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Images from the early 20th century show that the school gift cones were a very popular custom. We are unable to assess just how popular. We do have several images from the 1900s, although not as many as after World War I. But this may simomply reflect the fact that our archice is much larger for the period after the War. We are not sure yet just when rhis custom began. We are not positive about the chronology of these cones. The custom of giving these cones appear to have begun in the late 19th cenury. The photographic image we have begin at the turn of the 20th century. This suggests that this was when this custom began widespread. A German reader writes, "HBC uses Zuckertüte for it, a term I'm less familiar with, but it's also used. These Schultüten are common since the late 19th century, they first were hung on Christmas trees, besides other items, later they were used as special present to sweeten the first day at school." The boy here, we think in 1908 wears a sailor suit. This was popular schoolwear.
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