The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 20, 1931, Page 26

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, DEC. 20, 1931. HRISTMAS as we will celebrate it this year is a com-| posite holiday, made up of customs and beliefs borrowed | from many countries and many periods, all blended together | by that wonderful and universal thing known as the Christ- Spi To this historical aspect of the Christmas cele- ation we do not often given much thought: we accept gift giving and plum pudding as unquestionably as small children do Santa Claus. But a revival of interest in things of 1]10" wrisen, to influence most obviously feminine or dec- | i groaning board in some great Sax- | her her ilrst pair of silk stockings, on feasting hall; and reaching its |which 0 pleased her red-headed climax, probably, in the days of |majesty that she then and there Christmas Celebrations Origin Bilk hosé were a novelty to Queen Elizabeth, but no more pleasing to her than to the mod- other is a loilg whisp of material | ending in a single fur cuff. ated Long Ago sl [ e S m e s . Veils Elizabeth, when 120 dishes were not too much to set before royalty jand serf alike on this day of days. In Elizabeth's time, also, when the manner of ecelebrating Christmas reaches heights of ex- travagance almost unimaginable teday, w efind those theatricals, masquings and mummings of which our own holiday parties are perhaps a direct descendant. Gift Giving in Olden Times In spite of the lesson of the original Christmas, people have not always given each other presents {on this day. It has been custom- ary in England for some time to award faithful servants and trades- people with gifts of money on “Boxing Day,” the day after Christmas. Little Dutch children were the first to hang up their stockings on Christmas Eve in hopes of having them filled with sugar plumbs by their good Saint Nicholas, and the custom of giv- ing good children presents at this time of year came'into this coun- try with its first Dutch settlers. But New Year's presents have lonz been popular, and are com- mon in France even today. Dur- ing the Sixteenth century the practice of giving New Year's gifts was cultivated, it is said, by the foreswore wearing “cloth” ones! Feminine Accessories as Gifts If gloves and hose and jewelry were pleasing to good Queen Bess, they are ceriainly not less so ©0 the modern woman. For her love of dainty articles for her per- sonal use is at least as long- standing as Chrislmas itself. ueen Elizabeth's gloves are today /museum pieces exquisitely made ‘zauntlets, of fine leather which >ven tocay retains its suppleness ‘with flared cuffs heavily embroid- ered and encrusted with gold and gems. Nor are modern gloves so «different. The gauntlet today is the slip-on, and its cuffs flares or does not flare according to the width of the sleeve with which it s worn.. In its love of decoration the modern glove also borrows ’rom the Sixteenth century. Col- ored hand stitching, appliqued lleather with brilliant-set buckles ‘hold them in tighat at the wrist, iand some of the longest formal .3loves boast inserts of a contrast- ing color at just about the middle of the upper arm. Gloves A conservative choice in formal gloves is the regulation long pair, either of black or chalk white or a soft pinky beige. For the young- which will link this par-|gren the stars that shone over Christmas a with the | i ¢ past whi originated | the Nativ { The burning of t.Lz Yule log, Origins ef Christmas Customs still customary in homes having |, Important in the typical Ameri- |Cpen fireplaces, was iraugurated can Christmas is Santa Claus him- |among the Norsemen, who thus| self. He was a Sixth cent ymbolized their faith that their saint, known for his generous g Yule festival marked the end of | to the poor, whom children in | dark winter and the beginning of | Holland have long revered as Saint |longer days and more sunshine. | Nicholas, “Sinterklass.” Tod Carol singing began in the Middle | grown plump and jolly with many ages, when the church sent out| centuries of ¢ adoration s to thus spread the true h ¢ on for ay the and gladness on a had become a time| dressed in a borrowed from Russia, where he is a patron saint, and equipped with reindeer |Of unseemingly and riotous feast-| and sleigh given him by his admir- | ing and merrymaking. In our| ers in Finland, Santa Claus is the | Christmas church program is a; very symhol of Christmas itself. | modern survival of the very first| Important also are Christmas dec- n of modern drama: the dram- | arations. Our holly wreaths 1 of the story of the Nativ- | the same the Romans used during the benefit of a congrega- | their feast of the Saturnalia; our tion of whom Biblical Latin was | mistletoe was used by the old Brit- unintelligible, ish Dru or nature worshippers,| And our Christmas dinner, even who invesied it with .miracuous{including many of the items on| power to protect from harm; and |the menu, is a time-honored cus- | our Christmas tree, one beginning perhaps in the says, was first t up and wassail bowl, hot spiced with lighted By Ma apples floating in it ther to symbolize for his own chil- 'passed from lip to lip about the Sincere Greetings for a RIGHT MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR To Our Friends and Patrons ZYNDA HOTEL s ”&zYl‘fDA, Prop. p— n SOMET IMES |8 TOUGH fashioned stock, with ruffled jabot failingly s s U rot YAl attached and a pair of wrist ruf- |4 y. 1 e's £ SEH-?:.’.“?BJ‘S??“%AH e, fles to match. It has lent new |dearest there is the old glan‘l‘or‘ of @ P YSKE PRE*Bowni"s emphasis to scarfs. Sports scar: ;filflmonds- in handsome SOlhaxrfn MANMIRT RE TAKAN ARy are often hand knit, and are |in the new geometric stone-cuts, VOUR' OoRNG wiLL QyIT shorter and narrower than hither- |in combination with colored stones :2:“‘.3' .,"J:Iv'EVESC" o to to avoid bulk. They are worn :n nflved bracelets and short neck- ONE l:é READS_TH|S in an ascot tie with knitted or |laces, caught in a filigree of plat- THE STREVREENEREALR REY corduroy suits, and sometimes have |InUm in earrings or dress clips. J"‘R i P DG I matched berets or rolled caps. |Pearls, too, have been given new § Agni N ”ri"ilovlpczwyu‘nua Evening scarfs have attained new |fashion emphasis by period styles; THOMAS HARDWARE » 4 ‘:"l- AL WORKS dignity. They are usually of chif-|and genuine crystals, carefully cut i Sonr.