| Show Women Take Over Santas Santa's Job on Street Corners I I The manpower shortage has hit one of Americas America's most cherished institutions in in- the the Santa Claus Glaus business Although the age range for professional professional professional Santas runs from 45 to 75 there arent aren't enough men around to play the fat old saint As a result women are inching into the act The squeeze started last ChristI Christ Christ- I mas Actors Equity was so short of idle die men they talked one of New NewYork's NewYork's NewYork's I Yorks York's largest stores into substituting substituting a 70 vear actress Theres There's another group of familiar Santas the street corner figures who ring bells for chanty's charity's sake Red Red women are filling in here too The women Santas go to a Santa Claus Glaus school school a a simplified show- show how class Prospective St. St Nicks are given their lines They're told how to draw attention to themselves without being boisterous told boisterous told what to s say scy y yand and what not to say to parents and and i their eager offspring |
