Here’s a Tip That Will Curl Your Hair
Lois Demmon of Encino is looking for a curler similar to the one made years ago by Tip Top-- a perforated metal tube 3 inches long with a lip like a curling iron and a wire fastener; the size she needs is three-quarters of an inch across the open end. Can you help with this hair-curdling request, or will Demmon’s hopes go down the tubes even while her search goes down to the wire?
Oliver Crawford of Los Angeles would like to find the transparent plastic covers that go around wall light switches ; years ago they were made of celluloid, he says. Can you help lighten his burden, or will Crawford be forever kept in the dark because he’s unwilling to switch?
Michael Krumme of Los Angeles would like to get his fingers around some Creme de Violette liqueur. Can you get on Krumme’s case before his spirits sag, or must he face the sobering thought that his desires must be bottled up?
Reader-to-Reader Help Line: Thelma Salo at (619) 420-2695 needs an outer buttoned (not zippered) bag for an old Hoover upright vacuum cleaner, also something (not a spring) that will hold the inner bag. Please let Salo come clean before the next election, or at least before she decides to kick up more dust. . . . Alice at (805) 569-1049 is looking for some Tangee “Natural” lipstick , which seems to have disappeared from boutique shelves. Please help Alice before she has to kiss that idea goodby.
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.
Lucille Kelly of Palm Desert, who wanted a Kelly Klozer for sliding patio doors, has been joined in her search by Mrs. B. A. Walker of Brea. For both readers, we have an eye-opening (and door-closing) source. S. J. Launer of the Kelly Klozer Co. (he says he’s the inventor of the device and is owner and chief bottle washer for the firm) is located at 4415 Romero Drive, Tarzana, Calif. 91356; telephone (818) 345-2414. Beverly Mandelblatt of North Hollywood corroborates that information.
Mona Britt of Los Angeles and Mrs. B. A. Walker of Brea, who were looking for books that show how to use a typewriter to make pictures, may soon be able to get their pecks. Lucinda Stephenson of Riverside suggests contacting the typing teacher at a local school; she says most classes use these books. Mary of Long Beach says “Typewriter Art” was published a few years ago by Price-Stern-Sloan, but it’s no longer available. However, Mary will reproduce the book if needed, and a Los Angeles reader named Susie will let someone have her copy. We also heard from a Ventura reader who has a booklet called “Types of Shape,” which contains pictures and poetry. If anyone is interested in either book, please send us a stamped, self-addressed envelope, and we shall revert to type and forward it.
Joan Scott of Los Angeles, who needs a metal key clip for the inside of a purse, now has a few sources to rummage through. Lil Yegliss of Los Angeles says such a clip can be bought for $4.50 at Stewart’s Jewelry & Handbags, Town & Country Center (across from Farmers Market), Los Angeles. Jack Lasher of Pacific Watch Attachments says he sells a jeweled clasp called a key finder to many retailers, one them being Knott’s Berry Farm. M. Ozaki of Torrance says that item can be found at Leah’s, 1610 W. Redondo Beach Blvd., Gardena. Ruth Stage of Oceanside has seen the same thing at the Condits, 1401 Foothill Drive in Vista; it comes in two styles with colored stones and costs about $5.50. Norma Ormseth of Orma’s Gift N’ Things says she sells a key guard for $ 5.50; her store is at 1145 San Marino Drive, Lake San Marcos, Calif. 92069, (619) 727-1270. Lillian Roberts of Westchester saw a key finder at Westchester Stationery and in a catalogue put out by Ambassador Leather, 1 Ambassador Plaza, P.O. Box 52139, Phoenix, Ariz. 85072-2139; the catalogue has it in various colors at $4.98, two for $8.96.
For simpler solutions to a key question, Eloise Fawrup of Walnut says she uses two rings joined by a pull-apart connector and places one of them on the metal ring of the purse handle. A Palm Springs reader writes that Scott should try affixing a drapery pin to the inside of her purse, and Palmer Harding of Pacific Palisades says his wife uses a simple safety pin for that purpose.
More on Chinese checkers with pegs: Alice Pierret of Santa Barbara says a good set costs $11.98 from Lillian Vernon, 510 S. Fulton Ave., Mount Vernon, N.Y. 10550.
