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Show K 5 K K lZ t-Z t-z Z lt S Z K Z To Be Made at Home for Christmas of pliiin silk or other materials sewed together to form the lining. When the lining has been made, it is covered with a I hii-k- layer of cotton hatting tal ked down to it In several places and I lie cover is slipped on over it. Then the raw edges of both materials are Xmas Candle and Lamps Candles for the lunch or dinner ta-lile, ta-lile, candles for the living ronni and (.indies for the dressing table are among 1 1 it- gills that delight everybody. Among then; are classed small electric lamps (often made to simulate the old-I'ashhmeil old-I'ashhmeil candle, which are used as a substitute for candles. (Jlass caudle-Micks caudle-Micks prove easiest to keep clean and shining and are therefore the best choice for lite dining room and the dressing room. Brass or gilded candlesticks, candle-sticks, or those of mahogany, are liked J'or living rooms or the library. II Is the gay little nhade that makes candlelight so fascinating. This year there are the usual silk shades in rose, i7 oilier colors, wilh gold lace and the tiniest silk flowers festooned on them, n ud shades of many other tilings. There, are some wonderfully pretty shades made of paper and they Include some novelli's made of stiff paper as well as Hie popular and familiar crepe paper kinds. A bedroom candle, all ready to cast Its soft glow on the dressing table, is ; mfl7X yllrm f J8 I " A L i fcWj J.'. -- f III. I I, S.v. t.vfc- ... v?vfe turned up and overcast together. A very full bow of many loops of bright sal in ribbon is sewed to the top. The gayest and brightest of colors make the tea cozy a cheerful part of tea drinking. It slips on over tJi' pot and keeps the tea hot for a lonfc time For His Dressing Table Xo one ever heard or a Christmas when new pincushions did not arrive to replace old ones and to provide always-needed pins. Very elaborate and pretentious ones, of embroidered net and lace und all sorts of rich ribbons, are made to grace the dressing tables of the ladies, but here are two meant for men. They are selected from a number of small cushions made to hang or stand within easy reach neal the mirror that reflects an almost pitiless toilet. And they are mere pleasantries in pincushions, which will be looked at if not used, and therefore their cleverness clever-ness commends them. At the left a soft heart of pink satin provides a resting place for a kewpie soldier boy. He has a gun in his hand and a cap on his read and is all dressed up with a belt about his waist. He is in sad case for a soldier he can neither shoot nor run, for he is bound to the heart with bands of iTTrr'"1"--- riwiiiff '"" Ll"i shown at the left of the picture. It Is made of thin, white cardboard or even thinner paper, with strips of black pasted on It. A cluster of three small roses and line foliage, made of colored sealing wax decorates the shade in two places. The candlestick is of glass and the Shade holder slips over the top of the caudle supporting a mica protector for the paper shade as well ms the shade. At the right a pretty little lamp is made for the same purpose as the candle. can-dle. It is all of paper rope and wire. The stand and shade are white and liotli have small bluebirds of happiness (made of sealing wax) pictured in llight across them. An unwoven space Is left in the shade for a blue satin ribbon, which is strung through It and tied in a bow. The lamp is fitted fit-ted with a small electric bulb at the top. .amps made in the same way for ithe living room are of brown or green paper rope with any color in the rib-Smiii. rib-Smiii. and decorations that may be flowers flow-ers or birds or figures. A chain attached at-tached to the lamp turns the light on or off. For the Bedroom Desk An attractive desk set. for either men or women, la made of heavy paper and cretonne. The desk pad is made of an oblong of heavy colored paper. The pockets satin ribbon. But he looks happy and sheepish. The pins are in hiding behind a shirring shir-ring of narrow satin ribbon that encircles en-circles the heart. Short hangers, of ribbon, united at the top with a rosette, make it easy to find a place for this cushion. At the right of the picture a pin-tree flourishes. It is made of a cork, painted paint-ed green, on the end of a short meal skewer painted brown. The other end of the skewer rests in a little green bucket made of wood and filled with brown sealing wax. Black pins, with heads of many colors and white are stuck in the cork, providing the recipient recipi-ent with a variety of pins to choose from. The chances are that this little tree will lose few of its branches between be-tween this and next Christmas, if its owner can keep it away from the female fe-male of the species. Bags for Everything There are bags for everything this Christmas, with vanity bags and opera bags and shopping bags made of the richest brocades and ribbons and metallic me-tallic laces. A party bag and a shopping bag are shown above, and the party bag is made of plain and figured ribbon set together with corded seams. This bag is lined with silk. It is gathered near the top on a narrow satin ribbon run in a casing formed by two rows of stitching in the bag. There are bows of the narrow ribbon at each side, and the bag is suspended by It. A handsome shopping bag is made of heavy purple satin ribbon brocaded I fmwk m at the end are made of the same paper, with a covering of cretoune pasted over it. The cretonne turns over the edges and extends a quarter of an inch on the under side. At the ends of the long pocket It turns over the edge of the pad and is pasted down. Then the pad is glued to a heavy piece of cardboard card-board of the same size. A blotter is made of t lie heavy colored col-ored paper, covered with cretonne, and t'loi'ers are tied to this cover with narrow ribbon. A small round penwiper pen-wiper is made in the same way. with the cover tied to circular pieces of flannel by a small bow of ribbon. Sure to Please Grandma What to give to grandma is the question that puzzles young heads at Christmas times. Here is a little tea cozy which is sure of a welcome from grandma, and it is the simplest thing imaginable to make. Printed Japanese silk or silk-alene silk-alene or cretonne will serve the purpose pur-pose with equally good results, and It takes very little of any one of these muterials, even for the largest size In teapots. This cozy is made of four sections of figured silk sewed together to form the outside, uud four Bluiilur sections :ii with purple velvet and silver tloweto. It opens with a "gate" fastening at the top, in silver, and is suspended by narrow purple satin ribbon. A hunj-some hunj-some silver tassel pjiishes it. |