Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-09

GIFTS Tor G~rauuuteS'
4 In another month school boys and girls
will be looking toward the goal for which
they have striven since the days when In
short frocks and knickerbockers' they
started for school-and that is graduation.
And parents and friends will be looking
for appropriate gifts for the young people.
or these there are many. Books OF
course. are most acceptable. One wants an
attractive volume Of favorite poems or the
latest novel, got up with good illustrations
and a fascinating cover. And along with
books are a wide selection Of excellent
pictures framed in exceedingly good style.
A gift which any boy or girl is sure to
be delighted with is a coat sweater of gray
or white. For the summer vacation,
whether at seashore or mountains, 1t Is in
dispensable, The angora ones are light and
warm. but are rather more expensive than
the heavier wooden ones.
For the boy or girl who plays tennis a
racquet of their favorito make viii Do
warmly accepted.
Then there are light unlined gauntlet
gloves Of soft buckskin, a rubberized SILK
overcoat, chiffon veil and other little ac-
cessorles for the girl who motors. Also
q riding crop with a gold or silver mounted
handle, engraved with initials or mono
gran. for the boy or girl who rides.
Just now the Jungle is being heard from
n more ways than one. The shops are
,howlng jungle scarfpins, which are most
attractive. They are lions and tigers
mounted on baroque pearls. and very lively
looking monkeys and elephants with
jeweled eyes. There are gayly colored
tropical birds done in mosaics and enamel.
While these may be only a shortlived rad
they are now the smart thing. Cuff links
and cravat clasps of plain and frosted
gold, with initials In English block letters,
are a good choice for a boy. Strings OF
crystal beads are very attractive Tor a
girl. and neck chains OF aaua-marine5 and
lapis lazuli pendants hung on fine gold
chains are sure to make some girl happy
Jet jewelry Is immensely popular, but
rather too old for a young girl. Gold and
silver .fIlets for the hair are to be had In
a wide variety of designs and barettas of
hand-carved amber and tortoise she'll
would make an appropriate gift.
A set of hand-embroidered French un-
derciothes and any number of silk gSook-
ings always touch the feminine heart.
Belt buckles are c. good choice. p~articu-
larry those Of heavy silver with initials in
a deep. bold design. Then a signet ring
of plain gold or set with Jade, turquoise
or other semi-precIous stone is a gift for
either n boy or girl.
All kinds OF things for the desk are
shown In leather and hammered brass and
copper. Candlesticks Of the latter are ex-
ceecingly good looking, and there are many
kinds OF bowls and trnvs 10 be seen.
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Pure MIX for babies.
In nm account OF a new method OF milk
supply which isl saving thousands Of in
FAINT livcs in New York, Rheta Childe Dorr,
writing In Hampton's Magazine, gives this
Avid pen portrait of the mother and child
problem among the immigrant poor in this
country. Down In New York's Little Italy
she discovered a milk depot which, last
August. only forty-nine mothers could bt
coaxed to patronize. They have their owl
ideas about baby culture on the cast side
The grandmothers OF the quarter opposed
It bitterly, especially when it was known
that every baby had TO be taken back once
a week, stripped and weighed. Stripped II
any kind OF weather.! Did anyone ever heal
the likef
Nevertheless, when the young mothers
saw how the babies who were taken regu
larry TO the milk depot waxed fat and slep
at night they began to rebel against th'
tyrants. One hundred and forty-six ItaliaI
babies now attend the consultations an