The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-12-30
WHAT TO GIVE THE GIRLS.

If you must give the object of
your affections a gift, try to use
some taste and discriminate in
the matter. Never give too much
OF appropriately.
Never suggest to any young
lady that she has an appetite. The
only edibles that may be presented
to the object of even your slightest
devotion are sweets, never fruit. a
box of candy as birthday gift or
in payment of a forfeit or as
favor at odd times will never come
amiss
Jewelry from the poor young
man to the rich young woman, or
from the wealthy young man to
the poor girl, is in exceedingly bad
taste. Jewellers have attempted
to get in on the philopena by man
ufacturing small gold and silver
wishbones, some of which have
clover leaf design attached and
others of which the setting Of a
diamond. These give the young
with money a chance. The nov
city in jewelry is the small gold
knot, of which some have dia-
mond-headed pin stuck through
them or are studded with white en-
amelled marguerites.
A box of gloves, if you know her
number, or q box of fine writing
paper, has been considered a suit
able birthday gift through many
generations.
In selecting paper, avoid mono
grams, for their day, as that OF the
initial, has passed. A plain en-
yelops of the baronial size and oc-
tavo note paper, with the street and
number printed in small raised
blue letters just at the top and In
the middle OF the sheet, is correct.
The man of fashion viii, as rule,
see that the crest appears on his
gift.
Of the presents that man OF
fashion may give to a young lady,
flowers easily take precedence.
They are always proper. No
woman is callous to attention, but
she is either passionately fond OF
buds and blossoms, or she pretends
to such liking, if she have it not,
rather than 10 be thought unnat-
ural or eccentric. At any stage OF
an acquaintance an admirer may
press his suit with flowers and run
but little risk of being thought
presumptuous. To a very young
woman, hand bouquet of friezia
or French marguerites is very ap-
propriate. The dark pink Ameri-
can beauty rose, at 50 80 apiece, is
now much affected. Fortunately
for those whose purses are light
one rose with stem and foliage
IS inches long makes a corsage
Violets at SO hundred are still II
season. For the theatre, small cor
sages of violets, with two roses, are
worn principally, though Roman
hyacinths, tulips, lilies of the val
ley and the narcissus are popular
A new fad is "peace offering
bouquets of spring flowers or roses
TO be given the young lady you are
especially devoted to upon making
up a quarrel or tiff.
Turning to the literary young
ledy you will find the way to he
heart paved on the sweetest anC
best books in the market. Ii sh'
has a philosophical taste, send he
something of that nature, some
thing you feel she will appreciate
Never send a cheaply bound book
that is, as rule, in abominabl
taste, and don't send anything tina
! borders on the sensational or sug
gestive, for the average youn
woman of education is above sue
literature, or at least pretends t
be.
Coming 10 the Easter season, a
appropriate card of a finely boun
volume of Tennyson, Longfellov
Whittier, or Bryant will go ia
toward increasing the heartiness
your welcome OF the next calm
day.
On St. Valentines Day, it is b
no means amiss 20 send somethin
exquisitely designed, although tn
custom saan. = La--c so..c c..
vogue of late years.
Another occasion for gifts come
when the ladies you have been l
the habit of calling upon leave fc
country home, or for tri
SNad. On both occasions flower
ssouIuosst sweets in the markt
roents. >tYith your compl
occasions, ligf