Show r a 1 § I Comes 1 There ought to be a law against "cute" Christmas gifts In the old days a man could come downstairs Christmas morning open a couple of packages and be fairly : sure he would come up with a pair of socks or so at least one tie he could wear downtown and maybe three z 1 ! 4 4 1 t ' ' : ITS ALL Mr Ferguson is referring to Mr story of how Butch Cassidy riding a Vi tile horse stole the payroll of the Castle tate coal mine on April 21 1897 The second round comes from Mts le an official of the A icoicl lc Gooderham Women's Residence 445 E South Temple the "House of Hope" as we called it A few weeks back we ran an article on the residence and according to Mrs tii(1&ham it did a bit of good CH would be impossible to detei just how far reaching are the effects (it this article It has been referred to by people in' all walks of life Many have shown 'cal interest and this information has given a better understanding of the problo Iii or alcoholism to all people who have read I he article "Some women have come to the !loose of Hope asking for help because they ii ad the story in The Tribune —cilia all proves that the press is (Eric of our most important means of keeping the public informed as to what the needs it the e people really are and how these needs being met" I "" aut fit ti 1 - gt tilt 24 14 dtk t gates to the state convention at Twin Falls She felt a certain responsibility in representing her club at such an important meeting and decided ' !z: A she simply 'must have a new hat So she hied herself to the nearest city to buy a new bonnet that would Le fine enough for so important an occasion She had heard that feathers were to be very good this fall So after visiting all of the various millinery shops the town afforded and trying on dozens of hats she selected a creation certain feathered was the which she thought most beautiful thing she had ever seen The hat was terribly expensive But she felt she simply must have it So the hat was purchased and unable to resist wearing the gorgeous new she started for head- gear home Now in this high altitude storms have a way of coming up very suddenly and as she drove into her own yard a sudden gust of wind whipped round the mountainside and tile stiff 1itize lined her new hohnut ti otn ht Ut ad 11ev it 1 grandina and bring us e hies and candy?" Mrs Robert M 1)‘1 Box 144 Monte lio Nev Little Marilyn 5 was viiting her aunt One evening at dinner her aunt served pit-served plums for dessert Marilyn held out her 'dale He lifted his gun and fired o " completely out of the car and whirled it across the yard and over the barnyard fence This all happened just at the time the- - hunting season had opened And at that moment her husband came out of the house equipped to go pheasant huntingt He saw a strange looking object go hurtling through the air tr w 31141‘‘ programs) 2M covered" iouns The ladies of a certain little village high up in the mountains of Idaho organized a small but very select literary club Soon after they joined the National Federation of Women's Clubs The president of the group who Is a 'very attractive young matron 'found that it was her duty to accompany the dele r I I That white horse was just as fine an animal as you described Then the robber reportedly Butch Cassidy stepped out pointed the gun over my head at the guards took the money and was gone in short order "I have never heard that any of the :I $ k a letter to James P Sharp the gent on the opposite Page— referring to an earlier story of his From Connecticut W P Ferguson writes: "It was with an unusual amount of interest that I read your article 'The Castle Gate !Stickup (Magazine Sept 6 1953) "I was a boy of nine visiting my uncle and your great uncle W G Sharp superintendent of the coal mine at Castle Gale at the time As any active normal boy would do I met most of the trains On the day of the stickup I was in the midst of things as I knew some of the payroll guards "As you so accurately described in your article the three guards with the bags full of gold and silver walked from the depot to the payroll offices in the company store "Being a few steps ahead of the guards as we reached the store I remarked to a boy companion Loo rat that beautiful white men from the 'Robber's Roost' country IA le ever captured or any part of the nu14) Milady's Hat sports No Feathers Now soft-boile- d Ez praise—to horse' 4! Another Cute Gift Turkish water pipes are another "cute4 gilt this year You sit on the floor gurgle the water and smoke ! with the pipes Its suppose to make a father feel like a Twit the ad says (The ad didn't say how a Turk feels) Another "cute" gift is a set of glasses with different initials on them so when people come to the house each person will have a glasswith his initial on it This keeps the glasses from getting mixed up (This is a waste of time—when the glases start getting mixed up it's time for the party to break up) Something else new is a cigaret lighter which also i has a manicure set in it (What no bar?) i One firm is