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t Yule Array Is Sure To Please Gals Heralding a Yule season of happy hinting (or "her" srd happy hunting for "him," Sanla and fashion join in presenting a wonderful variety of gifts cal culated to deck every woman with Christmas glamour. From hats to hose, from coats to lin gerie, from bath preparations to exotic perfumes, there are just right presents for the personal pleasure of every girl and every woman, be she teen-ager, career girl, homemaker, mother or grandmother. What's more, the wide selection makes it possible for the thought ful giver to select presents so ap propriate to the needs and tastes of the woman he plans to please that the gifts seem to have been made especially for her. Considtr "Her" Netds Santa and fashion didn't forget practicality, either. They know the very same feminine hearts t-iat love frills and luxury are also accompanied by wise feminine heads that insist upon gifts that can really be used. Now the most glamourous' presents furs, for example abound with useful ness and durability, while func tional gifts such as housedresses and kitchen aprons are pretty and fashionable. Almost every woman would welcome a gift of fur, of course, but the present will be even more gratifying if it has that personal, "just for you" feeling. And "he" can show his thoughtfulness by considering "her" needs and way of life. If she's an outdoor girl, a casually-styled fur coat, full lensth and warm, will be appreciated.! 11 most 01 ner outings are likely to be by car, she may prefer a jacket or other little fur that will be convenient as well as glam ourous. Hints Can Help In the field of little gifts, too. presents can have a personal touch. If he doesn't know her favorite perfume or her most liked shades of cosmetics, she'll usually be willing to help with hints. If she won't hint and Sanla : can't guess, costume jewelry, scarves, gala collars or belts make wonderful "extra" presents ' and add excitement to Christmas morning by giving her many packages to open. The career girl appreciates fashion gifts that can help her make quick changes from office smart to party-glamourous ap pearance. Caraco jacket cover ups or sweaters and blouses that . can be worn with cocktail jump ers during the day are good possibilities. For Activt Life For homemakers and every woman who likes to entertain ' cocktail aprons, hostess robes or at-home slacks, skirts and glam our tops make welcome gifts. If she leads an active life, she'll like a car coat whether her activities center around a college campus or PTA meetings. And so it goes through the whole gift list. With the help of Santa and fashion, "he" is sure to find his shopping easier and "she" will find her presents more pleasing than ever this Christmas. Stocking stuffer for the picture maker can be a "sleeve" of flash light bulbs. 1 3feV 1 The shining hour Christmas Eve. And this pretty min fills htr glit taring evening bag with sparkling accessories! slim compact, small square pill box and case-comb. New Handbags To Bring Bagsful Of Christmas Delight If the minutes a Voman spends hunting through her handbag were totted up at the end of the year, they might amount to an extra week's vacation. So she'll have a rarm holiday feeling for the man who gives her a new handbag that's easy to organize and a set of acces sories to go with it. To be sure of pleasing her, choose a handbag that's a little more luxurious than the ones she buys for herself. That's easy to do this season the stores are full of bags in rich-looking leather textures and color combinations. Some of the sumptuous choices include a long pouch of leather emobssed like fur and ornament ed with a suede "brooch." or a fine-grained black alligator bag lined in while leather with gold piping on the oulside pockets. The fur-looking synthetic piles make their appearance in slim, luxurious satchel-type bags, while tweed or corduroy handbags in a variety of shapes meet her need for a smart, casual accessory. To help her keep her handbag well organized, there are leather accessories such as French purses, wallets, eyeglass, key and cigarette cases. What's Cookin In Kitchen? Lots Of Grand Gift Ideas Fun and excitement are cook ing in the kitchen-gift category, as manufacturers have come up with an unusually impressive ar ray of work-easers and life-bright-eners for the "chief cook and bot tle washer," whoever she or he! may be. In the useful-gadget class are presents such as spoon-holders, very much at home on the range during cooking time; lettuce washers, so decorative that the imaginative homemaker may de cide to use one as part of a table decoration; knife holders, magne tized, of course; and bread boards with festive motifs. Several of these