MEDFOBD MAIL THIBUN". MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6. ISM
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Pitch of Peddler Continues To Have Merchandising Role
New York -l'Pli- The itiner-lcart have just about vanished I wares directly to the pro?pec
sin peddler and repairman from the American scene. live customer - remains an
and his jangling horse-drawn I His sales pitch - taking ' essential part of merchandis-
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paper of pins such as he might ;
have carried, up to giant ma
chine tools.
Opportunities Optn
It has lone since cone inter-;
national, and some recent De-J
partment of Commerce fig
ures show thr opportunities
open to the U.S. burinessman
- and to his foreign competi
tor - for displaying his prod
utis at a point where sales
might be made or stimulated.
In the most recent issue of
"International Comm ere c,"
publication of the U.S. De
partment of Commerce, ap
peared a list of more than 700
tradr fairs, most of them
slated for 1983, in nations
ranging alphabetically from
Algeria to Yugoslavia.
Plenty of nations want to
set into the trade fair rtiow
circuit: Cyprus, Fiji, Malag
asy, arc among the newcom
ers. The 13-page list m pub
lished in the magazine did
not, however, include sched
uling for any trade show in
the Soviet Union.
"U S. merchants may dis
play their wares to a world
wide market through these
fairs, the ariicie said,
U.S. To Participate
Participation for the U.S.
government by the Depart
ment of Commerce is planned
tentatively for a few. Subject
to review, and in some in
stances further negotiations,
the tentative schedule of par
ticipation tor early 1963 in
clude fairs at Mexico City,
Tripoli, Libya, Conikt y.
Guinea, Tokyo, Thorn Penh,
Cambodia; PoznaH, Poland;
Bio de Janeiro.
In the majority of cases,
each of the fairs is limited to
a particular type of product;
it would he a diversified cor
pnrtation indeed which would
consider entry in "all the
shows.
Santa Claus Known by Variety
Of Names; Customs Vary
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Pagan and t hristian cus-!
i toms are combined in our giv-;
: ing of gifts. Santa Claus is ;
a variation of the name Saint
Nicholas. His festal day is
Dec. 6.
Living in the Fourth Cen
tury, according to legend, he
secretly went about giving
gifts to the needy. In one
favorite tale he left hags of
gold for three girls who had
no rioweries; needless to add
all throe soon were married.
Other names lor the gift
giver are Papa Noel. La Be
fana. Jutc-nisscn - plus many ;
more. i
From German
Kris Kringie. for instance,
comes from the German
words ' Christ Kind'' or in
fant Christ, but is depicted ,
now as a girl wearing a crown j
1 and carrying a Christmas '
tree. She shares honors with)
Knecht Rupert, who gives
presents to the good children j
and Pclsnichol (Nicolas with)
fur), who leaves only switches j
in the shoes of naughty boys'
and girls.
It probably is from the
European custom of setting
out the shoe or sahot for gifts
ihat we derive our own cere
mony of hanging up a stock
ing on Christmas Eve.
Some scholars believe carol
ing is a carry-over from the
Roman songs of the Saturna
lia. The first songs of the
Nativity date from the Fourth
fentury and German lieder
from the tlth. Some 200 years
later, carols found their way
into France and Britain. One
quaint belief of northern Eng
land was that on Christinas
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can keep his ambitions in check is to kep strong
financially as individuals and m a Nation.
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Eve the bees gathered and
hummed carols.
The Puritans strongly op
posed singing and even the
celebration of Christmas it
self. In England they passed
laws in 1844 forbidding its
observance, but these were
repealed after the Restora
tion, From HiS9 to 168J in parts
of America it was a criminal
offense to celebrate the hol
iday. Later in our history.
George Washington credited
his success against the Hes
sians of Trenton in 1776 to
the enemy's evening of Christ
mas revelry that left them
open to a surprise attack.
The word "Yule" comes
from the Scandinavian feast
of Jnul, Great fires were
built to honor the god Thor
and to defy the Frost Kins'.
The medieval English consid
ered it bad luck if a squint
eyed person entered the great
hall while the traditional Ion
was burning - and even worse
Juek if a barefooted or llal-
(ootcd woman appeared.
Twic A Yr
Christmas comes twice a
year to lucky children in Ger
many, Switzerland, Belgium
and Holland. On St. Nirholas'
Day, Dec, 6, good children
received candy, nuts, orange-!
and some toys. The bad ones,
supposedly, are put into Si.
Nick's sack and spirited away.
Jf the family can afford it,
toys and candy are distrib
uted again on Dec. 25, per-;
haps tucked in a shoe placed
under a window or near the :
fireplace. However, this cus- '
torn is fairly recent; it dales
back to World War II and
was introduced by American
Gl's.
As more and more Ameri
cans conlinue to travel the
wide, wide world, they are
making friends everywhere.
For extending cheer to your
international friends, here is
a rundown of some "Merrv
Christmas translations:
Frence "Joycux Noel."
German - "t'roeliche Wcih
nachten." Italian - Buon ftalaie."
Spanish - "Feliz Navidad."
Norwegian, Swedish, Dan
ish - "God Jul."
Japanese - "Kuriniasu om
edeto gozaimasu."
Swahiii - "Siku kuu ya kul
zu liwa Masiaya."
Tips Given To
Check Calories !
Christmastime is prly
time.
It's turkey dinners with el!
the trimmings, candy canes,
fancy sugar-trimmed cookies
and fruits and nuts. In oth
er words, it'a thousands of ex
tra calories.
Just consider: four or five
little cashew nuts can add an
extra 100 calories to your
daily intake. If you mown
them while drinking a Tom
and jerry, add 250 more.
Of course, you don't want
io niiss out on the holiday
treats. They taste good And
anyway, who can co lo the
many holiday socials and not
eat'
But you do want to wear
your new holiday clothes and
your post-holiday outfits, too.
Unless your name is Santa
Claus, you won't be able to
if you take in too many cal
ories, because extra calories
mean extra inches.
Solution? Cut your caloric
intake at non-party meals, hut
don't cut out any of the es
sential nutrients. You'll need
lots of pep and energy for
the hectic rush of parties,
cooking, shopping and gen
eral fun ahead
You can help insure ade
quate nutrition in low cal
orie meals by making them
Meirecal meals either a
can of the liquid, nine wafers,
or on eold wintry day,
piping hot bowl of soup. All
provide weli-ballanccd '.!2V
calone meals and will help
you keep in trim to enjoy the
holidays to the fullest.
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non-frsidents. Must operators
are 3ft i of age or older
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power or less, sayi Wiscon
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