Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-08
The Girl, Her Purse and Christmas.

Inc Girl, Her Purse and Christmas.
"All summer the girls are at the mousp-
tain or seashore. with time on thesr
hands, but they do not think of Chris4-
mas gifts. In the fall it is winter shopN
ping and sewing; and then about Decenfvs
Der ! the Christmas fur begins to fiy!
The library table is heaped with doo-j
dads" (He said it just that way, but
l cannot be sure about the SpellingD In
family conclave we must decide whether
tidy or a pincushion shall 20 TO Aunt
Melvina; folks they had forgotten are
forever cropping up in the family mem
DRY. daily sallies are made ON crowded
stores, everybody gets headache and
by Christmas morning, the family hui
NOR is anything but merry. Generally,
it is hendish.'
That is the masculine view, perhaps a
trife toe gloomy, but some of us can re-
call such scenes, and SILVER.
II you had planned TO give your chum
a silver hatpn holder and she expresses,
quite innocently, of course, desire for
hand-wrought corset cover lingerie as
such popular gift for girls to eN-
changel do not buy fine handkerchief
linen and rush off to a stamping counter,
already heaped high with unfinished or
ders and then try to cram months
embroidery into two weeks. Select an
easier design. Get three of the daintiest
| handkerchiefs obtainable, and with
French Val and beading transform them
| into a clever imitation of hand-wrought
garment. Or buy n bolt of Val insertion
and edglng to match, and build your
whole garment from the lace strips,
whipping the edges. This, of course.
must be baSted on a good corset cover
pattern to secure accurate results, but il
is much less trying on the eyes than eye
let or convent embroidery. Be sensible
about planning late Christmas gifts. DO
not undertake work a couple of weeks
before Christmas that should have beer
started in August.
And if You feel that your gift is small
in financial value. make it attractive
and acceptable in the manner Of send
| ing and giving. Learn tactfully from
mother or your dearest friend Just what
| little article she has been denying her
| self in the petty economy peculiar to the
| feminine makeup. Did YOU ever think
! that perhaps mother might be yearning
| for nice white kid gloves for evening
wearI The old habit of buying useful,
sensible rament has kept her tied to tan
| or black gloves. Let the picture fer the
dining-roum. or the new bureau scarf
| go, and buy the white gloves-the best
| your purse affords. Then tie them in the
/ daintieSt parcel, with Il loving message,
and help her put them on in the soft
glow of the Christmas candelight. Per-
I maps You VIII see tears III her eyes when
| YOU look up from your task--but they
will lac tears of joy as she realizes that
! her daughter has read her longings her
| heart Alright Don't give your dearest
! friend-and mother belongs to that class
/ what you think she ought 10 have, but
| what you know she wants
A great many girls ask what they
| should give young men at Christmas
Unless yen are engaged to a man. is
3 IA al 10 mt
| valuable or personal | have known girls
10 give men such elaborate gifts that
other friends and even members of their
own family received nothing at all. If
you want to win mans regard at
Christmas-tide. and the intimacy war
rants YOU in believing that he win be
pleased at being remembered by You.
| send him something that will show you
have studied his interests and sympa-
thize with his hobbies. If he is fond Of
athletics. a trophy or picture for his
den or room will please him. The young
man who likes books will appreciate It
folding book-rack for his table or a
years subscription to the magazine for
which he has expressed "A preference.
Avoid jewelry, and, above all things,
do not spend more than You can afford,
for Il man is quick to note that a girl
lacks judgment in her Christmas gifts,
and argues that such n girl will make
an eXtrayagant wife. The tactful, sym
/ pathetic selection of a gift will please
Il man more than mere display of money
/ spent.-W Oman's Companion.