The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1943, Page 24

v 2 s FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1943 e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA CAMERA ALBUM One of the new albums will be a ‘welcome gift for that person on your list that is a camera fiend. This album may be obtained in ar- tificial leather or in genuine leather with zipper closing. Its outstand- ing feature is the clear transpar- ent protectors that keep the con- tents clean. PAGE SIX o One of the men picked up the|passageway. And not only i tree and threw it on top of the|miners, but their guests, gathér timber. At the mine the tree was|’round the tree at 6 a. m., exchange |} 2 3“ FEE"‘ Dowu sent down 1,300 feet into the mine.|gifts and indulge in small talk [ One of the miners picked it up,|about a half hour before startitig '~ put it on the side of the passage-|their shift. i way. At lunch time some of the —————— § ‘When Mme. Alexander walks into 4 miners decorated the tree with bits| SANTA CLAUS DOES y ake any-|Ming, Mich, timber haulers were p s L ;o;oyor;,tsz;is}s;;lzgrio;;m dancye. up their way to a mine to put up of“peplcr Imml the lunch kits. % [ NOT bMOKE—PEumPSH from trussing, found a small Christ-| “Let’s do this every year” one Rewrory | Santa Claus, perhaps, doesn' ¥ . reten- }1‘::1 ‘:cle);‘i:m:;;lo'l?;k:;u:zdp u;::s mas tree on the side of the road|Of them suggested. s'mo dglant smile. She has|Which had probably fallen from a| Since then a small Christmas tree smoke—or he would be better in- When Beatrice Alexander was a :;auugn mree: dnd n{nkles likes truck. is set up in that Michigan mine |formed on the quality of cigars. S little girl she never owned a doll. 4 t - s e — e - St Since then she has owned a mil- | {rivolous red shoes. Mme. Alexan represcnt the characters for which they arc named. This year her DE(oR‘TE IREE Christmas favorites are the bride ' doll, the United Nations dolls and “The Little Shaver” — a wartime| doll made entirely of fabric from - head to heels. RS R R R RRRR RN RRIRRRRIRRG Chrisbnas Bells are Qi)zgz')zq Mem’[y s About ten years ago, in Ishpe- BRERRRE By ADELAIDE KERR AT Feature Writer 1 1 der says that she is a grandmother iy . lin her late forties. Would that % Now, as one of the country’s more grandmothers looked the 4 leading doll manufacturers, Mme.| 0., A Alexander is one of Santa Claus'|™po 00 Alexander has lived with|( [first assistants. And this vear she o g her life. Her father, a |is working overtimé to fulfill her|p con and her mother, an Aus- | contracts for the dolls which Santa | ... " et on the boat enroute to needs for Christmas stockings and| .o were married in New trees. For now she must WOrk|yory ang took a small flat in Grand| under wartime restrictions. Street. There her father, who had| “You should have seen us 100k-|worked with a doll repairman in| - {ing for a substitute for rubber|Germany, opened a doll's hospital | | bands,” she said with a reminiscent |anq there—among doll heads, arms i c”R'STM‘S | chuckle as she checked through & ang Jegs—Beatrice Alexander was pile of blonde beauties in her New porn Eventually her father began WITH FRIENDLY MEMORIES AND ALL BEST WISHES FOR R R R R RPN R R R R RRRRCRRARRGG B N o oV o o o o o o o oo N oo ooV VoV o S o oMo oV o o N o oo o ot oY Yo ool o o o o o Yoo Yo Yot B S I S O\ SNoNoNoNaNo o NN e ey R RN R R R R R R R R R R R AR AR AR IR R RRARRRG { York studio. “We have to have s sell dolls, which were then vir- { ! AND THE rubber bands to give stretch to the | tually all imported from Eumpe_i ; NEW YEAR arm and leg mechanisms. SO We|There were dolls all over the place.| ® ! cut up the hollow arms and legs| After her high school days she| ?r/ of some of our rubber dolls to get | married Philip Behrman. She might[ @ them. Instead of a metal Weight|pever have thought much of dolls | to move the eyes, we nOw use plas- | ggain, if World War I had not cut| | tic. And the chemists had to find |off the imported supply of dolls to| | | substitutes for critical chemicals in | Amesica and thus cut off her par-| - i | enamels.” #|ents' livelihood. Something had. to | | But war restriclions or no, Ma- [be done. So she got out her need}ei ‘5 | | dame Alexander’s dolls still have and thread and made her first all- 4 ; | | the qualities that have made them | fabric dolls—a Red Cross nurse and| @ 14} famous—character and glamor. an infant. Her father put them| ?5 91 Her most famous have been the on sale and they sold so fast that( (5 441 Dionne Quintuplets, Sonja Henie, | their maker went into business lor{é @ <1 SNAP SHOPPE Scarlet O'Hara and the Alice in|herself. Two years later her hus-|( ;;! ¢ Wonderland dolls all dressed tulband joined her. | N | 5 i st R ...And it is pleasant to remember old | ¥ i f I A JOYFl l L ( :I |RIS l MAS friends, and to wish them, in o genuine | cslma 4 o & - - ' ’ ] sort of way, all the joys of a Happy g e Y i ‘ very Ha New_Year Christmas. | Mg ¢ ond a y PPY . 4‘_ v i Py .. . - May Health, Happiness and Prosperity |89 It is with all the earnestness into the spirit of this occasion ? ithi E with r loved ones ond o] be yours, not only on this doy, but every Om»: AcAIN THE Yuletide season Nithinon Hearts I"‘Z:‘Y" G o ndsyw day throughout #+e yearsto come. 4 iifers a welcome opportunity to exten’ ! press. our' cordial i e LN : i wordial grectings and best wishes to all tho / Greetings to all those whom we | | We oppreciate your patron- whose friendship and patronage we have hove had the pleasure of oge and pledgc c.new to fi 4 ¢ enjoyed during the year. May we express serving during the past twelve i00prove: Our; SRRSO BYS<Y F: /§' our appreciation of your consideration . . . months. Our good wishes go 'way possible to merit -its com g] and our best wishes for your continued with each of you os you enter tinuance - - ?; happiness. CAPITOL CAFE | Z =] 4 g D f ‘ ) J. B. BURFORD & CO. ; A O e e O O T O OO0 O . o I Each year as we observe the Christmas Season, we i 5 are reminded of the many things for which we should be ] thankful. We remember innumerable instances of your | good faith and goodwill and we recall the countless cour- | tesies and favors with which we have been blessed and of o the friendships, tried and proven, that have been ours to WE cAN think of me finer . enjoy. ; ; ) Yuletide sentiment than the old famil- Mindful of these fine expressions of friendships, and iar “MERRY CHRISTMAS.” We never grow tired of saying it to our friends nor do we grow tired of hear- ing it from others. It is the one univer- sal greeting that carries with it the thought of others and the appreciation of fine friendships and associations. Tt is this sentiment that forms the background of our thinking of you at this glad time of the year. We want you to know that when we say, “MERRY CHRISTMAS,” we include our thankfulness for all past favors. The best of everything to each of you. BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. THE SEASON'S GREETINGS /AND ALL GOOD WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR May you have, on every day of the New Year, the same happiness which we are sure will be yours on Christmas day. MOTORSHIP ESTEBETH DAVIS TRANSPORTATION CO. of the thoughtfulness back of them, we desire to again our Christmas wishes to each of you, and to thank you for everything. You have made the past year a pleasant one for us, and we trust that we shall enjoy many more among the people of this community. & COWLING & DAVLIN COMPANY