The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio • Page 13

Akron Beacon Journal Polly Paffilas Ann Landers MoviesTV Monday. January 26, 1981 hort shriit Lofesty When it comes to clothes, that's what short guys get 4 arms, then the chest is too large." The 30-year-okl Dye said he usually shops at major department stores. "And then I have to find someone who will do the alterations for mo. And then sometimes I just suffer." ONE STOKE which specializes in clothing for short men is Akron's Ken-more Tailors. Jack Kent, who with his brother Mel operates the store, said his family has been specializing in clothing for short men since the store opened in 1927.

"Our father, Max the tailor, was 5 feet 1," Kent said. "He realized then that there was a shortage of ready-to-wear clothing for shorter people. We have carried through that trend and specialize in small, short sizes in suits and sports coats, and all-weather coats, and we do a very large business in short-rise trousers. "Short-rise trousers," Kent continued, "are not only for the shorter guy but also for the taller guy who doesn't like a baggy seat. It does away with the full, baggy seat and thigh.

"We do extra fitting on short guys. Generally, they have a shorter neck so we lower the collars to make a short guy feel comfortable in his clothing." ANOTHER FIRM which focuses on the short man is Short Sizes Inc. in Maple Heights. Owner-manager Robert Stern, a lawyer, is 5 feet 2. "I had trouble finding clothes for myself," said Stern, explaining why he got into the clothing business eight years ago.

Short Sizes carries suits, sports coats, and short-rise slacks and dress topcoats. "Our ties are even two inches shorter than average," Stern said. "We have recently formed a short men's association which has 12 mem- By Jewell Cardwell Beacon Journal staff writer "Not enough of this." "Too little of That's the complaint of people who believe they are short on space, short on money and maybe short on luck. But for other folks who really are short the complaint is: "Too much much, much too much." What there's too much of is cloth too much sleeve, too much pant leg, too much tie. The world of fashion is a tall, slim one, and the fashion marketplace all too often ignores the needs of people who don't fit those measurements.

IN GENERAL, short women are better off than short men. Department stores usually have petite sizes for women and there are more specialty shops for short women than for short men. But for men who don't measure up to that national average of 5 feet 9, finding clothes that fit can be a trying experience. Akron's Mayor Roy Ray, who is 5 feet 6, has been disappointed on a number of occasions with the scant supply of suitable clothing to suit his frame. "Every time there is a sale I go in and look at the selection," Ray said.

"And 40-shorts are non-existent or are a carryover from several years back." THAT LAMENT was echoed by Rick Dye, the 5-foot-5 football coach at Twinsburg's Chamberlin High School. "Usually the pants are too long and the ones that fit in the thighs are too long in length, although the waist is probably not a problem," Dye said. "If the jackets are short enough for the I i bers across the country. We're doing this to be able to pool our buying power to give a better selection to our customers." MALCOLM i. COSTA, director of the Akron-Summit Community Action Agency, who is 5 feet 6 and has a slight build, sometimes shops in the boys' departments of clothing stores.

"My other alternative is to go to a tailor, which is expensive," the 34-year-old Costa said. And shopping in boys' wear isn't always the solution. Men who aren't slightly built can't wear those clothes, and often the styles are too juvenile for the men who can wear them. Beacon Journal spoils writer Ray Yannucci, who is also among the not-so-tall at 5 feet 6, said his main problem is that most of the better clothing stores don't stock fashionable clothes for the smaller man. "I'm a high-fashion dresser.

I don't want the everyday things," he said. "But the absolute worst problem I have is shoes. I wear a 6, but usually I have to settle for a 7 when I can find that." WILLIAM HARRIS, a 21-year-old special agent with Northwestern Mutual Insurance, has still another clothing problem. Harris, who is 5 feet 6, is a bodybuilder "with an upper body the size of one you might expect to find on a guy 6 feet 2." "The jackets are going to be too big and the pants too short," he said. "So, I have to buy all separates or have them made and they can get pretty expensive." i mm 1 ft---, rnmm IV.

