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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

IN ADDRESSING Christmas cards,
many questions are bound to
arise with regard to correct form.
The following tips on addressing
Christmas cards will, therefore, be
welcomed by all who have cards to
send.
Christmas greeting cards fall into
two general classes, formal and in
formal. If you use printed or en-
graved. cards for formal use, the
title Miss, Mr., or Mr.. and Mrs.
should preferably appear above the
greeting. For instance: Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Russell wish you Mer-
ry Christmas, rather than "A Mer-
ry Christmas from Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Russell"
Whose name should come first,
the husbands or the wife's? Gen.
orally, the husbands name comes
first. On informal cards, signed in
ink, it is quite proper to sign, Bill
and Shirley" or Bill and Shirley
Adams, depending, of course, upon
how well you know the acquaintance.
A married woman, whether her
husband is alive or not, should be
addressed with Mrs" pref1xed to
her husbands full name. Every
card sent out should bear a Mr.,
Mrs, or Miss prefix. Failure to use
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

this prefix is an objectionable
breach of courtesy.
Do not address a Divorce by her
maiden name, unless such name has
been established by legal procedure.
John Robertson may be a bust
ness associate of yours, to whom
you want to send Christmas card,
but you do not know his wife. What
shall you do in case of this kind?
1t is quite proper to send your card
to Mr.. and Mrs. John Robertson, al
though, on the other hand, it is
equally proper to send the card in
his name only. It adds little Of
the personal touch to learn the home
address and send the card there,
although directing the card to a
business address is quite proper.
Some question as to the proprie-
ty of sending out Christmas cards
may enter the minds of the family
in mourning. By the same token,
some question may arise as to the
sending of Christmas cards to them.
If the bereavement is very recent
within month"; may be better for
the family to omit Christmas cards.
And cards to be sent to the family
should be selected with considera-
hle care
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

creamed grated
II Id. sugar 6 eggs
l Id. sultana l pit. cream
raisins Wine glass sherry
| Id. musecastels wine
2 ozs. of candied / ID. currants
fruit u Id. citron
12lb. candied
cherries
Mix fruits into creamed but
ter. Add 6 yolks Of eggs beaten
with cream. Last of all, fold in
beaten egg whites and wine.
Bake ~ hours in bread pans in
a moderate oven.
ECONOMY FRUIT CAKE
3 cups sugar IL tsp. baking
l y tsp. cinnamon powder
"a tsp. cloves ~ tsp. baking
3 cups water soda
IL lbs. seeded "a cup citron
ralSlnS SO cup candled
3 tbsp. shortening orange peel
AZ cups flour
Combine sugar, spices, water
and raisins and shortening in
saucepan. Bring to a boil, boil 5
minutes. Cool. Sift together flour,
soda, baking powder and salt and
add to the cooled mixture. Add
chopped citron and candied Or
ange peel. Mix we'll. Pour into
tube pan 9 inches in diameter
by 3 inches high, lined with wax
ed paper. Bake IN a slow oven
for about 2 hours.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05
Ne,O Year Begins
More Than Once,
Believe 1t or Not!

New Years day isn't always New
Years day. The actual date varies
among the Egyptians, Chinese, Jews,
Romans and Mohammedans from
September to, March /.
January was designated to be
New Years day when julius Caesar
established the Julian calendar in
As B. c. However, the calendar
year thus established was IL min
utes longer than the astronomical
year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

