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The shops have a most insidious way of showing glass against mirrors, reflecting the color and catching the light at a thousand different angles. It is difficult not to covet.

In the glass above the first three pieces at the left are crystal with a very attractive etched grape design around the bowls. Unfortunately this seems to have disappeared in the photograph, but really it is there.

The prices are: sherbet glasses, $13.50 a dozen; finger-bowls, $17.50; plates, $16.50; goblets, $13.50.

The amber glass in the centre appears to have a darker stem on account of the great translucence of the bowl. Notice the delicate turning at the edge of the bowl. Cocktail glasses, $9.50 a dozen. Tumblers, $15. Tall goblets, $15.

An unusual feature of the amber salad plate at the back is a bevelled edge and the very slight scoop. The plate under the finger-bowl will give an idea of its shape. Finger-bowls, $12.50 a dozen. Plates, $27.50 a dozen. Salad plates, $35. The two vases, which are designed for single flowers, also make an interesting decoration without flowers when used in pairs. $2.50 each.

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The cunning silver cradle in the picture above holds trinkets under the blue velvet cover. It is a copy of the cradle brought over in the ship Mayflower in 1620, in which Perregrine White, the first child born in the Plymouth Colony, was rocked. The original cradle is in Pilgrim Hall at Plymouth, Mass. $12.

All the nicest babies in early English times cut their teeth on a silver toy known as Coral and Bells. This reproduction has a whistle on one end, a girdle of merry silver bells, and a piece of red coral on the other end on which to cut one's teeth. $15.

Another customary English gift for babies is the apostle spoon with a broad flat bowl and a very narrow handle which supports the figure of an apostle. The name of the saint is engraved on the back of the spoon. $13.

From a new shipment of Georg Jensen's handmade silver I chose these three (centre cut) accessories to a tea-table. The ladle for whipped cream, $9.50; the flat spoon for powdered sugar, $7; and the sugar-tongs, $8. In the handle of the tongs is repeated the lily-pod design which forms the handle of the spoon and ladle.

With wedding-presents in mind I chose the tooled leather dictionary (upper right photo

graph) with an insert of real white jade in the cover. The book is a 1927 edition of Webster's and beautifully bound in green, brown, blue, or red leather. $35.

The cigarette-box in the same picture is shown both opened and closed. Bound in tooled leather to simulate a book with an insert of real jade, this box can be had in the same colors as the dictionary. Inside the cedar-lined box is a tiny replica of the book which holds.

matches and an enamelled ash-tray. $14.

A lot of action is gotten in the paper and wire bridalparty place-cards. Bride, groom, and yellow or pink bridesmaids, $1 each. The groom figure can be used for the ushers. The lovely porcelain bride, dressed in satin and tulle and orange-blossoms, to be used as a decoration with the cake, costs $15.

Speaking of anniversaries, could anything be lovelier than the cake below? This type of cake is often made using the last initials of the couple, and is as suitable for weddings as for anniversaries.

Anything described in the Fifth Avenue Section can be bought through Virginia Walton. Send your check or money-order to her at

SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE 597 Fifth Avenue, New York

The shops have a most insidious way of showing glass against mirrors, reflecting the color and catching the light at a thousand different angles. It is difficult not to covet.

In the glass above the first three pieces at the left are crystal with a very attractive etched grape design around the bowls. Unfortunately this seems to have disappeared in the photograph, but really it is there.

The prices are: sherbet glasses, $13.50 a dozen; finger-bowls, $17.50; plates, $16.50; goblets, $13.50.

The amber glass in the centre appears to have a darker stem on account of the great translucence of the bowl. Notice the delicate turning at the edge of the bowl. Cocktail glasses, $9.50 a dozen. Tumblers, $15. Tall goblets, $15.

An unusual feature of the amber salad plate at the back is a bevelled edge and the very slight scoop. The plate under the finger-bowl will give an idea of its shape. Finger-bowls, $12.50 a dozen. Plates, $27.50 a dozen. Salad plates, $35. The two vases, which are designed for single flowers, also make an interesting decoration without flowers when used in pairs. $2.50 each.

Men become passionately attached strange things, a pocket-knife, a chair, a tackhammer. Just try to take something away from a man that he has been using for years, and see how the house comes down. One of these stunning heavy Old English ring-top skewers might easily become such beloved property. They make majestic letter-openers

and powerful paper-weights.

If an inch-rule were to be engraved on the back, I am sure no man would allow it off his desk. These skewers date from about 1790 and were made by fine Old English silversmiths. $32.00 each.

Another thing I found for a man is the heavy Chinese pewter cigarette-box with ash-trays to match. The Chinese writing on the top means "good luck"-if I haven't shown it upside down. $7 for the box and $1.75 each for the trays. The extra long, carved ivory cigarette-holder is $3.50 and the shorter one $1.50.

There is a dignity about this hand-wrought iron letter-box which is fitting for the outside of a house or entrance. Black rust-proof finish. The brackets at the bottom hold papers. 12 X 811⁄2 inches. $10.

The cunning silver cradle in the picture above holds trinkets under the blue velvet cover. It is a copy of the cradle brought over in the ship Mayflower in 1620, in which Perregrine White, the first child born in the Plymouth Colony, was rocked. The original cradle is in Pilgrim Hall at Plymouth, Mass. $12.

All the nicest babies in early English times cut their teeth on a silver toy known as Coral and Bells. This reproduction has a whistle on one end, a girdle of merry silver bells, and a piece of red coral on the other end on which to cut one's teeth. $15.

Another customary English gift for babies is the apostle spoon with a broad flat bowl and a very narrow handle which supports the figure of an apostle. The name of the saint is engraved on the back of the spoon. $13.

From a new shipment of Georg Jensen's handmade silver I chose these three (centre cut) accessories to a tea-table. The ladle for whipped cream, $9.50; the flat spoon for powdered sugar, $7; and the sugar-tongs, $8. In the handle of the tongs is repeated the lily-pod design which forms the handle of the spoon and ladle.

With wedding-presents in mind I chose the tooled leather dictionary (upper right photo

graph) with an insert of real white jade in the cover. The book is a 1927 edition of Webster's and beautifully bound in green, brown, blue, or red leather. $35.

The cigarette-box in the same picture is shown both opened and closed. Bound in tooled leather to simulate a book with an insert of real jade, this box can be had in the same colors as the dictionary. Inside the cedar-lined box is a tiny replica of the book which holds

matches and an enamelled ash-tray. $14.

A lot of action is gotten in the paper and wire bridalparty place-cards. Bride, groom, and yellow or pink bridesmaids, $1 each. The groom figure can be used for the ushers. The lovely porcelain bride, dressed in satin and tulle and orange-blossoms, to be used as a decoration with the cake, costs $15.

Speaking of anniversaries, could anything be lovelier than the cake below? This type of cake is often made using the last initials of the couple, and is as suitable for weddings as for anniversaries.

Anything described in the Fifth Avenue Section can be bought through Virginia Walton. Send your check or money-order to her at

SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE 597 Fifth Avenue, New York