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Show LATE SHOPPERS GET CHOICE OF NEWEST ARTICLES HEREzAREiGIFTiIDEAS- FOR BOTH MEN, WOMEN By MARIAN YOUNG Eleventh-hour Christmas shopping tours for those who didn't shop early aren't exactly restful, but they can be eminently successful. Scores of items which hadn't been manufactured three weeks ago now make retail counters more alluring than ever. . For 1'nclr p"h mh,m yny ham.n'1, cn in year.), nr the hlH- band of the girl who stays with your children now and then in fact anv male on your list two giant cakes of soap in an attractive box will iave them much hunting in the shower. Also acceptable would be a rugged homespun tie in color-contrast stripes; loudly colored suspenders to wear with his casual slacks; a shoehorn made from a buftalo horn so long that he won't have to bend over to use It; night-driving goggles which lessen the glare of oncoming headlights: head-lights: a flat silver pencil which can be used as a bookmark. Handsome Gift For the men you want to remem-i br in handsome manner, consider I a victrola which looks like a camera when folded up (plays standard size records when open), crystal decanters, decan-ters, an unbreakable watch in a pigskin rase, a map case equipped with maps of every country In the world and separate compartments for maps he'll us while on any trip. Or send him: A sateen bag which holds slippers, JWfl"MsW"ll '"fcla ?BWIV"" th utni fabric (for tht traveler, of court), a cicaret bon of tan Flor-I entine leather hand-tooled in gold, combination cigaret pack holder and lighter, a ailent lighter (when you lift the brass candle out of its holder, there's the flame), an appointment ap-pointment pad with a small clock in the cover, cuff links in gingerbread ginger-bread pigskin or brown alligator leather, a book of tickets to a gymnasium, gym-nasium, a white rawhide leather box or studs, collar buttons and so on. Variety for Women For the women In your life there la a world of thinga t choose Christmas presents from: Pansy clips, one gold and purple, the other gold and orange: copies of sweaters the Olympic ski champions cham-pions wear; a fitted alligator bag the fittings In a tray (with mirror) which can be lifted out; a black velvet vel-vet evening jacket with aequina on the lapel; a black auede purse which looks like a man's evening topper; lingerie and handkerchiefs in quilt-ad quilt-ad aatin (for the traveler). A black flannel bathrobe with a , aelf-material sash, waterproof mascara, mas-cara, a silk scarf with the 13S calendar cal-endar printed on It, two nightgowns and a bed jacket one gown tailored, tai-lored, the other lace trimmed; a transparent catalln compact and cigaret ease to match. If aha has a home and loves It, consider: A crystal pineapple or crystal apple, both of which are wonderful for fruit compotes, fresh or stewed; African violets or other growing plants in an attractive pottery bowl; printed silk sheets and a down quilt In matching print; a beautiful table centerpiece (maybe graceful flamingoes en a crystal sea); a selection se-lection of unusual' cheeses, each packed la an attractive pottery jar. . Home Gifts Or you might give the home-anakar: home-anakar: A bathtub tray with a mirror; banting wall shelves, ia Chippendale Chippen-dale design ; clear Venetian glass birds and a bowl In a new Venini bubble design. For the children you forgot to remember until this minute, eon-alder eon-alder marionette dolls, a little barnyard barn-yard with trees, buildings and animals ani-mals that can be moved by a magnet; mag-net; dishes, rubber bones or a new sleeping basket for his dog; a beautiful beau-tiful doll of hard rubber (she can bathe it). And for his slightly older sister, how about fusxy white angora mittens mit-tens to wear with her first party dress? She'd be pleased, too, with a set of Imported handkerchiefs In various colors with the daye of the week embroidered In tall modern letters en each. Or with a bath set that contains before and after shower lotions aa well as bath pow- dar and cologne. |