q various parLS OF the WOI1O'
ture husbands by dropping melted
lead into a pan Of cold water. The
molten metal would form various
shapes in cooling, and thus resemble
the insignia of his occupations: ham,
mer shape, a carpenter; shoe shape,
a cobbler. Every piece of lead re-
sembled some occupation to the old
wives.
q A maiden in Switzerland who &C
cepts a bunch of Edelweiss at Christ
mas also accepts the man who prof
ferS it..
q All animals in the German Alps
can speak on Christmas Eve.
q, It is believed in the Netherlands
that nothing sown on Christmas Eve
will perish. Even seed sown in the
snow will live.
q A Bohemian wife will die within a
year if she burns Christmas cake.
q To insure an abundant harvest in
Denmark, some of the bread baked
on Christmas is kept until sowing
time, when it Is mixed with the seed.
q It is said that bread baked on
Christmas in England never be-
comes moldy.
d Ashes must not be thrown out on
Christmas day in some sections Of
Europe, for fear they might be
thrown into the Savior's face.
q Some families in Scandinavia
place all their shoes together on
Christmas. This will cause them to
! live in harmony throughout the year.
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~
To correct this discrepancy, Pope
Gregory III suppressed 10 days in
1852 by ordering that October 5 be
called October Is. England and its
colonies. however, did not adopt this
new calendar until 1852. For almost
three centuries, therefore, New
Years was celebrated twice every
year-both times on January l.
New Years never fell on the same
day two years in succession in old
China. The new year began on the
first moon after the sun entered the
sign Aquarius. This date varied
from January 81 to February Is.
Jewish New Years, when translated
into dates of the Gregorian calendar,
varies from September 6 to Octo-
Der 4
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~ TO SuperSL1LlOIlS Oe1leVSo
q In Holstein, Mistletoe is not only
supposed to be a cure for all green
wounds, but will insure success in
the chase and give strength to the
wrestler.
q Early Norsemen believed for CEN
turtles that the Mistletoe would give
protection against both bodily all
ments and evil spirits.
q A person whN is born on Christ
mas will have power to see and COM
mand spirits, according to a Scottish
belief.
q French peasants believe that
babies born on Christmas have the
gift Of prophecy.
q If a baby is born at sermon time
on Christmas Eve in Middle Europe,
it portends that someone in the
house will die within the year.
q Daughters born in the Vosges,
France, on December Is will be
wise, witty and virtuous.
q A baby born on Christmas in
Silesia will become either a lawyer
or a thief.
q Girls in the ancient Duchy Of
Swavia seldom missed the oppor-
tunity offered by Christmas to look
into the future at their future hus-
bands. On Christmas Eve they would
60 to the woodpile to draw sticks. If
a girl pulled thick stick, her hus-
band would be stout; if long stick,
he would be tall; If a crooked stick,
he would be deformed. They would
determine the business of their fu-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05
Old New Year Customs
Survive in Scotland

In Scotland, New Years day is
said to transcend Christmas as the
most important festival of the year.
Many old customs still are pre-
served and widely followed. First
footing" is a midnight custom of
New Years eve. The person who
first, after the stroke of the new
year, sets foot inside the house of
friend, remains the guest through
out the day and is a privileged
friend throughout the year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05

Miss Emily Worth attended the
Wake-Forest-South Carolina foot
ball game in Charlotte, on Thurs
day and spent the week end with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Wor' h, at Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05
Now Is The Time To Bake
Your Christmas Fruit Cake

Dark and rich with spices and
fruitS-fruit cake is the perfect
holiday dessert. But to be at its
best it should be baked and
packed away some weeks ahead
of holiday tine to allow the full
fine flavor to ripen.
DARK FRUIT CAKE
i ID. fat ID. candied
4 Id. sugar citron, sliced
II egg yolks thin
cup fruit juice 12 10. candied
&grape, etc.) lemon peel,
"a cup molasses sliced thin
2 ozs. chocolate IA ID. candied
A cps flour orange peel,
2 tsp. cloves sliced thin
2 tsp. aIlspice cps. chopped
2 tsp. mace nuts
2 tsp. cinnamon 4 lbs. raisinS
~ tsp. salt cut in pieces
I tsp nutmeg. 3 lbs. currants
IL stiffly beaten
egg Wn1EIes
Sift the salt and spices, with
hold the flour. Add the remaining
flour to the fruit. Cream the fat
and add the sugar and egg whites
toit. Add the two. portions of
flour, blending well. Put into
bread pans lined with oiled pa
per and bake hours in a very
slow oven. When the cakes crack
ON top they are almost done. The
cakes may be steamed for 4 hours
instead of baked. After steaming
Ehey should be dried for 20 min
utss in slow oven. When the
cakes are cool wrap in paraffin
paper, pack in a tight jar and
keep in a cool place. Under these
conditions they may be kept for
months.
WHITE FRUIT CAKE
Il 90. butter lemon rind
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-12-05
Superstitions About Christmas

CIGNIFICANT meanings surround Christmas, according
y to superstitons believed various parts Of the world
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
HILARIOUS FILM
BILLED AT BIJ0U
Unexpected Father Will Open
At Local Theatre On
Monday

Infant charm, hilarious comedy
and romantic intrigue are combined
in a most effective(nanner in Uni
versay'S Unexpected Father, which
comes to the Bijou theatre on to-
morrow.
The infant charm is supplied by
Baby Sandy, moviedom's most sen
sational baby who raptured movie
audiences in a big way when she
appeared on the screen for the first
time in East Side Of Heaven" Now
some six months ol6er, she still re-
tains all the c%uteness displayed in
her first picture and augments it
by both toddling and saying a few
words.
The comedy comes largely from
Mischa Auer, who proves Cor the
second time that he is a perfect
running mate for Sandy
The romantic intrigue is dished
up by Dennis O'Keefe and Shirley
Ross, with Donald Briggs always in
the offing as the "other man."
The program also includes a sport
novelty, a cartoon and the L.test
Paramount news.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Rev. Forester Will
Continue Revival Here

