Page 59 - January1948

NATIONAL BUTTON BULLETIN

,_.,--^Y9ft in San.Diego, California. the annurl exhibits of the loeal button club
"j.:;;t;.'
rtrve won an established place on the cnlend.r oi coinrnuriiil.
lqeal lol tlle of the, Exhjbit this .vt.iu. (-as N.elt as in lgJt and t:rt6r was
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," ^Il:..".tttilg uurDose Imagine:l curner blrilding in the hear.t of the dorvrrtorvlr
li.'iii,ritr.rs-
shoppins distiict. rts rong'.-side:is -Ji-irlnas i;aaiil;s ;l"i;'sf rrorn thc
noor t_o- the second story. -rts- srroit iin ertr.nce and a disDla]- $,indo\r.
-r,i:"ir;;
9l--o_,.9i!uTv.davs th,e phspel'-b.y sees iiie iiiutlne f i"tii"-<;',it-& .b.llectrio
::"_Tptu. trcins cond_ucted inside. But ,n three octobii: aiyJ-i iluiti oirerent
slght met the eve. Inside the ro'g- rvindows lve.e t$'o rows ot aispray tabGi.
Behind the tzrblis were wonren a"*a rn r.ont or tn",iri ii"ri,'"iir,ro^ .n.r
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children all looking intenily at Urittons.' ":"1:J
- "I neve| saw so many butt-ons" and "I neve| kne\\,thert'$'t're such l)eautiful
"o?
buttons" were two comrn-ents freciu.nily tr"r irl a.Iu,iti.v'irr,: slze iie cxtrtuit
was- not large, as slrch things go.' Thei.e ,.:ii r.ornr l.or, ,rnl!j,,rr"irt"irrlL trtrndr"tl
.irrds. As Ior the l,eaut.v of ionre oi itre-truitons, trre'iii,,.;iaiorls-ive1c. rielnt.
The]' s'ere unbelicvabll' fine.
l'erhar)s the nrarl)er
-seenrecl la.g€r than it $-as- bec.use a good tr.lrl ol.
thouBht and planlling had gone info-tire ieiect,o" ano allanB.ellrent ot the dis-
-oi-iis
pla.y. The Club drerv upon"ths re souic&
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inoividual nrembers to rnilKc n
well. i-ntesrated unit. Th.e appeal *.as'to- the senerii priiriic -iainii. th.n ,r
special- auclien<:e. since the itiorv non-competitive and ,on-co.r-
',-ai-eniirJiy
merci:rl, the c:rsuar obser'p.r'\r'as just as impor:tint as tne iiaeni-coii"."tor. .fhus
t'as strrsse-d, an attemt)t ivas rnade io iricjirde iij"tviri!,'i".""'c'ii1it'iv,, into.-
11-a,r-igtv .rvas pt inted on rrlar1-I'_('al ds, and menlbers ryel.e ln constant attendrrtr(,e t()
mation
talk with visitors. Rut aithough-djversit]'- was emphasi""a,--irriaiiil: \\.irs nor
neglected. while the st.anger ms-surprise,d at how ..iioii irrtr,"'i"o" io tt,.
connolsserlr was no less pleased with what ffne buttons ttrere weie. - ",,.,
PaIts of thc Exhihit th,lt esrreeia.lll'plcased the public \\'er.(. lli(,trp.r,s l1rd,.
t'rom l,lr('k- glrrss, ca rico irnl goone r)lir tons, stone buf to;s rr"m 'lir"* N.orithi.
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Age' British militarl' butt.on.s incl insignia, irnrl cards ttraf trati ri'on ril)l)ons lil
State and National iompcrrtrons.
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Another feat're that was rn,r'h adrnired was a tabre offerinR for slrrr
Button Garclens of the kilrtl made legulllty l.r: ttee itt.il. ei ro. atrolr
four vears now the club has oontrir,tirtcl ai t.i"t fift,v oi th; d;;a;;;'io the Re(l
"l"iti-oniti --
Cross which has distributed ilrern to prltients in ttl- Navai-H;;pii;i.
All of the rnonel' r'ealized frorrr the sale of Gardens as $.ell as that c.rn-
tribut-ed -bv visitors rvas turne<l oYe| to ttrb'ior:ir cii;rili;i: oi tii.l'b"i:"rri.al I'alsl,
Foundation for its work with sDastic chitrlren.
