The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1941, Page 5

. as for the first. Y, DECEMBER 21, 1941 |- CHAFING DISHES FOR HOSTESSES Winter - entertaining means more buffet suppers and serving more bct food. The true test of a host- ess is to serve a tempting hot dish from her buffet and for that dish to be just as hot for the last guest Perhaps she has hesitated getting the dish for her- self because 5o many of the chafing | dishes a too modern to blend in nicely with her other table appoint- ments. This year get an antique chafing dish that sets over a hot water container Every hostess would love one. made have a ccrduroy is 2 trim—big but - If she goes ice skating she will skating skirt of velvet or THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—JUNEAU, ALASKA PAGE FIVE CARRYALL BAG_ ‘_ FOR SPORTSMAN SURE T0 PLEASE YOUNG AND OLD One of the finest gits you could give a spertsman is a carrvall bag. And one of the handiest and best lightweight affair brown canvas with saddle leather | bottom and carry everything dog! With zipper closing, full leather- | strapped overflap, it’s his gun of enough to his hunting as sleek as Christmas Day Be Gay and Your New Year Filled With Peace and Joy Sully’s Bakery HENRY SULLY Phone 577 We Deliver =S S T T R L and Contractor and Builder 3 \ \ N § \ \ \ 3 ] } \ \ \ N \ 3 \ ] \ N N } ) \ N ) { N ) 3 | ! 5 \ N 3 4 N N { { { % AY DRIVERS: GEORGE CLARK PAUL JOHNSON “FATS" LEE PAT KILLEEN HAROLD HESSIG JOHN WAGNER HAROLD SADLER MAURICE MELVIN BOB CORCORAN ° EARL RAY GORDEN BRISTOL & OFFICE GIRLS: LUCILE COMMERS VIVIAN POWERS JUNE POWERS EVELYN VERNON WINIFRED MASHER ks OWNERS: BEULAH LEE R R R R R R RN RN IERRRRRRRRRRRRRN Y ARRECEEECEt et EEEE LU LY ELU L UE T AN Royal Blue & Alaskan Cabs GORDON VAN DE VANTER H. R. (Heinie) McLEOD Happy New Year to AU Our Friends DON ABEL w 4 CHRISTMAS CHEER S - & @ YEAR AFTER YEAR 4B - ferry Christmas Phone Blue 775 oo o oY oN o NN NN NONONONoNoNoN o o NN o N o o o O N O O A NN N N N NS o o o o o o o o o o o o oo o oo o N S o oo o Voo Vo Voo Vo (559800 MECHANICAL SETS | Youngsters in grade school, high | school and college are usually in- terested in mechanical drawing Some of them are looking for- ward to a career in some branch of engineering. . . others become hob- byists. So, mechanical drawing sets make swell Christmas presents for them. Necessary accessories to a me- chanical set are: A drawing noard, a drawing stand, tee squares and triangles. And the acme of perfec- tion for engineers is a set of plastic scales. Whether he’s a little boy or a big boy, these gifts are sure to please the mechanical minded marn of your heart! - ATTRACTIVEBATH KITS FOR BABIES Babies have gone this Christmas. This year he will have his own bath kit wrapped in gay paper and placed under the Christmas tree. The attractive kits contain those accessories so necessary to his nibs’ health . . . soap, oil and powder. SRS A R For the outdcor man on your list a barometer is a perfect gift choice An anchor barometer that hangs on the wall will accurately forecast weather changes so he can plan their outdoor days ahead “snooty” | bearded DAY FOR CHILD, CHRISTMAS DAY December the 25th f the Child. It is upon this day of days that countless men and women and lit- tle children barely able to speak their language utter the great re- Joiet For unto us a child is vorn, unto us a Sen is given. | Even those who hold creeds in which there is no Cl the splendor of ths who have no formal cr still known there is one of the 365/ of the year which is es- the Day of the Child | day when even the most | 1 adult long since con-| 1d hardened by the years, in his- heart, the of the little ones. re running about as ea the world pattering to see| gifts may have | been | fent with a hope any| can feel is the Day| portior sentially It is th unsentimen can steps they re ed young he: On this day the austere scien-| tist who has almost quit believ-| ing in the very laws of astronomy | which recently seemed as sure and | stable, but which now seem dis-| solving in a mist of relativity— this careful professional becomes as a child himself, considers it haeddidnfe ir censiders it hard indeed if he can-| not believe in Santa Claus, the; fairy godfather of the | children “Almighty God, heavenly Father, who hast blessed us with the joy and care of children. Give us light and strength so to train them that they may love whatsoever lhmgs! With most sincere wishes that you may enjoy a truly Merry Christmas and that the New Year will bring the blessings of peace and happiness THE SPRUCE DELICATESSEN Open Evenings and Sundays Mrs. Margaret Whiteley 916 E. Street Full Speed Ahead--1942 At this timely season, we wish to veoice our appreciation for your pat- ronage that has contributed so much toward our progress during the past year. We wish you a full