The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1944, Page 10

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA SATURDAY FIRE HAZARD BESET HOMES AT CHRISTMAS Your Christmgs | ttee and the decorations on it are fire hazards which you will want to watch most carefully this Christmas Remem- ber when you bring a tree into your house it is going to dry up. A fresh cut tree will not take fire any more easily during the first day or two W&%&ififi?&%&%fi&%&%@% an would the evergreen shrubs|keep it reasonably safe. growing outside, but it becomes a| Place In Pan Of Water more sefios fire hazard every Hour,| The tree can be kept fresh if you At the end of a week, it will be high- |set it up in a pan of water. Cut off inflammable. the base of the tree at an angle at 3 Gl Rl (red least one ineh above the original is best to bring in a fresh tree|.ue” and keep it ‘standing in water as short o time before Christmas uring the entire period that the as possible, and to remove it as soon | iree is in the house, adding water If you do | to the jar or tub in which the tree b afhihady - Jebokutions’ snouafSiacie (Wt AmBerele’ <o FHED 200 prevent it from taking fire. Famil- This method when used with fresh.i ies, clubs, churches :mr]‘ ljnsm.(‘&s trees reduces the inflammability as men who want to keep thelr treesi ' o ool oUo T any fireproofing from a week or more before Christ- chemicals, Chemicals may caise | mas until after New Year's Day|yne tree to turn brown or yellow ‘or | need observe special safeguards to|y e e e | 1y 1t efterwards as you can The place you select for your tree % |should be well away from stoves, ¢) | radiators, and other sources of heat. curtains, and burnable decorations, have a fire extinguisher handy and '; keep constant ‘watch over ‘them. But it is important that your Christmas lights be in good con- |dition. A short circuit in worn wir- ing might be sufficient to start the pronounced safe by experts. — e JUST LIKE MOVIES NEW YORK.--The night club debut of Tina Beaumont happened when Bela Bizony, Hungarian, | violinist at the Coq Rouge, heard | tree burning. Sets bearing the lab®l | 1at Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., have been tested for fire hazard and| chances are QUIZ FOR | CHRISTMAS | | * (AR Features) | you know your| Christmas customs backwards and forward—but. did you ever stop to| |think @bout the*why of all thej |merry holiday activities? Here are |a few questions to test yourself: 1. When you perch precariously lon a ladder hanging holly and| |mistletoe, do you know what they |signified? ® | Why is the Yule Log tradit- ionally associated with Christmas? 60,000 pleces a day are dispatched around Christmas. A Santa “Claus headquarters 1is| maintained where thousands of tourists and visitors buy gifts and post cards. During the Christmas week, Santa Claus, in full uniform | end long whiskers, presides. ] ¢ Although this is the only town in For @ great number of people, a | the world bearing this name, other house not Aecorated with ChristMas | places have names associated with| greens would be dull indeed. One the Yule holiday. ! expert has pointed out, though,| Christmas Island, in the Pacific that there need be no fear that Gcean, is so named because Captain there ever will be a shortage of the| Cock landed there Christmas Day, | greens peculiar to the various sec- 1777, | tions of this nation if proper care Five communities in the United is taken in collecting the greener}u] States” are named for this holiday. But as it is ;oday. wanton de- | There is a Christmas in Gila County, struction in the collection of the|Ariz; Orange County, Fla.; Law- | Yyleude decorations, so thoughtful—}renoe County, Ky.; Bolivar County, Iy placed for our use by Mother| Miss; and Roane County, Tenn, f GREENS ON (HRISTMAS eral essential precautions which will help to assure¥a truly Merry: ‘hriste Don't risk using frayed cords broken plugs. Don’t handle electrical appliances with wet hands. o Don't yank at cords or run them under rugs. Don't forget to have insulated staples on hand for ‘stringing cords and | around. Don't overload your heuse ecir- cuits. Usually 1,000 watts is as much as any one circuit ‘will stand. Don't neglect providing plenty of extra lamp bulbs of ‘the ‘various sizes and colors you're using for Christmas cheer, so you can replace birned-out ones. Don't put pennies in a blown-out | tuse. A’blown fuse is a warning! ) . . ) a voice accompanynig his rendition. > 4 i3 3 '5 ’//“ he tiee should Be well secued|He' Risobvered # young 'wogh wasl 3. When yuu» gather xour'Ad the | Nature, has brought about a dan-| Minnesota boasts of a lake by the‘ Don't have ‘high wattage lamp v// ?fi | against falling by inconspicuous singing to her escort. Bizony urged‘“‘“‘“” ba't\L ;\ul you know what|ger that we p(ght not have some of | name of Christmas. It is1ocated in | bulbs near fancy inflammable orma- o ¢ | wires holding it against the wall.