rT TY X PAGE FORTY.ONE \ DAILY BRITISH Wh 1G TOMMY ATKINS CHRISTMAS (~~ DAY -- N tter where he may be what circumstances ho may be pissed o-- effort 10 Caleb Ark ay in a befi manner, It is Christ mas in b however, Tommy enjoys best of all, it with a unite Sorades, id sach Sg tributes his re of help toward making the oeca- sion one of Joyous festivity, Fatly Chrismas mo; soldiers busily engaged their respective barratk dining places. Bed cots ATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1919 at harvests, abroad we got fuller know- 0 8 ledge of these things. The customs of Fo BOTH YOUNG AND OLD § [sis Sst mien [ stm , from the woods at Christmas tims in ! 8 AGAIN HE IRIIIIICIOOIRIDICIIMIIOISIK J | . 7 extensive on account of the supers. : S as i There are new games mors amus sery children The bargain counter fitions of the ts, that ot Selo ¥ fashioned ones, such as progressive | of the fireplace or hearth. On the ; conversation, pass the button, twists | counter are laid as many &s one likes (1768, severe by-laws were issued rsons purloining from the words as possible, guessing contests | celved from tree and Christmas aC ers and forfeit games. Though there is | stockings. One child is chosen to solemn procession with a decorated of these herwith suggested may aid (and a second child lsaves the room. | tree takes place through each village AND a distracted holiday hostess. after looking carefully first at all 2G with ribbons and frait, and is While this child 4a |supposed to s lize the tree of prove very enjoyable. To each one | absent from the room a third child Christmas customs adhered to by the should be attached to one ankle with | When the second child returns he | Austro-German t can be trac- some people dispute the use of a tree Stocking The London (Eng.) Daily the world goes to Tom Smith." him more than ever, to help entertain both children and various parts of Austria became so in fun.giving th th 1d be the nurs table set in front ationed aaaang as pron of 2he. Proniae or The , in 1755, and st Nuremburg in ing a ward to make as many other | of the toys which the children re- forests, Be some parts of Hungary a "nothing new under the sun," one | take charge of this play toy shop, before the Shepherd Play begins, It is Gat Snow! the toys on the counter to determine For the littlest tots, this game will | their names. . knowledge. Although most of the give a fluffy cotton snowball, which | selects and hides one of the toys S as ish German rites, News says: " Year after year And this year it is going to _ grown«ups at parties and fruits of the earth to ensure good | ee THEY DIE IN FRANCE, WHERE LILIES | Other Customs. BLOOM Re. No France | B os guard each tomb That § § of 8 fl i | 1 | 5 SpEvg fy H Fed E wh ¢ B Bg i ¢ fF ji nl § & Bir : : & narro wélastio, just to Mold it | must try, at one Suess, to say which lightly. ans said sits o- the of the tors was sold during hia ab. floor while @ others join hands | sence. 6 guesses suce: ully rill : and dance wround him. Without | he may be thé next toyman. To make '| at the festivities. Nevertheless, it is moving from his seat, the one in the | the game more difficult two or more | certain that in Sweden needle pmes center reaches for the snowball on | toys amay be hidden. Another and |and firs were set up before the houses the ankle that seems easiest to | slightly more difficult way of play- |during the eighteenth century. An reach. The players must not let |ing the bargain counter game is to | ancient authority on these subjects 80 of sach other's hands in endeav- | have the toyman change the posi- says, "The ancient heathens sat be- | from oring to dance out of his reach. | tions of the toys while the child is fore their houses between two crossed When one is caught he is deprived [out of the room. ~ The child on re- pine trees, and drank at the turn of of his snowball, and must take the turning must rearrange them, if ha the 1 ineteen days." other's place in the ring. As the can, in exactly the same £20 tions year for nineteen days. . contest narrows down to the last | that they had when he left the room. The Christmas Tree was introduced two or threes who still have their | The articles on the bargain counter |into Austria some ninety years ago snowballs the game rom Quite ex-| may be scraps of color instead of |by a Duchess of Wurtemburg and citing. After everybody has served [toys. Red, o e, yellow, green, spread through Germany. About 1840 his turn In the center, they may | blue and violet ribbons, bails or it is su to have taken fresh have a lively "snowball fight" with | Christmas-tree candies may be laid root in England, and became highly the trophies. out in the order of the rainbow r. Both Thackera and Dickens Novel Ways to colors. 