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Show CHRISTMAS Ii THE BIG CITIES OF MM Greatest and Most Wide spread Celebration in History His-tory of United States, Poor Remembered MAIL BUSINESS BREAKS RECORDS Feasts for the Horses Provided Pro-vided in Kansas City, San Franciscans Gather at the Lotta Fountain as Ustial CHI ACO Dec 21 The greatest and most w despread celebration of Chr stn as in the h story of the central west was reported by Un ted States postal off c als express companies mer chants and char table organizations to da Although thousands of their citizens are mourn ng fr ends or relatives among the war sufferers in Fniope scores of cities welcomed the natal day of the Pr nee of Pcaro w th clectr callv ilium nated trees fanfares of h sties and bells whil s ngers i-iraded the streets In Ch cago the usual tnUDieiial tree and ser ces were abandonel the money us ually expended upon them being sent to aid war ctioi The parcel post bnsineas for the hoi dav season far surpassed all records Postmaster Campbell reported that up to m ln ght Wedi esday 4,903 S58 out go B (.hristnas letters nnd postcards bad bee haidlel an ncrease of oO Bet cent over last car, h ie the in coming f rst class mail handled today (1 ,063 sacks) also showed an equal increaso. Over 3oo0 tons of packages were sent ont of Chicago in the last nine dajs compared to '39' last year Immense Express Business The business of the express companies kept pace with the malls, one of the largest estimating tonight that It will ha e handled more than CO per cent more packages this jear than last. The other companies reported slmi ar Increases Merchai ts and department store man agers throughout the section bore out the record breaking reports ln their state ments Not only did their volume of busl nesa exceed, expectations It was said, but the n-Npr of gifts purchased while the cost w n fgbt show some dimlnu Hon far 0;?? the usual average and gave evld.3 V-J the widespread spirt of gi ng U . a led Whe l v M messenger bad delivered bis basket lircnlcago tonight It was es tlmated that not a child in. the city would be without a present tomorrow The city s official Santa Claus ass stant Postmaster John Hubbard listed all the letters sent to St. Nick and each child who wrote as remembered. The am y of the unemp oj ed numbering thousands this year w 11 be provided with special Christmas dinners at the municipal lodg ing houses and other refuges Convicts Remembered The work of charity was not conf ned ! to the clt es alone. In Ohio seven een conv cts In the s ate s pr son were g en home rule as the r Christmas g ft. The 15 000 coal r Iners in the eas em Oh o coal fields vere given food and c othlng whle tie m ners organ zatlons and the m n ng compan es un ted in Colorado to bring rel ef and comfort to those who had suffered In the Colorado coal strike The federal government joined ln the ce ebra t on by gl 1ng a fl e-do ar go d p ece to each of 200 Coman he Indian school chil dren at Lawton Okla t Detro t the ce ebration took on en International tone the mayors of Detro t and W ndsor Ont. exchanging greet ngs and fel cltat ons Kansas C ty even p oviled feasts for the horses w th ha f a bushel of oats as the main courso Boy scouts n arlous cites plajed the part of Santa C aus and d str buted pres en s among the needy Throughout the cen. ral west c ear and cold weather o ded the ce ebrat on a reavy b anket of snow co er ng most of th s sect on of tho counrs CHRISTMAS EVE AT SAN FRANCISCO SAS FRANCISCO Dec Z Lotta 8 fountain a San Franc sco downtown landmark as we I known as the town It se f was the focal po nt ton ght for a crowd estimated at 100 000 pe sons "who congregated from a 1 s des of San Fran clsco bay to s ng Ch lstmas songs ln the wa mar Po o sts were Madan e Beat rice Pasq a I and Jo n McCo mack. The crowd Incited by a b g band d d much of the s ngJng te f as is customary here The Co umbla Park Bojs club recent y back from a to r of t e no d sang car o s The e ent w 1 ch heretofore had been under the ausp ces of the various newspapers was dlrec ed th s year by the Preis cub anl he eafter p obab y -wl 1 be aken over by the n nic pa ty as a d st nctl civic event. San Franciscans aim to have orb? nated t e outdoor Ch s mas ca ol hab t in t is coun ry A San Quen n penite tiary hroe pr s one s were pardoned today by the ar den who g ven this pr vllege A wee d scr bed hn as poor rr endly and me cos A hr tn as 0 nner w! be sered P orro a C tmas tree a tho Pan na P e pos on ground w a o f he oppor u t for merr nen C d en and es or s w be h en (Oontinned on Pago Seven.) CHRISTMAS THE LEADING CITIES (Oot tin ed from Tago Oi s ) free a bb i gro unrt l 1 ed n n ne Hoke e a nune en he glf f very 1 wl o n s one NEW YORKERS HAVE WHITE CHRISTMAS NBTtV -JORK Deo 1 For the first tin e I na sears No 'iork will ha e a iht C rlBtmas an ano v on ght furnishel a it s ioa g for tl e parka an 1 b wa s The da 1 o ve er I e c eflj no ab e for tl e w deeprAd wa e of har tabe gl ng tha ax r ed er the me -ool s Probab , hefore ha e such wh olesale i enurn ns been made for feeding the needy ak ng iapu a Ui dron of tl a poo 1 spread g gen era the i etlde pl 1 e har tab e org a ra ons are wal prepared to la er t h- an s of he to ess and pr de ea y u 1 on son e hr s as d nners f hoUHH ds who otherwise mlg go h ng y to or ro The Chlllrens A 1 so e y has arranged to Kk al er 10 000 J e es n arloua a s pro ding trees a o er enter a n nent f r them ad s bu g urea e a bora Fes It es bega to s s anl o I er enter al e t p Chr ft naa t eea In Malison So, are a I city Ha 1 pa k v |