VIII 
THE GUIDE TO NATURE-ADVERTISEMENTS 
APPROPRIATE GIFTS 
FOR MEN AND BOYS 
which show good taste and good sense 
The Christmas present which reflects utility as well as sentiment has 
a two-fold value. Combine both these desirable features in your 
gifts. The suggestions given below by no means exhaust our stock 
of articles suitable for gifts for Men and Boys. Come in the store and 
look about. We will help you in making selections. 
SUIT OF CLOTHES OVERCOAT 
MACKINAW HAT GOLF CAP 
SWEATERS SPORT HOSE 
MADRAS SHIRTS UNDERWEAR 
HANDKERCHIEFS SILK TIES BATH ROBES 
HOUSE COATS 
RAINCOAT 
GLOVES 
SILK SHIRTS 
COLLARS 
PAJAMAS 
QUALITY — VALUE — ECONOMY 
THE HARTWELL - DELAP COMPANY 
48-50 PARK ROW 
Phone 689 
STAMFORD. CONN. 
Another Hit on the Professor. 
1 ' Professor X, a very absent-minded 
man, was being shaved by the barber. 
] After the operation he continued to 
j occupy the chair, and the barber, think- 
j ing he had dozed off, said, “Asleep, 
'• sir?” 
The professor started. “Bless me, 
no!” he exclaimed. “I am not asleep. 
The fact is I am frightfully near- 
sighted. When I took my glasses off 
I was no longer able to see myself in 
j the mirror opposite and naturally I sup- 
posed I had already gone home.” — Bos- 
ton Transcript. 
English as It Sounds. 
Here is a singular incident showing- 
how easy it is to mistranslate an over- 
heard remark. 
Said Mrs. A, one of the overhearers : 
“They must have been to the zoo, be- 
cause I heard her mention ‘a trained 
deer.’ ” 
Said Mrs. B : “No, no. They were 
talking about going away and she said 
to him, ‘Find out about the train, 
dear. 
Said Mrs. C : “I think you are both 
wrong. It seemed to me they were dis- 
cussing music, for she said, ‘A trained 
ear’ very distinctly.” 
A few minutes later the lady herself 
appeared and they told her of their dis- 
agreement. 
“Well,” she laughed, “that’s certain- 
ly funny. You are poor guessers, all of 
you. The fact is, I’d been out to the 
country overnight and I was asking my 
husband if it rained here last evening.” 
— Boston Transcript. 
The Naturalist Photographer. 
“Pa. what’s a naturalist?” 
“A naturalist, my boy, is a queer 
codger. He’d much rather photograph 
a strange fish than a bathing beauty in 
a one-piece suit.” — Birmingham Age- 
Herald. 
M C ARDLE’S SEED STORE 
Florist and Seedsman 
SEEDS, PLANTS, BULBS, INSECTICIDES AND 
FERTILIZERS 
BIRD HOUSES, FEEDING DEVICES AND BIRD 
FOODS 
Telephone 317 Merritt Building 
Greenwich, Conn. 
