FAREWELL PRESENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1088, 29 March 1911, Page 11

FAREWELL PRESENTS.

■ Groat is tho variety of the going-away present nowadays. "Ohce on a time tlio. woman on the efe of a trip to Europe found herself the recipient of. a' set "of. wall-pockets, a pair of slippers,..and possibly ' a : -matter-of-fact-looking. cushion.. Now she .leaves, our shores with ;a .cabin also furnished with gifts, while' she smiles her farewells "over a veritable bank of bsautifal..(fo'TOrs.. The;"traveller's.joy;" which'qiice-weiit by the humble name of housewife,', is now an excellent linen case, folding like a", substantial'envelope, fitted with needles, cottons, crochet hooks, knitting needles, ribbons for underwear, scissors, thi'rtible, :and nil sorts of/accessories. This slijvi.intg its oivn, placoiin,- I ,t]ve -wall-. pockets," winch" are fni'fher 'furmsKed"jjrHl*" parasol-holders. and pin-cushions of all sorts. '..The' h-nrelling-apron', is another boon. . The bottom of the apron is turned up to form a pocket about eighteen inches deep; . This is subdivided into? three pockets, one of which, is lined with mackintosh.-'; This apron is used when dressing, brush, comb, and hairpins goinginto 0110 pocket, and other toilet-necessi-ties' into the others. An electric-iron is a l'eal joy, while among the most useful novelties recently noted was a well-fur-nished writing-block in a cover of water-proof-silk, a waterproof silk book .cover, and a slip of tho same material made to enclose the übiquitous and costly liftndbag in very bad weather. ■- . ...