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Show HINTS FOR BELATED GIFTS Bags and Aprons Are Easily and Quickly Made and They Are Always Al-ways Acceptable. For many weeks before Christnius the household is busy with needk', crochet hook nnd tutting shuttle, l'usb-lpuiu l'usb-lpuiu Christmas gifts fur family and friends. But, there always are some belated gifts, that must be made during dur-ing the last few days, for friends that we would like to remember. In such cases there ;s nothing more quickly or easily made than bags and nprons, and one never can have too many of either. Laundry bags, stocking stock-ing bags, darnlug bags, piece bags and bugs for soiled handkerchiefs can be mude of chintz or cretonne, and fancy work bags, purseM)ags, and handkerchief handker-chief bags may be made of silk and ribbon. Several of these bags can easily eas-ily be made in an evening, and they are alwuys acceptable gifts. And aprons no woman ever, had too many aprons. A few yards of gingham, ging-ham, percale and butcher's linen made up into aprons, which would not require re-quire more than a day to make a good supply, would go a long ways as gifts to busy house mothers. And caps, also. At this time almost every woman wears some . sort of cap when doing her house work, and a neat, washable cap makes an acceptable gift, and requires re-quires little skill in the making. And so with these practical and quickly made gifts one may be able to catch up 'with Christmas remembrances, even though belated until the last few days i before Christmas. I ' |