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lomemakerf Page MISS LORETTO A. CONNOR. Editor Christmas Ci. T 0 follow one of the most effea tive vogues for Chrfstmas gift wrappings, you should use the same color for all of your gifts. These may be in French blue and silver rib- ft Wrappings THE HOME AT CHRIS'I IR alsn ennd fnrm. and white with I to r se an lo rib1 r be s I wit1 L in c gift 1s cut - kages like a m If, a s r cult to fir gift, such simple cc Use r&at board) a1 enough t The silha snow ma ioned lax Wrap thf the flat gift, sanc problem especiallj bow arou at the 1: securely. bits of bl ink will well The ly n ma) hell sign ing Cla~ ~ac: - - - - - - - - - - - -., - - - - - - - - - -- green ribbon and green stars, silver paper with red ribbon, white paper sealed with large Colorful cut-outs and gummed ribbon, is also interesting. If you decide to lend a very original touch and dlsregard all suggestions of Christmas colors, you may use orchid with Nlte green. blue or yellow. or green bronze with apricot, or any combination that suits your fancy. Decorated crepe paper lends itself ~trikinggift wrappings, too. e also economical, for usual- )on is required, and the ends limply pasted into place and 1 sears. The red brick de- :rep0 paper makes interest- wrappings. for gay Santa -outs m2y be pasted on such so that each box will appear iniature chimney. 30 often happens, It is diffA- ~d a box t 6 flt a certain bulky as a cushion or bathrobe, a mtatner may be easily made. stock. (light weight card- nd cut two silhouettes large o completely cover the gift. luettes may be a pine tree, a n, a large book, an old fash- ltern, Dr any simple design. s gifts in tissue and then tie cardboard pieces over the dwich fashlonand the box is solved. The snow man is r easy, and a tulle ribbon nd his neck with a few seal3 bottom will hold the pieces Round black gummed seals. lack crepe paper, or pen and furnish some jolly features. The three illrlstrations ora this fngr are of daintily wrapped Christrrlas packages. Yours wzny look as pretty if you follow instrwcfior~s prinl~d oir this page. and tba buttons for his sait. Decorations on giEts are always in- teresting, not only for children, but for grown-ups as well. Tiny dolls, bright little flowers, hemlock cones, tiny toys, or celluloid charms tied in with the bow are always appreciated. Tiny lolbpops and sticks of candy are interesting to tle on a child's gift and for Christmas gifts. Be sure to have a supply of seals, gummed paper rib- bon and sprays of ground pine and artlflcial holly, too, for effective gifc trimmings. If you wish some additional ideas for decorations, gift suggestions and wrappings, or ideas for Christmas and New Year'a entertaining, same may be secured by sending your name and address to Miss Dorothy Wright, Den- nison - Craft Service. F'radngham, Mass., enclosing ten cents wlth your order. Christmas is the time for thl maker to rejolce. No other lends itself so well to decorati the home, and what is Ch when there is no horn atmosl e home- holiday ions for ~ristmas ?here. The Chrfstmas dinner, while elabor- ate, is easily planned. &a turkey. cranberry sauce, mince pie, dressing and all the fixings' predaminate. Then there is the house to decorate. Sprays of pine or cedar over the flre- place, over the door, always add that bit of green to counteract the brilliant red that seems prevalent in decora- tions and gift wrappings. Wreaths at each window, with red pa;per bells dangIIng inside, are a real necessity and no home is complete without this window trimming. Wreaths with a n electrically lit candle inside are a joy to behold. Mistletoe should be hung from the lighting fixtures and over several of the doors, and the sprays tied with brilliant red ribbon. One huge table near the Christmas tree should be cleared to accon date the gifts, Instead of placing t under the tree, which, due to the of the room, sheds much of its dl ing on the floor beneath. imo- hem heat ress- In the whole scheme, there shor~ld be borne in mind the thought c venting accidents and fires. was a great hazard in the olden when the trees were lit with tallow candles. Electrical appl have, however, reduced that h but the wires to the tree and lighted wreaths in the window be concealed and put out of th --- --- )f pre- There times small iances lazard. to the should e way

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Page 1: The Frisco Employes' Magazine, December 1928...The FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE the - Frisco YOU DECEMBER, 1928 of Magazine ' St

lomemakerf Page MISS LORETTO A. CONNOR. Editor

Christmas Ci.

