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Show A GIFT IN STERLING i wi c y An unusual gift wrap for sterling flatware . . . "candles" made of cardboard cylinders covered with pretty paper, and set on styro-foam styro-foam bases. The sterling flatware stands upright in the styro-foam. styro-foam. Twists of colored cellophane make the "flames.'' Around this time of year, most of us suffer from I-don't-know-what-to-give problems, but a gift of sterling will prove the perfect problem solver. It's a welcome gift regardless of the recipient's age. Start the teenager on sterling flatware with a place setting or a partial place setting. Four teaspoons, tea-spoons, or two teaspoons and two salad forks also make a good nucleus for a set. Help a new bride, or bride-to-be, complete her set of sterling. Check the store where she has registered her pattern and see what she still needs. Any woman will be delighted with fill-in pieces in her pattern. Choose extra place setting pieces or handsome serving pieces. Coffee spoons, steak knives, a cake slicer, olive and pickle forks, a set of salt spoons, or a nice berry spoon make interesting in-teresting and useful gifts. |