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HOME FURNISHINGS CALENDAR New events, last minute changes and HOME FURNISHINGS CALENDAR asks your indulgence for the unavoidable changes and new events that come up between issucs. DATE Thur sday Dec. 15 Dec. 15- Dec. 16 Thur sday Dec, 1L5~. Dec. 24 Just open Thur sday Dec. 15- Jan. 27 Friday Dec. 16~ Jan, 2 Saturday . Dec, 17 $:00 P.M. Monday Dec. 19 Luncheon COPYRIGHT, 1949, HOME FURNISHINGS CALENDAR / WHAT'S GOING ON GIVEN BY WHERE ( "GOOD DESIGN" EXHIBIT MUSEUM OF MODERN ART MERCHANDISE MART TO BE DESIGNED BY EAMES ll WEST 53RD STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS This date is the deadline for home furnishings designers, manufacturers and distributors to submit photographs and drawings of products for the joint Museum-Mart "Good Design" exhibit which will go on view on January 16 on the llth floor of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, The exhibit is to be sentenee by Charles Eames. Publicity: Betty Chamberlain, C1I.5-8900. INSURANCE CONFERENCE, AMERICAN MANAGEMENT ASSN. DRAKE HOTEL, CHICAGO, ILL, CONTACT: EDWARD K. MOSS, BR. 9-6055. GAROLE STUPELL RICHARD HUDNUT AND HUDNUT SALON TABLE SETTINGS CAROLE STUPELL 693 FIFTH AVENUE A series of five holiday table settings interpreting several of Richard Hudnut's Christmas gift packages and created by Carole Stupell has just opened to the public. Publicity: Carson-Ruff Associates, MU. 2-2055. EXHIBIT: ADV. DESIGN A=D GALLERY 130 WEST 46TH STREET An exhibition of the work of students in the Department of Advertising Design of Pratt Institute will feature work in abstract design with ex- amples of newspaper advertisements, magazine covers, editorial double- page spreads, direct mail pieces, record album covers and three-dimensional subway posters. Hours: 10 A.M, to 5:30 P.M. Mondays through Fridays. Publicity: Hortense Mendel, LU. 2-0100. OFFICE TO BE CLOSED HOME FASHIONS LEAGUE 155 EAST 96TH ST. Please note that the offices of the League will be closed for a brief Christmas holiday, During this period please do not contact: Josephine Brush ’ SA. 2-1839 e j CHRISTMAS PARTY ADV, WOMEN OF N.Y. 297 TENTH AVENUE The annual Christmas Party of this organization will be held at the Salva- tion Army Home for Working Women. Stocking stuffers are solicited; also help in wrapping. For members only. Contact: Mabel Blake, CI, 5=4149. WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1949 MONTHLY LUNCHEON HOME FASHIONS LEAGUE IVY ROOM MEETING PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER HOTEL WARBURTON Lenore Wood, decorator and designer of ceramics, will report on her recent long visit to France at this meeting. She will also discuss trends in color, design, furniture arrangement, fabrics and wallpaper observed during her trip. Out of town members are welcome. Contact: Alice M. O'Neill, Gimbel Bros., Phila. Publicity: Florence Fleischer, James Lees & Sons, Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, oo DATE Monday Dec, 19... ~ 11:00 A.M.= 6:00 P.M. Monday Dec. 19 6:00 P.M.= 10:00 P.M, Cocktails Monday Dec. 19 7200. P.M, Monday Dec, 19- Jan, 13 Tuesday Dece 20 4300 P.M. Sa 7:00 P.M, Dec. 21- Dec. 22 Thursday Dec 6 22 12315 P.M. Luncheon Friday Dec. 23 Just out WHAT'S GOING ON GIVEN BY WHERE PRESS PARTY SWEDISH MODERN 675 FIFTH AVENUE A Christmas press party, by invitation only, will feature new Swedish imported furniture. Open to public Dec. 20. Contact: Jane Ellis, MU, 25250. