AP Newsfeatures There are so many reason* for having s Christmas party. You can make it a Christmas Eve par ty when festivities begin late, when carols are in order and bacoa and eggs are served just before the guests go home. Or you can plan a mid-day Christmas party or a party on Christmas night. It is up to you. Your invitation to the party can be cut out of red mat paper that measures 12 by 3 >4 indies. It is folded in half to form a booklet and the cover is pasted witji ? few attractive Christmas ae|l*. Inside paste scattered anowflakes cut but from lace paper dollies. Heave room to write your invitation and DM white or gr??n ink If you tfantlt to be effective. If your guests are to ait at the table and be served a fepast; you can make delightful place nu(ts out of dark green mat paper. tf?k< a pattern of a large, full Christmas tree roughly It inches wi <J? at Uie broadest part and 12 inches high. Trace outline on green mat stock and cut out. Paste On tree sngw f lakes cat out from the dollies and little red dot seals that give the appearancc of Christmas tree balls. Little cone trees make wonder ful centerpieces lor .table, or bul let. You rpU * piece qt red mat stock Intb a oooe about 9 inches high. (Fonr of them make' a tree!.) Fasten with paper clips. Then take a square 8-inch doily and cat it In to four quarters. Around the outfr edges, paste * narrow white crepe paper ruffle! Then .holding- the trimmed doily quarter like a tri angle with the point at the top, paste it over cone. Four o( these will make the main paft of the tree. The trunk is made hy taking 4 pieces of spool wfre, each 13 inch es long. Hold- them together' with one wire held ft inch abOT* the other three. itfrap the wires with red crepe raper to form the tree trunk. Fasten narrow tips of the 4 ted cones about H Inch from the top of the tree trunk. To hide the place where the 4 cones are pasted to the trunk at this top, add a narrow white crepe paper ruffle and secure with spool Wire. Top the tree with a tiny gold or silver Christmas ball. Fasten another white crepe-paper ruffle at the base ol the tree trunk. Then put tree trunk through the Open cen ter ol a roll of white crepe-paper streamers which serves u the base ol the tree. Trim streamer roll with a narrow green ribbon. Tie in a lovely full bow. Most parties are as good as their games. Here are two game sugges tions for your Yule party: Christmas Q*h Give each guest a pencil and paper. Tell everyone that you are going to quote a line from each of ten fa mous Christinas songs or carols. They are to identify the song or carol by its correct title.' For ex ample you might quote: "Laughing ?11 the way." This should b? asso -Ho,yaNlqhf ? ? nlfht of prayer fend t?if firm?d faith.wa with you *11 th? * joy and contMt ment H* may be stow upon you. ~'i ? 1 " E. H. DAVIS & SONS Mtttuutan. n.c. f. i. "t; 1 ?' ? 1 ?? Gift Packages with Personality # s: *t-4 ALL SET FOR SAN; A . . . Plaslli lace and cellophane-tape combine to mike delightful packages. Use the frosty white lace over red or pale blue over white. It can be stitched, won't run or ravel, comet In a variety of colors. RIBBON TAPE . . . Fastens as it seals, easy to work in de sign motifs such as candy canes, initials, trees, bells. in gill wrapping mane use ot the lovely metallic, cellophane and printed Christmas papers avail able. For quick and easy wrap ping. use cellophane or satin rib bon tape which not only fastens as it seals but can be used to make interesting designs. Such package motils as Christmas trees, initials or belli can be made with differ ent length tape cut to make the pattern. The satin ribbon tape can be pulled off if a mistake is nude. Plastic lace which comes in three and five-inch widths also heipi make pretty packages. The Columbia River, forming the boundary between Washing ton and Oregon, ij believed to car ry more water than all other American Pacific Coast streams combined. oiated with "Jingle Bells." Anoth er, line might be "Just like the one I used to know" which comes from "White Christmas." Still another one might be "All is bright" from "Silent Night"; or pick a not-to well-known kymn to stump the ex perts. The person who has the greatest