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About Aurora observer. (Aurora, Marion County, Or.) 19??-1940 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1920)
ÍECEMBEB 5, ST. NICK'S DA'i Children of Holland and France Look for Santa Claus' Visit Early in the Month. FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS PARTY Appropriate Decorations Add to the Zest and Gayety of the Yuletide Festivities. SANTA CLAUS is to be | present at the Christmas par ty supper—and of course*!) e should be invited—he may appear in an automobile, j but in order to be quite orthodox he should be driving his, eight reindeer through the snow; and therefore the hostess should use a strip of snowy cotton wool plentifully sprinkled with frost for the table center. Purchase a somewhat large Santa Claus; he will be most effective dressed in a brown cloak with scarlet hood and cap. A fancy basket in the form of a wheelbarrow or chariot will answer the purpose for his sleigh, and should be loaded with presents of all kinds. The reindeer, which can be filled with sweets, may be harnessed to the sleigh with scarlet ribbons on which have been sewn a number of tiny bells. At intervals down the table place boxes of bonbons in the form of Yule logs, with garlands of berried holly 1 and mistletoe arranged from log to log, the menus to be in banner form, each one being held by a miniature Father Christmas. A Cinderella scheme for the supper table is pretty. For the center pur chase from your florist the wire frame of a coach. Cover it thinly with moss, binding it on with hemp; then cover it with scarlet geraniums, attaching the blossoms-to the. coach with fine silver wire; harness two milk-white toy horses to it with ribbons to match the geraniums. A smart little coach man and footman must be placed on their respective places, and a doll to represent Cinderella dressed for the ball should be sitting inside. Appropriate presents to be placed for the children would consist of a slipper filled with sweeties for each little boy, and a doll dressed as a fairy in white gauze spotted with sil- ’ ver stars, holding a tiny wand, would deljght the heart of each little girl. (Eljrisiwas VVhether it be prattled on baby lips that scarce can shape the words, or saying them, thinks not, but only feels the insensate overflow o f giving from a soft, full h e a r t . . . Although it be mumbled inarticulate* ly by the shabby nonentity w hose w hine for charity one acknowledges in the spirit or the season, even while knowing that the w ords be said in servile mockery . . . If it be breathed by mother mouth, the sad, sw eet lines o f w hich w ere molded so by a yearning, prodigal tenderness and an unfaltering de* votion, be its object w orthy or n o t . . . W h e th e r it be panted from betw een the w arm , moist lips o f maidenhood — tremulous, palpitant, sham efaced and shy because o f an ardor w hich it dreads to comprehend . . . Although it be uttered by maid, matron or man, friend, chance ac* quaintance, tradesman or servant . . . For The Period Beginning Dec. 1 to Dec. 24 REDUCED^ 20 to 30 Per Cent Regul ar $412.50 Mink ^ Q Cape Scarf, n o w - _ - _ 3 ) ¿ $ 0 \/ a * 5 v f Regular $127.50Rus- ( h 1! A A sian Fitch Cape,now Jp JL U D * U U Regular $300 Kelens- key Cape, now_____ Regular $100 Fox Scarfs, now____ _* $ 240.00 Regular $157.50 Ko- ^ lenskew Cape, now.. Regular $217 French Fitch Cape, now___ 26 00 $ 173.60 Regular $55 Fox Scarfs, now____ Regular $55 Stone Martin Chokers, now _____ ______ ____ $ 44.00 Other Furs-in Capes, Scarfs, Chokers, in the leading styles, all priced inproportion to the above—20 Per Gent Discount No finer opportunity to purchase beautiful Furs for Christmas gifts has has been of fered. These prices will be in effect only until December 24. Make your selection Early- Hrrrg <Ef|nstmaa in fmt attfc to four« WEST FUR CO. By DE LYSLE FERREE CASS 529 Court Street Opposite Court'House SALEM, OREGON 71 ' IF YOU Mr. Husband, had to do the washing one week and your wife the next week, and so on, There W ould Be An Electric Washer in Your Home before the Third Week Arrived m i The Electric Power Washer m =S "■ : W E STAND BEHIND EVERY GUAR ANTEE THAT GOES WITH IT A List of Our Satisfied Customers m ' . Illlllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllll]l!lll|l m A Practical and Sensible Christmas Gift SB . .¡¡¡§ ■ ¡¡¡I j¡¡Ü H t ' M m ' ■ i == B jH J - f illi "m m ¡U V IB HIS SUGGESTION “We«fl have to economize this Christmas, my dear.1* "Yes, but how?" "I've an idea. Let’s give your ret- atlves the same kind of cheap gift* we always give my folks." Tit for Tat. The Poet: “May I read you my n ew Christmas poem?” The Musician: “Yes, if you’ll let me play you my new Christmas cantata." r-Fliegende platter, Regular $85 Fox Scarfs, now_ $ 80.00 $ 68.00 $ 44.00 ^ s 1 n -, mi Mrs. S. W. Weaver * Mrs. B. Paulsen » Mrs. Chas. Kinzer Mrs. Fannie Mercer Peter Feller Family L. G. Gooding Mrs. John Singer Mrs. John Scheurer Mrs. Campbell Mrs. Scholz Mrs. Joe Resch Mrs. H. B. Evans A. L. Estes Mrs. A. D. Yergen Mrs. Fred Dentel Mrs. Chas. Bates * Mrs. W. E. Thamer Mrs. Lee Eckerson Mrs. J. B. Lee Mrs. Chas, Prouty m jjj ■ - m • flH ’ ' mm HI 5=ÌÉ B ■ u BB S i MOLALLA ELECTRIC COMPANY ------- E. G. ROBINSON, E. E., Manager At Your Service : Canby Aurora Barlow Hubbard Donald Fargo Btftteville Wilsonville Til |N THE strict order of things children should have hung up their stockings for Santa Claus on Dec. 5, and re joiced in his gifts. For it was the feast of St. Nicholas, alias Santa Claus. He has nothing what ever to do with Christmas, and his visit then is an Anglo-Saxon anach ronism, which came from America fifty years ago. As their patron saint, children were taught to look to Nich olas for care and protection. To show the reality of his love for boys and girls, parents related that on his eve he went up and down the earth re warding the go'od with presents, as he had in his life secretly thrown purses of gold into the rooms of poor maid ens through the window, ‘Children were taught to hang up their stock ings which parents acting as the saint’s deputies filled with sweets, apples, nuts and toys. In England the custom was abolished with the wor ship of saints at the Reformation, and was re-established in the Ameri can guise of Father Christmas in the middle of last century. » But in Holland’ Santa Claus makes his visit on the right day, Dec. 5. In stead of stockings, the Dutch children place their shoes, with straw in them for the donkey on which Nicholas rides, in front of the fireplace. In the morning good children find pres ents there, but the shoes of the naughty contain only a birch. The custom is the same in France. * In southern Austria, a young man, ar rayed as St. Nicholas, in episcopal robes, visits each house and examines the children in their catechism. To those who answer well the saint’s at tendant angels give fruit and sweets, while demons are admitted to terror ize the careless. On going to bed the children place baskets or dishes on the window sill for his future gifts. Catholic Germany furnishes the transi tion between the origin of Nicholas and modern Santa Claus. Arrayed as Father Christmas, lie visits each home and questions the children as to their past conduct. For the good there are cakes and fruit, and for all a lecture. He then asks what presents they would like the Christ-child to bring at Christmas.—London Daily Chroniple. C h ristm a s Fur Sale
