The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 23, 1965, Image 34
SEC. C—PAGE 2 The Newberry Sun, Newherry, S. C., Thursday, December 23, 1965
The first Christmas in the
White House was celebrated by
President and Mrs. John Ad
ams, in the year 1800. The
mansion was incomplete, the
walls were '/ damp and the
rooms were c Id. Shivering
guests remained only briefly.
Five years later, things were
merrier and Thomas Jefferson
entertained guests with lively
violin tunes. Young relatives of
Andrew Jackson made Christ
mas of 1835 memo) able for him
when they filled his stocking
with a corncob pipe, tobacco
and trinkets.
Young Tad Lincoln invited
street children into the White
House to share his Christmas
dinner and his father allowed
them to stay. Benjamin Har
rison ordered the first Christ
mas tree set up in the White
House. Calvin Coolidge started
the practice of lighting a deco
rated spruce on the White
House lawn as the Nation’s
Christmas tree. Franklin D.
Roosevelt and his large family
celebrated Christmas with a
series of White House parties
and gatherings for family,
friends and staff. Mrs. Eisen
hower usually wore a bright-red
dress while presiding at holiday
parties for her grandchildren.
1. Cord sets should have the
Underwriters Laboratories ap
proval. Rubber washers will
keep tinsel out of sockets.
Check last year’s lighting sets
for frayed cords, exposed wires,
chipped sockets and loose plugs.
If disorders are found, either
repair them or discard the sets.
2. Metallic reflectors for
bulbs can cause a short; styrene
plastic ones are safer. Insulated
staples are best to secure lights
strung around a molding or
door frame.
3. Candles are taboo near
curtains or draperies which
might be brushed across the
flame. Neither should they be
used around greens, which, as
they dry out, become resin-filled
torches.
4. A tree that is kept damp is
safer. The tree-holder should
have a water well, and it should
be filled every day. If it’s a very
large tree, split the electric load
by plugging lights into two dif
ferent outlets.
5. Anchor the tree securely
a safe distance away from the
heating unit. Trim it from the
top down. Place the lights first
(after uncurling kinks in the
cord) so they may be out of the
way of other ornaments.
6. Arrangements for tables,
mantels, or buffets, may com
bine various materials with
lights. Whenever you pair pa
per, cardboard or fabric with
lights, leave an air-hole for heat
to escape.
MECHANICAL TOYS
The first crude mechanical toys
appeared as early as 1000 A.D.
They were first equipped with
clockwork in 1672 by the toy-
makers of Nuremberg, Germany,
already famous for their dolls. A
French sailor who had fought
the losing battle of Trafalfar with
Napoleon was the unlikely pio
neer of mass-produced clockwork
toys.
HOLE IN HEAD
According to the makers of
Tinkertoy, a popular modern
gift, Greek and Roman children
of early Christian times were
often given puppet-dolls. These
dolls were cunningly made, with
jointed, movable wooden limbs—
and a hole in the head. A string
passed through this hole, and
connected to the arms and legs,
turned the doll into a marionette.
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