0 course does not occur to to them 1 should like to murmur a little wish for or a bottle 0 atle ot of hair tonic one moving picture firm wants to put me into a play the plot Is some thing like this I 1 am driving my reindeer over the treetops when I 1 am set upon by a band ot of aeroplane pirates the pirates make me hold up my hands and then divest me ot of my stock ot of toys just when the bandit plane Is about to fly away leaving me in distress the chief ot of the robbers makes a discovery amid he pack of 0 toys ho be finds a rag doll by the tag around its neck lie he sees that it has boon been addressed to his little daughter my aly thoughtfulness in remembering his little girl despite her fathers profession touches the b bandits heart ho he weeps and then to the astonishment of his pals he orders them to lift me into the aeroplane now mr air claus clans he says according to the subtitle we are going to deliver your toys for you all over tho the world tonight give us directions and wo we will fly wherever you command so at my direction the bandits aeroplane starts delivering the toys making much better time let me tell you than my poor reindeers rein deers who were left behind things are going along fine our acro aeroplane plane toy conveyance has covered canada the united states australia and south africa when sud denly to our dismay we find that we are being pursued more pirates 9 I 1 ask in alarm no the aero police shouts my pt p rate friend the police had found my empty sleigh and motionless reindeer they naturally concluded that I 1 had bad been robbed and now they are on the trail of my captors the pirates are very much afraid that it if arrested they will be hanged banged at once the police craft Is gaining upon us in order that the pirates may escape they decide they must throw all of my toys overboard the vicious crew demands that your old friend st nick be thrown overboard too as I 1 am pretty heavy besides being the cause of 0 all the trouble the race continues through the sky 1 I want to raise the white flag as a token of surrender I 1 pledge myself to the captain of tho the pirate aeroplane that I 1 will plead the cause of himself and his crew and secure their release from the police I 1 tell them that the police will do them no harm after I 1 have explained their kindness in car crying my toys all over the world the police craft IS s now so close that escape seems impossible give me a white flag I 1 cry there a white flag on board nothing but black flags says saya the pirate hurry up and do something you have no time to lose it if you dont surrender they will shell us and in that case we will have to throw you overboard st nick my mind works quickly I 1 have no white flag my handkerchief like those of the pirates Is a red bandanna what am I 1 to do whiz another shell rips past our airship ah I 1 have it it Is the scheme that saves the day the interviewer at this point leaped to his feet beet and shouted in excite ment well what do you do to have you life 1 I wave my white whiskers at em replied santa claus it it IS the signal of truce olar lives and o ir precious cargo of toys are spared what do you think ot of that idea for a play they want to name it santa claus in high lite life do you think I 1 would make a hit as the star well im 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