The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1942, Page 16

i PAGE FOUR from the store. At the door, how- > wizened old lady as’ her tired THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA ,’;,\‘\ L) was almost happy, reflecting that \e turned and slowly retraced dragged through a long Wednes- s to the counter. “How day and a longer Thursday. As she C g for that yellow-haired doll, |left the store Thu night she Olnn]unlty Shall T wr That will Twe there would be but one more day ™ na | ten s A timid hand clutched at he 3 . 10, Tl come back later. Not | Mary recognized her near-customer ¢y nodded her head the | encouraging houlders seemed to sag | “That doll, miss she seemed ward the door. it—is it sold yet?” Mary's feet throbbed. Her knees| Mary's thoughts kept returning to| “No, we have a few left. Do you of her slim young body ‘If you could?’ Mary nodded and the woman hur- pe |Of the Christmas rush, ht, please.” of the preeding week, and smiled QY HELEN EDWARDS - 1 and she trudged slowly to- | momentarily at a loss for words- wanted to buckle beneath the weight want me to save one for you? ried away Fifteen minutes more looking floorwalker direction and she haste her counter. Clerking five and ten, she decided, wasn't such a Mary selected an especailly nice doll the next morning and laia it carefully beneath the counter. Then she watched, between spurts of last bad job — except during the Christ- mas rush minute shoppers, for the timid old A shabbily dressed old woman :‘.43 At noon the doll still rested stood ac the a wist- beneath the counter. At six it was still unclaimed. When Mary sold her last remaining doll a few mo- ments before nine, she reached for the hidden one. : haired dells on Mary’s counter. The fadec blue eyes were maki t read the price tag “May I help you, madam?" Max apked. The woman looked up guilt- il then her fingers fumbled nerv- offly at her shabby black purse, h—I—no, I don’t guess so." woman turned and almost ran mEReenooe: finly fisplay “I'll g1ve ner a few minutes more,"” | she decided. “If I put it out it will | g0 almost as soon as anyone sees it.” At least she d, breathless as if from runnj the counter and S T T This striking night photograph ark despair glistening, i setting fami -coated pavement gl ar throughout Ame Ll d written in every line ot her face How much did you say it would cost?” The, old tically. Finally they coins. “But,” picture of som 2 A just such a doll Mary's mind. &WHEN storekeeper Abe Lincoln discovered he had over- turned to the “I know—I krow. it myself, if you hadn't. Merry tmas, Mary.” = - SANTA CLAUS, INC., ATTRACTS VOLUMES —has earned for us, we believe, the com- plete confidence of this community, not only in 1942, but in other years. At this time we want to thank you for this confidence, and to extend to you every good wish for a Merry Christmas. COWLING & DAVLIN COMPANY favssessEnsseEs: BB BI IS S BB BBEE About 75 of a comm for a post office king Santa Fe as a name. The already was post~ office by that name in In. decided to name the town Santa clause, in one word. MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE OWL CAB Company and its PERSONNEL nundreds of small lights glisten from the community Yule tree. The “Am I too late?” Are they sold?” No, T saved one for you madam.” |takes a force of about ¢ fum- reappeared clutching two additional copper |in the world bear an, “it costs—" 4 | with the Yule holiday bling in her | Mary | e Ria ¢ # g mail with a new ric @ (Y] 4% wrapped the dol ty-five | ;1o machine, About 60,000 piec (/;u ERRY 2R | cents, wi t? T think I have that g Sedh 5_“, c ml‘ wasn’t it? I think I have that | day ar dispatched around | i@ cnn.srnls ¢ Y] much.” ) [(:S s Christmas, PR Shaking fingers reached into the 9 g shabby purse fumbled into every | A Santa Claus headquarters is g B | crease and corner of its inter- | maintained where thousand 9 23 o wo dimes and a penny ap- tourists and visitors buy § #% peared, and then two more coppers. | post the Christmas 19 i% The woman’s face twrned white, and | weel full uni- ; the fingers continued to search fran- preside é y waif waiting for lashed through I'd have done OF CHRISTMAS MAIL s ago the people in Indiana applied a diana, and since it was a short| time before Christmas, the people In 1938 the name was changed | to two words, Santa Claus. Since {Hard Sauce to Go . . || WithYulePudding | 8l | Even the tasty hard sauce now comes to the table in a gala dress. For instance here are these holiday | hard sauce pinwheels to serve with | your favorite steamed