Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 July 1947 — Page 14

. Since War . Increase Highest . For Pearl, Crystal

By BARBARA BUNDSCHU - United Press Staff Correspondent NEW July B—Button

prices have increased 25 to 400 per |

cent since before the wir, and they won't be going down in the foreseeable future, ‘button dealers said today.

The biggest increases—100 to 400

pet cent on pearl and crystal but tons—are attributed directly to the Germans and the* Japanese. eo others—roughly estimated st 26 60 per cent on metal, bone and plasti¢ - buttons—are caused, the dealers said, by incréased costs of

labor and materials in this country | and by the war-caused shift in| between home-manufac- |

balance y tured and imported buttons,

Otto Boschen, president of Bailey, |

Greene & Eiger, one of the nation's

largest button wholesalers, said that |

prior to the war 60 per cent of the,

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the U. 8. were made abroad, mostly | in Czechoslovakia. . Today only 5) per cent of American buttons are | imported. The labor cost differential between pre-war European and post-war American labor costs is] obvious. Pear! buttons, always the biggest | summer sellers, are made from | Australia oyster shells, harvested | before the war by Japanese and | sold to American manufacturers st | 20 to 25 cents a pound. War ins terrupted the diving. .8ome of the

waters are still mined, The Japa- ,...¢ to spruce feet up for their | the floor with some difference in

nese were sent home. Oyster shell is in comparatively short. supply and it's selling for $1.26 a pound, | F.©.B. Australia,

American Products Lack Good Color “Fresh water" made from American. oyster shells, | Are available at prices 30 to 40] per cent below those on Australian pear, They are inferior in color— | either too yellow or too dead white —and sock luster. The variation | In wholesale prices on pearl but-| tons was tremendous—as much as 100. per cent in one specific in-| stance. Comparative shopping for ‘this particular button would be - worthwhile for the home .dressARO a . The best crystal buttons always have been made by home crafts« men in the BSudetenland. The Crechs are shipping the German craftsmen home and the business is being nationalized, Boschen sald. There is a shortage of skilled workers. Buttgns he bought before the war at $2.75 a gross are now reaching him for 47.50, he sald, with cratage charges up from 78 cents to $8 a box.

Metal Buttons Up

25 to 30 Per Cent Metal buttons, which have besome nationwide best-sellers in the

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Feet need massage and grooming to make a pretty appearance on summer outings. Correct position for foot mas- ‘ sage is illustrated by model Diana Cheryl, Feet are elevated on chair seat in picture above. Both hands are used to massage each foot with a twisting motion, A good pedicure should start with oil treatment of horny cuticle., Toenails should be filed straight across (left), To prevent nail polish from - spreading, separate foes with wedges of cotton (right).

THE PEDICURE proper is really | a manicure proper transferred to sage the lubricant on. Feet as well| After (hree minutes ? as hands will lap up cream and are gj made more flexible by massage.

method, Nails on toes should be

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Soak, oil and probe cuticle be- enough length to give you some-| massage, experts say, is to lie on

fore you go to bed, as a preliminary thing to polish. And to keep red the floor on your back with feet step, say, to a morning pedicure, If coats from merging, toes should be | hoisted on a chair seat. While one tough cuticle resists these efforts separated with wedges of cotton | foot remains elevated, pull the other

{grease with extra heavy lubricating before frisking your brush, | pearl buttons, ....m and leave on ndils overnight.| While toes are getting this solid |

toward you for massage,

Using both hands, begin at the

Bed sheets can be protected if attention, it's a good time to give a | toes and pul] flesh toward you with

you will bandage greasy nalls with | cotton pads and secure these covers ings to toes with adhesive tape. !

past few years, are 25 to 30 per cent more expensive than before the war. But they are 25 per cent lower than they were a year ago, and ‘the buttons arp better quality. The basé is metal again instead of plastic. Boschen said part of the

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tons has been a customer demand for fancier designs i The fancy button business reached an all-time high during the war, he said, when women who couldn't buy lots of things they wanted made up for {t by retrimming their old dresses. He sald a Detroit woman, Apparently ~ of “rrcderate means, bought 22 buttons at $6 each without batting an eyelash during the war boom. He gave the home dressmaker one hope, however, Prices probably won't go up, Boschen Said. There's

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“our House: or Utility Roo as Several Points

