The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1941, Page 11

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1941 FOR THE YULE SEASON AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE NEW YEAR May You Receive Packages of Joy Through Railway Express E. J. Harter, Agent RNV VNRENRND SCHOOL GIRLS WILL WELCOME MAKE-UP AIDS' school gus, very serious| good grooming, and very The about fond of sampling all shades of nail |§ polish and lipstick, will welcome something in the cosmetics line for Christmas. { Give her a Lentheric Pink Party set and enjoy the “oh’s and ah’s.’ Any cosmetics counter will have one, Or try a Peggy Sage nail pol ish kit especially prepared for the younger generation. For the sub-deb just learning t feel undressed without a lipstick, | choose a gift that will let her ex- periment with makeup without hid- ing her natural good looks. A kit of basic makeup will do the trick. The bright red cherry tucks nicely into a Christmas stocking. When opened one finds nailpolish, lip- stick and rouge. { A decorative candy cane con- | taining an Elizabeth Arden . sur- prise in the form of talcum and lipstick will win her approval. To make her feel glamorous, give her | a bubble bath set. Appeal to the sub-deb's desire for beauty when Christmas shopping and the whole family will be happy. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, Christmas Anyway With the approach of another Christmas, Britons recall last year's celebrations when they observed the holiday under- ground where they could be safe from Nazi bombers. Mothers and their children gathered in shelters like the one above to celebrate the Christmas season. Last year hostilities were ceased for three days during the Christ- mas observance. Observe Rules When Sending Greeting Cards Definite rules govern the signing of Christmas cards, even though they are the expression of friend- ship and good wishes. It is important that the cards re- flect the degree of intimacy existing between the sender and the recipi- | An air of formality in a card | ent. to a very good friend is as im- proper as an intimate greeting to a | casual business acquaintance. Many persons prefer to select cards sep- arately to find a personal subject and message for each friend. This is an ideal thing to do, but it re- | quires considerable time. Modernfl T;ys Offer Children Varied Appeal Gather in the parlor, folks, and dave a skeet shoot. Or, if you're militarily inclined, be- come a chair strategist with new games “suggested by air and naval warfare and army maneuvers.” You can do either or both and much else, too, according to Santa Claus, whose bag contents reveal just such a va- fila riety of toys for Christmas, 1041, “The desire of adults to forget || wartime jitters in relaxing fun at home is reflected in an increased | demand for easy- il to-play games,” say toy manufacturers. ' sions of bowling, skeet shooting and skeeball are being featured on Christmas toy lists everywhere.” You also can shoot darts with rubber-band guns, build model air- planes, or, if you're the kind that would, swipe junior's miniature sub- marines and watch them dive in the | bathtub. The main point, says Santa Claus, | is that “the American toy industry is geared to give children their full | quota of happy play hours in 1941, unshadowed by war.” That wasn't o in 1014 when Ger- many was the world's greatest toy- | producing coun- | try. American- made toys were a poor substitute. But all that is changed. For the | past 20 years virtually all new | designs and im- provements have | f| been initiated in | the United States’ | 3 toy shops, “ Patriotic and national defense | | themes are carried out in this year's toys. The latter includes coast de- | fense guns and the like, all “'sei- | | entifically tested,” in the interests Gfeelings | ToBe Phoned Over Nafion “Jingle Bells! Jingle bells! Jingle all the way!" | % Like the gay, traditional Yule- | tide ballad, thousands of bells “all|j, the way” over the nation will rmg,‘g 5 CCC R CeCCC oG CCCCCh S out their messages of Christmas | greetings and good wiil | The bells heard these modern |§ days rarely are the sleigh bells of | the well-known tune. They are| the telephone bells, whose rmging?, brings personal greetings from/|( triends and loved ones, often rmm\% I (& ( 1 hundreds and even thousands of | miles away. One of the busiest places in Ju- cau will be the Signal Corps radiotelephone office where scores will probably send out their greet- ings. | “Merry Christmas, Mother!” “Merry Christmas, Father!" “Merry ( Christmas, Aunt Min and Uncle BRPRRRRBREBRRG GREETINGS BAILEY’S COCKTAIL LOUNGE CHRIS BAILEY and JOE THOMAS ¢ OPOOOCLOCCOGoS Joe!"” 1 And Christmases are made hap- pier and' more merry throughout the land as children call parents and parents greet children through the medium which scoffs at dis- tance . Uncle Joe and Aunt| Minnie. receive vocally the hearty best wishes of nieces and nephews.| . . Grandmother and Grandfather | hear voices of their children’s | children. . . . old friends exchange | cheering words of the season | TIES, SOK, SPEAK FOR SELVES BUT MORE QUIETLY Once upon a time Christmas ties, | sox and even lounging robes, came in colors so violent that the recipi- ents had half a mind to use them | for (1) flagging trains, (2) dress- | ing for masquerades or (3) fright- friendship: sand yec i Each Christmastime it gives us a great deal of pleasure to extend our best wishes and renew our pledge of loyalty to those whose friendship ening little children. Handwritten signatures are writ- B! omd ten different than names on formal- | ly engraved cards. ‘When signing ¥ your name, it is best not to include of society. | Now come the Juneau stores There will be the usual scientific | yiep, ties in patterns and colors to| tays, dolls, and things-on-wheels, but 0,50 the most fastidious, sox that | with improvements. - In the first-cab-| o thejr wearers 'proud to.have ~ ALASKA MUSIC