SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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Planning Helps
Late Shoppers
Select Presents
Washington. D. C.
BRITISH DIPLOMACY
Respite incessant reminders to
The British barring of Russian "shop early,” last-minute shoppers
Ambassador Litvinoff from an air­ will crowd the stores the day or two
plane on route to the U.S.A, has in­ before Christmas in a mad search
creased Washington whispers that , for gifts.
it is about time the British did
When there is little time left It
something to clean up their mori­ is best to sit down and think over
bund diplomatic service and cut the problem before leaving the
out snubs to people who are trying house. This sounds paradoxical, but
to help them.
far more can be accomplished by
It has long been the belief of spending time planning than by
Americans, too polite to mention it, rushing around a store without any
that the British embassy in Wash­ idea of what is wanted.
ington can make more mistakes to
A little ingenuity will disclose
the square inch even than Mr. countless presents that can be ac­
Hull’s state department—and many quired with a minimum of time.
of the state department’s mistakes
Simple combinations of articles
come from trying so ardently to ape
make admirable presents. For ex­
the British.
ample, if the friend is a camera
For years the British embassy addict, combine several rolls of film,
has sat on its hilltop, well removed a flood lamp and a few flash bulbs
from the bustle of Washington, and into an attractive package.
looked
with
slightly
disdainful
It is inadvisable to hastily select
amusement upon the hoi polloi of
monogrammed or initialed station­
congress. An invitation to the Brit­
ery for an inveterate letter-writer.
ish embassy in those good old days
A very welcome present can be
was considered by the dowagers as
made by enclosing a book of postage
better than an invitation to the
stamps in an extra-nice box of plain
White House.
stationery.
But those good old days, un­
These are just two of many com­
fortunately both for the dowagers
binations which will satisfy the need
and the embassy, are gone, never
for last-minute presents. If you are
to return. However, the embassy
too tired or too busy to employ even
appears completely unaware of that
this simple device there are still
fact. And its charming young men
1 several other practical remedies.
go their charming way, saying
Fill in that subscription blank for
sometimes too audibly: "We must
your
favorite magazine that has
be nice to Americans”; while the
real work of defending Britain takes been around the house, and wrap a
place in the British Purchasing com­ current issue in an attractive car­
mission, largely under the direc­ ton with a note explaining that there
tion of hard-boiled Canadians and are 12 more to come. Only be care­
ful that the friend does not already
Australians.
I subscribe to the magazine or your
Viscount Halifax is one of the
present will lose a good share of its
most delightful and genteel persons
; interest.
ever to grace the embassy. He tries
Another welcome gift can be se-
hard. But hard as he tries, he
¡
cured
at the last minute by tele­
cannot overcome
the
bubbling
Charles Peake, who minces around phoning the local theater for a few
him as if his lordship still were tickets. Then write a little note,
viceroy of India with white and preferably in rhyme, and include it
crimson-costumed Sikhs mounted with the tickets.
A little ingenuity will disclose
on black chargers outside his pal­
ace. in Calcutta, instead of being countless presents that can be ac­
in a city where politics are very quired with a minimum of time.
earthy and where the congress­
By all means don't buy things
man's wife from Keokuk has a lot that come ip sizes unless you are
more influence than the pink tea sure of the size. And don't tftjy a
protocol experts usually seen at the gift that may have to be exchanged
unless the store will exchange the
British embassy.
article willingly.
WASHINGTON SOCIETY
Washington is a city where de­
bate may rage furiously on the floor
of the senate, but simmer down to
friendly story-telling in the ante­
room or around the dinner table
afterward. This is not always the
case, however,
and sometimes
Washington society becomes so
aroused that it is dangerous to in­
vite certain strong-minded people
to dinner.
This was true during the fight over
Roosevelt’s Supreme court bill; and
during the Roosevelt-Willkie elec­
tion campaign; and it is somewhat
true during the neutrality controver­
sies today. Old hands at the game |
of controversy, however, manage to
keep their tempers. For instance,
seated near each other at dinner the
other night were Sen. Burt Wheeler,
than whom there is no more ener­
getic isolationist, and Undersecre­
tary of the Navy Forrestal, just as
energetically interventionist.
Wheeler was talking about the re­
cent neutrality debate, telling how ;
Roosevelt forces influenced votes by
promising jobs and dishing out pa­
tronage. Interrupted Undersecretary
Forrestal:
"Senator, did the neutrality fight
reach the depths of your fight to
pass the Wheeler-Rayburn act?”
