The daily sentinel., 1907-12-10

Heel now hard times are ond 1
now you despise Christmas j.
ahd how glad you will be when =
: it is over.
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DON'T buy presents which are woy
oes ohd what You ought to AFFORD
SIMPLY because the person for whom
they are intended has more money
'hah You have. Limit the nrice of
eHch article to that well within your
means SO that you may be able to
eve It Wlth sincerity and good wish
rom the heart for It is the senti-
nleht and not the value of the articla
that counts. ''N'e
Dont give a present unless Won
ENJOY giving it, for al honest Crouch
peter than a hyprocrite.
Don't feel when you are making
your purchases in the crowded stores
mat You are the only one out shop-
ping Remember. there are Others
Don't leave everything until the
last three days. You will lot have
near as nice a selection to choose
from, and you are very liable to have
70 take something you do not want at
the last minute rather than 90 with
out
Don't forget that with the rush OF
the holiday trade the clerks and the
delivery wagons are overworked be-
yond all realization, and II there is
package or purchase that you can
Just as well take home with you-do
SO by all means. In doing this you
are helping others, il it is only the
poor horse. The wagon may have to
20 right by your door, and then again
1t may have to make a special trip
of several blocks to accomodate you.
Don't insist that purchase be sent
at once unless you really have to
have it. If you make your select
ions early enough there will be no
necessity for rush, and If everyone
woud try to do this 1t would save a
vast amount of overwork and unLec-
essary labor on the part of a custom
er,
Don't have spools of thread, hand
kerchiefs, and gloves or other small
bundles sent home. They are very
! liable to get lost in the rush and
cause no end of trouble, besides max
ing yourself ridiculous in the eyes of
the clerks and delivery men. Any
woman who will have a tiny package
sent (Which she will hardly know
she is carrying) shows n lack of rea-
soning power.
If you work downtown don't
have packages sent to your place of
business. Your employer doesn't
! like IT, 1t takes time and trouble TO
hunt you up, and If all the employ
es had their purchases sent to their
place of work there would be no time
for business.
Don't spoil the whole time feeling
blue because you have not got mil
ion dollars to spend. You would
probably would not have half so
much fun picking out your purchases.
| If you could have anything you want
ed.
Just remember there are hun
dreds of people worse off than you
are. and be thankful that you are
living and able to 90 about.
Don't forget the poor. There is
not one of us but what can lend a
helping hand to some one. Don't
hide behind the old dodge that
charity begins at home. 1t may
begin at home, but it need not end
there. For no matter how little we
have We can spare something to-
wards making some friendless one
happy. They are the ones that need
II most. Try to think of at least one
person in the world who has no call
upon YOU as a friend, and whom you
otherwise would not have thought OF
giving anything, but whom you know
| is in dire need of a little help. A
warm pair of mittens or a good din
ner basket or Tip" to the poor old
cripple who sells you shoe strings.
You'd never miss it, and it will make
Won glad for years after.
DON'T value the presents you re-
ceived by their cost price. Be con-
tent in knowing there was any one
living who thought you were worthy
Of A iye-cent piece, and dug down
into their Jeans" to get 1t.
Remember if you go about your
sbonping with a beaming face ana
good will" written over your whole
countenance that others will see you,
and cannot help but absorb some OF ,I
that happy atmosphere and pass II
or 10 the next fellow.-Fiorence
I nnty