pudding. e I‘ Here Is a Festive Christmas Tree || Hard Sauce Pinwheels. ¥ cup butter 1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar Y teaspoon grated lemon rind 1, tablespoon cream 2 teaspoons orange juice 15 teaspoon grated orange rind Orange food coloring Cream butter until soft and grad- ually® beat in sugar. Divide mix- ture in half and add cream and grat- ed lemon rind to one portion and the orange juice and rind to the other portion. Add food coloring to orange flavored portion to tint a del. icate orange. Spread lemon flavored portion on a cold damp cloth and spread orange mixture over it. Roll as for jelly roll and place in refrig- erator. When hard, cut in slices and serve with steamed puddings or mince pie. typifies the true Christmas spirit as .o ives an added touch of beauly to a rica. o in bright light than do pupils of | | | dark eyes. £ < |then letters from all over the | OGS world have come in, until NOW it | A RRRPOFOCEPOPORICTR | 14 ; 2 1% 14 1|ple through November cember to handle the C Although this is the only town ris name, other plafes have names associated Christmas 1 in the Pacilic' @ guy even If Chelstmas G wed because Cap- | % tain Cook landed there Christmas| Ocea , 1s so lished in 970., NNV o NN NN NN © Merry Christmas!? TO ALL OUR ALASKAN FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS AND'MAY YOUR NEW YEAR BE FILLED WITH HAPPINESS National Grocery Co. BEN A. BELLAMY, Representative ) ) /) A ) UST A LINE to extend our heartfelt thanks for your kindness to us during 1942, and to wish you and yours the R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R AR R R R R R AR R R R AR AR R RN R R AR R RIS merriest Christmas of _them all, CHANNEL APPAREL SHOP NN o oY oN NN OO NO NN oNoNoN ooV NN NN NN N OO NG XX ToNoNoNoNo O o o o o o N o NN oo Yoo oo o o o o Vo Yoo Vo N eVt ) ) } /) ) ) ) ) /) ) ) § /) /) ) ) ) NN R I A ! 1 o came oncs a month, oo o o NN NN N oIS S SO R NN NN OSSP 1 “ @ ;fi Yuletide greetings from ' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, BRECICRATRERORR RGO | RN NIERG 44! RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRK @ (rf all our employees to @ . ;; all our patrons 63 . @ jf and good friends. 1% DL DO CECECE LN RRRG AR R RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR /) SR A BT S | APARTMENTS RRRRRRRRRRRRRAR Merry Christmas § ‘% GUY'S DRUG (e [( g 2 g ) ) ] ) ) ) /) ) /) 3 ) g ) ) ) ) ) 2 ¢ g ¢ & / g g g 9 o 719 ¢l % /j ;g [<BK; AL 219 fl @ e ( 914 2 % Q1% /} (} 918 9 ) @ 9 ® a1e * Z’, 8 a Merry (# (¢ (e (e (¢ i [ I i i I ( 5 = e woman and held it out to her. ook 9 f A charged a customer 6¢c he e 3Bl il & sho saw Mra, Adgns |DaY, 1777 ;5 we soutd haniibban Gl g ;3 New Year! A 7 VIl er, his st Five communitie: 1e United ) . o 2 e > 3 (¢ wishes w those pennies, and earned she was in for it! Maybe she woulu day. There is a Christmas i Gila| @ {hamk you for your 0 ! FRIENDS IN A w:u(::ax:h to last A o be fired. And for four cents! Well, County, Ariz.; Orange County, Fla.; '5 9 EVERY CORNER 219 & the nickname "Honest Abe.” it had been wor Lawrence County. Ky Bolivar| [ ~Kemerous support. ;j ¢ THE WORLD ;, 55 through the holiday 5 “Will you Christmas’ | county, Miss.; and Roane County, ;f ORR¢ OF (j 3 season and through to the little one for me?” she whis- | Tenn % And now let us wish 4 - 2 ¢ the coming year! p pered | Minnesota boasts of a lake by|{ yom all a very Merry (| ( 9 % « « « A muffled cough at her side told | o T T e Tt ds lo- | 6 9| 218 w A FLEEK : e ng ; ’ )| G )| (e her that Mr. Adams had arrived A it ity ¢ Christmas in 1942. AK r .&J f) @ . . 1 T o t id, it n Sc G 2 2 | (e 2 “I saw what you did, Mary,| s P @ g ;} eusi ensen ) TRANSFER g . | : d But, Mr. Adams, I intended to | The Moslem University at Al- ;éCl'ystal Baths?; ;5 Douglas, Alaska (5;5 UG Integrity in little things has helped us, too repay the compny. from My amn | o oo Modlem Unlversity at AL\ Phone 513 G @ - 216 GLAS, A fi/\.\\\.\.\.\wmx\;\. R 13 | | Mil MIKE PUSICH, Proprietor M;ly You Know PEEELEELELEHHLELSS NoNSON0R9 For the Season TO OUR PATRONS and the Promise of Our Continued FINE SERVICE TOYOUIN 43 e’s Place DOUGLAS RRRRRGG JOY, HEALTH and HAPPINESS In the Year 1943 A Very Merry Chrisimas from our entire organization " The Douglas Inn JOHN and RUTH MARIN DOUGLAS . SALUTE to a Real AMERICAN CHRISTMAS STORE IS ?; celebrating this holiday @ fifi season in good manter % by wishing all our fri % hedlth and happiness. Chrisimas and a g¢ AND... 2 Happy New Year 4 9 a Happy T o o o N NN NN o ooty O A A A A2 A A AR 2% OGO G99 ol 0o D03 2 229