The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1942, Page 22

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—JUNEAU, ALASKA PAGE FOUR DOEDRODDT. R R FIND PEACE in your Soul, Thanksgiving Last Christmas cur iocal jewelry | store added two new departments we never had carried before. One was a toy coun! where a selec- tien of movie dolls was featured The other—an optical department catered to the trade who could not afford glasses unless they could | arrange to pay for them on credit in your Hearts this Christmas . . . Share your'great Happiness with others Iefis for- iz DDV Visiting the shop the night before b hiirate Shn Yk Christmas, I watched a tiny little 13 % 9 » SR girl I'm sure she couldn't have @ . . i 59 2 . Y A been more than six . . . standing © W, ot Clistons fims, sien dho fountalns of true 1oy ;// ‘ Go to Church on before the already sadly depleted 0 flow most freely, we welcome the opportunity to extend to 9 doll counter. Her eyes were big as| 13 : : ) AR e L L ;/ you and yours our heartiest wishes for a happy Yuletide. E/’ % For your kindness fo us in 1942 we cordially thank you, 9 4 'y 8 ¥ unsold, and there was a child's {longing in them as she tugged at | the tattered overall jacket of her Christmas . . . Give Thanks to God. father, busy talking to the optome- | @8 «5 % ¥ | erist. o 14k | “Daddy,” she called, her voice '2 ;fi . ( |it the darlingest thing? Do you! M ;’ 3 G - |think Santa will bring it to me?” 2% AN [ The man’s tired face turned toward her, and a hurt expression ! Chal‘les W. 4 flushed across it settling hopeless- i p - e 1% ly in the gray’ eyes. aid not, & x = ¥ Mary,” he answered. “I saw Santa ,// ” Carter in a store down the street a while ,5 % g% 880, and he said that he'd be about 5 % @ % e Christias tree has many logendary origins. One of these legends |9 ® ; ! l\ () e wi has it that when St. Boniface was converting the Ge: ;5 ® - y their heathen worship of Thor to Christianity, he 163 @ b | /:Prr V) A W | from the fallen Thunder Oak, und hich the s de- fi)’ 9 BB BB S TS D T T S R ta I g , BCMAIERRENER < i - . . b L Here was a new symbol: a tree dedicated to love and good deeds. (O ® With no stain of blood upon it, its tip pointing towards the undying s b4 '@ AR x x5 it should be a sign of the new faith: the tree of the Christ-child. No | © g; - longer was the emblem of faith to be a thing of dread, but set up in the (9 ] 2 AR halls of the chieftain and surrounding with friendship and feasting. @ @ In the 9 In the homes of the tribesmen, the new tree of the Christ-Child | 2 2« honored the birthday of the Saviour became the symbel of love and sir and children, played beneath it. It @ a 5 ] /% % ) | - dor P b i 118 Graelings §8 & ; # TRADITION § .| 0 each and all of you we say “Merry “Unless ye become as little ¢ en, ye cannot enter the Kingdom | f ) “hri y of God.” 193 i A 9 Christmas.” W. say it—yes—in In America, families gather around the Christmas tree in the home, |( Best wishes of the 4 ;; to AllO 9 & )/ 3 2 5 it that hav throughout the land community trees are lighted and the old carols are 2 h /; 13 (o] ur (; ~ the very same spirit that we have sung: symbols of the spirit of the Christ-Child—the brotherhood of men. ;5 season and the (/,), ;5 Friends and 5; y st, k ) 5 SRE 0 @ ¢ 1433 5 b said v n the past, knowing that the g hope that the ?//‘;f et f: s the Christian < : $24 thrive 1n % coming year will g% @ ‘ e 2 8 W g " prospering, ever full enjoymen: of Christmas is an affair of the heart and of the spirit Pausing for a mo- ment in the twilight of 1942 we look forward with our friends hopefully to the future. s ¥ out of everything by the time he Meanl" 0' s \ reached our house. Reckon he 18 F e 5 The laurel has the significance of ,’f brmg new happx- g) ¢ might have some sweets, or maybe 2 X B . - o\ ( a rag doll, though. And he’s prom- ’\:F ory. Jesus came into the world ;/ 5 ; E Al = t g L e T e CCOralIONS o oo e poias o snwna 0§ MESS toall. 9% G.E Almquist 7 . ‘ “Oh!” Tears were in her eye : ascend up into Heaven, leading (% 91 ; ; ) but she fought them back brav and her worn coat sleeve wiped the 8 iyt ot ] Reliable 4 @ Tailor ¢ ekt tendey of s awares ', AI (h"SImas AMERICAN SPIRI 8 e g% toSmartMen % | “I did so want one of themn he T @ Traan(‘r ?fi :j 2 : Y e fi % 4B or Years ¢ |whispered. “But I'm glad Santa 9 ¢ f e 4 ish't going to bring it to me. It! Not any, probably, know of IS SHOWN 'N TOYS 55\\\&\““\\‘ it ) // Q, captivity captive. | means that he’s found someone else the de ated with who wants it even worser than I the three ordinarily 1 do, don’t it, Daddy for Chris ations. an “Come on, Mary,” the optome- thor | trist called, taking the little girl by the 'hand. “Santa told me to see what kind of glasses you should ¢ | have, so's to be sure he'd get it H ‘ right. Now' just sit in this chair and do as I say.” The examination didn't last long, for sinne and T was still there when it was The yew With a typical American wartime [ spirit, the people of the nation have «5 started to manufacture many of ’/ their own Christmas toys. % X, For instance, in those shops where A - - holly L bits of wood are left from repair z§ work, such lumber remnants can be used for the building of toys. ( Smoothly sawed off pieces make fine ; By the berrie at He shed His blood we confes building blocks. c R little outside bark, gl ang wooden cigar boxes “ *{{TH'IGS{IA N completed. The optometrist turned but only mall rind, to teach ‘Us | .one i for use as toys, too. The /5 {to the father. “I'll make a special not to make a great outside Show |poves can be made Into trains, and jfi j p tlort to finish them tonight,” he of veligion: it is a lasting tmber. |spools can be used as wheels for (3 MERRY 2 said. % suggesting the soundness of a|them. Spools can even be strung |( TO EACH ;; * CHRISTMAS And a sincere “thanks” from The Triangle Inn to all our He was back soon, a slip in his Christian; it has many branches, | together for beads, or lined up for | 3and. “I've fixed it with the man- meaning plentifulness in good | imitation trains to be drawn along ¢ G A S T l N E A U C A F E jflgemem‘ A dollar now, and a dol- |Works; and it is always green and | the floor by the baby. lar a month until the balance of e R — Air Cadets Spell Out Old Greeting § ANDEVERY 7~ AMERICAN. ¢ ° We wish aMerry ¢ Christmas and $ peace and hap- § — five dollars is paid.” l““""“'lds «~ palterson [ Mary had returned for a final look at the toy. “Don’t you think, Daddy, that the glasses could come as a birthday present, and . . . oh, I did want a doll so badly! But COOOOOOOOOOENEY X 2 22200 lo o oo oo Do 2 2 [ AR “lbut I WON'T cry.” ¢ Pragcoacee e teeety REOCEPRTCCETRIRIEIRNGNT | Her father hadn’t heard. He wgs patrons and % piness for you ousy feeling in his pockets for the | _ ; . friends 1% this year. ) )| dollar needed for the down pay- ment. He found a lean wallet, and | HIS YEAR OF 1942 has been one of world from it pulled a quarter and seven e RRRRRPRRRRRRRRRRRRARRARRRRRRRRK " & COCOOCOOOOOOOC0O00C 4 | dimes. He counted them over twice, g 9 . . . 1 scared look on his face, then ¢ tribulation, but nevertheless, many good things il Franawed o | : g Lpha.ntly, he finally produced anl TBIA“GLE m H J Yurma’ have come our way. Chief among them is your ighth dime, and handed the silver | o Je LG ' the optometrist. . it S L s . A ’ e e sy ovoralls and b 2 OOOOCOONOOCOOOCOCCO0NY) | (OO0 O000O0O0O00ONNY continued patronage, for which we thank you {1 aaiites chavted towdrd tie e v B i 4 ¢ | door, the girl behind the doll coun- ~ $ very earnestly now, and wish you a very 9| ier Jooked at the optometrist, then | 4 iat me, a tear in her eye. Then she | An old greeting is spelled out here by.United States aviation cad o ff g ran after the pair. “Wait a mo- | In the Southeast Air Corps Training center at Maxwell Field, Ala. No | /5 ME]‘ PIY GH“[S'I"M Aq 2| ment—isn't your name Mary?" she | Christmas tree trinket is the airplane ornamenting this cheery Noel 9 i e 8 oked. | greeting. Rather, it's an advanced training ship and the seeming icy ? ¢ | “Uh-huh?” the little girl an- background against which the men stand is the concrete warm-up mat. ; | swered, bewildered | ;fi L4 90| “Then I guess Santa meant you. . | ;) 4 2 was nere s o 1w minies. U 9. Seamen Celebrate Christmas ¢ g 0, and said he had a doll for a | 3 v ttle girl named Mary, but he was §ou 3 R T o | bs i \fraid he wouldn't have the time | f-@PAe—t—t— 1] tre oo g+ ¢ ;é to_deliver it. Then he remembered | fy—sdprt—tt—et—gl d o - ’5 gi | that the little girl's father said he | fo SEf 93 % & |was coming here, so he asked me| : 55 ;) £ T'd keep the doll and give it to | |fo 4 you. That’s it, up on the counter. ‘?5 4' 'ake it and run away, because I'm | (fi WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH THAT YOUR CHRISTMAS ;fi /| busy I haven't time to falk.” | ® 4 2 8 Shyly, Mary reached up for the @ STOCKING HAVE MUCH MORE IN IT THAN EVER BE- 4 fered treasure, and ! 4 | o “‘e ; € . &nd hugged “! 55) FORE, BUT, AS THIS MIGHT SEEM TO BE AN EXTRAV- 2;‘ ' J Mary was speechless while her | i AGANT HOPE, WE WISH THAT IT CONTAIN FAR g ™ senefactor bisied herselfl behind | i 4 he counter. Suddenly the girl felt | MORE THAN YOU EXPECT. 9 1 tug at her skirt, and’ Mafy was $§ 4 T §! 1 her side, looking up at her. “I| @ YOU HAVE STOOD BY US LOYALLY IN 1942, AND WE 1 nc. 4| selieve youre Mrs. Santa Claus,” | | ;1 ; g " the_child whispered, awe in, her | | CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE IT. 5; § ’ | e the door closed behind the | ?fl ] pair, the girl took her purse from i P E va ! ;; 7 #{her bag and looked inside. [ : PO 3 A o 5 i Alaska Lumber for Alaskans “Mrs. Sante. Claus, indeed!” 1| ~ : 4 heard her t N ! Hot or cold, rain or shine, clear or cloudy, and wherever they might e mutter. gutky for me | e . §. sailors always celebrate Christmas in their own way. Here, in llnfiall 4 . aus Ql' ? ; Is pay day, or Mrs. Santa| gale jackets while in the Arctic zone, these seamen piay, “Hark! The ; . o 9 oo o o o otoNotatotots wouldn't eat tomorrow.” Herald Angels Sing.” ¢