Opening Her Eyes to the Right Shade
Freida Gould of La Habra is looking for tube mascara in the colors slate, brown/black, charcoal or black; she’s even willing to settle for a small jar of cream mascara. Can you help bring highlights to Gould’s eyes, or will she be faced with the fact that her cosmetic expectations have gone down the tubes?
Celia Martinez of Wilmington would like to locate someone to hemstitch her dish towels so that she can crochet around them. The hemstitching she wants leaves a large perforation for a crochet hook to be inserted. Can you help dish out some advice so that Martinez can get around this loophole, or will she be tempted to toss in the towel?
Charlotte Fournier of Glendale can no longer find the Feather Rock that was sold at nurseries and looked like a real boulder but was light enough to be lifted by a frail person. Can you help Fournier, or will she have to be a bit bolder in forming her own rock group?
Reader-to-Reader Help Line: Harry at (818) 363-0375 is trying to locate a record player that plays 78 rpm records; he just discovered a treasure trove of old platters that made his head spin. Please help so that Harry can watch the music go round and round. . . . Katherine at (714) 626-8491 is in a jam; after many years of service, her Salton IC-4 ice cream machine no longer functions. Because of allergies, she has to make her own ice cream. Please help with a replacement, so that Katherine can cool it once more. . . . Lorraine at (213) 378-2961 needs the instruction booklet for a 1972 Elna Super (SU) stretch sewing machine. Please help so that her friends, instead of needling her, will be left in stitches.
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Jim Foster of Laguna Hills, who (along with Iris Craddock of Windsor Square and Mrs. Richard Lissner of Brentwood) was looking for mukluks , need not drag his feet. All the three have to do is step on it, because we had almost 50 replies, far too many to list individually; we had to toe the line someplace. (Incidentally, Slipper Socks is another name for mukluks; perhaps that’s why Craddock encountered raised eyebrows from sales clerks.)
Local department chains include Silverwood’s, Fedco and Sears (through the catalogue). In addition, these local retail outlets were mentioned: Henshey’s, Santa Monica; the Alpine Village Swap Meet, Torrance; Alan’s Shoes, 5225 East 2nd St., Long Beach; Hostelhouse, 1808 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Manhattan Beach, and Abercrombie & Kent, Beverly Hills. One Washington state reader suggested stores that carry products from Turkey or the Balkans, and another suggested NASA because some of the astronauts have been seen wearing mukluk-type foot coverings.
Mail-order houses that seem to carry mukluks include Starcrest of California, 19465 Brennan Ave., Perris, Calif. 92379; L. L. Bean, Freeport, Me. 04033; Walter Drake & Sons, 16 Drake Building, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80940; Banana Republic, P.O. Box 7737, San Francisco, Calif. 94120 (they also have a store in Beverly Hills); REI, P.O. Box C-88125, Seattle, Wash. 98140; Eddie Bauer, P.O. Box 3700, Seattle, Wash. 98124; Crafter’s Gallery, Box 4100, Tenafly, N.J. 07670; Lands End, Lands End Lane, Dodgeville, Wis. 53595; Hanover House, Hanover, Pa. 17333, and Western Brands Co., Estes Park, Colo. 80517. And if you want absolutely authentic mukluks (include a pencil outline of your foot), contact Emma Northway, P.O. Box 43, Tok, Alaska 99780 (according to Martin Marshall, Encino); don’t get cold feet over this one.
Judi Hopkins of Mar Vista, who was carping about not being able to find bright-silver and bright-gold transparent tape for wrapping fishing rods, no longer need rock the boat. Cliff Dektar reports that Scotch brand 850 transparent polyester tape, manufactured by 3M and available at art stores, might just be what Hopkins is angling for.
Herb Hain cannot answer mail personally but will, space permitting, respond in this column to readers who need--or have--helpful information. Write (do not telephone) to You Can Help!, You section, the Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles 90053.