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'lorlen Soclcfj. ST JOHNS REVIEW VOLUME 18 ST. JOHNS, PORTLAND, OKEGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1921. NUMBER 7 "CHRISTMAS BAN IN 1643 Yuletlde Observance Was Not Per. mltted by Edict of "Roundhead Parliament" In England. N TIIH northern nnrt of Kuropo the ancient people kindled Krmt fires to their gods, Odin nnd Tlior. mid suerlUces of men nnd cuttlo wtre made. The nnelent Cloths nnd Hnxons termed this festival or fenst "Vulo," nnd we still use the word "Vuletldo" In our day. Anions the Teutons this hollduy senson wns cele hrntud hy decorating giant fir tree. The decorations consisted of lights, urns, nuns, Roiuen apples nnd milium. Those were to symbolize Hashes of lightning, moon, stnrs nnd sun, while the tuilmnls represented sacrifices. Christmas wns not nmong the early festivals of the church. We find the first evidence of the feast from Kgypt, according to the historians of the church, nnd December 25 wns not the tiny on which It wns universally cele brated. It was not until the Fourth or Fifth centuries that the celebration of the festival on this day spread to the Hast, The Nativity was cele brated December 25 ut Home before JIM, and ut Constantinople, not prior to :i7(t. As pitgnnls'in began to bo supplanted by Christianity, many of the old cud' toms were taken and handed down through the geni'riitlons. In the Anglo Saxon days of King Alfred the holi day season began December 1(1 and closed January (J. When Puritanism arose In Kiigland the fate of Christ mas was threatened for n time, and even extended to this country, since the I'urllaus brought along with them to New linglnnd a fi cling against the celebration of Chrlstmus. In HUM the "Itoundhend parlia ment" In Knglaml put n ban on the observance of Christmas. The court of Massachusetts In 1(V0 followed Kuglnnd's example nnd Christmas was put under a linn there. With the restoration of the Kugllsli royalty the restoration of Christmas wns brought about, and Masiachusetts again fol lowed Kngtaiid's example and In 11X11 the ban was lifted, From this time on Christmas has remained, and Is now celebrated throughout the entire civilized world. OLD AND NEW CHRISTMAS DAY Nobody Has Been Able to Decld Whether January C or December 25 Is Correct Date. rUUtlSTMAS dny seems wed tied to Deeeinlier "'."i. summer or n springtime Christuii-, with no holly tin mistletoe, no fro.it. no snow, would not be the reul thing at I all, observes London Answers. The majority of our beautiful Christ l. mas carols, too, redolent ns they nre or the winter "Hung Amid the Win 1 ter's Snow" would bo liotinlpsslv In I congruous, Emigrants to Australia ' from the mot her country have con I fessed that It has taken them many I yen re before they could get In nuy .way used to whut Is pructlcally n mid summer rnrisuniis. Yet December 25 Is merely nn nc commodatlon date for the birthday of L'hrist Christ inns tiny. The year, too, Is wrong. Most people would take It for grunted that Christ wan born In A. D. 1 literally, of course, the year or our Lord, No. 1. Hut our chronology Is four years out. This should he 11)25 and not 11)21 becutise Christ mils day could not, on Indlsputnble historical testimony, have ' been Inter tliiin Februnry II. (J. 41 Hint settles the year of the first Christmas, but all attempts to fix the actual day and month of Christinas hnvo failed. And, ns regards the present date, hi'lstii'iis, lute I'.aster, took some fen tin It's before a settlement was arrived at. In the first centuries of Chris llntilty several Important Kastern churches observed January (I as ciiilsimus day. The Armenian Chris Hans do so still. (Irndually, however, uniformity was ntlnliHMl, hut not before the Fifth ecu titry. In that connection It must he re membered that for quite n long period this country wns divided on the ipies Hon of Christians. Some people per sNted In observing "old" Chrlstmus day. Hut all will agree that December 25, even If It Is not the actual date of Christ's birth, Is it happy choice. Our present-day Christinas, festival nnd holiday, breaks the long winter, and whut better lime could there he for family reunions? The cold nnd utipleusatilucss outside make It all the more agreeable to keep warm and snug Inside. It keeps us together In t-vrry sense. 