BEAVER PRESS Crib Traditional Christmas Mark in Southern Europe I I Origin of Goodby PMTERNS 1 Our goodby is a shortened form of "God be with ye." "So long" is iU thought to be an American corruption of the word salaam A!.mi ami uvoxrfW0 ("peace") as heard in the Moslem "Salaam greeting meaning "May peace be unto Dinosaur Eggs you," perhaps brought to America The eggs of the great dinosaurs by Moslem slavers, or African slaves. probably were as big as footballs. SEWIUQ CIRCLE alei-kum- .'.M:.S'to'il frSyriiVw.i I jtog- - feBW thmvl W The Christmas Crib is as traditionally a part of Christmas in southern Europe as is the Christmas tree in the northern countries. In France, it is the Creche or Cradle; in Italy, the or Manger; in Germany, Krippe or Crib; in Praesepe Czechoslovakia, Jeslicky; and in Spain, the Nacimiento or fl Nativity Scene. .'II' From the earliest years of Christianity priests and religious leaders interpreted the Bible by literal representation of plays, tableaux, etc., because of the lack of books and widespread inability to read. However, the first Crib was set up in 1223 by St. Francis Assisi. f I II Mill Hi I f H I center panel of this dress hnth Vipiohl nnH slimnpss to the appearance of the girl who wears it. There's the reason why this is one of our most popular school girl patterns. surrounded by galleries of cork giving a mountainous Sar-lini- fleet Wooden figures, carved by he noted artists Gaggini and were arranged to move in procession to the Manger. Other celebrated Cribs include the one at 2aserta, Italy, where the most fa No. 8470 is in sizes 6. 8. 10, 12 years. 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In the development of tougher armor plate and better armor-piercin- g shells, the impact of the speeding bullet makes "footprints" which are thin, closely spaced cracks which appear on a lacquer coated steel Producer of Eatables Portugal is best known, perhaps, as a producer of eatables and drinkables. It had also developed its mineral wealth to export stature before world trade was thrown out of gear by the war. Up to 1939, the mining Industry had been shipping ores of tungsten, tin, copper and titanium in tonnages valued at millions of dollars. Lack of electric power and transportation slowed recovery of mineral wealth. Slate Tax Trends Grown Outside Tropics Trend of state personal Income tax Oranges and their cousins can be legislation this year was, with few grown after a fashion almost everyexceptions, toward lower income where In the Tropics; but the most taxes. This is in marked contrast important commercial production is to state tax legislation in several concentrated Just outside the Tropother fields tobacco and liquor ex- ics in both the northern and southern cises for example where the trend temperate zones. This is because was toward more and higher taxes. citrus trees thrive best when they Two states South Dakota and West "live dangerously" Just outside the Winter drops In Virginia dropped out of the Income average frost-lintax field altogether, West Virginia temperature to a point short of freezd repealing Its personal ing keep the trees healthy and proIncome tax over the governor's veto. ductive. But there is always the Two other states, Wisconsin and chance that a temperature drop will be too great and that thousands of Oregon, repealed surtaxes on trees will be destroyed. e. eight-year-ol- Swedish Sunken Barrel The Swedish sunken barrel provides an easy, economical and efficient way to store potatoes and root crops. A sandbox is a great help in storing vegetables which dry out easily such as carrots, beets, parsnips and salsify. An unheated basement is ideal, but considerable work must be done to prepare a heated basement for a vegetable storage place. Cocoa Countries Importance of cocoa in the economies of the other Americas is shown by the fact that in 1938, a comparatively normal year, It was the most important commercial product in value in Ecuador, the second in the Dominican Republic and Panama, third in Brazil and Costa Rica, and fourth In Venezuela. It was a leading crop In Trinidad, and one of the chief exports from Grenada. Railway Financier Financier of the famous Yerkes Madras Fabrics It's in the Bag Save all scraps and slivers of Observatory In Wisconsin and its Early trade In cotton fabrics has telescope, Charles T. Yerkes gave through the port of Madras, India, toilet soap. When a up the flour and grain business in gave the town western fame that been accumulated put them into a Philadelphia to become a banker lasts In madras shirtings. Its leadbag made of old bath " and stock broker. ' ership In textiles waned toweling. half-cupf- ul four-by-fo- ' Irish Light Candle to the Guide Christ Child an- Irish legend tells that someChristmas Eve Mary and on times the Christ Child wander abroad seeking shelter. Fearful lest they might seek In vain, as they did in Bethle-helong ago, a lighted candle is placed In every window to guide them to a place of refuge. These are left burning through the night, gleaming into the darkness, guid ing any wanderer. m V The Answers Is Ancient Word Yule, as another name for Christmas season, is of great derivation is nuity and Its actual Some of dispute. matter a still that philologists hold to the theory Anglo-Saxo- n the from Is derived the term "hweol" (wheel). They believe the wheel Is related to the rroneous primitive conception of the circular path described by the sun during its annual journey around (he r ol 9. What