o u s e & 
T'he l 7^ndllsUckl n arp a Yn ! i „ eco . r ? l i on ™ vwple. amber or celeste blue glass, 
in ocrass wlth n T : hw \ an J ■ rost **5. The t>oiel to match is 12 
ose %'? “ v ' 0 ?, **> brown or verde green. Bowl, $12. 
bland, 58.oO. Complete with candles, $35.00. 
FIRST AID TO CHRISTMAS 
SHOPPING 
G IVE gifts with a definite value in home 
adornment. Give gifts with the smart 
distinction which Ovington gifts pos¬ 
sess. You may order by mail with the sure 
assurance that your gifts will be charming 
in themselves, carefully packed and cor¬ 
rectly sent. 
Catalog “C” will be sent upon request. 
C- 76 —The “Thinker** as 
a bookend •— handsomely 
finished in either bronze 
or verde preen. Standing 
9 in. high, these are 
priced at $10.00 a pair. 
C-87—A Colonial silvered 
water pitcher of antique 
lines holding 2 pints. 
Price, $7.50. 
m 
C-2 01 —- This chocolate 
set of six chocolate cups 
and 8 a u c e r s and one 
chocolate pot is of Len¬ 
ox china in ivory tone and 
decorated 
“Ming” design. 
$22.50. 
with the 
Price, 
C -22 8 —One of our newest 
Allies lias sent us this un¬ 
usual carafe and tumbler 
made of amber glass in a 
sparkling iridescent finish. 
Stands 8 in. high and costs 
$7.50. 
-£-4 6 —This oval mirror 
has a handsome carved 
frame and shield top fin¬ 
ished in antique gold. 
Measures 13% in. wide 
by 2 9*4 'n. long. Price, 
$ 20 . 00 . 
£-3 00 —Ash tray of 
brown colored glass 
richly decorated with 
a gold inlay design 
of lines and flowers. 3 
in. high. $5.00. Same 
ash container in jet 
block g l a 8 8 inlaid 
with a bird and vine 
design in silver, 
$2.50. 
0-2 4 4 — This black 
glass jar is decorated 
-in silver with a bird 
and flower design, be¬ 
ing worked on both 
sides and with silver 
handles and silver 
band about the top 
and base. 10 in. high, 
$5.00. 12 in. high, 
$7.50. 
C-73—This solid mahogany tea wagon becomes a good sized tea table with its ton 
tray of mahogany and glass. As a wagon the top measures 17 in wide x 27 in 
long. As a table 27 in. wide x 38 in. lottg. The price is $55 00 
Mail orders promptly filled 
O VI NG TON’S 
“The Gift Shop of Fifth Avenue” 
312-314 Fifth Avenue 32n dst r reet New York 
Garden 
HOW TO ORDER THE GIFTS THAT 
HOUSE & GARDEN SUGGESTS 
H OUSE & GARDEN, as you will 
see on pages 48 to 55, has taken 
the one sure way of arranging 
that you do your Christmas shopping 
early.. It has done it for you. That 
is, it has done all the difficult part, 
which means going about in shops 
and making selections; the only thing 
that you need to do is to decide what 
you want and follow the directions 
below. 
House & Garden is going to make 
every effort to purchase for you ex¬ 
actly the mahogany table or leather 
desk set or anything else that you may 
select from these pages as your choice. 
But it asks you to remember that 
stocks of goods are far below the 
normal to-day and that no manu¬ 
facturer knows when his next strike 
is due. Therefore, in case the pre¬ 
ferred stock should be exhausted be¬ 
fore your order arrives, House & 
Garden suggests that, to save time and 
correspondence, you state a second 
choice or permit the Shopping Service 
to buy another gift as nearly as pos¬ 
sible like the original selection. If 
House & Garden has pleased your 
taste in selecting the gifts shown in its 
pages, it will not disappoint you when 
it is left to its own discretion—and you 
might like the substitute even better. 
There is one infallible rule in Christ¬ 
mas shopping—do not put off till to¬ 
morrow what you can order to-day. 
