The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25
DAINTY PERSONAL
GIFTS FOR AUTUMN'S
ARMY OF BRIDES

What to give the autumn bride is
question that is vexing the minds Of
many a man and woman. AS usual
thing the mind unconsciously turns to
spoons, and the bride gets them till
she fancies she was born with one
in her mouth. Table silver, too, is
poured upon her as hint that she
ought to entertain, and the forks and
spoons blink a sort of reflection that
she ought not to mind if the sets don't
match.
Such things are we'll in their way.
but the gift of furniture often reduces
a bride to tears, for it is almost GER
tain to be in a style different from
that which she contemplated putting
into her home. Personal gifts there
fore, are always most certain of a well
come. When did any woman ever have
enough of personal belongings? These
offer a great variety and come in
styles suitable for a wealthy as well
as a penniless bride, and in patterns
and materials new this season and,
therefore. desirable.
The friend with slender purse can
send the bride one of the new beaten
silver hatpins with little windmills on
top, to pair with one having her new
monogram twisted in beaten silver.
Golf sticks, flowers, bowknots, dogs
heads, little Father KnickerboCkers
and heads of pretty girls vie in dainty
attractiveneSs among the new hatpins
of old beaten silver.
More expensive is a dressing table
set of twelve pieces, wrought in the
heavy, raised pattern of beaten silver
now so stylish. The set includes brush
and comb, clothes-brush, tooth brush,
mirror, nail-brush, file. buffer, scissors,
knife and salve box. with another lit
tie silver and crystal box for nail pow
der No bride would look askance at
such daintiness.
For the bride who belongs to the
sewing society of her church a pres
ent that is certain to insure her con-
tinued attendance at each Dorcas
meeting is a set of sewing articles for
a chatelaine. A pretty chatelaine
buckle holds a suitable number OF
chains to which are attached a dainty
silver barrel or fancy box, holding a
thimble with the brides monogram
upon it, a case containing needles ana
one holding pins, a Mttle silver emery
a richly wrought pair of embroidery
scissors for sniping threads, and
case big enough to hold spool
of thread. When these objects are III
tended for a work basket as we'll
silver measuring rule should be added
with its ornamental slide to measure
the inches craven on the rule. A pref
ty wrought flower forms a handle
Then there is a glove darner with It's
two small silver knobs at the ends OF
a slender oval stem, and silver pan
on a handle for darning silk stock.
ings, and such things in the way OF
needle books and cushions and button
and thread bags and holders as might
prove useful in a work basket
Another thing that almost any bride
would fancy is a little cut glass DOT
tie of smelling salts, with silver OF
enamelled stopper above the uIy
glass stopper. The silver ones III
pointed, round and square shapes can
be had for 81, but the enalnelleu o J,.bo
are much higher. For women WIZ
fancy gun metal these dainty odds anu
ends come in that attractive metal.
Coin purses, too, are acceptable pres
ents They are as useful as they al
pretty and look like fat little watches
swinging from g. short chain attachet
to a, fancy buckle. The top flies up a'
the pressure of spring and the pres
sure of still another spring dlsclosto
a place sufficiently large to hold qul.tt
a good deal of carfare. There nllsht
be added to the coin purse one OF liI0
little boxes of wrought silver, III
nished with a looking-glass IN ~
cover, into which face powder is tucheN
away or bonbons hidden. a
OF course, only an intimate trleIiu
would venture upon a set of dlstlnctts
personal articles, such as a oaIIItS
rouge pot, with its long silver hanGie'
a box for face cream, one for up saieIb,
a case holding a small brush VIZ Wa
which color is applied to the lips AM
another for use upon the eyebrow
charmingly designed filigree holu9Ii
and top for the Yaseline jar, and a hoi-
low-topped wrought silver hair IG
ceiver to match the other articles IA
pattern, as we'll as the silver soaP
dishes and nail brush dishes with theii
latticed insides ,,ra
Just as personal are the mahlcuio
sets, of which woman never has lo9 9
many. They wear out and break, anu
are in such a constant use that Varle-
ty in them is always appreciated
Among the novel shapes INTRODUCED
| into these sets are little fat irons OF
pumice stone with silver handles.
While beauty always likes tne
wherewithal to adorn herself, she as
has social obligations almost as I'M
portant One Of these is the answer
| ing of letters. Every woman loves 70
| have her own personal desk beiohs-
| ings, and to have them as dainty 40
! possible, although one rich woman was
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