Figure 1.--Here two boys are checking out just what was in their cones. |
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We have little information about what is in these cones. The conents of these cones were quite varied. Tis was because the parents commonly bought empty cones and filled them up at home.
A German reader tells us, "I suppose that usually parents will fill up the cones. About the time of school start (now in
or about August) you find empty cones in the windows of shops and department stores."
Given the size of the cones, quite a mix of little items could be included. The cones include candy, school supplies, clothes, toys, etc. Unfortunalely few of the available photographs provide any clues to the contents. We know there was candy. One photograph shows boys enjoying candy (presumably) chocolate cigars and playing with a toy gun. We suspect that these were a bit more popular than school supplies. A German reader tells us that the cones were filled with, "sweets (candy), school supplies (pencil, rubber/eraser, etc.), very little toys (inexpensive ones)". The children were of course excited about all the loot coming their way, which helped take the fright away from that first day of school. They were also very curious as to just what was in their cone. It was tied up at the top with what looks like celophane, making it difficult to figure just what they got.
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