The Bible conference and revival
that has been in progress during
the past week, conducted by the
Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Forester, OF
Charlotte, will continue through the
next week with services each night
at F:30 o'clock.
Special music will be rendered at
each service and the public is IN
vited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Northwest Passage Is
Billed At The Carolina

Epic of the pre-Revolutionary pio-
neers who wrested an empire from
the Indians and the wilderness, pic
turlzation of the most celebrated
b~est-seller which has come from the
pen of Kenneth Roberts, recognized
as Americas foremost historical.
novelist, Northwest Passage" which
comes to the Carolina theatre Thurs.
day is also one of the most am
bilious undertakings ever attempted
by a motion picture studio. 1t pre-
SCENTS an authentic historical picture
of the days when Maine vas still.
a frontier; it brings to the screeE
one of the most fascinating, indom'
liable and enigmatic figures of Co
lonial history, Major Robert Rogers
it seeks to capture the very spirit
of those explorers whose life's am
bition was to find the mythica.
Northwest, Passage the shortcut te
which should lead them to the
wealth of the Indies. And because
of their search the North Ameri
can continent was opened up to
those who have followed.
Spencer Tracy, twice Academy
Award winner, finds the climax OF
his acting career to date in the role
of Major Rogers, the greatest In
dian fighter who ever lived, the
fearless, UNRELIABLE leader of Rogers
Rangers, a courageous inspiring
demigod in the woods, but an in
sufficiently crafty antagonist in po'
litical intrigue. The role may well
surpass those for which Tracy Won
his previous honors, his Manuel in
Captains Courageous" and Father
Flanagan in Boys Town" AS Lang
don ToWne, young New Englande1
expelled from Harvard, who finds
refuge from political enemies in
Rogers Rangers and whose great
est ambition is to paint Indians and
become a celebrated artist, Robert
Young wins the richest acting part
of his r A romantic figure who
rises above both physical and psy'
Geological hazards, Langdon Towne
becomes an increasingly stalwar1
character, affording Young his sur
est opportunity to register a com
polling portrait. Walter Brennan
like Tracy a two-time Academy
Award winner, teams with the lat
ter again in the role of Hunk Mar
riner, loyal backwoodsman friend oil
young Towne. He and Tracy recent
ly completed work together in Stan
ley and Livingstone" 1t is a part
comparable to Ernest Torrence's
memorable frontier scout in 1.-The
Covered Wagon Ruth Hussey, only
recently see opposite Edward q
Robinson in "Blackmail," as we'll as
playing featured roles in more than
q dozen other films, is the feminine
lead. She plays Elizabeth Browne
the girl Langdon Towne loves. Also
featured is Nat Pendleton as Car
Huff, tavern pal of Towne. In i'm
portant supporting roles are Louis
Hector as Miss Hussey's father, Rob
ert Barrat as Humphrey ToWne,
Lumsden Hare as Gen. Amherst,
Rogers commanding officer, Donald
Mcbride as Sergeant McNott, Isabel
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Joe Penner Picture
Is Billed At Bijou

Said to be the funniest of all
Joe Penner's screen offerings, 1.-THE
Day the Bookies Wept" will show
at the Bijou theatre Thursday with
Betty Cradle as the funseter's lead
ing lady.
The plot revolves around the eff
forts of a group of Brooklyn taxi
drivers, who have been losing stead.
lily at the race track, to get re-
venge on the bookies by buying a
horse of their own and entering
him at long odds.
Penner is one of the drivers. He
is a pigeon-fancier, and he is in
love with the sister of a fellow
driver. He doesn't care for horses,
but the boys swiftly attend to
this. They raise $500, and send
Penner with it to Kentucky to buy
:. race horse. A pair of crooks II
him a supposedly worthless nag,
which he brings back in triumph.
The taxi drivers send Penner out
to the Jamaica track to train the
horse.
A Musical Short, a Vitaphone Car
toon and the latest Paramount
News are also on the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Frontiers OF 49,
Will Show At Bijou

Revealing a little-known phase
of American history, Columbia's
Frontiers Of '49" brings wild
Bill Elliott back to the Bijou
theatre screen on Wednesday. The
new film is set in California on
the eve of the gold rush, in the
last days of the Mexican regime
and before American authority had
fully eXerted itself.
Elliott, newest of the hard-rid-
ing western stars, is seen as a
daring cavalry officer assigned to
investigate the disturbing rumors
which have seeped out of Southern
California. A land company, semi
governmental, has been evicting
families and Selling property with
out regard to the law it is sup
posed to administer.
The current chapter of 1.-THE
Green Hornet" and a Stooge COM
edy yes, We Have No Bonanza"
are also on the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
ROYAL TO SHOW
'TROPIC FURY
Richard ArIen And Andy De
vine CO-Starred In
Fridays Movie