items can be grouped to make a lavish gift at little cost, or they can even be used as packaging materials. A I kitchen wastebasket, dish drain-1 pr mivintr hnufl nr nlastip trnv rfni- flatiupat nin ha hoanerl with ' fruit, candy or gadgets such as cheese cutters, measuring shoons, vegetable scoops, stove-top salt and peppers, cake servers, pep per mills and a host of others. Thrifty little gifts that gratify are spice shelves, plastic plant ers for growing parsley or herbs, pegboards to hold kitchen uten sils, cookie jars, lazy susans and matched sets of mixing bowls. Ornamental as well as useful are enameled or copper-bottomed pots and pans. Also in the group of major Kitchen gifts are sets of pottery or plastic dishes. Gifts Of Records This Year Can Be Served Up As Platters Of Joy For Almost Everyone Planning to give records as Christmas gifts? And who isn't! So many different types of peo ple get so much joy out of them these days, the gift giver can't miss making a selection that will strike home. Remember, records are a must for the lover of good music, for the Hi-Fi hobbyist, for collectors, for home dance enthusiasts. Range is Limitless . Age makes no difference either. The selection of records that in struct as well as delig hvtuo-gn sters is almost limitless. Gifts of records for the sportsman or the student of history people who like to preserve important voices from the past are tops. Yet, though records furnish limitless gift giving opportunities in tneir own right, there s an op portunity this year to serve up some new pleasure with gift plat- fitters f J So very feminine so elegant In design Is purse lighter with gentle blue enameled body graced with white cherubs. Another ex clusive feature of the dainty lighter Is its swivel base. t.-iJtm iIaeeVJ"' Z w J , rf dUUri t ters for fans. That opportunity comes from the development of a host of useful record ac cessories. Take, for example, the new lightweight, washable carrying cases for discs, which are in ef fect, portable cabinets permitting owners to take select records to and from the homes of friends, easily, safely and comfortably. And this suggests also, the gift new recordings of Christmas car ols are legion. Recordings of tra ditional masterpieces await your choice such as Handel's Messiah. Gifts for All The ardent music lover gen erally prefers classical the tra tional example of Beethoven's Sth Symphony directed by Arturo Toscanini. From the theater come records of the top hits , , . such as "My opportunities inherent in the wide .Fair Lady," or "Waiting for range of portable record players. I Godot," among many others. I Pnr ihn .lA72 Enthusiast there's New Record Racks 'rDavel "Brubeck I'lavs (Dave) Or take the newly designed racks, which make it possible for fans to set up a convenient se lection of records to be kept close Brubeck." and a lot more For the Child's Christmas there's '"Twas the Night Before Christmas" and the "Littlest at hand, instead of having them Snowman," and others scattered on the floor. Or for the Hi-Fi bug, you may want to consider a diamond stylus that allows for 800 playing hours before a change is necessary . . . or an additional speaker or am plifier for truer tone projection. And as for records themselves, it's easier than ever to make sure fire choices, with recordings available on a club subscription basis. Here's a gift that keeps new records and the right ones coming to the lucky person the whole year 'round. With membership goes the right to choose to suit individual tastes. A handsome gift card announces the gift to the recipient. Columbia "LP" record club offers four divisions from which to choose: 1. Classical,' 2. Listening and Dancing. 3. Jazz, and, 4 wav. Movies. Television and Mu GIVE THE WORLD, in the form sical Comedies. of a globe this Christmas. Adults For the family, for friends at and children alike are candidates I Christmas time, no gift is more for this gift available in sizes and appropriate than well selected styles to in any Budget. 'music 01 the Yule season, ine For the teenager there s Vic Damone's record of "That Tow ering Feeling," among the many to be chosen from. 