Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1941 — Page 27
PERFUMES and cosmetics in the] role of Christmas gifts invariably raise a chorus of glee. And any male can muster enough subtlety to find out his lady’s choice |of —if necessary by tapping the grapevine route through kid sister or mother. And that’s fair warning, for your outdoor girl may fancy herself as
fragile as the orchid and your gentle dove conceal a longing for Oriental lendor.
This Yule season, as always, cos-
Especially in the spirit of Christare the two gleaming whi bells that half conceal drambottles of Helena Rubinstein’s d Apple Blossom; in ribtransparent case, $2. poinsettias in a tiny that hold the same per-
greetings are picWs party snappers peer, ribbon tied and , filled with Hudnut’s od, talcum or one of its
card hs 8. Sh P. attached; cuncandlesticks, tiny Christmas Pe each holding a tiny phial. Some of the Arden products could hang on the Christmas tree as is
of Blue Grass dusting powder; a holly garlanded frost-white cake is topped by a real candle, contains
torian sleigh - cushioned on a pillow of Blue Grass Sachet. - This last is $12.50, but none of the others costs more than $2. 2 » ”
SETS OF RUBINSTEIN products come boxed in combinations from $1.50 to $10, the Heaven Scent selections, including a sweetly languorcus angel lapel pin that hides a
.
Bit OF: sspntaed ition Jor day-long. In gay mood are the V
soap and a can for body pow in Apple Blossom; the latter, PORE dn silver and ‘black, announces Town perfume, $5. A slick white leather jewel box bandied in scarlet contains face powder, $7.50. The Week-Ender, a handbag packed with makeup and such, $5. The popular Arden perfume, It’s You, keeps its delicately molded Victorian hand-shaped bottle that rests in: elegance on a lacy velvet pedestal, $37.50. Blue Grass comes in sizes ranging from a miniature Be ro. All kinds po; lipstick and powder sets there, teltoo, and powders, creams, lotions and other beauty items in groupings at a variety of prices. Candy cpmpact are new
psake boxes come packed with a selection of Hudnut’s Gemey prodducts, the large size with six, $6. Beauty kits for traveling are stocked with plastic jars to hold boxes of powder, are big enough to hold overnight duds as well as the fittings. In the Quick-Trip, Du Barry cosmetics fit into closed compart-
,|ment; costs $12.50,
GIANT BOTTLES of Lelong cologne, 25 ounces in lovely decanters, are $10, an outsize brocade-covered box of dusting powder, Jabot scented, is $15, holds three pounds of powder and a beret-size puff.
grance, is impressive in gold-traced glass, boxed in a cylinder, around which dance peasant figures in gay yarn. The ounce, $10. Three tesselated castle towers contain cologne in three scents, $5. A miniatwre four-poster has mattress and bolster sachets of Mon Image fragrance, $2.50. More sweet visions of fragrance: Matchabelli’'s stunning Christmas Tree Star box, gold dusted white, three crown drams of perfume cushioned-inside, $4. Charles of the
Ideal Gift
Tribute to beauty, is the lustre of pearis—especially when knotted in the latest fashion. An ideal gift is this three-strand necklace with matching rhinestone clasped bracelet and sparkling earrings,
Gay Deceiver
Gay deceiver is this basket of ,
plenty of cakes of soap, cellophane wrapped to look like foodstuffs.
Jinx Chaser
Superstitious friends will no doubt love Aloysius who is available both as costume jewelry and as a little statuette, to chase Jinxes. ‘Clever Christmas accessory.
LET THEM HELP PICK CHAIRS
Selecting a chair is one of those gift problems which stump many a husband or wife. . Easy chairs are such a personal problem, that what one person finds comfortable may be entirely unsuited to another. Strange as it seems, wing chairs which are frequently purchased for men are not so well suited to male construction and posture as more squatty types. At the same time most women find barrel chairs ideally |
adapted to their physiques. It is just as well to break down and confide to the object of the gift-giving that you are giving him or her a chair, 2nd ask for help in the selecon.