T 0 follow one of the most effea tive vogues for Chrfstmas gif t wrappings, you should use the

same color for all of your gifts. These may be in French blue and silver rib-

ft Wrappings THE HOME AT CHRIS'I

I R alsn ennd fnrm. and white with

I to r se a n lo rib1 r be s I wit1 L in c

gift 1s cut

- kages like a m

If, a s r cult to fir gift, such simple cc Use r&at board) a1 enough t The silha snow ma ioned lax Wrap thf the flat gift, sanc problem especiallj bow arou a t the 1: securely. bits of bl ink will

well The ly n ma) hell sign ing C l a ~ ~ a c :

- - - - - - - - - - - -., - - - - - - - - - -- green ribbon and green stars, silver paper with red ribbon, white paper sealed with large Colorful cut-outs and gummed ribbon, i s also interesting. If you decide to lend a very original touch and dlsregard all suggestions of Christmas colors, you may use orchid with Nlte green. blue or yellow. o r green bronze with apricot, o r any combination that suits your fancy.

Decorated crepe paper lends itself ~ t r ik ing gift wrappings, too. e also economical, for usual- )on is required, and the ends limply pasted into place and 1 sears. The red brick de- :rep0 paper makes interest- wrappings. for gay Santa

-outs m2y be pasted on such so that each box will appear iniature chimney. 30 often happens, I t is diffA- ~d a box t 6 flt a certain bulky as a cushion or bathrobe, a

mtatner may be easily made. stock. (light weight card-

nd cut two silhouettes large o completely cover the gift. luettes may be a pine tree, a n, a large book, an old fash- ltern, Dr any simple design. s gifts in tissue and then tie cardboard pieces over the

dwich f a s h l o n a n d the box is solved. The snow man is r easy, and a tulle ribbon nd his neck with a few seal3 bottom will hold the pieces

Round black gummed seals. lack crepe paper, or pen and furnish some jolly features.

The three illrlstrations ora this fngr are o f daintily wrapped Christrrlas packages. Yours wzny look as pretty if you follow

instrwcfior~s prinl~d oir this page.

and tba buttons for his sait. Decorations on giEts a re always in-

teresting, not only for children, but for grown-ups as well. Tiny dolls, bright little flowers, hemlock cones, tiny toys, or celluloid charms tied i n with the bow a r e always appreciated. Tiny lolbpops and sticks of candy are interesting to tle on a child's gift and for Christmas gifts. Be sure to have a supply of seals, gummed paper rib- bon and sprays of ground pine and artlflcial holly, too, for effective gifc trimmings.

If you wish some additional ideas for decorations, gift suggestions and wrappings, o r ideas for Christmas and New Year'a entertaining, same may be secured by sending your name and address t o Miss Dorothy Wright, Den- nison - Craft Service. F ' radngham, Mass., enclosing ten cents wlth your order.

Christmas is the time for thl maker to rejolce. No other lends itself so well to decorati the home, and what is Ch when there is no h o r n atmosl

e home- holiday ions for ~ris tmas ?here.

The Chrfstmas dinner, while elabor- ate, is easily planned. &a turkey. cranberry sauce, mince pie, dressing and all the fixings' predaminate.

Then there is the house t o decorate. Sprays of pine o r cedar over the flre- place, over the door, always add t h a t bit of green to counteract the brilliant red that seems prevalent in decora- tions and gift wrappings. Wreaths at each window, with red pa;per bells dangIIng inside, a r e a real necessity and no home is complete without this window trimming. Wreaths with a n electrically lit candle inside a r e a joy to behold.

Mistletoe should be hung from t h e lighting fixtures and over several of the doors, and the sprays tied with brilliant red ribbon.

One huge table near the Christmas

tree should be cleared to accon date the gifts, Instead of placing t under the tree, which, due to the of the room, sheds much of i ts dl ing on the floor beneath.

imo- hem hea t ress-

In the whole scheme, there shor~ld be borne in mind the thought c venting accidents and fires. was a great hazard in the olden when the trees were lit with tallow candles. Electrical appl have, however, reduced that h but the wires to the tree and lighted wreaths i n the window be concealed and put out of th

--- --- )f pre- There times small

iances lazard. t o the should e way

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Fashions for 1

mixed, add milk alternately T

d r y ingredients which have bc ed together. Then add the cl Drop by spoonfuls on a greac allowing space for spreading in a inoderate oven (385 d e g ~ fifteen to twenty minutes.

