The Washington times., 1928-12-18
amOus Author
on a Timely
Topic
By Beatrice Fairfax
4 Authority on Problems of Love
and Marriage

ana NATEAdBO
- THAT shall I give him for
~ Christmas?"
lis question echoes through the
tghts of countless girls, now
the great holiday is less than
lrtnight distant. And a like
distracts a still greater num-
Of Young men: what Christ
present shall give her?'
ying gifts for Christmas
a lot of fun it is! The very
yht warns the heart, inspires
ith the spirit of fairyland and
ms of childhood. At Christmas
like Barrie's Wendy, we know
are fairies, because we feel
!. presence in the mystic thrill
ae Yuletide spirit, lighting the
DE world like millions of little
hristmas candles.
You would like, I am sure, to
slow your warm-hearted Impulse
and rush out and buy the loveliest
gift in. the world for the young
man you like best-him whom you
think of, possibly, in your heart OF
carts as tDarlingp Or, better
III, you would like to work on
remembrance. exquisite stitch
o stitch, with your own hands.
fashioning a gift of beauty he could
alWa VS. associate with you.
Tenderness and good will back
OF each gift are what mark 1t a
true Christmas offering. Yet in
the actual selection of your greet
ing or gift for him, you will have
to use Judgment and restraint II
. YOU remembrance is to be success
! full nd bear the imprint OF good
taste.
Last Christmas Peg took 70
precious dollars rom her Christ
mas savings fund nd-three-fourths
of all she had to spend-to buy q
wrist watch for Jim. She and
Jim were not engaged, but there
WIS sort of understanding be-
tween them. What this under
standing really amounted to was
that some day TiTn. If he ever de-
cided he wished to do SO might
ask Peg to marry him Meantime
he insisted that she should not go
about with any other young man,
although now and then he. him
self. was q little remiss in his at
tentions to her when some new
face fascinated MIN.
jim will know love him when
he opens this Christmas package,
thour It Peg, fondly, as she ad-
dressed the dainty little box, all
bright with Christmas seals. to
her more or less steady" Jim.
AS 1t happened, Jim did know,
beyond all room for doubt. that
Peg was crazy about him. She
had never bothered to keep senti-
mental eagerness out of her man
ner. And while it was sincere,
yet this sentimentality, confirmed
now by the costly Christmas gift,
rather alarmed Jim.
'sIt's q beauty-mighty fine of
Pee to give it TO me" reflected
Jim, rather ruefulIy AS he opened
the case on Christmas eve. beheld
.khe handsome little timepiece in
white gold and remembered his
own comparatively meager gift OF
= three-pound box of de luxe bon
aong to Peg, along with an in
gite" to the theater. But it only
means I'll have to give her back
onething just as expensive. And
II tell the world I'm broke. Be-
ides, IL give her a swell ring at
New Years or on her birthday in
January, everyone will decide
we're engaged. And while Peg is
q good little scout and an old
dear, when it comes to marrying
her"
The upshot of Jim's reflection
was that he called for Peg to take
her to the theater the night after
Christmas in a somewhat pugna-
cious mood, due 20 hurt pride be-
cause his own gift was so dwarfed
by hers, and resolved to play
Safe and not be rushed into an
engagement of marriage.
A quarrel was the natural re-
action-and by New Years it was
all off between Peg and Jim.
The hoy friend" the more or
less interested acquaintance, the
pIatonic friend will be far happier
il they are not embarrassed,
obligated or afflicted by senti.
mental reminders of you in the
form of holiday trinkets. Even