'For the family "The Somerset Strings" comes specially gift wrapped, as do others you may like better. For everyone on your gift list there's a record and record ac cessories that make the "perfect Christmas Gift." Wed., Nov. 21, 1956 Th. Ntwt-Ravitw, Hoaeburg, Or. 7 Hi-Fi Spurs Return Of Console Combination To Living Room The minor revolution that has occurred during recent years in homes of those who love good music faithfully reproduced, opens wide the door for smartly intelligent Christmas gift giving this year. The revolution embraces the tremendous growth of interest in Hi-Fi, the sound reproduction systems now embodied in fine record players and also in radio rccicvers and combination sets, to insure purity of tone for bet ter "educated ears." Gifts of Elements Many who have become Hi-Fi which is short for High Fidelity hobbyists may prefer gifts of elements for systems they have built themselves, rather than the handsome, complete sets now available. Many of these hobbyists are interested in amplifications and adjustment of their systems. But, unless you are thccnically well versed in the subject your self, better seek expert advice be fore choosing such a gift. For the countless thousands who will join the growing ranks of Hi-Fi enthusiasts, just for the sheer love of the best in sound reproduction, today's handsome cabinets of assembled sets are the answer. Now you can choose for beauty of appearance as well as beauty of sound, from any num- bcr of furniture styles, and thui give ready-to-plug-in systems. Virtually every manufacturer of record playing equipment now produces packaged Hi-Fi systems in a wide vaiety of price ranges. performance characteristics and cabinet finishes. The range in cludes both table models and console models. Relaxing Quality As a matter of fact, while the advent of television pushed the large radio-phonograph combina tion console out of the living room after World War II, popu larity of High Fidelity is now bringing it back. More and more, as people are discovering the relaxing qualities of fine music through High Fidel ity console combinations are re turning to serve as the home mu sic center. 'Necktie Wardrobe' Gift Will Click With Many Men While neckties are among the first lltinoa that rnmp to mind Broad- wncn setting out to gift a man at Christmas, this year you can give this perennial favorite a new and somewhat sumptuous slant WHEN CHRISTMAS HINTING centers around table talk, Santa's in luck. ' He can be sure of pleasing, with corner tables, cocktail or lamp tables, and many more. This one does double duty as at tractive display area for other presents. r X) 'Miifrj- S1- bv thinking in terms of giving a complete wardrobe of ties, pos sibly one for each day of the week. In building such a wardrobe of neckties for a man. it is of fore most importance to coordinate colors with those of his suits and shirts, and styles witn nis inai virtual tastes. Within the framework of these two "musts," it is well to strive for as much variety as possible in design, texture and hue, so as to assemble a well-balanced ar ray of ties, that will look well upon presentation and wear well in daily service. Neckwear continues along the slim lines that have recently been most popular. Stripes: diagonal vertical and horizontal are fash ion highlights along with neat overall patterns and Tartan plaids. Fabric-wise, a consider- aoie cnoice is aitoroca. There's no time like Christmas to give or receive a smart, de pendable watch. For him the "Barry"; a slim square-faced timepiece with an easy-to-read WOND'ROUS NIGHT High upon our Christmas tree, A single shining star Yet casts its warmth afar; Symbol of the Star this gem That gave its light to Three, That they might come to Beth lehem And worship loyfully. 'Neath the star that tops our tree Are shining silver things. Reindeer, birds and brilliancy. And color fit for kings. Hand In hand the youngsters stand Enchanted by the sight picture now this telryiana Ml A ! jr.: w y: r m dial. For her the dainty "Belle", And keep this wond'rous nlghtl with a handsome leather bracelet. ROBED THE RIGHT WAY on Christmas morn is the man-of-the-houte in this luxurious dressing gown In dark bronze with large black dots. Jeanne Cole FINE FOR ALL "To all of vou from all of us" are game gifts such as sets ot cards, books of crossword puz zles, word games or chess sets. "Big" gift idea along the same lines is a game table or a com plete group of card table and chairs for the recreation room. WORTH THINKING ABOUT FOR CHRISTMAS Is a gift of air conditioning, which can serve in colder weather as well as In the summer time, especially to clear the air in the home no matter how large your Christmas party. Guardians Of Your Health mas Seals has " helped save mora Vv. S ' t - fixSTf """ "ven million T"aii ; ' iap?3 ' fffl lives from tuberculosis. Srg ' f5" ' (k! ' Yet tuberculosis still strikes I ' I one American every five minutes. j iW&rr " I SlSSSaii still takes more lives than all other 1 Ja"iw. "i7 Infectious diseases combined -One T. il '' every half hour. ygi.- fe2$ , at cluirtm V J0 S?T I' 7 help the Nation"1 Tuberculosis Association 7lV7s ' ' "' BPrS ' V ,nd its 3.(0 local affilistrs work yrer roind SV7 " "T iflkS tubeiculoiii-through case finding, eda- Sr, !rar ' O"011. 'csewch rehabilitation. ! 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