Show Ever Heard of a Finial Well Vell at Last Somebody's Somebody I Figured Good Use for It By Ily Frederick C. C Othman WASHINGTON I I am happy to report that at nt long last some good use has been found for a finial A what A finial I didn't know what a finial was myself until the day before yesterday yesterday yes yes- when George Georgc Kernodle the celebrated antique dealer dropped by to see me Hed He'd be been n worrying about the useless finial for a long time Ta Take e the table lamp with the silk shade in your own parlor On top of it directly above the electric electric electric elec elec- globe is a round ball a kind of marble usually That's the finial No good g for anything except except except ex ex- ex- ex to get busted until Kernoodle Kernoodle Kernoodle Ker- Ker noodle took steps First Useful Finial He decided why not turn the finial into the switch Twist it and turn on the light Twist it again ain and shut it off No fumbling fumbling fumbling fum fum- bling around for buttons under the shade had no more scorched fingers fingers fingers fin fin- gers ers no more lamps smashed in inthe inthe inthe the process of getting lit So George started hand build ing lamps with switches in their finials in the back of his ant antique que shop on Wisconsin avenue He also applied for a U. U S S. S patent and patent momentarily is pend pend- ing Now hes he's being besieged by lamp manufacturers who want the right to make malic the worlds world's first useful finial This goes to prove all over again that the simple things are the best The surprising part is that nobody thought ht of it long ago the pleasant part is that Kernodle's idea likely ely will make him a wealthy man There are some other neat schemes chemes in the works Some weeks ago for instance I mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- the fact that Id I'd drink more tea if the tags on the ends of the strings to the tea bags bag weren't always coming off and flavoring my tea with ink Stringier less Tea Rags i Along came a packer parker of tea with samples of his new string string- less bags They work fine too On the side of each bag is a strip of filter paper under which you slip your spoon With this arrangement you can navigate na the bag in the cup and eventually eventually eventually even even- lift lift it out without any danger of a string falling off Now comes another outfit with a related idea coffee in small bags like tea Drop one in your cup pour in some hot water swish the bag around and youve you've got a cup of coffee These have been on sale now for some sometime sometime sometime time in New England where the citizens have found them excel excel- lent They should be available a across the country shortly By now you motorists probably probably probably ably have tried one of oC the new silicone-containing silicone auto waxes Smear it on on let it dry rub it off and youve you've got an automobIle automobile automobile automo automo- bile a good deal shinier even than when it left the factory On Furniture Too The silicones are war post-war I types of synthetic resins which have the peculiar property of causing wax to flow smoothly evenly and thinly on any hard surface They take the rubbing out of a Sunday morning car- car polishing job and in the last few months they have ha revolutionized the time auto polish business One of oC the manufacturers thereof has put on the marl market t silIcone impregnated tissues to polish eyeglasses without smears Now hes he's about to produce fur fUr- polishing cloths with the thc silicones built in m. The idea is that thata a housewife should be able to tomake tomake make mak her living room glisten listen including in including in- in the time finials on her lamps quicker than I can tell about it |