CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1306, 8 December 1911, Page 3

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

It is at this season that tlio pooplo with many friends an'l little money b< gin seriously to consider the mnlu-r ui Cn-ir-i----mas presents (says a. writer in an Australian paper). Tho buying of wn. trifle: runs away with a'groat ilei'l ')f money, and it is open to question if you love youT best friend any better because sho sends you an elephant pincushion—of which you already have lour —or handkerchiefs of a quality to mako you blush. A li(tlo consideration niakca it possible for almost auy womar to bo able to give really acceptable presents. If sho is any sort of a needlewoman she will find tho purchase of half a dozen yards of linen an excellent economy. sno can make this up into small tray cloths, redeemed from plainness by a distinguishing initial. She can use it for hand bags of all sorts, and things like these never como amiss. 'IVo yards of fine huckaback will maks beautiful dress trimming; and buttons. The trimmings should Tlot be more than three-quarters of an inch wide at most, and is best done in dull colours. Tho buttons may bo an inch and a half to two inches across. Two yards of trimming and a set of four buttons can be made easily in a couple of hours, and especially it a littlo metal thread is introduced and only fine- huckaback used as a foundation, constitutes a remarkably good looking present. Huckaback, too, can bo used as a foundation for silk and bead work purses, Mtiuii bags and big , hat buckles. The woman who cannot turn her needle to good account can make herself very popular at Christmas time by distributing special flower seeds, loose muslin bags of lavender, and pot pourrl.