Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-12
Christmas Gift Suggestions

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necessarily of cheap quality for the
money to be expended
I Something From the List.
There are articles that one can give
to almost any one. among which are
plants, flowers, books, stationery, pic
lures, gloves, stockings. handkerchiefs
and candy. You could give father
combination bill. card and coin purse !:
a fountain pen. a framed photograph of
mother. an umbrella or walking stick.
set of hat and clothes brushes or hair
brush and comb, travelling bag. bath
robe, silk or WOODEN muffier. key chain.
good knife with new penny to keep
away bad luck. pair of cuff buttons or
one or two neckties.
| Mother-One of the new labor saving
kitchen utensils, fern or other house
plant, foot rest. sleeping slippers. brush
and comb, sewing table. sewing apron,
framed photograph of father, subscrip-
ton to magazine, bathrobe or kimono
books. gloves or stockings. half dozen
handkerchiefs
Brother-Pocket knife, leather cuff
and collar case. shaving set. consisting
of magnifying mirror mug, soapdsh
and brush; Turkish toweling bathrobe
and slippers to match, set Of brushes.
sweater, tennis racket. signet ring, cuff
buttons. cravat pin of late design, pair
| ing bag, bill case, pocketbook or silk
| socks.
| Sister: A shirt waist box. set of
combs and fancy hairpins, string Of
beads. a veil, handkerchief and glove
lease containing one or more of these
articles. hatpin holder and hatpin,
fancy hair ornament for evening wear
of tulle. flowers, sequins or feathers,
white or colored gloves, bureau scarf
| or table cover. set of sachetS of silk
| for trays of trunks or bureau draw
ers (to go over the clothes), per-
fumed silk covered hangers for
waists. a lucky ring (for the little
finger) set with birthstone or books.
! Little brother: A knife. a game.
| fishing tackle. skates, sweater. cap,
set of boxing gloves. kodak. stamp
album. scrap book filled with chill
| drens stories, book, collar and cuff
| buttons.
Little sister: A book. post card
| book. skates. doll or some dolls fur
| niture, sweater. pin or ring, fan and
dren,s stationery. game, box of chill
dren's handkerchiefs, sewing box or
| a picture for her room.
Baby: A folding go-cart. coat
sweater. pretty cap or other article
| of wearing apparel. toys in endless
variety. baby spoon pusher (for food,
bootees or socks, pillow or comforter
] little music box. box of blocks, rattle,
bibs and set of bib pins.
What You Can Mail for a Two-Cent
stamp.
A piece of neckwear. handker-
chief, purse calendar. fat leather pen
wiper. an illuminated motto or hand
| a little girl, lace cuffs. a blotter, the
| upper side made of picture post
card of yourself. a pair Of gloves
| coin purse. bodkin case with three
bodkins. pair of fine Isle or silk
stockings, Windsor tie for a little
boy, homemade booklet of a dozen
reliable recipes, favorite poem made
! into booklet. an envelope of linz
| filled with sachet powder. and last
but not least. a Christmas letter full
| or good cheer to some one who is
lonely. i'll or discouraged
With Only Fifty Cents to Spend.
A girl of twelve did all the things
set down in this true record: Four
wash cloths. for four school friends.
were made from a ball of white knit
ting cotton. The two knitting nee
! dies were inserted in large bottle
corks and given to her two married
sisters for testers" when cooking
pretty wall paper at a sale and COW
cred two old hat boxes, lining them
with white paper. These made pretty
presents for her day school teacher
and her Sunday school teacher. In
| the autumn she took up four pots of
parsley from the garden and tended
them carefully, finally giving them to
| Tour dear nefghbors. Five post ards.
/ with stamps. cost 10 cents, and took
loving messages to far-away friends
- Dig Dag or pine cones gave pleasure
TO wealthy lady. who appreciated
the note that came from this thought
ful girl and afterward enjoyed a
cheerful blaze made with the cones.
From odd bits of yarn and worsted
IN her mothers piece bag the nimble
myers of this little girl crocheted
1--WE dolls aviator caps for little girl
! friends. A package of catnip. gath.
cred and dried. delighted an old ladv
who had three pet cats. For her
mother this little girl made a fireless
cooker. after a design that she had
seen. A covered lard pail was wran.
pea IN several layers of newspapers
ntted into pasteboard hat boz. and
the space under and around it was
nrmly stuffed with cut excelsior. More
newspapers were wrapped around the
outside Of the box, and a round cush.
ion, stuffed with excelsior. covernd
| the top of the pail A case mad
or an old table oilcloth, fitted with a
orawstrlng, to draw up close, covered
A young bride living. in tho ,es+
Iar away from home and old friends
| received for Christmas a rectne hooI,
That she prizes very highly. An old
schooimate bought box of stationery
ana distributed the sheets among her
friends, asking them to write down
two or more of their best recipes and
sign their names. The sheets were
ahen collected and tied together into
pretty booklet and sent to the far.
or schoolmate. The recipes had All
oeen written by girls she had known
IT you took some interesting snap-
shots OF your holiday trips last sum
mer, or OF your home, which YOU
would like to send to relatives at a
distance, mount them on regular pho-
tograph cardboard. Fasten them to-
gether in long strip by running a
narrow ribbon through holes made in
the lower corners of the mounts.
When hung in a long strip on the
wall the pictures add beauty to that
particular corner of the room, be-
sides giving pleasure to the beholder.
! 10 make a pocket for a peck etless
coat get ten inches Of fancy ribbon
| nve inches wide. fold one end together
In the middle and make a seam; turn
and fold over SO that the seam will
De In the middle of the ribbon. max