The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-22

places when every shopping hour is considered extremely valuable. NeV. ertheless, for those who like to knew something about the "good old merry ChristSnas spirit as ex-
 pressed by greeting cards there is currently an opportunity to trace their evolutions as far back as le2c which seems to Do the date of the first greetings record. This card waS received from London, England
 A German exile to this country iS credited with starting c printed greetings business In the United States In ie4e. His name was Louis Prang. Some of his cards are now exhibited in display at the Mu. scum of the City of New York on Fifth Avenue ct i03rd St.
 Visitors will learn that personal creations of Christmas cards were used here in lDAb. This friendly re- membrance gesture became Q na. tional sweep around 1860 and Q con-
 1rmed vogue some ten years later, There are approximately two hun. dred cards that will remain on ex. hibitiqn until January second. One recogalxes years of effort to secure originality in design, individuality in materials selected, novelty, dig- nity and coEnradeship in expression, Anyone spending c few minutes on such Q pleasant review will enjoy thoughts of Peace on Earth, Good VIII to Men" That is the way it should be ct Christmas time, though such people will be jolted back to lite quickly If they happen to pass Q picket line such as l did to hear cunning ire comments like this: LOOK at those people In there working ct our jobs. They are the Kind Of people that we ought to make Q concentration camp for and give them the works". Look at tne dirty -- that take our jobs, they will take yours next. We oIlght 70 nave concentration camps for such Scun". "A concentration camp iS to good for them". These remarks are mild to some of the unprintable ones uttered since this nation was forced to engage in war.
 l have seen this picket line fro. quently. New faces appear in it aa the months roll by. 1 doubt that my person employed to degrade those working Inside, is qualified by experience to handle any job with. in. wv "'''
 Such demonstrations are day by day examples of Q dire need of regulating picketing, perhaps to re- strict such activities as bona .fide 9lssatisfled employees of whateyer nrm is being plcketed, or to mem. nOrs Of that Union who could ac. cept and All c Job if 1t were offered in settling Q strike.
 Tn . recent air raid alarm. maid picksts sought protection of a firm WhoSe property they were picketinR. They were enraged that some reo. ple sought to keep them out. Per. sonally would not put it beyond tnelr sense Of revenge" to cut aia elevator cable or to commit sol,ae equally destructive act that would endanger not only the firm tlley had been trying to damage but the entire occupants of such a build. lng. It seems to me that our HRili ot Rights" does not permit indlvid. @ MaB 70 indulge h abusive speech, 1nere is work to De done. This is no. tne wey to keep it slowed down.
 A man discussing certain fnyatari. ouB hoic@ on tslGustgy. exniaisee An mo that he had applied for \ ioh aa an electrician on war work. He has worked on intricate jobs free iance Tor more than fifteen years. He is Q graduate of Wentworth Tnstit,,ts ok boston, Massachusetts. He is not q member of Q union, does not par. ucularly went to be Q member of n union though he has no Collections 70 90 doing but if he did want to pe Q member of Q union was told mat nc must have Q lob to becorne one. Ae was turned down on inis appncauofa for work because he was not Q member. He was still looking tnie past week. Let us hope that such complications will be quickly wiped out, permitting experienced men 70 roll up their sleeves and go to work. III
 AS ! write this my mind runs to Q huge form of santa Claus hiln- self ,Aitting in Q window in tfe shadow of that worlds wonder Em. pire State building. His bulky form ,D thrice tho slze Of any man, nig lace beams with broad smiles that remind all who sec him that ik ia nigh Christmas. Hundreds Of peo- ple gather gcuSNi. This iollv fellow 6 laughing 8 wonderful iaugh, as hearty and contagious as those Harry Lauder used to do in never- ending gpasins.
 ~ is pleasure to stand aside and l0ok ~ gs0Wn-llss palises move foE- ward toward the Wlnae#. Tiseir &AQ4a MFo tenan. Alsw eessm asvnla nl Nkf'alNaM NnIk llg lleV
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