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY PUBLICITY CLUB OF N.Y. MADISON HOTEL »’ The annual Christmas Party of the Publicity Club of New York will be a cocktail and get-together party for members and their guests. Members are urged to come and bring their friends. There will be door prizes and a chance to win other prizes through the Christmas punch board game. Anyone who has a product he wants publicized, or who has a client who makes such a product, is invited to participate by contributing one or more objects which will be given due publicity. Admission, 50¢ plus a toy for the WOR Christmas Toy Fund. Contact: Claire Muller, VO. 5=5000. ELEVENTH LECTURE ADV. WOMEN OF N.Y. HOTEL ASTOR The eleventh lecture in the Survey of Advertising Course will deal with outdoor and transportation advertising - its special advantages and special techniques-and will be given by D. D. McCormick, vice president of Outdoor Advertising, Inc, Contact: Hulda Kloenne, CI. 5-4149. GOLD MEDAL EXHIBITION: THE ARCHITECTURAL 155 EAST 4OTH ST. MURAL PAINTING LEAGUE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK 16, N. Y. The second of six monthly gold medal exhibitions will open on this date and will deal with mural painting. Open to the public. Contact: Architectural League, MU. 5~8400. COCKTAIL PARTY HOME FASHIONS LEAGUE, MERCHANDISE MART OF CHICAGO CHAPTER INC. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS The first cocktail party of the first chapter of the Home Fashions League will be held at the Manufacturer's Club in the Merchandise Mart. Out of town members are welcome, Contact: Marion Knapp, Dir. Public Relations, Natl. Assn. of Bedding Mfrs., 1647 Merchandise Mart, Chicago 54, Illinois. NATIONAL FARM ELECTRIFICATION CONFERENCE, STEVENS HOTEL, CHICAGO, ILL. PUBLICITY: RUSSELL GINGLES, PUB. DIR., 155 EAST 44TH ST., NEW YORK 17. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY ADV. CLUB OF NEW JERSEY ESSEX HOUSE, NEWARK The annual Christmas party given by the Advertising Club of New Jersey will be a luncheon at which 750 gifts will be distributed to the guests who are leading advertising and manufacturing executives in New Jersey. Anyone who has a product he would like publicized, or who has a client who makes such a product, is invited to participate by contributing one or more objects which will be given due credit, publicity and mention in program. Attendance by members of the club and their guests. Open to press by invitation only. Contact: Harold Friedman, MA (Newark) 3-3950. NEW GARDENING GUIDE BETTER HOMES & GARDENS DES MOINES, IOWA A complete and authoritative gardening guide will be available on this date. It tells how to landscape your lot; care for your lawn; keep your garden in shape; plant and grow better fruits and vegetables; raise annuals, perennials; bulbs; be successful with house plants; build fences, gates, terraces, fireplaces. Hundreds of illustrations, 220 pages. In U.S.A. $13 in Canada, $1.25. Contact: James N. Hall, Better Homes & Gardens, Meredith Publishing Co., 1716 Locust St., Des Moines 3, Iowa. ae DATE Dec. 25 Jan. 1 Sunday Jan, 1 Going on Jan, 5 = Jan. 12 Jan. 5= Jan, 13 Friday Jan. 6= Jan. 10 Sunday Jan. 8 Sunday ' Jan, 8+ Jan. 13 WHAT'S GOING ON GIVEN BY WHERE CHRISTMAS (Holiday on Monday, December 26). WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1949 NEW YEAR'S DAY (Holiday January 2). GOOD AMERICAN HOME NATL. RET, LUMBER DLRS. FLINT & DETROIT PROGRAM U.S. SAVINGS & LOAN MICHIGAN Under the joint sponsorship of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. and the U.S. Savings and Loan League, the first eight demonstration houses of the "Good American Home Program" will open for thirty days in these two cities. The Builders Assn. of Metropolitan Detroit anticipates building 7500 houses based on this program, which is designed to meet the low-cost housing needs of the American public and to show them how they can afford to buy or build today's houses at today's prices and furnish and maintain them within the average family budget. These first houses, fully furnished and equipped, will show sponsors