Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-12-16
Christmas Gifts.

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1t is but a short time until the calIow
youth will be ra%nsacking his inner pock-
cts, in a vain search for the wherewithall
to purchase sundry little mementoes
to send to his many friends. In many
cases the search will be but a sad re-
hinder OF the startling absence Of his
summers earnings. There will be in
his pockets a conspicuity of nothingness
"a CHASTITY emptiness-an awful and a
wonderful solitude. And then will come
a sadness and a bitterness of spirit-ai
vain protest against his poverty. He
will lie awake nights, and his hair will
become tinged with gray as he endeay-
ors to figure out the successful purchase
of $50 worth of knick-knacks with no
capital but probably $50 worth Of debts.
The youth who is so placed, is sadly I'M
fortunate. He must either stand off the
vendor of Christmas gifts or go into in
solvency. He deserves sympathy.
With the members of the gentler SEX,
it is different. With so cents worth Of
velvet, an equal amount of silk, 10 cents
worth of silk thread, a box Of paint and
a paint brush, a woman can turn out
little tokens Of remembrance by the cord.
Out of the supply of articles mentioned,
a woman can make presents to her every
acquaintance and have scraps enough
left for a crazy quilt. There is a sad
difference between a woman's position in
this question and that of a man. Very
sad-for the man. s8
The TRIBUNE presents to it's readers,
below, a list OF, presents which are al
ways appropriate. They are never out
of date, and any of them may be made
with safety
The manicure set. This is one which
never fails. When other gifts seem in
appropriate, the manicure set hobs M
aerenely and says: "What's the matter
with me?" It is said that Adam gave
Eve a manicure set right after they
we're married, and the custom has been
gaining in favor over since. Don't forget
the manicure set.
If your next door neighbor ie at
swords points with you, send his young
est son a drum. It will please the boy
and will also serve to soften his fathers
anger against you. And when you see
the youngsters mother borne to an early
grave, or when you hear of the father
having suicided, you can compliment
yourself on the good Judgment you
evinced in making your selection. Yes,
send the boy a drum.
These are only a few of the %appropri-
ate presents which might he mentioned.
A last word of caution might not be out
of place: Do not, under any c%onsidera-
ton, make any present which is in the
slightest degree useful. If you do, peo-g
pie will class you as "odd,,2 Eccentric
"a little off," or "queer." All Of your
presents should be little trinkets which
are useless except for ornament. This is
proper form.
The photograph album is another
present which deserves attention. Es-
pecially to some poor person, who has q
large family to support should this be-
given. It will keep the mother busy
keeping it out of the hands of the small
children, and the father can gaze upon
it's creamy white pages and see just how
he is going to fill a half dozen hungry
mouths. The photograph album should
not be forgotten while you are arranging
your list of presents. s
Then there are the slippers. If you
have any old bachelor friend who is
rather poor and IN need of good, warm
garments, send him a pair of nicely en-
broidered slippers. You may be sure
that he will receive about forty pairs be-
sides your own, and thus when the wind
is blowing through his other garments
with a sad, melancholy whistle, he will
be, sure to have slippers to weac.1Dos
not fail to consider the Appropriateness
Of a pair Of slippers.
If you have a boy friend, whom you
know to be fond of good, lively stories,
send him somebody's "Half Hours With
the Saints or "a Commentary on
"Fogy's Elucidation of the Theory OF
Salvation" or "Jooes on the Causes OF
Earthquakes" or "An Explanation of#
the Solar Parallax," or 1.-THE Origin of
P~rotoplasmic Bodies. He will think
ever so much more Of you than il you
sent him s'The Golden Nugget or
and Jerry at the Academy or some
thing of that nature. He will stay as
home from school to reyel in the enjoy
ments furnished by such books as those
first mentioned. You may be sure 81.
this.
The Homeliest MAI In Bismarck,
As well as the handsomest. and others
are invited to call on any druggist and
get free a trial bottle of Kemp's BalsRm
for the throat and lungs, 9 remedy that
is selling entirely upon it's merits and is
guaranteed to relieve and cure all.
chronic and acute coughs asthma,
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