The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 9, 1940, Page 2

-Rne Pt —————————— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 9, 1940. GANTKILLER Y SIGRID ARNE Santa in his great sleigh packed | with gifts. The Fairy Queen flying t his side. And the sea gull flying head to tell her father. | Neptune sailed out to meet m in his most beautiful boat. Ihe sails are of crimson silk. The lecks are of pearl, Wind fairies loat about it singing songs. The *k is 5o long that Santa's sleigh nd reindeer settled easily down on it, The Plan | Neptune sat on a throne and him stood the young prince. mermaid dropped her sea dress and curled up on the father’s feet. | her Now said the Fairy Queen to he prince, “you . will forget your, 3 with Neptune. You will be t son of a fisherman and when AND THERE HE SAW A STRANGE SIGHT. Al Rights R ved side the boat AP Feature e ul,” she cried, “because you —3 have set me free I can grant your CHAPTER ONE dearest wish, I am King Nep- The Fishermzn and the Mermaid tune’s oldest and favorite daugh- Ihere was once a fisherman who Ler. lived in @ warm and pretty coun- . “Oh, sweet mermaid,” cried Sani| try with his young, blonde wife, anxjousgly, “could you send Inga who wus called Inga. Their gray and me a son? stone -house stood on a hill and “Go back to your cottage and their garden ran down {o the sea wait," .she cried, and disappeared They ~would have been Very gy went home totell Inga the happy but they had no children good news, And the mermaid And they wanted A son VeIV Jye o gireak {o the great sea badly | of coral where King Neptune lives But T shall tell you how tihey - Neptune listened (o his daugh-| ger a 1y e son, indeed, and ter’s story and smiled. And this is how af many adventures he why he smiled: i became king For a hundred years he had had It happened one Chrisimas Eve. a visitor, A young prince from| T s 3 Saul, the fisherman, stayed out in the kingdom wfim Su\l?] and Tnga| CHAPTER THREE his boat long after sunset that Jjved. The prince’s boat had ;;oue"“le Babies Are Left in New Homes day because he hoped to find a down in a storm one night when| It was just a few minutes berm'v‘ pearl to give Inga for her Christ- Neptune ws very angry. T he|midnight when. the,prince and the mas present. He cast his nets many meymaids had found him _and | mermaids were changed into tiny, i prought him. to Neptune’s castle.|new babies, Santa chuckled down The last time they were He had lived there quietly ever @t them, Neptune looked sad that {remely heavy, Saul tugged and since, He had growr no older bui| bis favorite daughter was leaving. struggled until the mnets hung he had always longed to go hack | And the Fairy Queen .wrapped the clear of the water at the side of his boat. And there he saw a strange sight. In the nets lay a beautiful mermaid. Her long, green hair hung about her, And her ter lgoked unhappy. She d, "Ilf"This will ecarry you anywhere in's slender tail flashed silvery-white is right. But I shall iss _him | the water.” And he put a big, glow-' as she lashed about trying to get more than anyone in our king-|ing pearl in the girl baby’s hand free of the net dom,” jand said, ‘Look into this when you “Please let me go,” she cried to Neptune patted her hand. But|are puzzled and it will tell you Saul he looked puzzled. | what the future will bring.” Now there have been fishermen The Sea Guil | ‘Then from. across the water who have taken mermaids pris- “We can give him gifts of thelthey heard the bells begin to ring. oner, and brought them to town. sea. Bul how can we aid him on|rt was midnight. “Ho, hum,” sa:d babies in soft rose petals, Neptune - pulled, from his pocket la tiny, white sea shell and put it !in the boy baby's hand. He said.| to the land. “Now 18 visitor the home tune. And then he saw his daugh- time again,” to send our said Nep- the land? We must ask help, and|ganta as he got up. “Time to be But mermaids soon die away from the sea. Saul had a kind heart and since this is Christmas Eve, some| off Neptune, come see me this the mermaid was so pretty that one must go to Santa Claus.” | summer when the ice melts.” he couldn’t think of hurting her “Let me,” said the mermaid, “I| Neptune promised and _nelped :';n),“.\lwmzn:x(%‘:}h]o;).