South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-28
WE doing GIFTS
SHOULD PLEASE
Not Always Most Expensive
Present That Bride Will Ap-
preCiate Most.

Nearly every woman is aware that
there is a knack in the selection OF
the proper wedding present. 1t is
practically an easy matter TO select
most anything TO give the bride. but
there should be something more than
that in making the selection. The
giver of the present should try to find
out just what the bride needs, just
what she likes and just what would
please her more than anything else.
Ii is not always the most expensive
present which is the most appropri-
ate and the most liked. A little, in
expensive article can give just as much
pleasure as one costing a hundred
times as much.
TO select the proper present for a
relative or a very close friend is, how
ever, much easier than to select one
for the comparative stranged. In
most cases, with the comparative
stranger, cut glass is finally decided
upon. Cut glass is always pretty and
Appropriate, but there are many other
things from which the giver can make
her selections.
Many inexpensive Gifts.
There are very many inexpensive
things to be had in Sheffield. There
are few brides who would not be
pleased with a squatty Guernsey
pitcher, the handle covered with the
weaving of a fine reed. Then, there
are baking dishes. with Sheffield rims,
toast racks, vegetable Dishes with
compartments for holding two or
three vegetables-just the proper idea
for the small -caddies, sets
of ramekins, and any number of
other articles. Sugar tOngs make a
very appropriate gift for the bride,
the gold ones being especially pretty
in the newest designs.
a set of ice spoons is more expen-
sive, but ii is pretty. The newest nov
elites in silverware for the bride are
| fashioned after the old Colonial sill
verware. The jewellers have taken the
old Mount Vernon and Monticello sill
verware as models and have fashioned
their modern productions as much
like the old-time pieces as possible.
| This silverware is very pretty, but it
costs considerable
Silver Corn Holders.
Another novelty of the last few
! years is the silver holder for succu-
| lent sweet corn. 1t has gotten to a
point where there holders are almost
necessary in the household, and they
are sold in sets of a half dozen.
\ very appropriate wedding present
/ is a set or two Of candle shades suit
able for the dining room table. 1t is
/ best to choose them in designs and
colorings that will not go amiss with
| any scheme in dining room decora-
ton. AS pale yellow is the color of
the candle light itself. this color of
shade is disable in almost any room
| where other and deeper colors are
quite apt to clash. Just now there is
a fad for candle shades made of color
prints. copies Of old English and
French ones. and these are very
quaint and pretty as wedding gifts.
II is never good plan TO give pic
| lures unless one knows the tastes of
| both the bride and groom. All peo-
| pie do not like the same pictures. and
| il is certainly a difficult matter to
make the proper selections.
The pretty new trays are excellent
wedding gifts, and they do not cost
| large amount. A tray of mahogany
with a silver rim, or a tray of green
wicker framing a circle chintZ makes
/ a delightful gift. Still another tray
of the same sort is Of plated or solid
silver. One of the few fern baskets
/ is also quite appropriate. while
waste basket in Japanese wicker, with
! it's beautiful deep brown tones, will
| be joyously received anywhere.