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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
7
A Western Newspaper Union report from 1920 surveys embroidery's reach in fashion. Designers borrow motifs from Japan, China, Egypt and Persia to decorate velvet, satin, and velour dresses. The feature highlights beaded and embroidered gowns, including a bejeweled satin carafe and a velvet dinner dress with a long sash.
Advice to Holiday mailers urging early posting before December 20, clear return addresses, and courteous behavior at post offices. Warns against postage due, using Red Cross stamps, and sealing packages with them. Encourages neat handwriting and writing not to open gifts until Christmas.
Maud Souders urges practical gifts for younger boys while acknowledging older boys crave items testing strength and skill. The piece contrasts traditional keepsakes with desires for jackknives, rope lariats, and sport gear, suggesting gifts like fishing rods, tennis rackets, or a live pet to train and cherish.
Across towns stores, druggists, cigar shops and bars serve as informal Christmas storage. Shoppers falsely assume only they planned ahead, so many purchase early and stash presents at a nearby resort to avoid arousing curiosity at offices or homes.
Walking dolls in Parisian Christmas novelties astonish observers as they stride with sprightly motion and speak mamma or papa. The lifelike contraptions are powered by keys at the waist and in the voice mechanism, while eyes and body move in synchronized, childlike gestures.
English Christmas Week remains the great yearly festival uniting scattered families. From Wednesday to Monday business halts as the nation embraces cheer, charity, and concord, reviving memories and rekindling warmth despite changes since Dickens.
There are two ways to aid the market for purebred bulls. One is to run purebred sire campaigns to replace scrub bulls nationwide, the other is to castrate poorer individuals and market only the better bulls. Both strategies boost purebred stock and overall tire stock production.
A correspondent suggests replacing a Christmas tree with a barrel in a closet covered in green cambric. Evergreen sprigs and holly will be pinned on the barrel before the holiday. Gifts are tucked inside, wrapped, and ready, with the son playing Santa and revealing the names of those who will solve the mysteries, promising a merry barrel experience.
Best of all holidays, Christmas stands as the merriest and most enduring celebration. The piece envisions Christmas continuing through ages, despite nations rising and falling, and wishes Father Time to extend the holiday season for mankind.
A reflection on holiday consumption and charity, noting the stark contrast between Christmas abundance and the plight of the poor. The piece laments how giving becomes a social ritual within an industrial economy, with Salvation Army red kettles prompting thoughts on inequality.
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