New Britain herald., 1930-12-17


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 New York, Dee. t7-CostuminC the Christmas gift this year should bt pheasant task.
 There are such pretty clothes for 1t. whatever ii is, You can gvt papers. boN,s, string ties or ribbon ones. seals. cards and even outer wrappines in enscInble effect that will give it that desirable well dressed look that every Christmas gift should wear.
 In the first place there ara in numcrable new boX,s on tn" mar Nt for Christmas presents. If Nou are giving child little s"eat"r, some haudhorchi"ts or dress, you Gan get c1t in animal shap", with a standard on tho back so that it looks like real elephant on aP- proach. There are trjangular, cir cular hcNagonal and other~modcrn- istic boNcs in an amazing array oi color and design
 Most stores give you boxes with your purchase. if you request them. These boxes often are pretty silver or gold ones, or holly trimmed, All you need do is 10 wrap them up in your own choice of paper, and there you are.
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 New are the doggy Christmas papers this year. They come in gay rcd. with white Scotties. Or in black and white, blue and gold or what eyer color combination you have gone into. New. too, are the old English prints. with Dickens char acters stepping out 10 wish }on Merrie Christmas. Polka dotted pa- prrs and the clear, rich colorrd transparent papers in rcd and whit" green and rcd and black and white are mighty pretty.
 Black dotted in .old stars has an exotic look about it. Mod"rnis''c papers. in many ,c,ors. can b" p7r- chased 4t the best stores and ii" fyc and ten. thujIuas paper III Scottish stripgs is regal looking, l'n- pr Ssivc. PiaIds are new and -41n'L. especially those that wave thfF lines slightly to @iyr them hand blocked look. The silhouette papers, with quaint figures of black aeainSt white. or vie" yrle1. ar" new thI7 year Tl5d With lavender rb9o@, tbcv are ,fertive for older persons, olI Santa Claus, lis retnde"Fs an4 holly uroaths are stu! with Hs' Hut modes in paprr, have changed i- The newer papers are made m oid Saint NIrllys name but they do not iprInde him in their designs.
 You may prefer silk satin or metal ribbon to tie up your par'rt'' If YOU don't there are some s"dh"F rano- ribbons. some Of them "l'h s,frI,,r backs. Many of these are soft as silk. but durable. An cjtee- t;yc onn. has five shades Of gr4E strjnjus il lcnglu"ise, with silver cdclg. Others are checked, have birdi,s on them, stars, ChrIS'"a5 ofII4. silhouette or modernlsllc d. signs. Blue and silver for ribbons used with blue and silver papers Is newer than red. though the ma fori,v of folks probably still prefer Christmas colors-
 Animal Motif tech
 When it comes 10 the htt'e Christmas tags that you send 10 designate the giver, thecr are some of the cutest little gadgets imagih- able. Kittens. little lambs, prancins reindeer and barking dogs all nave a part. Animals abound. So do wee children. in cute poses. So GO candies, stars and mistle'oe ana holly resign. The new DO not Oncn Until Christmas tags change ,ha sentiment somewhat. One dnggie. says. "Gr-r-eetings-untle whenever you please"
 Monogrammed sticltcrs and caf'F are new. So are some of the ChlneSe ones, in old Mandarin embroidery colors. Gross stitched designs prom ise 10 be popular this year and have 4 quaint colonial air about them. They come in all colors, ana 4 combination of pastel coIoren decorations on creamy background is dainty and new
 Choose Decorative Scheme
 The size of your parcels shoulh have some consideration when se- lecting your Christmas wrappines' I. is A good idea. however, 10 LOOK over the whole collection offered for your choice decide on single pretty design and stick to 1t for every gift you send. Or. choose two designs. one for young folks, one TOT adults. If you confine yourself 10 one or two designs at most, 1t Will be a great saving.
 Since it is new this year 10 nave ensembles of wrappings tags, boxes ribbons and stickers. it certainly VIII save you time and energy to decide on an ensemble theme for your things. Plain ribbons with figured paper is another suggestion to save time. For matching np figured paurr with figured tie-upS and flS-