Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-10-21
GARD PARTY PIXIES.

The question of prizes at a card par
ty Is generally settled by the amount
Of money the hostess-or the club
can spend for each one. But even IL
a dollar is the limit of the amount to
be spent, the experienced shopper
has a good deal of variety to choose
from.
However, with dollar limit, a won-
an who Is clever about making some
thing dainty from q bit of lace OF
muslin, can attain better results than
she who has to get something ready
made. With present styles, when
dainty neckwear means 50 much to
every woman, surely no more attrac-
tive prize could be won than a box
containing two or three pretty jabots
Embroidered, lace edged or hem
stitched, according to the skill and de-
sire of the maker,
Pretty silk or muslin work bags are
also always acceptable. The worker In
raffia can fashion a fiat bottom of two
contrasting colorS, buy a yard and a
half of rich colored oriental silk, ana
have es the result Of her pains really
beautiful bag.
Among the things that may be
bought for dollar are books, hat pins,
after dinner coffee spoons, boxes con-
tanning playing cards and tally sheets,
handkerchiefs and many other dainty
little gifts. . s-
If you live near an old brass shop
you can pick up real bargains in the
way of tea boxes, fern dishes, candle-
stands and lamp shades. at about half
the price you would pay. elsewhere, for
prices ranging from so cents up.
For 81, of course, the range of pos
sible prizes is widened. At that price
good pair of plain silk stockings may
be bought, or a simple kid or leather
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small framed print-if you are sure all
your guests will like tia photograph
case, or a small piece of china. And
as the prize increases in money value
the list includes hand bags, sunshades,
enaameled veil and collar pins, small
pices of silver and almost all of the
things dear to feminine eyes.
But the real problem of prize buy
ing comes when mems prizes must be
bought Men don't as rule like
''home made things" most of them
have a good supply of silver PEN
knives and leather card cases which
loving relatives have been giving them
on birthdays and Christmases. and it
is really a task to know what they
will like.
An expensive pack of cards isn't a
bad choice among the sompler prizes
for men. A good book, with an ex-
change slip enclosed, is another ac-
ceptable prize. Then there are all the
attractive desk articles, made of nick
ell and glass, that range in price from
81 to SO apiece. A silver pencil isn't
out of place. for really man could use
two or three of these. A SO pencil,
shown by one famous jeweler, could
MT fail to please the most fastidious.
The pencil fits in a fat wide case
three or four inches long, point or era
ser end out, as you choose. The case
is of dull silver, and on 1t in relief are
shown a diminutive easy chair, below
it a pair of slippers, then a tobacco
pouch and pika, and last Of all a niece
fat pocketbook.
In some card clubs, which meet ev-
cry fortnight. a good plan of giving
the same thing at each meeting is
adopted For instance, in one of these
clubs the first prize has for several
years been a dessert plate. These
plates are all painted by the same per-
son, and are all decorated with flow
ers; but no two are exactly alike. One
lucky member of the club has almost
a round dozen plates now, a really
beautiful set.