The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1935, Page 15

Dismember a on, Thigh a wood- cock, and Tame a crab. In the Mi , when most these pi 1e terms were h: ngs tod. CARVING HAS QUEER IDIOM of Christmas dist while the rich the proper place a their banquets.—(London Magazine.) - EVERYBODY'S CHRISTMAS Of fastivals as common as favori the poor hcnor -Bits Ti all our the family the s tory. Its man sym. n, Mine a plov t a swan, Spa Dis! Un- hen SUPREME In hundreds of Juneau homes, flowers will make Christmas a brighter, happier occasion. We will have the largest, loveliest selection of Xmas plants and cut flowers we have ever shown! (And that is going some!) New ribbons, new pot coverings, new “gadgets” promises to make our gift of flowers GIFT SUPREME. FRESH CUT FLOWERS Our cut flowers are famous for beauty and lasting qualities. Roses, Carnations, Violets, Gardenias, Chrysanthemums ("MUMS" for Short) All Sizes Bowvardia and ORCHIDS! LOVELY POTTED PLANTS These plants will impart an element of permanency to your gift. For your selection we will have in Potted Plants—Poinsettias, Cycla- men, Begonias, Cherries, Peppers, Heathers, Tulips and Narcissus WATCH OUR WINDOWS! JUNEAU FLORISTS Shattuck Bldg. Telephone 311 /’I A O THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, DEC. 22, 1935. Santa Loses Christmas Card Rating as Greetings Go ‘A rey’ | | These samples from the Christmas card racks show the trend which is sending the season’s greetings along with a sylvan scene, a Victorian silhouettes, a pair of playful scotties, or occasionally a GANDY BUYS ~ XMAS GIFT FOR HIMSELF NEW YORK, Dec. 21, — Nobody | can replace Santa Claus in the [ hearts of children, but the makers | of Christmas cards give him a back seat in this season’s creations. That's because people are ex- pected to want original ways of sending their old Christmas greet-| ings. When Santa Claus does ap-! pear he pilots an airplane on skis! or is cut into almost unrecognizable silhouettes. It was simpiy out of the question Animais Popular for Mrs. Ganuy to go to Sayville that Animal cards hold their own,/morning. The day before Christmas‘ with cats definitely smarter. Dogs—|and a thousand hings to do; but | particulahly wirehairs and scotti { Mrs. Dandy was going. Of course he —reappear prominently on the card|could do many errands, yet hardly | counters. There are penguins, polar;the one she wished most to have of glass antelopes, seals for whose fancies run that way “Noel” is the thing to s year, though many customers are fain by a expected to settle for a “Merry a day. Mrs. Gandy. was struck with an {tiny village where the Gandys lived | this|a good fifteen miles ov rickety bus which ran once Wonderland” and “David Copper-|With her. “Just ask Mr. Gandy if he | field” are shown in the supposedly smart collections. Fruit comes into its own in this year's cards, while blue is the color predominant Flippancy Missing iyour husband. Give a large size. He | will never gu r | The neighbor obligingly consented. Mrs. Gandy felt well pleased with | ner bit of a scheme to get her hus- | Flippancy, noted generally|band to buy his own gift (unknow- through last season's cards, is ab- ingly) for himself, but she was a tri- sent from the current stocks. They fle dismayed when, at five o'clock, feature poinsettas, silhouette fig- Mr, Gandy came home, tired, hungry ures of gentlemen tipping their @2d tumbled an armful of packages beavers to dainty creature in pant- OB the Kitchen table. alettes. “You got the sage for the dressing? Although subdued, the religious The celery? The red toy truck for motif is apparent, showing princi- Tommy? The blue mittens for Sar- pally the standard Three Wise Men |21? The nuts and raisins, and the and Mother and Lamb scenes. White wool for grandma?” Hunting vistas in red, silver, and| Mr. Gandy nodded and inquired black also are popular, with ice- |DOW soon supper would be ready. skaters on frozen ponds, rosy-gheek-! “And.” asked the wife casually, ed cherubs, and plum puddings re-| the sloves for Andrew, his wife celving a substantial