8 8 oooooooooooooooooooooooooo I FREE FREE To First Person Who Buys One of the Wonderful New CHEVROLET AUTOMOBILES For Christmas Gift On Saturday morning, Dec. 24th, after 9 A. M. we will buy the 1922 License. No Telephone Orders Received FIELD'S MOTOR CAR CO. 212 S, Jersey Street u o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 8 Honey Drop Cakes. One cupful of sugar, two cupfuls of honey, uue-hnlf cupful of shortening, four eggs, two cupfuls of milk, two tenspoonfuls of vunllhi, one-hulf ten spoonful of snlt, four cupfuls of Hour, four tenspoonfuls of baking powder. Crenm the honey, sugnr nnd shorten lug together; add well-beaten eggs nnd vnnlllu; sift dry Ingredients and mid nlternntlng with the mill:. Mix welt; bake In greased mulllti tins, These lire sood If llavored with chocolate using four squnres of baking cnoco lnte or ten tnblespopiiThls of coco for this large recipe. They nre good un-Iced. Christmas. If we were to fancy a wholly Chris Unitized world, It would be n world In spired by the spirit of Christians n bright, friendly, beneficent, generous, sympathetic, mutually helpful world. Let us cling to Christmas all the more 1 ns n day of the spirit which In every I age some souls have believed to be the possible spirit of humun society. George Wllllnm Curtis. o OF ST, JOHNS ooooooooooooooooooooooooo 8 o We have reduced Prices to Normalcy St. Johns Undertaking Co. Thomas Grice, Alanager Office, Col. 527 PHONES -NihU Col. 299 208 N. Jersej St. j (JHmru (Eljnstntas fa M ..-V CAHTAL $150,000 "V MOItTCSACSK I-O.VNH ; I.WEHT.MKXTH HT, JTOIINM. lOMTIU.'I. OlIKdON V 108 South Jersey St. Phone Columbia 161 Toys Made In Sweden, , Toys nre manufnetured to n consid erable extent In Sweden nnd arc al most entirely the liner kinds of pnlnt rd wooden t 'ts Their making win fontlfll) II In lulu Iiul of lute vonr- il.e '.'I .,t 1, ,i ,if tin- !. GIovo3. Panfa, Sox. ROGERS MERRY CHRISTMAS NEKTIES 75c Men's Silk Plaited IIOSU, nil colors 50c Silk Handkerchiefs 50c Gnrtcrs 20c, 35c,50c Wool Dress Hose 50c, 95c Cashmere Socks 35c, 3 for $1.00 CufT Links 35c, 50c, 75c, $1 00 Arm Hands 10c, 15c, 25c Soft Collars 25c, 35c, 50c All Starched Collars 20c "Arrow" Handkerchiefs 10c, 15c, 25c Dress Shirts. . . . $1.50, $1.05, 51.75 up to $3.00 Silk Stripe Shirts $295 up Host Tub Silk Shirts $7-60 Dress Caps $1 50, 51.95, 2 50 Drcs Suspenders 50e, 75c, 95c Tants $1.75. 2.50, 3-00, 3.50, 4.00, 4 85 Men's Unionsnlts $1 50. 1.75,2.50,3.25 Hcuvy Overalls, Union mntle. . $1 50 Men's House Slippers ... 95c, Si 35. 1.85. 2 95 NHKTIHS 25c, 50c, 75c, 95c up Dclts, Men's or Hoys 50c, 75c, 1.00 Kid Gloves $1.85, 2 50 Auto Driving Gloves 1.45. 1.75, 2.75, 3.25 Men's Ifine Dress Raincoats 112.50 Sweater Coats $1.45, 1.95 Wool Sport Coats $4.50 Wool Sport Vests $4.50 Collar Hags , $1.75 Mufllers, Silk or Wool 1.76, 2.50 Hoys' Suits .$4.85 up Men's Suits $17.50 up Men's Overcoats $10.50 up Men's Mackinaw $7.50, 9.50, 10.75 Hoys' Macklnaws $0.50 Men's Leather Work Shoes $3.35 up Men's Leather Dress Shoes $4 95 up Manuel Shirts $2 25, 2.50, 2.95, 3 50, 4.85 Hats and Caps that fit your face imil pockethook USE HOUSE SLIPPERS 95c TO $3.50 GOOD STUFF AT THE RIGHT PRICE" ROGERS . WITH THE CHRISTMAS PLANTS Trses and Flowers Are Believed to Owt Peculiarities to Connection With Jesus. UK legend of the (llaston bury Thorn Is that after the death of Jesus, Joseph of Arlmnthea enme over to Kniiland, Shortlv lipfiir Christmas, he rested on the summit of Wesry-all hill, Olaitonbury. There he thrust Into the ground His stnff, nnd on Christmas eve It wns found to be covered with white blossoms. The bush Is snld to have continued doom ing thus each Christmas eve until dur ing the civil wnrsrwhen It wns cut down, Cuttings from the original thorn are snld to bloom In this Mime wonderful wny even yet. The Slllclnn children put penny royal In their cots on Christmas eve; believing that