The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 13, 1928, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 1928. ART OBJECTS from DL WORLD PLACES Imported wares that are not too " Iy ¢ to make pre { vet are pleasi exj gifts an your ni ) Antique Pottery from Italy wctical ng to particular friend. Lustrous Vases from Denmark I'xquisite Potteries from Budapest Bunzlau Jugs from Germany Incense Burners frc e 1 Book Ends, Candlesticks, Br »m China ass Fruit Bowls, Cigarette Boxes, Ash Trays, from China and Japar N “GIFTS THAT ARE DIFFERENT” The Christmas Store | MWGOLOSTEN | | STARTS BUYING TRIP FOR FURS | Represents Big New York! . and London House—To Cover All of Alaska On his annual & M &ood demand fo aska pelts of all kind to obtain all that I po. declared Mr istein He expects return h about two weeks and leav extended t will take all over t: planes and dog tes cover Kuskokwim and Yukon River tricts, go Nome and po RITA. Tucks are just as much in evidence as they were four months Victoria to Have an Old English Yuletide Festival ™/ 7 (L B Il 6‘; e ‘i/ of the Arctic He will months He mad> last yea of all ki season, h: ilized. Mink er than they w other spe i ermine are last season. ———— STAFF AT ST. ANN’S OVERTAXED WITH CARING FOR SICK The Sisters and Bt. Ann's Hospital ars fight against heavy odds in handlin, many patients who are re influenza treatment th of the regular duty nurses aro ill, which has L all of the care of tl ‘on the few rema g well nurses " and Sisters of the hospital staff | While doctors report the condi- itions in the town as being som what relieved this morning, never. theless the hospital and those wh | are attending to the sick are s "overtaxed. Nurses who in th past have been available in emer- gencies are themselves il and those in charge at St. Ann's are in a quandry over the help prob. lem. To make matiers worse there are at least two patients who require the attention of a nurse all of the time. It the situation is not material. ly relieved today at the hospital, help will have to be requested from those who are in a position to of- fer assistance, n last year, cluding fox, a pally the same ers thrown " 'The direct gl e director, many patients| ot o and there is every indication that spring Will seé 'the tuck narket firm, as they weuld say in Wall Stréet. ” The tucked rose beige coat 1 skelched at Chantal's is a far cry from Wall Street. It inch the Champs Plysees with its slender straight line and ge. ally exact points indicated by tucks. The shawl collar, qv wide and long, is golden brown caracul fastened with two . cloti covered buttons in a modified double breasted eftect which is yeuthful for the slender figure. RITA. !praise for the production. The parts Wére well played by all {of ‘the” actors’ and 'actresses and {they witw' thetr director, Miss Leer, are deserving of a grea deal of praise. X | OF H. S. SENIOR PLAY | GIVEN LAST N 1 IGHT | The Senior Class play, “The {Whole Town's Talking” finished second and last peformance t night in the Coliseum The- tre before a fair sized aundience. Miss Leer, and |members of the cast have work- nst conditiont that have lcreated a h ship in making |the comedy uccess. Two of the players were suddenly ‘taken ldcwn with the influenza at the jlast minute and substitutes had {to be used in their place. ! The first night Catl Jensen,] | to have played the part Swift, the movie daf- [who w —te {rector, was taken i1l and J.' P:f £ <1’§_|..A i* -,E Donald onleim was hurriedly reheaks-| . Until the present epidemic ot to take his place. Last night ‘) |Betty Barragar, playing the part|DREN will ;be admitted to /the lof Lila Wilson, was taken 111 and|moving l:lt!l;‘mé pm;. " |conld not appear. Miss Leer,| R. H. C. DR VIGHN! . Tetritorial. Heai i3k alasionier. Miss Sanna' Anderson was ‘red celysd at ‘the ‘hospital last eve. ning: suffering ‘from actite pneu. monia. Thls morning hér comdi tion.wis réportéd a3 unchangoed. “Mra. | iiStitution ‘@ few days” ago, fs ‘ond of gerionsty 1 intlgenza pa- tienth At'the hospital. v ofsthe an‘!r patients aré xerioubly Hi but dofitng to ‘sttendatits. ed jthe director of' the play, took |the part which was not difficult|{—adv. as Miss Leer has had stage ex- perience. The present epidemic prevented|: iwhat would have otherwise heen ivapulty houses at both perform-{ports jances. Those who attended the)making the . play were enthusiastic in thelr {Motorship Ma {ot Christmas trees is starting on When old Thomas Tusser, born fifty years before Shakespeare, wlote ! At Christmas, play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year, hé made certain the success of “The Farmer's Daily Diet,” a grandparent of “Poor Richard’s Almanac” filled with eober agricultural |lore and so- berer maxims of thrift and honesty. men have needed no urging to follow Tusser's welcome advice, and have celebrated Joyously the “Twelve Days of Christmas,” except during the Reformation and under the regime of the Ironsides when such festivities were frowned upon. But it remained for Dickens and Washington Irving in America to re- vive with thelr magic pens the old Yuletide spirit. We in the States have long fash- fofiéd our Christmas celebratiohs on the model af the old English Christ- CHRISTMAS TREE ARMY STARTS " PARADE TO FIVE MILLION HOMES Five ‘million Christmas trees are moving to market. been working since September to den the hfarts of millicns of suc! King” of Ludlow, Vt. (inset), is LUDLOW, Vt, Dec. 13.