The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1950, Page 16

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA SATURDA\',fiIlEACrEMBER 22, 1950 | germs.” ] | lights beneath the tree. | MISS | “No ... Nol" Dee cried in an- DANGER OF HRE Is Don't leavé™tree lights on when | guish, | : But Hilda tore the cat from her, GREA‘".Y ENHAN(ED when the family is away from home. < > , Z thrust it in Merry's arms. The From time to time, check over the X 7 J 7 A next thing Merry had been ushered tree and see if needles near the 2 A z out the front door. | fiv (HR&S?MAS TRE lights are turning brown. If they K \ N ) )\ N it isn't necessary and especially She went to her smali apartment, | have, move the lights. A, Vi Watch the calendar. New Yea | sat down in a chintz chair, holding A o MA the kitten, “Well, after all, it was| The average Christmas tree can s the day for the tree to go down. | fun even if it is over,” she con-i| 20 Up in smoke in only two min-|If you should extend the time, don’t utes. That doesn’t ve much Jeave the lights on the tree for L e S ime for the fire department to more than a half hour at a time. By Maud McCurdy Welech | But it wasn't over. Two hours| .. ipere, | fided tearfully to the cat. later Hugh Mallory knocked on her : . Y i v 4 i thr .| A live tree with roots packed in Meredith Harris, known as Merry, | door. “I hunted through a hundred | # i ¢ . sat at her desk in the big insur- | office files for your address anq 1| @ bucket of earth is the safest. "‘e Blg Dav ance office and- fought back her found you at last.” Be sure and keep the dirt moist- tears | Merry was flushed. “Your sister. | cncd: A small tree Is safer than I! as OM as large one and festive trimmings A volce start . “Why are|in-law-came back.” . et iy Ak T o can make up what it lacks in size. (QlUMbUS m’m,,)_‘ b B ikt | He nodded. “She’s gone for good = Kcep the tree outdoors until you 4 e |now. We'd had a disagreement. are ready to set it up inside. When It was Hugh Mallory, the agency 5 . N . . head. ' Merry said, “Just finishing| You see, I found she was teaching bri it "in, keep it in The celebration of Chrisimas in p. Everybody’s in sugh a hurry my little girl to be a snob.” He St i of the house with the this couutry has deep and perma- 5 r' smi gain. * radiator neares! urned off. 4 gh 4 i “It's Christmas Eve. Let every- k‘n.oke off, smllc‘d again. “Dee wants ra )T Neare ‘( xl't n\x e off X‘Hn‘l.lufll\ nl(‘hmxk h 4.0. one Un.xo its . thing go” Hugh started to his| You to come back and so . . . do Use noninflammable aluminum ghservance was nearly extermin- = 3 | r e 3 oil—1 g r paper—to con-| g office. Merry's eyes followed his I. For good. Do you understand, 'foil—not cotton or par ated, | darling?” ceal container in which tree is 4 er; . he iaba . huan " tall figure. She liked him very She was afraid to believe he'd | “planted.” Use noninflammable The f Christmas observance much, was short after Columbus dis- 3 i e | really said that. But he took her | trimmings on the tr s £ lesbe o e B o X8 tell pands, drew nher closer, ., “Ldok, | Don't use lighted candles. (This|Covered Amerloa, 'The Santa Marla CHR'STM AS “It's ‘mothing: M 215':31" and her| Merry, T've been searching for the | may seem an unnecessary precau- ol £ "“d’ é lhsb kit ‘":l lals Saitly ) e il right girl for a long time. I knew | tion in this day of electric lights,| Christmas day Columbus and hi: ; amily have gone to California. I men worked to free her. When it o { il g andles contribute to| guess I ... T'm lonely.” | T'd found her when I saw you sit- | but lighted ca S | was found hopeless, she was strip- % Y w yo! ting in that big chair with Dee | tragic fires every year.) IR <t S i X r A ’ B s l ;;m:}fulr,:-‘;zn:;,my 800d luck,” he} 4 the cat. Oh, my deAt, say, you| Check the wiring for the tree to ILJ;:Scfi‘“g; ?;Pm;;:‘! gear as possible rances AnRnR s eallly aion = | love me, say youwll marry me. Dee | see that it's not frayed and is in e He 'was Wnie, 100, he explatned. oot neka von an e | perfect condition. The switch for| However, the Nina was unable to His sister-in-law who had looked| ™y oo nyned Yo fabe and he F,j,,"w “1} and oo dléctrie Tigghiie | ORITY @l the maen, ‘nd (some Were | S srre o e e e e el ;'n‘Lh holi ::glew;::ufi:?yz:;c: atghoe\ read his answer in the sweet sin- should be at some distance from }:’f“[s:hi’;i:”r“ 1:‘:15‘1{'{2(‘: llj:- )!'\"::‘;f . : M had left unespectedly. His Aunt| es. the tree. Don't’ Bl or unBlug |l e ety: There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising! Amanda was still with them, but ; ] | o 2 i she was getting old. There was no one to do the things to make a little girl happy. Would Meredith help him? It took them three hours to sh shopping. At seven o’clock, h's luxurious car turned on the irive of an imposing house. A little girl sat in a big chair oking lonely. She held out her rms and cried a little. “We're not oing to have a Christmas tree or anything.” Hugh Mallory swung his little i hter up in his arms. “Oh, yes, T He put her down. “Ti\ is Miss Meredith Harris, she's going to see to everything.” And it was the most wonderful Christmas Dee had ever had a the most beautiful tree. But M ry’s gift was best'of all. A beau- tiful Siamese kitten. After the presents had been dis- tributed. Merry and Dee sat in a big chair Dee stroking the kitten's head. “How did you know I wanted a kitten more’n anything “Because I was a little girl once myself.” Hugh went uptown on an errand in the later afternoon. Soon after a handsome woman in rich furs and jewels came in. “Aunt - Hilda, you~ . .. came » Y & % - cr” -~ N Hat” f rchie B. Betts s, Dee, I know my duty, even if your father and I . . .” Hilda D \ E R ' broke off staring at Merry. “Who's 8 . e T e e e PSS 9 At this Holiday Season we desire to express our sincere appreciation for our pleasant relationships and extend to you and yours best wishes for a ST gy HAPPY CHRISTMA Brownie's Liquor Store P e e USSR S this?" < - \ N D, ra ol ” It's Miss Merry Christmas . . . : £ & & i SRR R DERRRE s what I call her. She fixed S : my beautiful tree, did everything.” R Hilda looked at Merry coldly. | “You can go now. And take that | cat with you, Theyre full of 2. v, /7 o sptre ] Wipe N O Ve Peterson Refuse Company Robert E. and Minna Coughlin i T S e Why, everyone knows that it's old St. Nick himself, and i time cgain to begin to notice that os always, the old feliow brings with him joy, mas season. May this Christmas b ¢ icllv remembrance for vou. Season’s Greetings S HOWARD and CHERIE SR