Search for Good Blouse Is a Washout

Alyce Minton of Camarillo would like to know what happened to Lee Mor blouses , which were sold until recently by the Broadway, May Co. and other chains; they were made of a good fabric similar to silk crepe and were easy to wash. Can you help without pulling the wool over anyone’s eyes, or will Minton be convinced something else has to be up her sleeve or will she have to collar another source?

Because he’s allergic to elastic, Bern Bennett of San Pedro needs to wear shorts with buttons or snaps in front and ties along the sides. Arrow and Van Heusen made them, but lately he can’t find them anywhere. Can you help with a short-range solution, or will Bennett snap because he can’t find the ties that bind?

Reader-to Reader-Help Line: Amy at (818) 788-5352 needs the seat to a Babee Tenda feeding table made in 1954 and no longer available from the manufacturer. Please don’t sit on this problem; instead, take a load off Amy’s arms in addition to her mind. . . . Marilyn at (213) 515-7465 needs some instructions from “Afghans Naturally”; this is a book put out years ago by Coats & Clark. Marilyn will even take the information over the phone. Please don’t be a wet blanket; just throw the book at Marilyn--proverbially speaking, naturally.

Note: The Reader-to-Reader Help Line is only for one-time items or for products no longer available in stores. And you must give us written permission to publish your telephone number, so that others may contact you directly.

For those who are still seeking iron-cord minders, we have these mail-order sources: Hold Everything, P.O. Box 7456, San Francisco, Calif. 94120-7456 (from four readers); Brookstone, 5 Vose Farm Road, Peterborough, N.H. 03460 (three readers); Colonial Kitchen Gardens, Unique Merchandising Mart, Hanover, Pa. 17333 (five readers); Vermont Country Store, P.O. Box 3000, Manchester Center, Vt. 05255-3000 (12 readers); Miles Kimball, 41 West 8th Ave., Oshkosh, Wis. 54906 (two readers); Walter Drake, 77 Drake Building, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80940 (four readers); and Carol Wright Gifts, 3601 N.W. 15th St., Lincoln, Neb. 68544. Lastly, we heard from 10 readers who have cord minders they no longer need; a self-addressed, stamped envelope to us will strike a quick chord.

More on converting long ties into clip-ons: Bob Stafford of North Hollywood described a do-it-yourself tie-converting method that is too long to print, but if anyone is interested, we’ll oblige; a stamped, self-addressed envelope will not result in a tie.

For Mrs. Sontag of Tehachapi, who was sniffing around for some Super CD to combat a skunk problem, we have who nose how many sources. Sandra L. Bosch of Gardena says she bought some Super CD at Osco Drug. The manufacturer is Schmid Products Co., Route 46 West, Little Falls, N.J. 07424 (this from V. M. Donald of Long Beach, Jeanne Conley of Cambria, Marjorie Caesar of Los Angeles and H. D. Burch of Brentwood); Marge Goetz of Los Angeles says Schmid ships direct on prepaid orders ($3 for one bottle, $5.50 for two, 12 for $26.50--no shipping charges, no tax).

Now for some alternatives: Marcia Weiss of Rancho Palos Verdes writes that Skunk Odor Remover, sold through pet stores, works very well. Elda Ascani of Palos Verdes Estates says a product called One Drop, found at most drugstores, is just as effective as Super CD. Spencer MacCullum says tomato juice is an old remedy but adds that ice plant is just as effective (throw it into a blender, let it liquefy and apply to affected area). And Mildred Rohde of Inglewood writes that vinegar will remove skunk odors.