Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 21, 30 November 1910 — Page 17

THE RICHMOND PALIiADITJM AM) SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30, 1910.

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f rank imposes upon our Presidents the obligation to

celebrate the holidays In a manner to emphasize the best traditions of American

domestic life, the families of the President and of the Ex-president bare more than met their obligations. No where Is Christmas a simpler expression of rood-will and merriment and the genuine sentiment of the season, than It is within the frails of the White House. Every Christmas, when Rooserelt was President, the doors opened wide at holiday time to welcome home from college the sons and daughters and their friends invited to spend the Yulctide at the gay social hub of the nation's cipltol, and the same doors have swung wide to admit the Taft brood and their many friends. The Tafts look forward to the holiday! with particular pleasure becauso often In the past circumstances did not permit of a complete family reunion at Christmas time. Sometimes It was the father who was absent, during the period when Taft was Governor of the Philippines or engaged in his extensive travels; often it was one of the children, when tey were attending widely separated schools in the United States. Then, too, tho Tafts lived a great deal In hotels and rented houses, so that Christmas In the White House hss the added Joy of being, so to speak, under their own roof tree. In a few weeks now the children will begin to return from college for two weeks of festivities. Robert, the eldest,, will come from Tale, Miss Helen from Philsdelphla. where she attends Dryn Mawr, and Charlie, the youngest of the family, from Connecticut, where he is a pupil In his uncle's school. If th Christmas Jollifications assume any formal tone it Is safe to say that "Cheerful. Charlie" as he Is called, may be counted upon to Infuse enthusiasm and spontaneity' Into all proceedings. He Is a great favorite about the executive mansion, but is quite unspoiled. lira. Moore. Mrs. Tart's sister, who has been at the White House almost soastantly during tho present administration, T7IH ao doubt bo ono of the

largo Tamily to sit down to Cbristmaa dinner in the big dining room. The Taft family are noted for the strong ties of affection that exist among every branch of the family. The four brothers with their families have made It a point for many years to spend the summer vacations together at Murray Day on the St Lawrence River, so that the Taft Tamlly will probably be rep resented by a large number at' the Christmas festivities. Then there Is the President's private secretary, who Is always considered one of the homo as rell as of the official family. Monlco I-opes Lare, the Filipino boy, who for about clx years has been Mr. Taft's valet and general utility man. Is sure to come in for his share of tho holiday good will and cheer. Full-fledged Christmas trees have not been used at tho White Houso In recent years, though Quentln Roose

velt and Archie used to surprise tho family with a mlnlaturo one they had trimmed on Christmas morning. The gifts are distributed in the large circular room or tho room on tho second floor, which Is ft sort of family sitting-room, and tho cosiest room in tho bouse. Mrs. Taft Is one xroman la tho country who need give no- thought whatever to the holiday larder. From farmers, ' fruit growers, poultrymen, dairymen and bakers all over tho country comes the best their stock affords. Tho President never knows who sends these things, but tho secretary dispatches official thanks to tho senders. Only one among the participants In the Christmas donation party is known. For forty years Henry Vose, who raises poultry In Rhodo Island, has sent a prize Christmas turkey to the White House, and It 1 his bird that is served on that day. Borne of the chestnut-fed gobblers have weighed as much as thirty-six pounds. Christmas dinner Is served xm the) Coloaial china which Mrs. Roosevelt bid made to order, decorated in gold It was made from an oxcluslve doolga which is patented and copyrighted so that no other drumstick in the land will rest upon ho camo sort of 5UU edged dish.

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Don'ts for Christmas

ONT do, up a parcel in

such poor wrapping paper J or in such a flimsy manner that the wrapper may he

easily .torn and separated from the contents.

Don't fall to put your name and address preceded by the word "from" on the - upper left-hand corner of every piece of mall. f .

Don't fall ' to give full address-

street and number (or box), town, city, county, and state of destination.

Dont forget that many of the drug

stores la the residence districts are noatal stations, where atamna and

money orders are sold, mall fa weighed, letters and ' packages are registered, and postal Information

given. i Dont mall a parcel without previ

ously weighing It to ascertain the amount of postage required; printed

matter, 1 cent for two ounces; merchandise, 1 cent for one ounce; limit.

four pounds.

Dont place handkerchiefs, neckties, or ether articles of merchandise In packages of printed matter, unless you

prefer to pay the higher rate of postage on the whole, , ;

Dont seal or wrap parcels in such a manner that their contents may not be

easily examined, unless you desire to

pay letter rates of postage.

Dont use 1-cent and 2-cent stamps

for postage on heavy packages. Use the large' denominations. It saves you

trouble affixing them, and saves time and work in the postofflce.

Don't lay packages on the street let-

ter, boxes, for they may never reach the postofflce. Package boxes are provided at convenient places, with convenient collections.

Don't fall to register valuable let

ters and packages. The government

Insures their safe delivery, and the

extra cost is 8 cents.

Don't mall sealed packages of mer

chandise to Canada and Mexico. The rates for unsealed packages to these

countries are the same as in the

United States, namely, 1 cent per

ounce.

Don't mall parcels of merchandise

to other countries without making

special inquiry regarding the regula

tions governing parcels post Dont mall jewelry and coins to for

eign countries. They are positively

prohibited from the mails. Dont forget to mall parcels early.

Dont expect the postofflce to transmit and deliver Christmas parcels within the same number of days or hours as at other times. Allowance of from one to three 'days' extra time

should be made.

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NDISPENSABLE for holiday a

uecorauons are tne oraa ments of glass and tinsel which are used not only to adorn trees, but to lend gayety to the aspect of dinner-

tables and house Interiors at Tuletide,

and Immense quantities of them are sold each season.

They all come from one place tho

village of Lausha, in the Thuringian

Mountains, in Germany. That region is the veritable Toyland the real

home of Santa Clans. Vast quantities

of Christmas playthings, mostly of

wood or Papier-mache, are made there by the peasants, who do the work in

their homes; and a rather curious feature of the Industry is the way In which it is split up and specialized, one village turning out nothing "but hobby-horses, another producing only Noah's Arks, and so on. Thus it comes about that the population of Lausha devotes Its attention mainly to the production of ornaments for Christmas trees though it also manufactures enormous numbers of glass eyes. This little town turns out not only great numbers of such eyes for human beings, but also glass eyes for taxidermists' use, for dolls, and for toy animals. It is the world's principal center for this Industry. The chief object sought in the making of tree ornaments, of course, is

glitter. .Most of them are. of glass, blown into fantastic and often beautiful shapes various pigments and metals being employed to lend additional brilliancy.

The people of Lausha are all glass-

blowers. They do the work la their homes, but the rough glass is provided1

by big dealers who contract for the purchase of the wares thus produced. Among other things, the workers turn out Incalculable numbers of the familiar glass marbles so dear to every childish heart these being made ia moulds from long sticks of glass in which several colors are combined. Unfortunately, glass-making Is a very unheal thiol occupation, and the people of Lausha literally give their Hves for Santa Clans, few of them surviving long enough to reach old age.

A Difficult Role. Etiquette laid down for the presents.-

.ton of addresses to royalty is somejw bat difficult of observance. Some ytrs ago the mayor of Gravesend. j England, applied to one of bis predejcessors for advice on this subject, as a) jroyal duke and duchesi were about: to

pass through the town and he had to Inflict the usual amount of reUum on

them. The ex-mayor wrote in reply:

"The only hints I can give you are these: Dont turn your bark on the duchess, for that would be rude. Don't turn your face to her or the duke

: might be jealous. But just srrJsgle leJaos; atteveytr

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