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Baskets of this 
sort make at¬ 
tractive lamp 
stands or may 
be used as 
flower vases 
Desk sets are now made in all completeness containing articles from a lamp to a stamp box. 
Either individual articles or the complete set may be purchased. The lamp with shade 
of favrile glass is made to match the other articles 
When used to contain a lamp 
this form of bamboo basket 
is quite attractive. Appro¬ 
priate shades may be had 
that are of similar material 
lined with silk 
For holding the reading lamp there is 
the bedside table that is small and 
light and just the right size, and may 
be had in stained wood with two 
drawers for only $4.50, or in ma¬ 
hogany for as high as $45, and for 
further nocturnal comfort there is the 
little set consisting of tray, ice-water 
pitcher, glass, candlestick and match 
box, that comes in ever so many pretty 
designs and costs $8 to $10. 
For the householder who is so fortu¬ 
nate as to have one or more fire¬ 
places there are numberless things that 
make attractive and useful gifts. 
Brass andirons range from $6.50 a 
pair up to practically whatever one 
chooses to pay, and the andirons that 
have a crane to which is suspended a 
The gate-legged table is valued for its compactness. 
There are many sizes from this small design to the 
large dining table 
kettle are particularly good. They 
come in wrought iron for camps or 
bungalows, and also in iron or brass 
in a smaller size for use in town 
houses. $3.75 will purchase an orna¬ 
mental pair of bellows, and $7.50 is 
the price of some new kettle stands 
for the hearth that are made of brass 
in openwork effect with rather tall 
supports. Fire screens of iron and 
brass can be had for a moderate sum, 
brass fire sets that swing on a holder 
newer in shape than the old familiar 
stand are $13.50, and coal scuttles and 
wood boxes in various designs are to 
be had at a wide range of prices. 
The large pieces of antique em¬ 
broidery that cost from $15 to $25 
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ished mahogany or in rough oak for the porch. 
They are valuable space savers 
India prints are not only adaptable for summer 
home furnishings, but find uses in the winter 
scheme of decoration 
' 
This small table of the pie crust or¬ 
der has a tip-up top. In mahogany 
it is suitable for the tea service 
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