The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 20, 1938, Page 22

~—EXPRESSION STUDIES Take IN APPRECIATION OF THE FRIENDLY GOOD WILL THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO KNOW AND SERVE YQOU, WE OFFER CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES . . . . WEST COAST GROCERY CO. For Real Christmas Spirit Youngsters Shopping THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, DEC. 20, 1938. A REAL Hurry, Pop! CHRISTMAS By Vera Ashion What's the Beason For All These Fake Whiskers? GEORGE, NELLIE AND STAFF of THE GEO. M. SIMPKINS CO. Extend Christmas Greetings and Wish You Every Prosperity in the Coming Year. | have gay coloring. | THE Oh, lookit, lookit, Jimmie o] n’'t it look like a real baby? boap . 1it 1¢ 218 1g dusk of a Decem- nagine it’s for me!” And lit- In the graying du ) ally's face was radiant with the k BITETUEET - ; = figur emed almost a part of the magined joy. 2 A tlnbs nothin’ Prts doll] vou ape. Half a dozen cars whizzed Betty Price dabbed a spot of e O ¢ one stopped to offer rouge on each cheek, touched the and Johnnie's nose turnec o of Phere: D6l o places lightly for a natural effect. b with disgust If you're lookin 3 it of Christmas r ] j K at!” a e ted t [ C ihen dipped in the perfume bottle t th'l‘ mr‘l )an |pm,“, 'f ‘“ of indhe was abroad, it Wwas { rubbed the back of her small o that leaned proudly o e s the wall in the show win- I sl a 5 s A o X more of plodding Tilting back the blurred mirror, That's what Santa Claus he min o e s Shaved Herselt critically. T sicked out for me.” And Johnnie 1 « Il, darkening & j8he ed herself critically. The L Hond another car came roaring down Jeffect scemed entirely satisfactory 0! - ; Feiss st Betty sighed ecstatically. “I look A 1 man standing near e 1 p > ¢ g hem rd the words, and looked cthers had ‘done. The grim line like a million dollars breathed g then 1 th and 1 g i s o . et “I—I can almost convince mys In Santa Claus’ court at one of wiously at the ragged children. As Peggy Hopkins Joyce plays hostess to all the Santa Clauses in New around hi mouth grew deeper, the that T am a great lady toni America’s blg department stores & he saw his wife approaching, the| York at a luncheon in the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria. Luckv no youngsterd he heard a loud grinding of bri Carefully her silver-slippered fect ~fast photographer caught these '""""‘ hildren started on, but not before| were around or there might have been trouble! Pa B Njrerd jescended the nNarrow e| @ipkatn of youthiul sESBPRSS BHEE 'he heard the boy say to his sist . e il Bkl gaescen about their business. They're pic- T8 A use "maghiing suyiHin . s Christ- | he meets on the street. To preven By e Sob must get away quic - t VB DO NS O % aises | this m liquidation, thoughtfu o 5 i y N # : tures you might find in any store in s 3 s TR S aises 1is juids , thoug S PR e i ot bl #ible. What would the unromantic % B PGS Nime of the year. yea A'.un Mez doesn't ev av . persons have now offered a solutiof 0 0ld m.;| He shuifled into he Mr. and Mrs. Jar A Bley fo Banits b SRR cown come 1 saw three | which has worked before and should at as he spoke. - if they saw the Cinderella of their and he probably doesn’t even o ieday? work again, When Junior wonderf wat’s nothing,” the kitchen ar 1 in garments like that daddy and mother aren't here bout so many different kinds of a bit embarrassed. “Bu these? Betty chuckled at the iny more,” and his brave little lip the explanation is that they t pass you up. With t thought. They would think she h ad quivered ! bile today? just hit business, and the rush gone crazy if they found out that The man turned to his wife, who . one could pass up thei ghe had spent a whole month’s had just reached him. “Madge, 100k T r olent r ealary tc rent the things she, at t window. ; so thin | on your knee and repeat the fol to hear you say that. It's wearing, and to buy a ticket for the But her voice was shrill with a y him on the corner to- believed. The fact opera. “But they never will find| hysterical grief, as she exclaimed: | fat in this picture!” u J anta isa vers s % aat s out,” she told herself, as she care- | Oh, Phil, I can’t look at those toy is the season when harassed | busy m he needs lots of belp gay_had a bet a friend about fully closed thg back door behind | Fourkriowsl canit. Whsh e Elsie must think up quick an- | So he has helpers who ask boyt et el her. dead, and we have no ohe to r rvi« stroy Junior’s f thiio :\m,’wrhu\\vm they want in thei Tod Jor T'm At the corner, she waited. for a e SRR | icholas. For Santa Claus. | stockings. F L ded for Dt He i hgda cab. On the way down, she heaxc Shit AuARe. Byt i bt T heans. | gl zer of joy 1(..,3"“‘:»‘ he only trouble Juni erid Ohristinas witi: mobhi the voice of Christmas everywhere We have &oiieone to