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PROPOSED DEFINITION OF MOONGLOWS
A modern glass button with an opaque glass shank and base, topped with a clear
colorless glass cover cap. The clear colorless top sometimes causes an "eye"
appearance, but the eye does not have to be visible. The clear colorless layer atop the
opaque base may be masked by iridescence, molding techniques or other trim, but that
clear colorless layer must be detected, even if a light is needed.
Opaque striped moonglows have a shank and base of opaque color topped with
two or more colors of striping (not including black) with a clear colorless top layer.
Often the base color is also one of the striped colors.
Black glass moonglows are made in three thin layers, the shank base and back are a
thin layer of black glass, topped with a thin layer of opaque color, then the two are
capped with the clear colorless top layer. These black glass moonglows have assorted
colors and striped center layers that are foolers and find their way on cards ofcolored
glass, when they are only acceptable on Black Glass (Sec. 4) cards.
Sometimes the black glass base looks amethyst with a light; however, to pass on a
Sec. 3 Colored Glass card, the amethyst or purple must be plainly recognized with the
naked eyel If it looks black without a light, use it only on a black glass card!
Deann Thomas
Chairman, Div. III
Editor's Note,' It will probably surprise some collectors that moonglows are actually a
type of construction which may not be easily detected without a pen light. The "eye"
referred to above has also been described as a "pillowy, billowy look" and "vacillating
chatoyancy." Be sure to check all moonglows from all angles.

BUTTONS AND APPLES-APPLES AND BUTTONS
by Lillian Schneider
Apples grow on trees, buttons grow out of factories. Apples come in different
shapes and colors. Buttons come in different shapes and colors. There are over 1,000
different kinds of apples. There are also over I,000 different kinds of buttons.
An apple a day may not be enough to keep the doctor away, but biting into a ct isp
juicy apple is as refreshing for the spirit as it is for the body.
How long have apples been with us? The wild or crabapple has been with us since
the time fruit trees first began to grace the planet. However, the cultivated apple has
been a delightful part of our diet for thousands of years.
The love affair with apples most likely began with the Romans, who discovered the
art of grafting and budding. The results of these fruitful experiments were spread
throughout Europe as the Roman forces increased the boundaries of the empire ever
northward until it reached its farthest outpost-England.
The cultivated apple probably reached our shores along with the early settlers. One
of the most devoted of apple lovers became one of our most beloved folk heroes. The
American pioneer, John Chapman, was the son of Nathanael and Elizabeth (Simons)
Chapman, born September 26, 1774 in Leominster, Massachusetts, Bay Colony. This
new arrival added but one more to Leominster's nine hundred and something
inhabitants. Times were hard and talk of war with England had all the men with itchy
trigger fingers just waiting for the summons. On April 19, 1775, the summons came
with the sound of guns. Among the 99 who marched to war was Nathanael Chapman,
leaving his Elizabeth to care for the family as best she could. John was only 7 months
old and his sister Elizabeth was almost 4. His mother wrote a letter to her husband.
The winter was one of the worse, and she was becoming more frail every day. She was