Page 46 - January1948

41 NATIONAL BUTTON BULLETIN
]IIARIOlf IVEEBEII. I)I'SI(; N I'IT
. uses wit, F hims]' and wisdoln
in her *:r)' \Yith l)uttons
,\ miniatuIe crrte filled \\'ith "strictly fresh
eggs" a bushel baskc-t bulging rvith bananas,
or $ itl) (.unning: little ('ucunrl)ul S a flbwer
hlsket \\'ith l)os!r's trodding over its rim These
iu r' l)ut ir f( \\' of th(, iD('redibl]' srveet and good
t,noush to 1,irt desiglls thirt llarion \veeber has
just cont oc tt,<'l f or l,a f,Iotle. All of thern ;rle done
in l)lasl i(. in sun-kissed coiol s. Their cletail is
rrlrsoltrtt.ll'(lelisiJrtful and Inal{es l'ou feel as though
:r'ou \\'r,rt, lrirl k, ting ill a Lilit)tttian village in
(;ull i \'('r's Tr;rvt'ls.
llrrri0n \\'eelrcr, althor.lgh still in het earll'
thiIties, h:rs lreen rlrsigning lluttons for Lft tlode
f,rI s<irrre ten ]-r,a|s. She he:self is n()t nluch
l)i!Tg('r than a l)utton! has naturally curly
alrl)rrrn htir'. lrig lrro\\'n e]'es and a (hildish s\v('et-
ncss r)f llri llu(,r thilt malit s I ott Inttr'\'tl :rt ht'r
(l0siBnin€i ir('( (,nl1)lislrnlelrts. I:le( trLlse d('signirlg but-
tol)s is uot ne.rIlI'as eitsJ- its it sotttttls. it ne(essi-
lirt, s i1 1<noil.lerlge of nretals :rud Ill{stics, Itltls a
s xth s,'lrse of \\'h"t linttotl stvlt's rvill "s,'11," in
Marion \l'eeb(.r (luantities la|ge enoltgh to instifl' theil' l)lodu(tion.
]Iarion Weeber brings to the lrttttotr l;rtsint'ss
lr Vtluirble blckgr0uiltl in line arts. Born in Albrrnl-, she (itn)t' to N, $- York
Iight out of scltool to studl- at the Art Students'I-eague thctl bt'gltn her
lrnsincss ('irr. r,r l)] d()ilrg depitItnrent store and r)ragirzir)e at'lvertising illnstra-
ti('lr irnd RIlrciulrll\' l)e(.arne srrc(.,'ssful eIr()ueih t() sct tltl ht t orvn stllrlio of
rlesign, in \\'hi('h in a(!diti()n t(,r ('r'ea'ring beautil'ltl l)uttons, sh{'d('signs ullllstlal
sil\er, (.()stunrc j,'rVelr']'tr1rd handlier'(.hief Drints. She still I)ltitlts '1'()t l)lcilsul'e"
. in both oils irnd 1\'irter ('olors.
Irr rlr.signing a seIies of buttons for La llode, llilri()n \{'t't'lrer first drt'alns uD
lr tht me . . then of t('n, as $'hen she is thinl(ing in tt't'ttts of flou'ct s, lish or
fitttnrr, ltet:rl<cs herselt'tcr the liI)rart'or to the lrrtls.ull) ttt insttt'c thr-'tluthonticity
of her. inter.ltretation. s'lirletintes ltPI' l)uttoll tl,srgtts t"e s,,ltt'tItl lrlt fell' oll- the
l)irsis of her.'tvater (,olor Slietches ($'hi(,h zIl +. littl', rVot'lls of al t) otller times
she nrakt s i. paper patt{rrll frorll the sli('t(.h. ( uts irnd trtoltls it into a sterlirlg
silver mOclel.
f'rior to the \Yal. soltle ot f,[itriol] \\-t'r'lr"t's lll()st stlJ'i ('s'rl'lll [ a llone button
{l,,sig.ns included ,.The Ytg':.tallle .rn(l its IJI()s.ont." Th,' Nllt( l'a( l<r'r suit-" of
,,The
rtut'-ancl sh.lls. and Pastrl- Shol]." l)ul ing the \\',rr" l)r'oduction prollerns
ijeslrit.teA the mahing of "conr:ersltiirn" lruttons, s.) this 1re\\. ll:trion Weeber
collection is real'11- l)ig. lr('aut jf ul ne\1'-s its flrr rrs l)utt()l)s ?u e cc)nIeInf cl.
BEGINNER'S LUCK!
That's what all of yon will be saying when you read $'hat happened to
olte of our ntelnbel's, Mrs. A. Harry MOOre, x'ife of oUl' three til]- es Governor
of the State of Nerv Jersey.
ilIrs. Moore has bceu a collectol'il othet'flelds for lnany years and
having jnst conrpleted her set of "Rose iu Sno'w" pattern glass, looked about
for a nerv interest. She happened on buttons and today is an ardellt fan
llld her enthusiasm for this hobby has spread al}d infected her inner circle
{)f frietrds. In fact. she has surprised Several of them by etrrollitlg t|enr as
llrel)ll).Jl.S of the NRS. And what is more, I'rn aft'aid Govet'uor Nloore is no
lollser immune I
It $'as leSS thatr two years ago vr'hen MrS. Moore first wrote youl'editol
llentionilg slte had joined the I'anks and enclosed her check for lreltber-
ship iu both the State aDd Natiolal Societies. she atteDded an all day ses-
sion at Treltton. bringing her friends and also some ofa'the bnttons she had
(:ollected up to that time. A few days ago she stopDed in to visit and brought
{}thers of her cards together \vith the case of buttons illustrated here . . and,
theleby hangs a talel
At the preserlt writing Mrs. NIoore is tlle proud owner of three distinct
pattel'rrs of the Inaugul'al buttons, all of which came to her as gifts when
she Drentioned to her particular friends that she was collecting buttons.
The first one that she received is type A, pictured on p' 281, NBS BUTTON
RTILLETIN, for September, 1947 with sixty-three punch marks on the edge
. . . the Governor counted them!