Ligonier Banner., Volume 54, Number 40B, Ligonier, Noble County, 10 December 1920 — Page 8

ERE &YAGAIN HMERE Z=YAGCAIN S RS DD ' s %?i;ﬁ ..‘ -~ &\ T P i 7 . vFine-line_uf' ~ , ' - Plain and Fancy Slippers For Women and Children for the | Christmas trade .

LINCOLN CAEE ~ Best Place to Eat - - Centrally Located = Regular meals and Short Orders. Prompt Service and Courteous - Trgatment - _ Fred Von Blon, Prop.

J.L. Levy & Son PRICE | BREAKERS You'll ajways find our merchandise a little better - Our prices considerably lower ~ The store that saves ~ you money =

- Ligonier Telephone Co. Universal service, Courfeous treatment, lowest charges. Always on the jcb

Good Shoes _ - AT o - Reasonable Prices ‘ ‘They are lower than they were. Come in and see. A. D. NEWTON - Next door south of CarneysiClothing Store

WHEN CHRISTMAS WAS YOUNG To Lnderstand Mysteries of the Yule- ~ tide, it Is Necessary to Search i _ _ Ancient Mistory. ﬁ] the midst of the rush and &t A | excitewent of Christnas (s k) preparations certaiu quese~y tions will flash across the wind, add we find curselves wondering why it is that we do the very same things Christmas after Christmas. Why do we hang stockings, light Christmas trees, trim our bomes and have plum pudding? To understand the origin of these customs we must wander far back int» the forgotten past—ages before Juilus Caesar set foot on British soll, or St. Augustine told the story of the Cross to the men of Kent. Hundreds 1 of years ago—long before the year 1 —tre ancients, as we call the people of those times, all worshiped the sun, the great giver of light and life, In the menth of March they built big fires to it, asking it to shine upon the seeds they had planted and warm them into life. In the autumn they held another festival, thanking the sun for the harvest, and again, in the winter time, they held the greatest festival of all to celebrate the coming 8¢ the springtime. -

In ancient Egypt, In Assyria. In Greece, on Roman soll and in the northlands these festivals were celebrated year after year and always gbout the same time, the winter one being held about New Year's time. Wherever the Roman eagle was found; this feast was called the Saturnalia and it was marked by universal lirense and good feeling. All at once Christianity appeared upon the scene. As the policy of the early church was to reconcile heathen converts to the new faith by adupting some of the heathen customs and festivals, the new religion accepted and retained many, and the result, as is easily seen, has been the strange medley ‘of pagan and Christian rites which we use at Christmas time today. o : After Britain was Christianized by the Romans, the Saxons and northern tribes came, bringing their old north. ern rites, and as Christianity at last replaced paganism the Christians kept the old pagan rites, merely changing their meaning. . ’ i " For many years no two lands celebrated the same day as the birthday of Christ. They did not know the exact day, and we do not know it; but this date has now become the most lmportant one In the world’s history. - ;

The Old Age of Santa Claus.. . In Anna Farquhar's “Convictions” in The National Magazine, she says: “Santa. Claus totters under his pack, wearing a long, old face these days. Probably in. lLis youth he had no idea of growing old or departing this life; therefore when his enthusiasm and Joyousness began to wane unaccountably, he must have opined that the world was tottering--not his own generous throne of life. Nowadays he creeps down the chimney stealthily as if somewhat ashamed of his mission, like a polar burglar, and his eight tiny reindeer make small clatter on the lawn, for many of their joy bels have been lost. When Santa lays a finger aside of his nose reflectively in our times, he exclaims, without a bit of jolly shake below the waist: ‘Degenerates! Degenerates! Has my world come to such a pass that people wish to pany me for my presents? Can it be that little children are so surfeited with toys that tkey stop to ask how much they cost before accepting them. There was little Willle, last year, who suid to his mamma, when he first saw a bedutiful woolly dog, “What's it got inside? Candy or mouey? Don't want a dng ’'nless it's got somethin’ inside!”"” '

Games of Heathen Origin MANY of our most farnliliar Christmas games have a heathen originfi and some of their requirements once played a most important part in the heathen rites and mysteries. Every one knows how, when playing the pepular Christmas game of “snap dragon,” all other lights in the room are extinguished while we try to snatch raisins from blazing brandy, but probably few are aware that the ancient British Druids were accustomed to worship, in a temple otherwise dark, a flame of burning spirits into which they cast and out of which they plucked certain sacred objects, and that they thus performed some of the most awful solemnities of their religion.

The Christmas Season. . Though Christmas seems to gain rather than lose in popular favor as the years roll by, yet it is worthy of note that the Christmas season has been much curtailed from what it originally was. For several. centuries it began with the eve of All Saints' day or “Hallow eve,” October 81, and continued uetl! Candlemas day, Febroary 2. In England it is now computed only from Christmas eve to ““Twelfth night.,” January 6, while in our own country it begins on Christmas eve apa prectically ends on Christmas night. Yet even now {t really begins on December 16, marked in the church calendar, “O Sapientia” from -the name of an anthem sung during Advent, : —_—— e ‘Harry Schlotterback Trustee]Perry Township « Office Day, Saturday?

