GOING-AWAY PRESENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 11

GOING-AWAY PRESENTS.

The qpestiori of going-away presents, is one ' - 'that is exercising the'minds; of. a good many. , people ?just mow,'when.so many 'New ,Zca- . <: landers i are making* trips to'tho Old-World. i.The'prospect of - absence makes the heart grow very fond and'wistful, and one: likes to , • ;think'th'at the: absent-friend-will have some • little to keep, one's memory green through-the six or nino months that is usual-; ly allowed/for the-little-trip, i: The first essential- is that the gift shall. bo; nccessary;. tho.. second, that'',it';shall: bo very small and ; portable, and that is where the nerve-racking oomos in. Avbook is a good thing to choose, -but it is with thccertainty that it: will-bo thrown'aside before tho end of tho voyage,-, and it;has,thereforo no value as a memento; though, of course, a book that -serves as ai iguide to onc.of .the countries'to be visited r will.not: havo this fate. -' For-people visiting London' for-thVfirst' ; "A' ■ Wanderer -in -London" makes a charming gift. > It is a guide-book that Londoners vpraise ■' highly,;, and- it contains many pictures of .tho things''best worth seeing, whilo it describes : London as only a London-lover and a literary ■ man can do.- ■■■■■■,:• 1 An-Australian paper/gives somo useful sug- , gestions as'to home T Tnade p;ifts for the'travel- • ler._ : Quito new. is the magazjne cover .of parchment paper., -The v is -made- pre-, cisely as one-makes an-ordinary brown-paper book cover. . It is.then clipped, together -with. . tiny brass "pinchos,"'supplied: by paper sellers.'- One such cbver- was ; adorned with-, a 1 • string of gaily coloured Chinese lanterns;/'To ■ Light Your AVay." - Anothor showed'a flight -; ■ ' of.black swans.and;" Happy.be Your Flight." , ■ Thoso. covers, slipping easily on to any maga- - 2ino, aro a joy both on shipboard and'in the ' - trains. Book covers, writing padjiovers, and- , , envelope:,holders are. seen<made of , tho- same material, tho. advantage of their stiffness beI ing easily recognised. Another-popular prei iseni, is a -long; oblong cushion^cover., - One -X , sido is- embroidered, initialed, or painted; ■ V ; The. other side, is fitted with a • row of pockets, Y each of which buttons down securely. The / ) , very neccssary eiderdown quilt is'folded to ; \ 'fit inside the slip, which is finished at either ■ i end ,with:_two! pieces of. wide, strong ribbon. ) -The cushion is then folded in two to form i a square;, tho, ribbon bemg .tied- in- smart • bows., .Such a- cushion can' be- used - to' stbro : all sorts of valuables, and a vast amount'of -idds and ends continually; in requisition. ' '