Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1930 — Page 9

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.(■jrisimas party of the 90 s # , always a home 'estival, oi for who would <lr?>im of sep ' himself from family circles i greatest family day of ah (holidays, then as. now, had ,(.,111,1 of gaities, their balls for (ego folk their parties of the U, their frolics at the church .he S mday school, their tea , uir various other festivities; g family that could not stir ively entertainment by itself )r itself for Christmas Eve, .deed socially impoverished, were large and roomy in toys. The more lavish ami t houses had ball rooms on ipper lloor. but every where' fetma- eve every room of evme. mansion to cottage was with light in every room, ev unused parlors thrown open e family gatherings that bejen. a: an early hour in the ig. the first bevies of them to arrive, mothers, fathers thildren. maiden aunts ami lor uncles, some times the I pastor who had no family own. or the favorite teacher led alone for the holidays, j up tlie great crowd of them I it last'all had arrived. To the Jingle of Bells e of them yould come by j In die (laytime—guests who<e I caused particular ‘excitehy virtue of the distance, peril of fifty or a hundred miles, they had travelled. Some of would drive up to the door mtrish of jingling sleigh belts ) flash of horse and cutter. The brother would bring his fanto town in the great boo which he hauled wood in the, e, and others would "walk; the little youngsters bundled their wooden sleds and drawn « packed snow on the woodwalks to the very door of a ible home such as Aunt Marre were various reasons why Martha and Uncle Will were larily the hosts of Christmas ia family party. For one thing s »as t]ie largest and newest in the family. For another. Martha was thefinest took tithe lot ofexcellent cooks, and srly loved the excitement amt minded any of the bother of tilling. Old Fashioned Verandah wide and handsome house on a corner lot, surrounded by Kandah on the two street with its bay windows dov.nand upstairs, its green shutBtside and its oaken blinds in It was crowned with a masIt cupola, and was brave with Keo adornment of porch roof fntlow frame. Its wide door wide to each arriving group f gas light flickered out be- » fanlight to illuminate the and s‘eps and aid the stumbles. Her steps and aisedac

I 1 SKAf w KlZljyY W S i iggfefc \>..c 4-W’ f Vz -' ‘ We are truly appreciative of the § many courtesies which have been $ extended to us during the past year. • M n 1 Permit us at this time to wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS | and a HAPPY NEW YEAR | BLUE FRONT RESTAURANT | L™. J- HARVB BAKEB E»— |

* Ung ones. Her cordial smile and the I hearty handshake of Uncle Will went out in welcome as the guests ' were drawn inside, embraced and i greeted and directed to bedrooms upstairs or down to remove their ; wraps, ('utters were driven back in- , to the barn and horses tied in the , stalls or unhitched for the hours of their drivers' merrymaking I I By eight o'clock everybody had i | arrived, the multitude of wraps, the lap robes-plush or fur or buffalo hide and the whips had been disposed variously about the house, the . children were already romping through the long halls and sliding hilariously down the banisters, ami I the sleepy ones among the littlest I of them and hat’, been made comt'ot- | table on the beds to dream their' own little dreams of a baby's Christ I mas eve. I Tree of Importance Focus point of attention among the youngsters from the first was the tree—one of rearing magni licence., branches almost touching the caipet and the top cut off that would otherwise have swept the ceiling, and the star of tinsel hung upon the topmost twig. Its ornamental glass balls and strings of jtinsel caught the reflection of the ; gas chandelier'sglittering penan’s | and when, with gay ceremony jolly | Uncle Will lit the dozens of colored wax candles all over it as a signa! for Santa Claus, many the "ohs” andthe “ahs" that met its ravishing splendor. It seemed to the trans fixed children that the nretty task wag scarcely completed, when who | should bounce in but Santa Claus himself! There he was actually, the same gay scarlet Santa of tin picturo books, with his pack of toys i i and his string of sleighbells jingilng ■ as he hopped around from child to child, Shaking hands and pinching cheeks and patting awed little faces to whom so wonderful a happening was simply unbelievable as real. He was the jolliest of Santa Clauses —■ as jolly as young Uncle George.' for instance, and one wondered t'oi < just a minute where Uncle George I had gone just then, but soon forgot ; him again when Santa began to I swing the attention of all to the | tree. Santa a?d His Brownies" A band of little “brownies” was | commandeered among the young-, sters by Santa, and gifts began to I come down from the tree, to appear. from hidden nooks beneath i ! s | branes or behind them, and girls and boys suerried from one to the) other of the gay company as names , were found on the packages and a I child darted to deliver them to their ' owners. Everybody had a generous ; pile of things by the time the las' j candle had flickered down into its , tin socket and all the lights were I extinguished on the tree for safety | and everybody had a tarleton bag i of candy, a red apple and an orange Jokes flew round and fun ran high in the holiday spirit of the evening ampant everywhere. Somebody sug-

