The sun., 1901-11-20
In THE SHOPS.

Such delightful enameled steelware is
10 be found that it is almost a shame to
waste money upon china. One can hard
IN object to having an enamelcd coffee
pot upon the table when it is i'll this soft
blue enamel on the outside and IL beauti-
tul clean white on the inside. 1t is all
imported ware, made without seams.
There are coffee pots of different kinds,
the French coffee pot, which is one Of the
most expensive of the dishes, costing
from SLIGO 10 81, and the regular old
fashioned coffee pot from 80 cents 10
something over 81. These old-fashioned
coffee pots, it may he whispered, make
the hest coffee that has ever been made.
though it is not easy to make it good
without little care.
Milk and oyster cans in this delightful
blue and white ware are among the most
attractive pieces, coming in all sizes and
with handles over the top like those Of Il
tin pail.
! Pitchers of different sizes come in the
same ware all in white. They have coy
crS and straw-coyered handles, which
! are useful when they are used for hot
! water.
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All sorts Of convenirnces are to he
found iii the portable washstandS which
! are so convenient for servants rooms ol
, to tuck away III corners where one needs
| washing conveniences in doing light
housekeeping or studio life, ur anywhere
where one must make the most Of room
and has not an over-Supply of set bowls
One of these stands has the merest Skre
ton for frame, a tall oblong box of the
tin or whatever the metal for the stand
Is, and this with top which can he re-
moved to put in the water and with 4
faucet over the bowl to let ii out. Tn
der the bowl or basin, for it is all of the
same metal. is Il jar from which th'
water in the basin can be let out b!
| means Of hole in the bottom Of TIA,
basin stopped as in "A regular set bowl.
On shelf under the jar is covered tin
water pitcher to hold in additional water
supply, or hot water, This is one Of tn
most convenient of these stands.
either side NJ the top are set in soap
\ dish and cup. The whole costs Sc.
Really beautiful things in flower hoN",
for the window are to hc found. the out.
side in pottery with an artistic decora
ton Of some kind and inside this Il
movable box of soft clay with perforation
TO allow drainage. Rne Of the largest
Of the boxes which~has I'm interesting
decoration OF swans and water lilies i,
$5. Another smaller with decoration
Of conventional flowers upon dark
brown ground is s2.75.
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Some OF the most attractive bon-bOn
boxes are in the form of covered cop
per cooking pans with black handles
They look at distance exactly like til,
genuine article. They cost 25 cents.
For men there is another Quaint litth
hon-bon box a gray linen-coverod ledger.
The snow man is also already ont in bon
bon boxes.
Never were there 50 many attractive
things FOR dolls. 4 fine basket about tho
size in which satin-lined work baskets
usually come, is filled with my lady doll,
toilet articles. On the inside Of the cover
Of the basket are her combs and brushes
Turkish towelinG, face cloths and in tho
basket proper are her china toilet SET
wash bowl and pitcher, soap dish ana
many other articles which a fine lady dol
would use in making her toilet. Like ~
toilet articles these are expensive, and
tho basket with its contents costs $3.50.
Many things for dollys use are very
inexpensive, ana She can get card 81
jewels. necklaces, earrings, &C.. for 5
and 10 cents.
They are really very attractive. They
are match scratchcrs paintings cvidertly
done by hand Of youth and maiden uu
der an umbrella. The umbrella is vt
snndpaper and here and there are patches
upon il, put there for the express pur
pose of making rhyme. Here is a poet
of sense. Underneath the picture is an
inscription something like this: "On This
umbrella full of patches is a place to
strike your Matches