CHRISTMAS DON'TS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 308, 24 December 1908, Page 4

CHRISTMAS DON'TS

Don't forget that Christmas only comes once a year. Yuu won't" have such another opportunity to uubead for a whole twelvemonth. Don't worry beei'Usc others arc worse oil' than yourself ut this season. Do your share in the shape of charity, then enjoy yourself. Don't despise Xew i.e:ir resolutions. Even if quickly broken they cost nothing. Don't make Christmas an opportunity for breaking good resolutions, if you Imvc any. Those made again at the Xew Year are less likely to ho kept. Don't forget that Christinas is a religious festival. This need not make you glmuyou glum, but it should make you happy instead of merely giddy. Don't forget the children. If you iir" 1 c.o old to t«kc pleasure in pantomime anil Christmas-trees—poor thing!

Don't forget to Jiang your stocking up. Even if you hnvo to put something Jn it yourself it will help you to feel young. Don't cut plum-pudding in the evening. If eaten late in the day, when the stomach is tired, indigestion will probably result. Don't >eat more than your fair share of jdum-puddmg. It lis a species of vice which quickly brings its own punishment. Don't out a good meal of turkey immediately before going to bed, unless you wish the deceased bird to have a diabolical revenge. Don't eat cold mince pie. The, suet, which is one of the ingredients, should always be warm. v Don't cat nuts at tie en* of your Christmas Day dinner. The gastric juices have not the chance to act upon them.

Don't steal the furniture when you aio invited out to dine. Cutlery and jewellery are much easier to carry away, though even then unpleasant eonaecpienees are liable to result. Don't on any account swallow spoons nnd similar small articles. It may be a ready way of concealing them, but ttiey arc quite'indigestible. +■ Don't cat hard fruit within two hours of going to bed. It is wry liable to produce diarrhoea if not properly digested. Don't cat too much turkey. Leave a little room for plum-pudding. Don't take violent exercise and then stand in the open. Sudden closing of the pores of the skin is a fruitful source of cold uud coughs. Don't play leap-frog immediately after the Christmas dinner. Forty winks wi'l be found more conducive to the enjoyment of the rest of the day.

Don't have your rooms overheated. The sudden change from a high temperature to that of out of doors or upstairs is fraught with danger. Don't try to crowd too much into a day. Iteimiuber that moderation is the keynote, of safety. Don't do too little in one day. That would not be moderation. Don't do anything at all. You might do it wrong. Don't waste your time doing anvthin". That would be wrong. You could always be. doing soniethin" better if you only knew what.

_ Wont take spirits before going out into the eold. The ultimate nnVt „f alcohol is 1,, lower, not t« -, : ;!,-■ bodily heat. Don't take spirits while vou are out | in the eold. Vou might h'e unable to I 11ml your way .baek. '

Don't lake too much spirits at all. U tends to lower your -spirits, and those of you,- friends, while after vour demise the, effect on your spirit's future is not for the best—or the blest. Don't give n shirtless man n collar .for a ( hnstmas present. It h not i,hi|. anthropy. ' Don't give n newly-married friend a clothes line. It might suggest to hni an illegal means of escape from his bondage.

Don't give, diamond studs to vour rrieiid who is out of work. He would rather have a ton of coal.

Don't neglect to give presents to vour weallhv mend.. It may help them to, remember you. I Don't forget that a fool measures vestonlay's good time by to-day's headache.i Don't forget that a week inlervemi' between Chris!mas and Xew Year. Yon have time to get over you,- headache. ■ TXon't slum the compativ of fools ] Perhaps everyone will shun Vou for tin enmc reason,