The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 November 1967 — Page 26

Pag* 14

SUPPLEMENT TO THE DAILY BANNER

Wednesday, November 22, 1967

Give him a pipe for Christmas

History has revealed the use rences which accidentally hap©f tobacco in pipes in many dif- pens once in a century.

WHY NOT SOCKS FOR CHRISTMAS? Puzzling over what to give a man? Treat him to a wardrobe of colorful, patterned socks, the extra special find that he hesitates to buy himself but would love to own. Give him an assortment of stripes, checks and abstract patterns in an assortment of colors.

ferent forms. Eskimos at one time used a willow twig, which they split, hollowed out and put together with leather thongs. Segments of a crab's claw, lobster claw, ivory tusks, slate, clay and the center of a plantain leaf were used for pipes. In fact, pipes have been fashioned from iron, gold, silver, platinum, jade, horn, porcelain or any metal which would tolerate heat. Even today you can choose a pipe from com cob porcelain, clay, cherrywood, pyrolite, graphite, meerschaum and of course, briar. While all are thoroughly enjoyable, the most popular is briar. The use of briar for pipes is one of those unusual occur-

Pipes predate all other forms of smoking. It wasn't until the 1890's when a French pipe maker who was devoted to Napoleon decided to visit Corsica and learn Napoleonic lore firsthand. While there he evidently became so enraptured with his history that he dropped his favorite meerschaum completely

ruining his prized pipe.

Desperate for a substitute, he could find nothing to his liking, until he heard of a farmer nearby who was skilled at carving. He asked the farmer to fashion him a pipe from whatever material he could find. The farmer chose the root of the bruyere bush botanically known as erica aborea, and commonly known

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as the white heath tree. The pipe proved so fine, the French pipe maker took samples of the wood back to France and thus began the use of briar as the premier pipe product.

Christmas Carols, a joyous tradition In homes all over the world families will soon be taking part in one of the most joyous traditions of Christmas the singing of Christmas carols. The accompaniment in most cases will be the piano, the most popular instrument, now played by an estimated 24 million amateur musicians. Many of these carols were written long before the piano came into being and have interesting origins. We received information about them from John Steinway, whose family and the instrument it makes have been performing a service to music for over a century. Many of the carols are centuries old. In ancient times, plays performed in cathedrals during the Christmas holiday were set to music. In the 13tK century, St. Francis of Assisi spread this tradition outside the church by incorporating the songs in street festivals. Among the earliest carols is "O Come, All Ye Faithful,” which' has been translated into around 120 languages and dialects. Some scholars believe the Latin text was by St. Francis of Assisi. The text of "Hark: The Herald Angels Sing” was written as a hymn in 1739 by Charles Wesley. The music used today was not written until a century later when Felix Mendelssohn composed it as a secular cantata. It was adapted to the carol in 1856. "Silent Night” is not exactly what we consider music for the guitar. But according to Mr. Steinway, it was composed on the instrument we now associate with rock 'n roll. The Poem was written in 1818 by Austrian clergyman Father Joset Mohr for the evening Christmas service. The church organist, Franz Gruber, is said tC have composed the music in two hours that afternoon, using a guitar because the organ was broken. America is the origin of aC least three famous carols. ''Q Little Town of Bethlehem” was written by Bishop Phillips Brooks of Boston and Philadelphia. “We Three Kings of On* ient Are,” was composed about 1857 by Reverend Dr. J. H. Hopkins of Pennsylvania. “Away in the Manger,” is probably the last one to have gained fame. The music was composed in 1895 by the famous American Gospel-song composer, Mb J. Fitzpatrick.

The manatee, or "sea cow" as it is commonly known, has only one pair of limbs. It used these "flippers*’ to push watet plants toward its mouth whevs the lobed upper lip clutches thd food.