in other cities how they, too, can build such demonstration houses, Present indications are that there will be from 300 to 500 such houses in various areas. All proceeds from the public exhibition of the houses will benefit the United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Special packages of instructions will be made available to local sponsors in other localities, These packages are geared to big cities and to towns of varying populations. Ted Baldwin, Inc, are the developers and coordinators of the program. Home furnishings and equip-= ment manufacturers are urged to inquire for further details, Contact and Publicity: Ted Baldwin, 18 E, 48th St., New York 17, MU. 82888, ADVANCE DATES AND NOTICES KEYSTONE CHINA AND GLASS SHOW, HOTEL FORT PITT, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. CONTACT: J, ANDREW SQUIRES, 1165 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY, MU.3-2636, PITTSBURGH GLASS AND POTTERY EXHIBIT, HOTEL WILLIAM PENN, PITTSBURGH, PA. CONTACT: J.M. HAMMER, KNOX, PENNSYLVANIA. ANNUAL CONVENTION VENETIAN BLIND ASSN. HOTEL DEL CORONADO AND EXHIBIT OF AMERICA CORONADO, CALIF. The annual convention of the Venetian Blind Association, with R.J. Cayton as convention chairman, will meet. A feature of the convention will be exhibits of new materials, new types of hardware, slats and tapes, new labor-saving devices. Publ.: Roy Craft, 6671 Sunset Blvd.,Hollywood 28,Cal, ANNUAL TEXTILE REVIEW BOSTON TRAVELER BOSTON TO APPEAR AND SUNDAY HERALD MASSACHUSETTS The Annual Textile Review, a magazine issue which has now appeared for nearly half a century, will be out on this date, It will consist of a series of outstanding features written by the nation's best qualified experts on the textile industry. Contact: Percy Schwarz, Textile Review Directors, Boston Sunday Herald, 80 Mason Street, Boston, Mass. SOFT GOODS SHOW NATIONAL EXHIBITORS, INC. HOTEL STEVENS IN CHICAGO LANSDALE, PENNA. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Curtains, draperies, linens, domestics, shower curtains and related items will be shown at the Chicago Soft Goods Show during this period. Contact: National Exhibitors, Inc., Lansdale, Pennsylvania, LA, 4791. , DATE Sunday Jane 8= Jan. 21 Monday Jan. 9 7300 P.M, Monday Jd ane = Jane, 13 Monday Jan, ore Jan. 20 Monday Jan. Jx Jan, 20 Jane Qe 20 Jan, 9~ Jan. 20 Monday Jane o- Jan. 21 _ EXHIBIT WHAT'S GOING ON TABLE FASHIONS GIVEN BY WHERE HELEN CHAMBERLIN CARNEGIE MUSEUM LOS ANGELES, CAL. PITTSBURGH, PA, A two weeks showing, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph, will be given by Helen Chamberlin as part of her Table Fashions of 1950, This / show, presenting 22 complete table settings and as many shadow box dis- plays, will feature the fine chinas and earthenwares of the members of the California Pottery Guild. Contact: Helen Chamberlin, California Pottery Guild, 315 West 9th Street, Los Angeles 15, Cal., MA. 6~4638. TWELFTH LECTURE ADV. WOMEN OF N. Y. HOTEL ASTOR The twelfth lecture in the Survey of Advertising Course will deal with National Advertising Copy = choice of campaign idea ~ development - writing - testing, and will be given by Jean Wade Findlaub, vice pres., Batton, Barton, Durstine & Osborn. Contact: Hulda Kloenne, CI, 54149. 39TH ANNUAL CONVENTION N. RD. G. A, HOTEL STATLER At the convention the following sessions will be of interest to those in the home furnishings field. Monday, Jan. 9, 12 noon: "Curtain—Raiser" Luncheon in Grand Ballroom. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 9:30 A.M.: Home Furnish-~ ings and Appliance Group Session on Merchandising Housewares for Profits, in Salle Moderne. Thursday, Jan. 12, 9:30 A.M.: Public Relations Session at which NRDGA's 1950 Public Relations Campaign will be revealed. Many of the other sessions dealing with merchandising, management, education and related subjects will also be of interest. Publicity: Robert Mayer, Public Relations g N. R.D e G e A 9 CH, 4-8780, WINTER LAMP MERCHANDISE MART CHICAGO MARKET WEEK AMERICAN FURNITURE MART ILLINOIS Lamp manufacturers will display their new merchandise during the same period as the Furniture Market. Exhibits will be shown at the Merchan- dise Mart and the American Furniture Mart. Contact for Merchandise Mart: Mr. Padden; for American Furniture Mart: Clark B, Kelsey. ANNUAL CHICAGO WINTER INDIVIDUAL MERCHANDISE MART FURNITURE MARKET MANUFACTURERS AM, FURN, MART, The annual winter furniture market will be held on these far more con- venient dates this year. Contact for Merchandise Mart: Robert B. Johnson Room 262, Merchandise Mart. Contact for American Furniture Mart: Laurence H. Whiting, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, WINTER FURNITURE MARKET, WATERS & EXPOSITIONS BLDGS., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICAGO CURTAIN MERCHANDISE MART CHICAGO AND DRAPERY SHOW AMERICAN FURNITURE MART ILLINOIS The Chicago curtain and drapery show will be held concurrently with the furniture market. Pub. Mdse, Mart: Robert B, Johnson, Mdse. Mart, Chicago, Pub, Am. Furn. Mart: L.H, Whiting, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Iil, CHICAGO WINTER CARPET INSTITUTE MERCHANDISE MART CARPET MARKET EMPIRE STATE BLDG. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS A completely individual carpet design in keeping with trends in today's home furnishings will be exhibited by cach member of the Carpet Institute during this market. This will be in addition to each manufacturer!s regular exhibition of new patterns. Contact: Mary Burke, Fred Eldean Organization, 670 Fifth Avenue, EL. 5~7651. ; ou. DATE Tuesday Jan, 10 Jan, 11 Tuesday Jan. 10- Jan, 12 Wednesday Jan. 11 Dinner Wednesday Jan, 11 Just out Thur sday Jan. 12 12:30 P.M, Luncheon Sunday Jan, 19 Sunday Jan, 15« Jan, 20 Monday Jan. 16 7:00 PM. e > WHAT'S GOING ON GIVEN BY WHERE BRIDAL BUSINESS CLINIC BRIDES HOUSE, INC. RITZ CARLTON The fifteenth Bridal Business Clinic will be held on these two days in the Crystal Gardens of the Ritz-Carlton. A Wedding Gift Registry and Home Furnishings Session take place Jan. 10 from 2 to 5 P.M, immediately followed by cocktails, Attendance: retailers from coast-to-coast and. Canada, and resident buyers. Contact: Miss Alice Rydell, Brides House, Inc., 527 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, N.¥., MU. 21490. FIFTH ANNUAL TECHNICAL THE SOCIETY OF THE HOTEL CLEVELAND SESSION AND EXHIBIT PLASTICS INDUSTRY CLEVELAND, OHIO This meeting will emphasize the latest developments in the field of re- inforced plastics, The noncommercial exhibit will feature new applica- tions of reinforced plastics, Luncheon meetings will be held on January 10th and llth and the annual banquet on the evening of January 11th. Publicity: Langdon P, Williams, MU. 6-1490. CARPET FASHIONS CHICAGO FLOOR COVERING GRAND BALLROOM FOR '50 ASSOCIATION STEVENS HOTEL The first fashion presentation to the trade and press of "Carpet Fashions for '50" will be made at the Chicago Floor Covering Assn.'s annual dinner. A thirty-minute carpet fashion show will introduce the collection created especially for the nationwide Carpet Fashion Opening, April 17-27. Publicity: Melva Chesrown, Fred Eldean Organization, EL. 5-7651. THREE WOODWORKING BOOKS J. B. LIPPINCOTT 5el FIFTH AVENUE Three books, expertly and simply written and profusely illustrated, belong on the reference shelf of the home workshop, They are "Timbers for Wood- work", "Tools for Woodwork" and "Staining and Polishing." Publicity: Mr. Stanley Chambers, J, B, Lippincott, Philadelphia, Pa. JANUARY MARKET HOME FASHIONS MERCHANDISE MART