The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 20, 1931, Page 3

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, DEC. 20, 1931. ~ S Old Fashioned Toys Thrill Young ModernsSEVMTEWILL ; ¢ NP AGREET0 1 Chrristmas Gifts for the FURTHER CUT Entire Family T 1bu|]d,' or puzzle over. He is the; oty oo sse- oot e | REE T0 GLOW|Fog Causes | |best preparation for his inherit- | | ance is the toy that shows him Z A idP | how things operate. Another | 1 CC fnts ichok‘e is something he can use, |skates or a sled or drawing set, in England |or a compass, or emergency kit to| | take along on his hiking. | e 2 Two Trains Collide and Gifts of a Practical Nature Two Steamers Crash would cause a rebellion in Ger- | If you wish to give some child |a Christmas gift of clothing, ex- Communily Celebration Set —60 Injured — many if that country was forced to LONDON, Dec. 19.—Two persons|pay the full amount of her repara- amine the new knit goods. You 4 s for 4 o'Clock This were killed and more than 60|tions agreement. will find sweaters and caps and | scarfs of warmth and attractive Af | color. O if the child is very small, ternoon others were injured when two| Senate Passes Veterans Appro- trains collided in a fog near Dag- priation base of the tree, will be played by |emham this afternoon. Upper Chamber Approves House Amendment Against Debts Revision (Continued from Page One) sary. He said he believed it look at matched coat and hat and | leggings sets. Most of the new | juvenile coats have a military air, sport short, epaulet-like capes that (Continued from Page One) The Senate also today adopted HATEVER changes may have taken place from year to in grown-up fashions and tastes, the children’s Christmas remains the same: Little girls hug new dolls with the same maternal joy, and little boys repeat the age-old thrill of conquest and exploration with new tin soldiers and toy trains. Dolls, for instance, persist in being demurely old- fashioned. There are innumerable clever “character” dolls, to | be sure, cunning replicas of the more familiar favorites of the newspaper cartoons, Southern mammies, dancing girls in a bewildering fluff of tulle, avi- ——— e - ators and Eskimo and Fiji Island- | ers; but the doll that your little | daughter will take to her heart to mother and cherish is still | dimpled, wide-eyed and curly- headed, and comes equipped with a wardrobe of frilly dresses and lace-edged underthings. She is the same sort of doll of whic! first-graders used to sing: “Jerusha came to live with me at and period furniture, and eat full- course meals served on complete sets of correct china from kitchens boasting every utensil to the last pot and rolling pin. Practical Toys for All Ages Perhaps Jerusha's one conces- sion to 1931 is the fact she is unbreakable. Modern dolls come |that way, so do the innumerable fascinating little animals and balls and rattles for baby brother to Her cheeks were pink, her eyes chew on and htrow on the floor were blue, her hair was fine. | Unbreakable and hygienic, with Her gowns were made of silk and paint that won't crack or chew lace, a fancy bonnet framed off, and smooth, smiling surfaces her face. that won't pick up any more germs Her clothes came in a wicker case, | than necessary. my dear Jerusha!” For the little boy just growinz No gay, carefree young moderns, | out of the tin soldier stage a toy old hioned dolls! They |that “works” is the best sugges- in many-roomed. mansions, |tion, something for him to take and lace curtains |apart and put together again, or Christmas time. fasten up snugly with rows of Mrs. G. E. Krause. | brass buttons. The newest leg- All arrangements gings are miniature replicas of the |and for the observance this after: | grown-up skiing costume, wita |noon were undertaken by a Wom- |long, baggy trousers gathered in an’s Club committee, of which Miss ‘fight about the ankles. Stella Jones is chairman. | The noble specimen of spruce - e —— | that serves for Juneau's commun- E P KE ity celebration was cut and brought from a neighboring hill- SYSTEMUEFEATS side and put in place by a group of municipal street Judson. supplied by the power company. FLOODS DRIVE PEOPLE FROM Bests Veteran Sailmaker in Pok er Marathon SEATTLE, Dec. 19.