Show There IS a Santa and You'll Be Put in Jail If You Y ou Say There So Isn't Now N w PITTSBURGH Dec Dee 22 UP UP- UP Yes children there is a Santa Claus and today Judge Michael Angelo gave the merry saint a legal status in lila court Santa Claus is e a reality recognizable recognizable recognizable by the law v and he will be protected In this court against all aspersions and insinuations to the contrary the judge ruled in a weighty opinion A legal status was given Saint Nick because the j judge dge said there have been intimations that warrants warrants warrants war war- rants should be issued against department department de de- department de- de store Santa Clauses on the grounds they are deceiving the public because they purport t to represent a personage that does not exist The judge further threatened Anyone who questions the authenticity authenticity au au- authenticity au- au of ot Santa Claus will be declared in contempt of ot court and he will be committed to the bas bas- tile there to be kept in dung dungeon eon vile until his soul expands and the spirit of Christmas enters therein If It the law recognizes John Doe I it will certainly respect Santa Claus This court can state with judicial correctness that it has seen Santa Claus but it has never had any ocular observations of John Doe The judge said he had never seen Jack Frost Cupid or Uncle Sam but held them to be important people leople |