The Cedarville Herald, Volume 43, Numbers 27-52

THE UNDERSIGNED STORES WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR BUSINESS FRI­ DAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2 4 * AND W ILL CLOSE SATURDAY, DE­ C E M B E R ^ * , CHRISTMAS DAY A T 12 O ’CLOCK NOON, AND REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL MONDAY MORN­ ING. DO YOUR SATURDAY SHOP­ PING ON FRIDAY OR SATURDAY MORNING, W . W . TROUTE ROBT. BIRD & SONS CO. G, H . HARTMAN C. E. MASTERS. CELEUK25 Yuletide Festival Once Marked Fsturn of Sun God. Ch r istm as Suggestions Mnko “ Your Mark” In Front of the Articles You 'Wish To Purchase Select Your Christmas Cards Early; g if t Books 3?hoto A lbums Stamp A lbum s B ibles l T estam ents, M echanical Books C hildren's Books Children’s Toys Children’s Games W ritin g P o rtfo lio s H and B ags B rief Casfes * B ill Books Purses Baby B o o k s ' B in e-a B a y B ooks D iaries Boose B e a t Memo Books A u tog raph A lbum s C h ristm as C ards • C h ristm as Seals C hristm as Tw ine .A rtificial F low ers M otto C ards Chess a n d Checkers • Boudoir D am ps P o k e r O u tfits P la y in g Cards In k W ells '■ D ictionaries ' ■ OioUuuucy S tands H elm s A rt M etal P in e S tation ery Strop £ Boxes B rass W aste P a p e r B ask ets M ahogany W aste P a p e r B ask ets Cooking O utfits B rass lJ?slr Sets B rohao Desk Sets B ronze Candle S ticks B rass Oniidto S ticks ' Polychrom e Candle S ticks ■ B ric-a-B raq B ra ss Book E nds Bronao Book E nd s Polychrom e Book E nds Smoking' O utfits F lo o r Bnmpa Bosk B -m ns F u lp e r P o tte ry ' Globes o f-th e W orld 9 B rass H ovelties Bronzo N ovelties W o rk B a sk e ts Bon-Bon B ask ets Conklin F o u n ta in P en s W aterm an F o u n tain . Pens. Shaeffer F o u n ta in P ens Sliver E v ersh arp Pencils Gold E v e rsh a rp P e n c ils ' D ra ftin g Sets T issue P ap er • : P e n c il Box O u tfits School B ag s - ^ B lack Boards • B lack B oard E ra se rs P o ck et K nives Boston P e n c il ' Sharpeners G lobc-W ornicke Sectional Bookcases F ilin g Cabinet Office Desks O ffice C hairs CoatOmers . T v p cw rlte r D esks • G lass 'Desk P a d s Cuspidors Pergonal Cards and Christmas Cards Engraved THE EVERYBODY’S BOOK SHOP CO. . 21-23 West Fifth Street, Dayton, Ohio. Main 1874. CHARLES W. BIESER, Pres. Home 3874. Galloway&Cherry ■36-38 West Main Street, Xenia, Ohio Hoover Electric Cleaner ■ : L' ■ 1900 Cataract *Wksher *. r— ■ ■ Pathe and Aeolean Phonographs EAG LE ‘‘M IKADO ’’ Pencil No. 174 F d f at your D osier Made In fire grades ASK FOR THE YELLOW PENCIL WITH THE RED BAND EAGLE MIKADO EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, NEW YORK W. L. CLEMANS R e a l E s t a t e C«a I n f a u n , a t ftay office each Saturday or reached by phone a t my reaSjieofai each evening, . Otto* U PHONES Residence 2-122 , CEDARViLLE, OHIO Observance of Day Is Habit of More: Than Twenty Centuries’ Standing— “Yule? Means Sun'—Commu­ nity Christmas Tree. Celebrating the 25th of .December ifi 1a habit of mure than twenty centuries’ j ' Handing. „lt Is a remnant of that good nature of our early an'-astors,, which has disappeared to a great extent with the Irritating problems of civilization. AH the rest of the year, writes Fred-' eric J, Haskin, we fight and grab things away from each other and wear }our nerves to a frazzle, but at Chrlst- i mas we close our commercial ex- I changes, eat tremendous quantities of ( food and send presents and postal . cards to our friends and relatives bearing our good wishes. At least this is what we are supposed to do. Many i people do a great deal more In the ; way of community Christmas trees, 1visits to the hospitals and baskets for , the poor, and still others regard the j whole thing as absurd and consider ah- I Btinence from Christmas gifts a sign of strength of character, tong before, the. birth of ChrJst our