__ Am_ong those pal.ticij]a_ting in the sho\\,\\.er.e:_ trlr.s(lanles Ronni(,Strong,
-Show. C}airman; Olive _johns6n, Club piesirlena Ja;e Aa.i"i"", nliid"earrows,
M:!bel Brown, Hazel rr.ates, Irabtl FI'rlson, r,'iotJ Hiiis'i<,,-'.'iii,ii
Kerfoot,
M_ildred McFadden, Itarge patton, Susan Ranitait, eeihin. Fo"k,'ui*i,ii: simrnons,
Il9L"-l:" S19rg.li9n, AIiie Switzci, .loseprrin" Vncher, Edna Van de -\rark, -\lrhnl
Yickers, Fal' Vilim, F. Winters and -\Il;. Willirnr S. ntilts.
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THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK
,^-.^P1"1^t]l"u- I sto.llp,ed to look o\-ef the exhibition in Intlianapolis, Oilrr.,r col_
opped to
ask questions,. and
f^cj?.!- ! .visit, lgake sugg( stions rvh-erebi, we rnight
nave more comDetition in certain fields. Take for instance the largo Serr:-elx
h.aving a cente_r-stonc ol-glass setting ina i i:er.1. or.nate rinr. Only one tray of
these. appeared at the Shorv, yet, gi knorv thit near:fy- evcr.y; .;1t;r;,,of eould
exhiLrit a- trir.\' of these lrrrtlnns. nossil,l\- evr n in sp;(;iriiiz rl i,irrnl'iui.tr a*_utt
silver, all- gilt, all one color stoncs. etc. one crrrlr i arri a' nrlnrl,.r. sai,l
'wiii'atso
"i ";tri,:ii
they would tr.]. to \vor.h uD t_his class anrf nrat,be olhei:s-irf- 1,;.;; sen,t
your tr:rl's. There is I great deal of fine g,crkmanship on nianljof [hese lruttons.
- Quite a few of the members in this same district clrrb of ours had lotters
from collectol',s, Jht'countrl'o'er, asking them to conipr'[e in-\:i;.roiis t:lirsses
for our next National Shos'. This_is_ a friendll' thing to'doi furjiie'AlrrriSht i"
'at-
lg:Lt.lS fol crrnrDetition. in Dresserl horrr florver.s, N.-ow thtl.e -ii- ."orrie tr.id'C
tractive to look for
in any size, e'sDecially if You tr.v to get each
tr,
"tr",,1r..-'n
represent :r different flower. othcrs irr'ntioir looking io. p"*"".oit- ioin plctures
-t,n.
in 1'arlous sizes, and nl I tI'nes of .'lenr and c.lored"gtass.- i*o- anii r,.1"
hutton$ shoulrl n.t be negler.icd f.r hele orc can spe, iitize in--any"single ma-
terlnl and _h3ve a g:reat anrount of sntisfaction in <learinr urr lsoin,'ot tir,.
accumttlated lots of l)uttons about the plirce. I refer to ntateii,tii su.lir'as stii.*,
l'utrber, pressed and natural horn, comliosition. vegetable tv;;]i i;o;;, antl nretai.
At the exhibition I saw a lr)ost attrrlctive tray of verl- snrall cl1-ed b.rrt,
{luttons, most of s'hich t'ere tinted ir) shades .of pinti or: rla -ioi:ii-iiilly thel:
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rvere co.al or red l)ut with wear a.al lrunderin€_ t-hey became tlsTi"i 1"
pearance). rn an articl€ on RIrrroNS*, crrarres iictens il^a; ;r;;Ti;ir of such
buttons. .in speak-ing.of .p_ersons .rvho iollorv Drevaitins- sti.ies.'--iil"JaiA, --,;ffe
copies his more fashionable cousin in nrannt,r'iij not i-n qiiirlir, iti.ailng rror.
buttons colored Dlnk n.d blue,_ against the othcr fello\1's" ioril'and''trrirluolsr.,
and he makes paste $.ash do the'wol.h of jew(,ls ana goiden"jiiti"e."
+ All The Year Rounrl, edited by Dickens