racial group in the United States has contributed the to forlorn wayfarers. greatest percentage of its memIt was wintertime and the suffer- bers to the armed services? ing was acute. Great hardships came. 10. What is the most remote Sons died in battle. Animals starved known planet of the solar system? for want of grain. Yet always, somes how the old shoemaker suffered less than others. It was almost as though there were a splendid charm upon him. At last the peasants gathered " together and said: "Surely there is something different about him that he do not do? Perhaps it is his little we do s spared. What does he that candle. Let us, too, place lights in our windows." That's All Wet And the day the peasants took counsel was the day before Christmas, did "How you lose your job at was and the first night the candles were set to burn in all the windows the dress shop, my dear?" Christmas Eve. "Just because of something I A When morning came it was as though a miracle had happened. After I had tried 20 dresses said. loft mantle of snow covered the village like a gentle blessing, but there on a woman, she said, 'I think I'd sun was something more a new air of peace and hope. And before the look better in something flowing' bad cast Its first bright gleam on the spire of the village church there and so I asked her why she didn't The of peace. came a messenger riding to bring the great, glad news go jump in the river. feelchurch bells chimed and the people knelt In prayer and there waa In not many years. had been ing of Christmas glory such as there That's Thin A The peasants were awed. "It was the candles," they whispered. We must never cattlt too tkinny to our "Are to Charley't Child Christ doorsteps. the Th,ey have guided tell?" igaln fail to light candles on His Birthday." "Skinny? Why, right now, ht could custom has become From such a long ago beginning this beautiful brand thr.m two at a time by just put we after light that year fact year wry dear to our hearts. So dear in ting carbon paper between them! and year after year, the holiday greetmg jur candles on Christmas Eve, ones carry the proud cards we exchange with our friends and loved Could Be candles will still burn motif of the Christmas candle. And this year the "See here, waiter there's an Inthat world for the peaceful cheer and forth hope bright, their light sending sect on this plate 1" of use "Well, well. So it is. Wonder if it iJere scores of other legends surrounding the widespread which could be one of them vitamin bees a have simple them beauty of time-aall nd andles at Christmas we read so much about." The stories are told in every .ppeals to children and adults alike. -- a Breathing Eafcr-- W ric-ra- ASK MB A i$0 TUSfi s, 2M Size No Name Address sky. 25-wa- tt W pattern desired. Pattern an At Christmas, millions of little candles suddenly spring into being all jver it seems on Christmas trees, on so many of our Christmas cards, ii the shop windows and in our homes. In these days of fluorescent and bulb never-ihelesaeon lighting the candles often take on the form of a reverence of and the contribute touch definitely right just they gaiety to the holiday season. True, the custom of lighting candles in remembrance of the S.tar of Bethlehem claims deep religious significance. But Christmas has also :ome to be a children's festival, and wherever there are children there is legend weaving. And there is a charming legend that long, long ago In Austria, there lived an old shoemaker in a little cottage on the edge of a village. Although this humble man had very lit- !$Jf-- tie, whether for himself or to share Uliitis, Ills guuuucaa vi uca sucn mat eacn evening ne piacea in irts window a lighted candle as a sign of welcome to weary travelers who might be asking shelter. War came to the village and famine, yet the little light never wavered. Each night it took its place to send forth its beam as a message of cheer Yule' ric-ra- SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 149 New Montgomery Street Calif. San Francisco Enclose 20 cents in coins for each well-defin- Of Village's First Christmas Candle 'i ' 14 h ily for many generations. During the Renaissance the presentation of the Crib became increasingly elaborate. The figures Charming Yule Legend Tells Story Shoulder a Gun or the Cost of One Buy United States War Bonds Pattern and has the figure of the been a possession of the Lange famChrist-Chil- yrv 4 THE Midriff Frock. LIOW the junior crowd loves were more realistic and richly iA midwith frocks dressed, the devotional shrines and riff section. This one is so colorprocessions becoming highly ornate ful with dramatically placed conpageants. details. trasting Later, Naples was famed as the city of Cribs. Every church had Pattern No 8465 Is in sizes 9. 11, 13, its "Praesepe" and families erected 15, 17 and 19. Size 11 takes 3". yards evergreen shrines on the flat roofbraid or material. 9 nd I School Winner. tures were attributed to the proven-ie- r of the animals. One of the most famous Cribs in lie world was built by the Capuchin nonks, the shrine of the Madonna ielle Grazie, situated in a grotto o, T 8470 ' mous Bambino in the world is annually laid in the Manger amid traditional pomp and solemnity, and the Krippe at Oberammergau, where - vV ZJS -" A m inn I WORKSHOP J0 VI t.- St. Francis received special permission from the Pope to erect his 'Praesepe" in the village of Grec-iinear Assisi. 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