Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 292, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1910 — ETIQUETTE OF GIFT GIVING. [ARTICLE]

ETIQUETTE OF GIFT GIVING.

Suggestions on Bestowing and Receiving Christmas Presents. There is an etiquette governing the giving and receiving of presents, as there is about most things, because there is always a best way to do everything, says the Ladies’ Home Journal If we penetrate below the surface of the little courteous conveu tions we shall find that consideration for the feelings of others underlies all Do not try to make your gift look as though it cost more than you paid for it. Aside from the paltry spirit of such giving, it is a delusion and a snare, for next year your offering must seem to be as fine as the one of this season or you may appear to have beep less anxious to please your friend. Take the time to write a few words of loving or cordial greeting on the cards that accompany your gifts. Without that evidence of individual personal thought the offering of even the finest present appears somewhat graceless and perfunctory. A message on a card is better than a note because more informal, and one should not seem to make much of a gift Having your presents daintily wrapped is not less a matter of courtesy. Let their outward appearance commend them. Leave them or send them to their destination the day before Christmas unless you can insure their reception early in the day A tardy gift appears like an afterthought