—Poker, a la Klondike, is superior to the vari- ety that seafaring men are ad- | dicted to. This was demonstrated in a poker marathon held here in which Jack McEachern, old-time | Klondiker, upheld the honors cf countless sourdough poker players, bested George Broom, veteran sail | maker. The game stretched over 150 hands, wherein it was similar to the 150-rubber contract bridae marathon now in progress in New | York City. McEachern substituted | for Carl Weber, fellow sourdough, Tratfic Hampered in Southern Sections ATLANTA, Ga. Dec. conditions drove | for Weber. Honors were evenly divided un- til the final hand. On this every- | thing was staked. Broom drew one card to two pair—kings and |reported in Northern Louisiana an |tens—and failed to improve his | Mississippi. | hand. McEachern, drawing to a | pair of sixes, caught three eights | workers |to fill, and swept the board. | —_————— | The fog-laden rupted airplane schedules. crowded northern Mississippi, and the cit prepared to take care of man ! more families. Venice was built on Rio Altus Is- [pee (S0, O |1and, 452-568. g el (S S = 'KINGFISHERS TAKE The steamer Sea Glory was bad- for the tree|ly damaged today by the steamer - | Ronodo in a collision in the foggy channel here. the House resolution appropriating an additional $200,000,00 for loans on soldiers’ bonus insurance cer- tificates. ‘After President Hoover workers under supervision of Mayor Thomas B. Tn WASH|NGTON ! | ‘ Wiring was done and globes at- | tached by employecs of the Alaski e THEIR HOMES Highway and Railroad relief to the stricken areas. 19.—Flood residents from in the last 25 hands, as the strain |their homes and hampered high- |of three days' play was too mllch‘way and railroad traffic in scat- tered sections of the south today. skies also dis- Several hundred negro plantation into Battsville, No loss of life has a | Electric Light & Power Compan: — [Blectric Light & o i atartin, | Weather Man Halts Rain as |Oldtimer of Yukon Days and the current for illumination is Washington State Areas Face Floods SEATTLE, Dec. 19.—The weather man Saturday called a halt, tem- porarily at least, in rains that have swapt the Pacific Northwest for several days producing flood con- ditions in several sections from British Columbia to Southeast Washington, Clearing skies tonight and forecasts for fair weather tomorrow and Monday promised Residents are hopeful for a re- spite that will give them a chance to recover from the downpours of the past several days. Rivers in the Grays Harbor coun- try, where six inches of rainfall was experienced in the last three days, were high and several dis- tricts were threatened with isola- tion by flood waters. Settlers in the Clearwater and Quinalt Valleys were marooned The most serious conditions are|when the rivers rose unexpectedly. d| Two unoccupied houses were swept out to sea at Sunset Beach near Vancouver, B. C., by over- flow waters from swollen streams. y! A cloudburst near Dayton, in Y | Southeast Washington, flooded the streets to a depth of 18 inches. | Much poultry and Ilvestock were | drowned. ————————— approves the wzesolution the Vet- ———— erans’ Administration can resume HALT IN RAINS === Wheat for Unemployed The Senate Agriculture Commit- tee approved a measure prepared i by Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon, named as the chairmen of a sub-committee formed for that purpose, ~authorizing the Farm over 40,000,000 bushels of wheat for feeding the unemployed.- The bill will be pressed for action Monday. The deadlock over the election of a successor to Senator George H. Moses, President protempore, re- mained though two more ballots were taken today. GREENLEAF CHAMP AT BILLIARDS PHILADELFHIA, Penn, Dec, 19. —Ralph Greenleaf, of New ¥York, has won the world’s pocket billiard championship for the eleventh time. The title was made certain when Erwin Rudolph, of Cleveland, was defeated by Frank 1. A. Ber- ski, of Schnectady. CALIFORNIA GROCERY GAILY DECORATED Among the many Juneau busi- ness houses that are appropriately decorated for ‘Ohristmas is the California Grocery on Front Street. The store imparts a cheerful Yule- tide appearance, not only because of its well-arranged tree branches and festoonery but also because of at Exceptional Prices We are offering a fine collection of beautiful stationery at prices remarkably low! Every box is & rare value! HEAVY LINEN STATIONERY of splendid quality — imported papers, lined envelapes «r plain, square and novel shapés —almost any kind & ‘man or woman of impeccable taste could want. Butler Mauro Drug Co. THE REXALL STORE Telephone 134 Free Defimy Express Money Orders By Diana Merwin PARIS, Dec. 19.