CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17651, 11 December 1920, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES.

«* • . ■' ' ■*■ ~.-;-. ..i.- : «~— z— —r- ■':!:'■, v i ** .. . '"•< r; ":'■'" " ■■' ,'""■'•'.•"•■.J:-: 5 . BefightfaJ ■; as the spirit of Christmas. * is. it can-cause us v worry, too. ■!* The unSC prepared -woman is likely to be harassed g by a long list arj,d„, a.,iast-emptying purse, 3 if she leaves uet" until •™ the last week or -two. - Many people, ;, however, look so far ahead-■■that they '** buy "up ,4eGgtb|,i of "nbborwiind odds and * ends all .through the -preparation % for the season gf-gifts; and -good' wishes/.,,., « Bibbori|3s affi 1 invaluable .ally ; for the * woman 'who makes dainty presents for « her frieMsVHS^yo^^lio^lia&'^att^every- « day knowledge of sewing and likes Ito S start npw with an assortment of ribbons, a* may have a number of delightful and use- «' ful gifts ready Ijecembeg .25. Cami-**«""B©fe-*»lway's^ag^

._...aids -ribbon-is-discussion.—Anybody' : can make a ' charming. ..camisole... put,,, of T ID wn." -iSio fitting or special shaping :< is *» required ;" all one has to do is to run "a "Z rjbbon casing along one. edge of the ribbon Z aiM ; 'elast&,casj|g alqj&g the other edge. -~' of 'ftift'waialTine, ahdLtlign to depend the; * gathered camisole from*ribbon shoulder *• straps', 01 course, the more dainty trim- « ming one adds to the camisole, the more £ attractive it is as a gift. *» We women are becoming very floral in X our preference these days. We have, " go?ms, hats, belts, underwear, hairwreaths, slippers, bags, cushions, satin -. writing "sets," trifles about one's dressing « table—all flower trimmed. What looks » like a flat Victorian bunch of posies lying ... on.a dressing-table may Itself-into ; a handkerchief sachet. 1$ h%ssga slit at :.'; one side giving entrance th* .case'of -! padded satin sewn immediately beneath Z !fc --; £. coat hanger is rather a prosaic thing, - though much improved' by being covered with muslin and nicely "scented. But 2 a far more original idea is a little wooden ; hanger, it is of quite thin wood, so that , ' it will pack easily, and is just a charming head -with atilted hat in the Watteau style, and the graceful arms of the wearer V on which'the garments are" hung'. ======== ,