(The Holding Corporation act.)
"No,” shot back Senator Wheeler,
“I didn't have the patronage.”
The two men continued a good- ' Santa Claus will get a big sur­
natured discussion of neutrality, prise when he sees this tree being
Wheeler maintaining that time decorated by a young lady from
would prove that his anti-war stand Virginia. The tree is completely dec­
was right. After the war, he con­ orated with brilliant red, yellow,
tended, history would reverse the , green and mottled apples, dried ap­
present tide of war sentiment and ple tinsel and crab apple lights.
there would be a revulsion of feel­
ing if not a virtual French revolu­
tion.
"And when the guillotine ax be­
gins to fall, senator,” said Forrest­
Holly has become closely associ­
al as he departed, "will you be my
ated with Christmas, but why, no­
attorney?”
body knows.
• • •
Some claim that holly, with its
FINNS VS. NAZIS
Intelligence reports from Europe thorns and blood-red berries, sym­
for the first time indicate friction bolizes the crown of thorns worn
between
German
and
Finnish by the Saviour. Another belief is
troops on the eastern fronts. The that the use of hoEy as Christmas
Finns are sore because the Nazis decorations was handed down by
have been living off the country and the pagans. The Romans dedicat­
have not been at all scrupulous in ! ed the plant to Saturn to be used
paying Finnish peasants for pigs, at the Saturnalia, his festival, oc­
curring in December. At about the
cows and chickens.
On top of this, the Nazis recently j same time the early Christians cele­
ousted Finnish children from an J brated the birth of Christ, and to
orphanage at Rovaninemi and used protect themselves from prosecu­
it for the general staff. This made tion, they decorated their homes
with holly.
the Finns boil with anger.
Apple Ornaments
Holly Decoration Used
In Pagan Celebrations
CAPITAL ( HAFF
The government is paying out
more money than ever before in his­
tory for use of the wires and ether.
Even with reduced rates for official
messages, the tolls for telegraph,
telephone, cable and radio are tre­
mendous.
Every time a government official
picks up the telephone to make an
outside call, Uncle Sam pays three
cents, the wholesale rate. In tele­
graph messages the government gets
a 40 per cent discount, though there
if a minimum charge of 20 cents.
Friday, December 12, 1941
Singapore Prepares for ‘Showdown*
Hollywood Artists
Help ‘Papa’ Look
Like Santa Claus
‘Mercy Killer’
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Even Santa Claus is coming under
the critical gaze of Hollywood make­
up artists who are constantly seek­
ing perfect figures. They believe
that something should be done to
save his face and figure, pointing
out that street-corner Santa Clauses
are becoming shabbier and more
unconvincing every season.
After a lengthy discussion they
agreed on the general appearance
of what an ideal Santa should have.
He should appear about 70 years of
age. stand about 5 feet, U) Inches ;
tall and weigh between 173 and 213 j
pounds, chest and waist girth about
48 inches. His complexion should
When a new British fleet, headed by H.M.8. Prince of Wales, breezed
into Singapore, there was plenty of excitement.
Above you see a
transport unloading its cargo of Australians and New Zealanders In the
port. Below: Australian and British eadrts laying a bridge across a
narrow creek during "Invasion maneuvers” near Singapore.
be very ruddy. Bushy white whisk­
ers and long eyebrows complete his
physical appearance.
The outstanding requirement of
Santa's makeup is that it must not
be obviously false. It is better to
have too little makeup, they agreed,
than to have it so apparent that even
a child can see it at a glance.
For the benefit of fathers who
wish to play Santa Claus at their
own fireside on Christmas evening,
they suggest that a convincing
complexion and facial makeup can
be obtained from the average fem­
inine dressing-table.
For best results there should first
be a general facial application of
makeup foundation, followed by a
liberal coating of face powder, pref­
erably an olive tint The cheeks
should then be rouged clear up to
the eyes. If lifelike eyebrows are
not obtainable, vaseline the natural
eyebrows and then dust them over
with white talcum powder.
Careful attention to the eyes will
help make Daddy look less like him-
self and more like Santa Claus. To
overcome quick identification, eye
wrinkles should be enlarged and
accentuated with an ordinary eye­
brow pencil. If there aren't any nat­
ural wrinkles, some can be drawn
in at the corners.
And just to
make doubly safe, slip in a few
furrows across the forehead.
Even with the best makeup, how­
ever, .tall and thin fathers will face
an almost insurmountable handicap
if they should try to imitate Santa.
They probably won't get away with
their disguise, but they can have
just as much fun trying as their
more rotund friends.