«n:d l)lu:s ‘nv[l,:: wnllnb("ht:elfevand. b:lLk ;a;/mle DO| gonta to. get into his sleigh and v dropped back into the water mor an five waves roll up oni oo ihe pabies . safely beside and Saul could see the mermaid’s the beach. him, Then Santa cracked his long tail flash in the waves she “Please go,” said Neptune. “But L leaped about glad to be free. whip, the reindeers rose into the hurry. It is nearing midnight.” air_and . his. sleigh . flew over the ul sighed and said to him- So the mfl'mmd rose to the top water to the villages on tae self, “No pearl tonight, I may as of the sea. There she changed mto\\_hmp well go home to dinner.” a great, gray sea gull that flew| 3 Had Made a Cradle The Wish through the sky swifter than the Santa went first that night to But then he heard the mermaid winds ‘Rlu was headed for San the cottage of Saul and Inga. calling to him. He leaned over the ia’s toyland at the North Pole There were candles glowing in ail b and saw her swimming alons- | But she was sad. Bt i et o g saw they were so excited they CHAPTER TWO Santa Visits Neptune sea | In a twinkling the gray “Gracious,” said Santa, I know gull was circling over the talll that prince and I'm glad he is go- chimneys of Santa’s toyland. It|ing back to the land, His people flcated down to a window and hit' ~7»1 him. Let me call the Faix the pane three times with its Queen”” beak The Fairy Queen, . Santa was sitting at the fire- He blew a silver whistle, Sud- side smoking his long, ivory pipe. denly there was 2 gojden flash in A tired gnome was curled up in hi; lap asleep. Mrs. Santa was sew- ing a doll's dress. All the dolls were asleep in their cribs, But the fairies danced merrily around the Christmas _tree. Sanfa _ran,. quickly across the couldn’t sit still. They had made a cradle of a big basket and filled it with soft while shawls. As they hurried into the kitchen Santa slipped into the living room |and gently put the little boy baby in . the cradle. In one hand the baby held the Fairy Queen’s locket which would grant him three wishes. And in the other he held Neptune's sea shell which would carry hi m anywhere on the water. Then Santa slipped out and rode Santa dropped some peppermlnci candies in his pocket. And the | party was off. you are 21 you must set out 0 a year's adventures to prove yo are worthy of being king, Here 1 a locket. Never open it excep’ when you are in_danger. Thre times it will grant your wish She waved her sceptre and the prince was gone. Instead ther lay in Santa’s arms a tiny, net baby boy. Then the mermaid spoke. “Goo Queen, let me become a land maiden. I shall not be happy hex without the prince.” “I will grant your the Fairy Queen, “But ens grow old. Do you still wish,” sai land maid wish t | go?” “Yes, if T can some day,” said the mermaid. “Very well” said the Fair) Qugen, She waved her sceptre secor time, and a tiny new gir kaby lay in Santa’s arms find the princ away across the sky. He knew just where he wanted to leave the little girl baby. He planned to give her to the good, gray Queen who want- ed a little daughter so badly that she had fitted out a nursery. But it stayed empty. So each Christmas she sent out baskets of fruit to all the children in her kingdom which a black syrup was cooking. She . dipped three bottles into filled them, and handed one each to her sons. “This,” she said, “is a secret brew, Keep it. When you want ‘o make people your slaves, just Jut, a drop of my brew in the.r wells.” Rejoiced At Her Death She died. And the sohs were 50 evil that they were glad théir nother w: dead. Th quarreled intil they were tired. Then they vent to sleep. lifferent, There was one giant who thought 2e was the sun. He liked to walk about the mountains pretending sverything that saw him blinked at his splendor. He had a stomach like a barrel ind no hair at all. His big hands wng almost to the ground. He sicked up every shiny stone he aw_and hung it around his neck. Then thers was the giant who ;anted to build a wall as, high as the sky, He spent all day in ne mountains, pushing rocks loose nd rolling them down into the alle He always, meant to build he wall, but he was too lazy. He nly made trouble for the farmers hillsides. little sharp eyes like a wore a muffler around warmest days be- of catching m the He had ig and he 1is neck on the ause he was afraid cold Then there was