Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1917 — ‘‘What Shall I Give My Friends?” [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

‘‘What Shall I Give My Friends?”

A CHRISTMAS gift that can’t be used and enjoyed is a disappointment. The average man or woman would rather receive a post card with a cheerful “Merrie Christmas” on it than a gift that is just perfunctory. The war has made us all alert this year for the cheer and welfare of our

boys on the sea and in the army. So why not knit the young patriots gray wool sweaters and those excellent long-wristed mittens, with finger tips missing not to impede their work at the riggings and behind the guns? Uncle Sam does not furnish the boys with these two winter luxuries.

Illustrated is a desk set for father, hubby or sweetheart. If you are clever you can saw it out of thin pine and enamel it beautifully, filling it with good paper, pens and stamps. Or you can make the frame of stiff cardboard and cover it with any attractive paper that matches his den or library. Handmade lingerie is always a test of affection. So make sister an undervest made of crei«e de chine. One yard and a quarter of a good quality of

crepe, the same quantity of beading and a little more narrow ribbon are required. Cut the vest straight, hem on stheJjottom, put the beading across the top and run the ribbon through it. Six sachets filled with the favorite spent of the recipient and made, say, in heart shape-edged with narrow lace, would be attractive, and they are always useful.. Ltttielavender silk bags ’’filled with dried lavender flowers would be appreciated by anyone with h Unen closet