SUPPLY we cheri We say now, with utmost fervor- and -sincerity, may your Christmas be truly happy and abounding in 1sness o James C. Cooper and Staff Certified Public Accountants SESPINEUNEE F A S S S8 TS S e PR S e i | GREETINGS With Sincere Good Wishes for the ComingYear. titles—that is, do not put “Mr."” or “Mrs.” before your name. .When names are engraved, however, they achieve a more formal tone and therefore require titles. The only exception to this is the single man whose name is never preceded by | a “Mr.” even though it is engraved on the card. Married couples writing informal cards to friends are faced with seve eral -special problems. definite rule which tells whose name stands first, but if the names are written by hand it is better for the one who signs them to write his or | her own name last. When the name ~ | is printed on the card it is imma- | terial whether the husband’s or the | wife’s name comes first. | A very nice signature for a family | would be, “From the George Karps iv | —all five.” It there are only three | in" the family it 'would be equally | suitable to write, ‘“John, Mary and | the Baby.” It is entirely proper to sign your | name alone when sending cards to a business acquaintance whom your | wife (or husband) does not know. In this case the card is addressed to the business acquaintance alone, | even though he or she is married. | Cards sent to a good friend, even though he is not known by your hus- | band or wife, may be signed with | both your. names. Whenever doubt arises concerning | | the manner in which a Christmas card should be addressed or signed, | use your own sense of good taste. THRIFT CO-OP Phone 767 Phone 767 After all, the mere fact you are sending a card is an expression of | friendship, and as a result almost any errors you may make will be completely overlooked. Superstitions Surround ‘Powers’ of Christmas | There is a Scottish belief that to be born on Christmas is to have the power to see spirits and even to command them. Sir Walter Scott says that the Spaniards attributed the haggard and downcast looks of | Philip II to the terrible.visions he was able to see because he was born on Christmas. French peasants believe that ba- bies born on Christmas have the | gift of prophecy. In Silesia a baby born on Christ- mas will become either a lawyer or a thief. In middle Europe it is said that if | a baby is born at sermon time Christmas eve, someone in the house will die within the year. English mothers used to take sick babies to the door. Christmas eve | midnight. Mary was expected to pass with the Christ Child. If the baby recovered, it was a sign that | it had been touched by Christ, with | healing fingers, and if it died, the Christ Child had called the baby to be His playmate in heaven. There is no | | purpose. | 20 pounds butter 4 partridges egory is a microscope using a roid light; in the second, China maid. ens with .““Hollywood glamour: set- coifture”; and in the third, motor- ized army equipment of the ‘“latest designs.” ! Defense isn’t the only government function reflected in toy designs. The FHA'’s influence is apparent in a new double-decker bunk calculated *‘to eliminate crowding in doll houses.” | Use of Yule Crib It was St. Francis of Assisi who gave the Crib the tangible form in which we know it today. In 1228 | he visited Rome and told Pope Hon- | orius 11T his plans of making a scenic representation of the place of the Nativity. The Pope gave his sanc- tion and on Christmas eve, St. Fran- cis constructed a crib and grouped round it the figures of the blessed Virgin and St. Joseph, the ass and ox, and the shepherds. He used .live animals in a real stable. i The custom spread from Italy to Spain, Portugal, France, the Nether- lands and Germany, and from these countries it has spread to all corners | of the earth. | Museums throughout the world | possess very ancient cribs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, has a group which dates from | before 1478. g i The custom of placing: cribs out ! of doors as Christmas decorations in the yard has become popular the | past few years. | Huge Christmas Feasts ‘ Served in Old Castles | { Christmas dinners seryed in me- dieval castles were in reality | “teasts.” The meal lasted -usually | from three in the afternoon until | | midnight. { | One of the dishes always on the | | table was meat pie. In delving into history we find that Sir Henry Grey in England ordered one baked that was nine feet in circumference. It weighed 165 pounds and was served | from a four-wheel cart built for the \ St. Francis Started | Here's the recipe:’ 2 bushels flour 6 snipes 2 neat’s tongues 2 curlews 6 pigeons and 7 blackbirds 4 geese 2 rabbits 4 wild ducks 2 woodcocks Making a Doll Buggy The amateur carpenter of the| family can make a doll carriage easily and cheaply. A jumbo grape basket may be fastened on wooden | axles for wooden wheels. Handles Chimney and Santa | It is reported that Santa’s custom | of coming down the chimney on Christmas eve stems from an old English notion—that sweeping down the chimney at New Year’s was nec- essary so that good luck could en- ter in, | e SANTA CLAUS DOES NOT SMOKE-—PERHAPS Santa Claus, can be made from discarded yard- sticks or window-shade sticks, with | a piece of broomstick for a hand | rest. Paint any desired color, and | mother, aunt or sister will be glad | to make a pad for the inside. It! makes a dandy Christmas gitt for | any little girl. —— CHRISTMAS BOXES Santa Claus limits himself to simple benevolences. He: cannot be! perhaps, doesn’t expected to make.an espgcial fav- smoke—or he would be better in- orite of the police and provide formed on the quality of cigars. solutions for all the mysteries. P " ‘their ankles seen (remember "how you used to try tc hide your feet behind the rungs of & chair-), and robes that make evenings at home by the fire a pleasure instead of a nightniare, 2 ————e ART and LILLIAN UGGEN ©. .. CHRISTMAS 2]