Christmas Day Promises To Be A
Dreary One For The People Of The
Have-Not Nations Despite Luxuries
LONDON. Dec. 21 fP) There
will be Christmas gaiety and
iven plenty in Europe for those
irvio can pay. But lor Europe's
aungry, destitute multitudes
there is no room in the inn.
Though the shadow ol war has
' Ulted. the dreariness of cold
hearths and bare cupboards re
mains. And for tie have-nots of
the have-not and defeated na
tions Christmas will be just an
other day.
For those who are not de
prived by war, whose purses
still are intact, Christmas prom
ises to be what it always has
been a day of festivity.
The markets of the continent
al cities are bulging with lux
uries that seem out of place to
the wage earner but are shop
ping neavens to the ciouveau
riche. But costs are equivalent to
boom-time Christmas bonuses.
In Paris, windows are stuffed
with appealing scarves, purses,
jewels, silken underthings, fur
coats, perfumes and other rich
gifts, but prices are fantastic.
And many child can only stare
and long for pretty toys.
Paris foods-hops, too, are bur
dened with delicacies silver
wrapped pate de foie gras, at $9
to $14 a pound; turkeys and geese
at up to $30; and champagne at
prices which are not even men
tioned out loud.
Christmas trees are plentiful.
Flowers are a sight to see, but
prices are soaring and a bou
tonniere for Christmas will cost
as much as one dozen roses in
November. Night 'clubs and large
restaurants will have special
shows for those who want to toss
away a month's salary in a
night
Rome presents the paradox of
stores bursting with luxury
goods, while most of the capi
tal's masses would be content
with an extra ration of spa
ghetti. Italians fortunate enough
to have lire can buy, but prices
go up and the lire goes the other
way.
The scarcity of fuel in Hol
land has all but blacked out shop
windows where expensive and
indifferently made toys are dis
played. Even potatoes, fish,
vegetables and game, which is
unrationed, arc more expensive
than before the war. Turkey
costs about $2 a pound.
Thanks to the occupation
forces, Christmas for German
children will be a little more on
the merry side this year.
Most of the German children
probably would rather have a
good square meal, anyway, than
a "made in Germany" toy.
Germany's adults, too. are ben
efitting from allied generosity.
The Russian occupation authori
ties are distributing 900,000
bottles of German-distilled vod
ka in Berlin during the holidays
and tie French are passing out
100,000 bottles of German cham
pagne. The Americans are making
available 290 tons of processed
fruits and fruit juices for chil
dren and the British are contri
buting 145 tons of sweets for a
merry Christmas in Berlin.
In Britain the outlook was for
continued austerity, but English
men could look forward to shar
ing about 11,500 tons of turkey,
puddings, sweets and imported
fruits. Rationing still Is severe,
but largely respected, so that
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everyone gets his share, little
though it may be. Prices are
four times higher than in pre
war days and there's a 100 per
cent tax on luxuries.
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Surgery Vorks
EAST ORANGE, N. J., Dec.
21 W Tommy Stanley, 4i, of
98 Carnegie avenue, was report
ed recovering today after an
emergency operation performed
at home by his physician uncle
with a nine-Inch kitchen carving
knife to relieve the boy from
choking to death on orange seed
aiid pulp.
Tommy s uncle. Dr. Thomas
A. Stanley, hastily slit the boy's
windpipe to permit respiration
while the father, Charles P.
Stanley held Tommy on the liv
ing room couch.
The boy had swallowed the
seed and duId from half an
orange his mother was preparing
for breakfast. When usual ef
forts failed to dislodge the ob
struction. Dr. Stanley was called
from upstairs. Seeing the boy
had almost stopped breathing.
he performed the makeshift
operation.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 (P)
Bundle-laden Christmas shop
pers paused for a second look
when they saw Santa Clans
marching back and forth in
front of a department store.
As he paraded, the Santa
passed ou candy kisses to chil
dren from a bag slung over his
shoulder, and on the bag was a
sign reading:
"This Store is Unfair!"
He was a picket.
SWEET CO-EDS SOUH
GRAND FORKS. N. D.. Dec.
21 dV-The girls at the Kappa
Alpha Theta sorority house are
drinking their coffee straight for
a while. I
Two houseboys, William
Weight and Phillip Dahl, set out
to spread salt on the icy side
walks In front of the sorority.
They had 22 pounds well dis
tributed before they discovered
it was sugar.
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