The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 20, 1931, Page 13

CLAUS S ING —By William Herschell in Missouri Farmee GooD evening, Children! Through H th “mike DIl just say this before I hike: No monkey-business goes tonight— Run off to bed, turn out the light; Don’t snoop around or try to see What chance you have detecting me I'm pretty slick at ketching kids Who only half-way close their lids; Why, I don’t even hesitate Where smarty children stay up late! Don’t pull that drink-of-water stuff— You can’t fool me—that’s just a bluff! Best way to do—I've always found— In all my years of going ’round, Is just play square with Santa Claus For he };\n certain rules and laws Which make it necessary—Yes, That you cut out your snoopiness! How sweet it is when children do The things old Santa asks them to. They never have a sigh or tear Ik they believe in him each year. Say, sometimes, children who are good Get more than what they thought they would! Tz M 02BN — e DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY SALUTATIONS TO THE YULETIDE Greetings of Santa—Dean of Christmas—we add our chorus of felicita- tions. May the spirit of the holiday find you as jolly and joyous as Santa. In the gay spirit of Christmas—we wish you all the happiness that he can bring you and those about you—and we hope that you all will enjoy a prosperous and 1 rhan s | that the chi | now so that they ms | finer presents. A ST. NICHOLAS DAY T. NICHOLAS day is De- ;' cember 6. It is a chil- .f 4 st D as cot w ! $: gifts. Christmas day is ob- § ¢ served as a holy day rather "f Wky Children Are Good Joke mak would have us think en are very good just t more and | ener observer | would note that they s cause they are bus E making the little gifts they will give to others.—Collier's Weekly. TP M o2TESS ) Giant Christmas Tree England’s biggest Christmas tree was that at the Crystal palace in | 1878, It was 120 feet high and built up from 1,500 small trees fixed to a central stem. From the tree hung 250,000 presents, flags and | bonbons. - — Porto Rico has a single broad-| three nights a week. Happy New Year. Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. Juneau ‘ Christmas Joys Often Develop Into Sorrow | that case visit of ¢ tions cs injured while celebrating the birth day of Clrist in various parts of |+ the country., It would seem that joys in many homes s each year to be turn into sorrow. Causes traced. Usually the us candles on the Christmas tree or in the window of the home; mable ¢ i while d defectiy equipntent ; giving , guns or otl angerous toys to little children; Christm; e destined suddenly and in some sections of the country the use of fireworks, Little thin leave a trail of tragedy. C Christmas, of course, per vities with common sense ions. all, there is something dou- bly tragic about a Christmas acci- doesn’'t seem THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR[E, SUNDAY, DEC. 20, 1931. — CHRISTMAS LEGEND some of the old monk about the first C & Q!'.‘.IS(T and curlous are i One of the cl & i and everybody \) for an instant in mid-air { rivers ceased for the time to [ flow—in short, all the move- - ments of men and things j of witches and wizards sud- . + denly came ineffectual—an ! jdea which was, no doubt, at root of Shakespeare's ref- § to Christmas time as - so holy that then “no [t takes, nor witch hath £irst Christmas Card | about 1860 Before that date there | were Christmas cards of a sort, but ‘ they were very expensive, and but [ little used. The idea for such & card | originated with Sir Henry Cole, and e, | the first card printed was issued in Nor does it harmonize wi it of peace Douglas | 1848 by a London artist, Joseph | Cundal, The Cbristmas card, in its pres- | i ent-day form, was nonexistent until , ! stood still. The birds paused f} ! everywhere were suspended {)! for a brief space. The spells % | Greetings TO OUR MANY FRIENDS AND PATRONS- We can’t clasp you by the hand and wish you the Season’s Greetings, so we take this means of sayin MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY NEW YEAR TOYOU ALL Rice & Ahlers Co. e Alaska Steamship Company WE EXPRESS APPRECIATION N GRATEFUL APPRECIATION of your Good Will we wish you all the joys of the holiday sea- son. We enter the New Year with a determination to excel past.efforts to please you whose friendly business has helped make ours a success. T T T T T T LU LU LU UL LT Alaska Steamship Company 00000000000 ;_'