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Show CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR MEN AND VOMEN . By JULIA BOTTOMLEY. The Immense variety In ribbons permits per-mits an unending variety lu fancy bias, and they will play tbelr usual prominent part at Christmas time. The rich brocsdes and heavy weaves in plain ribbons are used for opera bogs aad for the handsome ahopplng bags which city women find It convenient to carry with them when they have small purchases to make and Intend carrying them borne. Ribbons In lighter light-er weight, such as the lresdens, In taffeta, which are found In so many beautiful designs, are choaen far all those bags that form accessories te the furnishings of the home. Among these, those with flowered patterna on a plain silk ground having wide borders bor-ders of gauze are the neweet aad most beautiful of the season'a offerings. Buch a ribbon la shown here In the pretty corset bag pictured. A new design In a shopping bag which may be made long enough to f " fl 1 LX ; 3,vv' A . J (eajfc-j-l answer for a music roll aa well. Is pictured. pic-tured. It Is made of brown ribbon and a figured rlbbou stitched together. A narrow silver braid Is placed over the stitching. The top of the bag Is edged with the same braid and a little lit-tle finish of sliver ball trimming Is placed along the bottom. The bag la not gathered at the top, but Is provided pro-vided with four cords by which it Is held. It is laid In a few plaits at each aide, held In place by an ornament made of the sliver cord. A substantial ribbon Is required for this novel design. de-sign. A collar bag of figured silk suitable aa a gift to a man la provided with a pasteboard bottom, with aldea two or three Inchea high. The lid of a round, oblong box la used for ' this foundation. It Is covered with the silk. A strip of silk ten Inches wide fya the bag; one edge la aewed to tip KM the bottom around which the silk fits smoothly. The upper edge Is gathered gather-ed on an elastic cord run In a casing In the hem. Sliver cord provides hangers and the bag Is furnished with an ornament made of It at each aide and a bit of stiver braid outlining the support at the bottom. Thla la a convenience con-venience that any man will appreciate. appre-ciate. The fine art of Japan puta even the leaet expensive of Japanese fans In a claaa by themselves. If one must look for gifts which have an artistic artis-tic value to make them attractive, and at the same time may be had at a small price, the products of the Jap- aneee are more likely than any others to meet the requirements of fine taste. Her la a little group of fana which Illustrate thla fact A fan with white enamel sticks, finished fin-ished out with gold, haa a shaded ground In clear, beautiful blue, merging merg-ing with white. Carved sandal wood makes a fan for a lifetime, which depends fur ornamentation or-namentation upon the way In which tkt sticks are cut out in a lace pal-Urn. pal-Urn. They are held together by a narrow ribbon. The faint and dell-clou dell-clou a odor of the wood makes this a faa to treasure-Nothing treasure-Nothing but a aatln like paper and brews wood atlcka form the ground upon which some artist has distinguished distin-guished himself la the Last fan. Each fans may be found ranging to price from about M cents to IS. When It cornea to selecting things for men two farts should be borne In mind. Men appreciate whatever adds to their personal comfort and they are attracted by things that are convent- f V ent and useful rather than by mere p ret tineas. Here are pictured a few of the many attractive things, made of cretonne, which will be appreciated by the men folka. The closet bsg shown in the picture la made of cretonne having a whits ground with red roaea and green fol-I fol-I lege. White tape serves to bind the I edges and fasten the compartments to the back. A yard of cretonne la required re-quired for It. It la fourteen Inches wide and the remainder of the yard wlfl make the compartments with enough left over to cover a pin cuah- l . y ton or make one of the other small pieces. The waste paper basket is made bj pasting cretonne to a heavy paste board foundation and the lining ma be of cambric or paper. Four aldei are cut out and covered with cretonne The lining is pasted over in one piece holding the sides together. Or th pieces may be covered separately and -!S-.. afterward tied together with narrov ribbon. The amall box tor handkerchiefs o ties Is made by pasting cretonne ove a strong pasteboard box. The top 1 padded with a sheet of cotton wad ding. A set of three boxes for tlei gloves, handkerchiefs, with a large one for shoes, makes an elegant prei ent where one wiahea to give so much Hut one single box will be apprs elated. The traveling case Is cut from rut ber cloth first and compartments sr sewed to It for the wash-rag and aoa tooth and nail brush. White tape I used to bind the aeveral ptecee Th case Is then covered with cretonn buund to the rubber cloth with tp machine-stitched over the edges. Tbt convenient caa-i fastens with a sna fastener such aa ts m4 "i glos |