The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1937, Page 25

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE TLESDAY DEC. 21, 1937 2 2 i Aren't ‘the dolls beautiful?” ex- aled 2 Mg . J ' aimed Joan to her mother, as she SNOW Sl ; s f $ zed upon the finished product of | to : i ; b ; ; he “Two Little Dolls in Blue” | 3 = % ; | h Dorothy May had ordered | “xnm Santa Claus % ; ] ; They are quite the loveliest I| it Wikl 4 ; i i ; } : have ever scen,” spoke mother. “I| Ihis authentic photo direct from the North Pole shows Old Saint Nick putting the finishing touches or thing on ear g ; jaa ; ; % i, " !do believe that you have put YOur | uioymmense stock of Christmas toys. Local stores have already received the'r samples of these gifts for the He had staked e 5%, 3 b > 2 3 v k very m wrt and soul into their fash- | Inspection of the children. Been both 2 % 5 SR ioning | to him-—given % e \ 3 : % Joan had spent many days and ¢ best ey ¢ L ‘ g o hts, too, stitching a loving holi- 2 J th a lav artnership 3 3 lday thought into each tiny gar- |holiday and shouted, “Mother, did (She clapped her hands and danc~d had made Bonny Jean. iin in his own off Rl o 2 : 3 ment. The dainty materials had |Santa come and did he bring me |with glee Such darling dolls!”| In her heart she felt _LhaL it was Al e gel: Rorry 3 i S L \ % i been transformed into things of @ big baby doll with turls and eyes|she gasped, breathlessly. truly “more blessed to give than to you, Dad, but I don't » i § ik 4 |beauty. The dre of pale bluethat open and shut?” Their names are Alice Blue and receive,” and hugging the one little AR At 1w, - BAllY £ & X 3 R 4 silk with bonnets and slippers to| “Year, dearie, Santa came and |Eleanor Blue,” said their little mxk.-‘d"” cl , she whispered, “Mer- & to find happir I 3 g i atch, had proclaimed them the |brought you a very pretty doll” tr proudly. |1y Christmas, Alice Blue. our own w 1 mean to bu id : o ; : « ? wo Little Dolls in Blue” Then spying it, seated beneath| «1 want to give you one of them, SR Wormley farm and Sally and I g ! i i £ 3 Oh, won't Dot love them?”|the tree dressed in scarlet finery,|ponny Jean:; which do you like?” | PLAN CHRISTMAS-DINNER uR D 1n ol own : : ; B ; S peamed Joan, as she again eved |Bonny Jean clasped it to her breast.| with unbelievable surprise, her| Plan to prepare as much of the D ri &, % {he dolls from head to foct with a|Upon close inspection, she S0ON |eyes fairly dancing with joy, she meal as possible on the day prior . s v 3 happy smile of complete satisfac- |learned that it was the same sort(clasped the beautiful doll in her to Christmas so that the housewife 6 3 5 1 face 5 o B tion of doll she had always received, (grms and asked, “Is—it—really— Can-enjoy the day vuth her hnul\ I'm 1 do appreciate ' 5 % I dare say this will be her hap- |only with new features. mine—for—keeps?” you've mx.. for me, but the : ¢ 3 i § piest Christmas, one that she will| Just as she was about to burst| oo, .4 vl for keeps,” said b )"” writes and moves on, and it’s 1 i ; A : ; 4 never forget,” said mother. into protest ‘at her bitter disap-|. o L Bub e " . ) ; Se % rid ‘r(. and Lh(! l\w‘n\u*-u"A\im'x:\ Chn‘»m\ui” Then ]"r mother ‘“l” TS ey lx»!.tln Saehod son' the boy. . “Never!” he o2 i . o 2 S i A hAmm\mmé girl had left, that somehow she just cried. “Sec son married to a ) T ; were being fon-| *What is the matter, little uul"“l nok - tolem HIsanor RS TEL cheap dancer; a common’—Young T : : < : i et MG bd i s et A | much when she saw how happy s : dled by one of|Hasn't Santa Claus come yet?" L A Tom's face was white top, Dad, 1 ; | : ks . . : | the happiest lit-| “Oh, yes, he came, but he brought | or 1 might forget you are my father" X Ci i : . : . i b ¥ tle girls in the|me the same old rag doll again. I —and he had rushed out of the ] : ¢ : K world. Rocking in | thought sure 1t would be a real b house » . » : Y her own tiny chair [one this year, because I'm nine, anta Hlmself That had been three long months S5 ! i 5 ZZF Dorothy May be-|you see.” gi E ago, An cternity for I He had 3 : i o L BT ¥ 4 san singing a lul-| «on, T am so sorry.” said Dorothy | ifwwews = | been too 1 had been govern- ‘ i 3 b S I laby to the dol-|nay, with true feeling and thinking ed by hi ¢ es. One couldn't 3 G é B pe lies, wholly ob- 3 of the two beau-' me:s t »sent generation by 4 % k ‘. i : 9. 