The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 28

R e i L [ 24 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SUNDAY, DEC. 21, 1930. ‘ selling electric clocks. The Mackeys!be helped. Mrs. Mackey kissed them |as the train pulled out Mr. Mac] ‘ enty [ needed a clock so it was easy to|all and said playfully that she was |came running up all out of breath - but 1_ ) 3 sell Mr. Mackey one as a Christ-|going to have the time of her|“Has the man gone?” he ex-, “ llat R“ger 1y that kitchen must loo | Tl"le for mas present for his wife. The agent | life. claimed, addressing his neifghbor | two days of male housc- nquired about the family, and in o .1 “Yes,” replied the neighbor, “but nrol ght I Favg o a day or two he had. zold & clook |, T0¢ Rext morning as Mr. Mackey | y),qv "4y o)) right, T got the tlock % SRR v C’ t he son for his mother, and the| 725 dressing he looked out of the | oS po St g T She back to her wristmas to-the son for his mother, a ; . pay e | window and saw the clock agent hurrying toward the depot. A hun- dred yards behind him came one of house was quiet, asleep, making up for Home daughter bought one, confident the! clock would be just the prcsvm\ ——. - o g it her mother would enjoy. o B e S g A Christmas Story ¢ s worryl X haa a good time Christ- |the Mackey neighbors, Mr. Mackey | o ~ il :\1\. i mas at the Mackey home; in fact| The membclstI z;w Mcll skr>c iely halted the neighbor and said: “Stop '# THE CHRISTMAS TREE © do for holiday festivit they had several good times—more [ were interviewed and a clock was|that man ahead of you; I v\am to by MYRTLE KOON | | #0od times than needed. Mr. Mack- | bought for thelr president, MIS. see him, I will be right up.” When : po-::: ::ohrfi?xaso;ifl}‘fmlfe;"?_ : CHERRYMAN | roused ey had a prosperous insurance|Mackey. Of course, the choir want-!the neighbor reached the depot, the e Germany, but Lhe!chmtma: o |t > door, and | ‘business down town. His son,|ed to express their appreciation ofitrain was ready to start and the| g tree cam’e 15 the. Fthkt IRE e me!"” Roger Frank, was a deputy in the city|their organist and they bought z|agent was climbing aboard. The|e stances from E; et a;d 1“5 . ’w ered carrying a dainty tray, with | clerk’s office and his daughter [clock and sent it to the Mackey|accommodating neighbor pulled his| o origin dates rrg');‘p a period ® la cup of steaming c t :m(li was a confidential clerk in one of | home marked “Do not open untilicoat and informed him that Mr.|e much earlier that the Cphrist- . litle cakes. | the big law firms Christmas eve.” | Mackey wanted to see him. “I|e mas era. The palm tree is ® : s o LR Mrs. Mackey was housekeeper| On” Christmas eve all the pack-|can’t wait,” replied the agent, “but | e known to put forth o branch v there are some kuchens, 1 and homemaker. She was president | ages were brought in and the fam-|I know what he wants. He wants| e every month, and a spray of em—she had in of the Ladies' Aid society and in | ily gathered around the tree to in-|one of these clocks” “If that 15|g thic tree with 13 shoots on o e ‘“l:, 'nm\r: ,‘:,’A the | addition to other duties, was or-|spect the gifts that old Santa had what he wants,” said the neighbor, | ¢ i was used in Egypt as the o And she's got all fho[ i i brought. That generous old soul|“I can take it'to him. How much|e time of the wigter solstice I helped p}n‘ 0Ln ( Christmas was coming, in fact | handed Mrs. Mackey five good elec-!is it?” “Fifteen dollars,” replied the | o as a symbol of tHe completed o 2 ; ”;vf“’\a“d‘ was only a few days off. An ener-| ric clocks. There “»‘L\-q»mn‘dm:}i agent ® year, o’ 1 ‘ ; sl getic. clock agent was in town mg(‘ of Tigrm but it could nof The (‘vchange was soon made and o o R K] ; 3 tasted. | y in the & : ove the dinner! g 1 now to! f I can locate the f s . s that 4 \i|sent for her. She remembered the i hame—Martin. She told me half an hour ago, but I didn’t want 10| § h her much, because I wanted the dinner cooked first.” | 1 scamp,” laughed his Go right to the phone mot and call up all the Martins. There are so many it may take/ until ready now Wheth Roger timed his search for lost employers T or not, they R were located as - i s W45 SANTA WILL PROVIDE AN body flies faster no farther than ZeRdy and were UP-TO-DATE CHRISTMAS plump old Santa %o jubilandy He does not fancy zeppelins, but grateful ¢k he is sure that in another year or ; they told Mrs, o may be able to broadca “hwartz tc serve the .dmn"r and stmas to the children by ra- her own; they would send for| o employs only mode: dio. As soon as carriers are in- in an hour to cook their-oWn| einoqc Once he went p vented to fly through the air, di- ning meal. It scemed they had|oyer he fields in a sleigh no faster rected and landed by radio energy return today, I at another station, |y, old Santa will sit on his mountain t up tomorrow; Mary will be ,”““ had § d all morning over | o,y of northern ice and broadcast an xt day, and we can have|¥hat had happened to the poor ing, did you| tell her T was| sick and that our maid had a funeral?” { d that w On the | Air! Santa Claus is a de gressive old chap. He ps str ly ab; t of the times and in F idedly r dinner.” e goin, It's fool- home because | €8 me get up!hne will keep, and We extend our sincere thanks b : o | aged to make up-to-date Christmas to all the . dinner then." pepmen; ek AWRL Bs, what woUld | e o2 el s i worl illiam L. Gaston. “Well, we'll see—but now I'm go- | happen to their own poor dinner. | Then s g e and d sl 1l ng to take her into the kitchen— | When the angel-cook left at four [80° a Dig red and hitoh z 43 and goo wishes to a our ihw's Mrs. Bod ¥ ock she would take no pay tor He mlu._rl 3¢ MAS GOOD HU ““ I< i D ¥ p ried bigger f — e guess—and get § k, saying: “I hat a gut o ¢ riendas Iichi ; e A dis Jieale oy vas body would maintain that S " for I ; y mas good humor throu I;‘.\— “ 'Shlng one and ¥ me a wasn't t be har W | v A on coffee. Dad could o i He g, e S n fine, but I was afraid he S IN AD. 190 Segrsaemared i S e all i be very enthusiastic.” WAl i e S and for skipping from | “CHRIST'S M exclaimed Mrs. Da-, Christmas was first celebrated as housetop to housetop. He is h The word mon, romomberma her husband’s a religious festival about A. D. 180. built MAY YOUR CHRISTMAS BE AN EXTREMELY HAPPY ONE air pilot, but no-!tradiction of * A | { | i MERRY CHRISTMAS 5 ) i § | { 3 the Greetings of ‘the Season JUNEAU VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTEMNT | ALLEN SHATTUCK, Ine. g INSURANCE Here Are Sincere Greetings to all and to all a Happy, Prosperous NEW YEAR ---1$ our greeting GIVE SOMETHING ELECTRICAL! E- . 3 There Are Scores of Things at Thrifty Prices for a Merry Christmas W estinghouse Auto- The lasting satisfaction and con- Coffee z venience of electrical appliances | matic Toasters makes them exceptional welcome Percolators and ) gifts. The kind that turns off This dependable make automatically when the See our large stock including comes in a large variety . T toast is golden brown. lamps for all rooms and purposes. of pleasing styles and 0 i sizes. B()u"tlflll \ ew Year Complete with cord. Hotpoint Regulating THE CAPITAL Graybor Curling “wos " ELECTRIC CO. 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