Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-12-10
LITTLE OUT OF- THE
ORDINARY GIFTS
That Will Be Appreciated By
Recipients.
CBv Barbara Boyd.l


a certain housekeeper viii receive
rather an cut-of-tae- ordinary gift this
Christmas. and one which cer.ainly
0ugz9 TO please her if one can draw
conclusions Of what she would like By
her actions. she IS continually going
moug her friends and asking sugges-
tions for her menus. she loudly be-
walls the fact that she never knows
what 20 have for breakfast. luncheon,
or dinner, and her familiar pea is.
Tell me what to have for dinner!"
So one intimate friend has deity
questioned her husband ard son to dis,
cover the family likes and dislikes in
the matter of food. She knows f1.rly
well about how much is expended each
week for the table. With tlCs data she
has planned out a months menus. She
has planned them carefully to be ape
tizing, To contain proper food coalbina-
nations and right food values, to be
sufficiently varied. and to SO doyetau
in that nothing viii be was ed.
Size a ah4lad each days menu type
written on a separate card, 50 that ali
can be easily handled, the whole tied
together calendar fashion with bright
red ribbon. and they viii go Christmas
morning wito her greeting and a wish
! for hearty appetite.
The busy mother who has to put uD
school lunches every day, or lunches
for workers, would appreciate similar
little packet OF suggestions. II is no
easy matter to plan lunches day in and
out and have them varied and appe-
tizing.
A gift to be given by a little girl to
her grandmother is tEouga4ful and
unique. The child has purchased two
spoois Of thread-one black. one white
-of a number most commonly used;
also two papers OF needles. On each
spool she has threaded paper Of nee
dies, tying a knot waen all tie needles
are on. so that they viii not slip of.
When grandmother wants a needleful
OF thread, all she has 10 do is to Slip
all the needles back but one, draw the
length of the thread shie wishes, snip Il
OF. tie knot, and the spool and nee
dies are ready for the next needlefal
she wants.
\ gift that has already been sent to
a shut-in consists of odds and ends Of
silk, satin, ribbon and lace, some en-
broidery materials. and a big pile of
catalogues from the stores that she
may look through them and select such
gifu5 as she wishes purchased. The
catalogues. delighted her as much as
anything, for they enabled her to SIT
and plan and figure by the hour.
"A footstool for tie short person is a
gift not always thought of. The elderly
like footstools, too. but the little wom-
an whose feet never quite reach the
floor welcomes a footstool with de-
light. Covered in order to match the
furnishings of her room, or in her fay
orite color, it has a personal note tina.
adds to its charm.
II some one of your acquaintance
has a room furnished in colonial style,
send a colonial rug or candlesticks OF
the colonial period.
For an invalid or a dainty house
keeper a glass tea tray with some
beautiful print or embroidery under
the glass is welcome. "A pretty tray OF
any kind is always a delightful gift
To the flower lover a window box.
especially ore in tie cd Italian mar
ble effect, gives delight.
To the one with fireplace a wood
box is always welcome. But do not
cend brass If the recipient is one who
likes nothing about the house tina.
makes unnecessary work. Pretty burnt
rood boxes abound. and are preferred
by those who do not like to be eter-
nally securing and cleaning.