n amber of correct an awars should get a prize. M|k Bells Dance .... Give eafch girl a bracelet of jingle beHs. String five or si* merry lit tle silver jingle bells on a piece of narrow red ribbon just long enough to go around a girl's wrist. Before the dance begins have each girl's partner tie the bracelet on her wrist. Appoint one person to serve as "Stop-the-Music Master." Hit job is to keep turning off the radio or phonograph at irregular Intervals without letting the danc irtf couples know exactly when. Eacl} time the music stops the couples are supposed to stop danc ing instantly. The girl whose brace let jingles the longest after the music stops is eliminated along with her partner. The prize is a warded to the last couple left?the conple with the best jingle con trol. At every Christmas party there should be gifts. Naturally a teen age parse doesn't allow for luxury items. A good idea is a Christmas Santa pack (Mom's laundry bag will serve the purpose) chock full of little inexpensive items. The boys can bring presents for girls and tHfe girls can bring gifts for the boys. Make it a grab bag for Yule fun. Yule Charm Tips By BETTY CLARKE AP Newsfeatures Beauty Editor When shopping for last-minute glamor gifts for family and friends, give something appropriate. Don't take just any old thing because time is getting short. You can make wise selections by making a list of things you want for each person on your list. You'll find it is simpler to shop when you know what you want. Here are some sug- , gestions: ? FOR GRANNY . . . J^ist because 1 she's a grandmother don't think j she won't adore a beautiful com pact that she can fill with her fav- J orite powder. Or how about a trav- j el case filled with creams and lo tions to perk up her weary face after a trip? Bath sets containing ; scented soaps and toiletries are other top-of-the-tree favorites. A good hair brush and comb always 1 is welcome. One packed in a knit ting box offers double appeal. FOR MOM . . . You can splurce ; on her. She'll adore a gift certifi- 1 cate to a beauty salon, a vitalator j machine for beauty massages, a . home permanent wave, perfume in j special bottles, cologne, special j beauty kits containing favorite cosmetics or a compact with jewel 1 trim ? perfect for evenings out with Pa. FOR BIG SIS . . . Sachet pillows j for lingerie and sachet hangers for i special dresses will make a big hit : with Sis. A box-office beauty kit is a compact carry all for make-up at home, office or on the campus, a wallet containing lipstick and compact, a nosegay of violets con cealing four lipsticks, a Christmas stocking containing everything for the bath from dusting powder to fluffy milk bath petal wafers are useful and practical. Budget priced are liquids which are painted over the lips to keep lipstick from smearing, lipstick with mirror at tached, a pink tinted heart of soap with a bottle of perfume nestled atop it, manicure cutlery set con taining cuticle scissors, nail file, tweezers and cuticle pusher ? in a zippcred case. FOR TEEN-SIS . . . Start her off right with delicate colognes, per fumes and sachets, a debutante type kit of makeup essentials, a set of various nail polishes and manicure essentials (a budget nail polish and lipstick combination comes with a round plastic base and a built-in finger rest.) A fun compact is available with a horse shoe. wishbone or four-leaf clover motif, solid perfume in a bracelet compact to dangle from her wrist, a comb and brush set for her van ity table. Can You Make A Christmas Tree? AP NewsfeatUres An example of modern Swedish table decoration is this Christmas tree whittled from a single piece of wood, as pictured in the new book, "The Decorative Arts of ohvucii, uy itiiid P 1 a t h (Charles Scribner's Sons, $10. Miss Plath's comprehe n s i v e work covers both the traditional and modern fields of Swedish arts and crafts and is lavishly il lustrated. Miss P 1 a t h , well - known de signer in the tex tile field, made three extended trips to Sweden to collect mater ial for the book. Her research was done under ihe guidance of Swedish leaders in the field. Of Swedish descent, the author stud ied ?rt in Chicago and New York, and at one time conducted an art school in Texas. Her book should be invaluable to collectors and craftsmen, as well as to amateurs interested in design. Like the microphone of radio which has been abbreviated to "mike," the iconoscope of tele vision has been shortened to "ike." IH6RHH CHRISTIE . 