make's Ohvist-| De @ pest InOmana a sympathebie] : e \duated engincering last She saw its symbols in shop win- mas e " mayor last year ruled that the 1y but papa, why did - I nas for. See those kids there, just| e ‘Sant st leave the hat he really dows: in arches of green and red round i g W Sar must leave the 1y that he reall A e : und the corner? The by brir sighs of re d that he'd be ¢ A strung across the streets. She told o oHlids ok Hag | Retae 7y, DEL sighs of re- e'd be ; St ? be the Christma the Mayne children, whose father| jjo from Mother and Dad. | to bring me a big train set, turned to look at the old m; hi,l]’\”f Iltl‘:m“:r $ L€ daaa hor o and mother were killed in that fac | But in other towns and cities, | lot of toy Jldiers and a drum an Spoke. He aimost swung the 1;, m,i in x“«W ¢ magle her o« tory st month. They're li bapa sestrain gt i) I Lo Why—why you look this daring thi » 1 with their aunt, who already | strangle every red-suited gentleman | Maybe the situation is hopeless! and younger than I thou ridiculous to dress up like a great| “I ghould say ‘no,'” Betty told tous Hidten "ot HeL CiilREnd her| @ 3 ! < A laugh sounded ag lady, but one had to be different at| herself. “I should even tell him e j and her | gty i laugh soun ) 3 husband is only working part time | he b wind e man Christmas. And life had been prefty | the truth about myse Instead et b Bee ' He siia Ko %5 ineaklog Agh i Dok Re dull for Betty since she had to ac-| she accompanied him to the coffee e Q) SIUGHN0 MOre : ¢ was speakir ln, “I'm not s i i 2 % but watched his wife anxiously BEEe 1 m hrou late old, Tod,” he said slowly; “I'm a cept the wor dong shop across the street. She couldn’t Hor 100k of. griet. tarnblkEI; h i A ¢ e St the old fellow § The story of the opera took her| deny herself this one hour of happi- one of questioning and tt . w back el L d (‘um,‘: h ,“‘ y& B y“ . back to a medieval world. In a few | ness. After it was over, well—Betty S0 O0 MUCS-ORRE A U0, Pleas- INEE youth to their shin it bt et e e its atmosphere, so much so that| ther We'll do it!” she exlaimed ir b and the early sparkie 10|club. T made a bet with a fellow she failed to notice that the man ¥ 1 ton ) ediently open or 1 t I wouldn’t have to walk an seated b her ight wae. sending ad- | . Sne alfiost forgol that she wa I heard them tell each othe )y Ne esses have added much 10| hour before I would find the Spirit miring glan in her direction, |PI2Ying a part as they sat together I what they wanted,” Phil said joy their attractivenes: of Christmas. It was rather a crazy When the curtain went up, he|TheY N‘"'xll;‘t‘ }lwllm\r‘ ) much ’m susly iz Tr ; fire in the big glass thing to do, but I happen to b common e ad read dely—the + leaned over and spoke. | > on Christmas morning Sa o %‘ yes of mar rocking horse, too,|rather an eccentric scientist. My I love this,” he said simply s ”“’“" ohe iy ‘” i > were surprised to Discarded PIflY' 1ings Pro Hie lnie loes of wWhoee ipnistiaRERs DRy i N {an inte in 50 many r she - R »on ’, “T do too,” Betty answered, with | ™ 1 auto drive up in front of their . ‘ l f 4 e Ao%. . dangle of.. the Perry Birch!” Tod's eyes wid- a little catch in her voice, It seemed | !Ikedi seemed to be as xomantic | Aunt Meg’s house, and have a fit vide Yule Cheer for B With new paint throwing his|cned in astonishment, and his foot incredible that he was speaking to | ‘“"” visionary: a8+ hersell ;“" he| Her prince was standing in the |big man ask them to go home U f 1 f mahe into brighter relief,|Went off the accelerator, bringing ner. He was really acting as if she | SPOKC 10 W id to indicate (hal B¢ doorway, his evening clothes re- him o dinner. And there, when i nioriunaie Sobdter e i car almost to a standstill be- belonged. By the time the curtain | Wanted to see heragair placed by clean blue overalls. ir off their coats and hat s the as ever e he went on. “Why—why,” he went up again they were calling| Gloom enveloped the world for they found a lovely Christmas ftree hot erica thousanc fliie was “I've been wanting to each other Prince and Princess: | Betty next mc As if to add with a beautiful doll and a perfect- pirited cit artici- 11 my life, I've taking the names of the two leading | to her humiliation and mi a | good-looking face wrinkled in bewil- |1y grand scooter, and new suit | pating in a top industry from whic Tie procedure of ti ¢ i SO et characters on the stage. clogged-up drain was sending 00zy | derment | for Johnnie and a dress for hey make no money, but will bring clunteer organizations varie methods and work for As the great drama moved to its | brown water back into the sink. Her “I—I thonght you were—" he Which made her eyes sparkle with vment in satis- | from city to city. In larger towns, his v grew more em- close Betty tried to hurry away. She | feet dragged across the floor as she | stammered joy morning poticemen and firemen rejuve- j d been hop that didn’t want her Prince to find out | answered the plumber’s & ‘And I—I thought you were: e don’'t want you to go home, 4 and ting tc collected by Bc and | ¢ w I might follow in your what an imposter she was. But he, Then the world spun dizzily Betty gasped in answer. M ars said when the children s. an enterprise that | Girl maller communities ' f¢ . The gest of my had La.k'm hold of her arm. around her for a moment. A rush| When -explanations were ov began to talk about having to go, |flourishes in towns and citie on volunteer ~cooperation. if to become a scientist “Gouldn't we go and have some cof- of joy. of or, lifted her heart.