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First glass orna men ts madę by German chemist

NKW YORK *AP»—Tt was 130 years ago. in the story bonk Cerman town of Lauscha. perched high in the mountaircs Hti miles north of Nuremberg. that the first blown glass Christmas tree ornaments were produced hv a local chemist named Lousi (Jreiner-Schlotfger

According to Philltp Sny der. author of The Christmas Tree Book." the first Chnstmas tree ornament* were glass halls which were hung from trees h> struigs attached to smali corks plugged into one rod of each bali. The first ornaments were madę by tbe craftsmen of Lauscha tor their own famihes, bul as new> of these umque decorations spreatl demand krew.

Word soon reacned the Cmted States, prom pt mg buyers from Stores thmughout tbe country including F W Wooiworth himseif—to make annual wsits 10 Lauscha when they were bjy ing :«*vs and doli*. m the nearby Nuremberg .md ś-nnebeig arras. Sny der rrlate*.

As demami grew. the' glass ower i raf lśnień of Lauscha were >o«n workingas much as l.’> hours a day in the >.maJl work«h»>ps attached to their nomes :..aking as many as 60ł» omaments each dav

B lKhn. the I^ust-ha glas.sblowen» had wdwinl tbe use of molds to form .ntncate ornaments. creating new jobs t. r artists

Ker the years. thousands of different m« 'ds were produced by these skilled arti-t> Kvery cuncetvahle fruit and veg» table wa>*made. as were dogs. cats. mon. eys am1 bears and. of course. all type- of Santa Claus figuies and showi en ^rt isestimated ihat morv than ¹ ow bfferent designs wer« created from t. e ix«* to ly.fct

One of the most enduring and popular pattems was a bird with a taił madę of hair fine strands of spun glass. The imaginative craftsmen of Lauscha produced glass boats with cardboard sails. pear-shaped balls with a face like the man in the moon. 4-inch-high snów men with three children dancing around then. and even popular Amencan comic strip characters.

Bv lito. approximatelv 2.000 homes and fi.000 people in the immediate \icnity of Lauscha were involved in the Chnstmas tree ornament trade Their craft was a 1 most unchanged sińce it had f.rst begun at the tum of the century

After World War II and the division of Cermany. [,a»«cha ended up 10 miles inside Fast (iermany where the govemrm-nt had little interes! in trying to rehuild the craft. The American govemment attempted to help West liermany re-cstablish an ornament mdustry' but the country * hooming eronomy drew young w'rker» to morę lucrative j«hs.

Bv 1974. according to Snyurr. t»v;e were fewer than 23 m«iker»; nf old-fash>aned ornaments left in West (iermany AIkhjI 130 ornament makers remamcd in lauscha. thr origmal borne oi milhons of bea* tiful tragde glass ornaments which ior so many ( hnstmases had fa..cmated both a.iults and children

However. the manufacture uf Chnstmas tree omaments continues. Morę than Son milhon Chnstmas tree ornaments will he sold this vear. according to the National Ornament & Flectnc Light Association Of these. 120 milhon will be glass ornaments manufactured in middle Kuropean rountrirs.

*GtK)clies’ bring holtday spirit to donn residents for finals

f.lobes and saowmea bave l<mg been popular gfaw onumenta.

By l.auri OKane Student \riter

U iht w rut ber turns colder and student* h "gin to hit the boufcs and stody for fin*i«. the Thompson Fomt administra. lon will tr to hring a hit nf the Christm is spirit to their l»ves

For the pa. t thr«e years. the resident adnsers of Bailev Hall have been sponsonng the Goody Bag Project The parents of Thompson Point residents were sent letler. expłaimr.g the Goudy Bag Project in ea*ly Novembn . and for a five -doiła r contt bulion their children ran receiw a gcxx v b-.g during finata week

The students rece ve fruits. candies and soft drinks The narkage rontains also a Christmas gre\ting from their respectue parer'5 The Coody Bags w.U t»e delivered cown the long uarrow dormitory halls bv i. e resident assistants of Bailey Hall ot. l>eę 9

Orgamzer Gary McKi.tire aid. "W'e ha\e tieen doing this for the p. st three years and the response has bet' very go«Kl The parent* like to play Sant_fc and the students really enjoy a treat wi de

they re studying for their long. hard finals

"So far the parrnts MTm quite mteresłed in participating. This year we mailed out t.mu letters and we have receivedover 4oo replies We usually get a response from one out of every three letters.” McKnńre said

The money the Thompson Point adm.mstration receives from the proiec; is used in many ways McEntire said. ■^-Wesomet;mes donate some of the money to a cł»anty of the students cfcofco. Last year v«e'used the money for athptoSt Louis to ć has et m II gamę We have also spcnsored canoe tnpa to Missouri and Kentucky One of the students fa*-onte mghts is Sunday steak rught The dor^is don serce a dinner meal on Sunday. so we ook some uf the money and bought ste.iks We $erved thcm a supe. meai.'’

The pn>jei't usually cams about SIUOO They recently purehased a pn»:l taMe fur use by their residents Some of the money maile this year will go *«!o i’xing up the basement of Bailey Hall. wt.-re the> will he abłe to pla» pon|

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