Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1904 — Hints on Giving. [ARTICLE]

Hints on Giving.

A writer in Lippincott's Magazine makes these suggestions on giving. We should not give people things they don’t want. We should avoid giving anybody the mumps or the chicken-pox if we can help it Do not give a friend the c.ild shoulder without baked-beans and hot coffee to go with it. A man should not give a lady a kiss unless he thinks she would enjoy It, except 1n the case of his wife and his mother-in-law. Do not give red suspenders to a total strnn»,er; he might prefer those of a pale-b'.ue shade instead. Do not present a bucking broncho to a tall, pale num of sedentary habits, as he would not likely live long to enjoy it. ' When yon give castor-oil to a howling Infant give It for Its. Intrinsic worth, and not merely as an evidence of your regain.