St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-06

diately after breakfast for those heads,
and by o'clock had visited every toy
store i'll the city. Some stores kept all
blue eyes, and some all brown eyes.
One saleSlady informed me that Sleep
ing dolls were out of fashion, and an
other declared that such dimensions as
l asked for in a head were unknown in
the world of dolls. Why didn't / buy
whole doll instead of two heads? 1t
would be as cheap. Finally went to a
corner stationery store where sign,
Heads to Fit Any Body" hung in the
window. purchased blue-eyed and
a, brown-eyed imp, packed and sent
them to Dakota.
A week before Christmas I received
the following letter from my old district
school chum:
Darling Polly: You know that Joe and
are engaged now, and l want to give him
something nice for Christmas. Doyou think
that under the circumstances, it would be
proper for me to give him some suspendersg
OF course don't want to appear immodest:
will give them to him. | think you can get a
pair of silk ones for 81. Please send them
to me and will forward money want to
embroider forget-me-nots on them. Low
ingly, JEN.
A pair of silk suspenders for 81 and
embroidered with forget-me-nOts! l
was much impressed with Jen'S gen.
erOsity to her betrothed, and more i'm
pressed with her "cheek" in asking
me to buy present for him. l wrote
her that the present would be proper.
but that the articles could not be bought
for the price named. | found pair for
$3.50 with
GOLD-wASHED BUCKLES,
sent them, told her the price and asked
her to send the money immediately, as
wanted it before Christmas. The day
before Christmas came the answer: Il
haven't got the money now, but will
send as soon as | can. You paid a pre-
pOsterous price," had planned to buy
my Jack set of Dickens, and depended
on the $3.50 to help buy it. but now it
could not be. | wrote an angry letter.
informing my friend that she might
keep the suSpenderS as a Christmas
present from me. Christmas eve | sent
Jack a linen handkerchief, to which
was attached, "a Merry Christmas with
love from Polly" wept as wrote the
words, thinking of how | had bought a
$3.50 present for another girls beau,
and 25 cent one for my own darling.
l suppose the more blessed to give
than to receive" feeling is the poor Christ
uioo iiiOot pCloOHS SiSC
with the expectation of receiving. 1t is
uncomfortable to think that you have re-
ceived present from some one whom
you forgot in your distribution; but it
is better to let him stay forgotten for
ever tnan to pay back Christmas pres
ents on New Years day. remembered
friend with book, price 81, and re-
ceived no Christmas present from her;
but Dec. 81 came book that | knew
cost S1.l5, with the inscription on the fly
leaf, "A happy new year FROM" If
it had not been for the difference of u
cents in the price the exchange would
not have been so bad; but that 10 cents
made me feel like ''boOdler.'
My Sunday school teacher informed
me last Sunday that the heather knew
not the meaning of Christmas. After
considering the matter from a philo-
SOphical and financial point of view.
have about concluded to remove myself
and goods and chattelS to heathendom,
where they don't celebrate. Fourth of
July, election bets and Christmas are
making life in Christian country UNI
bearable. POLLY POLLOCK.