The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1928, Page 16

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, DEC. 23, 1928. lled with the i, ¥ 502 3ut it was Mr. Smallwood who BIRTHDAY OF CHRIST CHILD| that Santa was actual- - J had the jolliest of Christmases The children “really” saw Santa| The day, December 25, was sot| SmallWOOdS Vi ol % PO el Mo, < r o & e B ) g | Claus—but he, Uncle John, posi- as the birth date of n long contact -/ 4 tive iscovered what Christmas Child by Pope Juliu strode delib- | il =S o mean hen he and Mrs. Small-| ., af! eful investi - h m! it 2, o wood ret , home after | Howe even before that (im e's tgle bl h of x the vit t venty-fifth of December was | Z o oot M LRy o (RWE i o o Lk 0 e R R P KIND WISHE 37 1 yre the first fain I should say.” He lowered | & A % : ) ; W. D. Pennypacker 2 f dawn—be wind rose to|the heavy sack from his shoulders S it possibl - 1 tenth of January on 1 R y y th W » new drifts,|as he sat upon the edge of th The t *hr 1 yccasions hefore that ti P U lay ) wires ! silvered | bed o ‘?E he Sm ) 2 uy A heavy load it has been: but Y y ved to tnink of them.” e : ; - » Sincere Wishes for a o MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR “And Here's the Whole Bunch of med t e gre 'Em,” He Muttered olall as Santa ( ( m. Quiet| * §imilar . came right up to the ted Jack. “’E didn’t e anything at first,” her—not ‘till mother | him we'd been good t these ~vcsents and New York Life Insurance Company b slept 8o g, uncle. You should have seen w and again parte X veal brilliant constellation | hours later, the thrill of the early s having worn off to a do- the children were chattering doors in Smith ::l\\’.l_\-‘A'mYIV the experi s of the BB Biaoiivcods Bad tiad a by | morning. They little realized that| ° i il dad, “they—we day. ‘They were not natives of i/ >4 |the man who came from the chim- re all afr Santa us might Bnttuville, but atrived. late that o i )nlg\' place into their room, seve t like us to watch him. Any. afternoon after a tediou run by ,’"’""" b h W a ¢ rack w we all poked 3 ds under train and motor bus. They usua e |upon his shoulders, and bells jing. | the covers smooth- ly spent Christmas in Smithville V= - X « d chuckle where Mrs. Smallwood's t lived. They enjoyed the romps An Hour or More was Spent Ar-| him myself,” exclaimed and frolics with the children and ranging the Tree ® ost, looking straight into B o s .,»,1‘""' eyes of “Santa.” And they went on and on bells hildren had | found their beds, after a day ¢ excitement and wonder at al]l t marvelous things they had seen Bbers i e s ero | the shop windows, and they sleot| A Merry, Merry Christmas BLi hright ut r i » ¥ liance Deca pungent od brought soothin, tired eyes. Books s Jay | Mrs. Smallwood betook herself to| ), 4 3 53 &, R B T e oonypwdghtitox that; of er| And just the kind of New Year Ml but slept. | sister. A few minutes later, in| 5 i . & When the great hall clock struck | the rooms downstairs, the clatter Y ou’ll like \\'lth all your hCZII’t. one—two—t p—four—Tfive X and the jingling of bells J peven—eight—nine—t e n—eleven and when the chimes ieased 1o r py eyes opened and a drowsy | But why did you not watch him as he went out?”’ was his comeback That was mood in Christmas ¢ found th Merry Christmas Among our assets we like to count the only one that g money cannot buy---Your A JOnyl Christmas Good Will. jons of surprise ‘I really seen 'im. I told you always rted that no day ¢ be Christmas unless bles te rollicking laughter L i B B o o We take this opportunlty of wishing our many And so at this seasor we § extend to you, not as § customers alone, but as > When he was iui attired and . , consifiered imselt, atter carotal Right from the very start, urvey, ready to pesform his stunt friends and patrons a joy- friends, the Best Wishes for ous Christmas and a this Gladsome Season and for the coming year. Happy New Y ear The Alaska Dairy JOE KENDLER, Prop. verberate, they rose uprgiht with a |but eager child’s treble piped up start It was time to decorate|“Ma, I hear him, It's Santa.” the tree! The youngsters were| Ina twinkling there were smoth. | aslecp, and there was no danger|ered sounds a g; all were| any of them would hear|looking for the y old man of Santa e came.” Chri s. As footsteps approach. | T P D T S S R S S S U D S S Aud so, as gently as they could, |ed : he jingle of bells e | but full of joy of doing it—an hour | distinct, little eyes, round a; n,} or more spent in arran told the thrill the children the tree and placing gifts hefore | w experiencing. A few it as some benighted m *ments later the family were lay trophies before an ido | semble the big, comfortah! thought occurred to them—and it bed—parent arried away in the| amused them wonder of their children’s eyes,| b The Needlecraft Sho p JUNEAU FLORISTS MRS. ARDELL CLEVELAND, Prop. " Next to Post Office ! B e e A i B e e B i B B B e ‘ Merry Christmas We've said it in earnest often before, we hope we N May this little messagh carry may say It often again--- ‘ ' our Christmas Greeting to all of you, our friends, to whom Morry Christmas ) we may not have a chance to b A ; personally express a wish for a . 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