The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

certainly the girls don't want the
young men to swear every time they
try to use a razor that was made
primarily for a paper cutter. And
don't give him cigars. No man ever
likes to smoke the cigars selected by
some one else, especially If that some
one else is a woman. Don't give him
a pipe, either. 1t takes a connoisseur
to select a good pipe, and bad pipe
is a horror of horrors
However, if you do think he'll like a
pair of slippers, make them as plainly
as possible for If you put even half
inch bow on them he'll tear 1t OH the
first time he wears them, and swear.
The chief thing to be guarded against
in giving a man a present is not to
cause swear words. If the young man
is a college student, a sofa cushion
made in his college colors would be ac-
centable. A cushion is a good thing
to throw at the fellows when they come
in to talk. and in a fit of abstraction
he might be tempted to put it to its
proper use. Cushions in all colors and
designs are to be had at the stores
tHis season. Some of them are very
novel in design, the prettlest pelnS
made of rough canvas and worked with
silk in cross stitch, with or without a
WaIk'' and Coon Town" cushions are
new This winter, and some of them are
very handsomely made, the designing
heing worked out in the correct shades
of silk and with heavy silk ruft1es
Another acceptable present for
yonno man is a match safe containing
your picture. They come in silver ana
gold the gold ones being the hand
sorer Some have the frame for the
,,ictnre on the outside, while others
hove a false outside, which, on touch
inc a spring, shows the picture IN lts
tinv frame. Desk ornaments IN EBONY
or gun metal are novelties that Would
he acceptable to young men VINO Write
Ink stands, blotters, pen racks ana pa
nar cutters are to be had In these ma
toriols fhe ebony ones having narrow
bonds of silver on them are considered
,,arv sweIl. Blotters of stamped leath-
~, ora also shown A fountain pen is
a useful article for young man, ana
aome are shown this year that are
things of beauty as well as use. The
LarreIs are made of hard rubber, as
,IsuaI Int they are covered with silver
eIipree work or made with bands OF
chased silver.
Man usually like to select their own
rackties but this season almost any
thing is fashionable, II 1t mas enough
colors in it, and girl cannot make a
mistake as far as that goes, and if she
knows the individual taste of the man
who is to wear 1t, she is safe in getting
him a pretty tie Collar and cum boxes
in slammed leather are dainty gifts,
and AN umbrella is always acceptable.
some intensely practical girls might
give a man pair of boot trees or
trouser hangers, but these things might
he thought suggestive, and unless one
wants to make an enemy of the man
forever, she had better stick to senti-
ment There isn't particle of poetry
in boot-trees or trouser hangers you
know.
For women the qestion is easy. Any
thing from a spool of silk to an auto
mobile would be exactly what she want
ed, Toilet articles are always in good
form to give a girl, ard the new ebony
hacked combs and brushes are things
70 delight the eye. Some Of them have
dainty bands of silver around them and