The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-19
WHAT YOU Gan GIVE
Helpful Christmas Present Sug-
gestions for Those Who
Are Puzzled.
Unabridged Dictionary VIII Be Appre-
ciated by Children Of kindergarten
Aee-other Suitable Gifts for
Young and Old.

NUMBER of correspondents
NS who have requested sugges-
X0M tons Of books suitable for
I'm Christmas gifts will find an
&AI swers to their queries In
" the following:
Among the many attractive gift
books for very little boys might be
mentioned Professor Rausmissen's
analogy Between the Homogeneous
Protoplasm and the Silurian Mole
cule." We can think of no book that
would be q greater source of delight
to the child that IL not yet out Of
short dresses. 1t tells In easy words
Of eight and ten syllables Of the
sports and pastimes of the protoplas-
mic family and draws beautiful moral
lessons from the corpuscles of the
carboniferous era It Is handsomely
illustrated with representations of the
agile animalcule and will be sure to
delight the heart of the little boy or
girl who finds 1t IN his or her stock
ing. as the case may be.
Another dainty idea for 4 child of
three or four years is the Unabridged
Dictionary. The simplicity of style
observed IN this interesting narrative
recommends it, at once for children
who have reached the kindergarten
age. The plot is not so complex and
the characters are sufficiently varied
to hold the unfagging interest of the
little ones. We have in mind gen.
tleman who gave his little son a die
tionary last Christmas, and he as
sures us that the lad simply devoured
the book.
A pretty present for q child is the
clinical report Of the county hospital
This comes nicely printed on clean
white paper, with bizarre illustrations
showing the rise and fan of the tenn
perature. amount of protoids eaten,
Official count of the germs, statistics
as to microbes and many other anus
ing and entertaining ideas. A rare
source Of pleasure with this book Is
to have the little fellows pronounce
the long words first the way they are
spelled and then read them backward
and see what difference. II any. there
is in the sound. Some boys would
rather do this than 60 skating.
In the line of pure romance there
is nothing more entertaining from
Prof. T. L. Escopex's How the Spec
trum Caught On in Saturn" This
highly original historical tale tells
how the spectrum revealed the secret |
of Saturn's rings, showing that the
planet was warm and dry and that the |
two rings we're for ice water. It
comes in four large volumes, with % |
pages Of logarithmic calculations that |
are sure to delight young and old.
As gin book for a member Of a |
temperature family there Is nothing |
pleasapter than 1.-THE Complete Bar.
keeper" This tells exactly what goes
into the stun that men put in their |
mouths to steal away their brains, |
and Will be Of valuable assist rec to |
any person who wishes to apply sat
isfactcry tests and determine whether
or not he has been eqair7cd With
brains and would inspire larceny.
One thousand Ways to Cure
Cold.' by Burton Bates. Is a beautiful
ly written book, giving all the rene
dies f'r cold that were suggested to
its author in one day. There are SO
Of the quinine AMI whisky
and the other 81 rene
dies consist OF the same prescription
without the utter quiniae This is
a good, book 10 have In any house.
"The Servant Question and Its An
wer" Win deceive many people. but
Il might do fer a gift to yourg mar.
ried couple. The answer is quantity
given: BOARD"