MEETING LUNCHEON LEAGUE, INC. . CHICAGO, ILLINOIS The subject of the Market meeting will be "Looking In on Living" and will be illustrated by presentations of traditional, provincial and modern decorating schemes created by three League members: Elizabeth Whitney, Marion Heuer and Flolydia Etting. Out of town members are welcome, Contact: Marian Knapp, Dir, Pub. Rel., Natl, Assn. of Bedding Mfrs., | 1647 Merchandise Mart, Chicago 54, Illinois, NEW GIFT SHOW TO BE GEO. F, LITTLE MNGMT, WILLARD HOTEL HELD IN WASHINGTON 220 FIFTH AVENUE WASHINGTON, D.C, The first gift show of the year will be held in Washington where 84 exhibits will be displayed on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Willard Hotel. Show hours: 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. daily; until 10 P.M. January 18, Closes at 1 P.M, January 19, Contact: Miss Meehan, George F. Little, MU, 9-7147,. N.Y. CURTAIN & DRAPERY SHOW MANUFACTURERS HOTEL NEW YORKER The annual curtain and drapery show will be held on these dates in New York, Contact: H.M. Waters, National Exhibitors, Inc., Lansdale, Pa. THIRTEENTH LECTURE ADV. WOMEN OF NEW YORK HOTEL ASTOR The thirteenth lecture in the Survey of Advertising Course will be on Retail Advertising and its basic principles. It will be given by Joseph Lorin, vice president of Grey Advertising Agency, Inc. Contact: Hulda Kloenne, CI, 54149. «5m DATE Monday Jan, 16- Jane. 26 Monday J ane 16~ Feb, 2 Tuesday Jan. 17 12330 P.M. Wednesday Jan. 20 Jane 19~ Jane 26 Jan, 22= Jan, 25 Sunday | Jane 27 Jan. 26 Monday Jane 23- J ane 27 WHAT'S GOING ON GIVEN BY WHERE FURNITURE AND FURNITURE & COLISEUM FURNISHINGS TRADE SHOW FURNISHINGS MAGAZINE TORONTO, CANADA The largest trade show of its kind to be held in Toronto will open on id this date under the joint sponsorship of Furniture and Furnishings Maga‘ zine and the Home Furnishings Exhibition Advisory Committee. Approxi- mately 160 exhibitors in all categories are already booked. Open to buyers and retailers. Hours: 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. daily. Contact: Charles L. Stark, Manager, 345 Adelaide Street W., Toronto, Canada. GOLD MEDAL EXHIBITION: THE ARCHITECTURAL 155 EAST 4OTH ST. MINOR ARCHITECTURAL WORKS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK 16, N. Y, The third of six monthly gold medal exhibitions will open on this date and will deal with minor architectural works, Open to the public. Contacts Architectural League, MU, 5-800, : MONTHLY LUNCHEON ADV. WOMEN OF N. Y, HOTEL ASTOR The monthly luncheon of this organization will be held on this date, De- tails to be announced in a later issue. Contact: Mabel Blake, CI. 5=4149. GENERAL MANAGEMENT AM. MANAGEMENT ASSN, HOTEL ST. FRANCIS CONFERENCE 330 WEST 42ND STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. A mid-winter General Management Conference will be held on the West Coast this year. Top management of large and small industrial and business firms from all sections of the country will meet. The meetings, open to all business executives, will take up problems of production, marketing, labor relations, organization, finance and insurance as announced by Law~ renee A, Appley, president American Management Asdoeiation, Publicity: Edw, Ke Moss, BR. 9=6055, NATIONAL HOUSEWARES MFRS. TRADE SHOW, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. CONTACT: A. W, BUDDENBERG, 1140 MERCHANDISE MART, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. NEW YORK STATE GIFT SHOW, HOTEL LAFAYETTE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK. CONTACT: EUGENE A, RICHARDSON ASSOC,, 683 ATLANTIC AVE., BOSTON, MASS, 30TH CALIFORNIA L.A. TRADE FAIR, INC, ALEXANDRIA HOTEL GIFT SHOW 1151 SQ. BROADWAY LOS ANGELES, CAL, The semi-annual California Gift Show will be held on these dates in