American Troops Arrive in Dutch Guiana
Mrs. Edith Reichert, 24, of Brook­
lyn, N. Y., shown during question­
ing hy police following the slaying
of her brother. George llorne, 26,
a mental patient at Kings Park
stale hospital. According to Slate
Police Sergeant John J. Lawson,
Mrs. Reichert wept and said "I
couldn't see him suffering llkr that
for the rest of his life.”
(grand (Tampion
j
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First pic ture of American troop* occup>ing Dutch Guiana. The photo
shows the American army transport arriving at Paramaribo, Surinam.
J The troops were ordered into this territory by President Roosevelt to
j protect 60 per cent of America's bauxite ore for making aluminum,
'
which comes from Dutch Guiana.
»
Grand champion of the sixteenth
annual Great Western Live-Stock
show held In Los Angelrs.
lie's
Gultrldge Hickory, an MS pound
Aberdeen-Angus, owned by H. Gut-
fridge, Prairie City, Ore.
Paratroops Going Up to Come Down
New Mexican Envoy
9
ESKIMOS IN ALASKA
IMPORT LARGE HERDS
OF SANTA’S REINDEER
When San Niklaas immigrated to
America and became naturalized
into Santa Claus, he used a little
wagon drawn by a fat pony for his
visits. This was all changed in 1822 ■
by Clement Clark Moore who wrote
the immortal poem, “The Night Be­
fore Christmas.” In this poem San­
ta's equipage was the “miniature :
sleigh and eight tiny reindeer." It
has remained a sleigh and reindeer
ever since.
Just as Santa Claus was imported
from abroad, his reindeer were also
Imported to America for the Christ­
mas celebration. Santa Claus, how­
ever, was merely imported figura­
tively; his reindeer were actually
Members of a U. 8. army parachute battalion are shown walking past a
brought over here.
As a result of government effort« great collection of parachutes on their way to the big C-53 troop trans­
port in which they were taken aloft for an attack on an "enemy air­
to start reindeer herds in Alaska
there are now more than 700,000 of port” during the war games in the Carolinas. The “umhrrlla men”
proved their mettle by taking objectives to which they were assigned—
these animals grazing on the frozen
tundra of the north. They not only just another day in the life of the paratroops.
furnish the animals for Christmas
displays and parades throughout the
United States, but they provide an
important source of food and in­
come to the Alaskan Eskimos.
Reindeer were introduced in Alas­
ka in 1891.
Several years later
Lapp herders were hired to instruct
the Eskimos how to care for the
animals which are very prolific, dou­
bling their numbers every three
years.
Reindeer are caribou which have
been domesticated through many
centuries.
Its flesh has lost the
game flavor until now it resembles
a cross between duck and mutton.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
has nominated George 8. Messer-
smlth, ambassador to Cuba (shown
above) to be the new ambassador
to Mexico.
Mr. Mrsserxmlth. a
"career diplomat," will succeed
Josephus Daniels, and will take up
his new duties early next year when
the retirement of Mr. Daniels be­
comes effective.
Leaders Discuss Vital Labor Questions
Woman M. P. Arrives
Congressional leaders and departmental heads who were called to
the White House by the President for a discussion on labor legislation.
8hown as they arrived are I. to r., Rep. John McCormack, house majority
leader; Rep. E. E. Cox of Georgia; speaker of the house Ham Rayburn of
Texas, and Rep. Joseph Martin Jr., house minority leader.
Mrs. Beatrice Rathbone, member
of Britain's parliament, has her bag­
gage inspected as she arrives in
New Jersey. Her children have bee«
staying here "for the duration."
Holiday Decorations
German Introduces Yule Tree
Christmas decorations are an ad­
America saw its first Christmas
mirable first aid to the Christmas
spirit. They usher the holiday feel­ tree in 1843, historians believe, when
August Imgard, a German immi­
ing into the home and revive that
belief in Santa Claus we all need grant, set it up for the first time in
so much. So hang the house with j this country at Wooster, Ohio. The
holly and mistletoe. Hang a bow- first Christmas tree to be lighted in
an American church was put up in
tied wreath of holly on the door.
Cleveland.
Bring out the festive candles, deco­
rate the mantel with spruce, and
Oak Christmas Tree
dangle shiny balls where they will
An oak tree served as the first
capture the eye. When you’ve made
Christmas tree, even though this
the house bright and gay you'll be
honor is usually bestowed upon ever­
aglow with the true Christmas.
greens today.