Tired Feeling May Indicate An Illness Sleep Should Help A Healthy Person By JANE STAFFORD

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WHILE THERE HAS BEEN

Here are some of the pros an room question.

storm windows, canned fruit; recreation and _hobby rooms; space for laundry and an extra bathroom or shower. With the heating plant. in the basement

steak is thfee Inches below heat |

with salt and pepper and tum over, Continue broiling for 15 min- | lutes. . If you do not know. exact | [thickness of steak and how tong | (It should broil to suit taste. make {a short deep slit in steak next to {bone to see if it is too rare. Quickly transfer to platter, work- | {Ing fast, afrange vegetables attractively around steak and serve promptly. Or before last turning transfer to hot platter, add vegetables and continue broiling. Serves, five. ® 8 ¥ | BERRY MACAROON MOUSSE | ] (For Sunday dinner) 4-pt. whipping cream 1 qt. strawberries or red raspber-’ ‘ries : :

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% c. cold water 1 c. finely crushed. macaroons Soften gelatin in the cold water Chill cream, rotary beater and bowl thoroughly. Choose perfect. red ripe berries. Wash and- hull. then}

or sieve to obtain a puree, | Stir in sugar, sait and corn sirup. Next add gelatin that has been melted by standing over hot water and stir very thoroughly to blend in uniformly. Chill puree uptil it begins to thicken. Whip cream until stiff, then quickly fold the cold strawberry puree into cream and last fold in macaroons. Turn immediately into cold freezing trays and place in. the freezing cempartment turned to a point for fast freezing. ; A Servesweight to 10.

mohair—which 18 an animal fiber— with cotton. Because of the former the cleaning plant takes precautions during drycleaning in order to prevent felting of the fabric. Above . all, mechanical action (rubbing and tumbling) and heat are held to. a mininfum while soil is being removed. Drycleaning alone is employed “for those which are moderately solled, while wet-clean-ing may be resorted to im the case of the more heayily begrimed.

That Whiter Look’

Dish towels may be kept fresh and

broiling sprin-'

tage whens

the first floor is warmer,

much washing is necessary, ‘wants A basement to provide a drying space for hanging clothes, Advantages of utility room: No stairs to climb; all equipment handy near the kitchen where the housewife can hear and’ an-, swer the doorbell, telephone and keep an eye on her children. It | is above. ground with better light | and ventilation, Young couples with no children and elderly people like the util- | ity room. 4

» 5 ” THE COST of one over the other is a moot question, and there is a reasonable doubt, only proven by the builder's estimate Of each individual case. i] 4 The .t¥pe.-of.-heating-.plant—is not a factor in deciding Whether to have a basement or not. Any

kind of modern heating plant— forced hot water, steam or forced

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LIKE IT? A basement playroom. By PAUL T. HAAGEN, Noted Architect

| Usually a large family, where |

| in the attic, | type of work to be pursued there.

a trend toward the basementless

house in recent-years, it is still likely that about half of the new houses will have 'a basement and the other half a utility room.

d cons on the basement v8, utility

Advantages of a basement: Provides storage space for screens,

warm air—wil] operate well from a utility room or a basement. If, however, the heating plant | Is to be fired with coal, then | basement coal storage space is essential. Even oil requires stor- | age. While a storage tank for oil may be buried in the ground,

| many owners prefer to Have their

tanks in the basement.

” ” » IN THE modern home, especially “Where there are children, the recreation or hobby room is desirable and probably the best. - location for it is the basement. Hobby rooms may also be built

depending on the

For instance, one would not install in the attic any movable machinery such as lathes or saws, etc.,, where the vibration of the machines or the weight of the apparatus might make it inabvis~ able to place them over the main rooms of the house. gh” Such equipment needs a stable foundation . and .is betisx in-sha

~ basement’ .where the dirt and

muss incidental to carrying on the crafting would be easily removed.

