Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1921, Page 33

~ Kowogers DEA | R “Main _Street” More : Than ‘Ever Like That of Wild West Town. KOVNO, Lithuania, December 2.— treet” of Kovno, which resembeld, to a certain t of a wild west town, has become more Americanized than ever. Dozens of the men now playing prominent roles in the Lithuanian |, government and in business here are Lithuanians who have been in America and returned to their birth- land since the country won its in- dependence, Some of the business men_stlll retain their American cii- zenship. More strictly-American type clothes are noted in Lithuania than any other country of Europe. Inkabitants Number 2,500,000. Lithuania, exclusive of the disputed ‘Vilna territory, has about 2,500,000 inbabitants. At least 100,000 of these have been, at one time or another, in America, while, according to Lithuan- ian statistics, nearly a million of Lithuanian birth or parentage are now residing In the United States. Tie country being almost exclusively agricultural, they do not usually con- Eregate in in America, however, are mauny coal miners, distributed about the Penn- sylvania and Illinois mining flelds. 1 The smallest Lithuanian village ¥ generally boasts at least one English- speaking citizen. Languages come easy to them, as their mother tongue, it 1s claimed, is the nearest modern approach to the anclent Sanscrit from which all Aryan languages sprang. Their Englieh, however, is of the Ameriacn variety. Dr. Zaunius of the Lithuanian diplo- matic corps said that nearly $50,000 dally is coming to Lithuania from her Serve Elk Grove Butter on Your Table Christmas Day . —and all the year—its uniform quality and fine flavor have won for it thousands of friends. Always fresh and: sweet. With Each Pound of Elk Grove Batter Are Inclosed - Two Coupons, Which Are Redeemable - In Rogers Silverware’ %old by Grocers Who Supply Their Customers the: Best Butter GOLDEN & CO., Distributors = Christmas <8 rge cities. Among those |1 THE EVENING NTAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 192f. son, which culminates in the festival of Christmas, recalls the arrival of & Jjolly old personage of a Santa Claus, under some title or other, to | ¢th, make happy childish hearts on this great festival. gift-laden trees and numerous other associations have come from various lands of the earth, to say nothing of[ the many superstitions attached to the day. in the Christmas legends is that cattle kneel that night in honor of the Savior, that animals converse one to another and that sheep go in procession to commemorate the visit of the angel| ygo, and its hold has not abated in on the first Christmas. the ancient rememberances, through the -ages from Holland, and today there is not a land under the sun but has some kind of a Santa Clause. long held a prominent place in the' Christmas festivals. The custom was to bring in this log, which was placed | on the open fireplace and lighted ! with the embers of the past year's! tect it a birthday the belief in His coming has become an established truth. tions of the states of the American Union it s not merely a day's re- Joicing, days, or two weeks, accompanied by various ways of expressing the joy- ful spirit of the festival, determined very much by the character and man- > o - EVERY LAND ON THIS PLANET HAS SOME KIND OF SANTA CLAUS In the far away distant Philippines the day is essentially a religious one and besides attendance at church services little plays that deplct some incident related in Scriptures are en- acted by young men and women who | go about from place to place. In fact, ‘The observance of the holiday sea- | ners of the different {races. the Christmas holida; ason, in some sections of our land,:s so much given ove for time, to general festivi- spension of active life that ° ong grown up, especially in the rural districts, an expression often heard as “Christmas in the bones,” and “there is nothing doing e 1€ Relt By ATl Nations pirit Fel ations No matter in what way Christmas $1.59 SET is celebrated it is to every race a day EVERY SET GUARANTEED One of which comes to us, dear to the heart and home. All | A1ge large assortment of different coles | nations feel the bo:mdlels‘u l:inlverln} | gulbe, fancy and piain, at reduced prices. love that comes with the dawn o Iexe dhat somes, with e dawn of | PENN ELECTRIC & GAS church reckoning nearly 2,000 years | i et ' @pen Bvenings Phone Main 613 ' XMAS TREE OUTFIT WHILE THEY LAST Yule logs, mistletoe, For House Current or Battery ASHER FIRE PROOFING CO. ©15 SOUTHERN BUILDING Tho decoration of & Christmas tree, |t €lapse of the centuries. t is sald, was transmitted to us from i Teutons or from the Druids. Tradition on this particular of this observance does not seem to be clear, yet we have it and it neeml' to be necessary to complete childish Joy. The legend of Santa Claus, who travels over the world with his reindeer teams and fills the stock: Millions For Christmas Savings 'But Not One Cent for Interest WHY NOT SAVE AND GET Origin of Yule Log Custom. Among the old Saxons the Yule log 0g to sanctify the roof tree and pro- gainst evil spirits. Though under many customs pecu- iar to their people, every nation has anniversary, inasmuch as In many sec- but covers a period of ten Only 4 more days % o1 sons and daught: in the United Sonsis ghters in the Unite: Influence Economic Life. “A gr role in the economic life of Lithuania is played by the American Lithuanians,” 'he said. “Trade enter- prises, factories, banks, etc., are being established with their money. A oot : % 5 group of them has just purchased one NP R NS . of : the largest textile factories in :Give Electrica EUoUL 16:000,000 Srshebos (o atay is about three-fourths of a yard) of cloth.” Utensils This Year . —They’re Practi- _ cal and Always Acceptable away In the ordinary calls of a few days at Kovno the correspondent found the director of the town's biggest bank bad been a resident of Scranton, Pa.; the manager and president of the largest trading concern were both American citizens of Lithuanian par- entage, and the underminister of for- eign affairs had been a Chicago lawyer. The hotel porter had been a coal miner in Illinols, and the passport ment of the newly opened American consulate here was jammed with Lithuanian-Americans daily, naturalised and carrying American g:;;x;?{;:, !éle“kl:g renewal of these s which prove - ican oltizenship. © S —_— OYSTER EXPERIMENT. New York Seeks to Restore Indus- try Steadily Decreasing. ALBANY, N. 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