The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-08
Bells Take
Back Seat
for Holiday
BY JULIA BLANSHARD,
NEA Service Writer

NEW IOHhs Lee. o.-EILeT Ld1l-
ing by candlelight always has had
an enviable elegance about it. This
Z Christmas it is quite as elegant and
much more modern to entertain at
Yuletide by starlight.
There are all manner Of stars for
the Christmas decorations. Star
motifs are much newer than bells
~ Santa Clauses. Yet they are
= much older too Remember the
first star that guided the Three Wise
Men
First of all, of course, comes the
Christmas tree decorations. This
s season you can top your tree with
a silver or gold star, with an cleo
trio light inside and know that you
have something new. If you have
home of your own, you undoubt-
edly will want TO trim tree in
your yard, since the outdoor Christ
mas is such a pleasant addition to
any community.
Instead Of spending lots of money
on your Christmas trim, a new
scheme, one that is tremendously
pretty, is to top the two little trees
beside the front door with a
cleaning star and to hang a gar
land Of smaller stars, each with an
electric light inside it. across the
front door. From afar it gives a
beckoning welcoming that warns
the heart
Decorating the House
If you want your whole house
done in the spirit of Christmas,
you can get inexpensive cardboard,
In the Christmas red, in gold or
even green, and cut out stars of
different sizes and then make in
verted shades for all the lights of
this
A very effective one, of red card
board, with the cut-out stars COW
cred with gold cellaphone, has a
string Of little gold stars running
down the cord that pulls the light
+ on.
There are all kinds of starry
: place cards, star decorated favors,
star motifs in crepe paper cloth,
r and napkins for Christmas parties.
And there are the sweetest crystal
star shaped lamp shades, if you
don't mind spending a little money
for your Christmas decorations. -
Trees for Table
Among the newer Christmas
2 table decorations, there are mod
= erniStic Christmas trees, made of
cardboard put over a wire frame
that can be made easily, with the
cardboard decorated with stars of
$ different sizes, and with electric
lights inside to give the stars
their gleam.
You make the frame first, for
this two-storied modernistic Christ
mas tree. Over the frame you put
green cardboard, with stars of
every size cut out all over it.
You paste silver cellaphone over
s. the star holes and when the light is
lit inside they gleam and twinkle
at you quite in the manner of those
in the heavens above.
For the Christmas table that
adopts the star motif for its deco
ration and star light for its. at
mosphere, there are all kinds of
ways of carrying out the star idea
Salads may be nodded in star
shape, canapes cut in star shape,
the decorations atop the plum pud-
ding put on in star shape and star
shape candles to finish the meal.
Stars in Crepe Paper
There are many decorative crepe
papers that use the star motif this
Christmas. For all of your interior
= decorating with crepe paper, you
can have stars.
Over the mantel you can have a
big star lighted in circle of holly.
3 At the END of each side of the man
tel you can have sprays of silver or
gold stars along with the tinsel.
Among the smartest new star
paper is the silhouette design that
+. SprinkleS stars here and there
amongst the gay scene of gentle
men and ladies of orother decade
working or walking in the spirit of
Christmas.
With so many star motifs
about. perfectly beautiful and un-
usual effects in star light can be
achieved. BY using stars through
out the house and your table deco
rations. peace of unanimity can
be gotten.
This, added to the fact that see
ing stars at Christmas is most mod
ern. is enough to recommend the
starry Yuletide to everyone