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FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS PARTY Appropriate Decorations Add to the Zest and Gayety of the Yuletide . " Festivities. , . §\:" !"' SANTA CLAUS is to be "'y present at the Christmas parLS I supper—and of course he Ry should be Invited—he may appear in an automoblle, but In order to be quite orthodox he should be driving his elght reindeer through the snow; and therefore the hostess should use a strip of snowy cotton wool plentifully sprinkied with frost for the table center. Purchase a somewhas 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 scariet 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 holiy and mistletoe arranged from log to log. the menus to be in banner form, each one being held by a minlature 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 scarlét gerasmiums, attaching the blossoms to the coach with fine gilver wire; harpess two milk-white toy horses to it with ribbons to matchthe geranfume. 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. 5 Appropriate presents -to be placed for the children would congist of a ’ slipper fillled with sweeties for each little boy, and a doll dressed as u | fairy in white gauze spotted with sil- | ver stars, holding a ticy wand, wouid ’ delight the heart of each little girl. - |

._‘“‘ P > > N il "p 4 AR 1 4 4 '/ ‘ y“‘ } ﬁ f N \ g & ”“&i e ik o ol HIS SUGGESTION “We*fl have t 6 economize this Christmas, my dear.” : “Yes, but how?” . “I've an idea. Let’s give your rel. atives the same kigd of cheap gifts we always glve my{folks.” Tit for Tat. The Poet: “May I read you my new Christmas poem?” ko ; The Musician: “Yes, if you'll let me play you my new Christmas cantata.” —Fliegende Blatter, - + a 3 PGI ver et - Sachets As Glfts‘ : . R vy aﬁe BEG ¥ . A :;‘ 2 o &-ﬁ 4 i B T SRR N P SR Iy » DI Among little gifts, that always please dainty women, are sachets. A series of gayly colored satin bags, tied with narrow ribbons and pinned to & wider band with tiny safety pins, make a gift worth while, each bag ready to be transferred to the clothing. Another sachet is heart-shaped, edged with narrow ribbon frills and three little bags are surmounted by a tiny doll. . ;

] D XU B e K 2 e 8 OVe By IO o s v &-—g——»»~~——»~——}.-._ﬁ,‘::'=ﬁ=\\*—a @ 4 Is the Question of the Hour Everybody is interested in holiday buying as - well as allthe year round buying. We specialize on Groceries and Canned Goods with a big savmg in prices. Holiday headquarters for Fresh Candies and Nuts -A & P Store, Will Davis, Mgr., Ligonier

S ers A T SRTRITIL TR : r T L2y L N 3 . 3 > u ’_f . 3‘,{&‘% -l_*""A v,.'u o B TR PR GLRR L g S | AL SR R ' % 7 :) 5. ~: “—": ; peetl t -:Ewr'y Christmas brings its new eandle and lamp shades that do so - much to make the house gay and please thelr reciplents. Parchment ;’ silk, ribbons and crepe paper are used lfor making these gifts. The lovely shade pictured is made of crepe paper.

Of Ideal Hog and Chicke T Waterers ~ . We believe that nothing on the farm wil' net vou more clear profit than an ldeal hog or chicken waterer b_y which they can get warm water, at an expense to vou of only 2 cents per day, at any hour of the day or nhé;:hAt. : A hog is 657% water and it is impossible 40 put weirht on him anv faster than vou can get the 65% of water into him. ..Is not that reasonable? . In freezing weather the average hog can get water only about one hour out of twenty four and ice cold at that, A A How can he fatten to the best advantage? We believe that an Ideal with which you can keep warm water before the hog at 30 degrees below zero wili pay for itself in feeding out ten hogs. . . The following is an experiment made by the Uni ;*:.r,si':,) of Ncbraskav Experiment Station on the self waterer with hogs at 10 cents per lb. and corn at 84 cents per bushel and which verifys the above statment. - - ' i .40 hogs self watered 42 days profit ...............o.....ccicniiiinni. $83.98 40 hogs hand watered 42 days profit Ss TS Net profit of self watered over harnd wateetdh- ... .. 1% We ha_vé a price on the waltre‘rs_-of nearliy pre war prices which also should interest i - : : T \ We have now moved into the .\lie}f Hote! building, (directly opposite Stansbury’s Store) which we have remc icled for our business and where we hope to be able to serve you better. - e o L ,COmé and see us whetl. r or not you wish to purchase. L ‘ Yours for Service : " _ =

Cooper Batteries Now is vour time to buy a Cooner battery and save money. | will give vou lS%)discimnt on all types of batteries until December 25th. » : % 5 Jumt think what a saving this means to vou. Buy vour battery mow for spring, and get the 15% discount. You vay 50% down, and the balance when vou get your battery. Come in and let me tell vou all about it. - Don’t let this 15% discount slin bv.: it mav be vour last chance’to‘bt_w a battery at this reduced nrice. Remember I repair all makes of batteries, at the most reasonable cost. Call and consult me about your battery. - ; Fred C. Kiester ‘red C. Kiester : Ligonier, Indiana