'While one ¢hild is either Yold of the y bor To avoid the blindofided or outside the room the 0. 2 happiness begot of if Which is so apt to exist in the av-|child in charge of the colors re. | Christmas gatherings 2d The Christ. used "The Christmas Tree" as a title for one of his annual stories. . Although Christmas was not cele brated in the first centuries $f the 5 f : 8 E Ei @ - 8 of And green pa 8 Sly od ot y of a These mottoes, by the way, are often dedicated to pope ular rs, the fol being 'ex- amples of the favorite forms; * ¢ live Colonel and Mrs. bless the Lieutenant | 1 Egy E imm sounding of Jeveille, 2st Tommy to prepare for church arade. | This duty finshed, he is at iberty to make a grand attack on the Christmas dinner. The soldiers are first of all marshaled and "twosomeness" erage towns, the wise hostess plans | moves one from sight or alters the to have her guests choose partners | color order, and the other child must at least once during the evening. guess the hidden color or restore Two entertaining ways are given. | the rainbow order on his return, Cut a large circle of white card- Christmas Ship. family gatherings, this happy holiday season. We have fully provided for the t extra demand. Aa Orackemger box .....50c. box ..... Orackers, per box ..... Orackers, per box .....86c. Crackers, per box ..... Orackers, per box ....$ g2 85% board dividing it with red ink into as many secto i The Christmas Ship is the y rs as there will be girls Sinniest Has Sh Make a large red arrow [Sit in a circle to play it. One child and attach to the center of the cirelé | Who starts the game says to his Lay n bor: the circle on 4 "The Christmas ship has come in." "What did it bring you?" asks thé resent, Write a girl's name in each tvision, with a brad. smooth table and have esch boy come up in turn and spin the are very The children Christian era, there are indications in the records of early Roman history of the setting up of a decswated tree at Christmas time and the presenta- row, thus choosing his partner. Of [ next child. course if & girl's name hay been turn. "A Jumping Jack," says the first chosen, the boy must again take his | child perhaps, beginning at once to 'The hostess may avoid the | imitate the hopping motions embarrassment of there being a last | toy Jumping Jack. choice, by refusing to be chosen un- til all her guests are sccounted for. Another very pretty method is to have a large holly wreath suspend- ed in a doorway. Present the girls, who are in one room, with a The child to whom he spoke must play at being a Jumping Jack, also saying at the same time to neighbor: . "My Christmas ship has come in." "What did it bring you?" his neighbor. of a repeats tion of gifts of fruit and toys. The Romans are supposed to have taken the idea from the early Fgvptians, as stated at the beginning of this article. Miss Alice L. Seckor, of New York, an examiner of metal pieces in a fac. tory and e factory worker since her public school days, won the $10,000 prizes offered by a New York news- paper for the most beautiful girl in greater New York. She was selectsd from hundreds of contestants by Har- ar- ranged In their at the table in the company's Sing rom, which the ca then visits order to make a brief inspection ahd see that "all's well" with the boys. After that there is still another matter which Thomas has to attend to before he ean start feeding, but it is a matter which is very agreeable to him. A few minutes after the ca tain has made his inspection the sol- diers of the company are again called to their feet and to order by the ser- geant major's " 'Shun!" and imme- diately afterward the colonel, follow- ed by the adjutant and other officers, enters. Needless to r|¢an move the carpet np to equalize the wear. that is over can bé plece of mististoe to which is at- tached a long red ribbon. The ribbons are all put through the hol- ly wresth and the boys in the next room each choose an end from the T . maze. The wreath is out and the |he ives the child next gitls wind up the ribbon, thus|ship information and "drawing" their partners. which téy he must imitate. i 7 the Tree By the time a few human Jump ! Belect a smail cedar tree, or make [Ing Jacks are in JA i motion, somes of & tree out of crepe paper, roughly |the lions roaring, two or three trains trn to resemble branches. ing around the room, and guest is given a tree ornhment, eith- | some little girl dolls trying to say er a string § tinsel, cranberries or Mamma and Papa, the game wil popcorn, or & bauble. In turn they [end In just one grand, hilarious pin the ornaments on the tree while | frolic. blind-folded. For the most artistic Christmas Bag. trial, a prise may be given, Andther "blind" gams that will delight children and grown-up Old-timey, but what is more fun folks, too, at a Christmas party is than this game of suessing? The at of Christmas Bag. A paper charades may be arranged for be. is needed for this and rather forehand. of may be improptu, Ja large one, but one that is made A little girl with her arms out-]of light-weight paper so that it will stretohed, a star on her forehead, easily It the game and draped with popcorn and tinsel! | form one of the main features of would make an easil Party, as it very easily may, it best te make the bag .