the giant 10 blood in his veins and no h n his breast. He thought he h: 1 very fine voice. But when he tried to sing he sounded like an old crow, because, you see, one must have a warm heart to sing well. This giant hated all the birds, because they sang so béau- tifully He made himself a slingshot and went around trying to /kill everything that had a song. Angered by Snickers The giants lived that way, quar- reling with each other, for 21 years. | Then one day the giant who thought he was the sun walked through the kingdom of the good, gray Queen, He walked with his chin in the air, waiting to hear | some one say how splendid he was. | Instead, the people snickered and | then laughed right out loud. That made the giant so angry he rushed back to his brothers and said, “Now is the time to use 1 rt Santa flew straight to her castle.|that brew our wicked mother He saw the Queen in the kitchen|gaye us. I have found a kingdom watching her servants fill fruit|that laughed at me.” baskets for children. So Santa| “Where is it?” said the giant ipped quickly upstairs and put|who wanted to build a wall as the little girl baby in the nurs-|high as the sky, ery crib. The child held.in her| “I'll make them say I have the tiny left hand the pearl that would tell her what the future held, Then Santa rode away |h‘rough‘ the sky, chuckling at the prises he had left behind. rode all night. He whisked and down chimneys, leaving dolls and toy wagons and balls and| necklaces and big glistening Christmas trees. Just as dawn streaked the sky he left his last gift for the year. It was a gold| watch for a boy who had been! very good to a blind man down the street. Mrs, Santa Was Waiting | Then Santa turned his sleigh| home through the sky. He rushed home to tell Mrs. Santa all thel news. She was so excited she had| stayed up all the night. She had a big pot of chocolate and a plate sur- of cookies waiting for him, You| The women will meet again on operated by Billy Geddes, 18. see, it isn't very often that Santa| can give real live babies as! Christmas gifts. | Santa drank all the hot choco- late and ate all the cookies. When he had finished he chuckled and said, “It will ke fun to watch those babies grow. I shall visit them each Christmas Eve. I am sure they will both he happy.” But right then on a mountain top there were three giants who would mean trouble for the prince and the mermaid. She told him the story of the prince, and of Saul and Inga. the air.and on his hand stood a tiny Jady no thller than a blade of grass. She wore a gleaming dress and carried a little sceptre that ¥ | flashed like diamonds. She was CHAPTER FOUR the Fairy Queen. “I heard the Sons story,” she said. The Wifch cf Hates Three Giant | i - room and threw open the window “And I am glad to help Neptune. when he heard the three taps. In| But let us go see the lad. You are fiew . the, gea gull . It seftled on going down to the world tonight Santa’s shoulder, and he walked anyway, Santa, to decorate all the back.,lo the, fireplace. Christmas _trees.” : The three giants were very ill- ‘empered. They were brothers, but they didn’t like each other, Each iried to pretend he was the most important giant in the world. _“Well, well”, he said, “what “Fine, fine,” said Santa. In a W Neptune's daughter here on|twinkling the topshop was in an Ever” .'ke?:nned the . mermaid 2 cand his white fur gloves, Mrs. I They were the three sons of the witeh of hate. She hated the world ‘ggu .see, Banta uproar, Gnomes dashed ougside to[because every time she flew near| [fairy world o well that harness Santa’s twelve reindeer.{a mirror she saw how ugly she she was dying she called her ugly ror.she could find. y -« N turn a bare field into a field of flowers, “Humph, I can do that,” said the witch. She tried it. Noth- ing happened except that green snakes crawled out of holes all over the field. People ran away in horror and set nets over the chimneys to catch the witgh. at Santa pulled on his coat, his cap|was She used to break every mir-!sons about her. Beside her couch chikan to Inood .@ big, iron cauldron in He| up| Once she saw the Fairy Queen‘ She grew very old and when q finest vyoice in the world,” said the giapt without a heart, TOMORROW: The witch’s spell. 