Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1917 — Pretty Christmas Gifts [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Pretty Christmas Gifts

CRETONNE KNITTING BAG. She who has not a knitting bag must feel like a stranger In a strange land. Christmas will give opportunity to provide her with this requisite of the woman In polite society. Also to replace knitting bags that have grown shabby with use. Those of cretonne have everything to recommend them. They are cheer-

ful and durable and they are inexpensive as bags go. _ - The handsome bag in the picture is made of tan cretonne with black stripe and Japanese designs in brilliant flowers and foliage. It is lined with bright green sateen and finished with clusters of satin-covered apples in tan, red and green at each side. The handles are of thin wood and are wound with a flat gold braid. LOLLYPOPS FOR YOUNGSTERS. If Santa Claus finds himself short of money anywhere we invite his attention to those dressed-up lollypops. They will delight the children. A lollypop Is a flat piece of candy on the end of a stick and It lasts a long time. All sorts of little figures of things animate and Inanimate are made by

dressing up lollypops in crepe paper. One end of the stick is thrust into a disk of heavy cardboard and arms and legs are provided by small wires fastened about the stick. The faces 'are painted on wax paper, over the lollypop. Fruits and vegetables, fairies, soldiers, dolls, dancing girls, clowns — there is no limit the things that can be made in this way. ALWAYS WELCOME CHINA. Here are a cake basket and a bonbon dish made of small pilates set in baskets of paper rope. They are the sort of gift the housewife always welcomes and require a small outlay of money and the time of the maker. With pret-

tily deeorated plates and the clever use of paper and twine, handsome baskets reward the efforts of those who learn the art of basketry. The baskets shown are In dark brown, and that one holding the bonbon dish Is brightened with a yellow cord woven in a cross pattern over the braid. RIBBONS AND LACES IN CAPS. Along comes Christmas, each year attended by a bevy of adorable breakfast caps always prettier than those of other years. Here are two which will

solve at once the problem of what to give to the friend you hope to please* The little cap at the top is a glorified and frivolous version bf the sunbonnet. It is made of val lace edg-

ing and insertion in a flat medallionshaped piece over the top of the head and a little cape that hangs from the back. A band of pink moire ribbon Is brought across the top of the cap and ties m the back at the nape of the neck. It is encouraged to be useful and stay In place by the company of clusters of the tiniest chiffon roses. A band of hemstitched taffeta, edged with lace and trimmed with a zig-zag band of little blossoms, makes the other enticing cap. It fastens at the side under a bow of narrow satin ribbop, with snap fasteners. , - NECKWEAR FOR CHRISTMAS. No more acceptable present can be found for any woman ypuiig or old than the collar and cuff sets of organdie which add so much to the tailored suit or the one-piece frock. For the younger women these sets are shown In pale tints or in white with ruffles in light

colors. In all-white they are suitable to any age. The set pictured is a favorite for street wear or with tailored suits. It is of white organdie having little ruffles in light tan color. Handsome sets are also made of white and cream or ivory satin but nothing is more durable or dainty than organdie.

CHRISTMAS CANDLES. This year’s Christmas candles will be dressed out with shades In red, white and blue, as well as tn the accustomed red and green. Here are two, among many others, in which the national colors are skillfully used to make graceful shades. The shade at the left is mainly red with white and blue In ruffles and braided strands about the top and bottom. White over red in the other candle makes a pretty background for small

flags pasted to the crepe paper. This shade is tied about the top with narrow blue ribbon. A tiny basket and box for salted nuts, or confections, are shown with the candles. The basket is made of braided strands of paper in red, .white and blue, to match the candle at the left, wliile the box is a repetition of white over red, xtied with blue ribbon as in the shade of the other candle. THE LANTERN BAG. No matter how many laundry bags have vainly besought our male friends to be orderly, this lantern bag has every chance of success in fulfilling its mission. It is a thing of beauty that will never be relegatdd to a closet, but Is destined to spend its days hung

in a conspicuous place to be admired. Its envied owner cannot lose sight of It or refuse to behave as he should when soiled collars or handkerchiefs are to be disposed of. The lantern bag makes a beautiful gift for anyone and is made of Japanese silk, red velvet and gold braid. It is finished with handsome silk tassels and suspended by a silk ,cord. A cover is made for the top of (the lantern and fastened by the clip through the braid used for binding.