The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1937, Page 18

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, DEC. 21, A HAPPY CHRISTMAS NLOVING indeed must be the heart that cannot offer and re- spond to that universal greeting, for Christmas is the time beyond and above all others when we should forget differences and dis- agreements and quarrels. Seri- ous though we may have hitherto thought them, shall we not put an end to them as the Yuletide greeting rings in our ears, “A Happy Christmas!” B Pl i NEED AN IDEA? GIVE HANKIES is it that Christmas shoppers will pass hesitatingly by a fascinat- ing looking handkerchief counter with scarcely a thought that right was cold, and sorry, but he mustn't {there is the answer to that personal go in too soon. gift problem? But no, hankies The tree, the holly, their little |aren’t “different™ enough. girl asleep in her crib and dream-| That used to be true years ago. ing of Santa Claus — all were a|But those little squares are here mockery. Mary went into the living |with infinite variety in colors and room and snapped on the radio, |shapes this year. Of course they can looking for a jazz band and for-|be last minute looking gifts, gifts getfulness. Instead there came the |that have a “couldn’t think of any- strains of “Silent Night”—"peace on (thing else” look sticking out all earth, good will to men,"—“God |over them—if you let them. bless us, every one”—“may nothing | Rainbow Rivals you dismay.” Wasn't there anything| If you are worried about the color on except Christmas programs? A give her a box of linen hankies that click brought back the silence rival the rainbow in tones. They She opened the front door. Next|come with her first name neatly time she wonld ask John to come embroidered in one corner. And in. Tell him she was sorry. Now |these can't possibly be last minute that she stopped to think, she knew 'gifts since you have to give them that he was sorry, too. Why let a|time for the embroidering. Huge few excited words that neither of chiffon hankies that give a dash of them meant spoil their Christmas? pepper to any evening costume are But John did not come. It was being shown with sequin and metal too cold to stand at the door any | trim. longer, but she sat at the window,| The handkerchief counter is with the curtain drawn aside, |grand place to shop for that little watching for him. An hour went tot’s present. One store features a by. {book of hankies—a clean one for When at last she saw him com- each day of the week with appro- ing the relief almost choked her.|priate poems to match. The book He was striding rapidly, carrying with slits in the pages is a nice place to keep them in too. Fraternity Emblems For the college student, hankies with fraternity emblems apliqued in the corner are new. Might we suggest that in addition to planting your fraternity pin, young man, you let your girl wear your colors by supplying her with fraternity han- kies? ? [ Y | fi\’k‘\*ffiela’sfifim@, Mary and John had quarreled— just before Christmas, too. The Christmas candy had burned, and then, in the excitement, each had blamed the other, making cruel re- torts, until Mary fled to her bed- room in tears and John stalked off in the snowy night. The Christmas candle beamed a welcome from the window as John started around the block again. He something in his arms. She opened the door for him and he handed his burden to her. | “Here, Mary, hold him. Careful, now. His leg’s hurt. I'll get a box and we'll fix a bed.” R “THE FEAST OF LIGHTS” “The Feast of Lights” is one of ,the oldest names of Christmas. “Gooky Lady” and | Tim's Xmas Letter \ Patsy liked to take her doll out| in the sunny kitchen and watch {Ann, the cook, roll out the cooky dough and cut round mocns; then put them in a long pan ready for the oven. When they came out all smelly and warm Ann would put some on a paper plate for Patsy to eat. Ann had the nicest dimples when she smiled, and Patsy would |smile right back at her and say “Thank. Lady.” | Sometimes there were brown |cockies and fruity ones, too, but | the red and green candied ones| |that Ann made for Christmas were |the very best of all. Patsy adored | Ann. Through the seven short years | |of her life she had been her con- | “slanz companion. Mother was just | the lovely lady who was always busy with her clubs and goin | places, and Daddy was too busy at |the office to be bothered much; |but there was always Ann. | | Patsy like the nice posiman, Tim, | who came to see Ann and some- times they all went to the movies together. Tim could play “pretend” | almost as good as Ann. But once ishe heard him call Ann his best' igix'L and s “Some day you're| |going to cook for me.” After that |she did not like him so well. Things | seemed all wrong, and Santa hadn't answered her letter, and it was only two days till Christmas had said: “Please write 5001 { that had been days ago. He must | help quick, or it would be too late. Several times a day she would go to the mailbox and stand on tip- toe to look in for fear her letter | had been overlooked. | “Here Tim,” said one of the of- fice clerks, “is another of the kid letters to Santa Claus; guess this one’s up to you” Printed in a childish crawl on the envelope, Tim read: “Santa Claus, care of Tim.” He drew out the folded paper. It read: “Dear Santa, please bring Tim another best girl cause Ann has to cook for us.” She and “Your friend, Patsy Reynolds.” Tim stared, then chuckled an- ta old boy, youre up against it| this time.”—Jocile Webb Pearson. | - CHRISTMAS CHEER | N | “What some folks call Christmas | cheer,” said Uncle Eben, “is only | an expensive form of nuffin’ but | condensed trduble.” 