Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-11-28
HOUSEHOLD.
CHRISTMAS HINTS TO THE
lMPECUNI0US.

By the impecuuious l mean those
who lack nerve force to waste on
elaborate pieces OF fancywork, as
we'll as those who have little time and
less money.
An approximately perfect gift'
according to Emerson, should convey
to the recipient that which properly
belongs to his character and habits,
and is easily associated with him IN
thought. To compass these require
ments, forethougbt and a sense or the
fitness of things are the essentials
not money or time. There are rev
persons, indeed, who do not try 10
consider the particular tastes anu
character of the friends whom they
remember. But once in While
cheerful giver quite fails to perceive
this necessity. In the eyes of such
one, good thing is good thing L
know placid, painstaking, prosalc
but beloved aunt of a large hocK,
whose rule of giving is based upon
this comfortably simple view. she
employs her leisure throughout the
year in making articles for Christmas
and her offerings are always OF TWO
kinds, one for the girls and one for
the boys. One year it may be pen
wipers and bed slippers; the next
needlebooks and mittens. This sys-
tenn makes at least one person happy
the aunt
A friend of mine in the country
gathers, during the late fall, a STOCK
of woodland and swamp plants, which
are kept in a cool place and appear TO
certain fortunate beings on December
twenty fifth made into exquisite
ferneries, filings for jardinleres'
globes and what not. A jardlnlere
lining or an agateware pan, OF the
size to fit the dish for which 1t Is
intended and holding a gracefully
arranged mass of ferns, pitcher plants
and vines, never fails to give delight.
Last year received fish globe half
full of partridge vines and berries IN
foundation of moss. A little light
and water and a glass cover over the
top, part of the time, was all that was
needed, by way of care, to promote
luxuriant growth all winter. Two or
three Chinese lily bulbs, held upright
by stones in quaint and impressive
bowl and started in November in the
dark; or hyacinths, started earty IN
glasses or pots, are pure pleasure to
her who gives and to her who takes.
Don't overlook the hint, you who
have "luck" with bulbs.
A present that is source of much
unalloyed happiness to our invalid is
a beautiful, but songless, canary.
Loving birds, yet unable to bear the
noise of "fne singer" she eagerly
welcomed this quiet little pet, which
was sent by friend who knew that
female canaries are easily trained and
very intelligent and responsive.
Send the porcelain rich housewife
one or more sets Of dozen small
circles of canton flannel, the edges
coarsely buttonholed. These are in
tended to lay between choice china
plates to keep the surface of each
from being scratched by the under
ridge of the one resting upon it.
"Do you want to see the present
really like best?" asked friend who
"has everything" holding up a bunch
of half a dozen wire coat-hangers
The arms had been padded, scented
and covered-bag- fashion-with gay
silks The open ends of the Ia me-
and were gathered and tied firmly al
the base of the center hook under
ribbon bow whose ends wound closely
around and concealed the wire of the
hook. Here we're no sharp edges
left to mar my lady's belongings.
In passing, I may say for the com
fort of the ''impecunious" that l have
observed that those who possess muct
of this worlds goods are, almos
without exception, very appreciatiV'
of even a small homemade gift if
"properly belongs to their charaete
and habits. ''-Good Housekeeping.