Evening star., 1916-01-02

be worn. One shop offers as a specially
collection of six scarfpins in
these pins are Of different coiors. to
match the ties with which they are
worn. Or you may. instead, buy a scarf
pin OF plain gold. set with crystal The
setting. being transparent. will seem
to assume whatever color il is worn
over.
Reverting. for an instant. 70 the
things that can be made by her AT
honle, all sorts of novelties are offered
in crochet and knitting work. both OF
which. while never completely out.
have recently sprung into vogue to an
astonishing degree. Along with the
trend toward the return of the hoop
skirt and numerous other fads anu
foibles of our great-grandmothers
majority OF the young women today
seem to have taken up knitting with
true twentieth century enthusiasm. The
demand for knitting needles and skeins
OF yarn. shopkeepers say. is greater to
day than II has been for twenty years.
| Probably ma ajority OF these skeins
are converted into mittens shawls
couch throws bedroom slippers
these being the things almost every one
knows how to make. But If she" vii,
ask in one OF the up-to- the minute
shops they will show her bewilder-
ing assortment of articles which. while
they may appear to be exceedingly
dimcult OF construction. are In reality.
am reliably Informed, extremely sim
! pie.
One of these probably will prove
real boon to YOU. At nrst glance il
appears to be nothing but a wad o,
cloth with strings fastened to the ends
On closer examination, however you
nnd ~ to be strip OF fine Turkish
toweling, with heavy. crocheted strings
ending in strong crocheted rings woven
on each end. And IL fulfills "A long-felt
want. Tor 1T is back drier.'' IT re
moves the one and only disagreeable
| feature of the morning plunge. And il
! can be made in a couple of hours
| Crocheted ash receivers are vet an
other novelty resultant of the ew-old
EMITTING craze. There are more than
100 designs to choose from. These MAY
| be worked into the desired size and
| htted over container OF glass, brass
or copper. The first named is advis-
able because it will display her" handi-
work to the. best advantage Then
| there are table throws for the card
table. skating caps. or YOU might even
have her" knit a sweater, The shops
that sell her" the material will also
| supply her with book telling lust
how many stitches TO take for each
row Of every article. The instruc-
tions are detailed down TO the last let
ter All she" has to know is how TO
| hold the needle
to be considered In this after Christ
mas shopping In addition to that OF
getting bargain. Perhaps through
some inadvertence some one was ne
elected yesterday. II so, the oversight
can be remedied with q New Years
gift. Or perhaps sister or she" has
decided TO wait and see what others
nave given you. before making her
own gift. in order to avoid duplication
Or it may be that the same procedure
was adopted with her
In this case the task may seen,
difficult; but it Is not For instance, n
one is considering a gift for her the
electrical supply shops offer quite a
| f1eld of selection these days, and. like
almost everything else during wa,
| times, there is notable example Of
| the big dollars worth" Articles
| which. before the war" sold for g.
amount. II is the same way with less
expensive things. Or il she be studl-
ously inclined you might get her
droplight.
They come in all sorts of styles thes.
days and all sorts of prices. Or. if "he"
| motors or takes long cross-country
walks. he probably will md a pocket
| fla shlight almost Indispensable. Special
Very tiny, yet powerful enough for all
ordinary purposes. The cases are OF
different materials. according to price
Plain nickel probably is the most pop
Other cases are of gun metal and still
others Of sterling silver
| Speaking Of silver reminds me of
new card case of that metal being tea
| tured by one Of the smart jewelry
| shops. The case. intended to be car
ried in one of the upper pockets OF
ones waistcoat is concave to ut the
| lines of the chest. It Is almost paper
| thin and consequently we'll nigh as
! light as the proverbial feather. II
| holds just an even dozen cards.
| But the novelty does not stop here
Perhaps the most striking featurs OF
| case according to your order. You may
write out any sentiment. any date. or
merely the name of the intended recip-
| lent. and what you have written will be
duplicated to the tiniest popularity OF
your chirography across the face OF
the case. Such gift carries with II q
constant. never-faiiing reminder OF
the giver