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Show : rTT"' : 1 1 r: 1 1 r" y"11 -"; - "-r r- PAGE 5. acSSs SUNDAY HERALD GlorifiedFive-qnd - Dime7 Store Gadgets Now Bringing In Thousands Of Dollars , v .' V ; :- r v: ,s,,f t 1 s Here are s few rift tips for rich uaclea who never worry about budxets on their shoooliir Jeweled lipstick and thermometer, cold cicaret case, whistle, money clio and buckled belt eaa ba tiad for a mere $3241. Of course. If your tastes are simple, they could be bourbl for IS ta t&a vfcarfata basement. . - -" By KATHARINE SHERWOOD NEA Staff Correspondent NEW YORK Santa claus is on spending spree this year, and no foolin. For him, price is no object, even for the simplest gadgets. gad-gets. Things you can buy Ihl the dime store are made up into super de luxe items for jewelry shops, which up the price a thdusand times and more. Utility items that usually are made of wood and tin, now come in solid gold and are studded with jewels. For instance, a friend with a dog might like to call him in from his romp with a solid gold whistle. Its low, well modulated toot is worth $90. Useful and expensive gifts for the family are a tape measure in a gold case for $72, a collapsible ruler for $114, and a tiny buttonhook for $36. Hatpins at $1600 jab no more effectively than do 23 cent ones, but the hoity-toity ones are prettily pret-tily decorated with rubies. If that price seems a little steep, Cartier also has a nice pearl one for $250, a perfect gift for a distant female relative. $350 Bumbershoot An aging aunt will be less likely to forget her umbrella if you buy for it a gold and jade enamel swan's head handle studded with rubies and diamonds. You can weight the toe of her Christmas stocking with it for $350. Your temperature rises slightly when you see the price tag of a sapphire and gold thermometer. It sells for $480, but it registers accurately the warmth of the rari-fied rari-fied air the owner breathes. Now that hostesses are passing cigarets again, a cigaret box is a thoughtful gift. There is a charming charm-ing gold and sapphire number for $1725. Masculine smokers might prefer the simple gold case with a Barleycorn design on the outside, out-side, and room for 15 cigarets inside. in-side. All that beautiful simplicity comes for $2030. And with a flick of the wrist a fellow can light up with a $162 gold lighter. Ma Would Like This With the United States Treas ury at your command you could , fit out a lady's hangbag in a fancy manner. She may carry her vitamin tablets in a $490 small gold pillbox with diamond, emerald emer-ald and pearl clasp, peer at her shiny nose in the mirror of a $1750 diamond-framed gold compact, com-pact, and pain on a sweet smile with lipstick from a gold case studded with rubies and diamonds. dia-monds. Price $450! An amber cigaret holder has an onyx mouthpiece mouth-piece rimmed with diamonds to keep annoying tobacco shreds from dainty lips- This fits into! a gold case and is yours for $350. j Down in Texas, where life is! more robust, a Dallas jeweler hasj made it possible for women to ' hitch up their jeans with a diamond dia-mond stubbed cowboy belt with a gold buckle. The price is a matter of just how highly you regard such itemsthey start at $100. A Chicago jeweler has turned out a gold shaving mug for about $1900. Soap, of course, is extra. P7 Uses Gelatine For Map Malting AUSTIN, Tex (u.R) Those pack ages of gelatine which Lt. Ray mond McKee's folks sent him while he was a prisoner in Ger many might have been good eat ing had they not been so useful McKee, a second lieutenant in the 2nd Bomber Group, and his roommates used the dessert for making maps which aided prison ers after they'd escaped from Sta- lag Luft I prison camp, Now a geology major at the University of Texas, the 23-year- old Houston flier had told, his story to friends here. He was shot down over the Alps March 18, 1944, and taken a prisoner of war. By improvising shallow pans from discarded cans, McKee and his mates had containers in which they overcooked the gelatine. It made a semi-solid gelatine substance. sub-stance. Face-downward on this they laid a map traced out in ink. This was absorbed by the gelatine. When a blank sheet was placed on it and pressed, the map' was reproduced. The original maps had been gathered by prisoners for three years from a few German papers that came into the camp and from other papers smuggled in. They were compiled to show a 60-mile radius around the camp. duce the maps. German guards searched for the printing press in vain. In the course of their daily associations and in a noil' chalant manner as if nothing un usual was happening the maps would be handed to prisoners who had planned to escape. After 15 months, Russian sol diers freed McKee. Dog Theft Raises Legal Question COLUMBUS, O (U.R This is fi point of interest to every hound- does he have any value if he isn't registered? Willard Weekly, chsrgedwith stealing a sioo hound dog, was found guilty of larceny. But the appeals court sent the case to the Ohio Supreme Court to find out if he could be guilty of larceny when no taxes were paid on the dog. Larceny is defined as a theft of an article with value. What the Supreme Court wants to know is if a dog on which no taxes have been paid is stolen, can the theft be classed as larceny? Or in simple words does the dog rate Utmost caution was used to pro- any value. 4mI W for a CANYON ICE CREAM 204 West Center Christmas Greetings And A Happy New Year HOOVER'S .i t a f JL - . WW OF i 1 1 HE TT5' 1 Coun&v's FilnlSSfe Mortutw 1 't j ( ) " o BERG MORTUARY Bids Ybil SEASON3 (T in ilt iLinnwTVTi AJTJlAJCiJLLj Jl Jll nJ Jf s WYMAN BERG President and General Manager Licensed Embalmcr - X ' j i -4 f if 1 ..pl JOHN P. BECK. Director Licensed Embalmer KAT a wonderful feeling! To sHare the Christmas spirit with those you love, and to share Christmas prayers with dear ones far from home. What a wonderful feeling to once again experience the joliiness and merriment of Christmas) Have a wonderful time with our best wishes; and may you truly have an old fashioned Merry' Christmas! V,'. . a, - 7 MAX BIBO Secretary and Treasurer Licensed Embalmer 185 East Center Phone 378 Provo, Utah s 4 - 4 I M |