The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1941, Page 10

PAGE TWO _ —————————————————— Season’s Greetings ) ] 1] Highway BDeliver H. R. "“Shorty” WHITFIELD Celebrated Chrisimas, Captain Scott and their way prated Chrisbmds day by baving a | hy washing their shirts. On another ‘occasion after short rations tHey 'kept Christmas day by consuming such luxuries as raisins and cliocolates for their bre dulged in fou¥ colirses. First of 1, there wa full ‘whack of pem- nican, with'slices of horse meat, with onjon and curry 1 and thickened with biscult; cn arrowroot cocoa and biscuit, weetened, then plum pud- then cgeoa with raisins, and finally o dessert of caramels and ginger After all this” says Scott, “it was difficult to’ move. Wilson and T couldw’t finish our share of h h he plum pudding. We felt thor- ushiy warm and slept splendidly.” SPENDTHRIF INTIMENT 1f thefe ever a time when we should be in - sen- 7 timent, it. is at Christma l. ..... X }: g & / @ 4 I/ % 4 g g @ ) & g 0 g 4 / 4 ; o 4 ¢ @ g @ 9 “ j b4 @ ; 4 g @ i HARRY RACE @ DRUGGIST : ! O OO ONOOTODONOE T D D o N NN o o oo oV o oo oo NOONoNoNoNo o oNoNoNoN N o¥oNs Qlive Ve MOST BEAUTIFUL LOW PRICE CAR! 'ENJOY NEW ECONOMY. WITH 95 H.P. % | Now oV EE m B e S Ve eee/ # rbasenascalit Pole Bound his men on| to the: Pole once cele-| in ‘a ‘cupful of water "each being on | :fast and Yor supper they in-| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA HOLIDAY HOSTESS HINTS A large, festive cake will- con- fer upon any Christmas batiquet a Yuletide air that is quite’ dis- tinetive. Individual cakes help too. M When carving turkey, first gut through the leg, crack the joint, and then disjoin the leg from the turkey. Cut the breast in medium thick slices, not in chunks. . Use a sharp knife. .« e Turnips make an excellent gay- nish. Cook until tender, cool gnd scoop out the insides. Spread with butter and fill with cubed, sea- soned beets. Reheat and surround the fowl platter. ‘e e It you spill pumpkin filling over the edge of the crust it is likely 1o burn during baking. Avoid this by pouring only part of the filling into the crust, put it in the oven, then pour in the balance of. the flling. x New Ideas Foster: LA ) ] Spirit of Christmas At Christmas time ideas are roore ‘important than ever—amusing ideas ;to keep. minds from too stern reali- }lies; clever ideas to maké money- saving a pleasure; ideas to Stress the old; old Christmas spirit of ‘joy and reverence and gay family gath- | erings. Get the family into the spirit of an old-fashioned Christmas with all helping — *'deck the hall with boughs of hally,” ring in the yule log. If you have no fireplace, then ilet the yule log become a center- fired berries, pine L “*" cones, acorns for that home-made Christmassy look. Grandmother’'s festoon of cedar boughs tied with a big red bow still holds more genuine Christmas spirit _ than the most expensive artificial | decorations. { But it your family demands'a | | change from the too-familiar, sug- gest they invent decorations. Maybe they want a red, white and blue Christmas. Red barn paint and blu- | , ing are still cheap. ' For packages, for mantelpieces— ! think how many everyday things are already red, white or blue, or how €asily things may be enameled or dyed. Paint or dip pine cones, sticks and dark things in enamel or show card colors, Dye pipe-cleaners, lit- tle flufly feathers, dried grasses. A package with red, white and blue feathers tied”in with the bow, a Christmas tree decorated solely with balls of cot- ton, bright red, white and blue— 1 they can’t be beat. Strew white and blue stars around; decorate §i§jt: with candy canes | erossed saber- wise and tied with a big blue = bow. Make huge imitation candles of mailing tube or stove pipe 9r | logs, covéred as you please, | are fine for outside the door gr by the fireplace. s ... Whatever you do, hide your solerh- nity with old-fashioned gim'i)fejpi- ety . . . make it a serious] i portant family Christmas! : 7 e afiuh ol i i ¢ y seems. to enjoy her pre- | Christmas party. Her favdrite J er toy glll —of course—was ‘monkey doll.” First Christmas Tree the first Christmas tree appears in literature. It is thought that the cus- ! tom of using Christmas trees in Ger- many spréad from Strassburg. When Queen Victoria married Prince Albert, he introduced the Christmas tree custom into Eng- land. 4 “From