Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 November 1937 — Page 25

THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1937

Novel Christmas Gifts Are Waiting to Brighten Domestic Surroundings

Homeowner Will Take Pride and Find Joy in Countless ‘Extras’ Ranging from Mud Serapers To Efficient Corkscrew.

Although Christmas is built around the home, many a home would not have the charm it does if it were not for those little extras that so often arrive as Christmas gifts. No set of gifts is so easy to choose as those for the home, and chosen with even moderate care, they are almost certain to find welcome use. Anything from an iron mud-scraper and shoe brush for the front step of the country place to the merest corkscrew (if it is efficient) and gay piece of soap will be appreciated by the homemaker, host or hostess. If your home, or the ones where you are bestowing your | gift, already has most of the | necessities of life, give some- | thing spanking new and special looking, so that the recipient never can say (to himself of course), “Of course, we have plenty of those already.” One elegant and inspired gift, so new and novel that it will completely floor the recipient, would be a living evergreen tree, for the country or suburban home. They | come now all ready for planting, ! any size and any price and in dozens of varieties. A New Blue Spruce?

And what could be more welcome than a new blue spruce for the bare spot at the end of the lawn, or a clump of barberry for the edge of the terrace, or a very special baby

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boxwood for the sheltered sunny side of the house. Better than any artificial tree or potted flower these are, and something to give continued pleasure. Be careful when you give candlesticks and book-ends and lamps that thev are unusual and different, yet suitable to the home they're to go in A ladies’ boudoir couldn't house a dueling pisto! lamp very agreeably, but it would be a grand for a library or man's den, or even a pinepaneled country living room.

A handy hanging basket holds bottles of rare Indian spices, sherry and pepper sauce and old | hickory smoked salt for the home | that specializes in unusual foods. | |

of “which is which” and “what-did-I-have-bhefore.” | One wonderful new home gift | idea, and very inexpensive, is a | spice basket that looks life a raffia | lazy susan and holds bottles of rare | | spices, East India pepper, sherry | and pepper sauce, old hickory | | smoked salt, and such like. Another fine basketry gadget is a bread basket shaped like a lacrosse racquet, that is passed by a long snout-like handle and can be hung by a ring by the fireplace when not in use. Any hostess will bless you for helping her start the conversation | with a set of decorated plates conor | taining legendary and historical sandwich plate—handforged or | scenes, French verses and jokes, and | banded with decorative brass—would | sporting event scenes. | be welcome in any home, and would | Coffee Problem Solved | never tarnish or break. A flower bowl of modern Venetian| There's always the problem of class or a fine mirror plaque in| coffee in any home. Either there's blown glass frame would go in any not enough, or too much, or it won't sort of room. And consider the keep hot for the late risers, or percharm and usefulness of a clear{haps isn’t strong enough for every crystal vase, two or three feet tall. | taste. for long-stemmed flowers, on a low | There are all sorts of gifts to take window ledge or coffee table. |care of these matters. A coffee The modern hostess would be de- | robot, that makes coffee automatlighted with a set of knives and |ically and keeps it hot automaticalforks, with square walnut handles, | ly, is a godsend. and light wooden beverage glasses | There is a traveling silex coffee 10 20 with them. These latter come | set for the motorist or vacationer Youn little copper re, covers, 'elwho can't get the coffee he likes Recp put byes and ings when serv-fgway from home. And there’s a 5 S PS wonderful new double container pot Bean Pot Sets Are New | which allows the coffee to be reOr if the home is given to more drippeq through, ihe grounds for

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Wedgwood china, there are brand- | new linen lunch cloths and nap-| kins in the various Wedgwood de-| signs and colorings that are a happy change from the colored damasks and popular peasant linens. The entertains extensively will appreciate a hot-pot set, of eight individual covered iron pots, for beans or other casserole foods, in wooden holders with comfortable handles, and the whole business in a specially made servjing tray. These individual buffet dishes also come in the popular French earthenware, like miniature bean pots. There also an unusual new set of four cocktail shakers, to use when one or two guests prefer dif-| ferent kinds of cocktails hey are! about pint size, and have angle where the de may be confusion

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maple urdy, with >h, would American | book-ends,

A hand-cut and polished bowl square and S candlesticks to mal add interest in the early dining room, but crystal designed like a cluster of fruit. should in a modern living room or boudoir.