Pictured against the colorful, &C
tion-adventure background of ANA
ION rubber camps, Universal's
"Tropic Fury" starring Richard
Arlen and Andy Devine, comes
Friday to the Royal theatre.
In the supporting cast are Bev-
erly Roberts, Samuel s.. Kinds,
Lupita Tovar and Lou Merrill.
Said to be alive with suspense
and thrilling dramatic moments,
'"Tropic Fury reveals a chapter in
the plantation strife behind a
great rubber monopoly, a chapter
containing many situations declar-
ed to form a new premise for &C.
ton entertainment.
According to an advance outline
of the story, a tropic moon lends
for romance between Arlen and
Miss Roberts; but with the politi-
cal intrigue of the dark empire
and the belligerent natives, then
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
MUSICAL MOVIE
IS BILLED HERE
Royal To Show MA! He's
Making Eyes At Me- Be-
ginning Wednesday

Announced as a blend of ro-
nance and comedy with colorful
rance revues, Universal's musical
film, Ma! He's Making Eyes at
Me- opens Wednesday at the Roy
al theatre.
Tom Brown, as a live-wire young
press agent with a million ideas,
and Constance Moore as the pretty
Broadway model who becomes the
sensation Of the hour, share roman
tic honors in the swiftly paced
screenplay.
Action in the story revolves
around the efforts of Brown to
make American girls more fashion
conscious, and save a swank Fifth
Avenue shop from bankruptcy. Col
orful revue numbers in the picture
feature comedy routines by Mitchell
and Chamberlain, the dancing OF
Vivien Fay, noted Broadway baller-
ia, and a swing version of "The
Blue DANUBE, sung by Marie
Greene and her Merry Minstrels'
of radio fame.
Constance Moore sings the title
song, 'EIa! He's Making Eyes al
Me-" Supporting roles in the pic
ture are played by Richard earle
Anne Nagel. Jerome Cowan, Elisa
beth Risdon and Fritz Field.
Ed Sullivan wrote the original
story, and Charles Grayson and
Edmund L. Hartman did the
screenplay. The picture was di-
rected by Harold Schuster, and
Joseph. Sanford was the associate
producer.
Popeye cartoon, Natural Wonder
sand crime does pay complete the
program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
First Love-
Will Show At Bijou

Deanna Durbin's sixth picture,
3arst Love" comes to the Bijou
E:atre Tuesday.
Presenting the young star III a
lire mature role than any she
Is ever attempted, First Love-
bis her experiencing her first
nance.
Deanna will be seen as an Or
ian girl who is forced to live
Fth an aunt, an uncle, and two
usins her own age. They are rich
fd snobbish and look upon Deanna
| a poor relation. The stars per-
Elality, consideration and kind
bis win over the servants and
fas!ly bring about an upheaval in
l. family.
in the picture Deanna encoun-
rs her first love affair, a boy
II girl romance between herself
ri Robert Stack, a screen new
fner in the role of a young
tahelor who is the object of the
Elections of Deanna and of Helen
Parish, who plays one of the
E9bbish cousins. And in the ro-
Fance, Deanna receives her first
E-aen kiss-and her first proposal
4 marriage.
The added attractions on the
fagram are a Vitaphone Variety
fnrr7 an RKo Novelty and a Pop
Pc cartoon "Goonland."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

Ether was known to the earliest
chemists. Nitric ether was discov-
cred in 1881.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
london TOWER
WILL SHOW HERE
n,r,s Karloff And Basil Rath-
hone Stars Of New
Royal Offering

