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Show The Gift Habit (Cop g U6 h the Mc e No spape sn o rneed atSa loners Hal London A k s reae ed j, h o a k a on P b a on of th b ar o n ho 6 o p spa o d oit by apoc a ar rAntra ft t u th TVI t . 11 a Nft Hniin N a o I WISH ln le San coull take I cen ss of tie vatrons of 1 a parco post I tl ink it would provo tn cla n that HO per ce t of then are of m sex an! at least S er cent of the packages the s nd awnj a e pres ents He made th s transportation of pack ages at loss expense to us to be k ud b t vas it kindness! It n akes t eas er for s to make g fts and we ha e tho habit now in su a a dea Uv exaggerate 1 form that any increase of t will prove fatal E ery woman has s ch a long str ng of friends and relat ea to whom for so ne altogether llogieal reason she foela she must make g fts, that she is kept in a perpetual state of bankr ptcy The red ring arou d Docen ber ai is not the only nsrk on the calendar a parent to her sion There are rings for all her relati es hirthdavs and veddmg an niversar es and for manv of the b rth days and wedl ng anni eraanes of her fr ends bhe has the very wrong not on that she can t prove her regarl for anyone i nless a gift goes with t and more of ten the g ft is sent to pro e a regar I that doesn t exist It is the so rce of more hypocrisy than any other soc al custom and I feel like applaud ng the von an brave enough to say Bhe cannot afford morally or financ alh to fol low it Carrjing Coals to Newcastle I do not mean by th s that I think we should never give to each other but I do mean we should never give extrava gantly or so promiscuously that there is no way of indg ng bv the tissue paper wrapper package e send if it goes to an enemy or to a friend We spend altogether too much effort and time n send ng gifts to friends wh ch they do not want cannot use and which create only an unpleasant feel ing of obligation If all that effort and time were devoted s mply to be ng kind don t you think it would count for more? If nstead of the costly robe for the buggy of a wealthv friend s baby we sent two representing the same outlay to babies of the poor wonldn t t be a 1 ttle more sane Don t you really think that we take entirely too many coals to Ne vcastlef I am trying to take less and w sh yon would help me with your moral support Let ns give to those who need and! do not mean only in the season that is com ing but all the year aronnd We m ght following the strictlv fem nine fash on of doing nothing w thont f rst organ z ng a club w th that obiect in view, form a o Coals to Newcastle club and give, and give lovingly and freelv but oul to thoHO need of the little we h e to oil r It h rts e to soe a 1 ttle 1 11 ins f f t clad and to k ow that some child n tho nett blocl hus clotles stored aw av to fool the rtoths an 1 more com ng e ery I by par el post Ian glai tl o o e cl 11 s so fort nate b alwavs et that v th n mother a 1 father to a e fo t so lux r ousl the cles all ts an 1 cous nB aud f r en a do t t r tho r p eel post offer ngs to the cl d in trn, c need It s tho o th ng I would 1 ke to do f I o 1 1 ta o care of every 1 ttle ch Id of the poor b t s nee that s I osa ble 1 an glad that wi h the as b Btanco of my n any friends all over the world we can n ake Ufa pleasanter for a great great many It will alao a m 1 fy our own lives and help us to d et ngi isl tl e d (Terence be tween a real and a fane ed obi gat on Wo can gi o with greater tbo ght of the neo I of he rec p ent when we do not gi e to so u any we can 1 arn to look ouraol es in tl e eyes and know that we are sincere Ian glad of the opportun ty to say this in due season It would be as fool lsh to aay it in January as it would be to gi e a fr end a form la for preserv ing rose petals in December ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS To Mabel L of Shreveport I a. Hats are trunn ed n ore a mply this season If you have, as you sav a broad brimmed velvet hat fron last season take the ostrich feather off t buy a little fur to go around the crown and adi a small bunch of flowers or a single flower on one side where the ends meet If Jou do not want this outlay you may re trim w th the ostr ch feather, putt ng it on so that it 1 es close to the brim I am 16 writes A H P of Hoi ena Mont and mother says I am too young to go out with a beau unless she acconpanies me Vhat do you th nk about tf I th nk vonr n other s right You w 11 think so some dav and you may sa e yourself great sorrow by trying to th nk so now What kind of hair bleach would j ou recommend for mv dauebter asks a woman from bt Pa I M nn who signs herself Proud Mother I would not recommend any I lo not think a hair bleach should be used un der any circumstances |