The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1928, Page 19

Ibecause there lamp. The there, hanging but it had been that it stayed up all now down There was an eleetric globe in it and it was turned on by a button on the side of the wall It was this electric bothered the house. Somehow it scemed as. theugh the mistletoe {hung from the electic light would not be so romantie. It was sach a change. And romance, the house felt, was not something to be changed in a twinkling, in the turning of the button However, the :mistletoe hung there hung best it could with |its red ribbon attachment, its » llarge amount of pale-green leaves, Wit }its fine white berries. It had |1t fine white berries, Neard so| The train was a minute ahead ok that it falt nat o1q|0f time. Trains ‘were not apt to = ad undefstandidg. pep. ¢ ahead of time. But this time y ! it was, for the clock had said haps it was not even age $hat it|[r W 4 ] f 7:i14 and the train was not due felt. With so much {youth? and| iY4 and the train wa , until 7:15. the romance and gayety coming into|'O Arrive : R clock could not make a mistake. the house from time to .time it s Not now after it had just been felt young and romantie and gay o B % itself, {up the street so recently to visit was no longer lamp holder was in the front hall, fastened up so the time light that been few cha the house. The house was very old, but it was! bédntitul the mellow dignity of : seen so much , if¢had There has only And B i viis 1 wie Lo oykicas the ety I:s( and oldest clock . mender in tewn ;';"“""r,'"“l"“" "i"“l"s‘r‘l':' 43 “'tf“;“;“"‘l"':;i ’ Down cathe the automobile In niversary. Particularly the house|CMme the people. Gayety, laugh- huliu\‘:-xl’in (‘lll’l.\‘f”\l»j ter, ZH.A‘X‘HXH(‘H[ rang out through T Lot the old house, echoed up and B o o | back from the great high ceil- been hung in every window. Great|iP® resounded through the many branches of pine had hung over %" the ancestral portraits which were| heavy enough to bear them Smaller pictures were' given smaller sprays of green. Red| Every year the house had heard candles were lighted in the|those words. Every year the candlesticks on the mantelpie 1-“hnnsv w more and more pleased every Christmas eve. Every|with the compliment. Bvery yvear Christmas eve there had always, those arriving from felt been some members of the family |that they had never the who had moved away and had|house look so lovely. Eveyy vear come back. The house listened thcse who had decorated it felt silently, expectantly for the whis-|they had never done so fine a job tle -of the train on Christmas| The presents were opened in eve. Then for the ncise of sleigh|front of the fire. Then the bells and the crackle of the sleigh{candles were put out—for they stopping in front of the house to|must be lighted again on Christ let out its family members who|mas night. They must not all had journeyed back home for burn out in one evening. That Christmas. was'the custom. Ot recent years it had been an| 1 automobile that had honked and|, There was a slight lull after stopped before the house. The|the excitement of the opening of house liked a sleigh better. But(the presents. And then came a still it kept up with the (fmes, |Tin& at the old door beli. Some- It liked having an automobile in|times the old door L. stayed front of its door during the sum- |04t when it was pulled out, but mer—and it liked the arrival of |oh the whole it was a very good the automobile at Christmas time. It not tion that had bothered the house this year. It was something e For years and years and years had bheen wreaths wonderfully ated It than it the never does this house look lovelier yea Besides, this modern inven- |the fami "lhu)r hell? didn’t the members of always lock after the Didn’t they always \push it in if they found it out |when they were coming home, there had been a little piece of [2nd didn’t they announce as they mistletoe hung under the old |80t inside—"That was only my lamp 4n the front hall. It was a:PUshing the bell in. I found It funny’old lamp. It had picture }“"‘- on its four glassisides and it was| OW ; D really the lamp. holder, for every |Dell Worked beautifully. — This evening just at dusk onme of the(time ft falfly burst itself with members. of the family wm“(,uhv. lnughing’rilm that it gave. come out and pull the lamp hold-| ‘A caller,” said the house to er down on its Workable' chainltself. e and tip the lighted lamp just| A caller, enough and most carefully so it|¢ne another. would: fit inside. Then back up|Who can it be? B the lamp was pulled again. From |Our lights are all lighted this had always hung the mistle-|ever it was couldn’t help but s, gee that ‘we are up, and people Mistletoe was sometimes Hard EMOW how'late we sit up Christ- to get, but a little piece had al-|Mas eve. ways been obtained. One year| . :The door was opened. One of there had been only two ywhite|the youngest members of the berries on the mistletoe, put this| {0}y opened the door. Not one of the children — they were in bed.” ‘But cne of the youngest members just the same. It was Joan who had opened the door,® Joan with her bright color and blond hair and blue eyes and jolly, skipping little laugh. You thought of water skip- ping ‘over pebbles in a brook when ycu heard Joan laugh “Oh,”” Joan ‘said.” ‘‘Oh,” said again. The family inside were wonder- ing why Joan didn’'t bring the caller inside. Or was it just a message perhaps? Or was it a late package? Or was it a mis- take? Or what? “Oh,” Joan cried, still holding open he door. “Oh,” said Joan again. ‘“Joan, Merry Chrismas. Do let’s make up. I dont’ see a fu- most of the time the door said the family to “It's pretty late But let us see. she Paticularly the House Believed in Christmas, year In spite of a great predom- inance of green there were five white berries. * So it was not this|ture without you. I love you so that worried the hcuse. It was!much.” Season’s Greetings .TO YOU THIS CHRISTM AS and may you have many, many more with all Hap- Rg'gqsp and Prosperity , . It didn't have to be pulled| door bell in spite’ of its great age.