Nut Bread for Sandwich 2% cups bread flour 4 tsps. baking powder 'k tsp. salt 1 cup nuts, chopped 74 cup sugar 1 cup milk 1 egg well beaten Sift the dry ingredients 1

and mix in the nuts. Add mi ly, stirring constantly In 01

have a smooth batter. Last. egg and beat well. Pour greased bread pan. Se t aside minutes to let rise. Bake 11 oven (375 degrees F. to 400 F.) twenty to twenty-five minu

STYLES FOR SEAMSTI The dresses or today are mac

such plain simple llnes that e novice may make house dres plainer street dresses with su

The patterns displayed on t' a r e for Fall and Winter and pleasing variety. The wa1.s long walst line is usually ver and what fullness one flnds A - P I ~ I B In +ha ahnd abld a

vlth thc een sift, Dcoanut led pan . Bake rees F.)

together Ik elow rder to add the into a twenty

1 a hot degrees Ites.

le along ven the ses and ccess. he page offer a

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in the ,.,,, ., ., ,.., ,,,.. ,, ..., ,Ither In a slight gathered flair a t the side or in kick pleats.

The patterns may ,be secured by writing t o the Peerless Fashion Sew. ice Co., 22 East 18th Street, New York City, sending fifteen cents with the request.

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A Christmas Present for Johnny A Story by THE TWILIGHT LADY

HRISTMAS time was a t hand. Of course there were plenty of signs of i t in Johnny's home-

hut oh! the store windows! Johnny wished, time and again, that he had all the money he could use. Just for once he would go into one of those regular fairylands o t toys and say to the clerk, "Gimme that-I'll take this --wrap up that train and track-send out those roller skates and that red sled."

But few little boys ever had all the money they wanted to spend and so Johnny had simmered his desires down to about ten articles. But he just must have those ten.

He made lists of them. One he left -just rather accidentally on father's dresser. Another one mother picked up near her powder dish, and even Aunt Hattie. who would sit, day after day sewing on things to give away for Christmas, was quizzed by Johnny a s to what she would like. She in turn, of course, exchanged ideas with Johnny and s o Johnny emphatically named a t least eight of the ten gifts which he had set his heart on having.

"Johnny," said mother, about a month before the day of all days. "Suppose you didn't get all those things you want for Christmas-but instead, something alive-something that would grow and play with you every day in the year."

Johnny's eyes opened wide. "Oh- a dog?"

"No," answered mother-something much nicer than a dog."

"A pony?" "No-but suppose Santa Claus left

you a lfttle baby brother." Johnny looked a t his mother in-

tently. *'A brother? Honest? Then I could play with him n'everything?"

"No, he wouId be too small to play with you for awhile, but you could look at him and help take care of him. He would grow you know and soon you'd have a playmate that would be a real joy," said mother.

"Aw gee--I never thought about a brother. Does Santa Claus keep a supply of those too?"

"Well." said mother, "sometimes

we don't know where he gets all his supplies."

And Johnny, his mind in a turmoil, sauntered out on the back steps. Gee -that was something new to think about. A brother! Why, he'd be the envy of his friends with a Christmas gift like that. And so he decided that he'd just keep the toys which he had on order, but now it was impera- tive that he have ten, because, of course, the baby would arrive too late to order any for itself, and he'd have to order for both of them.

Christmas time was drawing near- in fact it was only two days before. ,Johnny had made a trip to the coun- try with Aunt Hattie to see about the turkey. They had been gone two whole days and while they were gone -well, Santa Claus arrived a little early.

Johnny and Aunt Hattie went into the house carrying their luggage, and were met a t the door by Dad.

"Well, son-and you Aunt Hattie. Santa Claus has made a n early trip and he's left us our Christmas pres- ent, a flne baby girl!"

Johnny stood rooted to the spot. "A girl," he remarked. "Why mother said I was to have a brother. Are you sure it's a girl?"

"Positively," said Dad. "Why son -just think of having a little sister to watch over and take care of. You'll like this little girl-this little golden haired sister of yours."

And then Johnny was taken to see the arrival. He tiptoed up to the little crib and the nurse pulled the coverlet down so Johnny could view the little face.

His face was a study. He glanced from the little head to the tiny clenched hands.

"Gee-I thought girls were white. That one's red."

"But she's such a little girl, Johnny," smilingly said the nurse. "She'll get real white very, very soon."

And Johnny leaned over and gazed intently a t the little rounded head. "Where's her hair? I thought girls had long hair?"

The nurse laughed softly. "You must give her time, Johnny-she's quite bald now, but she'll soon have lovely golden hair."

"Huh!" was Johnny's last remark. And then he tiptoed into mother's

room. He leaned over and ktssed her hand.

"Johnny-isn't the little sister a darling," she asked?

Johnny hesitated. "Sure, but don't you think Santa Claus made a mis- take. You said it would be a boy."

"Well, Johnny, sometimes Santa Claus makes a mistake, but this baby had our name and address pinned on i t so I guess he just changed his mind and thought you needed a sis- ter more than a brother," said mother.

"But mother, I ordered toys for a boy. Do you think Santa Claus will change my order now that he changed the baby?" said Johnny.