‘-.m;..'z" Qv Los Quaeles fon, very long and oddly shaped,|to catch the light, are the choice | | |of chiffon |of chiffon twisted together. An- ern girl who already owns a doz- €n pairs. She will be especially happy, in ihis year of femininity and romantic dress styles, to re- caive a very sheer clocked pair in cne of the new colors. Mesh hose are an acceptable choice for street wear, and the bigger the m the better. Bronze hose are Paris choice for wear with the new browns we see everywhere, espe- cially with bronze kid or satin pumps. And for evening wear give her gold or silver hose, or if she wears evening sandals, so that they are the new “toed” type de- signed for wear with this populax to pla on your Christmas list, are invariably large and flat for |s street wear, envelopes or pouches, and they are also, invariably, con- servatively trimmed. Some are| mounted on shining metal frames, | or have squares and circles of | metal set 6n them for decoration. Others are trimmed in leather or fabric of a contrasting color; and show jewelry touches, ball s clasps of green jade or brilliantl‘c set, lonz bars at the top of black clip pins along the edge of the [ ci royalty, and much of the elaborate fer woman very short formal gloves flap. Evening bags are much ded” or engraved glass are always £7 royal wardrabe was consequently |are newer, one-button lengths slip- | oo and almost always of welcome. And there are many i 3 i ] accumulated on the first of Janu-|ons, and one French house is ad- pouch shape, mounted on heavily | homely little articles of practical ary at the hands of adoring and |vancing this short glove in a dafi- jeweled or filigree frames, and of |use, glove frames for her to dry and a favor-seeking courtiers. Queen | nite period style, with a little laee | i ripric, thickly embroidered | her gloves on, glove stretchers to Elizabeth is reported by an old |ruffle about the top. Gloves for or sewn with seed pearls. A very lwork the fingers into shape after & J chronicler to have doted on fine [street and sports wear would be| .. aing bag is of velvet, With |drying, shoe trees and dress hang- gifts of this nature, so that those | bought a half size too large, to|, 1.1 )\ rastenor inside and a flag | ers, choe boxes covered with bright HAPPY NEW YEAR - janxious to win her favor show-|give that wrinkled bulky appear-| ,....i down under a bow-knot|cretonne and divided into hih- f ered her with richly embroidered |ance now so smart, and should be of seed pearls. partments for each pair, nests of - sleeves, jewelry, handsome gloves. | hand-sewn, and of a washable Give Her Something She Can }baxes for use in her bureau 7 § I3 A waiting woman, it is said, gave |leather. Wear drawer. 3 iz - — —_— ‘The present vogue for period costume has lent fresh popularity | —Or Semething in Jewelry to all sorts of feminine foibles | Jewelry is perhaps the most sat- such as make highly desirable |isfactory of gifts, and is as much % gifts. It has brought back into|d favorite today as it was in the favor the collar and cuff set, es- |days of Queen Elizabeth, when or- * pecially a high collar like the old- and a woman of imagination may achieve her own individual effect v | by ingenious draping and twisting.| Wrist watches are impmfitant.} | One consists of two long oblongs | The newest ones come equipped held together by a thick, rope-like necklace of several strands of pearls and a thin strip Happy New Year, well as those who have 1 HOLLYWOOD STYLE SHOP MERRY CHRISTMAS To those who know us and the service we try to render as become acquainted with us. Too ot yet longer and more mysterious, have attained the advanced rank of ac- ceptable Christmas presents. Most of them are of very fragile mesh, with large chenille dots along the edge of a narrow lace pattern. look at parasols, the tiny ruffly kind, to ward off undue sunshine at Palm beach or during the com- ing summer. ivory or shaded ostrich plumes, or dripping coque feather, old-fashioned coquetry to the mod- | ern bright enamels, are one of the most pleasing of gifts. to sets come in handsome, decorative scheme of any bedroom. Or there are the many plated or horns. of sterling or old fashioned “stud- Face veils, now that they are Or And fans, of carved to lend party costume. —Or Scmething She Can Use Cosmetics themselves are some- type of evening shoes. things most women, these days of Bags artistic makeup, will. wish to Handbags, another feminifie ¢os- |choose for themselves; but not.so § tume ac vy that you may wish | their containers. Vanity boxes in or dainty cloi- onne, or crusted with brillants, Toilet articles, too, are dear the woman’s heart. Dresser smooth ompositions, and in a variety of olors and designs to complete the terling silver toilet articles to hoose from, manicure sets, shoe Perfume bottles in pairs, Genuine Well Wishes To Our Patrons, Old and New, for a MERRY CHRISTMAS ' nate bracelets and rich necklaces won the good queen's graces un- of the many women who are wear- ing velvet this winter. with a bracelet that harmonizes | with the case, either of flexible metal links, or with a double cord of metal or silk. | gIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllilllIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIlillilllfllIIIIIIIIilIifllIIIIIIIHIlIIIIlIII|=I=| L T e T e T # COMPANY' - . . . » . . a MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU WITH SINCERE WISHES FOR YOUR PROSPERITY DUR- ING THE NEW YEAR. Ll 2] enraflpnnsnflmmaen JUNEAU MOTORS FOOT OF MAIN STREET:\ . i E