nt the exact hour nnd minute when Jesus wns bom It will blossom. There la a cherished legend In the Kast that the Itoso of Jericho first blossomed nt the birth of Jesus, closed at the crucifixion, nnd opened again at Kaster, from which conies Its name of Insurrection flower. Many plants, trees and flowors nre believed to owe thrlr peculiarities to their connection with the birth or tint childhood of Jesus. "The Star of Uethlehem" Is so caJled because Its white starlike flowers resemble tho pictures of the Rlar of the Kait. "Our t.ndj'i Hetlstraw" received Its name because It was believed that the mstigcr In which the llube lay was filled with this plnnt. Au old account tells the story In this manner: "The broom and the chick-peas began to rustle and crackle, 1 ud by this noise botraynd the fugi tives. The llnr bristled up. Happily for her, Mary wus near Juniper; the t hospitable tree opened Its branches ns arms and Inclosed the Virgin and the . Child within their folds, affording ! them a secure hiding placo. Then the Virgin uttered a malediction agnlnst the brooms nnd the chick-pens, and ' ever since that day they hava always rustled and crackled. Hut later the Virgin pardoned the flar Its weakness nd gave the Juniper her blessing," which Is said to account for thv use of the Juniper as Christmas decora tions In some countries. BELIEFS OF THE PEASANTS Odd Christmas Superstitions Handed Down from Past Ages to the Ignorant Europeans. HR peasantry of Uuropc hnve hnil eertnln Christmas superstitions hntided down to them from past Hges. Just how fnr thiw simple fivlk enn be fooled Is to bo wondered. If the light Is let go nut on Christ mas morning, you will see spirit. If you are born nt sermon time Christians eve, some one In the house will die within the yenr. If you steal hny the night before Christians, nnd give the cnttl some, they will thrive nnd you will not U? ennght In nny future thefts. If you ent n raw egg. fasting on. Christmas morn, you cun enrry henvy weights. It Is unlucky to carry nny-, thing from the house on Christmas' morning until something has been j brought In. J It Is unlucky to give n neighbor iti live cool to kindle n lire with on! Christmas morning. ; If the tire burns brightly on Christ-1 mas morning, It betokens prosperity I during the yenr; If It smolders, ad versity. If n dog howls tho night before Christians, It will go mnd within the yenr. If you stent anything nt Christmas without being caught, you can steal snfely for n yenr. On Christmas ove thrash the Har den with a Halt, with only your shirt ou, nnd the grnss will grow well next yenr. Tie wet strnwhtinds nround the or chard trees on Chrlstmus eve nnd It will mnke them fruitful. On Christinas eve put n stone on every tree, nnd they will heur the more. Dent the trees on Christmas night, and they wilt benr the more. If nfler n Christmas dinner you shake out the tnhlecloth over the bnro ground under the open sky, crumb wort will grow on the spot. If on Christmas day or eve, you hang n washcloth out on the hednti, and then groom the horses with It, they will grow fnt. As often ns the cock crows ou Christmas eve, the quarter of corn will he as doar. If you burn elder on Christmas eve, you will have, revealed to you nil the w Itches nnd sorcerers of the neighbor MERRY CHRISTMAS, PATRONS The Following Numbers are as Good as Gold 1899 1610 1982 2780 2231 2592 1448 1679 3346 2263 5783 5629 3439 2090 1488 1307 1355 1179 1767 2512 1777 2527 1266 1753 I THANK YOU FOR THE SPLENDID PATRONAGE AMERICAN SHOE SHOP EDW. CONNANT, PROP.- MAKE THIS A Brunswick Christmas The Gift the Whole Family Will Enjoy $5 oo Delivers Your Phonograph. Any Style, Any Size Phonograph will he Delivered to you hefore Christmas for this Low Cash Payment. Balance Your Own Terms in Reason. There are no In terest charges, and no Extras. Special Christmas Release of Brunswick Records Awaits Your Hearing Music You will want on CHRISTMAS DAY, The Brunswick Plays all makes of Records and Brunswick Rec ords play on any Phonograph RECORDS ARE INEXPENSIVE GIFTS W. M. 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