The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-05
Styles Shift
Rapidly in
China, Linen
BY JULIA BLANSHARD
NEA Service Writer


fashioned bride used to reckon her
hope chest Of household linen,
china and silverware at the maxi
mum quantity she could beg, bor-
row or steal from her dad.
The modern brides hope chest,
like the modern bride, travels light
1t is considered smart indeed TO
trim down its contents TO the min
imum that furnishes comfort,
beauty and enough to entertain
with.
OF course there are reasons. First,
seasonal changes in styles and
colors of linens, china, glassware.
Second, lack of space to store a
great quantity even if you did crave
it. Third, the possibility of NOV
ing about a great deal dispenses
with the need permanent abodes
used to have for quantities of this
and that.
Today's bride, if she hasn't figured
out just what she needs, might be
helped by this table: For every
bed in the new house or apartment,
six sheets each, four pillow slips,
two blankets, two spreads, one com
forter or down puff.
Watch Your Colors
The new style is to have en-
sembles of all of these in one or
two colors that go well together,
such as green blankets and spread,
green and apricot puffs and april
cot sheets. But of course while bed
linen is still preferred by the ma
jority, and there's nothing quite like
a handmade patchwork quilt for
a cover.
For every person in the new es-
Enlistment, six bath towels, four
hand towels, three wash cloths, one
bath mat, one soiled clothes bag.
For the establishment itself, at least
one formal, swell-elegant table cloth
with preferably a dozen napkins or
at least eight, four breakfast sets
of gay gingham, plaid linen, Gre
tonne, crepe, or oil cloth, with nap
kins to accompany them, and pa
per napkins for the oil cloth break
fast set; two to four lunch sets and
napkins, which most young couples
use for the evening meal.
New Styles in Linen Damask
When it comes to getting that
extra fine set, there are such new
styles in linen damask that you will
be intrigued. Delicate color, with
rich patterns woven in a softer or
deeper tones, are perfectly beauti-
full.
italian punch-worked dinner sets
are rich and not so eXorbitant as
to be out Of reach. Russian linens
are having a tremendous vogue and
a set of long cloth and napkins in
vivid cross-stitch and open work
design is very desirable.
If you are real fussy about things.
you may want a lace dinner set and
nothing else will satisfy you.
If you are conservative in your
linen tastes, you may prefer above
all white linen for your bedroom,
bathroom and table. Monogrammed,
of course. Nonograms for table
cloths should come where the server
serves; napkins are preferably IN
the corner where they show when
the napkin is folded, but they can
come smack in the center where
they show only by special folding.
All white monograms may be re-
placed by shaded and white ones,
especially on the bathroom linen,
where YOU may have gone a bit
modern in having a black and white
scheme.
Then Comes China
The linen aside, there is such
vast field of china to choose from
that you may go astray unless you
hold on to yourself. If you are
fairly poor, and who isn't, grand
scheme is to pick some conservative,
pretty. colored set of six of every
thing you need for small price
around SIS. All department stores
have them.
Then you can step out and get
dessert set and coffee cups of some
thing extra, or perhaps the soup
set of Italian pottery, the fowl set
eventually of old English hunting
scenes, and so on.
The very newest in the way of
china is the modern design that re-
peats on the china the modernistic
motif that decorates the silver.
There are several of these new
china and silver ensembles on the
market this June, all Of them mod
ern and charming.
One Of them uses a platinum de-
squarisa china of dull green color
The flat plated silver, repeating the
modern design, highlights the plat
mum touches on the green china.
Used on a green damask cloth, of
two tones or OF green and pearl
white, it makes a beautiful picture
indeed.
One Of the most inexpensive ways
to get variety on to the table is to
plane one course at least in crystal.
Start with it, or finish with it, or
serve the salad course on it.
The very newest crystal is that in
wisteria shade, which is perfectly
lovely if it goes well with what you
have. If not, there are greens, ruby
reds and beautiful clear designs.