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Show HINTS FOR BELATED GIFTS Bags and Aprons Are Easily and Quickly Made and They Are Always Al-ways Acceptable. For many weeks before Christmas the household is busy with needle,, crochet hook and tatting shuttle, fash- j ioning Christmas gifts for family and friends. But, there always are some belated gifts, that must be made di:r- ing the lasi few days, for friends that j we would like to remember. In such cases there is nothing more quickly or easily made than bags and ! 1 aprons, and one never can have too i 1 many of either. Laundry bags, stock- Ing bags, darning bags, piece, bags and bags for soiled handkerchiefs can be ! ; made of chintz r cretonne, and fancy J work bags, purse bags, nnd handker-i handker-i chief bags may be made of silk and j ribbon. Several of th'se bags can e;is-i e;is-i ily be made in an " euing, and they are always accepin'ric gifts. I And aprons no woi.ian ever had too many aprons. A iw yards of ging-i ging-i ham, percale and butehfr's linen made I up into aprons, which would not n- quire more than a day to make a good ' supply, would go a long ways as gifts to busy house mothers. And caps, nlso. At (his lime almost every woman ; wears some sort of cap when doing j her house work, and a neat, washable cap mr.!;es an acceptable gift, and requires re-quires little skill lu (he making. And , Sf with these practical and quickly ; mad gifts one may be able to catch up ; Avith Christmas remembrances, even j though belated until the last few days ! before Christmas, i |