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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1963)
MKRAl.I) AM) MKWS. Klamath Fails. Oreion Thursday. November . 1963 PAGE I Bridegroom 'Stars' In Wedding Qf Rugged Baluchistan Tribesmen ft. T out The 01' Groaner gives with a Christmas tune. New Song On Holiday Not Likely By DICK KLEINER Newspaper Enterprise Assn. NEW YORK iXEAi - The cruel facts of life in the music business are catching up with Christmas songs. That's why chances are slim that there will be a new Christmas hit this vear or for many years to come. The last major Christmas bit ' using the million-seller critc- I rion was Jimmy Boyd's "I I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa i Claus" in 1932. A few others Fince then "Rock Around the Christmas Tree" and "Jingle Bell Rock" have become teen-age (standards, but not major hits. Not only are hits scarcer, but new Christmas songs are infre quent these days. Fifteen or 20 years ago, record companies would put out up to a dozen new Christmas songs each year; to day tJiey will issue three or four at the most. And many of these will be carols or standards in new versions. The cause of this Christmas music slump is economic. In recent years, radio sta tions have refused to play Christmas music until after Thanksgiving. Without radio air play a song simply has no chance at all of becoming a hit. Years ago, stations would be gin programming Christmas songs in October. That gave a record sufficient time to catch on. But if the public doesn't hear a song until late Novem ber, they just don't have time to fall in love with at and buy it . It takes exposure to make a song a hit. Radio stations are generally too confined to a for matlike the top 40 to bother with Christmas records. Another hard fact retail selling methods have changed. Virtually gone are the old-fashioned record stores with listen ing booths. Instead, more and more records are sold in racks in supermarkets and drug stores. Rack jobbers the men who stock these racks are un willing to g've up valuable space on a gamble. Thcv want to sell records, and they figure they have more chance stocking rec ords with a long selling season. Tlicy are therefore reluctant to take on Christmas records. All this has had its effect. iDecca. for example, will issue lour new Christmas singles this year. Three are by established artists singing established songs. Only one is new and that's by The Surfaris. in an attempt lo cash in on the surf music trend. RCA is issuing three, and one of these is on its rock 'n' roll subsidiary. Groove. Columbia, which calls itself "a Christmas company." is do ing more than the others. Rob ert Goulet will be heard with a new son? called "Tlie Christmas I Spend With You." Andy Wil liams and The New Christy Mm istrels also have holiday singles. And Columbia is kecpina its corporate fmcers crossed about "Here's Love." This Meredith Willson musical, based on "Mir acle on 34lh Street." a 5 a Christmas theme and several holidav-llaMired tunes. Son.: like "That Man Over There." "The Big Fat Caloons" and "Pine Cones and Holly Berries" are. Columbia feels, potent lal Christmas standards, They will ail be Issued on singles. Mitch Miller has already waxed Pine Cones and Holly Berries." Of course, no company would turn down a Christmas song they felt had potential Alter all. once it is established, it is a penrianent seller. Bm2 Crosby, for example, has sold 20 m i I Imo copies of "While ChrM ma." 10 million 'Silent Sight." seven million "Jingle Bells" and 10 million LPs of hs Christmas aUn.m. Merry Ch.risim.is " KARACHI ilPI'-The bride groom is the star of the show in weddings among Baluchistan tribesmen. Unlike their Western counter parts, who often are overshad owed by the bride even at the engagement party, these rugged tribesmen are expected to prove their ardor right up to the wed ding itself by participating in wild camel races and olton tak ing pood natured physical beat ings from their in-laws to be. Whai foreigners might consid er to be a brawl is -imply a traditional expression of one's honor and worth in this rugged arid land where people tend to be more practical than senti mental. After all, isn't the bridegroom taking away a member of the family? It would be considered an insult to the bride and her family if they did not fight to keep her until the very last minute before the ceremony. These rough rituals, remind ers of an era when only the bravest won fair ladies, do not mean that the ancient ceremon ies are without charm, how ever. Engagements have no age limits among the Baloch tribes men of the old Northwest Fron tier Province. Even children on the way may be engaged. The engagements are irrevocable with heavy penalties to be paid by any party responsible for its not culminating in marriage. When the date of marriage is I finally determined tlie parents and relatives of the bridegroom bring gilts of scents, sweets, henna and dry fruit to the bride's relatives about one week bclore the ceremony. The locks of the bride's hair arc opened to show she is about to be married. The girl then is placed under strict con finement in tlie house, where she is allowed to receive gifts o milk, cream and other foods and articles to help her pass the time as pleasantly as pos sible. Her sisters and girl friends spend long hours apply ing beauty aids and singing and dancing to keep her happy. When the wedding day ar rives, relatives and friends of the bridegroom and bride gather in their respective houses, where w eliding gifts and tlie dowry are displaved while beating drums proclaim the event. Later in the afternoon, the brilliantly costumed members n the wedding party, including the old men with their hair freshly dyed with brilliant hen na to hide tlie grey, proceed slowly to the mosque or shrine, preceded by a band of musi cians. The bridegroom, with his head veiled and carrying an iron rod in his hands, follows the procession accompanied by friends and his many relatives. Four of his closest friends protect him from dust and a blazing sun by holding a multi- Christmas Card Idea Started 720 Years Ago colored silk canopy over his liead at swordspoint. His oldest sister is