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Show I PRETTY CHRISTMAS GIFTS I I Acceptable Presents for Young and01d i and How They Are Made $ FANCY CAPS POPULAR AS CHRISTMAS GIFTS FANCY cups, of many kinds, nre among the gifts that may be relied upon to please thoso who receive them. This year they are shown made for the dancing party, for theater wear for skating, and, In greater numbers still, for breakfast and bedroom wear They employ a great variety of mate- Jials, the choice depending upon the purpose that the cap is to serve. A pretty evening cap, shown In the picture, is made of silk and bound with silver braid. A fan of silver gauze at the side is an unusual ornament, orna-ment, poised, like a butterfly near the face of the wearer, where two tassels of silver tinsel are suspended. Such a headdress need not be removed at the theater or dance and adds a charming touch of brilliance to the dress. USEFUL. PRESENTS FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE A WARM robe of eiderdown flannel . is among the many delightful gifts that are to be made for the baby or for the little ones who have outgrown out-grown babyhood. Eiderdown 'flannel is woven in light colors and figured in white with Teddy bears, rabbits, birds and other figures that delight the youngsters. It is the softest and most .comforting of materials for cold 'weather. Bath robes like that pictured are bound with narrow ribbon on all the : t -. 1 - ' to raw edges, provided with collars and pockets (except when made for infants) in-fants) and have ties of silk cord, finished, fin-ished, with tassels at the neck and about the waist, like the eiderdown in color. For the little infant the pocket end waist cord are not needed. Bed slippers of eiderdown finished and tied with ribbons are very comfortable com-fortable for little ones who are apt to Kick, off bedclothes in cold weather. They are among the most easily made of gifts. Shoes and bootees, for little infants' daily wear, are also made of this; material which is so well suited lor a baby's garments. Other articles are short sacks, hoods and blankets Jor the baby's carriage. The last are decorated with big bows of wide, handsome hand-some satin ribbon. TOYS MADE IN THE HOME WORKSHOP THERE are somo toys that can be made at home for the smaller chil-' chil-' iren and they are among those that nre most durable and most cherished. Among them are Teddy "bears, dogs, elephants, rabbits and kittens made of canton flannel or plush. Rag dolls, (printed on strong muslin, can be bought ready to be cut out and made at home. The animals are cut by patterns pat-terns to be had at pattern companies and are stuffed with sawdust. Small buttons or beads make their eyes and lieavy yarns are employed in outlining the mouth or nose or other details. A small white dog shown in the picture pic-ture illustrates how well these toys look. He is furnished with eyes made of little black buttons and ears cut from black cloth. A ribbon carrying a tiny bell is sewed about his neck and he is bedecked with a narrow band of red ribbon about his body, tied in a tow at the side. A clown doll is shown with the head made of ribbed goods like a stocking top The body is made of blue cambric " ml the shoes of red. The tall hat is of led also, and the costume is fin-IMied fin-IMied with a ruffle collar of white lace. 1 his doll has eyes made of small black beads with eyebrows and eyelids de-fined de-fined with black yarn. His nose Is fomied by making a short ridge in the face drawn together by a few stitches A stitch, In red yarn, forms his mouth and a mustache and whiskers are made of black yarn Among the new things brought out for this year are pictures to be mad by cutting out figures from colored tissue tis-sue paper and. pasting them on a thin paper background. The tissue is placed over an outline picture and the figure wanted drawn m outline with a pencil. pen-cil. It is then cut out. Different objects ob-jects are drawn on different colored paper, as trees on green paper, horses on white or brown paper, and other objects ob-jects on appropriate colors. After all the required figures are cut out, they are pasted on the background. PRETTY SHADES FOR CHRISTMAS CANDLES PRETTY candle shades for the dressing case or for the candles of the dinner or luncheon table, are sure to delight the home-maker,, so thev are among the most acceptable of Christmas gifts to everyone who loves the little touches that add to the beauty of the home. Candle shades of' figured silk, or silkaline or thin ribbon,, may be made over small wire- frames, with the silk put on in plaits or plain or fluted. The thin ribbons are easily handled Small wire frames are to be bought ready made and come in a variety of shapes and sizes. S o m e t i mes the frame is made of stiff c ardboard, If .jii but this is not durable nor as satisfactory satisfac-tory as that of wire. To make shades like that shown in the picture take flowered ribbon oi strips of silk a half-inch wider than the width of the wire frame. Lay it in plaits a little less than a half inch in depth, or have it plaited on a plaiting machine. Sew one edge of the plaited strip over the top wire of the frame, crowding the plaits close together. Sew the other edge over the bottom wire Spreading the plaits evenly is necessary. neces-sary. Conceal the sewing and bordei the shade at the ame time with tinsel tin-sel braid in silver or gilt. PRETTY LITTLE CORSAGE AND HAIR ORNAMENTS RIBBONS are used to make the single sin-gle roses and small bouquets that u is laainunauxo iu u.. . der, over the coat or corsage. Single roses are also made of silver or gold tissues and small blossoms of these materials are used with those of ribbon rib-bon in the little bouquets. The single metallic rose is as large as the largest natural roses and is set in foliage. Ribbon in a heavy quality something over a inch in width is used, for mak if ing roses. Pinks and reds as like the natural flowers as possible are chosen. Hair ornaments are made by winding wind-ing bonnet wire with satin ribbon in lengths sufficient to extend twice across the head from ear to ear. This covered wire is doubled in the center and caught together at the ends making mak-ing a double band. At each end of this baud a ribbon rose is set in rose foliage. Ornaments of this kind mako lovely gifts tor young women. |
