Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1952 — Page 12

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I History of J j Christmas Seals( When you see the Christmas seal do you ever wonder how it started? It was bom in Denmark, home ol the fairy tales of Hans Christian Anderson, \ -• Einar Holboell, a Copenhagen postal clerk, wap sorting mail one sndwy afternoon before Christmas, 1903, when he thought of the idea of a pcflny stamp to swell a fund for children’s hospitals. Authorized by King Christian, the first Christmas seals were sold in Copenhagen in 1904. Hplboell’s scheme outgrev)? \h 1« | Iwildest imaginings, for before his i death in 1927, he lived to see it spread to 45 countries, including Korea, India find French-Indochina. The seals f o ti n d their way tc America on letters and packages and first, attracted the attention ol , Jacob- Riis who, wrote an article about them. Few people, however, were interested in the idea. I Then, in the autumn of 1907, Emily Bissell, a public [health worker, concerned about-the fate of a small sanatorium, recalled the article and sat down to sketch America’s first . Christmas seal, a wreath of holly i encircling the words “Merry Christmas,” With 50,000 stamps printed and no, where to sell them, hfiss Bissell al last enlisted the aid of a columnist on a Philadelphia newspaper. The idea caught and within a few weeks $3,000 was collected. , The first nation-wide Sale was held the following year and was backed by newspapers all over the country religious and civic groups, and spon sored by the American Red Cros: and the National Tuberculosis as sociation.

1 widja. FA r-•.« In : NO RAIN, DEAR . . . This young lady makes a pretty picture down in sunny Florida on Christmas eve aS site poses with Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. , Although Florida-lacks snow it makes up for it in other beauties. Christmas Rose Enhances Yule's Festival Mood AMERICANS. u sua 11 y decorate their homes at Christmas time with holly, evergreens, or hothouse plants. | Recently, however, they have found a new friend in the Christmas-rose. Nurserymen say this plant’s popularity has skyrocketed in the last few years. The Christmas-rose is not really a rose at als but belongs to the crowfoot family! It is a small plant nb more than a foot high when mature. Nevertheless, it can put forth seven or eight small white roselike blooms tinged with pink. Called by botanists Helleborus niger or black hellebore, it gets this name from its black stalks. The Christmas-rose is no freak, no superprecocious flower or early-blooming plant. This legitimate child of winter flowers naturally in December or January. It withstands snow and low temperatures, demanding only some sort of shelter from the weight of snow. , \ Helleborus niger does not propagate well in the United States. Hence, most of the tiny plants are from Belgium and the Netherlands. They develop best only in the western part of those countries where they thrive in soil peculiar to the region. < The ancient Romans knew about the Christmas-rose and eagerly sought it for medicinal use. They. believed that eating the roots would “clear the brain, cure stupidity and' relieve insanity.” “Let him sijil to Anticyra” said the poet, Horace, of an iU friend. Anticyra was a Greek towin where the black Hellebore flourished. \ Thb Helleborus family is indigenous to southern Europe and the Mediterranean regions. The Christ-mas-rose came originally ' from Austria. ' The delicate i beauty of the Christ-mas-rose is billowed by legend. t Noel Preparations Started in Norway ! In Middle of Year CHRISTMAS just couldn’t help being the event of events in Norway when grandmother was a girl. i Without exaggeration, preparation [[' for -Christmas actually began six ’ months before December 24. Everything which was used—food, clothing, Household furnishings-—was prepared |n. the home. Even the leather for was tanned from hides raised ion the homestead. The cloth for apparel, from the skin out, was woven on hand\ looms. Cobblers came to the house and made the shoes; dressmakers and tailors came. Everyone in the household had to have a new wardrobe for Christmas and. since tailors and cobblers and dressmakers could not be at all placies at once, it was necessary to get an early start. When trie butchering J was finished —in October or November—the suet was melted and\ the candles were i made. The children always had a hand in making the little ones for 4 use on the Christmas tree. And they, usually made which had three prongs which, placed at the very |‘top of the tree, represented the three wise men. | ‘ L . i — ■■■"■" '■ • ; The Rose of Christmas Was Young Girl's Gift y. •pHE Christmas rose blooms at aji j\ unusual season, from December to March, with white, sometimes pinkly colored blooms. Because of the soft tinge of pink, the flower has been given the name Christmas rose. Legend tefUs uS that the Wiie Meri were journeying' toward Bethlehem, they’ cam's upon a young girl who was tending her sheep. The girl complained to an angel that she had no gift for the Hbly Child, whereupon the entire pathway to Bethlehem Was flowered' with glistening white Chrfstrhas roses. Madelon, the girl, offered the flowers, and when the fingers of Jesus touched them they -ame -suffused with pink.

To keep your Christmas a truly merry one, keep tMese don’t* in mind:v DON’T give children dangerous toys, or toys with sharp points. If they operate with electricity, be sure you supervise their use. DON’T decorate the tree with j lighted candles unless It’s abso- ; lately unavoidable. DON’T place the tree near a > stove or fireplace. \ < DON’T leave lighted tree 'unguarded at any time. DON’T use a rickety, unsafe i ladder ia decorating the tree. DON’T place Christmas candles near the tree, curtains, paper wreaths or other decorations. DON’T overlook the opportunity to make your tree fire-re-sistant. j DON’T leave toya exposed s where people can trip on them. DON’T allow steps and sidewalks to become icy in cold,' weather;’ DON’T drive recklessly.

i g N . I I I i e i■ \ l I | I ' I g Thank You! t ’> 9 < l s s? » I BOWER t ** » I Jewelry Store | y.• / » g TERRIS BOWER ■ *& GRACE BAILEY ’ J ' JOHN RICHARD EICHHORN — U |L ■ i — d— j___ ; Seasons Greeters ft « j r " _ _ ■ v XSFsai :ik WB / / a —JR y Jk / -'. a ' < r l Wrt P* Vafc -'. ♦ . / Jbk shL k 4 W a 1 i JL/ tmas is i-.- -~-y - 1 * / wonderful... and its arrival ' , 1 ' z . jalways brings to us the realization that wc haVe such ' wonderful friends. May your Holiday Season be filled with outstanding happiness. , M MIES RECREATIOtt

Greetings AjJS, Happily, do we follow a \ ! r wonderful old custom of 1 / '/ wishing all our friends f j ■.a very Merry Christmas i'4* “i SK : and a Happy New Year. - j Jr ■ I ■< J. -, i . ’ W. .arfWl ■ ~ Culligan Scft Water Service |L- ' Phone 3-3214 I Decatur, Indiana C. Ziner /\ J. Elberson

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1952