Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-04
Selecting the Christmas
. Gift for Friend Wife

tl1eS 10 look vague. but his DISCOURAGE
ment keeps right on a-growinz
Zee but these little sets. of perfumes
ana toilet waters and sachets and things
tnat they re getting up now for Christmas
gl1ts are all to the candy. aren't they
he suggests later on. Saw one o. those
sets today that
oh. they're quite nice Friend Wife
puts in. II think it would be nice IL vo,,.,,
Minerva
digging. e'' vi
Its funny" he SAYS. plugging away ..
the job, what clumsy old things tho
opera glasses they used 10 make were
compared to the opera glasses they fix
up nowadays Now. this afternoon |
DO You know. my dear" she sticks I'm
AT TINS point, Il think it would be nice il
YOU were to give your sister Cert a pair
of opera glasses for Christmas Sbe
hasn't a pair. l know. because when We
went to the matinee last week she kept
borrowing mine
Why. Lave You got pair" he asks
her. surprised.
why OF course | have silly she re-
pheS. We got that pair you gave me
fourteen years ago when We were en-
gaged-don't you remember" and or
course he remembers.
After whole lot of this sort of thing
in the course of which. after giving him
plenty of guesses and perceiviny that he
isn't getting within miles of the gift she
actually wants and means to have. she
takes the thing into her own hands.
My. but Mrs. Teestreet was CARRYING
Il pretty muff tCday.' she saws at the
dinner table, taking pains not to eaten
his eye.
He doesn't wake up at first but accepts
the remark as part of the usual brand
of dinner gable.
Did hey?' he says. absently
Perfectliest loveliest muff I've seen in
ages" she goes on, this time little more
significantly, and casting him a sort OF
meaningful glance out of the corner of
her eye. And he gets it.
"Oh, muf hey?' he says. coming out
of the trance. 'Muff-muff. Ha. Nun.
hey?"
stunning one says she
Women just carry those things for orRa-
ments don't they?' he asks.
Indeed they do not she replies
They're perfectly grand. warm things
haven't had muff since were first
married? And I've always sort of wanted
one. too She looks sort o wistful ami
ruminant. and he gets right on the job.
Seems t me I've noticed lot o wom-
en- with nifty muffs this season myself"
lie says. Wearing big ones this year,
amt they
'Oh, just big as can be-the bigger
the better" she replies, knowing full well
she has him hooked. And they're SO
tasty. The ones that are a combination
of satin and fur are the thing this year
Mrs. Teestreet's is satin and mink, and
it's a beauty! l don't think it's so ex-
pensive. either
Satin and mink, hey" says he. Gee
that does sound all right. Satin-and-
mink muff-satin-a nd-mink num-" and
he d make note Of 1t on his cuff II he
jared. for he doesn't I'm the least surmiss
mat he is being led right up TO satin
and mink muff.
Yes. she got hers at Finkgarsaksa-
royals" she goes on. II saw some there
Just like hers, and, my. they were per.
feet bargains. tool don't see how they
can sell them SO cheaply. really
Got hers at ENTHUSIASTICALLY, did
she?' says he. thinking last and i'm
pressing the facts upon his memory. Tim.
Uh-huh. Satin and-mink muff. Some class
10 the way that sounds, anyhow. And
a woman can look a lot graceful with
a muff, WHAT
And when he gives her the satin-and-
mink muff Christmas morning how beau
tifully and blushfully s'prised she is as
she eNclaims, "Why, my DEAR how did
Won guess that L wanted inst fhatts