the. early emigrants of Ger: many and England was derived the custom of the Christmas iree in | Amgitca. - \ TRUE SPIRITY OF CBRI§TMAS It is \‘w'ell to be benevolent and | to seek out, the needy and distress- ed and relieve their necessities. This is indeed a true spirit of Christmas. In Strassburg, Germany, in 1604, ' To. Decorate Tree | 5 Child development experts ‘hat children will enjey Christmas more if they help in getting the house ready for the coming of old | Saint Nick. One of the most.impor- tarit duties, especially to a child, is that of decorating the tree. A little boy or girl will love the opportunity to . cut out cardboard say | stars, then dip them into a thick mixture of water and laundry starch chifldren couldn’t budge the huge Christmas tree selected for their | schoolyard — but they had a good time trying to help. . | and finally, sprinkle them with ar- | tificial snow. Small gourds, seed pods and pine cones can be treated in a like manner, after they've been painted with quick-drying enamel, or with aluminum paint. Much pleasure will be derived by | a child if he or she is allowed to | make strings of cranberries, pop- corn or small pieces of stale bread | to haig on a special Christmas tree | for the birds. Later children can | string them about a shrub or tree in the front yard, and watch the birds enjoy Christmas, too. { Santa Claus, Ind., | Attracts Volumes Of Christmas Mail About 75 years ago the people of 2 community in Tndiana applied for a post office, asking Santa Fe'as a | name. There already was a post of- fice by that name In Indiana, and since it was a short time before | Christmas, the people decided to name the town Santaclause, in one word. In 1938 the name was changed to two words, Santa Cla Since then letters from all over the world have come in, until now it takes a force of about eight people through No- vember and December to handle the Christmas mail with a new electric canceling machine. About 60,000 pieces a day are dispatched around Christmas. A Santa Claus headquarters is maintained where thousands of tour- | ists and visitors buy gifts and post cards. During the Christmas week, PASTEBOARDS Every Child Likes §( ARD TABLES Juneay hever pernaps nad such a tables as are now and the price is ¢f all. What is ) host and guest ! to bring out a nice card table n an evening for playing? Cards—t asteboards that go with a gooc —are of Ml kinds h € and plain, but il ser Ther the ash trays | for ti ible or the agh stand > place ide the card table | These are just suggestior o those wi 1y cat And don’t forget the poker chips, also score Care > OBSERVE CHRISTMAS RIGHT No Christmas is rightly celebrat- hich |} i i of MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY NEW YEAR Snap Shoppe Trevor Davis Santa Claus, in full uniform ang long whiskers, presides. Although thi the world bea places have na the Yule holiday Christmas island, in the Pacifig ocean, is so named because Captaid Cook landed there Christmas day 1777, Five communities in the United States are named for this holiday. There is Christmas in Gila coun- ty, Arizona; Orange county, Flor- ida; Lawrence county, Ken Bolivar county, Mi: i Roane county, Tennessee. Minnesota boasts of a lake by ty» name of Christmas. It is located Scott county. ng this name, othe: \es associated with +‘What did your mpther say ‘when I didn’t come home until late last night?” * #She said, ‘Just wait until after Christmas. I'll fix him." " Poinsettia Lacks Yule Tradition The poinsettia has no Christmas | ‘tradition. ~Possessing beautiful red and green leaves (the flowers them- selves being the small yellow cen- ters), ‘and being available at this season, the brilliance and color of is plant add much to Christmas decorations. The plant is native to Central America and Mexico and was adapted some years ago to cul- tivation by Dr. Poinsett of Charles- ton, S. C. It is distinctly modern and American. SANTA CLAUS JS POPULAR “Dat gn''man Mistas Santa Claus,* said “Uncle Eben, - “is sho’ popular. Nobody else could carry arcund so much, valuables wif'out sooner or later being’ hijacked.” is the only town in May this Christmas be one of Joy and Huappiness followed ' " by a New Year of Prosperity. WHAR Yo (=2r T e SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, | / K. B. FOSS CO. Architeets The ALASKA DOCK and STORAGE Co. E-COAL - STORAGE - - e