The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1944, Page 38

PAGE TWO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALAS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1944 -y . ing doll manufacturers, Mme. Alex- . . [ It wa stoma; to :a .ib ander is one of Santa Claus’ first . . . HUGE YULE I.OG from each year's fire to light th !}een 0 assistants. o And this year she is| : ; ; - % next one with. If the log was prop- i working overtime to fulfill her con- | |& . g o ON(E 'I'HourH]' “!'0 | erly burned it was believed that the tracts for the dolls which Santa | i i , ky devil was powerless to do any mis- needs for Christmas stockings and | | R ol v chief to the household i wartime restrictions. 5 *s | were originally hung by fireplaces | ¢ % J Centuries ago huge fires were built | burning Yule logs in order A -3, A “You should have seén us look By ADELAIDE KERR for d substitute for rubber bands, in the great baronial halls in Eng- | sorb the edor of the burning w 3 land on Christmas eve and s and thus give the wearer protection AP Feature Writer she said with a reminiscent chuckle | as she checked through a pile of ybrought in a log that was to b bionde beauties in her New York v T studio, “We have to have rubber bands to give stretch to the arm and leg mechanisms. So we cut up the hollow arms RERRRRG OO RRRBHO RRARARRRRRIRRRRIRRIRRARRRRRS AR reetings CHRISTMAS l9¢‘,4 May this Holiday Season be The best yoi've ever had. ‘With kindest thoughts for loved ones. Ta maka vour Christmas glad. ) i "o i Baranof Beauty Salon HERO'S DAUGHTER — Xatherine, baby danghter of 5 AL 4 Flight Lieut. A, J. Wingood, tries her teeth on ihe distingui: « 27 % o i 4 A A S 9 b\ Tflying eross her father has just rectived froin King George VI - - COOOOOCOOOOOOOECOCOOOOOCY) RRARRARRARRRRARS RRRRRFRRRR Preamiand SO OO O C OO C E C OO O O E OO OO OO0 OO OO OCOCCCCEO0C0S 7 X! D A A A T RO 7N P of our rubber dolls to get them. ‘Wp i) UV vl Ty d Ve D, ad T it o meve | © & R R R e O O DD £ the eyes, we now use plastic. And | f 254 /) the chemists had to find substitutes : for critical chemicals in enamels.” p But war restrictions or no, Ma- F ) dame Alexander’s dolls still have the ‘ p qualities that have made them # % tamous — character and glamor. p Her most famous have been the ;) Dionne Quintuplets, Sonja Henie, Scarlett O'Hara and the Alice in 4 Wonderland dolls all dressed to rep- resent the characters for which they | ) are named. This year her Christmas averites are the bride doll, the United Nations dolls and “The Little Shaver"—a wartime doll made en- tirely of fabric from head to heels. | When Mma, Alevander walks into a room, she is a sight to make any- | body sit up. Her dark eyes dance. Her face, which makes no preten- . .o g sion ¢f being wholly unlined, lights | "” keeping with the gay spirit of the holiday } with a radiant smile. She has beau- | : . . tiful feet and ankles, likes frivolous when greetings pass from friend to friend, ) e shoce Mime. Alekhnier shgs that we hope that your Christmas will be a merry R e R Ry mothers looked the same! | Beatrice Alexander has lived with | ) dolls all her life. Her father, a Rus- sian, and her mother, an Austrian, met on the boat enroute to America, 9 were married in New York and took J J MEHERIN % a small flat in Grand Street. There . . her father, who had worked with a COOOO00ES c5 doll repairman in Germa; g 5 ~ a doll's hospital and ther doll head: rms and legs—Beatrice | Alexander was born. Eventually ber | father began to sell dolls, which were | then virtually all imported fr Europe. There were dolls all over ¥ the place. After her high school days she| married Philip Behrman. She might never have thought much of deolls| again, if World War I had not cut off the imported supply of dolls to America and thus cut off her par- ents’ livelihood. Something had to| be done. So she got out her needle and thread and made her first all- | fabric dolls—a Red Cross nurse and | an infant. Her father put them on sale and they sold so fast that their‘ maker went into business for herself. | Two years later her husband joined | her. i : Don'fBurn Up Sanfa’s Whiskers Look out! Don't celebrate Christ- ¥ Lt 3 . mas by setting the house on fire. POKEN OR WRITTEN, there is no more Safety councils are issuing warn- cheering greeting than the age-old Hol- ings of increased fire Nazards this . % Pt e §% Christmas, because of wartime short- iday salutation “Merry Christmas and %% .ges of electrical wiring and re- a ”*‘m‘\' New Year.” > placement parts. Old, frayed and (5 SR SR 15508, defective wiring may be pressed into is a greeting of friendliness that warms the service, with dangerous results, Here are some tips on how to avoid . S % P8 common Yuletide fire hazards: matter how far distant they may be. Itis the thought- 3 1. Christmas tree. Keep the tree : & fresh by standing it in a pan of 4 2 Z » water. Or flameproof it by sawing other—the salutation of understanding and in all at base at least an inch above I original cut and standing it in fol- ‘ lowing solution: 1 pound ammonium and kindred. %® culphate to 1% pints of water. Keep 15 B ByalSing - e " % tree in cool place until it has ab- I.l is a grecting L mlm[}nrlt’fm us the true o/ iy g gl S meaning of Christmas and the New Year—the entire A gree of fire resistance depends on Holidav Season. % cmount of solution absorbed. 5§ 2 s 2. Wiring. Inspect carefully and So as the Holidays approach again, it is our repair or discard if defective. sincere and hearty wish that yours will be a very 3. Rubbish. Dispose of wrappings | Mty Chiistivas g dia i ‘ Naw Naat, and empty boxes as soon as possxble.‘ Merry L mas and a Happy ‘New ool ¢ 4. Candles. Don't use ‘em on the | Christmas tree! And well before Christmas home extinguishers should be put in | order. i RRRRRARRG RRRARRRRARRARG 1] jone and that the New Year will bring you P true haopiness. RRRFTRRRRRRRC 4 heart and brings friends eloser to each other. no ful expression of regard that one man has for an- lands the manifestation of kindrniess aniong friends - CHRISTMAS HAGGIS | Haggis is a dish commonly made ¥ in a sheen’s maw or stomach, of its ¥ lungs, heart and liver, mixed with | P suet, onions, salt and pepper. It can be made of oatmeal mixed with suet, onions and spices; without ani- While it has not become extreme- ly pepular in America, the use of calves instead of sheep are often used. The mixture is placed in the Im;mm)y and then boiled.