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Show Hobbies HO bl S , or What at to Do on Rainy Days ] I O + PT o ' nV nVY ' " + \ ' . . F \Y Y + : @ 1y ' A'yisAR AyisAR ' \ t yt } X X.ne .ne ne . " " , aP ' qrt ' \ \ # N R p P PI I i.1 i1 . kJii J JtP Jii ! ' ' Aifs ; k , . . tP a , tt ttx x 7 'a3q a3q 'a3qk ' , k . lei ) T 1 J qq , ' , rf rfa rfe rfW a W ho ' , . ' + , YNiii tYAa1C , Ht t11 e 4w $ r r y o oI $ I : Y r\ r r3a \ 3a\ 3a 3a'r \ \ 'r r ' < vier r + + w a.va ava wa.va + a.vaYR . YR YRL1 L1 L1e L1v L1lrye e v , lrye ; , ; 1133 ! 7 7V i ' V 1 t33 t33kt h hs hw kt s ( I hAt w At the Chicago Hobby show . Upper left : Geraldine Paulsen looking over Charles Bragln's Braglns ' $25,000 25000 $ , collection of ofdime ofdime dime novels Upper right : Warren E . Buck demonstrates a war gourd filled with the jaw bones of slam slain human ene ene- ene enemies - . mles mies from his AfrIcan collection . Lower left : Pat Salmon smoking one of his 1,000 1000 , pipes . Lower right : Gwen Peet , with some of Mrs K . L . Browne's Brownes ' 19,000 19000 , buttons . By WILLIAM C . UTLEYWILL UTLEY UTLEV UTLEYWILL WILL SEND SE'D SED SEED ' genuine indent ancIent Ro Roman Ro- Ro Roman Roman - man coin before betore 400 A D tor for ( or anycommemorative any anycommemoraUve anycommemorative commemoraUve commemorative halt dollar beCore before before1900John before1900 1500 1500John 1900--John 1900 John -John John - - - John T , , Prescott . , ArlzWILL Ariz Arlz ArizWILL WILL TRADE TRADI : Frane Franz Swaty hone hone.Hudson honeHudson , . , Hudson Buy Bay trade beads ( blue ) two twoSir twoSir twoSir Sir Alfred Altred East small oil 011 paIntinG's paIntinGs palntlncsor ' , tor for ( what have your you ? ? Equal value- value valueMarlon valueMarion value valueMarion - Marion Marlon L . L . . . , Sequlm Sequin , , WashT WashHESE Wash WashUHBSE HESE are ads the like of which whichyou whichyou whichyou UHBSE THESE T you have seen for tor many year9 years year9In yearsin yeargIn In the pulp magizlnes magzlnes magazines ' ! Per Per- Perhaps Perhaps . - haps you have answered them themor themor themor or even placed them yourself . Tbey They Tbeyare Theyare Theyare are the stamp of ot the hobbyist hobbyLst , , the col- col collectortl1e col col- collector collectorthe - lector lector-tl1e lector tl1e lector-the the - the man or woman who wbo Is"bugs Isbugs Is Is"bugs is"bugs "bugs bugs " " about bugs or butterflies butterfiles or ordoorknobs ordoorknobs ordoorknobs doorknobs of ot first editions edttlons or oldautomobile old oldautomobHe oldautomobile automobHe automobile horns . . . All of us are familiar famlUar with the hob hob- hobbylst hobbyist . - byist bylst . Even ven those of ot us who { are lre wont wontto wontto wontto to describe a neighbor with wUh "Oh Oh " , , she's shes she'sa shesa ' a nut on antiques antiquE's ' , , " will wlU ask the cornerdruggist corner cornerdruggIst cornerdruggist druggIst It if 1f he can give gh git e a us Indian Indianpennies Indianpennies Indianpennies pennies In our change . . We find such "nuts nuts " " In every walkof walk walkof walkof of life Ufe Nuts ? Well , , . look at who whosome whosome whosome some of ot them are . . . . Museums Are Hobbyists HobbyistsTo To begin with there are the his historlcnl historical historical torlcnl torical museums Yes , they are nre hob hobb hobb3lsts hobbvlsts b b3lsts Ists They collect everything from fromarrowheads ( fromarrowheads rom romarrowheads arrowheads to locomotives . . And agreat a agre1t agreat gre1t great many of ot the most priceless ex e1 eC exhibits ; . hibits hlblts In such museums-the museums the museums - the Fieldmuseum Field Fieldmuseum Fieldmuseum museum , , . the Metropolitan and otherswere othe othe"ere others -"ere "ere ere -were were - " were made possible by the acquisition acquisi acquisi- acqulsl- acqulsl acquisition acqulsltion - tion of collections by amateur hob bob hobbylsts bobbyists hobbylsts bylsts byists . . Among the amateurs