European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                First Christmas card Spaghetti Lover Delff Ftfe Cranor rotates Fork to wrap pasta around the tines intimate in Uteri de giving United press International shoppers who  themselves do i really need this might have Ahard Lime picking Oul  gifts at Hammacher Schlemmer or Al the very least Thoy might have to redefine the word  for 140 years Hammacher Schlemmer s group of elves or testers As they Call them have been helping shoppers find the Ull Imale Holiday gilts be in a one of a kind or lop of theline. For example consider his Yaar s lop seller me relating pasta Forch Ettas a Fork with a Crank at the top. Turn the Crank and the Lork head relates Neall wrapping  holiness. $19 50 Forast Olour. Hammacher Schlemmer specializes in unique and Superior products for the Home travel personal care and recreation said spokeswoman Susan l. Sanders. The company established minnow York in 1848, now has stores in Chicago new York and Beverly Hills. A lot of our buyers have everything Bui Lime Sanders said everybody Toves to save Lime and Money and.  our products do just  product testers located Al the Hammacher Schlemmer Institute in new York do nothing at Day but lest product Sand come up Wilh the Best we can Lind. She said. They Analyse about 75 dil Lerent. Product categories per  i a popular Only being shered by Hammacher Schlemmer this year is the. The Only ultrasonic Nursery Humidifier which to $ 103.50 combines a Cool Musl night Light and a 60-Minule Lullaby to soothe babies to sleep. And if that s not enough a Mother Duck and her Lour ducklings swim around inside the 1 i gallon tank. Other Only a include the Only radio controlled hang glider $320 the Only Remote control video editing machine $499 the Only folding Toboggan $69.95 the Only two Section heated foot ,"$5995 the Only talking world time clock $124.75 the Only air cleansing bathroom Heater $52.95 the Only full size electronic backgammon game $126.50 the Only personal environmental sound machine $17f.25 the Only orthopaedic pet Bod $46.95 for Rural dwellers Wilh Short arms there s the solar powered extending Mailbox which Lor $420 will bring lha mail into the car window via a hand held transmitter to control the length of the. Extension. The Genuina English heated Towel stand $129.50, is always a Best seller Sanders said. Other popular items Are the Melody whistling Tea Kettle that plays Tea for two when he Waler boils and the solar powered ventilated Goll Cap,"s29.95. Which contains a built in solar powered Ian to Cool sweaty foreheads on the greens. It you re looking Lor a More conventional Gill and want Illo to the Best Hammacher Schlemmer s testers have weeded Oul 1he Best electric Toothbrush pants Presser orthopaedic Pillow hand. Held carpet vacuum cordless Telephone. Portable Oil fixed Radiator compact binoculars clock radio toaster oven broiler combination to Var table radio. Indoor electric Barbecue hand held color television Nice extractor electric Shaver baby stroller wide Mouth toaster instant v aun Lary Coal rack. And on and on Andon. ". Everyone knows that person who has everything but nol everyone.1 has the Money to Allard Hammacher. Schlemmer s biggest ticket items the. Two person submarine si8,000, a Batley operated vehicle thai travels to 60 feel underwater the oceanographer s diving  which Lor $25,000 will dive As deep As 300 feet and among other things help the avid Fisherman scope out the Best spot and  weather mini Rover $8,900, a Valiery a pealed one sealer thai looks like a covered Golf cart and Allais a maximum Speed of a Mph. The other stuff you can get Al k Mart. B by Gregory Jensen United press International before your mantelpiece collapses under Tho weigh of ail those Christmas cards Sparo a thought Lor sir Henry Cole. He started it All. Cards seem to have been a part of Christmas forever. Actually they re 145 years old this year and Only began because of Cole s Busy social life Cole was the first director of London s Victoria and Albert museum a new Wing of the museum is now named Lor him. A was a Friend and associate of Queen Victoria s Prince Albert he helped organize Albert s great exhibition of 1851. The first world s Lair end wrote annual Christmas letters to his Many friends. But in 1843, like Many of us today he left his Teller writing until Loo Lalo. So says one of Many Christmas card histories he had this Bright idea a printed and illustrated card to carry Christmas greetings Lohus family and iriends.". An artist Friend John Calcott Horsley designed a postcard sized scene of a dickensian family at dinner raising a Toast above a Banner inscribed with Christmas greetings. The sketch was Sel within a. Framework of trellis de vines holding vignettes of Good works Lor the poor. Historians leave some confusion about the exact Liming of Cole s lithographed and hand coloured cards 14 of which Aro known to survive today. Some say Cole decoration clangers j by Randolph e. Schmid 3 associated press. Firtl known com printed 1.000 in 184 Quantity came three offered them for a shop founded by Hin uplifting Public taste Well probably no  said Lio Victoria and Albert c on the  the v & a collection. But i have seen card Send to him by i is rather amusing i when the first cards who did t know the sent one Back to Hin. In any Case while probably caused a he annual crop of Holiday greenery is sprouting in Iho \ Home enjoying Whoso decorations also Means using. Some care to avoid lire and keep children irom poisoning themselves.  some of the most popular plants used. Tor Holiday decorations Are poisonous according to the National Clearinghouse or Poison Conkol centers in Washington Holly is popular because of ils Bright Green leaves and red berries but the. Berries can be dangerous in eaten. Swallowing the berries can Lead to diarrhoea vomiting and depression of the Central nervous system. The Poison. Control Center says. Mistletoe berries Aro another danger containing chemicals that can cause abdominal pain diarrhoea vomiting High blood pressure and even collapse of the circulatory system medical authorities say. Enjoying Iho Fah. In addition diarrhoea pressure and other p eating any part of the those Lovely red i. Troublesome Loo. He any  the plan cause abdominal i Milky sap from the 1 irritation or Derma tit another decorate Christmas Trees an major problem. The stars and stripes monday Decemb