manufacturing an item especially for the "man who has everythihg but the kitchen sink" The item: Small cuff links made in the 'form of a kitchen sink! And one firm is advertising a special Christmas present t for "that friend who has everything" i The item: A mink toothbrush I ask you! Bow cute can you get? of —that's 54 i round a now rounds actually First we have tiOTHILIG SECIIOUS or four fair-sizehanderchiefs But that I repeat was in the good old days These times Santa Claus 'caws the old man of the house nothing but Christmas gifts on the "cute" side The reason for these "cute" gifts on the male Christmas tree naturally is because most of the Yule gifts for men are bought by women A man's wife daughter or mother scours the department stores for weeks before Christmas looking for "cute" little items that their husband father or son could have no use for ' Buying a Wallet For instance a woman thinks nothing of buying a man a wallet Never does she take into consideration that he has nothing to put in the wallet in the first place1 Or cuff-link- s Personally I have II pairs of cuff links —and one shirt Better I should have it shirts and one pair of cuff links This Christmas I'm going to stay upstairs all day long With the new line of "cute" gifts on the Christmas market for men I'll be afraid to come downstairs and see what Santa left on the tree for me i Who knows there might a spice chart on the tree with my name on it! No don't laugh It's the truth One of the new Christ" mas gifts on the market for men this year is a wall spice chart You just twist the wheel when you get up in the morn ing and the chart tells you w hat spice to put on your 1 eggs '' But a spice chart is just one of the "cute" gifts on the market these days There are others Such as: A stainless-stee- l oyster opener (Can't you just see your eyes when you open a package Christmas morning and see a stainless-stee- l oyster opener staring you in the face?) 0 Special Chili Kit Or a chili kit One manufacturer is putting out a special chili kit at 14 bucks for the man of the house This chili kit is for chili lovers men who can't wait to have chili The idea is I suppose that when the man leaves the house for work he tucks the chili kit under his arm and if ke gets hungry on Main Street he can whip It out and whip up a batch of chili for some friends and business associates The newest clock on the market for the up and com's ing businessman has a special dial for hurricanes and tornadoes This is something real handy and plenty of Salt Lake fathers will be prepared for hurricanes and tornadoes the day after Christmas (Thetrouble is when a hurricane starts corning who has time to look at a clock?) Unusual male gift this Christmas is a memory box cigaret container This is a box to hold cigarets and printed on the top is a facsimile of the mans marriage license (Wow a thing like that is enough to make a man f stop smoking!) it Another gadget that is sure to find its way into men's stockings this year is a spepal machine to plug in television sets so you don't have to listen to the commercials (Now10 find a gadget so we on't have to look at the The Editor's Crystal Ball e i Alt - ' at it Her husband is agood shot Her gorgeous new bonnet was a complete wreck Yes Milady went to the convention But she wore her last year's hat It had no feathers on it! Nellie Cline Steenson 406 S 9th Pocatello Ida N1 VT4 —151r - - for a second helping It Icing rather dark in the dining IN4)111 her aunt could not see q-- well Said she: "Eat all Ilq1 on your plate darling and then !untie will give you looll" if it'N" Can't eat plum :titriPPid little Marilyn tvIrs P J McDermott ' Ramona Ate Salt Lake Cily I SEND YOUR STORY IN '‘ 2-- 41 "It's All Yours" is just that Readers are invited to send in their accoucds tit Itt 1114A I Our daughter was trying hard to entertain a little girl of 4 It was finally decided that they would play house After much preparation our little guest came to me saying enthusiastically "Sally is going to be the mama and I'm going to be the little girl Why don't you be the of humorous happeruni! brief stories of little known facts abotigt: Utah or its people For each item pib1isbi41: The Tribune will pay So be sure to include yOhk name and address with each item Contributions should be' original and factual They should not be more than 200 words long Address contributions to: It's All Yours Editor The Salt Lake Tribune Magazine Salt Lake City Utah hil"°11"' h My daughter ItartitiOwhile eating a chit ken sked bee mother to save her theA -Pintreb- stick" She had "heXrtlf os call for the (hum - -- - Stick!Sevetal months before ' f 4Lowell Jenkins F 20 South ' End LOgan t Ode day we weni into town —Ein a different stteet than usual We passed a grecohouse 'ow the way and I called the fthildrea's attention to" the ' flowers growing in the lot near by saying "Oh look at the - 'pretty 4flowers" prised to hear I was sur-- Dana ThaVa say "Yes I know where they're born" Mrs Lorenzo Tracy Malta Ida THE SALT LAKE TRIEUNE F |