whose collect collect- collecting collecting . - ing has become famous are-might are might are - - might as asweU aswell aswell weU well begin at the top-FrankUn top FrankUn top-Franklin Franklin top - - Franklin D DRoosevelt DRoosevelt DRoosevelt Roosevelt , who Is a "nut nut " " on stamps stampshistorical , , hlstorlC.ll hlstorlCll historical ' . prints , ship models and auto autographs autographs autographs graphs ; ; Henry [ ' Ford 'ord ord cord , who collects al almost almost almost most anything historical for his mu museum museum museum seum In Dearborn , MIch Mlch ; ; Mrs AU Alf AULandon AlfLandon AlfLandon Landon , , wife of the gO\ gO governor gOernor goternor \ ernor of Kan Kansag Kansas Kansas sas sag , , , who collects luster pitcher pitchers : . ; . ; : nnll and andGov nnllGov andGov Gov . Henry Horner of Illinois nUnols , , who wholoves , wholoves \ ho holoves loves to browse brose bro\\ bro \ se through dusty old fttes files fttesIn filesIn fliesIn In search of ot gems ( for or his Lincoln col col- collection collection collection - lection Some of ot the collections cOJlectLons could couldnot couldnot couldnot not be bought at any price ; : otbers others otherslike , , Uke like the JOO $ : $300000 300000 $500000 500000 $ 000 Jade collection colJecUon ot of ottormer offormer offormer tormer former Michiganhave Governor GOcrnor Goternor GO\ GO \ crnor Stevens of ot Michigan Dilctiigan , , have mounted to tremendous talues'Nuts , values talues valuesNuts alues aluesf aluesNuts7 Nuts Nuts7 'Nuts f * ' ? " Well . , hardly . . Among the collectors collector Is a l { spirit of ofcooperatlon ofcooperation ofco-operation ofco operation co-operatlon co operatlon co-operation operation - - - that males mab.es mabes makes . them aU all aUbrothers allbrothers allbrothers brothers and sisters under the skin skinMany skinMany skinMany Many of them will wHl acquire no end or orcurious o ocurious ofcurious f curious things which will not fit Intotheir Into Intotheir Int Inttheir o their own collections In the hope that thatthey tha thathey thatthey t they may trade them to other hobby hobby15ts hobbyfats hobbyIsts 15ts fats for articles they really rea11y want . . Fo Fosuch For Forsucb Forsuch sucb such as these . , , the hobby shows that thatare thatare thatare are held In tn four of ot the prln principal { pal dUes dUesat citie citieat citiesat s at this time Ume of ot every year are truly trulyMeccas Meccas MeccasThese trulyMeccasThese These annual "fanatic fanatic .tanatlc tanatlc " . fairs " tabe tabeplace tak takplace takeplace e place ( In n New York , , . Cleveland , Los Angeles An Angeles . ' geles and Chicago . . At the one recently recent relent recently . ' ly closed In Cht Chicago g'o go ' , the average dail dailattendance datly datlyattendance dallyattendance y attendance was about 10000 10 000 persons perons perons- perons peronsalmost peronsalmost personsalmost ' ) , - - ' almost everyone every one of ot them a collector collecto collectorof collectorof collectoof r of something 80ml"thing 80mlthing " somethingCovering HotelSherman Covering an entire floor of the f3oteSherman Hotel f3ote HotelSherman 1 Sherman were more than 800 300 exhibits exhibitsMost Most of them were the displays of ofcUI'o o ocuflo ofcurio f cUI'o cUIo cuflo ' shops and professional colle collettors collec collet collectors , , hopethat bopthat tors , . showing their wares In Hie the bop hope e that some Bome eager amateurs would pounce pounc e pounceIn pounchi In hi wild-eyed wild eyed wIJd-eyed wIJd - - - delight del1ght Chippendale Chippedale upon a Chippen Chlppen Chippe n . dale chair cbar ( or a garter worn by the thesecret thesecret th thsecret e secret sweetheart of ot some far removed removedemperor remove removeemperor removedemperor d ed emperor . What's Whats ' ' ' In a Name NameA ? A most lnteresUu Interesttn Interesting ? booth . was as that tbat ot otthe o othe ofthe f the "Chicago Chicago " Flee Market Ml.rb.et Mlrb.et Mlrbet : . . , , " " which whichprided whlc whlcprided whichprided h prided Itself ItseH particularly upon a vas vasmade vase vasemade vasemade e XV.It XVIt made In the factory of Louis XV X ' . . It seems the factory fal'tory faltory ' \ wasn't wasnt \ asn't asnt ' raying Y.lylng Ylylng paying [ . , so s o Louis soLouis Hebroke Hbroke took the thing over hlm himself < > clt He H e broke eagernessto eagerneto so 80 mnny mltny many vases In his eagerness eagerne ss to unwrap them to show them t to e tufriends tofriends friends that few of or them are left : ; : this thisas th thbias thiswas is \as as bias ' \ one the royal flngers fingers had evIdent eviden t Iy ly evidently evIdentIy evidenly TlieFrench TheFrench dealt with more tenderly . . The Ti , e French American lady who presIded preside presIdedover presideover presidedover d over the exhibit explained expblned exptsined tliat that hei her hershop ht htShop r hop shop heihop wa was " named after one In her n na a tlve tIve land , , " , which btch collected so much muchancIent muchancient muchancient ancIent and unclean clothing and fur fur- furniture furniture . - niture that It became jol Jokingly lngly b.non Lnottn Lnottnas b.no\\ b.no b.noas . knownas \ n as thef the 'Paris Paris f ' Flea MirkeL I1rb.et I1rbet M'trket Mtrket ' . . " " She w was wasforced wasforced s sforcecl forcecl forced to change the spelling speIUng to "flee flee "Flee"because Fleebecause " 'lee lee [ ' " " : because so many " window "Indow Indow wlndow shoppers shopperscame shopperscame shopperscame came In and nl1 \ wanted anted to see Eee the trained trainedfieas trainedfleas trainedfleasVastly fieas fleas fieasVastly fleas1'astly Vastly 1'astly 1astly ' more Interesting to the 111e casual casualobserver casualobserver casualobserver observer were the exhibits etbIbtts : by ama ama- amateurs ama-teuis ama teuis . - - teul teurs s , for tor here was "as as " as visual usual , Isual evidence ot of otmany ofmany many happy hours spent In patIent patientpainstaking , panstaklng painstaking ( " work "ork ork to satisfy saUsfy whims whimsthat whimsthat whimsthat that had evolved Into precious ambi ambI- ambl ambItions ambitions - tions lions , whether they tbey be for saving savingstamps savng savngstamps savingstamps ( stamps , , prints , vases uses , ases or stringOne stringOne string stringOne One dear , Uttle little " white "hlte hlte haired lady lady5a ladysaved ladysaved 5a saved 'ed ed ' buttons She Is Mrs . . K KL KL KL L Browne , , of Kansas City , K Kan n , and andher andher andher her collection of buttons was such a ahit ahit ahit hit at church gatherings and other othersocial othersocial othersocial social affairs In Kansas City , she was waspreval1ed wasprevailed wasprevailed preval1ed prevailed upon to bring It U to the Chlcago Chi Chicago Chicago cago show . In only three years she h has s sa sated satedmore savedmore \ ed edmore more than 19,000 19000 , buttons and she bad had hadcarefully badcarefully badcarefully carefully arranged them In the or- or orderly or orderly orderly - derly neatness you can't cant ' help feeling feeHn feelingIs : ls is characteristic charactenstlc of her . . . Probably no not notwo notwo t\\ t t0 two \ 0 of or them are alike aHke , although she refuses re refuses re- re refuses - - fuses to admit this tills Is { absolutely lbsolutely true ; : at any rate there are no dupHcations duplications duplicationsto dupHcationsto to the best of her knowledgePitchers knowledge knowledgePitchers Pitchers Are Her Pride . More dear to her heart , though . , isera Is IsMr IsMr Mr era & : . Browne's Brownes ' collection of p1tcher pitchers pitchersShe pitchersShe Sbe She has more than 1 1,200 1200 ; , 00 of ot them , , andthey and andthe andthev the they are a dominating Influence In theBrowne the theBro theBrowne Bro Browne . ne home The house Is a large largel.nd largeand largeand l.nd lnd and : . "homev homev "home home "homey homey " , } " one one , , , a frieudly friendly