2 iani: L scogeps Sutendil Catholic Daughters - | Will Take Canned Food fo Meeting | Catholic Daughters are asked to ' DESH)E“]"S lEG take canned food to their meeting tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Parish Hall. The shower being held for the Christmas ba: kets, Smaller cans will be appre- ciated in baskets to single persons, Mrs. Walter, Hellan announced, Thursday, at the home of Mus. George Simpkins to complete the before-Christmas . quota of their Red Cross sewing. | e Ladies' Aid Plans Christmas Baskets Arrangements were made to pro- vide Christmas baskets for two needy families when the Lutheran' Ladies Aid .met Friday for their last meeting. until the new year. Those who wish to contribute are asked to send donations to the chureh where a . committee will make, up the baskets. Also at the meeting repairs to the church were discussed and provided for. A report of the ba- zaar showed that it was highly successful and the ladies voted io express appreciation to all those who made it a _sugcess. 'MONTANA CAVE-IN KILLS BROTHER OF T CHANMEL WOMAN A radio-telephone.. message . Ye- | ceived. late Saturday = afternoon oy | Mrs. C, H. Groves told of the deaih Ior the brother of two Channel | women in the cave-in of a sma'l | mine near Sheridan, Mont. Mrs, Henry. Wood and son, Nor- man, of Douglas and Mrs. H. R, Sprague, of Juneau, sisters of the victim,, sailed yesterday forenoon on_the Princess Norah bound for the family home in Sheridan. Thyy will return to Juneau in about six | weeks. While they are south, Muys. C. H. Groves, a cousin, will care for the Sprague children. i e — | MINERS INSPECTOR IN . FROM POLARIS-TAKU Charles Graham, British Colum- !bia Mines Inspector for the north- ern division,. came in from Tulse- uah, yesterday after a brief inspec- trip. He will fly south to. Xet- the Prince Rupert there Wednesday. | | out of Now the three giants were quite b L BEALE SC0OPS " HIMSELF OVER FILM SHOWING one thing to get ¢ ancther when you self 1d Charlie Beale can tes- tfy tc that, whin the anncunce- ment was given oul Saturday that he had.a, special film, showing| the actual conwcrtiops and final| eakup of th» Tacoma Narrows| Bridge, more apprepriately vallmli “Leaping Lena.” Mr. Beale had the film schedul to show at. the Captiol Theatre Wed- nesday and Thursday, with the ul-| timate idea of a bi2 sccop, when| kehold, it happened., The news reel, now showing at the Capitol Thea- It s Lut it tre along wit the picture, “The Dector Takes a Wife,” contained ac- tual filming of the crack-up and contortions of the huge disaster near Tacoma. The recl wis at the Capi- {c] several days previous tu i showing but Mr. Beale was unaware f it, and he scooped himself by n ewing what the recl had to, offer, but lcecal movie fans can see it today and tomorrow. R - | MORTINSEN IS AT | GEORGE BROTHERS Ralph Mottineén, hew produce de- | partment manager at Ge | ers Super Market, who ployment at the local morning has been in Alaska ¢ ten years now, and will be regula employed in the produce dey ment. | Mr. Mortinsen claim2d consider- able notoriety on arriving in Al- aska some ten years ago when he| riled his own home-made boat alkene from his home town, at Ta- | coma, to Juneau. | It took him 39 days to make th| trip in his 15-foot boat, and he re- ports he had a pretty tough trip for an amateur. Mortinsen said: “It rained about half the w which made it quite miserable in an open boat.” | store th Mr. Mortinsen, who lives in| Douglas, is married and has 2 daught Carol An;P:rwm Is Two Years Old Little Miss Carol Ann Prewitt, who is two years old today, had her birthday celebration yesterday at the family home at 827 West Elev- enth Street. Five little friend at- tended the party and shared the large white birthday cake trimmed with two dainty blue candles. Indoor | pictures were taken of the group. | Those present were Sandra Shirk, Buddy Tucker, Laurine Shaw, Jay Braun, John Hermle, Jr., and honor guest. the | YOUNG HIGHWAY BROKEN IN CRASH| Chester Barneson, 18, suffered a broken leg and other less serious injuries Saturday afternoon when he was struck by an automobile Barneson was crossing the Gla- cier Highway at his home near the Juneau Shotgun Club when he was struck. He is at St. Ann's Hos- pital. r . Mrs. Redman Gives Bridge Luncheon Mrs. H. C. Redman was hcste;s Saturday afternoon with a bridge luncheon. Three tables were in play | with Miss Elma Olson, high, and Mrs. Jack Finlay, second. Miss Nell McCloskey, who did not play, was | given the consolation prize. | Mrs. V. W. Mulvihill South for Holidays Mrs. V.. W. Mulvihiil, wife of the | Canadian Pacific ‘Steamship agent, sailed south on the Princess Norah {for a visit, over the holidays wich‘ ther parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.