Give him
a real
CLOSE SHAVE and
he’ll love you for life!
The quickest, slickest, smoothest shave in the business
~—THAT'S the practical
kind of a gift a man appre-
ciates!. And if he already has a Schick—have the new 2 M Hollow Ground Head installed in his old
shaver for just 3.00.
Ayres’ Toiletries and Drugs, Street Floor
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Sentry : and Jack-in-the-Box, the formerin} a tri-color box concealing a sale {
Balalaika perfume, his new fra-|
Bright scarlet poinsettias in ‘tiny white flower pots are gay Christmas “holders for perfumes, a flacon each of Helena Rubinstein's - Apple Blossom and Town. These are $2.25.
Ritz Love Potion, new this month,] are gone. Contains a variety of the bottle topped with a charming| Early American Old Spice items golden cherub head, the spicily|at $5. - sweet Parfumette, lighter than perfume, heavier than toilet water, $10| IN THE TOY tradition, two Coty for four ounces. holiday packages, one a revolving ‘New additions to the Moss Rose|pink and gold ferris wheel with line, on, by ution Vanity box of|five flacons of perfume, $10; the wood, with mirror and pincushion|other, with four bottles, a rooster-
50. includes a six-dram thecary jar of au de Perfume in Shinran. a lipstick and Chi1 to apply it, in a Chinese scroll, orchid pink and green, arelli Sleeping holds seven drams, costs $15; three miniatures, the Sleeping Sentinels, hold a dram each, rest on a satin pillow, $7.50. Faberge’s Aphrodisia, the cologne bottled with atomizer, $1.50 to $3; the perfume $2.50 to $22.
into bottles of Mary Dunhill’s Personalized Cologne, three letters on
rances, $2.75 and $3. A bright red hat with bow of white covers the holiday box of Dorothy Gray Compact, lipstick and Nosegay perfume, $3.50, Cerise Christmas ball with ‘atomizer accompanies a bottle of her Sweet ‘Suggestion cologne, $2.50.
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IF YOU'RE the man in her life, don’t hesitate to drop hints lest she forget that you like nice toiletries, too. A number of manufacturers have packaged soaps, lotions and toilet waters in strictly masculine manner, scented them to suit the most manly of men. Gourielli products come in gray
and talcum powder, after-shave lo-
and shaving.
bowl of shaving soap and matching after-shave powder container. The Three Musketeers are three pinch bottles, lotion, powder and cologne in Tanbark scent, $1.95. Classic simplicity marks these transparent plastic containers of Lentheric’s masculine toiletries, shaving bowl and after-shave lotion, $5 each. Candle-topped Christmas cake makes a festive holiday gesture of bath soap scented with Elizabeth Arden’s June Geranium, for $1.50.
to pri usage after its contents|topped carrousel, $5. On the gor-
(Right) Romance Box — contains Cologne, Sachet, Talc and Guest Soap. 2 00
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(Left) Bath Soap,
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(Above) Decanter Jug of
SOUTH
Gifts that won fair ladies’ hearts a hundred years ago! Modern toiletries, gay and charming, in packages lovely as rare old glass. Two famous fragrances —Plantation Garden and Woodland Spice.
Ayres’ Toiletries, Street Floor
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(Above) Virginia Reel Trio, three adorable guest-size decanter jugs of SOIOBNE. iva cnisens 1.00
(Below) Memory Box == contains Cologne, Sachet, Tale and Guest Soap.....coe0eveeese. 1,00
Cologne. seeeve 1.75
$5. A candlestick bottle of Schiap-|3
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the large size of any of the frag-|S
and white apothecary jars—cologne|:
tion, an emulsion to protect the|g skin, preparations for the hair and |E scalp. There are soaps, too, for bath |&
Similar selections by Lentheric| include handsome maroon plastic |
FOR HER Floral and
bowknot trim.
- Wine, blue, rose, green on white.
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These lovely closet accessories are in the little luxury
class—the things that she would delay buying for herself. That's why they make |
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