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Show PRETTY KNICK-KNACKS FOR CHRISTMAS By JULIA BOTTOMLEY. There are so many designs In neckwear neck-wear to choose from! Here are a few of them which are so faithfully pictured pic-tured by the camera that tt seems almost al-most unnecessary to describe them. They set forth some of the attractive styles that the season has brought Into vogue. The berthas and cellars combined, made of net and lace, are among the SJ ATf'Hif m most popular of styles. Main or dotted dot-ted net alone, or net combined wtth shadow lace, makes the body ot the collar and flscbu aa a rule. PlalUngs are usually of net and are unhemmed on many of the flschues. The finest and airiest of machine made laces, as w hite as suow, In shadow lace and other patterna, make It possible m produce these neck pieces at a trifle of oost For wear with either dresses or coats the sailor collar with flschu ends Is made in the designs pictured here. Main fine net Is liked for edging the all-over lace. It Is used as a flat bind-.ng bind-.ng In place of a hem and the addition of a fine cord of silk make an elegant finish at the top of the binding. Little buttons, nearly always cover ed with silk, are liked on neckwear and they appear In all the designs. Two jabots with silk turn-over col lars are handsome designs for older women. These collars are boned at the sides and often adorned with small sparkling rhlnestone buttons or silk-covered silk-covered buttons matching the collar. Ibices and nets are used for the Jabots and when very sheer the plaltlngs are made double that Is, one falling over another, as shown tn the picture. High, close-fitting collars of net and lace are liked by young people. They are easy to make and a small bit of net and lace will furnish material for any one of a number of designs. Tbey tk WW are usually finished with a tiny cravat bow of velvet or silk ribbon. Muttons, too, plsy a part In their make-up. guch collars should be boned at the sides and back. They fasten either with tiny books and eyes or beauty pins. Very elegant little cravats of velvet ribbon serve as a background for medallions me-dallions of band-crocheted lace. These are worn by all the grown-ups, young or old, and make most acceptable Christmas gifts. The medallions are In the Irish lace patterns and very durable. dur-able. Tbey will outwear the bit of vet-vet, vet-vet, and stand laundering week In and out The same medallions may be tacked to cravats of different colors from time to time. Ilrlght green velvet vel-vet ribbon, black and also vivid red are favorite Just now. Small flat cravat bows of silk are liked. Tbey serve aa a background for the new brooches and bar pins In novelty Jewelry. Neckwear will help out the Christmas Christ-mas shopper and any one who has time to make up these attractive finishing fin-ishing touches to the toilette at home will be able to gladen many hearts at Christmas time with little expenditure of money. PICTURE FRAMES OF CRETONNE. Picture frames axe cut out of heavy cardboard and covered with cretonne. The back la covered with a strong, plain pap'- Rtnfs are added by which to bang taem, or they may be nade with a support, hinged to the back by mea&a of a patted bit of clott, like aa easel The question that perplexes us at Christmas time more than any other except one Is "What shall 1 get for her?" And the exception is, "What shall 1 get for him?" Every year brings In a lot of novelties in dress accessories, house adornments and funnelling1, Jewelry and all the thousand thou-sand and one things that women require, re-quire, so that releasing a present for wuiiiki, or girls It a matter of choosing choos-ing utie from atuaeg the many fascinating fasci-nating novelties displayed in the shops. KuhIiIoii helps us out this yenr; such M the fad fur sashes and girdles that everybody wants not one but severaL So let "when In doubt buy a rash" govern you and you will probably succeed suc-ceed In delighting every one of those you remember with one of these tremendously tre-mendously popular and beautiful dress accessories. Seven new models In sasbes ant? girdles are shown here. Examples of all the popular new ribbons appear in the sashes pictured hero. In Figure 1, a wide, soft, messa-line messa-line Is shown which make the most graceful of girdles. This one is tn a deep rose color. The end of the girdle is finished with a hemstitched hem, an Inch and a half wide, and a tuck of the same width. Hack of this are two rows of shirring. A buckle Is cut from buckram. It Is between four snd five Inches long and half as wide as it le long. It Is wrapped with narrow nar-row velvet ribbon in a dull, dark green and sewed to the glidle. Hook and . L K 2 J eye faatenlngs are provided and the girdle Is boned at the ends and sides. It Is to be worn with the fastening at the back, front or sides, at the pleasure pleas-ure of the wearer. Figure 2 Is a similar girdle In a narrower and heavier ribbon. It Is a gay Koman striped affair to be worn with cloth or other afternoon gowns and with street dresses. Its buckle Is smaller and an oval form. The end Is turned under, forming a three-Inch loop. Very little ribbon Is required for this, about three-quarters of a yard for the average waist. One of the prettiest designs Is pictured pic-tured In Figure 3. It Is a plain girdle of black satin ribbon having two ends finished wHa plaid ribbon. It is boned at the gathered ends and fastened with hooka and eyes. The plaid ribbon rib-bon Is machine stitched to the end with white silk thread. The plaid sash In Figure 4 Is one of the smartest of the new designs. The buckle at the waist Is made of silk In the prevailing color of the plaid and a second smaller buckle fastens the banging loop and end together. A more expensive ribbon k used for the next model than appears In any of the others. In Figure 6 a silk and velvet Is shown having a dark green ground tn satin with roses In subdued colors and foliage In blurred outlines coveting the surface. The girdle Is laid In loose, Irregular folds and stayed with bones. The shorter end overlapping the girdle Is thirteen Inches long and the longer nineteen Inches. The ends are finished with IK if" 4 Li 5 IhC l Gj'4 7 J t 'I plain green velvet ribboti machine stitched to place. It Is an Inch wide, A gay ribbon in a broken plaid and new color Is pictured In Figure . This Is dark gray lth blue and rose and green In markings and border. The buckle Is In green velveL A plain tailored sash with plaited girdle Is among the bt and most popular of all the new Ideas. It has a novel finish. A single end overlaps the girdle (ehlch Is stiffened with a small piece of buckram at this point). The end Is laid In a shallow plait fast ened with small silk covered buttons and a finish In the shspe of tso narrow nar-row ruffles Is sewed under the ribbons to the buckram. Narrow brocaded ribbons and many wide Dreedens appear among the dree-sler dree-sler models. Hut above all the three-yard three-yard sash of wide black ribbon knows as the "wishbone" sash baa captivated i the fancy of fashion's devotees. Bums worsen simplify the baying of Christmas presents by choosing some such pretty fad and confining tbeav aires to tbla oj article. |
