The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-19

made to order and decorated with wod block designs from her own china service.
 A linen expert who annually is paid a princes ransom to outfit millionaires' palaces, advises against buying bath towels with too much of an eye to color and too little to drying power. Don't he warns, give a friend green towels to go with her green bath rom unless the green towels are the absorbent, enfolding kind that really give some comfort to bath ers-just- out of -the-tub.
 Navy blue towels with red and white, squarish, rather large ini- tials, are among the special Christ mas designs. White and peach are the shades most favored for face towels-and they nearly all have initials in the long, slim, lower case, sometimes covering two- thirds of the towel, sometimes em- broidered, sometimes appliqued on the material.
 Gift sheets and pillow cases con- tinue to reveal bizarre combina- tions, intended especially for mod ern houses and apartments. One set in beige percale has deep brown bands appliqued on in stripes which form the monogram
 Speaking of beds, the newest sat- in comforts have appliqued and embroidered flower designs. rang ing from shamrocks to thistles. Blankets are fiuffier than ever and gayer, too, with such reds and pur- pies as never were seen before at least by these bedazzled eyes,,
 Still speaking of beds, the trays for breakfast at your ease are lighter and yet more stable than ever and there are percolators es- pecia1ly built to fit into a handy wall socket, thus allowing you to perk fresh coffee as often as you like,. and prolong the luxurious meal.
 Other neat tricks in the way of trays are two-deck chromium ones, with rings all the way around one deck for napkins to be tucked in; tray that fits around the body so that you can carry great loads with ease? a "two-faced" tray, some. body has called it because, turn ii one way, and it has five compart. ments for hor d'oeuvres, turn it the other, and it's just a plain carry. all.
 Lamps this year are endlessly | amusing. There is one set of two entwined but with separate switch. es, for twin beds that fills long felt want. Another, for bridge ad. diets. clamps to the table and hal minimum base with an under. slung balancing ball to hold i steady and prevent tipping. | Other table lamps, designed es. pecially for students and easy or l the eyes, are on unusually lont bases. Milk-white glass shades, in. cidentally, invisible through tn, | outer parchment, diffuse upward light and also prove first aid ts ailing orbs.
 l A totally new wrinkle in sof lighting is the opalescent case bast which not only carries bulbs in tn, usual place at the top, but light! upitself and makes a wonderful glow for a sick room or an en- trance hall.
 Other gadgets that would give 2 merry Christmas to any enterpris' ing home include: a set of place cards for the table that serve aist as ash trays and cigarette holders an air prifier for closets consisting of two chromium balls to be filled with a liquid that comes in a bot. tie and contains not only an arc, matic odor but more than a him of discouragement for moths; bib. for the bottoms of drinking glass. es.~ any size, to keep them from dripping all over the guests bcst clothes; cigarette box with a lit like an old fashioned roil-top desk perennial spring holders for can. dles, that. believe 1t or not, have q concealed spring that keeps tho candle flame at constant height