Evening star., 1936-12-07
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Occasional
Furniture
Ideal Gift
Ch arming Pieces
Range in Prices to
Tempt Shoppers.
BY LUCIE EBERLY.

bx LUClE EbEhLY.
InLD SANTA Is wasting no time this
year making up his mind just
what to give Aunt Sue and Cousin
Polly. He feels that almost any
thing he may choose from the dis
plays at local shops will prove to be
welcome, for manufacturers this year
seem to have struck practical note
in their holiday gift items. The trend
toward sensible and useful gifts, rather
than useless trinkets, dominates in all
departments.
The furniture displays are espe-
cially interesting-countleSs useful oc-
casional pieces are featured at attrac-
tive priceS-prices that accommodate
the most modest Christmas budget.
Bookcases and end tables in one group,
| for instance, are less than So, and
stunning coffee and lamp tables are
| sporting price tags marked "$4.95."
Shoppers will be pleased, too, to
note that these little pieces Of furni-
ture are of more conservative design
this year, leaning toward a decided
period" influence that makes them
more versatile-easier to introduce
into everyday decor and much longer
lived. A smart Chippendale cof-
fee table, for example, blends with
any type Of furnishing and will prove
to be as attractive 10 years hence as
the year it was bestowed.
A drum-shaped lamp table Of Dun
can Phyfe style makes a delightful
gift, too. Carrying out the idea of
"two-in-one" table, the drum,
rotating on a pivot, is really a sec
tional bookcase which can accom-
modate about 20 books, while the
table top is firm and solid to serve
as a lamp or bric-a-brac table. Prices
Of this serviceable piece of furniture
range from So to $75-according, of
course, to the size and woods used
in construction. 1t is proving to be
one Of the most popular Of all the oc-
casional pieces, because it is "at home"
in the bed room, living room, library
or hall-the colorful display Of books
it accommodates adding a bright
decorative note to any room.
Card tables this year are more
attractive than ever and are far
more practical, because they are built
along very constructive lines, be-
coming a real piece of furniture
rather than just a card-game ac-
ceSsory. They are made to play a
dual role of card table and dinette
table and, when bought with chairs
to match, live up to their new calling
in a most charming manner. A
group-table with four chairs-fash-
ioned of bone-white wood, with red
leather table top and chair seats
makes a gift ''fit for queen" and
such sets are moderately priced at S25.
Floor and wall space Of small apart
ments prohibiting room for un-
necessary objects often presents the
harassing problem of limiting fur
nishings to only one, perhaps two.
small tables-and when we entertain
at a buffet supper. what to do, what
to do? AS tip from Santa remember
that a nest of tables can be listed as
one of the most coveted Of all modern
day household gifts. It's the for
tunate hostess who has one or two
nests to come to her rescue-providing
her guests with a handy place to set
their plates!
Manufacturers have furnished mer-
chants with large lots of table nests"
and Chinese Chippendale, Sheraton,
Heppelwhite and Queen Anne styles
are well represented.