Show I Gifts for for- forthe the Children I Children frequently appreciate I gifts which are e not toys and too childish Many mothers give their thir tiny to tots s a new wardrobe or anew anew a anew new fur coat from old Kris Iris Kringle Krin- Krin gle which delights them twice as much as an expensive doll loll carriage carriage carriage carri carri- age or house or a new electric lo locomotive lo- lo Little girls are aro especially appreciative appreciative appreciative of gifts along this line The child who envies another child a cloth coat trimmed with fur and a ahat ahat ahat hat to match would far rather have havea to a coat like Mary Iary Janes than Havo So many dolls doUs and rols fol-de-rols on the Christmas tree I know one mother who puts his qu question flatly flatly flatly flat flat- ly to o her little daughter every year The answer has always been that she prefers clothes which she may wear to parties and on Sundays Sundays Sundays Sun Sun- days and up dress occasions Another way of pleasing the child mind along this line is to re refurnish refurnish refurnish re- re furnish the childs child's bedroom The child of nine of ten likes a room with atmosphere and a color scheme which app appeals als quite as well as a grown up An indulgent nt mother may g-e g get a wallpaper sample sampIe sample sam sam- pIe book and let her little daughter daugh daugh- ter or son select something which appeals to them Ian 1 Many a child would appreciate a anew anew anew new rug a a. comfortable rocking chair a reading table or a complete complete completo com com- pleto bedroom set consisting of a anew anew anew new bed bureau Lureau chiffonier and chairs Children like to take ake their thel friends to their own room but inmany in inmany inmany many instances this room does not come up to th their lr Ideas of good furnishing furnishing furnishing fur fur- or color scheme The mother moth moth- er el who will take her daughter or orson orson orson son downtown and let them select their own bedroom furnishings would probably make one of them the m most st sensible and self-satisfying self gifts as far as the child is concerned con con- Young people are frequently much attached to interesting pictures pic plc- tures A picture plays a great part partin in a childs child's life giving it imagination imagination na nation lon color value and thought in interpolation In- In Pictures copied from the old masters are especially decorative decorative dec dec- If It Santa Claus would hanga hang a a. picture over the childs child's bed it would be a gift which would give many hours of meditation and I pleasure Books are of course other gifts which bring ins instruction ruction and amusement amusement amusement amuse amuse- ment for many hours Children frequently appreciate a set of books or a book which has a se- se quel The Dinsmore stories for girls and books of adventure for I boys have developed many young oung readers in the world It is surprising how man many children children children chil chil- dren would like fresh flowers or better still potted plants which they might end tend all the season A window box would mean a few minutes' minutes employment and enjoyment enjoyment enjoyment enjoy enjoy- ment all the rest of oC the year Goldfish Goldfish Goldfish Gold Gold- fish or a canary bird are aro also In interesting pets for the child who lives in an apartment and cannot I know v the Joy of a puppy or kl kitten ten |