The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-25

tear involved In the matter of gifts it
ought not to be hard to draw the line.
/ There is a propriety both of sentiment and
/ tradition in the exchange of family gifts;
certain near friends there are whom we
| should remember in our Christmas pans;
and surely every one able to give at all
! should remember in some way the unfortu-
! nate. But there is no excuse in making
! these gifts an unwarrantable burden
neither in the sense of time, expense, nor
/ effort, save only where the element of self
sacrifice is joy TO the giver and never
source of secret repining. The mother
! who saves up to make her little ones hap
( by has a return within herself beyond
! gross price. But even she should remem-
Der that a child viii enjoy a single gift, If
it is something that has been much desir-
| ed, as much as a large number of gifts.
! We can have no real pleasure in the years
greatest festival if we go beyond either
| our means or strength in its celebration
/ Whatever the size of our incomes, if We
have any at all, we can have our Christ
mas tree, our gift-making, and our FEAST
the only point being to gauge the charac-
, ter of these several festival features ex-
| actly 20 the length of our purse, With no
loophole for, after-worry or uneasy con.
| science.
Take the matter of Christmas cards
| alone-the general sending of which has
| become tax upon strength and nerves,
and which is yet for the most part, but
a farcical display of poor taste, no taste
and bad taste. II we could send a Christ
mas greeting to a friend why in the name
of good taste not make it personal? II
takes less time to write a dozen gracious
notes than to go downtown and look for
approximately appropriate sale" sent-
J ments. And besides do remember that IL
-
gestion of "misfit'' between sender, cards
and receiver. If you only write Christ
mas Greetings" or "A Happy Christmas"
on your visiting card, and send il to
friend, it viii give more pleasure, be a
higher compliment, and rebound TO good
taste more than could any ready made.
purchasab!e sentiment, deliberately set
forth.
1t was unique style of decoration, but
no one could say it was not pretty, ana
it could not have been expensive if the
girl had been spending her summer in the
; pine woods. She was nice looking girl
and apparently in half-mourning, and in
her black hat she had standing at one
side a large pine cone on a long stem,
while on the other side, little further
} back and dropping, was a cluster of small
pine cones. "My." exclaimed the girl
; who saw the hat on the street car, in
tones Of admiration; 81 don't know as 1
? exactly like the cones on black. but they
) would be stunning on a brown velvet hat
for next fall, and if l don't have one 1t
= will be because l can't get the cones. 1
brought some beauties home this year.
: but l have used them al on work bas-
; kets. Il Bought soft round packets Of
brown straw of coarse weave, put
brown satin, deep rich green and deep
yellow tops on them, gathered them up
like a bag and fastened the cones on the
= sides of the baskets. and they make the
5 prettlest presents imaginable"
The fashionable women of to-day, says
the New York Tribune, will not grow Old
no, not if they die for it, which many of
r them do, poor things. Their waists must
be as slim, their manners as vivacious and
their attire as up-to-date as if they were
5 twenty-five instead Orwell, let US say
t fifty, although sixty insight be nearer the
mark. No gray hair for them-no worn
: looking eyes. They touch up the former
with one of the many storatives, which
! are not dyes, you know, only tonics, ="
and as blessings brighten as they take
8 their flight" so do their rapidly thinning
r locks become more and more golden or
4 bronze until they are finally hidden under
p a red or yellow wig. The eyes, which
r have been dimmed and aged by the tears
4 they have shed and the things they have
seen, are touched up with a pencil and
/ frightened with belladonna, and faded and
! wrinkled skins are ironed out, whitened
4 and painted so that by candle-light and at
5 a proper distance they look comparatively
! youthful (to their owners), while, as long
0 as govt and rheumatism will allow. they
! hop and ship to dance music with the
best.
Undoubtedly it is hard to grow old; the
spirit remains young much longer than
the body; the same things interest and
amuse at go that were enjoyed at %. 1t
is haEd while the mind is still bright and
vigorous, and so well fitted to use the ac-
4 cumulated store of experience and knowl-
edge which it has been gathering through
life. that we should be attacked by that
incurable disease" as Senaca calls it, and
that our limbs should fail and beauty flee
when we ourselves feel the same.
, So. in these latter days, We have elected
i not to grow old and it is distinctly I'M
fashionable to dress or act as if the ac-
cumulated years were a burden hard to
hear. Up to the very end men and wo-
men are expected to dress and to act as
if they were as young as ever, and, like
q the thoroughbred horse to go until they
drop.
Mrs. Bayard Taylor. in her collection OF
q culinary tidbits, gives a recipe for gen.
nine German Christmas cookies. These,
! saws the New York Evening Post, are as
much a part of the holiday preparations
in the Fatherland as are the toys and
a | christmas green's. After melting ~
ounces of butter, pour it slowly into a
= deep dish, taking care that the sediment
is thrown away Allow the clear melted
v butter TO stiffen, but not to get hard. Then
stir it one way to the consistency of thick
t cream, adding gradually while it is being
stirred 10 ounces of powdered sugar.
eggs well beaten beforehand; u teaspoon
q FIJI of ground cinnamon, and IA ounces OF
. hest -four, sifted before being added
n When the batter is smooth and light
7 which it will be after thorough
r stirring, grease a fiat pan with melted
9 butter and drop the batter in by teaspoon
" fuls Each cake should be fattened lit
: tie with a spoon. and care should be had
p that they are not put too close together