The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1935, Page 39

Kenneth Fostel hurried through the crowded streets. Everybody looked s0 happy, so eager, so good-natured He wondered why he felt so out of tune with them ali From counter to counter he went He wanted to compare values, to ge 7 he pur- to do hie sensible y ought to be He was tmas shopping the way it rea he Passing through the art depart- ment his eyes fell on a beautiful piece of pottery. Unconsciously h nd admired its exquisite art A sudden thought flashed throug! his mind Wouldn't mother lov¢ something like that? Wouldn't she get a thrill out of showing it to her friends?” Quickly his resolution to buy noth= ing but practical gifts vanished into thin air. He would buy the piece for mother. For the rest of the family, and others, he would get the gifts he had planned, but mother must have something to bring that light into her eyes that he loved to see. He was quite sure this lovely pottery would turn the trick. He could almost hear her say, “Oh, His Eyes Fell on a Beautiful Piece of Pottery. Kenneth. I've wanted something like this all my life.” The purchases thrilled him with a strange satisfaction. He knew that he wouldn't have got the same joy ot of buying something ordinary. He wasn't going to sneer any more at people buying “gee-wags.” Christ- mas seemed to call for something dif- T T T T T T T e S e T U T T WE WISH EVERYO! FRIENDS Al Christmas Gladness New Year Happiness |ferent. T should be pr , 10O, | Suddenly his face broke into a jerin. That's the very thing he would {do. He would buy e last one of the family something practical, but he would also buy them something that he felt they wotld love to have; some bit of beauty or frivolity that | | | | they would not otherwise get l The money that he was spending e to him in a letter from his | erandfather a few days before..“Buy | Christmas gifts for the family with | the old man had written. “Tt |~ quite a sum for a young fellow o spend alone, but I am sure that And I want jour report of what y er the holi Kenneth nad felt sure that randfather would ensible things, but now, he felt iffers ays are ov itly. Someth inside of him eemed to say that the way he was cing to spend the money now was xactly as h 1dfather wanted im to. What a letter he would ave to write—surely he cculd put 1 the ne und joy that he was tperiencing into every 1 For now Kenneth was re the spirit of Chri not a happy as he was. eemed to have taken on new opping wa ally a pleas- nown in a long time He hurried to the book counter. ane was going to have those leath- e AND 1 er bound volumes of essays that she the biggest thrill that he had| o Merry Christmas Happy New Year CHARLES G. WARNER : COMPANY D CUSTOMERS P THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, DEC. 22, 1935 had wented so long. And Jimmy— Jimmie was going to get that motion picture machine he had been talking about. Gee, he could see Jimmie's face on Christmas morning; would- n't he get a thrill out of showing the little thing to his friends. And dad, well, dad was going to get a new set of golf clubs, a brand new bag of drivers, mashies, and putters! And grandfather was going to get a letter about the shopping trip and its re- sults that would lift him right out of his chair! >~ . Holly popular as a Christ- mas decoration, is most abun- dant along the bottom lands of Eastern Texas and South- ern Arkansas. There are about 175 varieties of holly found throughout the world, the largest being the American lly which attains a height of 50 feet. The red-berried holly is the most common, although some species bear yellow berries and others black. . ° ® MANY TYPES OF HOLLY . . e eeccsscscoscssssesse ©ec e 000000000 - TOYS SHOULD PLEASE CHILD Select Christmas toys to please the child. not to amuse the adults in the family. H O O T I D e e e e ) West Coast Grocery Co. Christmas A We wish you all brimful measure of gladfless, and of all worthwhile things that life can give . . . ..and we hope this next year will be most happy, most prosperous for you. i Alaska Electric Light & Power Company ' 'DEPENDABLE 24-HOUR SERVICE '