"The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Saturday, December 12, 1903 HINTS ON GIVING. (John A. Simpson, in December Lippincott's.) We should not give people things they don't want. We should avoid giving anybody the mumps or the chickenpox if we can help it. Do not give a friend the cold shoulder without baked beans and hot coffee to go with it. A man should not give a lady a kiss unless he thinks she would enjoy it, except in the case of his wife and his mother-in-law. Do not give red suspenders to a total stranger; he might prefer those of a pale-blue shade instead. Do not present a bucking broncho to a tall, pale man of sedentary habits, as he would not likely live long to enjoy it. When you give castor oil to a howling infant give it for its intrinsic worth, and not merely as an evidence of your regard.