the Alexandria Hotel, Biltmore Hotel, Brack Shops and L.A. Merchandise Mart Bldg. Contact: Woody C. Klingborg, Director of Trade Shows, Los Angeles Trade Fair, Inc., 1151 So. Broadway, Los Angeles 15, California. SOUTHEASTERN CHINA, GLASS & GIFT SHOW, MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, ATLANTA, GA. CONTACT: FOSTER B, STEWARD, 1492 PEACHTREE ST., ATLANTA, GEORGIA, NEW YORK LAMP SHOW LAMP MANUFACTURERS HOTEL NEW YORKER An entire floor of the hotel has been equipped with heavy duty electrical circuits to afford additional exhibition space this year, A press break- fast will be held at 10 A.M, on Tuesday, January 24, in the Panel Room of the New Yorker, sponsored jointly by the show management and the Lamp & Shade Institute. Several prominent manufacturers will be present to con+ duct a discussion meeting on new styles and prospective developments in the industry. Open to all members of the press. Show hours: 9 A.M, to 6 P.M. daily except Friday when show closes at 1 P.M. Publicity for Lamp & Shade Institute: Catherine Blondin, MU. 9~7360, Contact: Miss Meehan, George F, Little Management, MU. 97147. ~6= DATE Monday Jan, 23- Jan. 28 Jan, 23- Jan. 28 Jan, 23—= Feb. 4 Tuesday Jan, 2h= Feb, 25 Saturday Jan. 28 -Sunday Jan, 29= Feb, d Sunday Jan, 29= Feb. 1 J ane RQ Feb, 3 Jan. 30— Feb, 3 Monday Jan, 30— Feb, 10 “WHAT'S GOING ON GIVEN BY WHERE "NEW YORK WINTER CARPET INSTITUTE SHOWROOMS CARPET MARKET IMPIRE STATE BLDG. 295 FIFTH AVENUE Manufacturers will exhibit new patterns in their regular lines. in addi- tion, each exhibitor will contribute one entirely new design which will form the nucleus of the Spring Opening when these new carpets will be released to the general public, Bigelow-Sanford will exhibit in its ow showrooms at 140 Madison Avenue. Contact: Mary Burke, Fred Eldean Organization, 670 Fifth Avenue, EL. 57651. NEW YORK WINTER FURNITURE MARKET, NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE, N.Y.C. CONTACT: MR. J. J. MELNIKER, 206 LEXINGTON AVENUE, MU. 5-1160. SOUTHERN FURNITURE MARKET, SO, FURN. EXPOSITION BLDG., HIGH POINT, N.C. CONTACT: PAUL CASEY, SOUTHERN FURN. EXPOSITION BLDG,, HIGH POINT, N.C. SHOWING POSTPONED ALEX, SMITH & GREEFF WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. The showing of documentary carpet and fabrics scheduled for these dates has been postponed. Dates will be announced later. Publicity for Alexander Smith, Emily Purcell, MU. 9-1300; Publicity for Greeff Fabrics, Inc., Hilda Kassell, PL, 9-2917. NEW MERCHANDISING MAGAZINE KRIEGER PUBLICATIONS 114 EAST 32ND STREET A new merchandising magazine, "Modern Lamps", will make its first appear- ance on this date, To be issued quarterly for department and furniture store buyers, decorators and designers, the new publication is designed to bring a new understanding of modern design in lamps and shades, to show the role of modern lighting units in today's house and to publish news of contemporary materials, techniques and forms. Each issue will present an analysis of the relation between modern painting, sculpture, architecture and modern lamps. Contact: Barbara Baer, editor, MU, 5~3744. SIXTH CALIFORNIA L.A. TRADE FAIR, INC, ALEXANDRIA HOTEL CURTAIN & DRAPERY SHOW 1151 SO. BROADWAY LOS ANGELES, CAL. Eastern representatives as well as Western exhibitors will display their goods at the show, The theme of "California Colors for Spring" will be emphasized so that buyers can run special promotions based on it. Contact: Joe Lockwood, show director, L.A. Trade Fair, Inc., 1151 So. Broadway, Los Angeles 15, California, CALIFORNIA LAMP SHOW L.A. TRADE FAIR BILIMORE, L.A. For the first time west of Chicago, the consolidated products of the lamp industry will be displayed at the California Lamp Show. Contact: Woody C. Klingborg, Los Angeles