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Show H4 Soluing IJour Problems on ! Christmas Gift Selection t Breakfast Caps At Christmas time breakfast caps blossom out in gay colors, insuring the new year a cheerful start. Here are two in the latest modes. Ribbons and laces will, as usual, set off numberless lear faces during the coming year. The cap at the top Is made of shirred colored net, narrow satin ribbon, lace edging and tiny ribbon flowers. Wide point-de-esprit, with flowers at the front and ribbon ties, accomplish the Jther pretty headpiece. s s s Sealing-Wax Jewelry The furore for things Egyptian brought in a whole new line of ornaments and costume jewelry that will make novel and welcome Christmas Christ-mas gifts. The talisman pictured Is fashioned of sealing wax and glass pendants and hangs from a black silk cord. It Is the size of a sliver dollar and the Sphinx head and globules are painted on, with sealing-wax paints, In any colors desired. For Dressing Table The prettiest new lamp and candle shades are made of plain and plcot edged ribbon, as shown in the illustration. illus-tration. Plain satin ribbon. In strips set together with narrow beading, and laid in shallow plaits, forms the shade, finished with ruffles of picot and plain ribbon. The lamp standard is also covered with the plain ribbon, scantily scan-tily shirred and sewed row on row. This is a dainty and elegant gift suited to a boudoir reading stand or dressing table. f fcg Comforter and Pillow L hy v fiv A soft, narrow comforter and pillow pil-low to match, made of sateen (or other naterial) and bound with fancy braid or ribbon, is a lovely gift, especially for old people. Black sateen with cretonne cre-tonne figures appliqued Is very hand- Homemade r.urnishmgs IT I Exquisite, lifelike roses are made of fine crepe paper and set In millinery foliage and stems. Two or three shades of rose-colored paper are used and every petal carefully shaped and arranged. A rose or two, in a bud vase, makes a lovely gift. Plain toilet-water bottles are painted In wonderful color blends, with sealing seal-ing wax paints, and flowers made of tape and sealing wax provide a little aosegay for the stopper. s Egyptian Screen 1 ri m A regal-looking lady of old Egypt, painted In vivid Egyptian colors on cardboard, makes a fascinating telephone tele-phone screen, appropriate for a man's room or the house phone. On the reverse re-verse side, lists of names and numbers and reports of calls are recorded on removable tablets that slip under narrow nar-row ribbon bands. 4 K Gay Little Accessories ft - 1-" -1 Ribbons are the most adaptable of all materials for making Christmas gifts. A little container for a powder puff, and a pair of bedroom slippers appear in the illustration, both made of gay ribbons. The container Is merely mere-ly an envelope of satin ribbon, decorated deco-rated with sealing wax flowers, and it fastens with a snap fastener. Satin-covered mules are gay with narrow ribbon frills and flowers. They are held about the ankles with ribbon-covered elastic. . S S Toys of Yarn Amusing and grotesque dolls and animals are made of wires wound with heavy yarns. Millinery wire will answer an-swer for the frames or skeletons and may be padded with cotton before they are wound with zephyr or coarse yam. Reads or buttons are used for eyes. A horse. Jockey and dog are pictured. |