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The task of carving ham at buffet suppers is made easy for the man of the house if he has one of these slip-proof racks to bold the ham steady.

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For the Table—

Muffins will stay warm in the new insulated container, left above, and coffee to salisfy the most particular person will pour from the double strength coffee pot, which when inverted, drips the coffee through a second time, Modern walnut handled knives and forks resemelb those great-grandmother cherished. A bread basket that is shaped like a lacrosse racquet is a recent innovation.

Crystal fruit bookends find a place in living room, library or boudoir with equal facility, providing a gift of individuality at low cost.

A well-filled hamper provides hors d'oeuvres for the week-end hostess. The basket is always available for picnic or motoring lunches.

Always useful in any modern home is a card shuffler (left above), or a tall crystal vase to hold Iong-stemmed flowers. The set of four cocktail shakers provides a variety of refreshment at a party. Different and attractive are the cork lamp and the thermos container for the desk.

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An insulated teapot and an “al-| 3 ways hot” bun warmer, porcelain in! | | wicker, would make fine gifts in the home where folks ‘are late to lunch, |

lis served at buffet parties, would be | |

la nickel ham rack which holds the | ham steady while it is being carved. | This comes either separate or (right on a nickel platter and has al convenient wooden handle. Cocktail napkins in Scotch plaids | are right up to the minute for style | | and, by the way, don't show lipstick | | stains. | | Party napkins also come boldly | embroidered “Stolen from the Law- | rences,” or “Return to Bili and {Jane.”

Puppy Not Forgotten

| Guest soap is always welcome, {and the stock in most ho has jocen badly depleted since last year. (Ihe latest thing in guest soap is a (bunch of gold, silver or multi- | colored grapes to hang in the bath|Toom. The guest pulls off a grape, {unwraps it, and washes his or her {hands with an individual soap ball. | Boxes of lovely scented soap, al- | mond and jasmine, also now come labeled “Visitor.” And for the peo- ! ple who live there, are grand big : | bath balls, hung on white cotton Ttnougn they resemble a Iu: | cord, and marked “His” and “Hers.” sciens bunch of golden grapes, these really are individual soap balls for guest use.

| Welcome at Christmas than a bas- | ket of fruit or wines or cocktail canapes, and many a hostess would | |be glad to have a few everyday | foods tucked in. Many of these baskets do double duty. \ { and when they are empty prove to !'be picnic hampers, wood or flower | baskets, or even a wicker bed for | Fido. The apartment dweller with puppy | would deeply appreciate a house- | breaking pen. to be set in the cor- ! ner, with the puppy in it while the | family is out.

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Even Dad will enjoy working with the fools in this carpenter’s box, and it is sure to keep the young man of the house busy.

. Bath salts, dusting powder and toilet water in an attractive hanging package are sure to please the boarding school girl.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Games and ‘Grown-Up’ Presents Are Ideal for Teen-Age Boys and Girls; Offering Wide Selection

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Supreme in Life of Adolescents.

Teen age is ’tween age when it comes to Christmas gifts, and the boy or girl school,

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on Santa this year. old to play—and they’ll do it with a vengeance when they see this year’s gifts — they are also diversions. offer countless ideas

the receiver. Youngsters are

Monopoly sets in half a dozen new editions have made their appearance for this Christmas. In “Jury Box” youngsters will improve on the popular murder

ing evidence on six different crimes, are awaiting parlor sleuths this sea{son.

tectives is S. S. van Dine's “Philo Vance” game, in which from two to six can compete to find who stole the millionaire’s bonds. Dice start the clews rolling in this fascinating new game, but real detective work plays as much part as luck. | A sure-fire hit for home parties is the convenient now Bingo appa{ratus, in which the numbers are shaken out of a wire ball cage. instead of being twirled off a waeel

This is very handy to use and the i Juck seems even more of a gamble | number |

| than with the spinning

wheel. “Mexican Pete” is a grand {new game for chance takers and calls for skill with dice, and every- | body playing has a stake in every throw. A fine multiple game board, or carom board, has a sure-to-be-pop-lular added feature in baseball game markings, and an additional

| set, of “shooters” for the play. Home |

bowling games now come with deco-

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This costume doll, with real blond hair, wears a handmade red, white and blue dress. Mme. Lenci designed and painted the