A., man at least remains unhor-
Wv by the shuddery shadows
rp 's Karloff has brought to the
T ;, during his 20 years in pic
s rts+ hard-shelled holdout is Ear
Nj bmself'
poris is, however, reported to
~ succumbed to the teeth-chat.
~, potentialities of his latest
w. that cf "Mord," the execution
IN Univ ,rsal's Tower of Lon
!, The 18th century drama will
w., Monday at the Royal theatre,
An Karloff acting as chief ally of
,;,bard III, a part played by Basil
|%athbone.
Word is more man than monster,
II the comparative simplicity of
h. makeup is a factor which leads
[,rloff to believe that the charac-
.ri7arion might be his most effec-
i've.
D1nstead of a more or less mocha.
.,aI monster, Mord is definitely a
E,rsn being for all his dire deeds,
Esrloff stated during filming. Con.
[iered one of Hollywood's most in.
snipent actors, Karloff is able to
[,oIyze any role, even his own.
II believe that humans can be
|-,je 10. and do, fear other humans
|-ore than they do a beast. mocha
i'm or other outside threat" Kar.
III continued. "Mord W a S more
Egp a powerful brute of a man who
.rshted in torture and in WELD
-g the executioner's ak. He was a
rrboI of the system born of the
Eprk Ages, that held thousands in
Egror.'
Conceived by Jack Pierce, studio
Eahe.up chief, Karloff's guise as
s executioner required him first
/ have his head completely shaved,
Id during production his pate was
[ayed every other day.
To further accentuate his bald
bad, even akrloff's hands and
|rsts we're shaved. The only con.
[at was provided by his dark and
Eaurally bushy eyebrows, which
FIRE CURED and waxed.
Robert Benchley comedy Porky
Ii cartoon and News events com.
Inc the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

Jewell as the white girl Jennie Colt
who is captured and raised as ar
Indian, Douglas Walton as Lieut.
Avery, Addison Richards as Crof
ton, the Ranger who goes mad. Hugh
Oldest member of the company, Re
gis Toomey as Webster, the Ranger
who breaks a leg and must be left
behind on the trek to the Indian
village of st. Francis, Montagu Love
as Wiseman Clagett, the films
heavy" Lester Matthews as San
Livermore, and Truman Bradley as
Captain Ogden.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Pioneers Of The Vest
Opens At Bijou Friday

Pioneers of the West" Republic
western scheduled to run at the
Bijou theatre for two days star
ting Friday, promises an exciting
sixty minutes Of sure-fire western
entertainment.
The Three Mesquiteers, Stony,
Rusty and Rico, intervene when a
wagon train of western settlers is
attacked by Indians. They win the
undying esteem of the settlers,
headed by DR.. Bailey, who, with
his beautiful daughter, Anna, has
been lured westward by offers of
"cheap land"
Reaching their destination, they
discover that the land sold them
by a group of local politicians, in
Guiding Judge Platt and Sheriff
Gorham, is practically worthless.
However, by dint of hard labor
and courage, they finally manage
to clear it and have reached the
point when they are about to make
a fair living when they are sud
denly beset by exhorbitant taxes.
The program also includes an Ed
gar Kennedy comedy "Clock Wise"
and the current chapter of over
land With Kit Carson"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

love is beset by a series of exciting
adventures.
The s%creenplay by Michael Sim
mons pivois most of the suspense
around the leader of the rubber
slaves. This character, played by
Lou Merrill, has built an almost
~impregnabie dynasty in the Amazon
jungle. Styling himself after Ma
poleon, he reigns ruthlessly over
his domain with the power of .
tyrant.
Zorro's Fighting Legion comedy
and latest news events complete
the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

Scientists say that the planet Sa-
turn quite likely has 10 moons
nine have been discovered so far.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

The United States contributes
only 1 per cent Of the worlds out
put of shipbuilding.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

Key west, Fla. has an elevation
only II feet above the level of h
sea.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
LEMONS FOR COPPER

Save your leftover lemon halves
for cleaning copper. Dip them in
salt and rub the stained and dis
colored articles. Wash we'll in hot
sudsy water, rinse with boiling
water and wipe dry.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-10
ORIGIN OF SABOTAGE

The practice of wilfully destroying
the property of an employer or of an
enemy by secret methods is very old, but
the term now used to designate that prac-
tice-"s Sabotage comparatively new.
One authority declares that the word was
first used in English only about 80 years
ago.
A leading encyclopedia says the
origin of the term sabotage is commonly
his wooden shoe (sabot) into machinery
and stalled it, in an effort to cause his en-
ployer to grant certain demands.
Another writer says it was first used
when French workers removed metal
plates (also called sabots) which held the
rails in place, during a railroad strike in
1912. These men came to be known as
saboteurs, and the act itself was known as
sabotage.
A periodical published by the l W.,
w, chief advocates of sabotage during
labor disputes, was issued in Los Angeles
under the name of The Wooden Shoe short
ly before the first World War.
sabotage also mas Deen eXIenued TO
mean any kind of clumsy or wasteful work
intended to slow down production or turn
out inferior or useless products. Similarly,
sabotage is used to indicate efforts to
wreck an organization or institution by
underhand methods.
The word sabotage is at present heard
most frequently in connection with plots to
hamper the production of war materials
and retard preparations for national de-
fense, whatever the means employed to
accomplish such a nefariouS purpose may
be.