—The coat-dress is a bright new spot in fashion's colorful kaleidoscope. Many Parisiennes have chosen it from the constantly shifting fash- jon panorama of 1031-32 as the piece de resistance of their ward- robes. Its lines are figure-fitting. Its colors are brisk. Its aim is both warmth and chic. reposing in the cellar most of the seventh victories Saturday night w I TH w A R M TH when they defeated the Snowbirds ens was the only bowler to go over o Bavard totaled 428 pins to Mrs.| among the ladies. at 2:30 o'clock. its fine displays of seasonal goods. 2 FroM sNoWBIRDS GOATS - DRESSES gt time during the Elks' mixed bowl- two out of three. Stev- the 500 mark, his total being 534. Andrews' 427, but the latter had | The Crows and Kingfishers play Saturday night's scores: The Kingfishers, who have been c u MBINE CHIC ing turnament, won their sixth and Scoring was rather light. His 184 was high single score. Mrs. | the best score for single game, 166, off a tie game Sunday afternoon SNOWBIRDS Miss Barragar 127 114 110 351 Mrs, Andrews 166 140 121 427 | Whether designed along lines as Berhor i ane fine 165 4ene| HEUEET (88 8 (Goldlers unitorm G | Koski 156 156 156 468* softened with the flattery of fur | Selby 173 148 148 469 trims, the smartParisxennevfmdsn 7T T3 690 2180 a chic and comfortable addition to Handicap 59 59 60 177 her winter wardrobe, suitable for | i b R the shops or at tea. | one of the smartest coat-dress m6“§§g¥S 2551 models is of tobacco brown wooi, Mrs. Bavard.. 141 147 140 428 |9esiened in redingote style button | Mrs, Worth 70 70 170 210° ing straight down the front and ' Stevens 179 184 171 534 finished with a high standing collar Davis 146* 170 163 419 f:dt t‘:e bfll}ktred cupped high ’ H. Sabin ... 148 181 150 488 b b St | 684 1752 703 2139 Another is of soft black wool { Handicap 53 53 53 159 with a V-necked close-fitting bodice and a gored skirt. Its chic lies in a Afichu-cape, bordered in mink,|" which croses at the waistline in front and buttons in the back, For the business girl a brown and white tweed patterned in red ond green figures is topped with a little pelerine cape edged with a beaver band. Most of the coat dresses wiap anugly around the figure. ‘Their Northwest, Miss Belva Williams, skirts are generally shorter than clerk in the Department of Edu- other street frocks, 14 inches from the ground being the average cation here, returned home on the steamer Princess Nara. She was length. | | accompanied north by Miss Jessie § [ Blake, sister of E. J. Biake, who | i s her mome here. tor the | E- WENTWORTH IN present. e FMias st yome timel] TOWN ON BUSINESS in Beattle, Portland, end Ereaside, E. mnh, former resident of Ore., visiting Miss Blake in the g in Ketoh last named place. ol e bty 1 place, kan since last summer, is in this MRS. P. WEBSTER TO | rivec oo themessriniy Norihiand. rived on the motorship Northland. DEP. ART ON NORAH Mr. Wentworth has obtained the resident mgency for Alaska of the _ Real [osiery s Indian- Mrs. Pauline Webster of the Ju- .mfl;ds& w;ll;nllle lgire for a neau Sample Shop will spend thelmongt gt feast and may establish | | Christmas holidays with her Par-|permgnent headquarters in this ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Hixon, 8t | gty He has taken a suite of rooms Yakima, Wash. ZIater she Will ljn"4ne gimping Apartments. make business visits to other cities —— ; in the States. She will return to Sam Pekovich, { the ' | Juneau about March 1. Alaske Mymcs‘:fiim :flnms Mrs. Webster is a mtmound Comptny, arrived this week frem passenger on the steamship Prid-|munter Bay on company business cess Norah which left early 10~ |and will peturn early next week to l“’" the property , 137 805 756 2208 *Average; did not bowl MISS WILLIAMS BACK FROM 30-DAY ABSENCE After spending her 30-day vaca- || tion visiting friends in the Pacific In order that all of the smaller children may visit with me at THE CASH BAZAAR, commenc- ing MONDAY, I will be glad to see all of you KIDDIES from 2 to 3 P. M. until Christmas. Of course, the day before Christmas, 1 will be on hand to deliver the Toy Automobile. SANTA CLAUS The Cash Bazaar Toyland and Giftland of Juneau A Merry Christmas NR VR TO OUR FRIENDS AND TO THEIR FRIENDS AND A HAPPY, PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR, TOO. P.S.—Remember, gifts or toys purchased now need American Beauty Parlors ALSIE J. WILSON not be paid for until about February 10th.