The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-29
Dainty Ones
Suitable for
DaintyFOIk
BY JULIA BLANSHARD
NEA Service Writer

MA service Mrlter
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-HaVe you
done your Christmas monogram
ming early2
You should Monograns are IN
dividual this year. Some Of them
are fussy and take long time to
make. others are elegantly simple,
but are sent to France for special
stitches and take a few weeks.
It is open season on all kinds of
monograms for handkerchiefs. If
Aunt Mary is the most conversative
old dear in the world, some hand
spun exquisitely sheer hemstitched
handkerchiefs would suit her par
fectly, with her three initials done
in plain old English script
Modern stuff Is Dashing
If her daughter Ursula is very
modern, she might prefer some OF
the new big squares with invisible
wide checks Of translucent white and
a dashing modernistic monogram
that defies one to translate 1t into
initials.
For those in between. there are
vide varieties of monograms. For
young girls 1t IS quite the thing 10
have names embroidered in writing
along one side, not in the corner.
For bachelor women, it is considered
correctly feminine to have their
first names embroidered in the cor
ner. preferably in some fancy let
ters.
Men are likely to prefer a single
initial Make it a big one, long.
skinny, and svelt, if the man OF your
choice happens to be that type IL
he is built on the square, he Is apt
to rather prefer his own lines and
vote for a blocked letter.
II he is a collegiate, he may pre-
fer a. touch of college color in his
P's or O's, or whatever his initial
happens to be.
Whatever monograms you choose
for men, remember that the simpler
the better. but some kind OF pat
termed design is the best bet. A
monogram that makes a square, a
triangle or a circle is preferable 10
lust three initials put together
For women who like things no
body else has. there are some round
handkerchiefs this year. Ihey
should have their monograms
smack in the center.
Usually they are fancies and
cor1e in colors. So should the
nnonoqrams. A set of six may have
as many colors. Or if Adelaide just
loves violet, all of them may be
this hue
Since the majority of mono
ararnmed handkerchiefs come III
plain white, the design OF the let
fering and the stitches in which IL
is done is of utmost Importance
Make Them Fit Recipient
A safe guide is to try to pick a
nattern that seems like the person
10 whom you are sending the gilt.
A dainty woman never in the world
should carry a wide hemmed, heav-
ilv monograrnmed mouchoir.
If you have in mind doing your
own monogrammirg, albeit it may
ruin your eyes. you can add your
own individuality to the gift by
writing in pencil the name OF the
recipient and embroidering it.
Or you may cut out the corners Of
handkerchiefs and insert lace that
is initiated. Rolled edges are ex-
cellent this Christmas and are in
finitely easier than hemstitching.
But since the majority of Amer
lea buys its monogramming where
it buys its handkerchiefs. the best
thing to do is to go to your favor
tie store Immediately, decide what
type of handkerchiefs you are going
to get-hemstitched, rolled edge,
crosS-barred, or other novelty 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
so correct as plain white. Colored
nonograms come in the same cate
CORY. But, by and large, mono
grams are a matter of individual
personal taste.
If you have had good taste in
picking your relatives and friends,
it behooves you to take time out
now to pick monograms for their
gifts that will become them.