|her to sing louder. The audienige | Yossoilcneunss. ! |t greens we dre o fccuimmed to. | Scott County. | ments, synthetic materials, paper or ;‘; * ;/ The tree should be so placed that|epplauded, and Frank Bonacchini, | W.Ime was Santa 'Claus‘bo.rn‘.!‘ There is a danger that the Amer- e — cotton. Watch out, about using o e ¢ | standing or fallen, it cannot block athe cafe owner, introduced himselt A ] cangles, Ssfyiban, Haby. A8 dOIIE AEBRE) candles too near draperies, wall- ;;’ e ¢) | doorway which might be needed to and offered the young contralto A e e Hean: none- | SRR pRICe, SHE o el s A(('DENTS OFFER { PAper or. woodwork. 73 7 | escape from the room. oonbriot. thing? {of the mountainous country of the Don't plan to have a row.of % ; ;;; | 6. Where does tne word YuleEast, will both face extermination | candles e cloge to & mirTor or the ;5 * 91 Candle Still Takes Toll Raised in Switzerland, Miss Beau- |come from? unless some organized method of | GR‘VE IHREA]' 'I'o heit 'ty Cradk 4 ;/ The candle for Christmas is still| mont studied voice “both in the| 7. Why are gifts exchanged on harvesting is brought about. | L b And above all, don't burn real 193 E y % | taking its yearly toll of lives and |United States and abroad, but her | Christmas Day? Three other Christmas decorative candles on your éh:istmas tree un- 55 ;;‘prop«rty. 1t is found on Christmas only previous singing appearamces' 8. If you were playing Santa plants that are rapidly disappear- i g "ME less it has first been thoroughly 453 ;‘u-ecs more rarely every year, but had been on the concert stage. | Claus in the Netherlands, what kind | ing because of new, and increased | SR 7 tireproofed. (5 4 ; none the less, it is used unwisely in | oo {(1 costume would you wear? |demands, are the winterberry, the 4 | (bl DN [ M % ¢ many places during the Christmas| Does he beliove In good luck| 9. What form of transportation ground pine, and the bittersweet, Nothing can spoil = the tesnve“ ;5 ¢)| scasor. Open flame lighting is en-| charms? Give him a St. Christo-|can Santa use, in addition to 2 To a large extent these plants can gajety of a Chtistmas celebration) The Swiss Guard, which' protects @ | irely out of place uniess you set | pher coin knife. These clever knives sicigh? {be saved if the nation turns to the 'more complet2ly than a fire or ac-| Vatican City, consists of about 100 4 % {up your candles and lamps well |may be worn as watch charm or on| 10. St. Nick is sometimes called | use of evergreer boughs, such as cident in th: home. There are sev- men. 2 ;‘l away from Christmas trees, window key chain. | Kris Kringle. What does the rintire | S8dar, pilie; iRemitekand WPruve. K e e ) ¢ ’—-“—N [ 4 e e pasie e L - SR o s B SRR e an® |For a touch of color, artifical red_'{é\\xfi“\“\?&m“m&mfixxm'mw, P I EELUELLEE L EE LU LU UL L U VU U U C U e e U | berries v se e boRE s BRERRETRERRETRETRRNY) R 5y | berries could well be used. ¢ ‘ 9% , ‘ s @ 418 g/‘ i " 5 @ 219 | ANSWERS The story of our over commer-| g 5; X 9 25 §;4 1. Evergreen decorations derive | Clalization is dlways' corinected with ;; / f \* 0@ %! trom the pagan belief that they are | he backgtound of the dissipation | ) ¢ sf HRSTMAS 1) |/ THE TREASURES | :ifsie s Srn o ) | @ ‘ 91 9 | medieval legend that all trees and|Bard fo future stock. Some form of @ 4 ¢ Y 7% @ lgrowing things in the forest blos- | Protective law has to be put into @ % 1@ OF & & med and bore fruit on the night|eifect fo protect the quickly dis- Lo X @ ?/ :5 § g) o1 the. NAtVILy. | 2ppearing greenery. Restriction or :; ; ) e 5 S ining crohibition in certain areas seems | L ke 41 w < %!"2 In days of yore, the Yule Log [Fr® n areas seems | (6 é gl CHRISTMAS (/. the chict emblem of the Eng- |1 be the coming necessity to save | ¢ 914 % )ish Christmas, following the an- | them- @ (5 & d(,' 3 &4 1@ Are the many O 'cient tradition that the fire on the TR : (5 55 ?fi ;j instancesaf ?fi hearth Symbolized the center u“sANIA ( us l"( f; I % good will as & family life. 14 I @ 4% A OB s i avala isateh [ oy 103 @ 214 evidenced by N 3 he expression origina in @ ® 919 your thought- ?j (ne tifth contury 1 mnetand when| ATIRACTS VOLUMES @ é //‘.(/ fulness of us. 9 the legendary Kowena came intc H @ K 0.0 % !the presence of King Vortogem OF (“RISTMAS MAI[ % 9| v t 4 % 2 5/ 1/ ¢} bearing a gold cup of wine, and said e '; S 9] /, b4 | (¢ 5 9 % 4 ¢ “Waes hael, Hlaford Cyning"—"Be| Apout, 75 years ago the people of (§ gf ;; % Q 5» | of health, good King." a community i Indiana applied for 55 G) | ¢ Bl 4 2 ding to the Bible St.