The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1944, Page 16

PAGE FOUR ; TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1944 DAY, NOVEWPER 2T, TIE “ icome Gift : SRR of the little ones. Today they are| ell remember that the most pre¢~ = ‘nmnmg about as eagerly all over| ious gift we can bestow upon our THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA the world pattering to see what| children is a capacity for fesling just * ¥ good gifts may have been received,|such tender and genefous and help- | | 9t. Nick Visits thé Salesgirl | | ! CHRISTMAS DAY; irdent with a hope any young|ful emotions”as today stir in the 0I' Sanfa WasBornin Goqi U.S.A. Europe brought Christmas to| America, but America gave Santa | Claus to Europe. | By H.I. PRILLIPS u VP A A R A A P B PR P P R R S . v - | hearts can feel. | breasts of all good men and wome "T'was the night before Christmas when all through the flat On this day the austere scientist| = Not a creature was st#rin’ (include me in that); who has almost quit believing in My stockin's, a little the worse for the wear, | the very laws of astronomy which Was hung on the back of a three-legged chair; | m:mtl)yx sl;eemed as sure and stable, | tut which now seem dissolving in | Outside snow was fallin’ in beautiful flakes, HOPE FOR “'IE flm’“ b 1 mist of relativity — this careful But I didn’t care—I was too full of aehes; I'd worked in a store through the holiday strife, rofessional skeptio becomes ss a| OPen your hearts and - | child himself and considers it hard|the spirit and sincerity of Christ- And was plannin’ to sleep for the rest of my life: ndeed if he cannot believe in Santa|MaS greetings, both between in- December thé 25th is the Day of # (he Child. M | It is upon this day of days that ountless men and women and little | ‘hildren barely able to speak their nguage utter the great rejoicing. For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given. Even those who hold creeds in LET CHRISTMAS RENEW .« Wi It is a woman's war, too. An€ for Christmas Santa brought this lit tle lady the uniform of a Red Cross nurse. The cape is blue. The uni- form is of white cotton with the Red Cross emblem. R s - WAR OR NO WAR YOUNGSTERS KEEP FAITH IN ST. KICK | Throughout this nation, from kiddies are beginning to pout into the post offices. They event- ually turn up at the postma desks, for they are addressed: “SANTA CLAUS, “No Pole.” In New York City, San Francisco New Orleans, Chicago and reds of other cities such addressed letters turn up—all testifying that war or no war, the simple and fai’ a- ful children have put their trust i Santa Claus Such letters are the kind that po. ing upon local charities, an: viduals, try to have answered on Christmas morning: “Dear ta Claus — I am writing to you becaute I am deared that you will miss me 1 did last year. I ha five sisters and four brotl X vould like something tmas too. Mama hasn'’t got enough money to buy us anything and dpaddy has light, grocery 1 other bills to pay “Santa, we all hope and pray that you can get to gur house. We live on the second floor.” as the one following ters, call- letters " NEED LITTLE T0 hund- | the early Dutch settlers| came to America, they had never| of Santa Claus. Old St.| who brought them pres- ach December 6, changed | y in the New World. | ime became abbreviated and | 1 to Santa Claus, and his ex- appearance underwent great | anges. From a lean ascetic he| was transformed into a jolly, fat old | fellow. His pale face became the| | color of rosy apples. He laid aside| s canonical robes, miter and pas-| ral staff to become clothed in a cap and brilliant red suit, trimmed with ermine. The new Santa Claus traded his famous gray horse for a reindeer ana sleigh. He also stop- pa2d giving presents on December 6, and gtarted distributing gifts on the rights of December 24. The changes in his outward ap- | pearance re reflected in his | change of character. When he came | to America he left behind him rod |and bag of ashes with which he ib?fll naughty children, and adopt- | €d an entirely lovable personality. | Completely transformed, he again | crossed the ocean to be welcomed | ywhere from Scotland to Aus-| a. e KEEP FAITH WITH KIDDIES AT YULE Tonight, pernaps some soldier is |less lonely because he remembers the sled or drum or train he found | | beneath his Christmas free one morning long ago. It takes so little to keep faith with | the children. Madame Schumann- Heintk remembered one Christmas all her life. She was perhaps seven | or eight when times were very hard | and it did not seem as if very much vas going to be left for her. But on | | Christmas morning, the little girl | found she had been remembered. | Her treasure? It was an orange, | round and yellow, and her very own. | Just one orange saved that Christ-| 7 mas for all efernity. Years later, a famous lady realized the love and sacrifice and ideals