Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-20
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
What to Give as Presents and How to
Give Them.
Monday, Dec. l6, 1888.

One ofthe annOyances peculiar to this
time of the year is the difficulty every
body finds in selecting appropriate Christ
mas gifts for his relatives and friends.
One may have unlimited means at his dis
posal and be utterly at less to know
what to buy, while another may have a
very large knowledge of what selection
he would like to make, but have no means
at his disposal. So far as our own indi-
yidual case is concerned, the chosen few
whom we number as our friends and rela-
tives belong strictly to the latter class.
The following suggestions will be found
of value.
A husband in selecting present for his
wife is confined to narrow limits. It
| must be either sealskin saque or dia-
mond earrings. But" some of our read
ers say, "she may have BOTH" To which
| we answer: 1t makes no difference; no
true wife will sniff at sealskin sacque or
pair of diamond earrings, provided they
cost a little more than the ones she al
ready has.
| A woman in selecting present for her
husband should first consider his comfort.
Consequently pair of slippersis the prop
er caper, Ifhe has credit at a shoe store,
the loving wife will get the very best. In
| former days wives used to make the slip
pers themselves, entertaining the ABSURD
| notion that their husbands might prize
them more highly on that account. But
those were the days when pumpkin pie
was made out OF such common truck as
pumpkins and didn't have any nice nut
meg or cinnamon or cornstarch or extract
! of vanilla or ylang ylang or hair Oil, or
4 any of those delicious ingredients which
/ go to make up the modern scientific
pumpkin pie.
A sister should invariably present u
grown brother with six he mstitched lin
en- handkerchefsa and a pair Of bright COL
ored twenty-five cent cotton suspenders.
To make the presentation as effective as
| possible she should shed tears-happy,
JOYOUS tears me mean, not those Of a scald-
ing grief-laden character, for all the glo-
rious Yuletide time the heart should szbe
filled with gladness, not sorrow.
/ A brother should give his sister apound
of French candy, a $l.50 Jersey and all of
his old neckties and scarfs for a crazy
quilt. Mf EI,
For the Younger members of the family,
the little boys should have drums and
horns, and the little girls boxes ofpaint.
We are little bit timid in Offering ad-
vice to lovers. Our scheme was $7j
Christmas card, and a volume OF Mrs.
Hemans' poems bound in blue and gold.
That the scheme was successful can be in
ferred from the fact that we now spend sic
month for shoes, and bought the second
baby carriage.
The eldest son should receive from his
parents jointly prayer book with a ten
dollar bill incosed between the fy-leal
and the cover. Hewill take good care o
! the prayer book and the prayer book will
take good care of the ten dollar bill.
Grandpa and grandma should be remem
bred in the shape of easy chairs. Amy
t body can sit in an easy chair without dan
=, ger, and, besides, it helps to furnish the
house.
outside of the family and among friends
s one should spend as much money as pos
a sible, or he will be looked upon as mean.
: The finest line of Jewelry in the city cal
: be found at McMahon's, the new store IL
g Humphreys block. Call in and examine
2 pnnds and nricGs. 1t is pleasure to ShOv