Thought was also given to size in the selection of these gifts. They are all small enough to fit into the corner of a suitcase.
Most of the stores listed here are the exclusive sellers of the gifts mentioned. Many stores will mail your selections to anywhere in the country.
Lyonel Feininger did this signed woodcut in 1920. It is one of a wide selection of original prints by well known artists to be found in the Print known artists to be found in the Print Room of CHILD'S ART GALLERY at 169 Newbury Street in Boston. The price range on good, original prints starts at $2.50. Many are as high as $25.00, but most of the selections go for less, as does this woodcut.
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, 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.
This is what BOLTER COMPANY, in the Square, calls the all around gift, and with good reason. These slippers can be given to mother, dad, sister, sweetheart, brother, roommate, or anyone, and will be appropriate. They are Topps lambs wool, with the lambs-wool in the inside and soft lambskin on the outside. They are light weight, warm, and comforting to any worn foot. Bolter also has a store at 15 Milk Street in Boston.
These stylish warm socks come for only $5.90 in half dozen lots or go for $2.50 a pair. This is only one of the fabulous bargains to be found at J. August in the Square. Made of cashmere and wool, here is an opportunity no one can afford to miss. To hold them up we have chosen a pair of garters that are sure to delight everyone including the frustrated mathematician. Not only are they good loking, but they will not dig the leg. They sell for only $2.50 at J. AUGUST in the Square.
Pop will up your allowance for this gift. It's smartly styled roast holder, designed to keep the meat in place while he performs his duty as head of the house and carves it up. It keeps the roast on the table, which will win praise from mother, too, who spends anxious moments watching pop try to slice the meat which is sliping around, splashing gravy all over the table cloth. A useful and handsome gift at $3.50 in The COOP.
The sweater-bar at CORCORAN'S in the Square offers the solution to your Xmas problem; the classic short-sleeved pullover in wonderful soft wool. The one pictured above is a Scotch-Nap creation at $4.95. It comes in natural, yellow, blues, green and other rich warm shades. Corcoran's also offers a large selection of long-sleeved pullovers and cardigans by famous makers. For those with more expensive tastes there are luxurious cashmeres to choose from.
Your favorite hostess will invite you to all her future parties if you give her this unique, windproof ash tray. The swept-up sides and deep dish keep the breezes out and the ashes in.
This glassware is sold only at SHREVE, CRUMP, and LOW'S at Boylston and Arlington Streets in Boston. It goes for $6.00. Shreve's invites you to come in to browse among their different items for ideas on that little gift that must be just right.