The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-11
Things for Home Anszcgr to Gift Dilemma
BY MARY MARGARET M'BRIDE

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BY MARY MARGARET MBRIDE
nNE mar I know is planning to
~ put complete modern
kitchen in the toe of his wife's
Christmas stocking. She is the girl
who, when she was bride, two
Octobers ago, got laughed at by
some of her feminine friends for
saying very earnestly, I'D rather
have a new gadget for my kitchen
than new hat any day"
Oddly enough, a good many of
the scoffing friends have come
round to her way of thinking. Or
if it isn't the kitchen they crave a
gadget for, it's the living room or
the sun room.
Which is just another way OF
saying that the home is the latest
feminine hobby. And that makes
gift giving ducky for the bachelor
friend of the family, the occa-
sional weekend guest or Big
Sisters beau who would like to
get in good with all his prospective
relatives at one fell swoop.
A GOOD kitchen present, though
L n it will end in the dining
room, is a set of gay china
crabs of vivid red in which you
can bake and serve all seafood.
Or you would win plaudits from
any housekeeper to whom you
presented the new salt shaker that
is spiked to keep the holes free
from clogging and comes with it's
companion pepper piece in en-
graved crystal and sterling silver
top.
A practical automatic pea she'll
er that clips onto the side of the
table will denude lima beans, too,
II the bean Cor pea) pod is insert
ed at one end and the crank
turned.
Another kitchen present that
is also ornamental on the dining
table is a set of yellow and brown
bakers for the one-dish meal with
an aluminium tray to stand in. A
gadget that will make fish day
more welcome is a platter of ivory
earthenWare made in the shape
of a long fish and tinted gray blue.
The plates that go with the platter
are shaped like fat round fish.
nor getting all the gravy (ex-
A. cuse it, if this sounds like a
pun) nothing would be handsomer
than a heavy silver dish with a
small we'll at the front end to
catch the juices.
Some of the newest china plates
arrived in time for Christmas
without rims-that is, there is no
break in their surfaces. A French
pottery of modern texture and
Chinese shape would appeal to
the young people who seem to
have everything, but like to keep
up with the mode of the moment.
These come with table mats of
cork.
Delicate blown glass bubble vases
(you put the flower inside the
vase instead of out) are appropri-
ate, particularly for houses that
are inhabited by invalids or ell
derby people who like something
curious to watch.
Houses like that will appreciate,
too, silver luster bubble balls for
goldfish. The most elaborate
goldfish homes of the season, how
ever, are square glass boxes with
roofs, no less.
And in order that the poor old
goldfish may have even less pri-
vacy than the proverb grants him,
his newest bowers have indirect
lighting at night. For extra
swanky goldfish there is a cutout
treasure chest which looks as if it
had been buried in the sea bot
tom.
A MARVELLOUS lounging and
L N reading chair would make an
ideal gift from father to the house
because he would have such fun
sitting in it. This chair, uphol-
stored in the ordinary way, has
movable adjustable gadgets at
tached to each arm.
On one arm is a flat surface
for eating. Another has raised
affair for the support of book or
newspaper. These extra arms are
adjustable and swing completely
around.
On the sides of the chair, con-
cealed and reaching to the floor.
are compartments for magazines.
One OF the back posts of the chair
is converted into lamp post.
A new floor light is a very COM
pllcated, machine-age looking
contraption seen without its shade,
but ready for action, it looks ex-
ceedingly simple and workman
like. The light may be either d.
rect or indirect at will, and there
is an electric fan arrangement be-
sides.
A fire screen of fine mesh that
shuts out some of the. heat but
lets you see the light through has
a raised Chinese design that is il
Illuminated by the freight. A low
table that can be used either for
buffet suppers or table tennis, and
an ultra modern pool table in
maple with chromium plated legs
Ga real designer worked for
months on this) are suitable for
the little home just set up by the
bride and groom.
Unless of course you'd rather
give their house the neat desk Ii
brary in two-shelf case that
comes with [ dictionary, an atlas,
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