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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1923)
4 ! ' . i , : . . . . y , i , 1 . JL' " -; ij - -i' 'IlLfflilTEO Pertaining Program Prd pared by YMCA for New . . Year's Day Event nana if or the third annual open hotise at the YMCA to be held Tt. ojaj Jan. 1, were completed fFrUay. ? Music, special features. ntMotle contests and a splendid n-oram'are Included In the out lira far the day. The YMCA will 2. a' open from 9 " o'clock In the i..uiuj;unm lais ai mgau Re freshments will be served, in the Eftsrnoon and again at night by tie .TVotriens auxiliary, with Mrs. Zchn Harbison as chairman. Those la 'charge . of they program are Cirle Abrams, chairman. Dr. E. E. Tisher andOtto Paulus. .y , . '.Approximately 2000. people at tended , the two prerlous open couse ; programs,'' crowding the bBUiJugirom morning until night. An., Invitation haa been, extended t' all ,caembers, friends and th- tra Interested In. the. TMCA. to t!. a ad ran tare of the TMCA open --"-3 and to drop In and get 'ac t. -a.'nted. -A copy .of the 'program ILsiag, mailed to all fraternal err iCSzatlons. y- . " . . "Le 'program .is as. follows: "Junior basketball 9 o'clock to i tr m,, r: n ,''., VH various onus by juniors,-2:30. Crc-eatra In lobby, 3:00. - - " Toketball games, 3:15. WrCA swimming ''exhibition . 4:00. . - Orchestra In lobby 500. '. -ITanitall exhibits 5:15. TIuslc Tin lobby boxing, wreatl 1 - z. tumbling and high-bar exhl tUj in -gymnasium 7:00. .. C-ata;ionshIp basketball games, t::Iar$, 8:00. . -. : :: !!ensiwlmming exhibit. li&0 : Concert in lobby, novelty stunts, t ;!13, tadsical numbers, vocal and Ir.siruiafcntal, 9:05. :;' : . lower XIate Urged ; N. Y7elnbauni, manager of the t:-.'3 ai.'J commerce department cf tbe Portland Chamber tit Com r erce,'.. has informed the public e arrice . commission that his de X rtment, after an lnrestlgation, c ; -.Idcrs that ca small . express t '.merits of apples east .$1.50 T osld -be a -fair rate to Chicago I fl.75 to New Tork. - At prea c:t the j-ate for 15 0-pound boxes t. ,: l Eriene, Salem and Portland to New York is 12.82 and to Chl c 32.8. in .......... ; xv. v j Back . In 1862 ,? when - oar ? rrand when played at "post office," -the - Charity 'stamp"! made hs first ap : r ranee.! Women of ; Ciril War had : the vision ' to ; see the tre 'Ktendous appeal of, a penny ; stamp used Mis the symbol of .a great public service. ;.; ' -t - . The tuberculosis -Christinas seal which has now become an ettabluhed part, of out holiday ''ses son every rear, is tbM.America1n origin. Wo men interested "in the Sanirary Com mission in 1862 -opened Tniniaturs pott offices at fairs held in Boston, - Brooklyn and other j, eastern cities. This commission was really the fore runner of the American Red Cross. Anyone wishing r 'receive letters from these "post 'offices had to pay postage in the form of "Sanitary Fair Stamps." By. 1864 the charity stamps sold in these post offices had 7 brought to the -Sanitary Commission f-more than a million- dollars for the care of wounded. soldiers. T After the Civil War the charity ' -stamp was -forgotten and did not re appear nntil 1892 when inch a stamp ' was used for -Red Cross work m Por- . tugaj. w The idea k returned , to this country in 1907 by way of Denmark. : ,. It was Denmark, called by Jacob A. ; Riis, the eminent philanthropist; "San . ta Claus' , own country", which sor rounded : our charity stamp with ; . the atmosphere of Christmas. Christ mas is the most beloved of all fetes . in Denmark and the sale of the.holi- ' - day stamps' to raise funds " for " the building of 'a "hospital for tubereu- - -lous children In that-country was the forerunner of the Christmas Seal, the famous symbol df health -which has "now circled the globe. V 'Staunpe'Cbllect Minions. . Today ? this" little ' stamp -with ' the tremendous significance back of it, is prsetieany a national Institution in .America "and the - nations of 'the . world Millions of men, women and children - - recognise the ' Christmas seat as. an opportunity and a personal ' r.npoasibility