The Shopping Service is ready, the 
shops are ready and it won’t take more 
than an hour or two spent at your 
desk, at the most, to set them both 
to cooperating with you in making a 
Christmas that you and your family 
and your friends will always remem¬ 
ber kindly, because it wasn’t a burden. 
IMPORTANT NOTICE 
(A RDER these gifts by number. Full instructions for 
^ ordering are given on this page. Order your gifts at 
the earliest possible date. Christmas stocks are limited this 
season and every day that you put off your ordering lessens 
your chance of obtaining what you want and of having it 
delivered on time. Those who order first will be served 
first. Every order will be numbered and filled in the order 
of its receipt by the Shopping Service. 
tt , „ , November IS, 1920. 
House and Garden Shopping Service, 
19 West 44th Street, New York. 
E, nc ' osed is . my cheque* for forty dollars, for which please 
send by parcel post the following articles to 
Mrs. Arthur James, 
255 Elm Street. 
Austin, Tex. 
No. 2001—Colonial mahogany mirror, December House and 
Garden, page 48. $25. 
No. 2011—Colonial brass andirons, December House and 
Garden, page 48. $12. 
My Second Choice** 
„ If ’ aft " making every effort to secure my first choice. 
House and Garden finds it impossible to do so, please pur¬ 
chase the following second choices: 
No. 2012—Pottery bird, December House and Garden, page 
4y. 5pz. 
No. 2041—Humpty Dumpty bowling set, December House 
and Garden, page 51. $ 6 . 
Very truly yours, 
* r\ x r. , Margaret James. 
Or draft or money order. 
** Instead of giving second choices, it is 
often desirable to leave it to the discretion 
of the Shopping Service to purchase an ar¬ 
ticle as nearly like the original selection as 
possible, in case that is not to be found. 
The first choice will always be purchased, 
except where special popularity has ex¬ 
hausted the stock in an article at an early 
date. 
House and Garden will buy for you, 
without charge for its services, any 
article mentioned in its Christmas gift 
section. When ordering, give the or¬ 
der number of the article, the number 
of the page, and, when necessary, the 
size and color desired. 
Write Plainly. It is advisable to 
print your name and address. When 
ordering articles to be sent to an¬ 
other person, give both your own ad¬ 
dress and that of the consignee. 
Remittances. As a purchasing 
agent, the House and Garden Shopping 
Service cannot send articles C. O. D. 
or carry charge accounts; nor can we 
charge purchases to individual ac¬ 
counts at the shops. Send cheque or 
money order to cover the cost of ar¬ 
ticles ordered. If the price is not 
known, send an approximate amount, 
and any balance will be refunded. 
Cheques should be made payable to 
“The House and Garden Shopping 
Service.” 
Deliveries. Wherever possible, and 
unless otherwise requested, all orders 
will be sent by insured parcel post. 
Many shops today charge postage, 
and as the amount varies with the 
weight and distance of shipment, it 
will simplify the transaction if a suffi¬ 
cient sum is added to the original re¬ 
mittance to cover these charges Anv 
overpayment will be refunded Ar¬ 
ticles such as glass and furniture re- 
quire special crating, for which an 
additional charge is necessarily made. 
When Ordering Articles. Give the 
lullest possible description of what 
you wish, but rely to a reasonable ex¬ 
tent upon the shopper’s discretion. 
Returned Articles. Articles returned 
lor exchange or refund should be sent 
to the House and Garden Shopping 
Service, 19 West 44 th Street, and not 
to the shop from which they were 
purchased. We cannot be responsible 
tor delays in adjusting accounts un¬ 
less this rule is strictly complied 
with In exceptional cases, when an 
article is not exchangeable, the pur¬ 
chaser will be notified before the ac¬ 
tual purchase is made. 
Telegrams. It is sometimes neces¬ 
sary . commi } n icate by telegraph. 
When it is obviously to the sole in¬ 
terest of the purchaser, the telegrams 
are sent collect. 
HOUSE y GARDEN SHOPPING SERVICE 
Nineteen West Forty-Fourth Street, New York 
