The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-14
ANGRY OVER
 HOLIDAY GIFTS.

At CR1rist1aas play, and make good 1 cheer,
 For c4aristunas comes but once 9 year fNas yoD stocking nl1ed to overdcw3n8 with the things you Mloed best. or did your lowing friends send you just sweet and kindly 5t1loslghts 2's IF they were people who could not afford Do bury gifts. 1t should not be expected of them This Christnaas present buying is often a joke and a. tragedy at one and Ehe same time.
 The woman who is trying to keep her head above water in the social swim feels that she is expected to make gifts to certain people. She for her. But she is certain that they would expect a renaezn braIsce from her. She belongs to several eI1ll1s All ex- change gifts. She is forced to open her. ptIfse under those conditions. l There is the little luniiHxler whose prices she beats down to scarcely cov- CT the cost of Gna5terfaI. She must send a gift bo her to keep in with her. The seannstress who looks over her gowns at scarcely living wages must have some kind Of a prez1nt- Then there's the haardre8ser who naarceis her locks keeping them a golden brown, making a beauty out Of an almost hopeIessly plain wou1an- It vgouldn,t do to slight her. Od course the usigalboes have to bS provided for. She has to meet them Ievery day Htss ltlne pulling a tooth to get a bill extracted nronn her hIlsband s Ipoelnetbook hvaaich will cover the cost l Of these gifts Between ais swearing and groaning, such q wife ss sVeI1-nhgh r1r1nerved before she sets out to do her cltb-Nacnsn Eet gold -F1and1ed ua1lbrel- las It's only after they are dis patched to their various destinations that she remembers that these women aawalys come to Hhe afternoon affairs l in their autos or c0upess To the r1il- liner she sends . pair Of aaandsoune pink quilted bedroom slippers The halTdTesser is the recipient of a dssadr Of embroidered silk stockdags The club members groan at the sight lof an urll lbr'eiias which they haven't the feast blE of use for. There are some women wEao unbdushingly replace the icard with one Of their own, sending the unNanted umbrella to some one they had we'll nigh forgotten when esjft Ibuying. The miIli11er receives the pink sastin s1fppefs fNsith burst Of anger Pink slippers, dndeeds She is almost In tears over the sersalesas giving A flannel bed wrapper rWaoaIld have been more to the pyrpase. The seanastres<s receives the vase with sIdsnaay. Three fftys she reads on the prica label.
 
 lbreatns that would hawa kept me in lcoa1 the best part Of the winter
 The hadrdTesser laughs aloud irond- IcaIly as she opens the package com ltalnlrg the silk stockings nice IeoT1lbdnaaIon. she cries holding up a lpaar of shoes ogzt at the toes. TheFe's "a woman the spe1gs should take hold Iof to teach her the art Of useful gdv- Idrag.
 Miss Libbey's replies to your l letters. Correct name and ad- dress must be given to insure attention, not to print. Use link Write short letters, on one side of paper only. Address Miss Libbey, 9I6 President St., l Brooklyn, N Y.
 Birthstones, Flowers and Signs I Mrs Ben H e. Here is a list lwllich have found and which is lcalled a scientific list 2. which gives, fthe flowers, the birtflstones, and the Izodiacal signs associated with each month
 January Flower. rraasbtetoe; birth