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Show expensive articles.- If possible-fhej should provide the child with something some-thing pleasant to do on the day that they are opened, something not too difficult dif-ficult for his abilities. Children love to open packages. There are myriad possibilities among the crayons," paints, small and large blocks, pattern or design-making toys, tools, sewing materials, mate-rials, tiny doll-house furnishings, and, of course, among the children's books. A- pair of warm gloves or a bright handkerchief, might be tucked In among the other things, according to the child's age and the amount one wishes to spend. C) if the disadvantages llflttl under which the modern hLIm chlId lab01's 18 that there ( Jtoen-J are t0 many kinds of play-S5 play-S5 things and possessions show-VXjS show-VXjS ered upon him at Christmas is&fV or on birthday, or at " . other present-giving times. v A little child is often so bewildered be-wildered by the array of gifts he receives re-ceives at Christmas that he .scarcely knows where to begin when It comes to opening them. A child specialist of the bureau of home economics of the United States Department of Agriculture believes that far fewer toys and games, and those of a very simple kind, should be , given children at any time, but espe- : clally at Christmas. A selection should ; be made among the things which will ' enable the child to prolong his enjoyment enjoy-ment by using them constantly things he can do something with, not simply j loked at or watch another person wind I up and set going. To avoid some of the bad effects of too many gifts at Christmas time, sn fig an idea migut ne ; borrowed from the j popular "sunshine : package" that Is j often sent to convalescents con-valescents or new mothers. For an Invalid, such a package consists of a number of small, Interesting gifts to be opened one at a time, dally, for an equal number of days. For the mother of a new baby, It should contain ten or a dozen small articles to add to the baby's layette these, also, to be opened one each day during the mother's stay In the hospital. hos-pital. Why not send the small child a "holiday package," containing enough little gifts' for the child to look forward for-ward to on each day of the ensuing vacation period? These need not, he |