3 Mary looked down at the warm bundle. It was a furry puppy. One - leg was in splints. The puppy whimpered a little and licked her hand “But, him?” “Accident. Over on Linden. Fell out of a passing car. I took him to a vet and had him fixed up Thought he’'d make a cute pet for Alice—" He stopped his work and straightened up. “I'm awfully sorry, Mary, I was a fool.” “It was my fault, John.” Their eyes met in perfect understanding. How silly to quarrel. The silence was a more impressive reconcilia- tion than words. Mary broke it nervously, for fear she would cry again. “There are some clean rags in that drawer. And we ought to get him something to eat. He can have this old bowl for his dish.” She worked with one hand, cuddling the puppy. “Won't Alice be sur- prised? And what shall we name him?” John, where did you get with Christmas eve, don’t you think? How about Scrooge, or Mar- low?” “Oh, no!” “Good King Wenceslaus?” “Such names for a poor innocent puppy! Maybe we had better see what Alice wants to call him in the morning.” She put the puppy down with a saucer of warm milk. Joy Contentment John came and put his arm around her, and they stood close together watching their pet lap greedily. “We ought to call him Peacemak- er, honey?” said John. “If it hadn’t been for him, I might have still been out there in the snow.” “Oh, John!” She held him close. “Weren't we silly? I was so worried when you didn't come. If anything had happened to you I could never have forgiven myself.” | “Felt pretty rotten myself. Not | my idea of the best way to spend Christmas eve.” “Of course! I forgot! We have so much left to do! The tree, and | Alice’s doll must be unpacked, and her stocking filled. What time is it?” He looked at his watch. “Almost midnight.” “Not really!” He nodded, and put his watch on the table. “Here, pooch,” he said, “it's bedtime for you.” He lifted the puppy into its bed, and turned back to his wife. “And as for you, milady,” he said, “in about ten sec- onds I want a kiss for Christmas, and then we're going to pitch in together and clean up this mess, and trim the tree, and maybe even chance another batch of candy. OK? Then, it's time, darling, to say Merry, Merry Christmas,” | e e T e e e e o Happiness Health WE WISH YOU FOR THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON AND FOR NEXT YEAR IN SEASON Dolls Of Yesteryear y Frances Orinstead | g*!\i SRS | | Twenty-five years ago a little girl's letter to Santa Claus went some- {thing like this: Dear Santa: Please bring for dolly. Ch: body many other I this time with into curls and and shut Your trusting friend me a new head Her name 1is still has a nice head has so won't last an- would like one real hair made eyes that open Santa—Stick 'em up! 1=:y<l dents year ,ee YULE CARDS | ADD JOLLITY TO HOLIDAYS Half the fun of Christmas are the greeting cards from friends — the! boys you went to school with, the girls you learned to dance with, the traveler with whom you rubbed merry elbows, the business man and woman who have gone their separ- ate ways. i Fun to hear from them if only once a year; fun to remember them ! with cards that span distance and| absence with greetings. 1 Your Christmas cards can be as; definitely yours as your signature,! speaking your personality. No mnre; are they coldly formal for they've| caught the Christmas jollity—your | name and own greeting may be| sprawled in fat red letters or golden seript, or what-wish-you. Subjects are unlimited, from those that follow the star and the Wise Men to those that bring Christmas toasts. If you wish, the view from your window, or your holly-wreathed fron{ door, or your candle-lighted mantle with the family clustered round it, may be transferred to your Christmas cards. | 8 Your cards may be big or small, & but their envelopes are as bright as Christmas tree trimmings, lined with colored tissue, silver, gold. S e | Brewed in England's Yuletide % wassail bowls are baked apples, hot ale seasoned with spice, orange Jjuice and rind and whipped eggs. What has become of those Christ- mas dolls whose bodies could out- last half a dozen heads? When the curls went straight, or the wig SN 4 Loy Mother Took the Little Girl to See the Dolls. dropped off, or little brother John- nie picked the wax off the eyelids, and sister was consoled by prom- ising her a new head. Mother took to a department store where there was as large a display of doll heads of dolls. There were china heads, | i | with holes at the cornersf or apj metal heads, and heads of FE BB S SRS EEEIOSSRRIRERRRK SEEESESSSeragrrerrrReeees 1937. heads paper-mache, There with wigs and some wi ¢ those with parted lips and dainty teeth showing, while others hid their sm behind firm mouths and staring eyes. were a dressed” and dolly. Mothers preferred t ter because they would bear closer inspection as to materials and work- manship. Dolly’s clothes were eas- ler made out of the family serap- bag or by the willing hands of the family seamstress, who did the job ¢ for recreation. Moreover, the un- dressed doll cost a little less. But sister liked to linger over those in silks and satins with p nets and plumes covering th ol- den curls. They wore petticoats and often they held their fragile fingers in tiny muffs of mink and D MANY CHRISTMAS TREES promised a whole new doll Then Approximately 9,000,000 her trip the department store icans buy Christmas trees a matter of deciding between ' year ed” lat la an ‘undre One thing these varied heads had in common. Their neck: into four square bibs front and ba st ing the needle to the old body. The bodies in those days were of cloth, their inner substance sawdust Where now are those torsos that could withstand endless repairing fresh sawdust and new heads? probably found thefr way in time and sister was sable. They Amer every Look around and buying a Christmas girl who hasn't any g to T e e e e Y e AP 3 B P O e T 271 Yy Al dTdY: 53 TR T ™ n€RRY \‘\'(figs ‘ TO WISH YOU ALL THE JOYS, OF THE SEASON AND EVERY HAPPINESS IN THE NEW YEAR— ]J. B. WARRACK cd Happy Holidays! = . SRR S f}ND ONCE AGAIN comes our chance to thank all our fncnds’avnfl_ patrons . . and WISH THEM SATISFACTION AND JOY TO COME. iners’ Recreation Parlors BILL DOUGLAS e DOLLS AND DOLIS And what girl wouldn’t smile with so many fine Christmas dolls® A OL R Y A CHRISTMAS THRILL get doll for a little RDDIENDER