—Down from the forest-clad hills the army its first and last parade. The little trees will find their| way ‘into 5,000,000 honies in Amv:-i.: ca this Christmas, will bask a fow days in- the glory of _tinsel and| dolored lights, and -th pass on. | Kean,” who eéntered - the |, Mts' Kean Has a severe cae, ac: |’ But they. will have achleved im.| mortality in the -glowing Yuletid ‘of mMione of youngst: iBince Sepenitier the sylvan sym. ¥ of & (lbus, axes has rung #thé for Of " northern ‘Bngland. Now the green nodts five Leig marshalled at rail. ntsls By the secc, Al dhust be Ot thelk: way+to matket. - | nite 8f Vermont hd‘hg the gredtest single (of Christmas treées. Five n'‘trees are citt yearly for Chird ’ . avcording vl Imates. ; MBTE Or ever-ii,jioaq stations. Here evary hun. ».Wmms),m must be rigidly inspected by m PODUIAT are | ragepg) agents oh guard against balsams B*sections are 1 pines and ‘of the coun. Y g»i.-"‘e business, , 18 in the hands I piles his bundles on the open side,| land marketability of the haryest. mas, which we find memorably det scribed In the writings of Dicken and Irving. But durlng the coming Christmas the festivities hallowed by six centuriés of English tradition will come alive a8 never before; and- for their setting they will have the ety of Victoria, B. Cy which has been called “a cormer of England on. the Pacific coast Here, in the Empress Hotel, an Old Epglish Yuletide Fes- tival is to open on Dec. 22. « The holly and ivy and rosemary, cele- brated in English song, all flourish in Victoria, and will.furnish the tra- ditional setting for = the carolling, the wassailing, the mumming, the Twelfth ~ Night merrymaking, the Yule log, the mistletoe, and the other delights that warmed Geoffrey Crayon's heart, Harold Eustace Key, director of Canada’s ‘major music festivals, 1s arranging the musieal programs for the nightly concerts at the Empress Gar prepare the Nation’s Chii h children as those above. one of the Nation’s la R e e P ELECTRIC TOASTERS Electric Toasters make an ideal Christmas Gift Universal—New Hotpoint Automatic—New Toast- master Automatic—Drop in and ask to see them. Juneau ¥ oung Hardware Co. If It's Hardu';zre, “We Have It” . ettt z ! | ! i Hptel. He has in hand a représeén tation of “Wardle's Ct as immortalized by Dickens Pickwick Papers. This is to have a running commentary of Yuletide | music to set off the charmin, enacted by the trade ter, England, dealing less theme of the Babe of Bethleherm. formance of the 1328, exactly s. iepherds and the The first per Myster Lundred o G i g SILK SCARFS A new and beautiful assort- ment of silk scarfs in the LT T T square, triangular and long styles. Hand blocked in floral and figure designs—a varlety of de- lightful. colirs! $1.95 to $10.50 FLOWERS For dre and coats, rangement boxed. Beautifully shaded flowers 0 pleasé the ‘most rastidious taste in ar- attractively 50 cents to $1.95 [Christmas Boxes in all Wanted 10 cents to 45 cents ’mumlmlmmnmlmmmmnum:ml||mlunnmnmlmmmm.uu HHunn —— Mt — DS Where you may quickly and conveniently find very smart, appropriate gifts for every- one on your list. Choice is wide; prices i -3 reasonable. R e Y Just Received A NEW SHIPMENT ,OF s of choppess such as thoze below have s tree crip, | William J. Phelan, “Christmas Tree| gest shippers of these trees. which later will glad-| They maintain a skelet experienced men, depending sub-contractors for labo » enced crew manage in the most product but mestly they buy thci at local loading point Cutting crews us roups of four ker and a work in ppers, The snaker is sually a mnovice who drags the trees from under the choppers’ axes to the tying platform where he piles the trees in a semi The tyer works in the center and He is the artist of the crew and upon his judgment in units for each bundle and hi in tying them depend the q Ly The bundle piles are covered with evergreen branches to keep them fresh until the shipping se: son. Smow emnough to keep the trees ‘cool and damp is the wish of every dealer. Late November brings the trees down frem the mountains to the the spread of moths out of the state. This proeedure adds almost $1,000 to the price of every car. {{ O’'NEILL SUCCEEDS M'CONNELL 5 lillness. Har I O’Neill has been el- ident cf the Cordova of Commeres, succeed- McConnell, who has served in that capacity for sev- eral years. Frank H. Foster is the new Vice-President. L. C. Pratt was re-elected Secretary- Treasurer. ——-——— INTEROR PIONEER DIES John Cudo of Wiseman, in the Koyukuk country, died recently at Fairbanks, following a long He was buried in the Catholic cemétery at Fairbanks, the Rev. J. Hayes officiating. He |, was a native of Poland, aged 43 years and three years a resident cf the Interior. He had been engafed in mining. » ——— LIGHTS 0 flflflq‘v The most popular Alaska ple- ture’ is an ideal -Christmas gift as a greeting card or framed and | “ready to mail.” ‘Winter & Pond Co. —adv. - i) $50.00 to YOUR CHRISTMAS MAIL Will not ‘be complete without the Greeting Cards and “framed pictures -made by Winter & Pond —adv. load. L ——————— Sydney Laurence feproductions in Christmas cards, original, dif- terent, A n, 35 cents each at 4'in Vermont.|the Nugget Shop. —lt!'. Co. They will please all—Christ-{ mas greeting cards. Call-at the|, o : LOOSE DIAMONDS ranging in price from $350.00 which we will set in mountings to suit. Also Diamond Rings Already Set Diamond set Wrist Watches and """ other watches Novelty rings in amethysts, zircons, jade, ‘crystal, black opals. We have received our calendars whicl: are now ready for distribution to our customers. We shqilld be glad to have you ask for them. LUDWIG NELSON )