The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1941, Page 15

. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1941 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE —JUNEAU, ALASKA SECTION THREE PAGES 1 TO 6 e T T I AT T L U LT R S GE T T (T L ST I T e S O e L P P g s ] B QeeRaees + MERRY CHRISTMAS - paaocecaces PRFRPPRR IR FAANFANRI FIGGRFTR FRRPRFEORIPPRORBRIIIFRPPPOPTEIOGREIARPOGI ) 7’ ) ; What is more joyous than the Spirit of Christmas? I rounds the circle % ofthe year and ushers in ifs season with the jingling bells of fine hilarity. It 2 rings the chimes of olden melodies and cass a spell of happy reverence. @ Chrisimas is universal. It brings and gives fo everybody. Youth and ¢ age frolic fogether. Rich and poor, alike, rejoice. Rulers are remembered ¢ and beggars are nof forgotten. 1 fills the homes of Christendom with the rar- i y g SR 2 ) ¢ eshjoysof life. The children laugh and shout. Youth revels in giffs and giv- T sy e ; ”‘ bR S 4 ing. Father straightens his shoulders under a lighter burden. The flush of 2 i ¢ youth and beaufy come again to maternal love and mother is queen of the % Christmas time. Grandmother forgels her cares and grows young again. % Grandfather shares the joys of his children and grandchildren. @ On Christmas day the blind see; the deaf hear; the dumb sing; the lame % walk, and the friendless find a friend. Hovels catch the spirit of the palace % and fireless hearths glow with warmth again. On that day the poor are rich % and the rich have pleasures that money does nof buy. The sick drink sun- % shine with their cordials and seem fo feel the cerfainty of returning health. ntin ; .Y fg Unstayed by locks and bars, Christmas flows even into prison cells. "‘:@‘\wz.\‘.fiifli‘\\\."{?\“:&\" .- e s & 2 e “ The Spirit of Christmas takes out sadness and brings in gladness. |t 3 % «asts out dread and brings in hope. If brings fo life the finest sentiments that % dwell in human breasts. It stimulates ambition, begets love, bestows mercy, % prompts generosity, adds fo friendships, drive away clouds and gives the sky a ¢ brighfer blue. It brings the urge fo nobler living. With each returning year % Christmas leaves a betfer world. R bR AR A S S SR o o i ot o 2 S S S S NSty oo NN oNatatatatatatoN ot oo to o NN aNatataNy é‘; OO RCOEOO OO COOOOOOOOIOCDOOOOODIOOIENOE \mm«\g R R T I R R R R R R R DR OO i : .\ 3 1 !