The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1935, Page 31

@ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, DEC. 22, 1935. (mas gift to you this year is my prom- ise to stay with and keep Danny after ARTHA wflfln | FINDS ANSWER | — | Chri:tmas was drawing nearer and | nearer, but Martha Woods seemed no | i | nearer a solution of her problem. The | | giving of gifts at the Yuletide season I had been a tradition with Martha as ilong as she could remember. This year, however, she saw no way-to year, Clare dear, I'm sorry,” Mrs.| | keep up the cherished custom. | Jordan told her daughter shortly be- | During the past months her in- fi ari . r tora| “Nope, it Weuldn't Be Secret | v 1d| fore Christmas. “We can afford e | come had shriveled to where it would | cards, though, so you figure up how Then,” She Sent Back. |buy only the necessities for herself many you hav o end and I 66t |y, one day each month—ihe day |and. Buma, her_ (athful servant i i 2 the Mothers' Club meets from 4:30 ( Through no crimping or saving could |even the tiniest gifts be sent to those ¢ and yet there was money ' it s e 5 »(o i :wh she wished to remember. ts, e Y ony one on those occasions.” iy A 5 g Now, as she watched the whirl- for greeting cards. Well, Why NOt| There was a promise to Mina Hill- a surprise on all of them?|man that Clare and some of her|n® flakes of snow, she thought how hat would work and it would be | cjassmates would come down and re- | }ovely it would be to see the big room nd surprise and yet heaps of |.jie their pieces and sing some of [full of gaily tied packages, waiting to be sent on their various ways. Re- fun, too. their songs gretfully she pictured the disappoint- 'No, I don’t want any greeting ‘Other f % _ cards, mother, but if youll just get!cnce during the year, but I'll be see- | ment of relatives and friends who would think she had forgotten; they | me a dozen stamped envelopes in- ing folks smile and hear them saying i stead, I'll be all set for Christmas.” i« ks and know they really mean | Would never dream she had grown | “Well, I must say you take this like ole year long. Money pres- | 100 Poor to buy Christmas gifts; they a good sport and you &re easy to!ents cheat the givers out of a lot of | 811 belleved her wealthy. please, but you might let me in on|fun, that’s sure,” she reminisced With a heavy sigh she looked around the beautiful living room. The fur- this secret, child!” “Nope, it wouldn't be a secret then nishings were luxurious; many of S . she sent back, smiling with her own Bu ers st"ka ‘hem had been in the family for gen- | ] erations. ..., Suddenly a cry came knowledge. Granny Hitchcock, over on the| from her lips. She had thought of wgs . corner, was the first always on her | BraZlIIa" c t a quick sure way to fulfill her de- Christmas list. “My Christmas gift l y sides. She would sell a few of the to you this year is—my promise to lovely old pieces. She would send come and read to you once every for the proprietor of the antique shop | N week in the new year and I'll write! SAO SALVADOR, Brazil, Dec. 21.— without a moment’s delay! Her our letters, too, on that same day|—Price fixing is all right if it does- [ Chrismas gifts would be on their way cach week.” The enveelope sealed n't raise costs to consumers house- tomorrow.—(Katherine Edelman. completely the wrapping of that gift. | wives decided. Then they organized o o o The next on the list was the garage]a consumers' strike against butcher| The Gobi desert is also known in| mechnic’s wife. [shops because the city government | Chinese as Sha-mo (sand desert) and | “Dear Mrs. Simmons: My Christ- 'raised meat prices. Han-hi (dry sea). 2 Not a cent to spare for gifts this | ks will be thanked just Our Christmas Wish for You CHRISTMAS SEASON and . . . ) May you GLIDE bring you . . . merrily along through A New Year of much happiness. MUCH HAPPINESS! H.S.GRAVES “THE CLOTHING MAN"