Show B koor Cef ruT i n arix FIX IT and santa claus were among nhuong the names affectionately fa ly given to it aitay itay charlton by Intimate arlon s for obvious olY lous reasons this T 1 car full of young folks on jp their way to a neighboring town however thought they ali had lihn stumped far the car seemed delayed in a line of vehicles baillen by it a washout abbad now sir mr fix it I 1 challen cli allen id d muriel cheit they found there was nothing to to do chit b nt wal t for the ilie repairer to get tile the road passable and another added yes santa claus claua what are you going to to do about this christmas party it looks as though we get to the until christmas day Is 19 over you folks just wait said rny ray stepping out into the sloppy road and disappearing b chind lund the car at their rear when lie ho returned ills friends laughed uproariously for lie was carrying a small spruce branchi branch and ti several everal rod red rind and green bundles fitting the fir branch into the el garette holder of the ca car lie produced three miniature minIn ture candles candies PT which lie attached atta clied to the tree and 11 lighted 9 cited disna he ha came back chanting jingle jangle ho there I 1 make w any ifor for father christ pe he entering tile the car lie distributed tri buted its hla gifts the girls uttered surprised exclamations on receiving dainty little boxes ot of face powder two ot oi the men had packages ol of cigarettes and the one who smoke a handkerchief bearing his 1111 initial tild all attractively wrapped in colored paper I 1 now announced ray music and dancing and then refreshments with which lie produced a pocket comb and piece of paper tor for orchestra and made them all rise and do gymnastic elc r alses to limber and warm themselves then he be passed a box of bars sent by ills his california aunt thanking ills his stars lie he had brought them along the fun thus started kept up lip until the stove on signal really surprised them once past tile the repaired washout and on their way muriel said no now santa fix it tell us how you worked tile the that was dead easy basyl lie he laughed you can always find what you want if you look long enough id noticed something gr green en by the road and after id along back a few rods I 1 found it was a little spruce tree I 1 pull it up but my trusty blade severed a branch and there you are I 1 but the candles and the cigarettes ret tes yes and the powder bozos boxes fancy paper and all 1 I simply collected those from the cars back ot of us quo one mon ann was a salesman with n v case ot those boxes A woman in another car had a lot of little candles for her kids birthday cake and also some som e bright paper the cigarettes are my own just done up fancy like and the hanky it too it was just my good luck that the nonsmoker non nou smoker of the bunch has an initial the same as mine the woman with the candles let me into her car and helped ne me do up the packages all but enough murmured muriel to prove prave that the christmas spirit la Is still alive CE 1930 newspaper union L 1 ER christmas thought if deserts can be made to blossom blosso nj through water that la Is conserved and carried far afield cannot the christmas inns spirit be conserved and carried ih through rough the year the american magazine |