Evening star., 1938-12-17
BY DOROTHY DUCAS and ELIZ-
ABETH GORDON.

ADL n IOnDON.
House toulouse Christmas gifts,
instead of individual presents for
every member of family you would
remember, can run the gamut from
whimsical tricks to practical i'm
provements for the home.
On the whimsy side, there are
those charming decalcomanias to
dress up kitchen, bathroom or nur-
sery. You know those improved
transfer pictures" which are rubbed
on plain painted walls, and lend q
CHEEKY note to the whole room. They
are to be had for $50 or less a set,
depending upon their size and how
many are in the package.
All the installation they take is
immersion of the decalcomania in
warm water for about Is seconds,
pressure against a moistened wall,
then the slipping of the backing
paper away from the picture itself.
OF course, it takes a little skill to
get the picture on smooth, but even
children can acquire that-and have
some fun in the doing.
You'll have to decide what kind
of pictures the family you are play
ing Santa to would like on the walls
OF its home. but there is a wide
variety of them; fruit and vege-
tables, circus parades, cup and
saucers, boats, fish, even giraffes.
They take six hours to dry, and af-
ter that they are lasting parts of
the wall decoration. If your friends
have a gay or whimsical turn of
mind, this might be just the thing
for them
On the practical side, remember
paper Venetian blinds? You might
have some friends with a. week end
or summer cottage, for which real
Venetian blinds seem to them land
to you) too expensive. Or perhaps
your friends have a rented apart
ment. with windows that cry out for
the horizontal Stats of the most pop
ular form of window covering, which
wouldn't pay them, for q limited
stay. Blinds made of paper, but
looking pretty solid. come in stock
sizes for 81: can be made in un-
usual sizes up to 36 by IS inches
for $1.50.
The paper blinds are made of
something called silica paper, and
the Stats are tubular, so they won't
sag or warp. They are put together
with waterproof glue, and, unless
treated roughly by the children or
the family pets, they should last
about two years. In the meantime,
If anything should happen to them,
you can get new set of Stats for
so cents.
OF course, you'd have to know the
tastes Of family to whom you gave
paper Venetian blinds, but here is a
gift almost any house owner would
cherish-illuminated house num-
bers. What more perfect thought
could there be for friends of a fam
lily than something which would
guide their own footsteps to their
friends home?
The Illuminated house numbers
are actually porch or entrance
light with the number of the house
plainly lettered on the side. They
come in the form of lanterns hang
ing from the ceiling or. units to be
set into wall, saying "52 w. IL" or
if you think your friends would
prefer TN. Dunn" the name of
the owner of the lfouse. They cost
81 for light with five numbers on
1t, and about so cents for necessary
wiring, And the lights shine bright
ly enough to be read at 100 feet,
simplifying the problem of any
callers.
We've come across q new product
new to us, anyway-that should
make hit with the owner of q
Colonial house-and they are legion.
1t is a shutter-dog, the hardware
that holds the shutter back against
the house, and it isn't one of the
usual Letter S designs. 1t comes in
three patterns: One seahorse with
an S-shaped tail, the second a
cluster of grapes which is copied
from an old New Orleans pattern,
the third an old forged pattern
from Charleston.
They are simple, beautifully exc
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