Trade Fair, Inc., 1151 So. Broadway, Los Angeles 15, California. MIDWINTER MARKET WEEK, PARKER HOUSE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CONTACT: JOHN CLABBY, PARKER HOUSE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. LOS ANGELES FURNITURE MARKET, LOS ANGELES FURNITURE MART, LOS ANGELES. CONTACT: J.J. COWEN, PUB. DIR., 2155 EAST 7TH STREET, LOS ANGELES, CAL. CHICAGO GIFT SHOW GIFT MANUFACTURERS PALMER HOUSE The Chicago Gift Show will open on this date at the Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois and run concurrently with the Merchandise Mart Gift Show. Contact: George F, Little Management, 220 Fifth Ave.,N.Y.C.,MU.9-7147. Ba Friday Dec. 16 Monday Jan. 2~ Jan... 23. Monday Jan, 9- Jan. 20 WHAT'S GOING ON GIVEN BY WHERE MERCHANDISE MART GIFT SHOW, MERCHANDISE MART, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. PUBLICITY: ROBERT B, JOHNSON, MERCHANDISE MART, CHICAGO 54, ILLINOIS, TRADE SHOW, NATL. ASSN. OF FROZEN FOOD PACKERS, CONGRESS HOTEL, CHICAGO. CONTACT: L, S, MARTIN, 1415 K STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. SPRING FIGT AND WESTERN MDSE, EXHIBITORS SAN FRANCISCO HOUSEWARES SHOW 1355 MARKET STREET CIVIC AUDITORIUM Over 1500 national known domestic and imported lines will be show at the spring gifts, stationery, toys and housewares show this year. Publicity: Kay Leber, Director, KL. 2-2311, Ext. 687. TELEVISION TRADE SHOW TELEVISER MONTHLY HOTEL NEW YORKER The fifth annual "Television Institute" and Industry Trade Show is expected to attract more than 50,000 persons in addition to some 1000 industry registrants, There will be panel discussions conducted by leaders in the industry and a Film Conference on February 8th. Open to dealers and public. Contact: Irwin A, Shane, General Chairman, Television Institute & Industry Trade Show, c/o Televiser Magazine, 1780 Broadway, New York 19, NeYe, Phe 737216 MUSEUM, GALLERY AND GARDEN NEWS HANDWROUGHT SILVER EXHIBIT METROPOLITAN MUSEUM $2ND ST. & 5TH AVE, Contemporary form in handwrought silver will be shown in examples by well- known silversmiths displayed with photographs and other graphic material supplied by Handy and Harman to illustrate the techniques employed in. fabricating handwrought silver, ‘The work of 18th and 19th century crafts- men will be contrasted with that of modern silversmiths. Hours: 10 A.M. to 5 P.M, Wednesdays through Sundays; open until 9 P.M. Wednesdays; 1 to 5 P.M, Sundays. Publicity: Lillian Green, RH. 4-7690. 14TH CERAMIC EXHIBITION ASSOC, AMERICAN ARTISTS 711 FIFTH AVENUE The prizeewinning ceramics from the 14th ceramic national exhibition re- cently conducted by the Syrecuse Museum of Fine Arts and the Onondaga Pottery Co, and the winning exhibits in the first national dinnerware decoration exhibition sponsored by the Museum and Commercial Decal, Inc., will jointly go on show, Publicity: Estelle Mandel, PL. 5-O711. PRIZE-WINNING DESIGNS MUSEUM OF MODERN ART INDIV. SHOWROOMS TO BE EXHIBITED ll WEST 53RD STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Full-size production models of prize-winning designs in the Museum Design Project, Ine,'s international competition for low-cost furniture design will be shown in the individual manufacturer's showrooms during the Winter Furniture Market and will be available to consumers some time in the spring of 1950. The first-prize design for storage, won by British de~ Signers Robin Day and Clive Latimer, will be shown by the Johnson-Carper Furniture Co, The first-prize seating design by Don. R. Knorr will be shown by Knoll Associates, The second-prize for seating went to Charles Eames and staff members of the University of California and to Davis J. Pratt, The Eames-U.C.L.A. design will be shown by Herman Miller Furniture Co. The Pratt design, to be manufactured by the Bunting Glider Cos, will probably not be ready for the Market but will be in the stores in the spring, Publicity: Betty Chamberlain, CI, 5~8900, - DATE Monday Jane Q~ March 16 Thursday Dec, 15 11:30 A.M. 12:00 M. Thursday Dec, 15 4330 P.M,= 5:00 P.M, Friday Dec. 16 11:30 A,M.