that orange rep- resented. BRI RRRRRRRRF IR I RR AR AT RRFRIRRR IR R RRRRRARRRRARRZ TO COME . . . IS Frances Ann’ AR A AR R R R AR AR R R R R R R RS S SRR AR AR R R RRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRR AR TRRRRRICERRRRRG RERRRRAARAIARRIRRRRRRRRRS THAT THE THRILL OF CHRISTMAS . . . ITS GENUINENESS . . AND HAPPINESS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE YEARS FOR YOU AND YOURS. fi | ; | j OUR SINCERE WISH s Beauty Salon A AR R AR R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R AR AR R R R RRART RRRCRIEORRRRRRRRRITERRRRIIRRRRRRRRRRRG All of us in this organ. ization rea ue of you and patronage and in appreciation this Christmas mes- soge. The season’s best'. to each of PAY JUNEAU-YOUNG HARDWARE COMPANY T N NN N VNN oo N Vo N oo oo VoV VNN N g g VNV VoV NNV SOOOOO0OS lize the val- r good will join in you. ToNONoNoN NN N NN oNoNoNoNoN Vo o NN o oNoNoNots SNty ACOOOCOOOOOOOROONND S R A AN When up from the airshaft there cume such a clatter I leaped out of bed to see what was the matter; (I thought at the time ’twas the nut down one flight, Who starts up his radio late ev'ry night); So T went to the window and loudly did cry, “Is this Christmas Eve or the Fourth of July?” When what to my dead-with-sleep eyes did appear But a hiaky-dink sleigh and eight tiny reindeer! And who should be.drivin’ right up to the door But one of them masquerade guys from the store} I said to myself, “What can be this nut's game?’ hen he clucked to his reindeer and called ’em by name! ®.\ow Dasher! Now Dancer! Now Prancer! Now Vixen! { On Comet! On Cupid! On Donder and Blitzen!” i An’ just as I'm dopin’ what next he will do, Right up to the housetop the whole outfit flew! And then in a twinklin’ I heard on the roof The prancin’ and pawin’ of meat on the hoof; (Just imagine my feelings, with sleep nearly dead And some sap with an ANIMAL ACT OVERHEAD!) As T drew in my neck and was turhin’ around, \ the airshaft my visitor came with.a bound; A big bag of junk he displayed with a grin, % And he acted to me like he’d like to move in. He was chubby, good-natured and oozin’ with glee, But I>asi( you, dear reéder, what was it to me? The point that I make is 'twas then 2 o’clock, And a man in my room without stoppin’ to knock! I was thinkin' how noivy he was and how slick When he says to me, “Lady, I'm only St. Nick.” Well, a poor tired store slave in no mood for fun, I gave him a look and I asked him, “Which one? “As a Christmas rush salesgirl,” I said, “You'll agree That a look at St. Nitk is no big treat to me; | This has gone far enough and this bunk’s gotta stop— Take the air with them goats or I'll yell for'a cop!” He spoke not a word but went on with his work, | And filled up my stockin’s, then turned with a jerk, And'layin’ a finger aside his red nose, And, givin’ a nod, up the airshaft he rose. .. He sprang to his sleigh with a shake of his head, And 1 pulled the shades down and fell into bed, “Merry Christmas!” he called as away his deer flew, And I just gave a yawn and I answers, “Sez you!”" * * * * A HEAP of good - wishes and holiday ijoys, Abundcnl with kindness and cheer, To all our good neighbors and friends, may we say, “A Happy and Prosperous Year!” R R R PR RRA R R R R R R RRR AR RRTRRIRS 008 YRRX R 2 22 22220 2 which there is no Christmas feel splendor of that cry and those 0 have no formal creed at all, ill know there is one of the 365 yortions of the year which is essen- ially the Day of the Child. It is the day when even the most unsentimental adult long since con- ealed and hardened by the years, an hear in his heart, the footsteps The two performing chimpanzees of the Philadelphia zoo are guests each year at a Christmas party, Here one of them finds that the i apples and carrots decorating the | tree are very tasty. Onme of thd | chimps plays Santa Claus at the aptiual affair, PSS Christmas Poem e | The time draws near the birth of Christ: % The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist. voices of four hamlets round, From far and near, on mead and moor, Swell out and fail, as if a door Were shut between me and the sound. Four Each voice four changes on the wind, E That now dilate; and now de- crease, Peace and good-will, good-will and peace, Peace and good-will, to all man- kind. —Tennyson. PION Claus, the bearded fairy godfather|lmates and our outside friends, of the children. “Almighty God, heavenly Father, who has blessed us with the joy and care of children. Give us light and strength so to train them that they may love whatsoever things are true and pure and lovely and f report.” good Forget present difficulties and live « cgain the Christmas of innocent and petter days. Let it renew rope for the future, with a resolve that the test impulses of our nature smu° L zssist the character building of the Y real lesson of-the Christmas seasons. e There are al EER JEWELERS GEORGE and BERTHA OSBORNE