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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thurs., Dec. 25, 1969—SEC. A, PAGE 3 Use Color Scheme If you choose one color scheme and s^.ck to it, your packages will look more in dividual and you won’t have ribbons and papers that don’t match each other. It is also much less ex pensive to buy one very large roll of paper, than to invest in costly packaged. Often the packaged papers turn out to have two square sheets which usually are too large or too small for your size package. At the same time, it is wiser to buy large yardage bolts of ribbon and cheaper in the long run than ribbons measured in feet Ghristmas Has any Hawes... In Greece Christmas is called “Genethlia,” feast of the Nativity. Noel is the term used for Christmas in France. An Italian name for Christ mas is “Nativita” from which probably derived the Span ish “Navidad.” classic favoifite Chijistmas stoifg: The Gift ©f the FRa£>i retold... adapted from the famous story by O. Henry In the early years of the 20th century, twenty dollars a week was considered quite a decent salary. A furnished Hat could be had at eight dollars a week. Even so. a dollar and eighty-seven cents seems a very paltry sum, es pecially to a young wife des perately facing a forlorn Christmas, just a day away. For Della Young it was enough to drive her to tears; she so wanted to buy a gift for her young husband, fimniy, and the prospect was. to say the least, bleak. You see, Della could not compromise with the occa sion. Only something “fine and rare and sterling” would do. for her Jim. Suddenly, amidst her tears, she was struck by a thought. Standing before the mirror her eyes shone brilliantly but her face suddenly lost its color. She pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length. It was a gorgeous sight. In fact Della’s hair was one of tiie two possessions tin* Jim Youngs took a mighty pride . . . the other was Jim’s gold watch that had been his father's and his grand mother's. And now Dellas beautiful hair fell about her shoulders rippling and shining like a cascade' of brown waters. It reached below' her knee. \ he thought that had penetrated her mind was too hotrid for her to contemplate. She did it up again quickly. A tear dropped on the worn red carpet. But the thought persisted. With grim determination she put on her old brown jacket, jammed her old brown hat on her head, and with a whirl of skirts sailed out the door and down the steps to the street. In a few minutes she stopped at a hair goods shop, presided over by a Mine. Sofronie. The madame was hard and cold, but she knew a fine head of hair wTien she saw it. She named her price: twenty dollars. Della accepted it quickly, and raced off to ransack the stores before they closed. She had to find Jim that per fect gift. She found it: a platinum fob chain exquisitely simple, eminently worthy of Jim and the Watch. Twenty one dol lars it cost her, but Della was ecstatically happy. She was warmed by the thought of how Jim would be able to properly inquire about the time among his peers, now that he would have such a fine chain. When she got home she heated the curling irons and frizzled the remaining thatch of hair hoping thereby to make the cropping less no ticeable. Alas! When Jim came home and looked at her, he was as if struck dumb. Not furious, not disappointed, but some how in a state of shock. “Jim, dear,” pleaded Della, “don’t look at me that way. I had to do it! I couldn’t find you the right gift with the little money I had. “And” (brightening). . . “my hair grows fast! Say Merry Christ mas, and let’s be happy.” Out of his trance Jim seemed to wake. He enfold ed his Della. Then lie drew a package out of his coat pock et and set it on the table. “Take a look, Della . . . then you’ll see why you had me going at first.” She quickly tore open the package. There were the Combs, the set of combs, pure tortoise shell, with jew elled rims, that she had craved for months without the least hope of possession. And now the tresses they should have adorned were gone! But she hugged them to her bosom and managed to say, again, “My hair grows so fast, Jim! You’ll see!” Jim had not seen his pres ent. She held it out to him eagerly. The precious metal seemed to flash with a reflec tion of her own ardent spirit. “Give me your watch, Jim,” she said. “I want to see how it looks.” Jim tumbled down on the couch and a flickering smile wandered around his mouth. “Dell,” he said with a sigh, “let’s put our Christmas pres ents away for a while. Look, honey, I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you put the chops on.” Perhaps these two young people were, after all, the wisest. They are the magi. Bag A Pretty Gift Cellophane or plastic bags, which come in as sorted sizes, make good see- through wrappings for dif ficult packages or for gifts that won’t fit into boxes. In sert the item into the bag and gather the bag at the top into a rosette. Tie with tinsel or ribbon and decorate. I The German “Heilige Nacht”signifies “holy night.” The likeliest derivation of our own “Christmas” is from the Hebrew “mas” which means tribute. HOLIDAY WELCOME . . . Outdoor decorations need not be elaborate to be effective. This cheerful doorway reflects the spirit of the season. Making your own decorations, if you have the time, adds to your own holiday enjoyment. Holiday Notice Bankers Trust will be closed Christmas Day, Dec. 25th. Open Friday, December 26th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. WE WILL NOT BE OPEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON Closed New Year’s Day Thursday, January 1,1970 Open Friday, January 2,1970 for business as usual. BANKERS TRUST of South Carolina Newberry, S. C. iTWiTr Vol almanac for the fZ ' I9t0 an d until the Beiug ."JLndence of the