= 12:00 M, Friday Dece 16 4:30 P.eMe~ 53:00 P.M. Sunday Dec. 18 9:30 P.Me= 10:00 P.M. Tuesday Dece 20 Dec, al 11:30 A.M.~ 12:00 Me f * a WHAT'S GOING ON GIVEN BY © WHERE MUSEUM, GALLERY AND GARDEN NEWS (Cont'd) SHORT COURSES BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 1000 WASHINGTON AVE, Four short courses are offered to students during this period: House Plants, conducted by Mary Ann Beaver, Section 1, five Mondays 6:30 to © 8 P.M., five Tuesdays, 10:30 A.M. to noon, fee $9.50. What's Inside a Plant? conducted by Winifred Haddock, four Thursdays, 10:30 A.M. to noon, fee $5., starting January 12. Rock and Wall Gardens, conducts by Alys Sutcliffe, section 1, five Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8 P.M.; section 2, five Wednesdays, 10:30 to noon, fee $7,50, starting January 17. Flower Arrange- ment, conducted by Marion Federsen, six Tuesdays, 10:30 A. M. to Noon, Fee $15, starting February 9. Publicity: Matthew Bassity, MA. 2-4433. Contact: Frances M. Miner, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave., Brooklyn 25, Ne Ye TELEVISION NEWS : TELEVISION PROGRAM WABD DUMONT TELEVISION YOUR TELEVISION SHOPPER CHANNEL 5 515 MADISON AVENUE Mr. George De Coo of the Noma Electric Company will exhibit the company's novel ideas for holiday season decoration on Kathi Norris programe Publicity: Babs Doniger, PL. 3-1742, TELEVISION PROGRAM CBS~TV CBS-TV VANITY FAIR CHANNEL 2 485 MADISON AVENUE Dorothy Doan will have as her guests Amelia Leavitt Hill, who will give a lesson in table decoration for the holidays, and Waiter Morris, design director for International Silver, who will give tips on the proper use of silver. Publicity: Helen Brattrud, PL. 5-2000. TELEVISION PROGRAM WABD DUMONT TELEVISION YOUR TELEVISION SHOPPER CHANNEL 5 515 MADISON AVENUE The next to final Revere recipe winner will prepare her dish on the Kathi Norris show. Miss Norris will also shower the viewers with ideas for Christmas gifts. Publicity: Babs Doniger, PL. 3-1742. TELEVISION PROGRAM CBS=TV CBS=-TV VANITY FAIR CHANNEL 2 485 MADISON AVENUE Howard Ketchum, author of "How to Use Color and Decorating Designs in Home", shows how to decorate furniture, tile and fabric with your own designs, as Dorothy Doan's guest. Publicity: Helen Brattrud, PL. 52000. RADIO PROGRAM | WJZ AM, BROADCASTING CO. CHANCE OF A LIFETIME 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA Edward Fields, president of the Edward Fields Co., has arranged for the presentation of a $1000 hand-woven rug on this program on the condition that the American Institute of Decorators receive recognition and be recommended to the winner as the source for securing a consultant. The announcement is being heard coast=to-coast on Sundays in December. Publicity: Carson-Ruff Associates, MU. 2=2055. TELEVISION PROGRAM WABD DUMONT TELEVISION YOUR TELEVISION SHOPPER CHANNEL 5 515 MADISON AVENUE On these two days Kathi Norris will display to her viewers all sorts of ideas for Christmas gifts for every member of the family, Among them will be many home furnishings items, Publicity: Babs Doniger, PL. 3~1742,. the Jum Surnishangs Calm Room 519, 9 East 46th Street, New York 17, N. Y. Plaza 9-2917 Emma Aubert Cole, Managing Editor Arlene Hannes, Associate Editor Zelda K. Schiller, Circulation Manager Hilda Kassell, Promotion Director HOME FURNISHINGS CALENDAR is published every Thursday. There is no charge for any listing. Subscription rates: One year, $30; six months, $18; three months, $10; single copy, $1.