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Show FUN IN PLAYING OLD" CHRIS Amussment fcr Doth Young and Old In Imperoonatlng DIuatery, Present-Laden Santa. 4rrjrapilIKItn Is great fun In Impcr-vOL Impcr-vOL sonntlon nnd none, more than (ffi'Jw '" ,n'"' ",c l,art of ,Iint Wmffl prime of good fellows. Jolly " .old Kris, Severn I little brothers, sisters or cousins should tmike up the audience to be nnuiFcd. all of tlieiii young enough to believe Implicitly hi the whole story of the Journey In reindeer sleigh from the North Polo toy country to "one's own puith'uhtr chimney. Parents nnd other oth-er big folks iimM, of course, be In the scheme nnd combed to pluy nn nc-tho nc-tho part. You will he misled from the company, com-pany, to lie sure, nnd dad nnd mother should M'lirch the house and look up mid down the street nnd make 'nil sorts of excuses for jour absence. And If jour voice cannot ho continually contin-ually nnd very successfully disguised you had better not talk, but convey your meanings by nods nnd motions, not forgetting to shnlic hands nit round repeatedly nnd to laugh, silently silent-ly hut heartily, with much slinking of sides and bending over. .Santa may play at being Into, and nfter lie has tilled the stockings he Is caught by dad, who loudly notifies the household mid Insists thnt the old fcl low pay a visit and dlstrlhuto thu gifts. Ojietlons are nsked nhout tho sleigh, which Is supporil to hnvogono on without Us driver, so thnt the youngsters won't want to run out nnd look for It. At the end of the ceremonies, which hhouhl not lust over half an hour, a sudden disappearance mny bo arranged ar-ranged by culling the children to the window with the supposed discovery of the returning sleigh, nnd Snntn way slip out of the room door, shed nnd hide his duds nnd get out of tho Jiousu by tho back way, returning presently, with much noise, by the front way, as though having been gone for a long time and, of course, much disappointed to have missed seeing Santa. As for the costume, that Is a matter mat-ter of varied opportunity, except that the whlto whiskers nnd wig, tho. funny fun-ny little old tnssted cap nnd the fat Htomach nro essential. |