The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-08
M@@M

, pockets and all. there IS a long ldLHp-po5t
| with the red postal box painted below the
| pockets.
The whole is artistic and unique, and
| one OF the prettiest little gifts that the
woman handy with needle and brush can
devise. If the painting cannot be skill
! fully done the pockets look very well with
just the lettering embroidered or etche
in colored silks and the whole outlined
with a quilting of narrow ribbon.
There is no sentiment, no propriety, no
dignity, IN such a scramble Of giving
and receiving as Christmas now witness
es, says the .'Woman's Home Compan-
ion alternating within late years has
become a burden well nigh fntoierapies
not only because of the expense, but be-
cause of the actual physical and mental
wear and 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 Trlends
there are whom we should remember IN
our Christmas plans; and surely every
one able to give at all should remember
in some way the unfortunate. But there
is no excuse in making these gifts an UNI
warrantable burden-neither in the sense
of time, expense nor effort, save only
where the element of self-sacrifice is a
joy to the giver, and never a source OF
secret repining. The mother who saves
IN to make her little ones happy has a
return within herself beyond gross price.
But even she should remember that a
child will enjoy a single gift, if it is
something that has been much desired,
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, II 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 char
acfer of these several festival features
exactly to the length of our purse, with
no loophole for after-worry CT uneasy
conscience.
Here is a little hint for you if you are
bothering your brains about what you can.
make for your next sale of work. says
the philadelphia Press" 1t is a mere
trffe picked up from a heap of pretty
nothings, and greedily coveted by every
man and woman who has since seen it,
and who unite in p~ronouncing it the very
thing they wanted. This article is a
sort of Door relation of The we'll known
lady's companion: but do not jump to the
hasty conclusion that there is any family
likeness between it and the gorgeously
got-up affair which is generally intended
for show more Than everyday use. and
holds only needles of the pointless kind,
pose goodness Only knows,
TO make the homely ard useful little
him want to describe you must PICK
up among the debris OF a friendly upnoi-
sterers stock a hari9" strip ol line
leather or Klo-say q aeep maiooh q
ohSe green ms Hest pc 'fieu hesHs
with silK 81 a pale shaue o. fose pinh y
old oiu ahu seseial STING eass7 y
through .he iinins- one enu ~
Aoias over 81 :
sihahi "@hes 40 " 9 -
q hHS go -se-s.
son'e 80
1901. -
-
49, - and - roI1 ,o,,nd and
4Ssoa~n rta+ - II, II saams .csrce
-. man+t ! 4al,,,a ~ aua,vona knows
- - .,roI,st ~ ta,rist such a
Ia ra;uh. 10 = uary aao;aad hoon Evarv
49, - +ha;r livos tho want If sucb a
chino arises apd tbe = fortable feeling
derived fram the Knowledge thai a miss
mo b,tton can he instantly renlacad NAV
often make ali the difference In the world
10 a nerson,s enjoyment.
4 pirl whose father is both wealthy and
oenero,,s is induleine in a hobby to her
own satisfaction and to the aid and happi-
ness of q number of other people. Several
students with large ambitions and small
means came within the range of her ac-
o,,aintance and she resolved TO establish
- s.na1 49, - ~
~. - =; asaiaas.
-.
fous,.s ~
~ itieu I" ne"s
= siiipis ~ alo
- q man aiu - = Wy iiseueu islp
sHe saw " ooin' ~ ieHe on t.e
ui 1n"t my e"ua ~ "'e -
other roolns- iooAhs "eie speeufs
iiieu' anu sun lnefe were sluuehes "no
begged lor accommodation. por eheir
dement, the giri hlreu ana 1ufhlsheu the
apartment on the next moor,
She Is enthusiastic over her project. ana