ancestors In northwestern Europe cele­ brated the 23th of December, which marked the passing of the winter sol­ stice or the return of the sun In the heavens after conquering the powers I of darkness. That was the day of the ■pun worshipers. The problem of the [ universe was just beginning to puzzle and our ancestors figured it out In. a. , straightforward manner, that was not half bad for supposed savages. All j plant life, it was observed, depended • on the sun for Its existence, and all animal life depended on plant life, so i that the power of the sun was greatly ; respected and it was personified in the 1person of the god Thor. Thor was watched with considerable Interest, f since there was always some doubt as j to whether he would survive the win*' j ter solstice. Hence the feasting and 1merrymaking when he continued to Jshine clear and strong' In the heavens. Meaning of the Word 'Yule.” Besides Thor there .were numerous gods who lived In the branches of trees. Therefore the people gathered mistletoe boughs, and holly, branches and put them in conspicuous positions fix their houses, where they might easily be seen from the outside, in tho hope that some wandering god would take' a fancy.to them and take up his residence among the red berries. . In Germany the early Huns chopped down the evergreens and brought them: _indaQrs_fQr_±hfe same1purpose. The burning of the yule log and the term 1yuletide are survivals of these early December festivals whose influence Is still to be seen today in our own ; ^hristmas celebrations. “Yule” meansf nm. , j With the dawn of Christianity and {the conversion of the sun worshipers, i the birth of Christ was substituted as i the cause for celebration and the fea- j tivlties became'religious demonstra- [tlons. The people still gormandized, trimmed their houses with holly l branches and gave presents, but the 125th of December usually saw them comfortably seated In church. So Christmas has "come down to us with all these traditions. The German ! Santa Claus legend has improved It ! considerably for the children, and It la i now known almost entirely as the chil­ dren’s season., .. 1 Community Christmas Tree. Among the finest Christmas lnstltu- I tions.today is the community Christ­ mas tree,; which originated in Madison square, Now York, five years ago and since then has spread to communities all over the United States. The com­ munity “Tree of Light” is usually planted in' a central location in the city, trimmed with balls and orna­ ments and lighted with electricity. Citizens are organized into committees to collect donations for the tree and empldy bands of musicians to play Christmas carols and hymns. In Bal­ timore last year groups of men and boys carrying holly-trimmed lanterns walked through the streets singing and greeting each pedestrian with “Merry ChriBtmasi” While every year there Is to Increas- -■ lng number of persons who decide t o ! “be sensible” and send cards In the] place of Christmas presents, the aver- j age person lacks the courage to face] his family empty-handed on Christmas j morning. But Christmas is a spirit, j which you either have o r haven’t. If*, you'haven’t It, the holidays are only! a bore; on the other hand, if yon allowI yourself to become enthusiastic there j is really a lot of fun to be derived ] from It, eveh though you're lonely and! away from home. Last year a travel­ ing man who Was compelled to spend Christmas away from his family in a strange city gathered a' number of lii tie tenement waifs together, took them into a large restaurant and treat­ ed them all to A Christmas dinner. *T never had so much fun In my life,” declared the traveling man. 4 „ ' Inexpensive Yet Acceptable Tokens Not every one can afford to give as they please being limited as to means on account of a ‘long list” , We offer here an idea or so-:—mostly inexpensive an d of a variety