The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

 the same far back ancestors that left your people money and her people-pen- iless She is out in the world working, comes to money.
 Of course, you are going to give Anne Christmas present. last year you gave her some Wood-Bine edition of some poet you like; or maybe silver jewelry box when she never had a piece of jewelry in her life; and into the jewelry box you slipped some Sunday School motto, il- luminated in gold on pink tinted paper not very bad to look at, but Ye Gods, awful to live with when you want some thing else so terribly!
 She gets bodies of things like that every year, telling about what a joyous, blessed season Christmas is, so why waste money this year on such truck, when she needs gloves and wells and shirtwasts and stockings?
 While Anne works for a living, she is little Sybarite at heart just like you, and loves the warm, soft, fluffy, pretty rose leaf things of life, just as much as you do-so why not make her happy by SlNinB Hef SoHletHlnB lIlS CnrlSlIIliS she WANTS?
 If she wants fool things like pretty kinomas a pair of pale blue Lamb S wool slippers, and she'd love to curl up in bed under a fascinating Eiderdown Comfort all pink and white, so if you can make appoplectic and rich Aunty Lu- , cretia take kindly to the e'Christmas Mot tos,' take the money you were going to spend on her and put it in some thing for Anne, who will appreciate 1t, an enchanting negligee or hand em- broidered blouse-even if she DOES have to WORK.
 She's HUMAN.
 Behave like this and you infuse a Hu- man Interest into your Christmas that makes it really a season when cold blood ed, rich relatives Loosen up"' and love their poor ones a little!
 Anne is only an example of giving people what they WANT"
 I know one girl who adores poetry; she devours it like some girls devour Chocolate Creams.
 Now, in giving her a book of poetry. why not spend just 8 bit of time in the selection of it?
 Of course, Milton is all right, if one cares for the mighty organ roll of his Keats and Shelley and Wordsworth and Walt Whitman, and all of those, are all right, too; but this girl I know doesn't even like Browning.
 Its the ones that sing about things close to earth that I like,'' I heard her say not long ago. q love to read about the thin rind of moon, and fresh green things in the Springtime and the Blown Petals of the Rose' and the sad ness of first love- There are dozens of the MINOR poets who could bring her the joy she crayes. and there are Anthologies galore in which are poured together jewel verses, like mined things glistening and de- lightful.
 You may not like such things yourself. but think of the joy a half dozen books like that would bring lover of such poetry.
 If instead of sending me silly expen- sive things like five pound boxes of candy, which l dare not eat, and s1O calendars, when a cent one would do, somebody would only send me something really wanted,' said a wealthy girl the other day, 1T would be the happiest of people on Christmas Morn! Think of a. dear little work bag, with dozens of needles and pair of scissors in it that would really cut things! I'd never buy such for myself and yet I want them worse than anything in the worldv' And iwl-i So the scheme grows; each to his own idea of what a Christmas Present should be!
 There's corner on your desk" says one, that needs a dear little crystal bowl for violets I'll send you one!''
 You need 8 Dancing Faun' for your library table," says another. "so I'll be- gin search for one today!'
 And thus your gifts nave that ''per- sonar note in them, that means more than money or wealth can invest them with.
 l just love the little girl who openly ly admitted her admiration for a certain man, while she was equally frank in her dislike for another.
 Why should you like MT. Brown best, when MT. Black always brings you such beautiful boxes of candy?" asked her Mother "eslz
 Cause hates candy" said the lit-. tie girl, ''an' Mr. Black keeps on bring ing it. an I loves Salted Almonds, an MT. Brown members it, an always brings me big bag full"
 So there you are!
 It is so very fattering to have your friends take the trouble to find out what you really want at Christmas time-also what you DON'T want!