The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-19


many to unseitsh deeds. Ihus
when we look back and consider the real
meaning of Christmas giving. we will
perhaps bestow more in spirit than IN
great gifts, which is as it should be. II
is easy for the rich to simply select. &C
cording to their fancy; but. those to
whom money is an object, Christmas CIV
ing means much thought and labor. lG
is for the latter that the following hints
for presents have been culled. We will
provide Tor the woman hrst:-
ACCEPTABLE GIFTS.
A veil case is always a most useful
article. Pretty ones can be made OF the
cheap baskets n can get at the Japanese
stores for 10 cents. They can be gilded
and lined With a piece OF bright china
silk. ~
A pretty case can also be made with a
few scraps of lace and a yard OF silk.
Take two pieces of silk double the size
you wish the case to look when closed.
Between these spread q thin layer of cot
Ton batting sprinkled with sachet powder
Basic u fat pocket of the silk on each
half-one for white yeiis, the other for
coloreG-apply the lace and finish the
edges with bIind sti:ch. A yard and u
haif of narrow ribbon, the color of the
silk, fastened on the outside where the
case folds, to wind about and knot~l loosely,
gives a pretty finish.
A most useful cabinet can be made by
getting of a druggist six small white
boxes that push in and out like drawers.
about one and thrse-quarter inches wide,
one inch high and two and three-quarter
inches long. Glue three firmly together
and then SIDE by side, three in a row up
and down. On the draw OF each sew a
large bone button, a glove button, a
safety pin, books and eyes, black and
white, a shoe button. Get a piece of
satin ribbon a little narrower than the
boxes. Pass it around the boxes and tie
in a bow on top. II is better to glue it at
the bottom and sides to prevent it from
slipping. This is very useful for holding
the many little articles used for mending,
aud makes quite an ornament.
A unique draping for a picture is made
of "a dozen and d half large sized daisies,
the petals (six to each daisy are made of
yellow felt, and buttons covered with
brown plush for centres. These are sewed
on green BABY. ribbon. six inches apart,
making a string of daisies about three
yards long. which a be draped very
artistically,
For The little girls to give to every
! member of the family and all the uncles
; and auuts, a wash rag made of six thick
5nesses OF white mosquito netting
crocheted around the edge to keep them
together, is something they will all
like, for it is the incest kind Of a wash
rag. -
But about presents that don't cost very
much. One yard Of silk will max three
or four of those dainty cases for handker-
chiefs, neckties, wells or gloves that
everyone likes. Lace and ribbon to trim
do not amount to much, and il painted or
embroidered they are exquisite presents.
Cheesecloth at six cents u yard. wadded
and scented. is something a man likes for
a covering TO the bottom of his shirt
drawer. KS
A set of doylies costs very little money,
if one is handy with the needle, and if
one understands drawn work there are
any NUMBER of lovely thing to make that
ale very expensive if bought in the stores
Book overs made of chamois, and
decorated with scattered vlolets In oil
colors, make lovely volumes out of paper
covered books. Channels is used a great
deal for fancy work. Kid work is also
fashionable, All kinds Of cases are made
of kid or suede, lined with silk and bound
with siIver-corners, with silver Initials
diagonally across one end, and a favorite
flower painted on the other. These silver
accessories can be bought for this work
especially.
PRESENTS MEN WILL o SIGH OVER,
And now the important question comes
up, What hall we give the men? Proba-
bly, they la smoking jackets and slip
pers enough for a decade. But they are
growing rational n even willing to be
presented with pretty things, SO that one
docs not have to puzzle ones brain over
what to give them. They wan some of
the comforts OF home even in their
bachelor apartments. Trades people, too.
have become aroused to the want of
novelties for men, and there are
many little contriyances being in
PRODUCED for the convenience and
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silver. And then. too. men are
being educated out of the one idea Of
utility in everything with no thought of
the way things look. They like their
dainty toilet utensils quite as well in
their way as a girl likes hers; and it is
Just as well for the girls to encourage
them in the truth of the fact that beauty
in no way detracts from utility-or need
not. Perhaps a handsome vase on a table
in a mans study would be in the way and
an annoyance, whereas a Jar of some
good strong ware, not too dainty in de-
sign or decoration, but none the less
slightly. or even elegant, would serve
both as an ornament and to hold TO-
bacco.
There are many chances to make
&hings attractive and to bring coziness
Gand comfort about a man when he is at
home. A table cover of some material
that will stand usuage and yet retain it's
color will make a room seem warmer; a
sofa pillow-one that will stand being
used without becoming unsightly-wHl
give a bit of color; a lamp shade. made of
light colored silk, will not darken the
room. while it softens the reading light.
In whatever is done for a man the one
thing to bear in mind is that ribbon bows
and RAG ends are out OF place. A man
has neither the taste for them nor pa