MARGOT Goes Shopping

Wanganui Chronicle, 1 December 1948, Page 7

MARGOT Goes Shopping

Suggestions For Christmas Gifts Sheets are now in Full Range of Sizes For the first lime in several years there’s a full range of sizes in sheets. These are available at McGruer’s, where there are Manchester specials on sale today. Note the prices of the bleached sheets per pair: 54 x 100, 34/6; 62 x 100, 42/6; 70 x 100, 42/6, 80 x 100, 52/9; 90 x 100, 67/3. Bleached pillow slips in plain weave are priced at 5/3 each. Hand-made Gifts at Cottage Craft If you want some nice hand-made gifts for your Christmas giving do go to the “Cottage Craft,” 213 Avenue, for there you will find many things not seen elsewhere. Among numerous articles on display are hand-made toys, knitting bags, dainty aprons, hand-painted containers for magazines and letters and a variety of little gifts that will give pleasure to the recipients. Iced Novelties to be on Display Keep your eyes on the window of D. M. Brown’s Home Cookery, Maria Place, for novelties in iced cakes for Christmas are to be featured for the festive season. Everyone will remember the artistic work in icing of Eh© delicious novelty cakes produced by this firm before the war years. Now it is possible to resume the making of these dainties. And why go to all the bother of preparing your Christmas cakes when it is cheaper to order them! All that’s good in Ingredients goes into the cakes made by this firm. Pearls and Wristlet Watches At Drew’s, Jewellers, are gifts that carry the very essence of your friendship and give endless pleasure and delight. You will enjoy choosing gilts from this well-established mm and your friends or relatives will appreciate them, for their charm and quality and for the sincere way they say “A Happy Christmas.” Pearls, in one, two and three-string necklaces, make a gift to be treasured, as also does a wristlet watch. Drew’s have a very good selection just now for both men and women. There’s also a good range of crystal and cutlery, and there are more and better, silver tea services than have been seen for some years. And if you are wondering what to give “him” do pay a visit to this shop, for there you will find gifts of quality in the way of cigarette cases, cuff links, signet rings and cigarette lighters. Books, Booklets and Stationery Parents and friends looking for good reading for the young folk will find at Poynter’s, Booksei ers and Stationers, books that are brimful of interest for children of all ages. Every child lovCs a book and gets endless pleasure from its contents. Picture blocks and games are handy for those rainy hours during the holidays and all these are stocked by Poynters. Adults also appreciate books for the leisure hours. There are literally scores of delightful booklets at this shop, including Patience Strong’s “The Quiet Hour,” “Text Verses” ana “New Year Thoughts.” Photograph albums, stamp albums, book markers in various designs, tablet diaries, attractive blotting books, household memorandums, engagement books, garden diaries and packets of paper serviettes are among other suggestions for gifts. And, of course, there’s a good collection of Christmas cards and calendars. Always welcome as a present is notepaper, and Poynters have packets priced from 1/3 to pretty cabinets of stationery at 25/6. Slippers For Your Warmest Friends Christmas comes but once a year and now it’s here, or nearly here, we know you’d like to give her something she hasn’t seen around for a long time. We think you’ll find the answer at Crichton and Newman’s Shoe Shop. They are quilted satin slippers in the famous Nielson make with leather soles and one and a-half inch heelsThey are in dainty shades of ice blue, ash rose and champagne shades, smartly finished with a butterfly bow. Also in Nielson makes are slippers of self-figured crepe with felt soles, in carnation pink and black. For those who like the floral type they may choose wedgie styles or others with Cuban heels. They are in all shades of reds, blues and greens. . Nielson’s felt slippers, too, are in nice styles with heels and thick felt soles. Shades are rose, saxe, rust, burgundy, red and black. Biack and red and saxe and red are the colours of the useful leather slippers which are fur trimmed and have cushion soles with heels. There are children’s slippers in Nielson felts in shades of combined burgundy and rose, and saxe and burgudy. Tiny tots would be delighted with the novelty slippers showing bunnies and ducks for trimming. In sizes 3 to 8 they are in scarlet and royal blue.