measure of the season’s cheer, a happy and pros- perous 1942 and we express the hope of continued pleasant relationships throughout the The A. F. Glover Phone 307 New Year. ® D ‘Consider Personali ty of tihi]d When Selecting Christmas Gifts Children are easy to please at Christmas time if their personal- | ities and preferences are taken into consideration. For the me- chanically minded boy, for example, an erector set or electric train | would probably be very popular. Girls are even casier to please, swith dolls and miniature home appliances having almost universal appeal. A few of the many presents BOY | Cars, tractors Airplanes Football Air rifie Indoor baseball Pocket knife ‘Wagon Sled Ice skates Chemistry set Adventure books Modeling clay CHRISTMAS HANDKERCHIEFS BADGE RFEAST One of the strangest istmas customs is the badger t held at Ilchester, Somerset. It was started by poachers in Nor- | man times, says the Montreal Her- ald, and has continued without a |break. The lads of the village catch |a badger, kill and dress it some time before the feast. On Christmas Eve it is strung on a spit over a huge fire at the inn and cooked slowly. surviving il Cr ideas fail the old When all other gift you, there are always standbys—handkerchiefs. There are almest as many ways of making them dainty and attractive as there are friends to receive them. They are very pretty with drawn threads and a touch of embroidery in the corner, or plain. There are also squares of colored linen, with a net footing of black or white. b which any boy or girl would be @ glad 1o receive are suggested below: GIRL Doll Purse Doll buggy Sewing box Tricycle Box of paints Coloring book Fairy tales Roller skates Ironing board Miniature stove Jewelry Games Sled are true and pure and lovely and or good report.” For on this day of the Child we all remember that the most precious gift we can bestow upon our children is a capacity for feel- ing just such tender and generous @nd helpful emotions as today stir in the breasts of all good men and | women Christmas Spirit Interrupts War | Despite the horror and suffering among World war soldiers, the spirit of Christmas was not kept out of the trenches. I TR In “A German Deserter’s War Ex- FOR SI“DE“TS perience,” the author, an anti-gov- AR front. College students need good light “Christmas in the trenches! It to insure good grades, so why not| was bitterly cold. We had procured give your favorite student a good a pine tree and decorated it with study desk lamp? The new ones candles and cookies. are attractive with bronze finishes| “At midnight the whole line of and have a push-button control German soldiers began to sing which is very convepient to use. | Christmas songs in chorus. e 4 “The French left their trenches, ai i = AR 1 | and, quite overpowered with emo- Empire Classifieds Pay! 4o, stood with caps in hand. We ‘exchunged gifts with the French— g | chocolate, cigarettes, etc. They were all laughing, and so were we; why, we did not know. “All around silence reigned. The charm continued, and one scarcely dared to speak. Suddenly a shot rang out, then another. The spell was broken. All rushed to their ri- flles. Our Christmas was over.” |mas celebration on the Argonne TOO BUSY “I shall hope to catch you under the mistletoe Christmas eve.” “It you do, I warn you now, I'll | be too busy to see you.” | First Settlers in Virginia Had a Joyous Christmas Although thousands of miles from | their native homes, the first Virgin- | ians did what they could to observe # | Christmas day. But there were no women, no’ children and no families ! in those first few years. | Despite this handicap, Captain | John Smith writes “that the first Christmases were very merry. The N | extreme wind, rayne, frost and snow % | caused us to keep Christmas among | the savages wheere we weere never g | more merry, nor fed on more plen- | ty of good oysters, fish, flesh, wild fowl and good bread, nor never had better fires in England.” s Sing LIPS "LITTLE GIFTS" ARE NUMEROUS N | Vest pocket gifts will be nu- ‘| merous this year. 3 Besides fountain pens and pen- # |cils there are several novel and g |useful articles which he can clip to his vest pocket, such as sterling silver, engraved combination pencil and ruler, $1350; nail knife and file, $3.50, and cigarétte holder, | $7.50. ——- BUY DEFENSE STAMPS | ernment Socialist, tells of a Christ- | P T o o e o o o o o o o oo oo o oot T o o o o o oo o o o o YooY (2SS SSSUESESS COCOCOCO00ES COOCC T o o D 2 o o BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR L3 EMPLOYEES OF THE UNION OIL COMPANY Phone 40 = ACOOOE o ) PR RIR BRI IR RII TR IRE PR ERERTRNF c9 B oo o N N N N N N o o oV oo N o N ¥ N oV N o O NN OX oSN N O O 000 1 g B Merry Christmas * It is a day to celebrate and be merry. 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