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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1943)
Matt the Meath 'lithi&Jee/uf, Qeatlemaa StxanA, Vatjue Boated By BETTY ANN STEVENS (A reprint, with additions, by request of the harried co women’s editors). “Pull up a snowdrift and sit down,” the bewhiskered gen tleman invited cozily, waving a red-coated arm. “Man of the month? Well, shiver my munsingwear,’ he feebly exclaimed. "My activities?” queried the nice man, his eyebrows rising to puzzled heights as he recoiled abruptly into the snow. We sat patiently, waiting for an answer, and “Nicky, as my wife calls me” sat, awaiting en lightenment. Presently he picked up an icicle, and we sat munching in unison, warbling the air corps song to the tune of “I’m Dream ing of a White Christinas,” which was waxing thinly from his port able. Super-Duper “That was the radio I got from the nazis when I escaped from Hitler in ‘Superman’ a year ago,” he engagingly grinned. We’d nev er kept track of Superman. “Crunch, crunch,” we munched. “My activities,” he reiterated monotonously. Chicly garbed in a daring suit of fireman red, with a military cut and charming white accents, he revealed between “my activi ties” that his suit won’t be such a stunningly bright shade from now on because of government priorities on dyes. We gazed, fascinated, at a bril liant, shining buckle. With a toss of his hoary locks he follewed our hypnotized gaze. “Oh, the Dinna Giva Damma pledges keep my brass polished as house council punishment,” he revealed bright ly. “Punishment ?” “Yup, they believed the rumor about one o'clock per,” he chort led. No Basic Prestenting quite an athletic ' appearance, in contrast to his former plumpness, he confided ; that basic physical education has not been necessary in the far north due to his hurried bullet dodging activities from hemi sphere to hemisphere. “My activities!” "What say?” "MY ACTIVITIES! I turned my sleighbells in for the scrap drive, and Mrs. C. is a mechanic for the new crop of tanks we’re putting out, since she gave up air spotting. Of course, there are Merry Christmas gifts ... A wide selection iuclud i nj-T: Chinese Art Values English Tobey Jugs Roseville 1 ’otterv Figurines Pictures Linens And many other items — m a k e (Juackenbush's your headquarters for Christ mas Shopping!!! Quackenbush's 160 E. 9th Ph. 1057 a lot of frozen commodities this year," he admitted, the words falling in little tinkles of ice on the snow. “You know, one thing that real ly shows me is the current fuel, shortage,” he continued enthu siastically. “It isn’t half as hard to go down chimneys, and they aren’t quite so sooty, which cuts my cleaning bills in half . . . and you know what the dry-cleaning situation is these days!” “What coeds request?” He pon dered deeply. “Well, from their letters,” lie drawled softly, “I'd say that most of them feel like a new man. The transportation and gift-wrapping involved is a ter rific problem.” Cacually he blew into his bun ny-fur mittens and announced, “I’ll drop you off at your house. I have a coke date at the Si berian, so it won't be any trouble at all, really.” Wheel Blithely he signalled to his im patient steeds. “Hup - one - two - three - four,” and we rose ma jestically rhythmically in a cloud of snow. In the middle of a large puddle on Alder street the sleigh landed, as Mr. C. remarked, “Donder and Blitzen are really in the pink since I had them overhauled with a dose of vitamin pills. They have to keep chipper because there's been a demand for rein deer steaks.” “Oh, by the way," he called back, “You might tell your friends that gasoline rationing will absolutely not affect gift service this year.” T/UltcU to Qw& /Continued from page thirteen) a thousand years are learning how for the first time in the ser vice. Sewing kits may sound in significant but they are one of the most-used gifts that you could give" to a service man. If the man you’re pondering about is fortunate to have a large room of his own, give him a desk set consisting of scissors and letter opener. Polishing the Shoe Then again, if he’s just coming up the ranks and has to have his “number 18’s” polished to a T, a shoe polish kit will serve the pur pose well. If you think he just can’t use a single thing—remember that he used to eat at home once and some home-baked goodies would bring those familiar friends of his to mind and also the swell Christmases at home. Then again there's always the best gift of all—a war bond— the one gift that is backing every one lip. -—By Gloria Cartozian The Indiana University school of dentistry is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. > r QalU&isi'l jjosi a i MeWuf cr - •wbw'«<w . -iidWLKa»«“.« GU^iUtmcui V* 'Wm.ts/i r2Vbite 2)%ed.'le&. . . . . for your Holiday Date . . . the two piece dress with a difference. Slim, me ticulous . . . of raven gabardine. 10.35 . . . for you, and gift giving. 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