that will aid everyone'in jtheir Xm as Shopping. Up-to-the M inute Handbags Suggest Themselves fo r G ift Giving The Young G irl W ill Appreciate Receiving the Beginning o f an Ivory Toilet Set $ Most of the women who visited our holiday display since they arrived bought these stunning duvetyn, vel­ vet; silk and leather Bags for themselves as well as for gift purposes. Exactly w hat Christmas gifts should be from a standpoint of quality, style and price. Hand-tooled leather bags are very new. Canteen bags. Men’s bill folds, in hand-tooled. Nice hue o f childrens leather and velvet bags and purses. You can give her a comb, brush and m irror now, for instance, and the rest of thepieces which go to make up a complete set, later on forbirthday gifts or as Christmas presents in the years to come* W e are offering in our holiday displays the most interesting assortm ent of Ivory Toilet goods^we have shown for years. A ll French Ivory, w ith some hand painted.' G ifts of A n Acceptable Nature From the Toiletries ■■■; Section A fairylike fragrance encased in a quaintly - shaped bottle lovely enough to grace a Princess’ dressing table is only one of the wanted gifts that may be chosen in our^display of toilet preparations. Novel outfits, includ­ ing creams, rouges, powders and toilet water, are happy gift suggestions which have the great v irtue of moder­ ate price. * .It is surprising how quickly our display of Jewelry Novelties does away w ith the most perplexing gift problems. For every one that must be remembered it provides a wealth of suggestions—remembrances that will be tru ly prized. Fancy Hair Pins, Beads in pearl and je t, also all col­ ors of fancy beads. D inner Rings, Sautoir Ribbons and Locklets, Mesh Bags, T ie Pins and Clasps, Cuff Links, Kum-a-Part Links. , . You Don’t Have to Coax the Owner of G ift Stationery to W rite. Creamy white and all delicate shades of note paper of beautiful tex ture, w ith en­ velopes to m atch w ill tempt the most lax o f correspondents to grow pleasingly lit­ erary. Immense stocks o f stationary. Christmasy in appeal even to the boxes, show, an easy way to get /Christm as, shopping over w ith quickly. ‘ . Silverware Is No O rdinary G ift Few gifts are blessed w ith the enduring beauty of Silverware. It keeps memory of its doner ever fresh in the recipient’s mind. The. m any new designs especially prepared for the holidays and the great Variety of silver articles offered give ad­ ded zest to gift choosing. “Community” ware is becoming a na­ tional household possession. You W ill Always Find Books Among Pre­ ferred G ifts. Umbrellas T hat A re Easy to Carry They are so very gqod looking—and long wearing and dependable. W hether you are seeking suitable gifts for men or women do n 't fail to look over our present assortments. They are of a nature which makes selection now for gift-giving especially advantageous. Umbrellas With white Bakellite handles set off by colored rings are very much in favor for women now. Shower and sun umbrellas are very popular now. The ligh th ea rted go to them for entertainm ent; the serious for knowledge, while the grief stricken find in good books incomparable solace. Books are as v ital to a happy life as is our daily bread. W here can one fill a gift-list more i.^reeably than here where b o o k s of every character are offered a t special holiday prices? Childrens books, fiction, baby books, photo albums, etc. Hutchison &Gibney XENIA, — — — OHIO . The ChrUt-Bab#, Wo give the Christ-babe Ills cradle j in our hearts, and afterwards he nets' up his cross in pur hearts, and In our hearts he plants his throne. . .Give Us A Chance To Figure OnYour Printing... A Real Godd Fellow. A real good fellow Is a man who keeps something of the Christmas spir-1 , It all the year round. Watches and Diamonds Fine Jewelry and Silverware MAIN AND FOURTH STREETS, DAYTON. OHIO.