Evening star., 1933-06-29
Shopping in Washington
A w Weekly
D i g e 8 t
By
Margaret
Warner

angle in toward the base, although
the cocktail sizes may sometimes be
narrower at the bottom than the
top.
AN attractive cocktail set has a
black glass shaker and round,
black trap, while the glasses are hour
glass shape, the upper part OF clear
glass and the small base of solid glass
III different colors. These glasses are
very comfortable to hold and being SO
heavy at the base are almost impossible
to upset without effort.
Revolving circular trays are new and
fascinating. They may be mirror trays
or clear glass, with black disc at the
center and a delicately traced floral
wreath by way Of decoration. In
either case they are nice. The pitcher
sets in the center, surrounded by the
glasses, and you just turn the tray
around on its pivot to get the glass on
the far side. This is not serving tray
but is for the buffet or serving table
A clever new shaker of clear glass
has for decoration intriguing recipes
printed in red, green, blue and black,
so you won't have to rely on your
memory to get the ingredients just
right. An amusing beverage set mas
a polarbear design in frosted cut work
,-.at will make you chilly when you see
IT. And an Italian pitcher set in col
ored raffia base, is very artistic OBJ
ject. If you are going to entertain
quite number of people. by all means
invest in party jug. 1t is an enor-
mously tall glass pitcher. with a capa-
city OF four quarts, and will save you
a couple of trips to the kitchen to re-
plenish the supply.
Beer has its own particular con-
tainers, that most always have han
dies, whether they are mugs of
china or glass. They have
heavy, substantial look. inclined to
the broad and low. A very mod
ern new looking beer mug is of
highly polished aluminium. with
plain handle of natural unfinished
wood. This wear is also used for
ice tubs, pitchers, salad bowls and
flower bowls, all With equally in
teresting effect. Another attrac-
tive kind of beer mug is of hand
blown Mexican glass, which comes
in those beautiful shades of dull
green and blue.
ONE shop is making a special Of
some new beer cloths of bril-
liantly plaided linen in odd peasant
colors that are very gay. Also for Sum-
mer use they are showing table cloths
and napkins of natural-colored linen,
overlaid with p.aids of green, blue, yell
low or red to harmonic with your
chinaware
It seems to be a plaid and stripe
season, for We even find it on the cot
tage sets of chinaware These ineXpen-
sive sets of dishes. admirably suited
to the bride and the bachelor girl. lend
themselves SO easily to the most deco
rative and artistic table color schemes
For instance, there is a set Of cream
colored dishes. with lines Of dark blue
and chromium as border, that when
placed on blue and white checked OIL
cloth doilieS on walnut table. makes
a most tempting start for Summer
breakfast. Then there is another set,
with half-inch bands of red around
the shoulder. and a set with a delicate
chintZ pattern Of green on white that
is dainty and cool looking and might
be set out on a plain green cloth to
good advantage With this set it would
be nice to have plain. clear glasses
with your own monogram cut on them.
One shop specializes in this work. and
it is not expensive, either
There are so many ways in which to
make living attractive and different
during the hot months. if you have to
stay in town. Changing your color
schemes and using inexpensive things
that give variety to the daily routine
of eating and drinking are the most
fun and bring the greatest reward in
producing added interest in doing those
same daily tasks that do become monot-
onous at times.