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Rested a song about this time and everybody flocked around the piano where Cousin Mamie, home for the .>ollday 8 from college, coyly played i few of the skittish songs of the times Daisy Bell," and "We Won-t th, Home Till Morning" and ine like, then, (everybody singing with great gusto, there followed the favorites from the Ramil’- Song Album "0 Susanna," “Old 1 flack Joe” vvhen You and I Were Young," "Swuanee River" "After the Ball” "White Wings,” "Two Little Girls in Blue.,' ami many others Finally the music struck into a gay quadrille and everybody took partners for a square dance. "Swing Your Partners” Bai k and forth the partners wove in and out and round ami round, circling, swinging, shuffling, tripp ing and diving in and out. while I nele Will called the figures, "wing your partners,” "everybody ! waltz . and all the rest of them. Fun 'waxed higher and higher and the (Virginia reel was in order, with its long lane of partners bowing, swirl ing. meeting, parting, marching and stepping to the gay music until everybody had latthed and danced until they were quite out of breath and a half was called while handkerchiefs fanned hot faces or wiped perspring brows. Somebody then discovered that the children were wearied of that sort of entertainment, and suggested games in which they might participate. Cousin Mamie whirls back on the piano stool and dashes into a lively march as chairs are set back to back in a long row for "Going to Jerusalem" and round and round marched the girls and boys, intent on flipping down into a seet when the music suddenly stops, and when one marcher was always left chair less and out of the game. Then fol lowed "Spin the Platter.” with the tin plate spun in the middle of the group of players while names of fruits or vegetables were called and (the ensuing scramble two players fought again for a chair, and then someone wanted "Blind Mau's

I i I I »KW 1 W ||| §>.'j 111 * J s ' | K AT this season of the year our /> thoughts go out in Gratitude & & |w to our friends who have made IJ| business with us a pleasure. May we at this time extend $$ our hearty and sincere good w Ji wishes for a I I MERRY CHRISTMAS I M 'S and a I I HAPPY NEW YEAR I | Adams County Auto Co. |

Bluff' Half a dozen or more of , these games followed in mu-cession. , by that time the evening was well spent, and the whiffs of the odor of coffee began to come from the re- • gions rear. Everybody was ordered to find a seat, and with the flutter scarcely died down in came the hostess and her helpers with great piles of ) plates, each plate with its folded triangle of paper napkin, and steam ing dish after dish came by and stopped so each could help them ) self—platters of meats dishes of "escalloped" potatoes, pans of baked beans, pressed chicken, bowls 1 of cabbage aasld, jars of pickles dishes of celery, platters filled with thick sandwiches of meat and cheese; plates of hot biscuit!,. ■ dishes of jellies and preserves, piles of yellow cheese, platters of sugar ed doughnute and then oh, treat of ■ winter parties saucers piled high

I THE YULETIDE § S? A g I S? Over nineteen hundred years ago some wise M JSf men followed a guiding star to the city of & Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He?” They went aS » to Bethlehem and there behold in a manger, lay iff M a babe, the Christ, vyrapped in swaddling clothes. He later gave His life for the salvation of man- W kind. Lest we forget, let us remember and give c** i gL thanks to Him in commemoration of Christmas day; and the many blessings that He has be- M 2? stowed upon us as a nation. M I ASHBAUCHER and MAYNARD | I FUNERAL HOME | i g 814—Phones—510

— , ■ home made Ice cream, yellow with cream and smooth of texture ns the best of custards, and custard frozen It was indeed, the mixture boiled and then consigned to the freezer. Mountains of layer cake and slices of fruit cake and pound cakes, cubes of sponge cake and dozens of gaily decorated cup cukes went round with this. Coffee flowed freely and so did milk for the voungs'ers, ready to drop to sleep with sheet exhaustion at this stage of the game but prodded awake by fond parent* with an eye to their fitness for the home journey, until the feast was over everybody stuffed to excess capacity and conscious that the nout Wus late—actually midnight and parting time was at hand. f And a Pleasant Time So the sleepy and sleeping youngI sters were crammed into their r wraps, horses were hitched again • in the barn and sleighs brought around to the door, sleds were maun ! ed with small passengers and every . father and nearly every mother had I a sleeping child across the shoulder Loud and enthusiastic were the exI pressions of pleasure in the even- . ing's merriment, many were the I "Merry Christmasses" exchanged, ( for the mystic hour of midnight C was indeed arrived, and Uncle Will . and Auut Martha closed the wide . door slowly on the last of the gay - company took a last look around at j the garlands of green ami the shorn ! spruce in the parlor corner, shut the blinds, wound the clocks and made . their way sleejtily upstairs to bed. | o 1 Get the Habit—Trade at Home.

IXjl'il CHRISTMAS GREETINGS * MAY the day bring to you and yours the peace and contentment of a good old fashioned Christmas and may this same star of peace and contentment continue to shine for you throughout many, many days and , many another joyous Christmas. Thus we express OCR wish for YOU for a MERRY CHRISTMAS * R I * yA *r i * LA FONTAINE HANDLE CO. H' '■ I I i It is with Pleasure that this Holiday W • Greeting is extended to our Friends jg and Customers who have been so i g loyal to us. < SI ! Accept our sincere wishes that you may enjoy much Health and Pros- || g perity during the coming year. g | MERRY CHRISTMAS 1 A and a HAPPY “ NEW YEAR to Everyone. g I WHITE SERVICE STATION | I li . I a ig t