¢ iesue per, doubled and fastened with glue at the sides, Or red erepe paper may be used, and the edges of the bag sewed with red thread. When this Ray finished it fs filled sapped in fringed "A Hon, says the Jumping Jack trying to tontinue his hopping and to roar at the same time. The third child must roar, too, as him the rison Fisher, George M. Cohan and D. W. Griffith. Crackers, per box .... {Orackers, per box ... Crackers, per box :... Crackers, per box .... Gracias, per hox. ... Crackers, per box .... . Crackers, per box .... Orackers, say, they are re- ceived with cheers, The ort will drink the health of------company, a NA Jt bd Pt @ wwe ERR A oh 83 ke per box ....$2.( Crackers, per box ....$2.25 pep box ....$2.50 Crackers, per box :...$2.75 Crackers, per box ....$3. Crackers, per box ....$3.25 Crackers, per box ....$3.50 CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS Are a never ending joy to the Little Folk y Stockings, each .......40c. Stockings, each .......60c, . , each .......75¢ ; each cere: $1.00] Stockings, each ......$1.25 Stockings, each ......$1.50 Stockings, each ......$1.75 One Jetson might take aim with & wmall missile at another's The dnswer is obvious--mistietoe. tissue Japan, or French snappers A word which has to do largely | which old caps and mottoes, or with the modern Christmas might | even some carefully wrapped toys, ke sug by one person calling and it ig nded om the We roll, and others in the pleture chandelier by Or green ribbons ALAWering ' "Present" (presents). | which are run in the top. s is no sounds. Those who are guessing are looking for a catch-word. Any number of words appropriate | given to this season may be enacted, and in the many may Je Ahousht up in the _ ri Mites - Jous_puses froi ement of 8 game, which wil A * en blindfolded, Stockings, each sien e .$3.00 cause much merriment and much [ed around a few times, and told to competition between the opposing | walk back to the bag and hit it sides, which are chosen at the outset | with the wand. He may have one, Stockings, each .......$5.00 . of the game, . two, three or four shots at the bag % i v8 F : 5 : The Ct Ain Sountan, Countar =-as the children decids at the be- of the game. If he m sa charming fireside game for !another child is given the wand, is Christmas night that will amuse and blindfolded and allowed to have a at the same time instruct the nur~ shanoe. : usu THE CHRISTMAS TREE alluded to by Virgil in the ---- "Georgics," ; a Tracing its Origin Back to Ancient -- s Egypt. I Introduction into England. . prev: )poin Who invented the Cliristmas Tree? | It will be seen by this that t ent disap tment. Whence does it come? It is a curious Cy. fact tha of the old chroniclers Albert wha responsible for the * : ES act that most ol Was respol e for J : 'Assortment 1-2 1b. | have thrown a veil of mystery around | Btitish adoption of the tree tins 65¢. | the Christmas Tree and make mo |and all that it Seen ean ns "enie ew © icasing al attempt to explain its origin, practical to the L Imperial Assortment, 1 Ib It has been stated that the Christ- | threshold of thi BINS ...cmuee ion. $1.25 fogend Is well propagated vhs 0h i King George, 1-2 Ib. box, 65¢ and Welsh fairy tales. The idea is | December 27th, that in ancient they used a King George, 1 Ib box, $1.25 i> Selected, 1-2 1b. tins . ..65c. | Selected, 1 1b. tins .....$1.25| Tree Bourneville Nut Cubes, 1-2 Srsswvs nr Are again with us after aE) i Vi an | ng A re buying to . Bm Santa Claus Ever Brought" That's What They Will Say - » IF fou ask Santa Claus, "What shall I give?" he will answer, ' Give an Aeronola." It's the BEST Christmas Preseat for an individual, for a family, or for a club. _ The' BEST Christmas Present must be BEAUTIFUL, USEFUL, PLEASURABLE aad ENDURING. N more completely fills the specifications than the CURTISS ONOLA. Ag on Hanks he EE Melcato Assortment, 1-2 Ih. tins Saas bas enon 2 ODO Tre rere Yaseen al WRITE 'ro.DaY foc Catalogue. We wlll ine yom the mame of he mesrost 163 Dufferin Street, + + Torento, Cre rn Lad Ren