Show A CONSOLATION CHRISTMAS GIFT A great many people of this territory have for some time past been racking their brains to make the proper choice of Christ mas gifts for their relatives and friends Generally the persons who will not receive presents are the masculine heads of fami lies Hero and there to be sure good wives will embroider slippers or hanging matchfobs or smokingcaps or even dress inggowns for their lieges but the popular Idea which is the correct one is that whilst husbands fully appreciate these marks of affection and in their hearts enter with zest into tho senti ment which prompts them they would almost as liof take tho will for tho u cud As a general rule wiyes have their hands full anyhow especially in holiday times doing for their children their nieces their nephews and besides must remember the poor families pf their acquaintance Sot I So-t has come to be that the head of the establishment es-tablishment not only doesnt expect but really does not desire souvenirs pertaining to Christmas But there isnt anything to prevent the head of the family at tho season of gift giving from setting aside a memento of the the occasion for himself Now for this purpose about the right sum to appropriate is i ten dollars What shall it be 1 A sot of cuff and collar buttons i a silk umbrella with gold head a box of line cigars a meerschaum pipeshall it be any of these or the equivalent in value in the way of jewelry or other article for personal per-sonal adornment or transitory enjoyment Rather let it be something that will last certainly through a twelvemonth something some-thing of constant and unfailing comfort something whose benefits will be of daily recurrence There is nothing that fills this bill better than a daily morning newspaper news-paper and to tho citizen of Utah or the I neighboring country there is no newspaper news-paper of greater reach and usefulness than THE HERALD A years subscription therefore is what every man should treat himself to as a consolation Christmas gift Of course many who read this are regular subscribers already and it is for them each one to pass tho hint to friends not so fortunate So shines a good deed in a naughty world |