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Show HINTS FOR BELATED GIFTS Bags and Aprons Are Essily and Quickly Made and They Are Always Al-ways Acceptable. For many weeks before Christmas the household Is busy with needle, crochet hook and tint ing shuttle, fashioning fash-ioning Christmas gifts for family and friends. But, there always are some belated gifts, that must be made during dur-ing the las) few days, for friends Unit we would like to reineuibcr. In SUCh cases there is nothing more quickly or easily made than hags and aprons, and one never can have too many of either. Laundry bags, stocking stock-ing baga, darning bags, piece Ims and imt;s fur soiled handkerchiefs can be made of chintz or cretonne, ami fancy work bags, purse baga, and handkerchief handker-chief bags may he made of silk and ribbon. Several f these hags can easily eas-ily be made In an evening, nnd they are always acceptable gin-. And aprons -no woman ever had too many aprons. few yards of gingham, ging-ham, percale and butchers linen made up Into aprons, which would not re-QUlre re-QUlre more than a day to make a good Upply, would go a long ways us gifts to busy bouac mothers, And cape, also. At this time almost every woman wears some sort of cap when doing her hOUM work, und a neat, washable cup makes m, acceptable gift, and requires re-quires little skill In the making. And so with these practical and quickly made gifts one may be able to catch up with Christmas remembrances, even though belated until the last few days before Christmas. |