Evening star., 1937-12-13
From Washington Shops.

evaporation that is apt to take place
with the ordinary type. This feature
is also used on travelling atomizers
that fit into snug leather cases. They
are nice for college girls and gada-
bouts.
For sheer beauty. the cut crystal
bottles with large shoppers that COM
pletely hide the round bulbs make
marvellous gifts. There are a number
of lovely ones just designed for this
season, some of them with gold fila
gree combined with the crystal.
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THERE is a great fondness for the
smell of lavender among a large
proportion of both men and women.
Catering to their tastes are baskets
heaped with lavender scented gifts,
covered with cellophane and tied with
lavender satin bows. They are very
"gifty" looking, and come in small
medium and large sizes to fit various
budgets, nicely packed in special law
ender boxes. They contain bath
powder, soap, sachet, bath crystals
and toilet water. All of these items
may also be purchased separately in
gift boxes at most reasonable prices.
For the men who like lavender
there are numbers of nice sets con-
tanning two or three items, such as
a shaving bowl and after-shave To-
ton, or talcum powder, after-shave
lotion and shaving cream. Separate
| shaving bowls in holiday wrappings
may also be purchased for less than
one dollar. In fact, there Is wide
selection among these lavender prod
ucts.
Rarely have we been so fascinated
by new items on the cosmetic count
ers as We were by small group de-
signed especially for babies that was
brought to our attention the other
day. There is gay blue box covered
with a nursery design, containing
blue-ribboned bottle of pastuerized
milk bath and an accompanying box
OF body sachet also in size for the
baby. There's a lovely swansdown
puff in the dusting powder. One of
these attractive gifts is shown above.
There is also a new antiseptic body
oil for tender baby skins in an equally
attractive baby gift box. These are
excellent suggestions for the young
arrival and entirely new.
A MUSING for the children are sets
of little animals in soap to be used
as Christmas tree decorations. A set
of 10 in box for one dollar, might
prove interesting. Santa Claus in soap,
all wrapped up in a wash cloth, is
good for a stocking filler, so are nu-
merous other most attractive products
OF ingenious soap artists which are
now literally loading the counters.
Another young idea is found in small
sets Of perfume bottles dressed up like
little Mexicans with big sombreros.
Another set, also international in its
inspiration, features three dolls repre-
senting England, China and Russia
which are filled with colognes sug-
gesting these three countries. They are
inexpensive and will amuse the young
school girl
Bath torpedoes" are new slant on
the bath powder idea. Beautifully
boxed in black and white and tied
with red ribbon comes a goodly supply
OF these little packets Of bath powder
used as filler around a boz Of busting
powder. This will prove very sue
cessful for one Of your five-dollar gifts.
If you like the torpedo idea but want
something less expensive, you can get
it at $3.50 combined with cologne in
an equally attractive gift box.
At this point we have come to the
conclusion that nearly all last minute
Christmas problems can be solved with
gifts from the toilet goods depart
ments, and if you find them too
crowded to even get glimpse Of what
they have, watch the newspaper and
do your shopping by phone. It will
save you both time and energy!
For information concerning items
mentioned in this column call Ma
tional 5000. Extension 3sb between 10
and u aA