|, g o § e | 4 9% & Uricncia Sk habh 44 ‘bbe ItHVEEI s oo e R e (A ?g p ’ ~ Nichel as borr e thrivingiq name. There already was a pos 9 » - 7 e already was a post ;5 /’:;'j S E A S O N S (J R E E T I N G S gfi port of Patara, opposite the Island|oerice by that name in Indiana, and (93 193 212 » of Rhodes in Ly an Asia Minor | 1 b 5 bl ¢ ;fi ’f‘ ?’ ovinee of the Roman Empire snge N Bl dae pelcre (’4 [ ¢ j) provint g 4 Christmas, the people decide (e ) | [ < = : RIEP s people decided to ; 5/:7 Ak o Christmas candles are sub-|pame the town Santaclause, in one % 9 % % ,5 ® N ;,‘pu‘-ed to guide the Christ child t0|yworq. ’f ? ; 25 “ VYUY, & your doorstep, an Austrian legend| " In 1038 the name was changed ’5 AV 9| says . B to two words, Santa Claus. Since § % ;5 §§ ; fi 6 Itis believed that Yule is de-|then letters from all over the world (2 ; ;1 ;2 o (xived ffl;‘;lm an tflld NUYS(Z name fOT|bave come in, until now it takes a | { “a e sh {one e winter mounts. f, f abi i 9 I; Th S B ' gl :’ p 1o Cin v i orce of about eight péople through ( 13 e ”gar 0“’ ?, 5 s o 4 Legeng han. i that S,L Nich- | November and December to handle ;fi % %1% ¢} jolas took pity on three daughters|the Christmas mail with a new % # 4 ¢ of an impoverished merchant, and|slectric cancelling hi (NNONGNNNGNONONN m Y AVNNNNNNNoToNoVoVoNo NotoYoNoXo¥o¥o¥oXoVorotol COOOCOO0O00EY) | surreptitiously gave them dowries. 3 g mic u?o. R s 3 That's_ how the custom of giving cecret gifts on the eve of St. Nieh-| clas Day (Dec. 6) originated. The\ date was moved to Dec. 25. 8. A long clerical robe, like a bishop’s — traditional Netherlands #* garb for St. Nick. > 9. A white horse — in Belgium| and the Netherlands. ! 10. Kris Kringle is a corruption of the Teutonic “Christ-kindel,” or “Christ-child.” ———.————— CHEF DESCRIBES HOW T0 CARVE | TURKEY PROPERLY Fine roast turkey reigns supreme over the American Christmas table, But no matter how large or small; NG it may be, the obstacle of carving ' the bird must first be overcome be- fore it can be enjoyed. Since carving is almost an art in itself, a few expert suggestions are |4 made by Maurice Bonneau, chef at a downtowr. hotel in New York. | Before starting to cut the turkey, [} sharpen the carving knife with the steel. The correct way to sharpen the carving knife is to hold the steel securely in the left hand, passing the far side of the blade against the far side of the steel with a quick i 3 I stroke toward the left hand. a the Christmas Season in all sincerity. = We 42| When ‘the knife is sharpened, re- " .move the second joints by putting fork between second joint and dromstick. Insert knifé between careass and second joint and cut, then with the fork pull the joint free from the carcass. If turkey {is properly cooked this will be easy. Next remove the wings by cutting ; # > very carefully, inserting knile wo-|#§ ward the joints and pull out as \with the second joint. Take care rot to cut into the breast. 3 . With the breast of the turkey [ facing you, slice the white meat with [ a downward stroke and away from the bone. Next cut the drumstick /free from the second joint, and slice the latter. Then cut the tail with lower back meat and cut out the |1 “oyster” which is a small amount of dark meat on the back which is al- ways in demand because of the deli- cate flavor. Serve the meat with the stuffing, giblet gravy and cranberry sauce. Spoon out the stuffing which is placed first on the plate. Cover with one piece of dark and one piece of Hght meat, unless there are spec- ial preferences, and cover with giblet gravy. Place helping of cranberry sauce on the side. ——lp North Church. from . which in 1775 the lanterns were hung sig- naling to Paul, Revere that the; | British were marching to Lexing-| ton, still stands in Boston. | s a Pleasant Custom to _4);9 J(; A / R{‘E | of thetralilide Seacon, i:::;ji:t:::a::z::: message as a personal acknowledgement of your good- will and splendid cooperation. Because of these fac- tors you have made it possible for us to enjoy the Holi- day Season more thoroughly. The management and personnel of this iustitution i join together in extending to all of you and yours sin- cere best wishes for a Christmas of great happiness "and a New Year of good health and good times. You may be sure we extend our Greetings of thoroughly enjoy this occasion of renewing friendly associations. by Our thanks for your patronage during the past year. May the New Year bring fulfillment of your every desire, as well as Health, Happi- P ness and Prosperity TWENTIETH CENTURY MEAT ROALD COPSTEAD and STAFF MARKET 5 s i v yen &2 : ai