Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 October 1950 — Page 38
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Suzell Russon with a few of - Mrs. L. P. Russon's 160 trinket
3. 3 boxes and a pitcher of late
By MARGUE
strawberry gloss.
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RITE SMITH
Times Garden Editer | | |
A son just gone to the war
8. A mother lonely in a strange |
city. That's how-—and why-hobbies get started. } That's how Mrs, L. P, Russon, 3722 N, Tacoma Ave, began her collection of trinket boxes and another one of late strawberry glass. Her unusual private collection will be displayed at the Hobby Show opening Friday in the State Fair Grounds.
It was back in 1942 when she found her first trinket box in an antique shop. Maybe it was the little red capped boy on its cover that caught her imagination, Whatever the reason, it's
still the one she loves best | though her collection has now |
outgrown three antique French cabinets “and I'm still going strong,” she laughs.
Red Riding Hood
ination of a sculptor in miniature. [ Many of the tiny faces have | the exquisite detail of a finely | | carved cameo, The little boxes originally had many uses, some held beauty patches, others rings. Many were designed for match | boxes with little “scratchers” | on their sides, Some were per- | fume holders. Looked at as an investment |
THE LITTLE boy now has all sorts of interesting com- | in dollars rather than time and
pany. There's Martha and | interest, trinket boxes are a | George Washington, Red Rid- | paying proposition. “I paid | ing Hood, angels and railroad | just $2 for the little boy with engines, altars and hunters and | the red cap,” Mrs. Russon rechildren and dogs—every sub- | calls. “Now he’s worth $30.
ject that could catch the imag- | At. first, I just wouldn't pay more than $5 for any box, but ‘|
| the last time I was at Marshall | Fields, they had just one—and it was $60!”
The Doctor Says— Soap, Water Glass Butterdish HER STRAWBERRY glass |
Louse Up Lice | collection (these are only two |
of many) also started in 1942 ~-with a lovely butterdish, It Insects Are Fussy | grew with specimens from all In Choosing Victims | over. the country, a “celery” : from New Jersey, -a compote By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M. D. | discovered in the little shop forI'O HAVE LICE is embarrass- merly run by Crossroads, and irg. uncomfortable and can be oddest of all, an unusual reddangerous, ’ banded tumbler she found in Lice carry diseases such as ty- Massachusetts, phus or jail fever, They are best Odd, because she has been got rid of promptly-—or, better! assured by one dealer in old still, never ac- a glass that this. pattern was quired. 2 | made in a glass factory that Some people | used to stand between Elwood oem hi have 3 | and Noblesville. The dishes tion for lice’ were given as premiums with Lice will: leave groceries. The strawberry pat- | the bodies of tern is known as inverted or | those who are late strawberry (an earlier | less attractive. to strawberry pattern has raised them for - those berries and leaves) and dates | who - seem, for § around 1880. some unknown - The son who went to war did reason, to be pre- not return, but the Russons’ ferable. Dr. Jordan | 011 adopted daughter, Suzell, Personal cleanliness is the most| finds the trinket boxes very in- | important part of prevention. teresting. | There is no doubt that bathing in warm water and use of soap at least once a week, together wi > DO YOU NEED frequent changes into clean cioiney reduces the chances of ac- ABDOMINAL BT ( VE and SPINAL
quiring lice, " n » 5 CROWDING acts to spread 1} SUPPORT? - Sagging abdominal
louse infestation. Under overcrowded living comditions these muscles and faulty posture can be re-
vermin are frequently found even J. among clean families. They are (, sponsible for many ills, In times like
particularly serious in wartime, Several kinds of lice may infest these you must feel your best.
human beings, Most of them pre- - fer the human scalp except for the so-called “crab louse” which! goes to the groin. There are now several satisfactory methods of killing lice and cetting them off the human body Among: these newer methods are S | 7 PPOR I S | the use of DDT powder, a sub- : ; stance known as benzyl benzoate, will lift those sagging abdom- | and a kind of bomb made from inal muscles gently and com-| phyrethrum, which SERTE sprayed fortably: Their back support over the: entire body in a few will improve your posture and seconds. The last method re- k took amd Feel be auires a good place to use the ya se you s a eel better. homb. Full line of Breast Supports, treatments successful, however, it is important to follow directions TRIXY OF INDIANAPOLIS lice, to guard against injuries to LL. 3743 the eyes.
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