The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-27
AL ARoUT soNaoNa
Abuminabie Expense of Fancy BasKe,
for High Heed Candies.


Abomin.bis Expense of Fancy Basksrs
for High -Psiced Candles.
There was never time when it cost
more money to keep girl in candy
than it does to-day. It is not enough
to pay 81 % pound for bonbons, but
the sweetmeats must be put up in a
fve-dollar box or nine-dollar basket.
so as to provide a souvenir, which at
the end Of the season is counted among
the trophies OF Cupid's warfare The
! boxes are legion and their beauty en-
aureth forever. In the small designs
there are powder-boxes. soap-boxes.
sponge-boxes and pin boxes, fit for a
brides toilet table; those in translucent
crystal, which sell at So and s.; Derby
| silver, worth 81. and quadruple white
plate worth s.. to which 1925 must
be added for the chocolates. maroon
glace or crystallized fruits with which
the dainty receptacle is filled Jewel
cases, Observation-Disclosures glOve-hold-
ers and lace receivers. all OF silver. va
riously decorated. have a capacity for
something less than two pounds, and
cost the unfortunate admirer the best
part of $25. Willow baskets. lined
with tufted satin and strapped with
leather, brass or bell-metal, have an
immense sale the first time, but man
rarely gets caught twice.
| The fair = damsel who waits on the
guiieless customer and says: Only
g. so for this" holding up basket Of
twisted willow with an interior decora-
ton of sapphire satin. doesn't intimate
the extra cost of the ten pounds of choice
mixed it will take to fill it.
There is no economy in the candy
hampers, for the saving in willow
means treble the outly in bonbons. Lit
tie baskets for lace work, hairpins or
toilet articles are elaborated with sat-
in bow secured with an ornamental pin.
q sp,ay of French flowers or a cluster
of fruit made of rubber. They do not
hold over twelve ounces and cost 81
each. There is nothing to compare
with the fOrever-and-ever box in price
or sentiment which is one of those ia
vors that a woman never parts with.
In it she preserves her love-letters and
the roses and lilies that play such an
important part in the history of her So
ciety life. The casket has generally a
secret drawer, tiny key, and holds
about two pounds of bonbons, which
cost the purchaser some $40. A few
sterling boxes are to be had at $50 and
are never known to 60 to any address
outside of Newport
For the buyer who is satisfied to have
his order filled in MORE paper box
.here is an array of little silvers which
it is impossible TO resist. These SOU
venirs. intended as surprise are
buried among the creams and
almonds and wrapped in oiled paper.
Fancy your delight dear girl, while
digging your way down with pair Of
gilded tongs. to find a couple of days
after the receipt of the box. solid
silver stamp box, a glove buttoner. a
lace pin, two inch paper knife, bon
bon fork or bonbOn tray not much
greater in surface than silver dollar.
Trinkets of this sort average IS ex-
elusive OF the candies, and constitute
the novelty of the hour.
The very Frenchy bonbonnieres
made of jewel crystals, cameo ard
coral have taken the place of the
silver boxes for the nonce, the far nib
blers of perfuned sweets finding the
metal ruinous to light gloves. 1t is not
possible to handle one of these silver
bonbonnieres during one turn of a
ballroom or piazza without finding the
fingers of an almond-glove a rich wal
nut.
The ladies who send bonbons to one
another are even more extravagant in
their favors than the men, but their
gifts are more profitable, combining
the useful with the sweet For instance.
a small sewing basket of MANILA grass
or rice rods for holding spool cotton,
bodkin and scissors, is purchased for
81 or less. AS lining handkerchief
is used, which may cost S. or $50, pro-
tected by sheet o parafine paper.
INTO this bed of sheerest Linen or finest
lace an odd 81 worth of assorted choco-
lates and fruit creams is dropped; a
bow of satin ribbon covers the opening
in the top. and, wrapped in white paper
and tied with pink and gold cord. the
Offering is fit for bride, and is as pref
ty a compliment as guest can well
pay her hostess.
Apropos of complimenting an enter
tainer. there are bonbon plates which
rightly belong to the novel in silver
goods. Bonbon baskets of shell form
with gold trimmings and fancy tongs
sell at 500 in light weight A service.
including a shallow howl. with twelve
individual cups, is worth from 800 t..
$500, according to the work and weight
The cups are of petal or shell pattern
and may be used in other courses than
the last for almonds, mushrooms.
olives, small onions or to hold frozen
tulips and roses N. Y. World.