-I 1 i it-5 Iff H.U'l Jm mini v. 1 -s il-i I lit ir. i- Id i I i 3 1 Pt I Air Two 1ews of the Red Room in the White House: At left, daring the Eisenhower years, and at right, during the Nivon administration As presidents change, so does the White House room and the Queen's Bedroom (across the hall from each other) each hae small sitting rooms. The East Sitting Hall, between two suites, was used as government offices for years. Sightseers and boon-seekei-s were free to wander in.

President Nixon used the Lincoln Bedroom as his private sitting room. He kept a fire burning in the grate even in summer with the air conditioning on. He smoked secret cigars in here. More than once he set off the fire alarm when he went to sleep and dropped his cigar on the rug. THE OTHER END of the second floor is more private, though rather ramped.

The resident and his wife, in recent jears. have had three rooms as their own. Presi.Jent and Mrs. Nixon ued one as a bedroom, one as a study and a third as a dressing room. But soon.

Mrs. Nixon moved out of their bedroom, into a 100m. saving that the president liked to wake up in the middle of the nirht t.t read wink, and she couldn't sleep with the on The Fords shared a hedroom. as did the Cartel's, using the other room as .1 sitting room. The dressing room is traditionally the first lady's.

Each room has a bath. Across the hali from the president rooms are two other ruiliooms with small passage between. Amy used one as her bed; 00m and the orh'-r as her sitting rfKm. A smaller room was usel as the beauty arlor. The Kennedy hil-dten used the riHirns earlier.

Conger said he expects Mrs. Reagan to use the rooms as her ffi e. Mrs Carter had an o'fh in the East Wing, along with her press ard i offi'-es. AT THE NOKTHUIXT corner the president's dining room and a small See RKITKB'SHIMi, pace BI family rooms of the White House to their heart's content paint the whole thing red, bring in 10-foot trees. Structural changes would be difficult and not possible without quite a hoopla.

FORMER PRESIDENT Carter recently gave credit to chief usher Rex Scouten and curator Cement Conger for maintaining and adding to the White House's magnificence. Scouten has made everything work since he became usher in March 1969, though he worked for the White House for several years before that. Scouten. an employee of the Park Service, takes care of the maintenance, the staff everything, indeed, except ushering. He's quiet, unobtrusive ami never, never teSLs tales out of school.

the White House curator, Ls the man responsible for decorating the maruion. Conger, who also arrived during the Nixon administration, has raised millions of dollar in gifts to the White House. By Sarah Booth Cenroy WasJwvton Pest WASHINGTON The Carters packed up their paintings of Georgia landscapes, and personal photographs; Amy's cat. Missy; Mrs. Carter's ballgowns, and their memories of elegant entertaining and moved back to their home in Plains, Ga.

Hardly before the boxes were out, the incoming President and Mrs. Reagan moved in with their Chinese porcelains, love for red decor. 20th-century desien and California tastes. The Reaans have $50,000 appropriated each time White House occupants change to do up the family quarters to suit themselves. If that doesn't cover it, they mieht be able to siphon a bit from the White House's annual general maintenance and repair btniget of $3.1 million.

Anything else will have ta come from friends and supporters or out of their own pockets. The Reagans can redecorate the He is also a civil servant, by the way, though he and Scouten could be removed to some place else by a determined president. A GOOD MANY changes on the second floor would not be popular. The remodeling of the Yellow Oval Drawing Room, called by Nancy Kissinger "the most beautiful room in the world." was completed just after the Nixon resignation at a cost of $100,000. A settee and a matching pair of chairs, made in Philadelphia in 105 for Presklent James Monroe, were found by Conger in Houston.

The room also has a handsome Tut k-bh Hercke rug and four French "ber-geres" (arnw hairs). Foreign state visitors are entertained here for 20 minuter or so before dinners. THE Tieaty Room wa. Worsted in the Victorian manner during the Kennedy era. The Lincoln Bed.