given the honor of carrying a jug of water with w hich he later w ill be batlied. To emphasize tlie closeness of family ties, his long shirt tail is tied to her. Women sing folk songs com memorating heroic exploits of the family and praising the masculine charms of the bride groom until they reach a pre arranged place where he is bathed and dressed in new clothes given by his father-in-law. Flower garlands are licapcd about his liead and the eldest member of the family oflers prayers for the happiness ol the couple. But the toughest art of the ceremony for the groom is yet to come, for now begin the trials of strength. While he and his best friend race on camel-back lo his bride's house to take her away, her relatives pelt him with stones and sticks and shoot ar rows, often causing serious physical injury. After being fooled, tricked and kicked, and sometimes beaten by members of the bride's household, he must smash down the door to her room with his bare hands, twist an iron rod, and force open her clenched fists, a symbolic ges ture by which the pirl shows she is not anxious to leave her family. NEW YORK i.NE.V Back in 1K43. John Calcott Horsley, an English painter and illustrator, thought it would be appropriate to send a simple greeting to a friend at Christmas. Little did he realize what he was start ing. That first card has mush roomed into an avalanche that lliis year will see millions of people dashing to mail boxes lo deposit the estimated one hundred million Christmas cards that will be mailed be tween Thanksgiving and Dec, CHRISTMAS COLORS Red and green are the favor ite colors in just about every decorating situation at Christ mastime. The most popular rib bons for tying packages, for example, are red and emerald green yet, they rank lmh and 17th in popularity throughout tlie rest of the year, among the 17 colors manufactured, reports tlie Rust Craft greeting card company. 25. according to the Greeting Card Association. Card senders will be able to make their selections from the more than 50.000 designs that are available. Religious themes and Santa Claus, as usual, lead the preference parade. However, now that Americans have so much time to devote to hobbies, there are cards to be had that will appeal to the golfer, the bowler, the photographer and many others. So, if you like horses, don't be surprised if your greeting comes right from the horse's mouth. Of course, one must not for. get the humorous cards, which seem to be getting more of a play each year. There are even "sick" Christmas cards; they seem to appeal mostly to per sons in the same category. For art lovers, museums can be a source for cards that are different and interesting. You can check with your local mu seum and find out if they sell cards. I' ; v r . 1 5 L U ' .' ' x t.z" ' I left I says, YxTViil OLD-FASHIONED greeting have space age fellow who I or is from Hallmark Historical Collection. At right we It's Christmas . . . and I can t give you anything but More than ever before, it is now possible lo lind just the right Yule card for just the right person. There has been a constant increase in tlie "spe- cial" cards, such as greetings for the milkman, the news boy, the doctor, etc. . Nor are the teen - ogcrs lor gotten. There arc many special cards, such as the one that semis greetings "To a Sw ell Fel low" w ishing Km "A Cool Christmas and a Fabulous New Year." JUtlefo a 1.,. L.J j Jum.'i C'i'Xh Use Your Charge Account Free Parking 5th & Klamath Christmas d3abu )ear a Dolls id One ISM i W&T 1 498 ii nannette The adorable "ordinal" BABY DEAR soft cloth body doll delicately sculptured lo resemble a real live newborn infant is now one year old and is BABY "DEAR. ONE". Little mothers will love her dearly, she looks and feels so real. BABY "DEAR-ONE" is irresistabl with her downy soft rooted hair, her bright little moving eves, her captivating smile and her two front teeth. Hel chubbv little hands and teet molded of sott skin texture vinyl and her carefully constructed body will add warmth to the heart ot your little g.rl as she folds her way into her little mother's arms. BABY DEAR and BABY "DEAR-ONE", "original" creations of Vogue Dolls, are truly quality dolls for a little girl to love. 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Loy 'em oway now' I -jyii ' r,o7 98 Party-IimerTfor!lween lees See just how great she looks in these pre-teen foshions. Choose pretty chif fons, looped knits, velvets and others. Bonnie Blair, Debbi Ross, Jodeen ond other famous bronds. 8 00 14 f? ! rrrf s n? 17" , mm . rtuv x k i ' lie ji Wt mi nm. , ft,( fpLj ! IATE QREENAWM: Select her holiday finery from our luxurious collection of famous Kate Grecrtaway fashions. S Mort are arriving each day! jNk' rw u Parties or mora fun when she's weorind her Kate Grecnaway sleeveless velveteen shift. 'cfyJjJ no naw "A" line tv'' )ut Mom's, v and it has a rosebud tucked in the bow. Rid, 8 98 Sizes 7 to 14 11 98 7 V. PAINTING THE TOWN RED ... AND WHITE . . , in her peppermint striped Kate Green away cotton knit. It's the very newest sport ive look. A qleamy patent belt circles her hips and the white skirt hos around. Sizes 3-6x New Christmas fashions ar- riving doily Shepaolt.-ss, Kote Greenawoy, Cmder 'ello ond others. See them i , .'now! Movie Starlet Lingerie Beautifully styled just like the movie stars! A full line of fine quality nylon lingerie for the little miss. See this collection. Pink, blue, red sizes 6 to 14 .. Baby Dolls Paiamas p ond gown set, pink Pink, blue sizes 6 to 14 blue, ttit 6-14 98 Half Slips r. a Sleep Coat With motching lace panties trim, sizes Cotton-plus fabric, cream, pink, blue, 6-1 4 Mm 1 ""i i m n ,r ?0RjW '1 ' Mi BXWWKSJ)i And don't forget the Baby ... Miller's Children's Department is in its glory when it comes to baby . . . with the finest Ime-up o1 gilts you've ever seen. Chcc this gift suggestion hit and moke your selections now . . . BABY BLANKETS TRUNDLE-BUNDLE CREEPERS SHIRTS DRESSES STUFFED TOYS CRAWLERS BONNETS RATTLES, TOYS SNOW SUITS BOOTIES, SOX V. for mm ROB m iff A wonderful collec tion in every color and style. Select her's from quilted cottons, quilted ny lons, flannels ond others. 98 4'V7 CHILDREN'S SHOP - 2ND FLOOR
