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ACCEPTABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS THAT ARE OF REAL VALUE IN FURNISHING AND DECORATING 
THE HOME—NEW IDEAS IN FURNITURE, TABLE ACCESSORIES, AND LIGHTING CONVENIENCES 
by Sarah Leyburn Coe 
This little Nuremburg house is really 
a medicine chest for the wall 
When in use this triangular table un¬ 
folds into circular shape 
M OST people prefer to 
select their own house 
furnishings, just as they 
choose to select their own 
clothes, a fact that should 
loom large in the general 
scheme of Christmas giving, 
for nothing in the way of a 
Merry-Christmas present is 
capable of inflicting more an¬ 
noyance and irritation than 
an article of household use 
that must be lived with and 
looked at day after day, re¬ 
gardless of its suitability. 
On the other hand there 
can be no more satisfactory 
gift than the piece of furni¬ 
ture or silver, the rug or 
hanging, that is really needed, 
that fits in perfectly with its 
surroundings, and is a source 
of real pleasure to the re¬ 
cipient. In selecting such a 
gift considerable care and at¬ 
tention are required, not to 
mention an intimate knowl¬ 
edge of the house or room in 
which it is to be used; for an 
additional piece of furniture 
should merely serve to round 
out a perfect whole, and not, 
as is too often the case, 
provide a jarring note in 
otherwise harmonious sur¬ 
roundings. 
With the serious efforts 
that are now being made to 
produce furniture of good 
workmanship and admirable 
An attractive candle sconce in Shef¬ 
field silver. Similar ones can be had 
for electric lights 
oval shelves 
Four good pieces which carry out the same general style. They have oak frames 
combined with woven cane 
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