"I'm sure he will Johnny, and any- may she'll be too tiny for weeks yet to play with toys."

After a few moments Johnny went into the yard and calling all his little friends together, he informed them of the new arrival. They received the news with delight, but were rather skeptical about a sister taking the place of a brother in the neighbor- hood gang.

The night before Christmas-just before Johnny hopped into bed he knelt for his regular nightly prayer. But it was different from the others, and Johnny's face was tense and earnest a s he said:

"Dear God-I think you forgot a11 about me. Mother says babies come from heaven, and that you gave this one to Santa Claus to deliver, but, dear God, you forgot about the order. This one is red and bald and that's not the worst. It's a she and not a he. Mother said i t would be a ha

and gee, God, girls can't belong neighborhood gangs. If it's not late won't you tell Santa Claus take this one back and brlng (

that's white, and have it with so hair, and be' sure, God, that it's boy.

"Bring all the toys just the sal because-well, we'll use 'em so place, and don't forget about the change. Amen."

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Page 28 ~Z~&CO ~MPLO~%S'/(Z~CQZ~NE

The FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE Published on the First of Each Month

By the ait a mtnutt. f i r . ~rinter-Bfdb Eueryt~lngl St. Louis - San Francisco Railway Co.

Edited by WM. L. HUGGINS, Jr. 927 Frisco build in^ St. Louis, Missouri

W e etuff of the Brisro Wlagazine lttltiho~ our4 anB ~ u e r g o t t ~ ~ t f YOU l n t ~ of Sltrko~ anb 3rolrsing,

T h ~ a magazine la published In the Interests of and tor tree distribution among the 25 000 employes of the St.

lots of ueofnl prolients anB tt b~urt full of lpppt- Louls-San Francibc0 Rallway. AII sr t~c l e s and communl- cations relative to edltorlal matters should be addressed to the editor.

Single copies, 15 cents each Outside circulation, $1.50 per year

Vol. 6 DECEMBER, 1928 quired, involves additional switching, requires heating facilities and other extra services.

Furthermore, in order that the traveler may not be forced to change cars, many Pullmans go thru to the passengers final destination, and thie accommodation again involves extra smitch- ing at junction points so that thru cars may be taken out of one train and transferred to an-

T h e Pullman Surcharge other, frequently on a different railroad. Again, the volume of Pnllman traffic fluotuates widely AT the which con- and on short notice. This forces the railroads

venes this the lawmakers of to move many empty ears to points where they the nation mill take up the matter of repealing are needed. the Pullman surcharge. The railroads of America cannot stand the

That ellarge, l~hich is a payment for extra removal of this $40,000,000 a year revenue. performed by the for Other users of transportation must shoulder

??assell@rs, consists of 50 per cent of the Pull- the burden of making up tile surcharge reve- man CompfinY charge for sleeping car service, nues if this charge is revoked. Rut aha t and is the classes of transportation users should thus be the railroads. The average yearly revenue of taxed? That is a cluwtion to be allswcred by the railroads of America from this surcharge those seeking the abolition of the Pullman sur- is about $40,000,000. cha r~e .

The railroads making less than the 5-75 Per Frleco employes can help 5reatly in defeat- cent on their capital investment prescribed (but ing this measure for tho Rbo~ltioll of the pull- not guaranteed) by the Interstate Commerce man surcharge. Wire or write your Congrcss- C ~ l n m i ~ S i ~ n , received ill 1927, about $30,355,- man, telling him you are to the re- 000 of this surcharge revenue, or approximate- moval of the And have yoor frienda 1~ 75 Per c ~ l l t of the total- To these roads the who are also constituents of that Congressman removal of this revenue would bring a great do likewise. But do it quickly. TIle matter is hardship. docketed for immediate hearing in Washington.

The surcharge is sound economically. It is not a political hestion, and its solution belongs not to politics, but to the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Every Frisco employe knows or should know, that his railway is called upon to perform a great deal more service for Pullman car pas- sengers than for those who ride in day coaches. More than twice as many pounds af equipment per Pnllman passenger as per day-coach pas- senger must be hauled by the railroad. Sleep- ing cars must bc parked a t stations for occu- pancy by passengers prior to and subsequent to arrival, and that increases track space re-

Magazine in New Offices This issue of the Frisco Employes ' Magazine

comes to you from the new editorial "sanctu- ary." Offices of the staff are now located in Rooms 927-930 of the general office building in St. Louis. Why not drop in and pay us a viait when you're in St. Louis. We're always glad to welcome F r i ~ c o workers,-and particularly delighted when they open the conversation with those welcome words: "Say, I found a pretty good little story .the other day-." Make it a New Year's resolution to call on the .iMagazirte staff some time during 1929.