The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-12-20

But the IrOUDtc OF HclllnR these Will De
amply repaid when the article is completed
These are articles for which your work
basket will furnish the materials, but when
you begin in the list needing your purse
you will have plenty of gifts to select from.
Shall give few, each one of which is always
oontme 2 fao,t in good society? A gold pen
or pencil for a gentleman who Erites much
handsome inkstand or portfolio, or one of
Mark Twain's new scrap books for the
saving" Books. ranging from the modest
paper covered editions of Dickens and the
many volumed Harpers library, 20 the SUI
| perbly Dore illustrated poems and travels,
are ready for you to choose from. and moth
| ing Is needed but a fine appreciation
of the tastes of the receiver and-of
| the state of your pocket book A stereo-
scope and pictures, beautiful Photographic
| views, a perfectly tinted chrome are each
and all suitable. Or if you prefer gifts of
silver and gold, the jewelry stores are
glisteniDg with beauty. Cuff buttons, studs,
scarf pins, watch chains, seal rings are
abundant and vary as much in price as in
loveliness; but imagine lady would not
consider present of this kind appropriate
| only to a relative or TO her betrothed but
opinions differ.
For Christmas gifts for ladies and young
girls there are many articles which are both
pretty and useful, and mothers, sisters and
friends will add much to the value of their
things. Work baskets, jewelry cases, pin
cushions, toilet mats can be made so easily
and cheaply that they are neither tax upon
time nor money. Card board cut in shape,
covered with bright silk or worsted, forming
q basket, edged with ruches of ribbon, and
having tiny pockets for trinkets and needles
will be serviceable and nice for an indus
trious friend, and would be treasured by
school girl learning the art of making but
ton holes and plain sewing. A novel
lewelry case, or "catch all /" can be made by
cutting three pieces Of card board similar in
shape TO the quarters of an orange, covering
them inside ard out with silk
or scraps of any bright goods leaving
them plain or embroidered, at your pleasure
Close all but one seam, fasten the bottom
with small fiat button, and suspend by
cords, opening the case by pressing on the
top. A pin cushion of pink or blue silk
made in square form with a heavy head
fringe, has resting on it a slipper of white
satin. entirely covered with tiny glass beads
making a nice jewelry case. This made en-
tirely of white silk or satin Is such a nice
bridal present. Would not "a Cinderella
pin cushion" be a good name for
this2 A young lady whose friend has
toilet set of delicate pink is making as a gift
a set of toilet mats of No. 8, white tidy
cotton, crocheted in afghan stitch with an
inch deep border of pink zephyr, matching
exactly the toilet articles. To complete this
is a watch pocket in slipper shape of pink
satin embroidered in beads, and pin cush
ion the same material similarly ornamented.
Glove and handkerchief boxes made of
perforated card board and silk are nice, and
inexpensive. Work boxes for holding bits
of embroidery or fancy work are made OF
small boxes which can be got at any dry
goods store, ornamented in any way that
will please your fancy. Wall pockets of
card board. trimmed with spatter work or
mr. ezeAI for or QNrfrT laaK
pretty and are as useful as anything can pos
sibly be. Perhaps have a mania for nice
boxes. and that is the reason why / encour-
age their manufacture, but unless you have
done without them a while you can not APP
preciate them. Ladies' will like scarfs, tiny
shoulder shawls, coquettish hoods, wristlets,
gloves, anything and everything that you can
make with a crochet needle, zephyr
or cotton. Ii you are very intimate,
neckties, gloves, handkerchiefs, would be
suitable for gifts, but would prefer from
any but members of my own family books
pictures, music or something OF that kind.
But above all be discriminating in your re-
membranes. Try 10 ascertain what will
give the most pleasure, what is most craved,
and then, so far as it is possible, satisfy the
longing. You will know what to choose out
of the stores, for the supply of articles is
almost unlimited, and you will need to be
careful in order TO make your allowances
advice: With all your good, practical, useful
gifts, now and then add something dainty
and bright. Because mother or aunty is
always at the sewing machine or mending
basket, do not infer that she can not relish
CHEEKY picture or pleasant book or pot of
flowers in bloom; or because friend or sister
Is an economical housewife, that she will
not enjoy bouquet of brilliant autumn
leaves or bunch of lovely pressed ferns; she
will like them the more because they raise
her from the dull routine of ordinary life
But girls and boys. little rnd big, above all
things, no matter who else goes without,
see to it that father and mother have their
Christmas presents. The day will come
when the fond hearts will be still, the
" rinkled faces cold the thin aged hands
quiet. and the dear old people will be Eat
rest. Then and never till then will YOU
learn what their love has been for YOU.
Perchance labor and age have made Them
more quiet and less ardent than you. They
are little 'old fashioned" but they are the
ones that never fail you; theirs the breasts
where the aching heads and aching hearts
Of children may rest
Now for the "wee ones" What shall YOU
get for them? Toys? Yes, by all means, if
you can. Not fooiishly, but with some re-
gard for childish pleasure and nature. j re-
member a father whoee little daughter OF
four years wanted Santa CLAUS to bring her |
doll. She pictured in her baby language the |
very costume it must wear, the color of its |
eyes. the length of its body, and finally pro- |
ceeded 70 christen the yet unpossessed treas /
ure by the name of Rose" Hermother peald |
TO buy the little china and cloth baby but |
the father was practical, and Christmas |
morning he did away once and forever with |
the illusions and pleasures of the child by /
handing her good solid little savings /
bank, putting into it, before the child, a 1
silver half dollar, that she could not get
out, and giving her her first lesson think
in hard heartedness, though lac called it
prudence. Have dolls for the girls
dressed in clothes that they can take off /