7 livious of the at- tiful dolls which the or his day. Tom, Jr., was 2 “ ¥R . h = tendant surround- | 1 Santa had left for no fool; he sheuld have trusted him i : Sl : ! : ? ings. It was such ¥ her. Then with a to ne right thin; what 1 t : S EC it > z an adorable sight happy Christmas _ . fere; to say how : : 5 s ; %L, that the others had stopped their ||{ - thought, she May We All J.u»x )]‘xul.ll n;; lived? ] | p 2 R celebration and were beaming upon %l whispered some- ' \ % Suddenly he wanted to have a & 5 % : . k her with transformed emotion. \ A9 thing very lovel, il ;1 are iy e {“”‘1 s. He " hed ' 4 e ; the spell was broken when Doro- @ her muttee ' . PROSPER or his hat, but remembered it was : J 3 : thy May suddenly stopped singing | o They all went e too late for shopping, but there was N o a2 ¢ . L and called out, “What shall I name 1o right over to the o odr DURING his check book hat if Tom re- . » two little dolls in blue'?” ) big house on the ; fused his tardy offering? The ¢ “Well,” said Joan, smiling|f y hill nestled un- ! 1938! eager look died. There was a loud thoughtfully, “since they are dress- | '§ 7 4 der its burden of rinzing of the door bell and the = sound of rushing feet—the door was '\fl 'M NOT afraid,” the small boy saiq, portant little ladies, why not canl | K CAIGER petaisd i : flung open. There was Tom, look- “That Santa Claus will be misled one Alice Blue and the other Elinor| =~ got all about the . 1 BODDING ing just like he used to when he Blue?” And so the dolls were|rag doll when she glimpsed the came to him for comfort. “Dad, we Because we have no fireplace deep named. great tree through the holly wreaths | | ' TRANSFER have to have you. Sally sent On Christmas morning i < v v v S| S u t & B £ g in another |in the window. But when she saw ;r to_bring you. Is Christm . Or chimney broad down which to creep. i house around the corner, Bonny the two little dolls in blue sitting om, , held out his arms. i ‘Jean awoke with the joy of the |[beneath it her joy was unbounded. wen't disappoint Sally, son.” A radiator seems too small e To let him climb or even crawi U"wramjmg But none the less on Christmas day Gh t We'll know that he has found his way ] "s mas “For when our radio near by Pmsems | Borrows the lightning from the sky [ i And brings, to chase away our gloom. Yuletide has come around in | A brass band, right into the room, is time to take Christmas -long Wrappings ] I Kknow that such a clever Saint At our house we have a drobe trunk in one of whose drawers re-| [l Will never let his heart grow faint. posc all year the Christmas tree| s ornaments, some table :ium,«lmmJ Some new 1mprovement, never fear, ; p napkins and favors left from the | i Will bring him here for Christmas cheer.” i 3 children’s party, bright papers sod ribbons vaged from the last- Washington Star minute rush to wrap and mail or| 4 hoarded from Aunt Louise’s gift : | package, which is always an out- | " : & 3 FROM ward marvel | ; g Through Easter, Fourth of July, Hallowe'en, Thanksgiving, they have lain forlorn and unwanted, these| % 5 g “ remnants of Christmas. But now % ; g é / we open the drawer with as lively m o 7 excitement as if we had never seen its contents. “Mother, did you know we still had this big silver star?”| 2 IR 3 ” “Why, here’s enough icicles to trim | . During the 14 days he acted as Federal officials found that many the whole tree!” “Where did these | NO CHRISTMAS COAT | Governor of Kentucky between De- persons making applications for old | & bluebird ornaments come from?” |cember 10, 1935 and July 1, 1936, age pensions do not know or re- Keen Johnson perform- member their mothers maiden| The light circuit doesn't work — Lieut.-Gov. Syt A SRS T N [ed 122 official acts. names. WHERE : ALL THE BIG, OUTSTANDING THE ] ‘ SEASON'S y PRODUCTIONS PLAY - . GREETINGS AND A Merry 7 “The Short Subjects Are the i de Christmas 1 { ! i | { 1 i | i ! { 4 ! ‘ ? | | g and sister, who has just come from ; ey Talk Of the TOlUn.” | ; { i t Snake—MTrs. Bunny asked her hus- band for a new coat for Christmas. Leopard—What did he say? Snake—That she Irad no business shedding her old one. |her schoolroom, must dash down- town before the stores close for new \bulbs. Then everybody hangs over | {big brother’s shoulder while he pa- |tiently determines which of the old |bulbs have failed. When the whole ‘*ll flashes on we all feel like Thom as Edison discovering the marvels of light, } There are even a few unused Christmas cards for a starter on the long list. The baby finds a tin horn and the hilarious fun that will carry on till Christmas morning has be-| gun. Somewhere in this jumble of familiar things we have u ammn-m Christmas. And the best Christmas| present of all is Christmas itself!— Frances Grinstead. A Hoppy and Prosperous Lu Liston S ——— %o New Year! A Very Good Sign . Jack W. Gucker There are nv.ul\ 25 acres of Xnnd rerrrrrrrrerrerrereresy il Texas for each inhabitant,