0ld timet and the carefree pleasures of other days are recalled as we enter ^ another Holiday Season. In the spirit of -j remembering friends and associations of the past we extend our greetings to all I ^ JOE HOUSE DRUG STORE ^ Front and Craven St. # Reaufort, N. C. HOLLYWOOD. (fa* HOLLYWOOD ? Danny Kaye's latest picture, "Th Inspector Gen eral," isn't as funny on the whole as, say, "The Secret Life of Wal ter Mitty." Still, it has some Kaye capers that are Danny at his most delightful. One passage, wjiere Danny gorges himself at a loaded banquet table after two days' starvation, is reminiscent of Chap lin. An odd sequence has four Dan ny Keyes singing a quartet. Three of them are ethereal sub-selves of the baffled Kaye, telling him how to conduct himself. For a mixup has brought about an assumption that Danny is Napoleon's inspec tor going about hanging crooked municipal officials. Actually he's only the illiterate stooge to a med icine-show humbug (Walter Sle zak). But believing him to be the ruthless agent traveling incognito, Mayor Gene Lockhart and othef thieving town office-holders can't do enough to flatter him. Police Chief Alan Hale lends him oversized uniforms. Elsa Lanchester, ' the mayor's wife, makes she-wolf passes. Eye-fill ing Barbara Bates, a kitchen maid, catches his eye. Walter Catlett turns up finally as the near-sight ed. and genuine, inspector. Danny struggling to unsheath his sword or singing and dancing with his hair on fire is an amus ing guy. "Dear Wife" is a sequel to "Dear Ruth" and just about as merry ? more hectic doings in the home of Judge Edward Arnold. Daughter Joan Caulficld is mar ried, now. to ex-Gl William Hol den. Holden works unhappily as a bank teller. His boss is prissy Billy De Wolfe. Arnold's younger daughter, Mo na Freeman, is a firebrand burn I ing for political reform. The ma -1 {chine stooge she is denouncing : turns out to be her dad. Un daunted, she gets her reformers ! to put up Holden as rival candi | date. A hilarious sequence has a brash 'radio crew invading the house for 1 a Sunday breakfast broadcast. Ri val candidates glower at each oth er across the microphones while a sound man rattles tea cups and spoons to make things sound cher ry. "The Story of Molly X" is an in teresting fable about a lady crook j (June Havoc) and her sojourn at the California women's prison where much of the action was j photographed. The prison seems more like a country club. Miss | Havoc's acting is impressive, and | beautiful Dorothy Hart turns out ito be an excellent heavy. Angry Motorist Clips Woman Driver On Jaw SAN PEDRO, Calif. ? (AP)? i With bruised jaw and ruffled tem per. Mrs. Helen Carlile ? a woman driver ? ran into the police station and sputtered this story: As she pulled up at an intersection a car j roared through a stop sign, missed her auto by inches. "Can't you read?" she screamed. At that, the car skidded to a halt. A man popped out, walked over to Mrs. Carlile and without a word clipped her on the jaw. I Tiny geren plants grow inside 1 ! some one-celled animals, using up the waste gas produced by the an imals. The plant, in turn, pro duces oxygen and sugar for the animal. (BedW^ cafXS^ Qtul ^ Up^ ( <o?-' NtNR GULF SERVICE STATION A. M. GARNER. Manager M3691 ARENDELL ST. MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. Our favorite reason it here again.' For ift Christmas time?when colorful light t and holly wreaths heigh* ~i every window? when the carefree voices of carolers ' break the silence of the night, and to wide-eyed youngsters dear old Santa Claua is the "man of the hour". leyond all these pleasures our greatest enjoyment comes from the opportunity to wish all our iriends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. / 4 1 SOUND CHEVROLET CO., INC. Phone M-5621 1 308 ARENDELl ST. MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. /

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