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.t.'fti AMlfoaa Christmas card, $v mrntm symbol or the holiday 4MMO, Oslsfcralss Its diamond •bahreranry Oris year. ;i.y' la 1«7( a Boston lithographer, ' :"iottla Franc, hMdtaatly published tiie country's first Christmas cards and wondered If anybody would v iKuy thert. f • This year more than 1,500,000,- 1 100 Chriatmap greetings will darkle (ran the nation's mantels --aa average of better than forty far family. Ia a brief seventy-five tears, Christmas cards have become aa Inseparable part of our aolorful Yuletide traditions. : ^The world's first Christmas iard was actually engraved in t$42 In London by William Maw 9cley, a lf-year-old apprentice. .Offered for sale to hi* friends, it ^|H a complete failure and soon flrgolltn Louis Prang arrived in New York City ill 1850, just a century ago. JL' skilled calico printer from Germany, he was 26 and almost penniless, Working for «ix years as a wood-engraver and leather-goods finisher, he saved $S00, and opened a' small lithographing shop la Prang loved Klllarney roses, •fed he specialized in delicatelytinted flower prints. But when the Civil War nearly ruined this trade, he switched hurriedly to war iaaps and portraits of generals. Meanwhile, he perfected the reccnty- invented processes of color lithography. By 1870, Pranf's "album cards" aad reproductions of oil paintings were so fine they were being orderded fronT England. A woman employee in his London office suggested that her print "Merry Christ* mas" on some of his floral cards la the uace left blank for a sig~ nature. Ha tried it in 1847--but only on cards being shipped to •ngland. The cards sold well overseas. Zncoa raged, Prang offered them to the American public in 1875. They were an instant success, with their aew combination of <%a&uty and holiday sentiment. Prang's early cards pictured Spring-like roses daisies, scarlet 'geraniums, sprays of apple blossoms-- bat not today's familiar holly and yolasettla. In 1877 Prang Ofded a humorous portrayal of. TJncle Sam and John Bull shouting >t one another over Alexander Graham Bell's new-fangled Invention, the telephone. That same year, Prang's printing plant burned to the ground-- $100,0#© loss. But he borrowed attney and rebuilt When his new flards apjfcaml. they began to carry Christmis like scenes--children tomplng in the snow; fir trees; glowing fire places; even Santa »pWr MM, Prang was printing man said for 10 years he felt |pc he had a brick in his stomach, due to undigested food he always of him. He waa weak, wanMoat, hiidaehy aad swollea ijHtk (aa. ' Eaeaatly he got CBRTA-VIN and mri the feeling like a brick disappeared the second day. This new ydlciiw Is helping many McHenry sufferers. It makes your food difsat faster aad better. Taken balers meals, it works with your load. Gas pains go! Inches of bloat aaattfh! Contains herbs and Vitaaria B-l with Iron to enrich the Mood aad makes nerves stronger. Weak, miserable people soon feel Afferent all over. So don't go on •uttering. Get CERTA-VIN--Bolter's Drug Store. AllHIIIIIIIHIHIHHWtHIH' it fe te «r «t S.MMW Chrtstmaa cards a ye*r aad flMy lOnM the major part of hia business. H» paid one artist, Dora Wheeler, $2,000--am) unheard of price--for one prise design. Prang's cards are still famous among collectors because of their appealing art work and painstaking craftsmanship. Designs wtfe printed in as many as twenty different colors to achieve delicate, life-like gradations of tone. Many of the cards were trimmed with luxurious silk fringe. They usually cost from twenty-five cents to fl apiece. Prang abruptly discontinued publishing Christmas cards in 1890. Cheaper photographic re- *f, * •- c- ; v"-. . production processes had been de reloped, aad crudf hnt low-priced Chriatmas picture