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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1949)
i i t-tHl Mitn'atf UA) Orj.fhoraQy; November 44 U 94? Fine Choiteland Reasonable Prices of Yule i Feature1 ilia - -m 1 949SantaHas ManyAids to Help Budgets i Co-eds and the junior career f irk are always notoriously low on I funds. Sometimes their slim budg i ets Just don't stretch to cover the ' little items so dear to a young girl's l heart. That's when Santa Claus can tout In his bid tor lirst place in 'their list of dreamy characters,. I with a Christinas .gitl that will be greeted with squeals lor iiappi j Hess. Whether Santa is Dad or Mother,, sister or brother or a hopeful young man with anye-cn her date-book. he'll make hit with something ( like a cashmere -sweater priced from $8 to $20 m .a lovely aflkv scarf for $3 and under ski . sweaters are nice and priced from i $ up. Nylon ki jackets cost about $15 and there are caps and mittens : to match. ' .Wool bed socks lor $2 are lust the thing for a cold dorm alee ping ; porch and wool slipper socks are perfect for studying at night. -A practical and amusing, gift for ' the girl wo ha to get up early lor class or her job is a musical alarm , clock for about SB. Just as useful a present Is a sewing kit priced as. : low as 11.50 or a satin-lined hand" ; made-in-Germany raffia sewing box from $5 to 3X2. Manicure sets can be had for under S3. Some d Is ti active ash trays, waste baskets, pin-m lamps cr pictures are good accessories lor her room at college or in the .boarding house. Maybe she'd like one of those little- wooden knicknack shelves that are handmade in Salem or some nice bookends. tSotioners are dis playing diaries, mem .books and scrapbooks that ae perfect gifts. There are wexpenwve book mark ers pf hand woven Oregon flax too. A matching rhinestone and sold compact and lipstick case or other especially lovely -eompacts from $10 up would be perfect lor her gala evening. She'd Jove to have a matching set that Includes cold enameled or solver compact, cig aret case and lighter. For only S3' Santa could bring her a flat leath er billfold that holds check blanks, too. rVutnm Iwrti n m fVkA mm.; Holiday Hood - t ri j. A "! . Gay as Christmas morning! a hood and mitten set in White wool sprinkled with red and silver sequins. The set requires only six bails of yarn, is knitted In reverse side ef stockinette titch with ribs. Easy to make for any girl on your gift list. To obtain free Instruction, send tamped, elf - dd retard envelope to The Wool Bureau, Inc., 16 West 4ith ! Street, NeW York 18, New York, i Ine a rticle-4 will surely be appre ciated. One of the nicest items in copper Jewelry is a neyf wide cop per belt to; wear with knit wool dresses for about $5. For the girl who's away from home, out of state, how about a fine Swiss - made handkerchief with . a map of Oregon and the state's cities embroidered in col ors? , MUCH ALIKE SCHENECTADY, N. Y. (INS) The ruby and sapphire are similar in chemical construction. Each is a cornundum, an oxide of alumin um. A trace of chromic!pxide cau ses the red in rubies, while oxide of iron and titanium make sap phires blue. Fine Btiohs oh Mart for Yule Gift Stockings Several Oregon authors have had their books for children out of the publishers' in time for the Christ mas trade and excellent books they are. Designed for juvenile readers, some of them will find Mama and Dad quite willing to read them aloud to the sleepytime set. Evelyn Sibley Lampman's "Trea sure Mountain," W. K. Peery's "There Was Salmon," and Jo Eva lin Lundy's "Tidewater Valley" all have Pacific Northwest settings that will be familiar to the young readers and they are exceptionally well-written too. Younrer Children. Too For the younger children the list of colorful and appealing books is endless. It begins with the brightly-dyed slim volumes of pictures and few words for the toddlers. These are printed on washable fabrics and can be chewed and banged-around with no ill effects. Some have the pages sewn Into plastic covers. For youngsters of kindergarten age there are books that look like shoes or fire engines, books that unfold to make a complete Circus or a Santa Claus workshop or a doll-house complete with furniture a little scissors-wielder can cut out herself. Illustrated Dictionary For kids who've learned (or are in the process of) their ABCs, one of the attractive illustrated dic tionaries would make a useful gift. The Golden Dictionary with 1030 words and beautiful pictures or the new (1949) picture dictionary with 3,600 words are among the nicest. The special Christmas books with Dicken's Carol or The Night Be fore Christmas or stories of the Christ child are lovely to give and to get. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "The Littlest An gel" are rapidly becoming modern classics with a special Christmas appeal that will continue through out the year as the stories are told over and oyer again to the wide eyed listeners. All Manner of Ideas Are Now i Needed And Here They Are Not in the last derade. and probably not, ever before, b there been the tremendous variety and plentiful stocks of Yuletlde gifts as there are today In Kalrm, the Willamette valley and all parts of the nation. And not since early In the war have most of the Items been so reasonably-priced, either. In fart, so far as gifts, ehoice and costs go, this should be one of the most pleasurable Chrlstmases in years. In The Statesman today are suggestions from the valley's leading merchants. The suggestions are timely and applicable far many sitaatlons. They are set forth herein as a help to these thousands of folks who will be seeking sll manner of Ideas lav the next few days and weeks. if! -J i zin k.;-- Gifts on a budget ... Little tokens such as a perky plastic snowman, filled with lotion for wind and weather, or a gold leatherette ease. containing a lipstick-perfume combination, are pretty and Inez pensive Ynle gifts. i Mother Often Says fko9 But Meam fYes9 Sometime vhen Mother says "yes" she mons "no." It's some times that way when she bravely tellls her family that she wants something "practical" for Christ mas. She's bing very unselfish, indeed, whenj she says what she really needs U a new dustpan; but what she secretly longs for, prob ably is something lacv and femi nine, as befitsj the holiday season. So, although every housekeeper In: Salem would be pleased and happy to fin a useful new item for the house 4 say, a home freez er, for instancy under the Christ mas tree, shell be doubly thrilled if there's an j extra little luxury tucked into hjjer stocking. Here, consequently, are a few of the hundreds of such items shoppers will j find in local stores: !In the lingerie line for women the most popular gift items are such pretties j as exquisite, frilly nylon slips at; various prices. Lace and net trim pied bedjackets and quilted satin bedjackets are around $. Rayon and nylon tricot or nylon and lafe nightgowns could be gift-wrapped together with a luxurious robe. These housecoats are the loveSest seen for years: plain and quilted velvets, rayons and crepes, qfiilted satin, woolens, some trimmed with laces, some with fur fabrics, some with braid. Tags range frpm $14.95 up for the better ones, j i Does Mams need slippers? Get her some that are as pretty as they are wearable and long-wearing. The variety is endless and the prices are reasonable. Or hose? She'd be delighted to have several pairs of fine gauge nylons per haps In different colors to match her winter outfits in a quilted stocking box lor those bright satin hose holders priced from $2.95 to $75. ? And wouldn't she love a dab of really fine perfume? Some of the nicest scents! in the world are Available from $2 to $20 in thaJ prettiest bottles to add to her col lection. French perfumes start at $13.50 whereas toilet waters and sachets make nice little presents from $2 up. i QUELQUES FLEURS HAND LOTION V 4 HGUBIGANT An exclusive emulsion of vegetable ingredients . , . amasingly effectir for all-over skin care. Soothes pro tects and softens . . and hat tha added luxury of the beloved QaeJqves Fleurs fragrance. 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