Crimson Gift Suggestions...

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.

This is the second CRIMSON Christmas gift suggestion page. The stores mentioned here have many other suggestions to make for your Christmas list. Try them!

TECHNICAL FABRICATIONS, INC., of 125 Brookline St., Cambridge, has developed all types of fibre glass fishing rods for sale and fresh water fishing.

Spinning rods, fly rods, casting rods and surf rods are included in the sample display at 50% off Manufacturers' List Price, from $3.95 up.

The one pictured above, a boat & bay rod, that may be purchased for only $9.00, would make an ideal Xmas gift.

CORCORAN'S in the Square, and Ganson of California present these two saddle leather standbys for under the tree. The larger handbag, at $10.95, is one of those special gifts, comes in black, red, or honey leather with a convertible shoulder strap. The smaller one, at $5.95, is ideal to squeeze into a crowded Christmas list. It comes in brown and natural shades. Corcoran's is also featuring "Shortie" Crescendoe gloves in black and white at $2.95.

The COOP'S sensation of last year is available again this Christmas, connoissuers and bon vivants alike will be pleased to learn. The striking, tasteful Harvard Garter is again on sale, at the Coop only for $1.35. Made of black elastic, satin, and lace, with a red satin patch that says "Harvard" in gold letters, this unusual item is guaranteed to enhance the grace of even the shapliest leg.

GEBELEIN, master silversmith at 79 Chestnut Street in Boston, has been associated with original, fine, silverwork ever since Beacon Hill has been associated with Boston. The show room and shop are in the same building, and offer such items as this candle snuffer, the handle a replica of Paul Revere's sword and the top, a model of his hat. This item goes for $10.00, and is but one of the many objects in modern and antique silverware offered at Gebelein's.

Many a man has stood in front of his bureau, cussing and kicking as he gropes in a drawer for his cuff links. J. AUGUST in the Square, has just what these frustrated fellows need. This handsome leather stud box is lovely to look at, light to carry, and has many uses. Its sturdy walls will hold shirt collar bones, tie-pins, collar pins, and that horrible little trinket she gave you "just for love." The leather box costs only $5.00.

Siamese hand-made sterling imported jewelry are the featured items at C. H. SINGLETON, INC., 292 Boylston Street in Boston. These are really for the one and only with the one inch size at $21.50, and the one and a half inch size at, $35.00, both tax included.

C. H. Singleton's also offers a wide variety of buckles, cuff links, cigarette cases, and lighters. In short, almost every jewelry desire can be satiated at this store.

EVANS INTERNATIONAL at 61 Church St., carries a large stock of beer steins from Germany.

The Evans selection ranges from 1/4 liter to 4 liters. Antique blue and cream ceramic mugs are featured in all the varied shapes German artists loved to create. Their line also includes carefully hand-painted mugs.

The ceramic mugs run from $2.00 to $10.00, depending on the capacity of the receivers stomach and of the givers purse.

WHATNOTS, in case you ever wondered, are just that. W. J. Chapman has been carving whatnots out of wood for over five years. Here we have a group of whatnots that happen to be animals. They sell for $2.00 apiece at 250 Boylston Street in Boston, and each is a tiny, exact, figure done in the animals natural coloring. But there are other whatnots, too,--amusing, workable, serious, and all fascinating in design and size.

In the UPPER STORY, across from the Coop annex on Palmer Street, the accent is on charm. The small shop is stuffed with little gifts from all over. Every taste can be satisfied within its walls. The pastel scarf above is only one among a crowd of all types and shades. This one sells for $1.50. The pin, one of a collection of enamels by Howe, goes for only $3.75, and has earrings to match at $2.95.

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.