Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-12-23 | Page 15 | Handicap: Can Santa Squeeze through Tent Stovepipe? Boys Ask

3 1 t 5 W 7 1 r. 1 L I 1 m WP V i i i a Can Santa Squeeze Through T Boys Ask 4 w D iL i 1 t t i ib y b or N 2 T 6 u iJ SUPPOSE SANTA CLAUS CAN FIND THEM Thc The Haven boys hoys Could stand cheering up By y SUSAN GREATHEART I Can Santa Claus Glaus get down the stovepipe pipe in a tent This metaphysical problem I has been bothering two boys 4 and 6 years old who live in a tent community developed by families on relief So they took i I their question directly to theman the theman I man who should know They I wrote a letter to Santa Claus Doubt began to assail the two children of Mrs Helen Haven as the weather turned their thoughts toward Christ Christ- mas Its It's been pretty cold this winter and a tent is meager de defense ense against the chilly winds They sought to divert their minds by thinking of Santas Santa's visits I They do not have much in inthe inthe inthe the way of diversion one room and one bed being a little cramped for a family of three Adding somewhat to the in inconvenience inconvenience inconvenience in- in convenience was the fact that one boy was ill with influenza The single light in their crowded tent didn't shed much cheer when I visited them t Their mother told me about their letter to Santa in which they set forth how they had been extra good this year by byway byway byway way of hoping to offset the difficulties difficulties difficulties dif dif- dif dif- Santa would encounter encounter encounter ter in his visit visit visit-if if he made it Fred 6 6 ask asked cd for an airplane airplane airplane air air- plane and John 4 4 wanted a train They each would like a scooter if it wasn't asking for too much Neither of them had any shoes but that didn't seem a proper thing to ask of Santa Well its it's hard to telL Often Santa doesn't get around to families on relief It may seem a little odd but it would appear that Santa first has to care for children of the well- well to-do to often children who have all they can use Santas Santa's just justa a little odd that way I But the Subs for Santa can get around They can dial 3 1511 or call at Tribune- Tribune Telegram building and find out just what the children want Then on Christmas eve they can deliver toys and treats just as Santa would if he weren't so busy with theother the theother theother other children This takes an awful load off Santas Santa's conscience