postcards were flooding la from Germany. An era of chep novelty in Chriatmas cards developed rapidly. Greetings were extravagently ornamented with dried flowers, chenille, swansdown, bits of colored glass, even corks and seaweed to illustrate some twisted pun. Many of today's leading Qhristmas card firms were founded about 1910, when the modern era of greeting cards began. The custom of exchanging Yuletide gre-etings had its most rapid spread after World War I. Adoption of offset printing and watercolor inks enabled Christmas cards to beauty of Prang's day at ntiiEfc lower cost. And with til* Increasing { variety of d< people everywhere began Ch] mas cards as their personal' mes sengers of holiday good cheer. In the span of a single lifetime, Christmas cards have developed from a penniless immigrant's dream to one of the nation's most universal and well-loved Christmas customs. Deepest Ooaaa Km greatest depth in aajrocfean is over 34,000 feet off the east coast of the Philippines. SOPKAJIO IN CONCEIT Camilla Willlame leading soprano of the New York City Opera company, will present the first of the current concert, serlei at 8:16 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, In the Harrington elementary school auditorium. The series is sponsored by the Harrington Concert association. Admission to the program is by season ticket only, according to Mrs. Charles B. Cook, general chairman of the association. Harold G. Homuth," president, suggest^ that ticket holders of season tickets who are unable to attend the concert let other persons use their tickets. t. r"-; "-:v • " VMM IWMl JaXt* 1|W^I 604 FRONTS * / f : * **, : •' Tfcuvsday, 14.1950 f YS - OVERLAND SALES T -- * PHONE 403* ' o a t , ' fHIIMAN Li CMW|»'l ' > »w-. *""'•»* • «Hwr roo«v M...W *<••*"*,****. • rMflMOTRg Cofhjs Isa fwMsim, fa woo .V ' ".iV Vfett e# the See, IS: Mm Mian AN >••<•»> aad Oertt Street* eweaao •;fi s^i^v.p. eH Own «fr. «e«K «K «t DRUG STORE WALGREEN AQENCY 129 Riverside Drive > Phone 261 i . . 1 TgJafyiecH (Ijcftcij drug store 66-Pc. Barnyard Sit Complete in detailed miniature I Big sturdy steel batn, 13 accessories; tractor and 7 implements, 16 sections of plastic fence JI49 and 21 farm animals MTONOMLE CUTIRG SET Points n4 HOe brush too . . VW 4 moulds, powdec wheals and axlea 0Y OR. sr MUSE KIT Voir . 4Q9 <hpfot. . . . . I " ~ " Complete set (or tlla young media f g * FIRE TRUCKsr VAN TRAILER 14-htclm 79* ho t . . * Sturdy, colorful metal pull toys. 14 PIECE TOOL CHEST Wfcttn* 421 6ey wants . . . .mt Thirteen tools in handy metal chest. 0UTTONS and BEADS At «cet«N $4 , container . ... I . For b\»sy play- - time enjoyment #y{ Western Ranch Sot This Ranch Set has everything! 60 pieces with big litho steel bunk house and all the furniture. 8 cowboy figures, horses, a 449 longhom steer and fence .... *4 Tluilbhm kfrtytith i W5CMTLES"0 8LL 411 t§ khKkttoo . . i , :f m A big 15 indies IrJI sh« has movaWe anns and logtt. All dreased for th« part#. 2- Hop* long Ctatfy COLORING OUTFIT Crayons, Qflc ptintt, etc. . vO The set every child wants. m : % ^--i-'- % A •" '.J., TS-Pc. De/uxe LAORIRY OOTFIT Complete 029 let im Great fun for little girls. S-Unit Freight MECNMIML TMII SET Spring 4 88 motor I ~~~ For the young railroader. 3§t Hide 'em Cowboff BUCKIR' BROBC Bright OQt p l a s t i c . . . . 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WAFFLE IRON 6* Heat indicator 3u NITE-BEAM BED LAMP Walnut 229 finish . _ ^at'onall >• TREE LIGHTS X Choict of blue, plok or ivory; soft aytea brittles. A Low-Priced Set it* A 8-LIGHT SERIES Cone shaped bulbs, with clips on each socket. For Outdoor Use 7-U6HT Miltifle Complete with add on connectors. • Weather-proof. 8 Magical Lights BUBBLE LITE SET Add a cheery note to your Christmas tree. t»2£SL * ' <; / "ft"' t. ' §L i