Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1917 — HINTS FOR BELATED GIFTS [ARTICLE]

HINTS FOR BELATED GIFTS

Bags and Aprons Are Easily and Quickly Made and They Are Always Acceptable. For nanny weeks before Christmas the household is busy with needle, crochet hook and tatting shuttle, fashioning Christmas gifts for family and friends. But, there always are some belated gifts, that must be made during the lust few days, for frieuds that we would like to remember. In such cases there is nothing more quickly or easily made than bugs and aprons, and one never can have too many of either. Laundry bags, stocking bags, darning bags, piece bags and bags for soiled handkerchiefs can be made of chintz or cretonne, and fancy work bags, purse bags, and handkerchief bugs may be made of silk and ribbon. Severn 1 of these bags can easily be made in an evening, and they are always acceptable gifts. And aprons—no woman ever had too many aprons. A few yurds of gingham, percale and butcher’s linen made iqt into aprons, which would not require more than a day to make a good supply, would go a long ways as gifts to busy house mothers. And caps, also. At this time almost every woman wears some sort of cap when doing her house work, and a neat, washable cap makes an acceptable gift, and requires little skill In the making. And so with these practical and quickly made gifts one may be able to cntch up with Christmas remembrances, even though belated until the last few days before Christmas.