play. iwanted? C e | Mr. Gandy smiled Swedish 44 | “I clean forgot Timber, Ore |about them until the bus was ready [to start! So I hopped into a place Experiencing Boom and. grabbed the first pair I saw. ‘Good enough for old Andrew,’ I STOCKHOLM—The 1935 export of | thought, but they aren’t much.” He Swedish timber amounted to 630,000 S¥inned a little shamefacedly, like a standards at the end of August while | %V the export of iron ore from the Lap-| Mrs. Gandy plumped down in a land mines was’ 585,000 tons for the hai “Bill Gandy, that serves same month, the highest August in|Y0U Just right. Those gloves are a 14 years. Road Traffic in England Growing LONDON, Dee. 21.—Highway traf- | fic in England has increased by close e to 50 per cent in five years, the Bril»‘ Waflts 'I'hlrd Party ish Automobile Association said after | a survey conducted for seven days, at important centers. { - D | He Collects Roc FOREST HILLS, N. C.—Collecting rocks is the hobby of R. R. Morgan, science instructor at Henrietta-Car- oleen-Avondale Tri-High school. His collection, from every state in the union and several foreign countries, |. is used in classwork. | You are served with your own sauce.” |And she laughed so hard that Bill ~—Martha B. Thomas. expense. | — o ‘ : Green—Going away this Christ mas? Wise—No, but I guess away right after Christmas, Green—Where to? Wise—To jail as a bad debtor, I go ds of New Yorkers hu:g Thousan Gov. Floyd B. Olson (abovi Minnesota, voice nee‘d’o_llv. by 1940 to correct “failure o m’ljor parties” to bring the country out of the dep: o { Fearful that they might seek in vain, | bears, elephants and phnmgmph:>(\0““*f\ gift for himself. Sayville|g those | was the nearest shipping place to the | &% r the moun- | Christmas.” The card - writers| eschew “Xmas."” |ided. She hurried to a neighbor's | B Colored prints from “Alice in|house and begged her to come home | iig will buy for you a pair of gloves, for | hristmas present from me to you. | %¥ |Gandy had to join her at his own |8 WHAT IRELAND DOES WHEN IT IS CHRISTMAS in no country is Christmas look- ed forward to with greater anticipa- tion than in Ireland. For centuries the coming of the Christ Child has been hailed with unbounded joy by & the people of the Emerald Isle. Many stories associated with Christmas are repeated year after year around Irish firesides. An old legend tells that sometimes on a Christmas eve Mary and the Christ | Child wander abroad seeking shelter. | a3 they did in Bethlehem long ago, a lighted candle is placed in every window to guide them to a place of | refuge. These are left burning on throughout the night, gleaming into the darkness, guiding any wander- er that might be abroad; for the le- | gend also tells that the “Mother and | ¥ Child” ' may come in almost any|§ guise. . | All the world remembers Ireland at | Christmas, for her children are scat. tered in every land. A steady stream | of gifts and good wishes come pour- § ing into her gates. Families divided & by stretching seas are reunited in! spirit, as the bridge of time and | space is broken by the old happy | greeting, “A Merry Christmas and a Bright New Year.”—(Katherine Ed- elman.) YULETIDE GREETINGS R Foss Construgfion Co. MAKNG SUGAR TOYS Juneau, Alaska Sugar toys may be made accord- ing to the following directions: 4 pounds of sugar, 2 oundes of corn syrup, 1 pint of water. Boil to 240- 242 degrees, then stir until cloudy e The cpirit of Christmas brings to us a keener appreciation of our and pour in plaster of paris moulds # friends. We extend to you our that have been drained after soak- Architects best wishes f ur health, hap- ing in cold water for two or three . iny y a oer through hours. Ripes o v i el Contractors out the New Year. SAVE TO ‘OR JUNIOR Careful parents will not wear out | the Christmas toys before Junior | gets a chance at them. v CHRISTMAS ! and I!AP_PY NEW YEAR! «« « - It'sijust alittle Christmas Greeting, and the reason for it is to wish you every joy of the season and happiness and prosperity in the coming New Year. G. E. Krause BUILDING CONTRACTING Tt &