to h!p -stop the spread of tuberculosis. . So ' vividlr - hss it ' '''rrd ion the popular 'imagination t row 'the penny stamp, tailing ;or n -mallsst gift ever conceived, has bv rita -al brought in -more thsn (25,000,000 in the Unhed States alone. The 1924 seal showf -a JIttle 'child In front of a hfe place, with the head of Santa Claus appearing in ; the smoke that mounts from -the "hearth. A Christmas wreath formed .die - motif for the JSrst Chrit'tmas . seal wH ia this country, which was sold oay m and around WUmingtoaj Del Charitx Stamps usod to Civil war fororunncr c ba5 circled the if5l Globe gHiqSTMA3 i - ' iiiiu.jl"i In ' n aware In 19,07. i Until 1919 a single red cross, the symbol of the American Red Cross, -appeared on the .seals. Since 4919 , the Christmas seal - has not been in any way connected with the Red Cross. It is strictly a tu berculosis seal : and , always bear the double barred cross, .the symbo of the National Tuberculosis Asjo elation. - ' - .... ; ; : The : tuberculosis Christmas stamp is - now recognised' by everyone. President Roosevelt, President Wil son, President tiara ing ana -now President Coohdge and Mrs. CooIdge have been amonz the first to encour age the sale of the cheerful little holi day stamps. When the Frince ot Wales and General Foch wert in America, they recognised the Christ inas seal as the symbol of a great public -service "'and: personally en dorsed the movement, , i Artists Dosign SmIs. u . The seal in Denmark this year shows a whaltboat ' with the Farce landscape in the background and with the words "Christmas 1923" in the Danish and Faroe languages. The Danish love . for - the sea and " for ships has been well depicted Jn all of , her .Christtnas seals. Last year the Danish seal showed a stately five-mtMted shin. ' The Swedish seal for 1922 ttave a view of the Land of the Midnizht Sun with a figure hold ing up the double barred cross against the sua. The Iceland seal for last a ft V.- 2r TNv. . cbcWrrrwesx 5 year showed the Christmas star.' shin- insr -over -Icsland. - The -Norwegian Ltxaita of rulers, prominent public men, seal for 1922 had a picture of a fish ing boat, the work of Henrtck Lund, one of the most celebrated Norwe gian artists.'' - . Among the many seals which have been collected by philatelists is that for the Virgin Islands -printed' tn 1969. lit shows a beautiful Id Dan ish man of war. the ngolf" .which made many trips to the Islands. Por- public buildings, churches and cathe drals, tuberculosis hospitals, snow landscapes, little children, birds, fire side scenes, and angels ringing Christmas bells, have been among the subjects appearing on the Christ nun' seals of various countries. ;t Charity, stamps are sold in nearly every country in the world today. Many are the purposes for the sale of stamps. Sold iersV stamps have been sold in Italy, Hungary. Row mania and elsewhere. , In Austria many stamps have : been. .sold for children's hospitals. In England mss sionary : organizations and churches sell .stamps for special funds., and stamps commemorate special events. Practically sllf charity stamps are sold - throughout the year.' .Notable exceptions are In - the United States -ant in Norway, Denmark and Swed en, where special stamps for tubercu losis purposes are sold during the holiday season. -. ." Jacob A. Riis was responsible for the return of the ..Christmas seal idea to this country. It was in 1904 that M. E. , Holboll, an enterprwing Dan ish posrmastjr, conceived, the idea of using a stamp. as a tuberculosis seal in Denmark. The first year r than 4,113,000 stamps were sold, , for every, man, woman and cbi J Denmark, so vividly did the i seize the Imagination of the Da people. Mr. Riis received in : Christmas mail a letter from D mark bearing some of these sea', a magazine article in 1907 he t of the origin of the Christmas r in . Denmarlu The sump t -message that in his opinion go round the world. ( ? I : First American SoaL Miss' Emily P. Bissell. a Re J C worker xf Wilmifrfon, Del. r Mr. "Riis article and conceire i idea of selling Christmas sta-r' a tuberculosis sanatorium