As a special feature for quite special people, SHREVE'S in Boston offers this cellophane tape dispenser. It serves a three-way purpose: keeping tape at your fingertips so that it's handy when a paper tips or an envelope won't stick; acting as a paper weight; and giving your desk the distinguished air of a place where things get done well, quickly, and in style.

The dispenser is golden metal with a tooled leather strip in dark colors around the middle. Price, $5.00.

RAFFI at 12 Brattle Street is living up to its reputation for being the center of the different, the rare, and the beautiful. Its latest object dart is this pewter patches, imported from Holland. Its starkly, sweeping lines, lend an atmosphere of dignity to any surrounding. The pitchers come in sizes from one point to two quarts, and are priced, accordingly, from $7.75 to $21.75.

It may be inconvenient to move the Alps into someone's office, but this Alpine calendar provides a different scene from these picturesque mountains at every flick of the page. The scenes, in full color, portray the icy, aloof, a majesty of the range with sharp clarity.

SCHOENHOF'S is featuring the calendar at $1.50, along with other Swiss imported calendars at their 1280 Massachusetts Avenue store. All are strongly mounted to make a handsome desktop ornament.

The above mug is special. It comes from Germany and plays music when picked up. Comes in a variety of well-known drinking songs. It's a new twist for mug collectors and drinkers alike and is the sort of thing you can give to a roommate or friend who has all the ordinary gadgets.

The BOSTON MUSIC COMPANY at 116 Boylston Street in town has a complete line of these musical mugs, starting at $5.95, and running to $11.95 for the one pictured here.

Strictly for high brow crap games, this set of dice and roller will mark the recipient as a man of the world, whose fame and fortune are made on the next throw. It can also be given to those who play other games involving dice. The five dice fit into a compartment at the bottom of the roller, and the whole set cost just $3.50 at J. AUGUST'S, in the Square.

Every now and then, there comes a gift idea that just seems to fit every personality. BIGELOW, KENNARD AND COMPANY, at 384 Boylston Street in Boston, is featuring such a gift. The table-lighter and keychains above are made of clear lucite, with miniature sea horses, sea plants, and shells frozen in position. The workmanship is smooth, delicate, and intriguing. The lighter is sold for $12.50, while the keychains are $2.00 apiece.

Phone fumble is enough to make man curse the machine age. There is never a pad or pencil near the phone when that important call is coming through.

"Tele-pad" is the name of this item which is set in a fine leather tray, hand-tooled in 25 carat gold holds. It comes in wine, red, or brown at SHREVE'S in Boston for $5.00. The attached pencil is automatic and refill pads can be obtained.

Cut from a log of wood and varnished with the bark still on it, this nut dish is an attractive piece for any living or dining room. It will surely lend an air of graciousness to the surroundings and at the same time is as an attractive a gift as can be found anywhere. It comes with four nut picks and a nut cracker, and the complete set goes for only $1.75 at The COOP in Harvard Square.

Ten shopping days until Christmas usually means ten days of going over a half-filled gift list wondering what to get for those people you almost forgot and didn't save much money for, ten days of browsing through stores, bucking crowds, and scanning newspapers to find the right gift for the right person.

The CRIMSON did its shopping early--for you. The editors spent several weeks this fall covering stores in Boston and Cambridge looking for unusual gifts, suitable for a Harvard man to give his family and friends. They kept in mind uniqueness, limited budgets, and sizes that would enable easy carring in suitcases.

These gifts are offered exclusively at the stores mentioned with each one. Putting off your shopping until you get home leaves you with one day to buy everything you want. One day of last minute shopping when the stores are almost empty of gifts, but packed with people.