The Helena independent., 1889-12-02
GIFTS FOR YOUR LOVER.
Helping Girl Readers to Solve the
Weighty Christmas Problem
Satisfactorily.
Make Your Nice Young Man Some
of the Useful Things Mem
toned Below.
Dainty Gifts for Bachelor Apartments
Comfortable Cushions and the
Original Calendar.

Comfortable Cushions and the
Original Calendar.
The leading Christmas question, what
shall we make for the gentlcmenf il some
what less involved now that il IL whim 10
llt out bachelor apartments and Offices with
dainty and Injurious appurtenances, and
the smart girl with deft fingers who posscs-
ses nice boy cousin or man friend OF some
thing better, and, Ms she snys, loyelior still,
] can fashion gifts for him enriched by subtle
suggestions Of her own personality and ar
tistic skill that will be sure 10 please if she
remembers this one principle, that the
beauty Of an article isnot an excuse for its ex-
istencc 20 mnn unless II be convenience
and comfort demand it, He doesn't care
for neckties on his cologne bottle or sashes
ON his chairs or for pretty litter of dainty
tribes whose mission 10 him il clOuded
with much uncertainty, aud his soul doesn't
stand still for Joy al sight of lace bureau
cover, but he does like silver backs 10 hiT
brushes soft cushions for his couch. and
convenient receptaclcs for his belongings.
IL he smokes, don't give him another
/ matchsafe or cigar holder iO add TO his col
| lection, but make him, instead. smoking
| pillow of sOftest down. large and generous.
and f,shion il of smoky gray-blue plush IN
delicious lights and shadows, with an nll-
over design uf darker smoke color appliqued
| on with gold thread. and somewhere tWine
| in leiters Of gold, saying: MY clouds all
other clouds dispel." He'll think nice
things of you as the faint sweet fragrance
of the perfume you must not forget to scat
ter IN the lining floats about him. 10 be
sure Il won't last loug-the perfume, | mean,
| or the thoughts, either. for thnt matter
but the pillow itself will not spoil with use
/ but grow richer IN color like meersc haum.
II you want 10 decorate his favorite rocker
| do not tie II up in a scarf of embroidered
beauty and utterly deprayed instincts, which
| IN never where II belongs; but make "A big
| fat down cushion for the seat and sweet,
smelling pillow for the back. and then lei
your soul revel in ribbons If you want 10, ~
| you tie il firmly in plnce. Let the material
be serviceuble rather than too exquisite. A
very pretty covering II of golden brown ol
| yellow ecru silk, with an all. lver design in
darker brown, with tracings of gold. lf, IN
| n moment of inadvertence, he puts his feet
in such chair, its reputation isn't damaged
| for all time.
Even AN office chair may be embellisheo
with embroidery If IL Is the right kind.
| very handsome one which some sweet cir
has wrought has turcoman decoration oI
crimson leaves ON Russia leather covering
outlined aud veined with gift thread, ant
with massive frame Of carved oak.
| Screens are sometimes very acceptable u
| a gentleman for office use or in sleeping
Il
scarcely ornamental part Of the furnishing
| A very handsome office screen made entire
| ly by a woman, carving and all, IN of Rus
sin leather and mating shade lightrl
| than the leather. The mating has
| painted decoration of wuodbine and berries
/ in shndCs of crimson. and the leather has
peculiar conventional design wrought il
brass headed nails uf different sizes, th,
whole being very substantial and business
like IN appearance.
A girl in Baltimore skilled in wood cary
ing has wrought heavy carved oak franz
containing full-lcngth swinging mir
ror that any man could not fail d
rejoice IN possessing, and a vcr'
| unique fire screen Is mirror painted
with convolvulus, set in a carved Woo,
frame. In the center h square of the glns
has been cut AWAY and the opening close,
with silver wire gauze, through which th
freight ilashcs
For the girls who do china painting Their
are beautiful smoking sets, cuspidors. to
bacco iars. and lamps in royal Morccste
and Dresden decorations besides cups an,
plates lnnumernlAe.
Yacht cushions are also welcome Gift 4
nautical men, and are fashioned of blu
| denim, with decoration of real tish-ne
| mrshes, covering one triangular half and
| bright design on the other m colOred liner
| l0ssrs.
Etching portfolios yard long and NOR
than half as wide preserve the preciou
prints "A connolsseur loves 10 gather bu
hardly knows what 10 do with, They ma
he more or less elaborately embroidered ol
the outside, hut the prettiest ones, M wei
as most seryiceable, are Of so-cnllcd ten
gown satteeus with an all-oyer design o
bright colors and are always lined with th
finest softest white silk. with white ribho
straps 10 hold them in place. flcNibl
book covers of embossed leather or silke
envelopes daintily embroidered 10 concea
the unsIghtly paper novel or magazine ar
quite acceptable 10 the average astheti
young man, and there are tasty gold em
broidered bottle covers of chamois leathe
that somehow redeem the most ordinar
brandy flask from vugrty and the old Ia
bacco pouches and shaving eases in new AM
pleasing designs.
| Some ingenious women in Boston ar
making very unique gifts of inlnid wood II
the shape of bill cases. writing cases. nnl
blutiors, and u cnsc for the magazines of tn
month, with movable cover that Rdmit
the whole years numbers. All three article
are being made lay the women At the Rr
rooms, and IN the exchange. and oue gallan
gentleman down town furnished his cntir
Office with the work of wOman's hands frOr
/ those ,Vfplts
| However. we are not all cunning n th
use of the chsel and brush and uvcdlv, hu
thole is one pcrp tual. all-iho-N Neur-ruun
Christmas gift ihit every nuthvr'H dgugtte
can make for her best yonnR m.n II She en-
handle pen. ana that Is an uclg.nu coltn
dnr. By this rs not meant unc in which Ga
sentiments are nll original, hut rather tlI
"a sUltthlo quotation be written lor each dg
m the wear. togcih her with TIA
date, on sheet of paper sliehtl
lunlrr iuau il is wide. When the whole 3i
are completed II is taken to th b0okbiudol
bound and rilaed ~ the rdpts like the ord
uAry rllcndHr. and fastened IN the lowe
right hand corner of n square ~ hristu
bould. The bnurd has a painted ducuru
ti0n II a flight of swallows througha gm
shaduvy background or conventional
scythc IN tanele of flowers. All the huli
days. festivals and anniversaries must hay
their appropriate sentiments, and sabtl
nattery is conveyed 10y remembering am
quoting largely from the authors most ad
mircd 10y the friends for whom the calcnda
is written, and who may think nf you for al
instant before he twists the little sheet h
tears of every morning into cigar lightc
or buries II in the oblivion of the vast
basket.
Try II.
| Tr, nnr hanl r,nt.,lt Anr,r Ahu Loot a.. ~