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Show Sz$r3v- OUT-of-tho-ordinary gifts for pco-plo pco-plo who "havo everything" become be-come more and moro tho demand de-mand each Christmas season. Thcro Is no space In tho Christmas list left so long unfilled as tho space following the namo of tho friend or relative so blessed by fortune that nothing desirable or useful is missing from her environment, Ono racks olio's brains trying to think of something some-thing sho may want; all tho weeks of tho pro-Christmas shopping tho burden bur-den of that lmpossible-to-flnd but must-bo-found gift lurks in tho back of ono's mind. Tho unusual gift must bo selected In most instances with a definite price limit in view ono cannot waste much pity on tho individual who sets forth a-shopplng with tho reflection: "I must buy her somothlng, I don't caro what It costs, so long as I got It off my mind." For this fortunato shopper thcro Is a -wide field. Sho may glean among Oriental rugs, or in tho places whoro Jowol3 aro sold. Sho may chooso a rare bit of falenco, an antique fan, somothlng in bronze, or a clover water-color or pastel. Any of thoso things may bo added satisfactorily to the environment of tho "woman who lis everything" without soriously crowding her. But for tho gift-maker who can spend but flvo dollars or even only ono dollar tho situation is vastly moro complicated. Sho should seek In out-of-tho way placos, or specialty shops If sho wants to find anything really original, and not yot discovered by her hypor-crlt-ical friend who is to rocelvo tho gift. From ono of thoso specialty shops camo tho studded lautorn shown in an illustration. This lantern Is of wrought Iron, with panels of heavy, clouded glass set under a light wrought Iron tracery. Tho lantern Is supposed to hang from tho roof of tho porch by tho chain, and sheds a vory soft, pleasing llghL From the same shop como most interesting brass door-knockers, some in largo slzo for tho front door; others tiny affairs for bedroom doors. Odd and attractlvo also are brass weights for holding doors open. Thcso havo tall handles, somo a foot high, so that ono need not stoop to reach tho weight when Its location Is to bo changed. Brass letters which may bo attached to the woodwork over a bungalpw door, or below a mantel-shelf, are also obtain-ablo obtain-ablo at this Interesting shop, and va-, rlous mottoes aro suggested: For a doorway ono may purchase brass let- tors to read when adjusted: "Joy Is i j ' " ' ' Htm 7k -vm - - - Uniquo hall lnhtcrn of nail-studded metal and tinted opaque glass. I hero: loavo burdens withouL" Other mottoes will occur to tho purchaser. Thcro are also letter stencils by means I of which appropriate mottoes may bo I No doubt any Hnrtz Mountain C'tnary will appreciate tills Frenchified Frenchi-fied domicile. affixed to country house doorways or furnishings. Across tho top of a porch swing, for instance is drawn a long strip. of green ribbon on. which. Is stencilled sten-cilled in white: "5or ono I,m Com-frirt, Com-frirt, "but I'm' Bliss fSr Two." . .Just .now. very, ornate, frivolous cages houso tho family canary. Ono of tho most modern cages Is pictured, pic-tured, a gay affair of Ivory whlto wicker, wreathed with ivory 1 Flagon and Jujrs of- Earthenware, ono H with a quaint hand-carved cork. ! whito and palo bluo foliago and tied H with a huge pale bluo satin bow at H tho top. It would bo an unfashionable ,H songster Indeed who would not appro- M cl.ato such an enchanting domicile and . H sing tho bettor for It. Thcro aro also H Very handsome cages of plaster, tintod H In the ivory tono and decorated with tinted plaster flowers. Somo of theao H stand on Uill standards and are vory tM attractive additions to a dainty morn- VM ing room. '1 A novel gift In silver is a crumb- H scraper for tho dining tablo. mado in H tho stylo of a miniature carpet swoep- m or. It swoops up tho crumbs in no H tlmo and is a dainty affair withah H Tho earthenwaro flagons pictured is t an attractlvo gift for a man's don. m Most interesting aro tho hand-carved 'H and tinted wooden corks. 1 |