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sames, and six new boxes, each hold- |

Another new game for young de- |

Love of Play Still Rules

who's just going to high | leaving childish things be-|

grown-up world, has the edge Not too |

Christmas | old | enough to enjoy many adult |

Games and sporting things | to the | river and endless diversions to |

steadily encroaching on the! adult monopoly of “Monopoly,” and |

Bright red wool in a fine machine-knit, successfully simulating hand-knit is used for this accessory set for outdoor costumes. A novelty

rickrack shaker stitch makes the ribbed body of the turtle-necked sweater, which has plain sleeves and snug waistband. Matching glowes

rative black and white penguins to knock down, in place of the old- | style nine-pins.

Youngsters at jolly winter gatherings will have a hilarious time | with “Sippa fish,” guaranteed to liven up any party, young or old,

This is played with either cellophane or regular straws, and colored tissue paper fish, the fish being drawn onto the end of the straw with a deep breath and held there (if you can) while you make your way across the room, ‘midst the tanele of other laughing guests trying to do the same thing.

Hollywood-inspired games for this coming Christmas are drumball, something on the Hi-Li idea, except that it needs less space, and | Hollywood badminton — authentic, |pbut very small, and lots of fun. Table handball can be played with the same net.

Lowell Thomas has fathered an intriguing new travel game that | makes geography and history into { Saturday night parties, and no | school book hater will be the wiser. And speaking of painless educa- | tion, the young chemist and physi- | cist can experiment at home with | the new science study sets, with | no danger of blowing up the kitchen i or having precious minerals swept up by the maid. One new chemistry f set is small and simple and employs | ordinary kitchen equipment; others are veritable home laboratories.

Handicraft Sets Popular

Microscope sets simplify botany and biology study and include, be- { sides the real microscope, such objects for study as sponges, fish | scales, plant and artificial fibers, in- | sect wings and a bee sting. | For the youngster with a handi- | craft hobby, there is a new metaltapping set to make decorated plates land dishes, and an electric pencil fod woodburning. A wonderful all-in-one possession for a boy is a pocket machine shop, which contains 15 useful steel tools and blades, all in a pocket knife three inches long. This comes in a leather case. The boy of today {with gadgets, however. He carries la compass, key ring and rabbit's [foot on his belt, but his newest ac{cessory will be a belt to wear when (riding his “bike,” with a red reflector back and front, to make night riding more safe. Another new belt ‘comes in a fine gift box with pen|knife and full instructions for mak{ing a model regulation army airplane. And if the

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will be playing tunes on it in no time. A handsome big tool chest for the youthful carpenter will be likely to intrigue Dad as well as Bill, and may make both very helpful around the house, Boys and girls in their teens have arrived at the dressy stage, and no Christmas would be complete without the latest in new duds. It’s time 15-year-old Bill had a fine set of hair brushes, black enam=-el-backed with chromium trimming; and 13-year-old Sue would be delighted with her first complete manicure set, in. a handy padded wicker box that makes a grand sewing basket later on. Both of them will love ski and snow sports clothes. A new colored wool snow cloth ski cap has snug earlaps, and a waterproof canvas knapsack, held in place at the back with a wide brown belt, is grand for winter ski or sled picnics. The newest snow gloves have solid sheepskin palms and red snow cloth backs, and fasten tightly around the wrist. A grand new knit snow outfit consists of a bright red rickrack stitch turtle neck sweater, with mittens and cap to match, the last two decorated with blue and yellow pompons.

Girls Love New Jewelry

Teen age girls who still wear simple dresses even for best will have them in more elegant materials this year—velvet and velveteen with dainty linen or lace lingerie collars, and rich colored taffetas with interesting trimming and piping. Dresses for these youngsters are up to the minute with gwing or gored skirts. Miss Fifteen who is going to boarding school will adore her own bath shelf, with salts, dusting powder and toilet water, all in a hanging tile paper package ready to put in the bathroom. And plenty of big kerchiefs to tie under the chin are a “must” in any girl's life. The latest for winter wear are of bright wool challis, with gay sporting prints. Simple girlish jewelry to wear with party dresses would be a happy gift, too—a brooch of little colored crystal or acetate jingle bells, or a darling “crystal gazer” necklace and bracelet, with a little transparent ball hung from a gold chain. The ball reveals a little snapshot

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