Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-25
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

broom, And window shades for the chil-
 dren's room,
 Her sheets were down to thread
 bare three And her table cloths were a sight
 10 see. She wanted scarfs and a towel rack And good, plain. useful dressing
 sack. Some kitchen spoons and box for
 bread. A pair of scissors and sewing thread. She hoped some practical friend
 would stop,
 And figure out that she'd like a
 mop.
 Or a bathroom dug or a iacqured
 tray.
 Or few plain plates for every day. She hoped and hoped and she wish
 cd lot,
 But these. of course. were the things
 she got:
 A cut glass vase and bonbonnier, A chine thing for receiving hair, Some oyster forks, a manicure set, A chaffing dish and cellaret,
 A boudoir cap and a drawn work
 mat,
 And a sterling this and a sterling
 that;
 A gilt-eldged book on a lofty theme. And fancy bags till she longed to
 scream;
 Some curling ,ongs and a powder
 puff.
 And a bunch of other useless stuff. But though she inwardly ragged she To all of her friends the self-same
 note,
 And said to each of the damiool
 host:
 Just how did you guess what
 needed mostl"
 Life.
 Here again is the season of holly mistletoe and the exchange. among women friends, of pretty be-ribbon- cd creations. 4.4I
 IL was reecntly suggested at an afternoon affair. where a bevy of pretty maidens were gaily chatting over the tea cups, that a new fad should be started to go into effect next Christmas and the idea was that this transfer of gifts should cease. Christmas was being run into the ground" To give cxtrava- gently and promscuously was not the Christmas idea. To give to a few and to those who really need cd was the true spirit of Yuletide. and 10 illustrate her idea the girls were told of how an uncle in a for eign country had for the past three years sent her copy of Emerson's Compensation" "I couldn't thank him for it the third year." she said. "I just had to give him gentle hint, so wrote that had enjoyed Emcrson's Essay that Christmas al- most as much as I had the last year and the year before that"
 That reminded the girl sitting next to her of story almost as good. A friend living in California had sent her a perfectly dear" bon bon dish. but having received at least three for wedding presents she decided 10 have the monogram re- moved and send the dish to col lege friend in the east. So the perfectly dear" little bonbonnier was sent 10 the jeweler from whence it came with request to remove the engraving. Tn a few days back came the package with little note explaining that the engraving must remain as it was dangerous to re- move it more than three times. Then came the discussion of what each one wanted and what they didn't want and during this conver- sation most every one in the room wounded the feelings of her best friend. Tn one instance it was we'll known that the girl who had jus, finished pinning the bunch of roses coquettishly on one side of the dainty boudoir cap she was devisng had started the creation for the wo- man who had been heard to say tha, very afternoon that she hoped none of her friends would give her one of "those detested thing"
 Cross-stitch towels was the nexi topic of conversation and one clever