New Britain herald., 1930-11-05

New York. Nov. Slave you done your Christmas monogram ming carly?
 You should. Monograms are individual this year. Some of them are fussy and take long tune to make, others are elegantly simple. but are sent 10 France for special stitches and take a few weeks.
 IL is open season on all kinds O. monograms for handherchicfs. Ie Aunt Mary is the most conserva- tive old dear in the world, some hand-spun eXquisitely sheer hem stitched handkerchiefs would suit her perfectly, with her three mi t;als done in plain old English script
 If her daughter Ursula is very modern. she might prefer some 9; the new big squares with invisible wide checks Of translucent white and dashinG modcrnistic mono clam that dcfies one 10 translate f. into initials.
 For Bachelor Girls
 For those in between. there are }.ide varieties of mOuOgrams. For ,cuug girls it is quite the thing to have names embroidered in writ inL along one side, not in the cor ncr. For bachelor women. 1t IS considered correctly feminine to have their first names embroideT- cl in the corner. preferably m sCme fancy letters.
 Men are likely 10 prefer q sin gle initial Make if d big one. Ions. skinny. and syclt, if the man of your choice happens 10 be that type. If he is built on the square, he is apt to rather prefer his own lines and vote for g blocked letter. r. he is collegiate, he may pre- fer a touch of college color in his p's or Q's. or whatever his initial happens 10 be.
 Whatever monographs No1 choose for men, remember that the simpler the better, but some kind of patterned design is the best bet. A monogram that mako@ a square, triangle. or circle IS preferable to just three initials put together
 For women who like things no body else has, there are some round handkorchiefs this year. They should have their mono grams smack in the center ISn ally they arc fancios and come m colors. So should the monograms, A set of six may have as many colors. Or if Adelaide just loves violet, all Of them may he this hue.
 Since the majority of mono garmmcd handkcrchiefs come in plain white, the design of the let torinc and the stitches in which i. is done is of utmost importance. X safe guide is to try to pick q pat tern that seems like the person to whom you are sending the gift. A dainty woman never in the world ! shoudl carry wide hemmed. heavily Inonogr2umed mouchoir.
 If you have in mind doing your own monoeramming, albcl. it may lUm your cyeS you can add your own indiydu-lity 10 the gift by riting in pencil the name of the recipient and cmbroidering it. Of you may cut out the corners o' landkerchicGs and insert lace that is initiated Rolled edges are cN. ccilcnt this Christmas and are in t.uilely easier than hemstitchinG.
 Gray and White Popular
 But since the majority of Amer. ica buys its monogramming where i. buys it's handkcrchicfs, the best thing 10 do is to go to your favor ite store immediately, decide what type of handkcrchiefs you are go- ing to get - hemstitchcd, rolled edge. cross barred, or other novel ty linen - and then pick your monogram.
 The monogram with two kinds of stitches IS smarter than one. The newest colored monogram is the gray and white. Beige and white is next in smartness, Both are sophisticated.
 Colored handkerchiefs never are SC correct as plain white. Colored monograms come in the same cate gory. But, by and large. mono grams are matter Of individual personal taste. If you have had ! good taste in picking your rola tiyes and friends, it behooves you 10 take time out now to pick mono z. ans for their gifts that will be-