SHOPPING WITH METHOD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18891, 13 December 1924, Page 6 (Supplement)

SHOPPING WITH METHOD.

Buying Christmas gilt? wight, to be an enjoyable undertaking because it is done with the idea ol giving pleasure to others. Unfortunately, however, it often resolves itself into a tiring, nerve-racking affair. When this happens ft is usually because the shopping has not beeij carefully planned beforehand. Unless a hst is made of the persons for whom you intend to purchase presents, and some ilea; indicated of the amount of money yoil wish to spend on each one and the kind A* article vow mean to buy, chaos and disappointment are sure to resultIt is not too soon to begin to phm out vour list of Christmas presents, because 'it. needs both thught and care to do so. Few women have unlimited money to spend, and therefore they have to scchow they can make the most of whoA theyhave-, to studv the shop windows, catalogues, and advertisements so that they wfli havo some idea of values and pfie.es. Once the list is made it is a good idea to carry it about with you ui your purse. so that if vou happen unexpectedly to see something that will suit your husband or one of vour children or friends yon can buy it 'right away and triumphantly cross the name off the Int. A gift that i'S chosen as the result of observation and therefore fills a need or gratifies a wish, i? always the most ap-preciated-even though its monetary worth may be slight: When possible it is advisable to write down alternative your list, „as by so doing you may save yourself time

and trouble. Another time-saving notion is to group together on your list all the article;, that would be obtained in the same department or the same shop. " Shop early " is a slogan of tin? Christmas shopping season, and one which is worth putting into practice. By so doing you avoid rush, c,et 111r- best attention, a wider choice of gcipds, and can get through twice as much in half the time.