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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0506 Enlarge and print image (2M) |
| \ tkeGtv&fest Of Gifts -BY MrtCY HANKS- First Christmas Carols iSung Zooo Years Ago aka^a^R*- *•*,"¦; ^"%-c^^B*/*•£>>\.ir/. i?' The greatest Christmas gift in the world is appreciation. You cannot give anything that will please everybody—relatives, friends, and acquaintances—more than that. If you do not give that, all your other gifts will amount to nothing. There is hardly anything it will do so much good to realize as this fact. It will not only save us from heartaches, but it will operate as a saving sauce and a redeeming favor} to all our other gifts. And the day after it will leave us with a real Christmas taste in the mouth. Let us look up the matter. If we could just know what people want, it would save a lot of worry, of guessing, wondering and searching. How can you tell what to get for your boy,Fred? You think over his needs, and finally decide on a dozen handkerchiefs. You buy them, feeling all the while that it isn't a bit Christmassy, and that somehow the surprise and joy and wonder of Christmas is not fulfilled by laying in a lot of clothing. Yet—what can you do? Then there's Susie, your cousins, and Aunt Jennie, and grandma and the baby. By the time your list is complete and you have some gift for each one you are in the rags of despair, your nerves are frayed and gone, and your pocketbook, your poor "Christmas allowance"—where has it gone? Now, it may save you a bit of money, and it certainly will spare you a deal of trouble and tearing of soul, if you will, long before Christmas buying fever sets in, sit down s YULETIDE g GREETINGS THE A&P WISHES TO EXTEND TO ITS MANY PATRONS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS S SWEET APPLE CIDER,.................... GaL Jug- 69c NUTS. 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Deep down one's inside, what is it everyone is hungry for, everyone craves, as a monkey loves sugar or a cat likes fish? Why, everybody most of all wants to be appreciated. The worst crime against a wife is not to abuse her; it is to neglect her. Women have lived right along with husbands who beat them, but to live with a man who neglects and ignores, that is intolerable. And the husband. Of course, it's his duty to provide for his family, and when he gives you food and shelter and clothing he's done no more than he ought. But do you realize how fierce and gnawing the hunger sometimes grows within him for a little happy, smiling appreciation? And the children. You load them down with good things. They have boots and ribbons, school books and playthings, so that at Christmas time it seems impossible to imagine anything new for them. But do you know what your boy wants more than anything else? He would like your time, your interest, your companionship. He wants , you more than anything that is yours. And you can't give yourself to him in a minute. If you try it, it will seem very awkward perhaps, and you will give up the experiment in disgust. He is shy. You are shy. One of the most tragic things in the world is that unspoken estrangement that grows up between father and son. To break it down, to become good chums, to get nearness and friendship with your own child is hard to do, but it is worth doing. And it can be done if you keep at it determinedly. So, along about Christmas time, make up your mind to cease finding fault, criticizing and regulating, for awhile at least; and try to see what you can find in your boy to compliment, to admire and commend. Then there is the diffident, sensi- tive girl. Who knows what agonies she endures? We are impatient with her. The weakness of her self-pity irritates us. She sees slights where none is intended, and such a one is difficult to live with. But, did it ever occur to you that the thing this child craves most bitterly is appreciation? Give it to her. Find this or that about her that you can approve, and speak of these things. You will find that her nature will unfold like a flower under the sun of your consideration. It will be worth the pains, just to find out how rare and sweet and passionate is the devotion of the sensitive, isolated heart. In truth we all like appreciation. Call it flattery, if you will. We all (Continued on Pag* 6) General Hauling ALSO Flat and Dump Trucks. SEE US FOR STORAGE ' NO LOAD TOO SMALL—NONE TOO LARGE HOPWOOD'S EXPRESS 306 S. Paca Street Baltimore Phones Cohert 0119-0988 The Paul Company S10 Pciuu. Ave. BALTIMORE. MC Manufacturing Stationers, Lithographers, Printer* Bank Suppltea A Specialty <-xk~x~:~:~:~:"K^:kkk":~:~^^^^ Money cannot buy bettei! baking powder than DAVIS Bake it BEST with ° ft&MK BAKING POWDER EVERY INGREDIENT OFFICIALLY APPROVED BY U. S. FOOD AUTHORITIES |