Huntsville gazette., 1893-04-01
EASTER GIFTS.
Same of the Articles Appropriate for This
Beautiful Feast.


Beautiful Feast.
He gives not best who gives most,
Sszs he rives most who give best" says
| Warrick, and to no season is the truth
more applicable than to Easter. The
custom of giving in this. the loveliest
feast of all the year, is yet in its COM
| parative infancy, and Easter may be
saved from the reproach Of OVERRIDING
if only the giver would pause and re-
member that verify she give pAost
who gives best"
| There cliDgs to gift which be-
speaks thought and delicate considerar
tion in the giver sentiment that no
merely wanton outlay can induce, and
the Easter offering that conveys tne
meaning of the blessed season in yer
SO simple way is better by far than
the costliest gift which has no special
significance whatever.
Easter, or the Sunday of joy," as it
was called in earlier times, is not only
a religious feast, but a festival of na-
ture as we'll. 1t tells of the wonderful
resurrection of Christ; but it tells also
of renewed life throughout all the
land. The earth is about to come forth
in all her glory, and the hearts of the
people are glad for the promise Of
verdure, of flowers, and of fruit to
come.
So it is that the giving of gifts at tais
blessed season of renewed life has a
special meaning. and so it would seam
that the gifts should be made to c;,n-
vey some message well suited to ahe
time. Cards on which appropriate
sentiments are either written or en-
graved are always acceptable at
Easter, as they are at all other seasons
to which special Importance may be at
tached, ard mum berless devices and de-
signs are to be seen on every side. But
as the spirit CO giving has seized upon
the popular mind, the card of to-day is
only the attendant of the gift itself 1t
may be simple in the extreme, or elab-
crate, as the purse of the sender al
lows, but in nearly every case it is an
adjunct only, and has ceased to be in
itself an object of consideration.
Gifts are a recognized feature OF
Easter as they are of Christmastide,
and it remains only to the lover of
order and modera ton in all things to
keep the spirit of giving within certain
limits, and to make the Easter gift a
thing all of Joy, both in the giving and
receiving.
''IIe gives not best who gives most" "
but he or she who puts portion of
self into the gift gives what it cannot
fail to be a genuine pleasure to re-
ceive.
Flowers make the loveliest of all
Easter offerings, save for the one. OBJ
lection that flowers quickly fade away.
Bon bons are always in good taste.
and, as the bon-bon box can be made
as elegant and as costly as the giyer
chooses, they cannot be objected to on
the ground of too great simplicity.
Books are ever in good taste, and from
| the costly edition de luxe to the simple
vet delightful volume of vers de So
ciete bound in dainty vellum. the
range of choice is sufficiently wide to
suit all tastes. But as even the tempt-
| ing bonbonniers and the fascinating
array of books cannot fulfill all the de-
mand for gifts, and as these belong
peculiarly to the list of mans avail
able offerings, it is well for the women
to turn their thoughts to other things
and to call into play the deft fingers
and the love for beautiful work Tor
| which they are renowDed.-Harper .
Bazar.