| make believe Prince and Princess after the dinner of turkey and cran- | th the country each No-|Women mak v dresses for dolls, yout fee?” he suggested. “I know I'm Her Princ anding in the | were wondering if Christmas wasn't|berry sauce and all the fixings. “We | 1 December. In d men repair the to | > ::h su;anger u:l _v_mL but—but, it's ' do. :’»\,1‘.\," h evening clothes re-|the very nicest time for a wedding want you to stay, don't we Phil?” yI manual training rooms, Christmas baskets for unfortu ristmas—and—" laced by clean blue overalls, his | ceremony | " “Ind Ager. | ; : L. T e Hie VIED TN BIBL p y clean blue ¢ 1s, hi | coremon | “Indeed we do, for we need a lit- | stations and service club he: nates will have many presents other seria ;-x!( B l:" Y 2 3 ___ !tle boy and girl in our house” |ters, discarded playthings are being|than toys. Each year thousands of B o DRI, ] T Phil Vigar§ replied, with a happy d and repainted communities find means of placin: £ > R G R G R e R Gty s CERIPREAE ] smile on his face. And he added, un- some of these workshops new, candy, nu fruit—and often al ,f% der his breath, as he gave his wife | toys are being fashioned by ingen-| the {stmas din-| America. share ith the Hol; 5«* a mighty hug, “This is a real Christ- | ious amateurs. But in all of them, ner—in each I the small plant from which 5_@""0& Madge. I'm glad that there [busy meérchants and professional mittens and othe |comes the oil that recalls to min R | was plenty of room at this inn.” |men are devoting their spare time finds a ready i""“'\ of 18 centuries ago, when the j g i - |to helping 1ta Claus m sure i larleg. of the first Christmas eve #%| The first steam railway to carry |he bas gifs for y youngster on e 3 | were revealed to shepherds on Beth- public pas > o ; s PERFUMERY lehem’s hills, o | Public passengers was the Stock- | Christmas eve. I ot : i #8 'ton and Darlington in England, | Dolls Get New Dreses ot b yb iy < ¥eom (5is pisnt Which sbowrie flfi opened in 1825. Dol I A Ay aan 10U, er years may be many, |in Minnesota's north woods and oth- 5‘5 : sty aban-{je; the gifts to gr indma be |er places in the United tes, is N ENE YLV VT 0 D ng in heart. Don't w she | taken spikenard, fumed e R T likes perfume? And ket? And |cintment referred to in the King scented soaps? Let her bedslippers [James version of the Bible as used be frivolous as well as warm; rose|to anoint the feet of Jesus velvet lined with fur, and such.| So this small, unassuming plant | And lyer shoulder throw shibuld |played a small part in events which some of [gave us Christmas, most cheerful And le ’n',}idny of nations @ One of the real joys of Yuletide is the opportunity to put aside the routine and customs of every-day business and in real sin- cerity wish our friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. H. B. FOSS CO. “Hello, Santa! Sorry I'm so late but Christmas is just around the ner and I'd like to place my or- der. Bring me a doll, a teddy tear, a tricycle, a toy piano, a bag of can- dy, a new dress and a . . . What's that, Santa? Have I been a good girl? of course 1 have! Er . . . that is, I hope I have.” cor “Look at that doll! Santa WAS here last night, wasn’t he, mummy Guess I must have been a viully good gi this! Brown eyes, dress . . . 'n everyth h Another doll! Kind of hard to get it out. Wonder what J else is in this big stocking 4 maybe it's the candy I ordered from Banta Claus.” . ‘ “Whee-e-e! Some ftricycle Santa 1 left me. There’s so much to play with that I hardly know where ta F: start. Wouldn’t it be nice if Christ~ mas came every day? But maybe that would be too much work for Santa Claus, and, after all, maybe T'd get kind of tired, too.” o o L 4 , E 3 L2 . “Here it is bedtime already. I've had a busy day but I'm really not tired. Better go to bed, though, 'cause mummy says I should . . . and I really ought to be a good girl after this wonderful Christmas. Thanks a lot, Santa Claus!” GARMENT BAGS Completely transparent to show the fripperies they guard against dust and crushing are the new gar- ment bags that zip down the side or the new hat boxes.