Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-01-03
Christrnna gifts.


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The time is near approaChing-Wi
soon be at hand nOW-When we shall
want horde of pretty and useful things
to distribute among our friends as Christ
mas gifts. 1t is already time to be pre-
pairing such as are to be Of home manu-
facfure, and in preparing gifts for our
friends let us try to have them such that
it may not be said of them, literally, that
it is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive.
= The wall-pOckets, lamp-mats, pin
cushions and such things, On which so.
much time is often expended, make
pretty, Appropriate and Inexpensive gifts
for those who need them and have no
time to make their Own supplies, but for
those who already have abundance Of
such trif1es, they are an annoyance which
bring TO their. pOssessor tVeZation of spir-
it rather than pleasure.
Politeness compels one to accept what
ever Is offered as a gift; so, Pohteness
should compel US, If we make gifts at all,
to make such as are worthy Of appreci-
alton. We are supposed TO make gifts
not so much for our own pleasure, as to
confer pleasure on those who are the
recipients Of the favor, and to make each
gift wholly acceptable, we should study
theseveral tastes Of those who are to be
the REGIMENTS, and. not be guided by what
our own tastes would suggest were we TO
be the favored one.
For the urchin, who is not likely to
have much regard for the sentiment
which is supposed to RttachstO a gift, a
few coins that he may spend as his fancy
dictates will usually prove most accept
able, and though a sack of flour or
pound of tea would be the last thing you
would desire as a Christmas GIFT, it might
be of all things most desirable to your
widowed neighbor across the. way,
From friend to friend there Is nothing
more appropriate and nothing more uni
versally acceptable, than a nice book
which viii bear re-reading and thus be-
come a frequently recurring source Of
pleasure; but where there are many to
provide presents for the means come
times becomes an object, and then If we
have not the means to procure such gifts
as we would please to give, we must
make the best Of the means at hand.
Last Christmas / gave one of my little
nepheWs a scrap book Ot my own make,
Whick delighted him highly. For the
foundation. Fused an old seed catalogue
and to stiffen the backs pasted two or
three leaves together AZ each mdes press
ing smoothly with a hOtirOn, then bound
neatly with a piece of black calico, and
Ornamented the top cover with a small
chrome. and the word scraps In gay
/ Letters cut from an old poster. This
1 done 1 clipped cut each alternate Leaf,
and filed the remainder with pleasant
stories, poems and sketches which I had
saved for the purpose ont of old neWspa-
/ pers. A pretty picture book for a small
! er child was made on the same plan,
supplementing pictures for Eeading mat
ter. I am now preparing what 1 call a
scrap Dozf5r q lady WhO-Is fond 81 read
ling, buEWhose literary resources are eE-
/ tremely limited. 1t is simply a pretty
paste board box, and the Scraps are
I clippings from newspapers and maya
I zines, just any aud everything which 4
think she viii ind entertaining OF use
/ full. and While.it costs me nothing but a
/ little time, know that it viii furnish
many a pleasant hour for her.
For those of unlimited means, the
shops provide more than one brain could
/ ever devise in the way Of suitable Christ
mas gifts, but for slender purses, thsre
+ are q multitude of ways for providing
charming gifts for friends If only good
/ taste and judgment are exercised
Ness City Is to have a new bank soon