| Schelund, at Gresham, Oregon. Mr. Mulvihill will return to Juneau af- ter the first of the year. Group Will Discuss - Missions of Alaska Wih“‘H}sbo}'v of Ahilia s | sions” as the topic for discussion, the Alaska Study Group of the Ju- ! neau Women’s Club will meet to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the | Penthouse. All members-and others | interested are asked to attend. | R S 0 DOCTOR RETURNING Dr. Earl C. Albrecht, who has been taking post-graduate work at New York in obstetrics and pedia- tricts, is réturning late this month . his post as Medical Director of | the Matanuska Valley Hospital. | | | | | ' | _COME, IN and see our New Gift Basement.—Channel Apparel Shop. " adv. THE WEATHER ' (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT DF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU :30 pan., Dec. 9: in temperatur Forecast for Junean and vicinity, beginning at Showers tonight and Monday, no. much change gentle to moderate southeasterly winds. , Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partly cloudy south portion; rain | or snow showers north portion toaight; Tuesda howers wilh snc or rain in extreme north portion aid s in muntains; not much || change in temperature; gentle t) moderate variable winds, becom- moderate to fresh southeastery in sounds and straits rtherly in Lynn Canal M n Forccast of winas along the st of the Gulf of &lasks Dixon Entrance to pe Spencer, putly cloudy with local moderate to fresh southerly to soithwesjerly winds, becoming fresi to strong southeasterly winds Tues lay; Cape Spencer to Cape Hin- rly to south- southeasterl chinbrook: local rain or snow, modsrate to fresh sou easterly winds, becoming fresh to s.rong o TFuesday; Cape Hinchinbrook to Re urr Y Rain ar snow, fresh ( easterly to northeasterly winds; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: rain or snow, fresh to strong easterly t)» southeasterly winds LOCAL DATA Time Barometer 1emp. Humidity Wind Velocity ~ Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.99 399 69 E . | Cloudy 4:30 am. today 30.19 39.1 82 SE 10 Lt. Rain Noon today 3042 41.1 77 6 Lt. Rain RADIO REPORT! TODAY Max. tempt. | Lo yest 4:80am, Precip. 1 Station last 24 hours | te up. temp. 24 hour ‘ Barrow -1 | t -2 1 Fairbanks 2 | 0 2 Sno Nome 12 -1 11 w § Dawson 16 | 9 10 ¢ Anchorage 28 23 2 Snow Bethel 12 2 -2 I Pt. Cldy | St. Paul 29 5 02 Clo : Dutch Harbor 38 15 Drizzle ; Wosnesenski 41 16 rd ‘ Kanatak 39 0 \ Kodigk .7 0 2 , Cordova 40 66 Juneau 41 A6 fi Sitka 44 14 Ketchikan 46 10 f Prince Rupert 44 19 Pt. Cldy Prince George 41 0 Cloudy Seattle 52 14 Fogey Poytland 51 13 Foggy San 0 .. 67 0 Pt. Cldy WEATIHER SYNOPSIS Rain or snow was falling this morning from Juneau to Anchor- 8 age and Fairbanks and over the A ian. Islands to King Cove and from the Seward Peninsula to St. Lawrence Island; partly cloudy (o cloudy skies prevailed generally els:where over Alaska. Rain or snow had fallen during the previous 2% hours from Southeast Alaska to Wiseman and Kodiak Island, and at a few stations from the Aleu- tian Islands to the St. Lawrence Island and the Seward Peninsula The greatest amount of precipitajion was .65 inch which was re- corded at Cordova. The lowest tem ure reported this morning was minus four degrees which occarred Barrow tlered clouds to overcast with local light showers, moderately low gs and good visibilities were reported this morning cver the Ju u-Ketchikan airway. ‘The Monday morning weather chart indicated relatively low pres- sure in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea. and low pressure cc ter of 992 millibars (20.29 inches) was located at 42 degrees north and.g 159 degrees third low center 1007 millibars (.74 at north, 133 west. High pressure of (3041 inches) was centered al 1- of degrees west a 32 1031 degrees millibars west. 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