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July,195D NATIONAL BUTTON BULLETIN 20t

Black Glass, one frame ol selected Division I types and one of Division
III. Planned, as the above, to show actual buttons from some of the stand-
ard classes in Division I and to clarify some of the uncertainty about "is it
old or is it new?" by including buttons known to be new.
New Metal Buttons from Paris, one frame. The buttons on this frame
are either exact copies of older ones or else are so similar in general ap-
pearance that confusion results. The purpose of the display is to acquaint
collectors with the existence of these particular buttons so that buyers may
be protected from mistaking new for old,
The China, Button Family, one frame. This frame contains selected
classes from the china button classification, calicoes, ringers, igloos' etc.
Millville paperrveights, two frames. This is a remounting of rnatelial
circulated in years past explaining how Mr. Wintreld' Rutter made paper-
weight buttons during the 1940s. One frame has pictures of Mr. Rutter at
work and specimens of the material with which he worked. The other con-
tains varied examples of paperweights made by him. The buttons form a
valuable guide to his work and help collectors to recognize his output.
Ctrecking up on Materials, one fra.rne. The purpose of this frame is to
caution collectors against careless identification of gold, silver, steel, stag
horn, textiles and certain plastics. Exarnples show mistakes easily made
and text tells how to avoid such errors.
Current contributors to this proiect, in addition to Mrs. Darling, who
has done the supervision and mounting, include Mrs. Mark Vilim, Ralph
Strong and Mrs. Jane Adams, co-workers; Mrs. Zula Fricks who contributed
the new metal buttons from X'rance; Mrs. Viviane Ertell who contributed
modern glass, clear, colored and black; Mrs. Lillian Albert and Mrs. Myrtle
Kuypets who also contributeal modern buttons.
The Traveling Exhibit will be growing as time goes on. Several ad-
ditional frames are already promised. If you have ideas or buttons to con-
tribute, or if you wish some particular subject developed, Mrs. Darling will
be most happy to hear from you.

STATE BUTTON BULLETINS
Collectors are delving into remote corners for button information and
every state bulletin contains the result of someones success. A lively curios-
ity, plus time and patience, means another bit of button knowledge for us all.
A NEW HAMPSHIRE member has done research on a forgotten vege-
table ivory button fact.ory which was located at Gaysville, Vermont before
1885. Destroyed by flre, it was reorganized and operated during the last
half of the 1880's. The researchelwas able to locate the last owners and
heirs, also several elderly people who had worked in the factory in their
youth. This was a case of "taking time by the forelock" for in a fevr years
more the sources of information would have been gone.
In the X'ebruary issue, WISCONSIN presented the last of a series of four
articles on non-military buttons of the United States. These have been very
comprehensive, evidently the result of long study. They are a great help to
anyone specializing in uniform buttons.