| Who- |1 , SUNDAY, DEC. 23, 1928. FACTS AND FANCIES A fall of snow on Christ- | mas day is regarded as the | sign ‘of a lucky New Year. Turkey first became the Christmas dish in the reign of James I, who could mnot | eat the boar's head usually provided One kiss for each berry | was the original mistletoe ritual, a berry being remeved as a kiss was taken. The first Ohristmas card | was published' 80 years ago. | Christmas carols origin- ated in the Eleventh cen- tury, being sung ' between the scemes of the miracle and mystery plays of the period. Christmas trees originated | in Germany, and crackers in France.—Montreal Herald. Joan's Heart Sang a Guiet, Happy Little Song. how happy Jean’s little Oh, quiet, itsef It was heart, sang a song all to wonderful to think he would never be happy without her. The thought of his wnhap- piness without her made her re- joice! It had been a stupid quarrel 1 been hard saying such it haad great church, prayed that she mean things when both of them might he taken to join her mother, didn't mean it. a father and baby brother, who bul He caught sight of |a short time before had passed on etoe. And the house|to the other world. She thought caked aloud with excite-|if she had only one blossom to ment. The electric globe in theloffer instead of the weeds, her old lamp holder made no differ-|prayer might be answered. ence Here was youth and ro-| Yet even as she prayed a radi- mance and gayety. Here was the ance shone about her and a pre mistletoe inspiring what every! came beckoning her to fol- rue mistletoe should inspire Rising, she folowed thc “Joan,” called the family from!presence, even to the altar, and within. “Who is there?” |placed upon it her ofering of Barry,' she answered. “He's|yeed stalks. The presence looked taking off his coat.” | down upon her and smiled and the Jarry took off his coat then|cnjiq raised her-face to his and and T '_“’“‘l"' 7 3 fon her wan countenance ‘was re- '1‘1:11\ ;«:Lxll-i‘lurpmg hands. ., |flected the same wondrous smile; eq € mistletoe lcoked quite elats |y, 4y ghe smiled, about the ‘yellow s fee [seads burst forth leaves of glori. I did a good job,” i e flami toa" sald erimson forming a flam A r of wondrous beauty, seeming. mnd renewed a romance, " ,. imbued with the spirit of fire Good work,” said the Jns s this 0% 8 b Anpsove ok vh: t was thus the Flaming Star o SR A 7 our Christmay poinsettia, was orry Christmas, Syl b ot Uy | om takinad. Florence Harris Wells ) S eee 0UT OF TUNE low. the mistle ous “patched up a quarrel house the mistle born. D BIRTH OF FLAMING STAR; CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA| To the person out of tune with life, Christm may mean a wearisome duty, a bestowing of The name Poinsettia cothes trom Doctor Poinsett of Charleston, .| C., who introduced it into culti-|gifts on indifferent people, re- vation |ceiving in return things of in- The story of its birth as acredible unsuitability for which Christmas flower is not so well,he must write notes of imitation known. thanks. It is the story of a little Mexi- I e s R can girl, orphaned and alone; on| THE OLDER THE BETTER Christmas eve with her meager offering of tall weed stalks, he: with . large yellow seeds, tightly in her poor little half-froz. en hands. Christmas 'shoula always be old-fashioned. You may be sure that in 1828 and 1728 and so on back they deplored the rush and There were other offerings of|uproar of their Christmas and great beauty and price lald upon|sighed for the good old holiday the .altar, and the poar. little- girl,jof. 75 .years. before. — Woman's alone in a shadowy corner of the Home Companion. YULETIDE JcY May the wine of Joy and Happiness fill your cup to overflowing and make this a Merry, Merry Christmas and a Happy, Contented New Year is the wisl and the greeting from the BERGMANN HOTEL JOHN CREEN, Prpp. Merry Christmas Every member of this organization extends sincere wishes to you and to your family for a~Very Merry Christ- ‘mas anda Happy, Pros- perous New Year. A S A A e a S Wishing You All A MERRY CHRISTMAS ' and a HAPPY NEW YEAR Manufacturers’ Life Insurance Co. HECTOR McLEAN, Superv B o o o e o o B B o o o o e e L e e e o e e i Season’ Greetings May this be the merriest of all Christmases for and yours and may the New Year be a banner one for you all. Sanitary Meat Co. B o S R R Peace On Earth Good Will Toward Men WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR Make a few resalutions and keep them.* We suggest— i Resolve to trade with us and thereby patronize new home indus- try. We thank you very much in- deed for the patronage you have give us. HELLAN’S PHARMACY Season’s Groetings May this be the merriest of all Christmases for you and yours and may the New Year be a ban- ner one for you all. Juneau W ater Company GOOD LUCK GOOD TIMES GOOD HEALTH GOOD CHEER Good EVERYTHING for all the year is our. Christmas Wish To All Olympic Cigar Store COVICH and DRAGNICH = '~ May your fires be bright on Christmas Night---- : May your home abound in cheer; May all be gay : On New Year’s Day And Happy the whole New Year. Wide-Awake Shoe Shop AL LUNDGREN . .