wl i was then establishing on the t of -Wilmington. She secured i than $J,000 for her project 1 Bissell saw the possibilities cf stamp and it was upon 1. r f gestion that the American Re J C undertook a nation-wide ss!e sumps.. The next year $200,003 v of seals were sold. By 1914 tl? had passed the half million s During the last four years e nual sale of stamps has a yearly ' to between three and i million dollars.' As the sale .of seals has rr,--year after year the toll of the v plague in this country has stead." creased. The death rate for r one hundred thousand was l"i 1908. Last year it was 97 for ev one -hundred thousand. Christmas seals cannot be without selling first the idea cf prevention of tuberculosis. TLrc . the Christmas seal millions of r i and women have learned the nature and prevention of tuberculosis; L -dreds of hospitals, clinics, rj-ci r schools, preventoria' and other : eies for fighting tuberculosis 1 ive been brought into existence. ' 1- ?rs have learned how to safeguard i. Ir homes against the disease and r have won their way back' to h- .! h through a proper rejru!tkn ci their work and rest. The remotest hamlet has learned that to be cured of tuberculosis the patient must hare rest, fresh air, proper food, the prefer mental attitude and good care. ' ' -ssBfcsnssasMsssBssssss f j. . 1 . , ' V 4I 'i , f i ' - - " i . - - -.. ? " ' ! ' ; : .-. - . i i i o oM . 1 ' J'S rTiTTIi ti i 1 1 T 1 iii-lMlll"ftl-yl"1IPWWfBs . - - g-a 1 F : COURSE the word "Home" immediately brings to mind Furniture. Furniture for the living: room, dining room, bedroom, library; furniture of strength and beauty, of genuine artistry, wrought by the most skillful furniture craftsmen. In brief, furniture , that comes up to the magnificent standard of the Hamilton Furniture -Store. At Christmak time the -odd pieces are always given special attention. . There is such a wonderful variety here, that no "matter how little you can afford to spend you are sure to find among the occasional pxecesgifts'of beauty and utility. One visit to the Hamilton Furniture Store, will convince you that the happiest gift you can choose this Christmas is the -gift for the home. Sv JL5r kiiiiiinii.uu mil rtttiitiMIUUHUUiOA1 s I i ll f ill sis I iiinni r i it i it Spinet Desks have 'a beautiful line of Spinet Deslcs In mabog- "i xzj, extra special, f 40 Desk now . $32.50 Rcsular J7.00 17 -Piece , Tea Sets In black, green, -blue and yellow, now $4.05 Ileal Smas Present a "beautiful all enameled Wedge wood Itanse , ,'it , 1 V-:.rSuit3S;',;.;-';" In tapestry, velour and mohair, in rose, blue and taupe, 3-piece suits Regular 13.00 Mahogany V now .... - " $1;50 1 t Lamps For 'the living room. Our showing of Bridge Tables and Floor Lamps was j never better, priced as low as $18.75 'Extra Special 3 2-Piece Set Dishes ; - S In pinkmd-biue $5.10 :. Drapery ; Department ; . . . . .. ? Give, your wire a real present. Give her cn order for Draperies, then let us build them, v Book Ends Regular J 4-00 Book Ends,-extra; spe . ; . . cial, for only $2.95 ; : I-3AMHTOH 340 Court Street GOOD FURNITURE Salem. Or egon Hosier. Cabinets Save miles of steps every year. Let your 1.00 do its duty and put one In your kitchen. ' ' Candlesticks .I rjjjrjrC nil 4.i..!l!t(Mlllllin!llIIM -'III I IHIMIIMMMiimilll I in II I Ii in' ..iiinni niiii l iiiiiiiii rtlhMUM''t "'mlH'''' "W lIIIIHIt, - J In 1 1 K ClTIJw i wTmTi 1 1 mini; mmi t.i JIM I tw iHllttii t-r.' B. L...i. . lllllM.NII'llllx iMIMlUli;'!lil!HI'mi.M IH1IIW it( II R I tl 1 a 1 1 m ' ' " ; J " .ilUllmHtl'ltHtMhMli I' '"'I' HKHIrtfUtMltlHll, sjiumumfji;" Regular )2.40 Solid Mahogany Candle Sticks, special. per pair Jtiutt-Hlimiit. s ,4f lHIMllHl".. 1 1,11111111. Hi i tiiuith Lta fu m mm i - few ir feHSSHIIlo rilllUIHI'l' (HI!I1I Mil'li r.m in jilt iiiin ii $1.20 Ilaxniltoh Beach Electric Sweepers . make a . ' wonderful Xmas Gift tMatmJ!lltl sWiMaeiHJI II T 1 1 H I M It M jMIMti ? i ii 1 1 . fyCvr - I 'lit h m i V ; j ' ci-v I -it 'llHlhlt - ' . j L-. . , i i. i .... . . i , iff , : L- , m, i. , - J kuim y - . . " r; ... j( i -J 1 i s..v ..... ,-....r ... - . 1