The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-23
THE eIrT QUESTION.



to prepare for the great and universal
gift giving day. With many the care
and worry used in choosing a gift is
considerably more than any considera-
tion Of price. To attempt to cover the
field opened by the question what to
give, would be nearly as easy as indi-
eating the weather for Judgment day.
The selection of Christmas gifts de-
ponds an the whims and fancies Of the
giver, the relations existing between
the giver and the persons remembered,
the pocket-hook, and the opportunities
to select, purchase. etc.
Here are few don'ts that will be
well to heed:
Don't get grandpa a bicycle.
Don't buy the baby cane.
Don't purchase Willie fan.
Don't give Maude cigarette ease.
Don't buy papa box of candy.
Don't buy mamma n high silk hat. and
Don't buy anything just because it's
cheap.
The question of how expensive shall
be young mans present to a young
lady is puzzing to many. 1t should
depend on the existing relations and
friendship between them and ON the
means of the man, 1t should be borne
in mind that the cost is not the thing.
A gift is a gift and the remembrance
with pretty card will evidence the
spirit as well as diamond. It may
be hard for many to accept this philos-
ophy.
Gloves are always obtainable Three
pairs or upwards make charming and
welcome gifts. Ivory tinted kids,
stitched and bound in black and hav-
ing immense black buttons-so large
in fact that even masculine fingers can
fasten them. Tan-eolored suedes, fin
ished in white, AID dog skin walking
gloves make good combination.
If You know your feminine friend
sufficiently well you can please her
with some fine handkerchiefs. The
latest mandates of fashion demand
those with tiny borders of real Valen-
cennes lace If the man can distn-
guish 'real' lace when he sees it he is
entitled to,a prize.
Articles for the toilet table are
doubtful gifts. You must know your
person. Some argue that defined re-
lations must exist between the giver
and the young lady.
Writing papers are always pretty,
useful, welcome and appropriate. The
variety is diversified.
In the book and art store no man
should despair of finding something to
please his fair friends. Pretty books,
pictures, dainty and tasty pieces of
real china, bric-a-brac, pocket books,
and card cases combined, made Of seal.
alligator or more fashionable yet,
lizards SKIN with rainbow colors and
bound in silver with clasps, monograms,
etc. A chocolate pot Of Japanese
ware is fashionable and acceptable.
In the jeweley stores the tempta-
tons are wonderfully great. Be care
full; know your people to whom you
are giving and you can find anything
You want. ick-pins, say two silver
hat pins or pearl pins in box, or any
tiny jeweled pin in the shape of fly
or bug, or, in fact, anything, no
matter what, will please woman if
she can feel sure that it is affection
and not a sense of duty or conventional
obligation that prompts the giving.
Use judgment and thought and visit
all of our stores. including furniture
dealers, diy goods, druggists and candy
merchants.and You can please yourself
and your friends.
\ woman can give her masculine
friends anything except a nccktie case
or handkerchief case or tooth
brush. These are outlawed.
Women's fingers are 50 deft and
dainty, and are guided by such an ex~
quisite taste that anything they make
or give or choose sends u man to the
seventh heaven of ecstatic delight
With the man more than the woman
it is the gift in itself, distracted wholly
from its money value. A man likes
almost anything from a neat pocket
book to comfortable armchair; chair
pillows, pin cushions, decorations for
his room, if he has no home; proprie-
tary articles if he is engaged, as many