Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-12
GIFTS FOR THE HOME
ALWAYS ACCEPTABLE
Suro Way to Make Women Happy
Is to brighten Up Place
They Live In.
IT. MEANS REAL COMFORT
Wide Range From Which to Select,
From Whole Suit OF Furniture
Down to Thousand and One
Things Dear to Housewife.

and rush about from store to store.
buying here piece Of useless bric-a-
brar aud there a piece of unwcarable
fnory. which they shower upon their
friends with profusion OF love and
best wishes and consider their duty
done. Why not put little moro
thought on our Christmas giving? Why
not show true Christmas spirit By Get
ting practical gifts. which will be OF
real ugo TO people?
The surcgt way 70 bring JOY to
woman's heart is to give her some
thing which will mako her homo
brighter place to live In. From the
young bride just furnishing her home
to tho middlc-ascd married woman
whose things arc beginning to look
worn. from the young girl away at col
lego to the dear maiden aunt in her
coy little apartrnent-to all OF these
the things OF home are the dearest.
And men. too. like anything that adds
TO sho comfort Of their homes.
There is very Ereat range to gifts
Of this sort They may include any
thing" from a whole suit of furniture
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little things indispensable in the home
and dear to the heart OF the housewife.
such as wastebaakets. pookracks, even
ash trays!
A generously proportional library
table TO hold plenty of magazines and
books tsomc of them have book shelves
at either cnd) should be in every Nv
Ing room. and would be splendid Gift.
They come large and small and in
great variety Of designs. Some Of those
on mission lines arc stunning. and even
moro desirable arc some of Colonial ma
hogany and Quartered oak. Then there
arc smaller tables OF every conceivable
dcsign-tilt tables. little oval or round
top tables, pic crust" tables, half-moon
tables folding card tables and tabou-
rettes in many attractive designs for
holding ferns or vases of flowers.
II father Is going to present mother
with a library table. II would be nice
for come other member OF tho family
10 givc her something TO 60 With II.
and table would not be complete
without "a pretty cover. An electric
lamp is another necessary ACCESSORY.
These come in all sizes. with shades
Of hammered brass. colorcd silk or
glass. Then there are the study lamps
picassnt Hight Tor reading. ~
4 more personal gift, and one which
IS uurc to please is y desk, and what
an assortment there IL of these! There
arc uEefui ones for me business man.
p.ho needs ono at home as we'll as in
The Office. aud equally useful. though
dainticr. ones for the young society
Girl who delights in having Ii separate
cubbyholo for the letters of each OF her
admirers. There are great many
beautiful desks modelled OH o!d-fash-
toned lines. such as the Queen Anne
style. the Colonial, the 'Chippcndaie-I
saw a particularly handsome one in
mahogany, Adam stylc--a beautiful lit
tie apinct desk and All exquisite Siberia
ton inlaid. An especially useful gift
Is a desk set. including plotting pad.
inkstand. Stampbo2. paper cutter, etc.
Bookcases. single ones or larger ones
10 extend perhaps halfway around the
library, would be very much appreci-
atcd, especially by some one who has
4 great many books stored away and
no place TO put them, or by the young
bride. or any one Sho has travelled
and has collection OF curos Il little
cabinet with glass doors would be APP
propriate.
S great big Davenport In tho living
room il indispensable. Just think how
much nice bi: coy one placed In
froat Of tho fireplace adds TO the COM
fort Of room (if it is large room
hardly in an spartmcnt). or by the VIM
dow, where sister can curl UP and read
her novel. or over in a dark corner.
where father can nap undisturbed!
This Is something every member OF tho
family can use and enjoy. They come
in leather or upholstered In tapestry.
plush or whatever is desired II is A
good plan TO take sample Of the por-
there's or other hangings in the room.
and they. will have your furniture up
holStered TO match it at the store
Couch covers. pillows in velvet. leather
or tapestry. curtairts-all these are
useful.
More formal than the Davenport and
more suitable for the reception parlor
is the settec., These come i'm leather
upholstery OF with cane seats. Very
nice for. tho hall IS one of these with
chair to match at either end. They
arc selling a great many Of these In
tho stores. and the hest-!ooking one 7
have seen was in the .Iacobean style
THE CHAIR IS ALWAYS
A GIFT THAT IS PRIZED
You can never make a mistake in
the SLIT # a chair. il it is in good
taste, because no family which loves
to have company can have TOO many
and people love to have their own par
ticular chairs. too, which no one else
Portable are tho iircside chairs, with
wings, in leather. plush or tapestry;
luxurious arc the huge Turkish leather
chairs, In which you can rock back and
forth: heavenly the friendly old Nor
ri.' chairs, in which you can go to
sicep. How delighted would any ono
&c TO whom Christmas brought such
gifts as these from thoushtful
friend! Wouldn't it be nice to know
that your friends would think of you
whenever they sat down to read the
ncwSpa per?
Little straight chairs are often just
as useful as big cozy ones. and there
are some beauties copied after the old
time ones Little mahogany rockers
made on Colonial lines are very popu-
lar, and are appropriate especially to
the woman who sews.
Other things which people arc always
glad to have in their livingrooms arc
wood boxes. which come IN wood.
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