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Show Rens wide shoes Eitr tor mon wno 3 JANUARY Cint Jf LrpL 496 Hlngham. MA 9 8 4 C By Irving Wallace, David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace SHOES. INC. HITCHCOCK 1 Siaiiifiea rmC t vvtY ItyHnQ and qualify Avmaow ony ff"ouon oj 22. 03043 The Whos Who Sew Easy, So Quick The CCr Mir How Much Are You Really Worth? f you look like a million bucks today, there's good reason: Thats just about what your bodys con-- n . tents are worth. Using a chemical-suppl- y catalog, Daniel A. Sadoff, a University of Washington animal researcher, recently calculated the value of every marketable substance in a normal body. At todays prices, for example, the bodys 10,200 units of the clotting agent prothrombin would sell for $30,600. And the 40 grams of myoglobin, another blood component, are worth $100,000. Totaling the market values, Sadoff esti those finishing touches of them that make the difference between homemade" and professional. Unfortunately, most of these touches require time, dexterity, and effort. No matter what your degree of skill, you have probably longed for easier ways of handling them. Its Here they are. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SEWING SHORTCUTS uses over 800 illustrations to explain the sewing shortcuts of the fashion methods and industry, the r and techniques used in designer garments, as well as hundreds of tricks of the trade. You get new professional methods to replace g old methods . . . international sewing secrets... and tips to make traditional sewing methods easier. Plus, you leam some unusual sewing aids and how to solve and avoid problems and how to correct mistakes. Order your copy of THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SEWING SHORTCUTS TODAY. time-savi- ready-to-wea- 150-pou- Assembly-Lin- e were each worth a cool million. Sadoffs total dispels the common belief that were worth only a few dollars or less. Consider a 1981 newspaper estimate of 98 cents. Such says Sadoff, results from taking into account only basic elements, such as zinc and iron. Ive always been kind of appalled at the people who sell their plasma for only $10 a pint, he told a reporter, when, in that pint, you have maybe 30 grams of albumin. And that is worth $945. Nevertheless, your blood bank needs you. Ignore the profit motive. mates under-pricin- If PARADE GUARANTEE you art dissatisfied in any way. you may return it for a prompt and full refund. UiiULlli III nnrn Tfl Sendyournm, addrM,zipcod. end check or money order for $12.99 plus $1.25 postage and handling to Publications, Box 4, Dept Pa-ra- 336-fW- Kensington Station, Brooklyn, NY. 11218. and Ca. roaidanta add salas tax. Pleas, print clearly. NY., Pa., III., Mich., (General Offices: 1346 39tt St.. Brooklyn. NY. 11218 ) U.S. Currency only. 1984 PARADE PUBLICATIONS. ' More tries (the current g, edition has about 75,000). Getting in Whos Who is mostly a matter of hav- --Dr.CoM-U.mil Learning schoolchildren in England, U.S. and South America were able to leam to read and write in two months. In 1798, Joseph Lancaster, a Quaker only 20 years old. opened his own school in a poor section of London. self-style- The out d Lancasterian system grew of his attempts to deal with large numbers of students inexpensively (the annual cost per pupil in New York City in 1822 was only $1.22). Much like an assembly line, it employed students as teachers clever boys who, once instructed by the classroom teacher in specific questions and answers, each taught 10 to 20 children standing in circles. VP Who since it was first published in 1899 with 8602 en- home-sewin- than 150 years ago, using unusual system, thousands duped into publishing the biographof an impostor In 1926, Philip Musica, a con man, acquired the failing drug company McKesson & Robbins and built it into a $100 million empire. To hide his past, Musica grew a mustache, changed his name to Dr. Frank Donald Coster and had a mostly fictitious biography published in the 1938-3- 9 edition of Whos Who in America. Meanwhile, he was bilking banks and investors out of millions through various ploys. It was only after he shot himself in 1938 that Whos Who's editors discovered theyd been had. No other impostor has ever crashed the gates of Whos t TIT ' or the editors of the highly respected Who in America were and criminal. Ti Hoax Subjects included reading, writing, mathematics and spelling, as well as moral values. The monitors," as the student-teachewere called, were not allowed to stray from the prearranged lesson plan. Merit tickets, which rewarded excellence, could be exchanged for prizes. Strict discipline was the key to the system's success. Punishments included hanging a log around a pupil's neck. The first American Lancasterian school was started in New York City in 1806. The system spread as far west as Michigan and south to Georgia. By 1840 ( within two years of Lancasters death), it was abandoned as overly rigid except in New York City, where it lasted until 1853. rs Idea submitted by Mabel Perryman, Millbrae, Calif. emment leaders and military officers, for example, are listed automatically. The youngest person ever listed? Actress Margaret OBrien, age 8, in 1946. In its early years. Who's Who barred athletes, criminals, ad agency executives and celebrities of "dubious morality. if you feel slighted at your omission, dont. The publications president, Kenneth Petchenik, isnt listed either. Idea submitted by Gus McLeavy, Seattle, Wash. INVITATION TO OUR READERS Know an unusual fact for Significa? If so, send it to us with the exact source ofyour information. Ifwedont already have it and if we print it, we'll send you $50. We enjoy reading any other comments. Because of the volume of mail, we cannot answer letters or return material. But thank you. 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