Show I U f l. l Y I G For POT the r Isn't a a. woman living JIving who THERE T has haa not experienced that empty sinking linking feeling when she wakes up to the fact that a a. gift gUt is la due or expected and that she has neither time tune to make mako anything elaborate or go searching through the shops for tor something dif dlf- a jl ferent One woman solves this problem J lem J by keeping on hand several pretty trifles that may be used as gifts In a a. hurry But how Is ts one to have something something some some- thing on hand for tor an unexpected or forgotten forgotten for tor- gotten kitchen shower or a baby that ha has haa Just arrived The clever woman 52 solves vf this by by having a few favorite hour half gifts gUts which sh she concocts from mat material on hand and and- which really take her less than a a. half balf hour hoar to make First of a all all there is a laundry u bat bag miA hr il ilu made from r a T Turkish towel This hrs she very ery often otten sends send as h her r portion of a linen shower or bathroom at shower there shower there nl wr are such things s A good d housekeeper k usually has tucked away in n her l linen Ya hl closet 1 a few choice T Turkish towels o s that she has hM picked d up ui from a white sale or bargain counter and is holding for tor future use A large towel can make the prettiest and withal practical laundry bag Imaginable especially if it has a a. colored border or colored stripes and threads running through the heavy t a white wa warp The The- laundry bag pictured has been been- evolved from a towel with much cutting cutting- and planning but a a. simpler aim sim pIer wa way of ot using the towel makes al almost almost al- al most mOISt as charming an effect Sew your two ends together for the bottom of the ba bag r and cut it across th the e I. I HOUR HALF-HOUR GIFTS GIFTS' S w Y Yb ff v r f ris A b 7 5 f rt f 1 Y Y jl n fr t t i fig tay 1 I v s 1 1 jig g i r t tG G r Y r 1 F n 1 1 j f if rr w GF 5 Q r r t ABib b from a a. Doily 1 C CT T r Iii o r 1 llO o a dig J t i From a Turkish bh Towel buttonholing the cut edges for the top Run a casIng caging of ot muslIn around the top and t through o this pass s a colored cotton Oe Oela cord or bit of colot colored ed tape Embroider b a colored color lo Initial on the e front O In t the plain la p portion u made ado t for t the Initial d 1 or monogram on each towel A quicker way yet of at making this bag Is to sew up lip tho the sides of the towel and run the ribbon or cord through t the e hems Or Orthe Orthe Orthe the bag may be made with the snap map fastened flap at the bottom through which the soiled clothes may be drop drop- pod pod- The little round embroidered object Is Isan isan s san an Iron holder If you please Just what housekeepers would I do with an many yg si bt embroidered r is a q question but It makes a a. really delightful gift for tor forthe forthe the kitchen shower and Is a matter of but a few minutes In the making Itcan It Itcan itcan can be made of a bit of ot heavy crash linen or j crim and the embroidery Is but a few lazy daisy stitches and French knots It is edged with tape machine ma stitched around and laced together with narrower tape or heavy cotton thread Th The padding la is an made already e Iron holder or It can be made from thick thick- nesses of It flannel or old stockings For llor the new baby around the corner whose mother you do not know Know quite well enough to present with a sliver a-sliver salver spoon poon or anything SQ so valuable the dear little bib is Just the thing it Is made from one ono of your hemstitched linen tea napkins aide tJ geJeU Just cut u a chunk out of ono side large enough u to t fit the chubby c littie lit lit- m tie neck and bind it with a bit bU of white tape The cross stitching cross stitching is a matter of choice but you surely cannot resist the two-colored two cats which pattern or any book of ot stitch cross r patterns will yield you The bib Mb may be turned around and the corner rounded off oft for forthe forthe forthe the neck If variety varle-ty Is desired Dont Don't despair when the unexpected invitation Invitation in invitation In- In or announcement comes along along- remember there Is always a R hour half h thour gift Itt t that can be made In a hurry |