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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
5
Lydia Le Baron Walker discusses best times for children to view Christmas presents. Some prefer after breakfast to avoid spoiled meals, while others delay until after porridge or nap. The piece notes campus life and departing students with holiday gifts and late return to exams.
Mothers find a simple plan to please children. Hang a stocking at the crib and let the child explore gifts when waking. If needed, place the stocking in a warm spot. The child can dress and enjoy breakfast before more gift opening and viewing the tree.
The article advises parents to pace Christmas gift opening after breakfast to ease a child's anticipation. It suggests early breakfast, lighter appetite, and temptations like favorite cereals fruit eggs and a rare meat morsel to suit the holiday mood.
The essay notes that opening presents on Christmas Eve excites children so much they cannot sleep and fear missing morning joy. It suggests mothers seek a suitable psychological time to allow joyous surprises while keeping dreams intact.
The article reports on rate disputes and police pressure, noting a lack of decisive action by the governor. It highlights a Raleigh YWCA property dispute, the Meredith College move, and planned Beafort Meredith bridge projects with state and federal funding. It mentions bids by Sand and Moore and the Roanoke River Bridge company and toll-financed Chowan Edenton bridge plans.
Duke University closed for Christmas with 1200 plus students leaving for home. Classes resume January 5, 1926 at 8 30 a m. The campus is nearly deserted except for a few workers and students from far states or abroad staying for the Yule season.
James Cruze promotes a high budget motion picture set for Paramount titled Mannequin. The 30 by 40 foot room houses priceless antiques including a five piece trench furniture set valued well beyond typical estimates.
Lavish set costs in entirety feature a French grandfather clock by Simonen of Paris a water powered English clock once owned by Thomas Holland of London dated 1494 with Holland's motto Tyme Wanes Awaye and several Dutch and French clocks plus Cloisniere vases a Belgian tapestry and rare Japanese pieces. The auction also profiles Alice Joyce in Mannequin with Warner Baxter Dolores Costello ZaSu Pitts headlining the Broadway bill.
Fish Wolf Robe of the Glacier National Park reservation performs the Blackfoot hoop dance with rapid footwork and bright decorations such as scalp and weasel tail hair, drawing on traditional steps and jingle for a vivid cultural display in Glacier Park, Montana.
fragments depict rhythmic sleigh bells tied to an old era as an automobile rests on a shelf. the description conveys movement and pace through a wintery urban scene with nostalgic sound imagery.
Police seized a five gallon keg of whiskey at 504 West Green Street after a raid by Special Officer Charlie Whitlow and officers D H Hancock George B Wimberly and D A Fowler. Fred Peebles white was arrested and posted a $5000 bond for appearance in police court.
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