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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1920)
Thursday, December 9, 1920 EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS Page Six Do your early. Christmas shopping Buy some Christmas seals to help fight the White plague. S. P. PESZNECKER Machine Shop Oxy-Acetylene Welding White Mazda Lamps Soft Light; \ ) t Dim Light Plumbing, Tinning Electric Wiring an d Repairing IDO’S AND DONTS AT THE P. 0. MAKE 0U Thoughtfulness on Part of Patrons of Uncle Sam Will Assist Clerks ^ and Carriers. <P O.VT put off trialling that package until Christina* eve. Don’t neglect to tie il properly. It Is handled at least five times before It reuches it* destination. Don't forget to write your own re turn address on ull parcel post fhaffer Don’t guess at the postage and give your friends the pleasure ,of paying “ postage due.” Don’t plaster Ited Cross stamps on the face of packages or letters; take care not to “ seal” parcel post packages with them. It raises the rute. Don’t forget that a little thoughtful ness on your part can help to make Christmas happier for Uncle Sam's men, his horses and his automobiles. Do mall early, preferably before De cember 20th, writing on your pack ages: “ Not to be opened until Chr.„.- 11189.“ ^ Do your best to use the post ofiices Iti the forenoon, the earlier the better. Do write legibly, both the address to which you are sending the gift and your own return address. Do he courteous and “ Christmassy" to I lie post office men who serve you. They are handling thousands of pieces of rnnil matter. Do he brief at the counter. You keep someone else waiting If you are loaded like an express truck, with packages and foolish questions. GIFT LIST F*RLY ______ « HE buyer who really puts some altruism into her Christmas gifts makes out her list several weeks In ad vance. If she be a canny somebody she lias kept her list of the year before and is able to see what were her gifts the preceding season, and thus avoid the risk of repenting her self. Still more canny Is she I? she has made mental or written notes from time to time of various articles for which she has heard a desire expressed by frauds. Such note taking will greati*lessen her labors. ^ For It Is no light thing to cnoose Christmas gifts Judiciously. The whole secret of their acceptability lies In thei- appropriateness. Not only must they he appropriate to the per son from whom they come and to whom they go. liui* to the circumstances in which the latter Is placed. For an in stance. there are few housekeepers who do not welcome an addition of fine linen to their store. But If to a housekeper who lives pithily In sim ple surroundings one sends a superb Ince-trlmmed tea cloth or doilies that throw all her other possessions into the shade, there Is as unsuitability about the gift that robr it of much of Its charm.— Harper’s Bazar. Announcement Extraordinary! We have accepted the agency for the < Mandel Talking Machine! A very high grade Phonograph, has LJniversal Pone and plays all makes of Records with: ut extra attachments. Sold on easy terms and fully guaranteed. An ideal Christmas gift for the whole Family. Come in and hear one, or better still, have one sent to your own home and try it out. > O UR L IN E O F < Holiday Goods is in, and we have practical Gifts for every member of the Family. Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Cut Glass, China, Silk Hosiery, Silk Umbrellas, Hand Em broidered Towels, Camisoles, Fancy Bags, Purses, Ladies’ and Gents’ Suspenders, Arm Bands, Garters, Kerchiefs, Blankets, Silverware, Aluminum Ware, Felt Slippers, Etc., Etc.. Etc., in fact we can satisfy most any one who is looking for something practical. IT PAYS TO SAVE YOUR CASH REGISTER TICKETS . December 9 HAROLD BELL WRIGHT IN “ THE SHEPHERD OE THE HILLS" SATURDAY NIGHT December 11 STROHEIM’S WONDER PLAY <<m m n m m n i u n n i i First show opens at 7 p. m. sharp Prices: Adults 35c, war tax 3c. Children 15c, war tax lc. W. E. LINN, Manager. » Difir- on Christ’s EMMay Mail your Christinas packages early and help the P. 0. clerks. ^ AT THURSDAY NIGHT $ Estacada, Oregon > The Family Theatre Thoughtful Shoppers Start Task uev. eral Weeks Before Rush Begins in Busy Stores. . R O S E ’S ‘ T H E PLACE TO B U Y ” 4s were di T HE vided early as Christmas to the date on ) which the nativity of Christ should be celebrated. Some of these celebrated it on the first or sixth of January, other groups observed September 29 and still another March 29. As early as the fourth century, however, the period of the new year had been generally accepted as the time for celebrating Christ’s birth. The Western branch of the church observed December 25 and the Eastern church January 6. Finally It was decided that all should celebrate December 25. Pope Julius I., who presided In the first half of the fourth cen tury, Is credited witli having set the date. Roses at Christmas. The fact thut we can get flowers Out •f doors at Christmas time Is In Itself s sufficient Justification for growing Uie Christmas rose, hut besides Glut it worth growing for Itself, says Country Life In America. Its large white flowers, fully two inches across, resembling those of a giant single rose, although as a matter of fact it belongs to the same family as the but tercups. never fail to excite enthusi asm In the season of snow and Ice. The plant Itself grows only six to eight Inches high, and the large, greenlsh-whlte flowers are borne In clusters and nestle closely among fiiy dark green leaves. Novw. Christmas Salad Bowl. By the time that the salad course arrives at the Christmas dinner all thnt surround the festive board are apt to he warm. It will be refreshing to see the salad come to the table In a block of Ice. Smooth the Ice square with a hot flat Iron and make a cavity in the center with the same utensil. Border with crisp lettuce and sprigs of holly and fill with salad. Place the block on several thicknesses of cloth or rQleep platter and put around It a wreath of holly.