landmark landmarkatop landmarkatop landmarkatop atop a green hllL hUL bill . Its shuttered wln wlndolts , windows ( n ndo do dolts " s have sills about abou t 18 Indies Inches deep ; It Is on these , and banging hangIng from trom the thesides thesides thesides sides of ot the window wlndow t ? Indow niches , , that her herpitchers herpitchers herpitchers pitchers rest . , 75 to fl a window "Indow Indow . " . They Theyare Theyare Theyare are grouped according to colors ; one onewindow onewindow onewindow window will have all amber pitchers pitchersanother , , another all al1 blue and so on The left left- left0 leftovers . - I 0\ 0 0 overs 0ers \ % ers find their places pl9.ces pl9ces . on anI anCmplre an I ' 'Empire'sideboard Empiresideboard Cmplre Empire ' ' I IsIdeboard sIdeboard that Is dated 1807 IS07 . I I"When . "When When " the sun shines tlirough through our ourwlndoas ourwindows IndoS wlndoas \ Indo\\ Indo \ S , , the " whole "hole hole house bouse Is softly softlyI softlybathed softlybathed I batbed bathed In a m myriad rwd of ot bright andhappy and andhappv : happ happy colors , , " Mrs Sirs Bro\\ Bro Browne Brone \ \ ne says saysCan sa savsCan s sCan Can t you just ( Imagine maglne the charm ot of otI ofthis ofthis I this fine old homeIth home with \Ith Ith ttlth ' \ Its quaint rockgardeds rock rockgardetts rockgardens . gardetts gardeds outside and Its pitchers ptchers ( tult full fullof fullof o of ( happy hours { and lnd sentiment In tbe the tbewlndo thewindow thewindow wlndo\ wlndo window ' \ b s ? wlndoAnother Another collector coUector of ot buttons Is 'red red rred rredS 'redS [ ' FredS S Ettlnger CtUnger Ettinger of ot Chicago He lie has thou thousands thousands thousands sands , but the quaintest quantest ( of all arethose are arethose arethose those In his 'charm charm ' . strmgIt string strmg It " ItThe The Thecharm Thecharm Thecharm charm string \ was aas \ as a necklace nec.klace . of but but- buttons buttons . - tons \ worn orn by belles of the ' 'GO'S GOS ' ' . , ' 70'h 70h 7O's 7Os 70'hand 7O'sand 70'tand 70tand ' ' , and ' 'SO SO ' 80s s . a . . Its charm was a "touch touch "touchbutton "touchbutton "touchbutton touchbutton " button " The sweet young thing or of orth9.t ofthat ofthat th9.t th9t that . period would Invite friends tohandle to tohandle tohandle handle her necklace necb.lace necblace . If It their fingers fingersfell fingersfell fingersfell fell on a certain predetermined button buttonshe buttonshe buttonshe she would giggle prettily and s-iy s iy S1Y shy - , . 'You You * ' You have touched my touch button buttonNow buttonNow Now you must give glue me one to replace replaceIt It I 1 " A pretty custom no doubt , . but buttough : tough on us bachelors who have to tosew tosew tosew sew on our own . Mr Dir . . . : Ettlnger's Ettlngers Ittlnger's Ittlngers Ettinger's Ettingers ' pride and Joy Is bls his blscollection hiscollection biscollection collection of ot book ribbons He Is abook a abook abook book dealer , , and ( In n search of or tbese these tbesequaint thesequaint quaint book booh marks of ot the latter halt bait haltot baitof halfof ot of the Nineteenth century , . he has examined ex- ex examined ex examined - amined 2.000.000 2000.000 2000000 2,000,000 . , . , books . . . "To To u'1'o u1o " ' tell you youtbe youthe tbe the truth the figure Ogure ! Is i8 a nearer nenrer 5,000 5000 SOOU 5,000.OOO 5000.OOO 5000OOO , , ; , . 000 , " he be says suys , "but but " I would Weald bardly hardly bardlyexpect hardlyexpect expect you to believe belle\e belle e bellete \ that . " Fun In tho the th Parlor . He exhibited about 300 ribbons although al although . though his collection Includes thou thousands thousands thousands sands It 8 aeems seems ms that every e\ery e ery eery \ membeof member membe memberof r of the family bad had his own book ribbon ribbonIn ribbonIn i In the old days Each Iach . : was Inscribed inscribe Inscribedwith Inscribedwith inscribewith d with expressngdevotion some |
