The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-30
New Daiintiies On Dressing
 Table
By JANET WINSLOW

HTS out of date-not the thing at
 all-these days to have ones dress ! ing table decorated with an array of toilet articles. Combs, brushes, hair receivers and the like are tactfully put out of sight. For one thing, it is more sanitary to have them tucked away in a drawer.
 But I am afraid that it is not the only reason they are banished. The new knick-knacks that have come along to take the piacs-of these other articles are unique, and, like the one hat re- posing in lone glory in the window of q fashionable milliner, they need the field to themselves in order to display their beauty and charm to the best advan- tage.
 There are gorgeous jewel boxes for instance They may not actually hold gems, in fact, it would be rather rash to leave ones gems all neatly packed for possible intruder, but they are pressed into service to hold handker- chiefs, gloves, veils, extra lengths of watch ribbon and all the odd bits of finery so dear to the fastidious woman.
 Boxes of carved and painted wood, lovely boxes covered with silk and trimmed with rows of metal lace, Japa- nese lacquer, fooled leather and pierced brass. These are some of the varieties that are seen on the dressing table of the up-to-date girl.
 The scheme of decoration chosen for a room influences the choice of treas ure chest to a certain extent. In a fluffy rose and cream room, a silk and lace box would be in it's proper en- vironment, but nowadays when so many women are going in for cretonnes in bold designs the practical box of leather fits nicely into the picture.
 Leather boxes are to be had in deli- cate shades as well as in the so-callea leather tones. Deep rose and clear blue are often seen with gold tracings and the tiniest of gold. locks. Then there are stunning boxes of Russian wood. Natural colored wood is polished and inlaid with tiny squares of darker wood. Sometimes black enamel squares are in troduced into geometrical patterns.
 Perfume burners in all sorts of curi- ous forms are often given the center of the dressing table. One which l saw not long ago was in the shape of an Owl-a flesh pink owl, if you please of unglazed china and breaking out all over the wise old bird like rash of measles were the daintiest of pink forget-me-nOts.
 Then there are dolls which. may be given place on the dressing table, either because of their decorative quali- ties or because of the good luck which is said to loiter where they happen to be. Actresses often have good luck dolls which they would not part with for worlds. The photograph of the page to- day shows a type of doll that is at least amusing, whatever charm to attract good fortune it may or may not possess.
 This doll is clothed in a pair of out rageOus purple pajamas, banded with orange satin and complete with minute frogs and tassels of orange wool. A chOker necklace of black glass beads and a dropping cigaret add to the last touch of careless ease to her nonchalant pose.
 Another smart decoration for the dressing table is a pair of small deco rated vases about the size and shape of a tea cup, from which blooms a stalk supporting a single geranium. Where one would naturally expect to see something resembling soil, irides- cent beads are placed as a reminder that h is all in fun after all.