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Show Harlequin Showers For Bride-Elect Harlequin showers for brides-elect j are rapidly becoming popular because be-cause It Is so much easier for tho Invited guests to shower with what best pleases themseJvc3 than to pro- vide an article of a special kind. If tho bride to bo is going to start house keeping at once, she will be pleused to receive a number of baskets, he-cause he-cause they can bo used for so many purposes. Beginning with tho homely home-ly laundry and soiled clothes basket In willow, which for the occasion may be attractively trimmed with wash ribbons and stopping anywhere down the line of basketry to tho tiny nut basket in plated silver for the dlnmg table, ono cannot go amls3. Between these twd extremes there are many novelties, Including the Samoan baskets in mahogany and cherry tones in wicker, trimmed with rows of rose, yellow and green beads and the Mt. Olive baskets In vivid red and greon withes, twisted to form heavy ropes and finally woven Into stout and almost watertight recep-tac'es recep-tac'es for flowers. In the new Viking silverware, so-called, so-called, although It Is really a heavy deposit of silver on dark wood tro innumerable articles that the bride-elect bride-elect will appreciate. She will like to havo tho vases of flowers, tho boxes box-es for fancy work or cards, tho .nugs for beer, tho bowls for fruit and any ono of tho articles for purely decorative decor-ative purposes. PIcturo frames make acceplahlo .harlequin shower gifts. Tlio young housokeeper cannot have too many of these, as sho Is certain to have collected a host of photographs too artistic to be kept out ot sight, and she will be glad to havo for . thpra eighteen century frames In Trench gilt, of severo and simple design in silver ot Oriental design in carved Ivory, of strictly American pattorn !n white celluloid and ot Japanese origin ori-gin In lacquer surfaced material, charmingly hand painted. In addition addi-tion to these novelties there are a host of photograph frames In Dresden, Dres-den, Delft or Havlland china; In crystal, crys-tal, In gilt braid ajnd appllqucd satin or brocade and in fancy ribbon. You cannot go amiss in giving a ptcturo frame. I Do not-overlook the fact that tew housekeepers can have too many serving trays, and that very pretty I ones aro to be obtained at comparatively compara-tively small cost. Moreover, there aro times when a tray tn white enameled en-ameled ware, in lacquer or bamboo, is moro useful than a very splendid affair in bronze, brass, mahogany or glass, with, silver or good handles. Tho same rule applies to teapot tilts. They aro adorable in silver and crys-'tal crys-'tal or cut, gloss, but much to bo desired de-sired are tho less expensive kinds In porcelain, painted with Dutch, German Ger-man or English scenes In attractive colorings. A sensible shower tor several people peo-ple to club togothor In getting and in giving Is a tea sot consisting ot n pot, sugar bowl, pitcher, clx cups and saucers and a broad pinto. These come in innumerable wares and styles, but fow aro daintier than thoso In plain pink, mavo, blue, groan or cream, or In tho old tlmo wedding ring stylo pure white, banded with gold. So much Bllvor is now being mined that oven at a shower pieces in that metal do not seem extravagant. No bride elect looks for a silver dinner scrvlco, a candolabra on sucn an occasion, but sho will not express surprlso whon handed sugar tongs, ollvo forks, nut dishes, loaf sugar holders, Individual salts ana peppers, sandwich plates or trestles on which to rest a salad fork and spoon in carved wood, tipped with silver. Do not shower tho brldo to T)o with glass articles, for slu Is llkoly to got duplicates of them umons her wedding gifts, but what nobody will dream of sending hor nt that time, and what sho will bo glad to beg'ln housekeeping with, is a set of initialed ini-tialed dish towols and dish cloths and a half dozen rollor hand towels. I Of course any little trifle in nap-ory nap-ory will gain a hearty welcome but when buying a centerpleco, a traj cloth, a doiley or a- table runner, bo suro to have It all whlto. Whatever color )'ou hit upon will certainly be the one which tho bride elect least likes. Keep the same Idea m wind when choosing a dressing table ucarf-or ucarf-or a bedroom table cover and have It of pure whlto Swiss dtmlty or bh; tlsto, finished with hemstitching, muslin mus-lin embroidery edging or Imitation Cluny. Towels ore a very safe showor gift, because tho young housekeeper cannot have too many of them, and they do not have to match each other. A set marked at one corner with the monogram makes a dainty gift for the guest room of the establishment. |