Teen Talk—

Local Boy Will Leave Monday

For International Jamboree

in Moissons, France, Aug. 9 to 21

lives together in a body. Peter J. Cislak, senior Scout from Ship 58, will represent Indianapolis teenstéers at the Jamboree. Accompanying him will be Jack Messmer, commandant, and Pred Cretors, skipper of 8hip 1. Sinfe May | Peter has been anticipating his first | trip across the Atlantic, n i s » 8: MONDAY Peter will go to Chieago representatives from region 7 will have one week's preparatlons—shots, equipment and instructions from the Boy Scout office. After that the army takes over for four days at Camp Kilmore, N. J, where the 1000 Boy Scouts from the United States will be briefed. On. July 24 they'll board the U. 8. 8. Gen. Muir, army transport ship released by President Truman to the Scouts, and said for Belgium. A fiveday trip is planned through Belgium and Holland, and then, to the Jamboree. Following the encampment the American boys will spend three days in Paris. : . A Scout for four years, Peter

white if “boiled. occasfonaliyg in “an enameled parf with a few pieces of lemon rind, . :

be a .junior at Shortridge ' high

By BOBBIE SCHAEFFER ! WITH A COMMON SIGN uniting them, 30,000 Boy Scouts from at least 70 different nations will go camping on the River Seine next month, The “occasion—the Boy Scout International Jamboree, to be held| It will be the sixth gathering of «= Bcouts from all over the world—the only organization that camps and].

stagework as a hobby. He hopes to carry on his Scouting work for many years.. He's a senior Scout in Ship 56, which meets at the Broad Ripple American Légion post home.

VOGELENZAND, HOLLAND, was

103% - During war, * Scouts have sent aid ‘to *fellow Scouts in smitten eduntries. ‘Bach nation will have its .own camp with 300 American boys to every 1000 boys of another ‘country. During the encampment each na-

typical presentations of its activities. : :

Although the United States will provide all the milk for American boys during the frip, the ¥French government will provide the food for all the Scouts during ‘the Jamhoree. ; Just about 40 miles northwest of Paris these 30,000 boys will live together, each surrounded by different languages. and. customs; buf. each wearing the -same uniform and giv-

toward scientific research, but likes| I

the. scene of the last jamboree, in{’

tion will entertain: the others with|

Boy Scouts.

| the middle of the morning or after. noon, may owe their fatigue to lack of food. Light breakfasts and lunches may not provide enough fuel to keep'the body. going through a morning or afternoon of work. In some eases. however, feeling tired all the time is sign of sickness of one kind or another. It may. be an early symptom. of tubereulosis or an early sign of stomach cancér. It may be a sign of mental or emotional strain even though the always tired person does not realize it. . “ » | TRYING TO doctor yourself with | tonics or vitamins or to pep your- | self up with stimulants is not likely | to help much and may delay dangerously the start of treatment | that would help if the eause of tiredness’ is some serious condition. { When your doctor has given you {a thorough examination, including {a discussion of your working and |living habits, he ean’ tell what is | causing the tired feeling and pre- { scribe accordingly. Li He may say you need a“vacation | or shorter working hours and more | rest or more time spent in having fun and recreation. Some people who think they are tired are really bored and need more diversion,

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TEEN TOGS—Hot weather

-~and the doctor prescribes a cool dip .in the" pool, a <oel drink and, well. not ‘tos much work. © By the way, fake that dip in a. two piecer like the one Kathy Dolan of Edinburg is wearing and it's sure tobe a success. ~The suit is by Emily Wilkens with black shorts under . the attached : flared. . skirt

Jewels dulled by soll defeat their decorative purpose whether they are worth a king's ransom or aje only costume trinkets, In between regular trips to the Jeweler’'s for a professional cleaning, jewels can be laundered at home to restore their bright sparkle. Here are the rules which, accord. ing to the Jewelry Industry council, must be carefully followed to avoid! accidents: J | For precious stones, set in plati« num, solid gold or silver, prepare a solution of strong soap, ammonia and lukewarm water in a basin. “I

SOCIAL SITUATIONS

SITUATION: At a tea or buffet your hostess asks you if you won't go into the dining room to be served, WRONG WAY: Linger baok, not wanting to be the first Jerson in line. RIGHT WAY: Get the others started toward the dining roont far your hostess by doing as she asks:

Put jewels in an ordinary kitchen | sieve or strainer, or thread on a copper wire, and dip them up and down in the solution until they look clean. Rinse in cold water. To ‘wash semi-precious stones and all plated or costume jewelry, use lukewarm water and soap only-no ammonia, | Stones in costume jewelry are usually pasted and will fall out if water is too hot. Rinse these articles in lukewarm water—not cold, | Polish jewelry with clean fidnnel cloths. - Old tooth brushes are use. ful to remove dirt from cracks and

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