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Wednesday, Dec. IS. .926. He Will Welcome 11 The particular woman who seeks a gift for a partie- II ular map will find here an exjtraprdinary assemblage—the fli very things he would suggest, if he dared. GIFTS ljj||s ■ am' I .-MUFFLERS NECKWEAR H JiaEPrt^'Silks» »'-->* n-jggltjßr.**.- .* > /#<£,* From this- host of I designs. 1 " U rich neckwear you I HANDKERCHIEF ” = ' acting taste. BELTS AND wools. Gifts he’ll BUCKLES < appreciate are Sox SENSIBLE and lined glo * es ' lam pflyg I ~.“‘"1 C«pE‘ GIFTS || j: HOOVER’S lee. m CaWCQKD tjgig TBIBUNR mi ilium n I nil— i jj*~*i..nnwwwii * .uni.. ,np ■■■■ t i .i ■-j Bq You Want For Christmas?” ■Raleigh News and Observer. ■ "What do you want for Christ llmas?” my wife asked me one night 11 last August. I| ‘‘l don’t know," I replied. j| The same question was asked twice Ij during September, sis times during Kjjtetejlgtr and eighteen times during K November. In each case the answer I! Tras file same. 1 The first day of December came on I .Wednesday. We were comfortably I fettled after supper when my wife I suddenly looked up from her sewing I tlmf, with striking originality, in- I quired: I p "What Jo you want, for Christ- I mas?"- ■ “I don’t know," I replied. ■ The answer seemed to aggravate ■ her. She intimated that I wasn’t io- I ‘terested in Cbirstmas and she also I [lightly hinted that I ought to be I ashamed of myself. I As n matter of fact, I told her the I truth. I don’t know what I want for I Christmas. 1 haven’t the slightest ■ idea in tbe world. I might offer some ftvsgqe suggestion, as to spelw, handker- Siefs or neckties, but outside of those I W B I can't think of another soli ■ tary item. I It appears to annoy my wife might- I I ' "Why don't you know what you I .want?” she asks. jj <f l don’t knoiv.” I reply after deep 1 Thought and reflection. I Uiually that’s where the argument I begins to get wurni. I This business of deciding what a | man wants for Christmas is sorne- I thing that requires considerable ef | TPf.t-, I've talked to other meui,about I it. Frqnk Kngler says that he never I con offer a suggestion so' far as his I personal wishes are concerned. I in | terviewed him on the subject the other [ day. “I always tcli my folks Cqat any thing will do,” be explained. “Then on Christmas morning, when they ! hand out the presents, I toll them that I what itkpy gije me is exactly what 1 j,wanted. lit other words, I convince f-them that they Slave better judgment Lsbout those things than I have. As Ht result. I don’t have to do a Jot T of thinking before hand.” II That sounds all right, but it doesn't ■ j work in my ease. Three years ago 111 told my wife that anything she II bought would suit me, so she bought 11 Die a new dress for the baby. Never Kin the world would I have suggested ITsuch a thing. ■w;' The ’ rouble with the average wotn llnii is tliut she doesn't know how to 11 shop for a man. Lust'yedr I made I j some suggestions or other about want- II ing some golf bulls. She shopped | ■Aarouml down town a couple of days! Bund on Christmas morning she pre-i If Merited me with a dozen of them. She I I] said that she had bought the whole lldozen for a dollar upd. a half. The I ■ first time 1 hit one of them over on! ■ the Greenville court a day or two as- Briigr wards. it looked US lopsided as a In^cun. II Judge H. A. Xunn. of New Bern, H was holding court here last week. If Knowing tint lie possessed rare judg- IJinent and discernment, I asked him ■j one day how he worked the Christ-1 If mas suggestion business. I] "Cigars,” was his answer. If “Whut do you mean?”! queried. 11 “I tell everybody J want cigars," Hie .explained. "Usually they aren’t ■Elbe kind I want to smoke, so ] take Hl’em bark the day after Christmas and ■Texchange them. If I get too many Heights. 1 take tbe surplus buck and llswap ’em for something else in the ■ptore. I've been working that sys- ITtoni for years audit's the ouiy pne ■ [that has ever proved to be snlisfuc l| tory.” H Not u bud idea at that. If I only llhud though of tbe same scheme .three ■jyeiigs ugR, I probably could have made ■1 some satisfactory use out of that ■Tbaby's dress. II The average woman, however, seems ■fto regaydj yon. will suspicion if you ■aswap her Christinas presents for some- Ij thing blse.' That's one reason why 111 wore a yellow, blue and gold ueek ■uk, three weeks after lust Christmas. ■ln sopM- utmycouu table manner that Wnecktie I never could ex - ■ plain to my wife how It becatpe mjs - placed. I think she suspected siu ■Lister motives iu counevtiqty with its Kdisappearance. Probably she Was right. IT It was about five years ago' atid 1 I] never have been able to read them. Ij “i read the ads.,” said Charlie l| Jlynu. well kquwn loot;) business n\gn, Kwhouil him for his opinion. ■•■About this time of year, you’ll find ■ahe filled with advertise ■ tuculs offering suggestions on gifts !fdr men. I memorize five or six of the .suggestions add when I’ni asked jWhat I want for Christmas, I rattle jfent off. That's the (jest scheme I know of," And it isn't a bad scheme either, al though a fellow is taking u lot of chance whfh lie pursues such promis cuous aetkis. I’etsouuliy, I don't! believe I approve of it. Sock". l«swltetehißfs. neckties! The old staud-bys. Without them the average man would be ruined so'fur as getting any Christinas gifts is con ccnptdv Nltiaty-eight. per, cent, of all the gifts given to men on Christmas Day iuelude either socks, handkerchiefs or neckties. If Governor Nepean were to issue a. proclamation tomorrow for I bidding the giving of those three items. thqhzatftfeUof men would go Without C ‘ pmentf this, j ear. ’TWOI we give Qtusiq Henry "Let's give him sotte socks." | “HAiy about Uncle George?” ' "HhndkefbhlhfsT' ■ “And wlinj ure we going to send Nephew Alonso?’’ •'Necktie!" Prettto! There's the .solution of all tj- A . [' See Friday’s Tribune jfour Chriatmas problems. - j But you can’t pursue that policy in |lving presents to women. There arc *° staples, with the possible excep ppn of hapdkerctucfs. j "What do yon want for- Chnst ta*B''” I asked my wife a'couple of fwks ago. _ • r - Half an lidqr -jqteri shO wis- «tiU ivf; Nhc started in' |l’ baby. grsWd aud she covered every jteui carried in stock by dry goods, hardware and jewelry stores. She suggested that I take paper and iicn- C|i and jot down her suggestions. I jotted until I got writer’s cramp. Not only that, but each day then has brought at least forty-eight new suggestions. They're still com jf»* m. ■i I* 11 ! I can't afford to give you all |*Qse things,” I protested, g "I don't expect you to," she re jwled. “just pick out whatever you want to give me.” 4,"But whgt sbgll I pick out?" I queried. P I believe it was at that point that she called me a dumb-bell. Man is mas and. he is also handicapped, after Christinas. It's hard .'or me to gusli. On Christ mas morning when I am present, I open it, examine it carefully, and then thaqk the dpnor politely. Somehow Os other, I always diaappoint them. With a woman it’s diffetent. ■ I’ve, seen one woman give another one”two' flye-cent handkerchiefs and have seen the recipient almost go into hysterics, trying to express t’he depth of her gratitude. Several Christmases I made up my miqd that I’d get real enthu siastic wlieu my Clirisfmas gift, was given me. That was the year I re ceived the pink silk shirt. I ex claimed and ejaculated and expounded at such an extent.'that ’I immediately was accused of being drunk. What’s the use 1 Anyway, Cliristmas comes but once a year. I’m looking forward to a happy Christmas, regardless of wliat Santa Claus may bring. " ’Twuh tile night before Christmas j and ail through.the house, Not u creature was stirring; not j even a mouse. And doivu by the firepiace, tied up ' in a box, ' ~ 11 ’ ■" y. ! .it -'5". nc -=ssg~-^~gagg^Ba How Long Will Christmas Last at Your House ? How much better to invest in year-round happi nesaior the entireiamily, rather than buy individual no practical value! ' ■ • r ' I=s Were handkerchiefs, neckties and thousands of sox." CRISONKB ATTEMPTS ESCAPE FROM HOSPITAL Dave Henry, Shot Twice By His Wtffc, Trie# to Smother Guard. Asheville, Dec. 13.—Dave Henry, Byerard automobile man, who uas been in a serious condition .for sev eral days following a pistol duel with his jp which he received a bul let wound through net"- lung, at , tcmpWd-Uaf iiight*h- daring AwapT • .from the'Hospital where 1 lfe is ‘lictog guardefl. 5 ‘ Seizing a manget he leaped from the bed and attempted to smother J. Carter Roberts, special dtputy et-r to watch him. Attendants came to the rescue of the officer and Henry was soon subdued. The action, however, led to an order from Sheriff Laurence Brown which placed Henry in Ap palachian. hall, ail institution for the treatment of nervous diseases, k.i observation. , Henry; was taken to the Mission hospital lust Tuesday .following a gun battle with his wife, Mrs. Ranche Henry, a( the home of the latter s fuflier near Leicester, being tvoqnded at that time it» the right lung, a bullet from his wife’s icvol ver haying passed entirely through that organ. It was the second time he had been shot by his wife. Pickle iq Throat Must Stay Till Measles End. Chicago, Dec. 14.—Four-year-old iAlino Koos. of Peoria. IH.. ivho swal lowed a piece of pickle tile wrong ■Way. tonight broke oui with tile measles, and must keep the pickle in , hw bronchial tubes, where it lodged. ■ until congestion caused by ihe . measles has passed. Alrao was . brought here today to a hospital to . have the truant pickle removed, but . when the meales developed doctors said-they believed it best to leave the pickhe- a (one. At leastls nations are expect oil to compete in the winter sports section of the Olympia Games at St. Aloritz in 1928. ! - ■ | Fr«e Sift S«e Friday’s Tribune -- . ■ II •' " • Men Mid Women in the News [ mm I.ADY jyfOUKTT BATTEN cJOHXf NT■ GATSIKTE^- KHAN NEFTAH i Lady Louise Mouutbatten was operated upon in Lonflflh | Representative John N. Garner, of Texas, introduced aOnC Hitting $335,000,000 from income taxes. Mirza Davbffd Khan Meftah presented his credentials to President QtojMgt is minister from Persia. Mrs. Margaret ArnfriA-#jftaflSqf« heiress,” of Omaha, Neb., sued Captain James MUey Arnold for divorce because, she said, he interfered'Mtia her mesial l carecr - * > 3 .. ■; PAGE FIVE
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