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-The Capital Times Hee 0000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000 MADISON, Tuesday, June 15, 1971 0000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000 0000000000000000000 Know Your Antiques Opal Glass To Third Century By RALPH AND by the Mt. Washington Glass A. Antique collectors can TERRY KOVEL Works and named Crown Mil- find items related to the toothA glamorous name can sell ano to add to its sales appeal. brush that date back for cena product today and it wasn't An acid dip gave the white turies. Twigs were used by any different in the 1880s.

For opal glass a dull finish. man to clean his teeth over centuries, glass has been dec- Enamel was then applied in 3,000 years ago. It was a form orated by using paint or colors. Beige, brown, and pink of toothpick. The idea was enamel.

Opal glassware was were favored but most colors elaborated for centuries until made as early as the third can be found. Many pieces of Victorian times when the well century. this glass were marked CM dressed man carried a gold Frederick Shirley and Al- with or without a crown. toothpick. bert Steffin were given a pat- Tooth cleaning was ent in 1886 for a method of Q.

Has anyone ever looked achieved with sponges and decorating white opal glass- into the history of the tooth- clothes by the 1700s. Pierre ware. The pieces were brush? It seems to me that Fouchard, the French dentist, painted with the help of a dental hygiene has only been wrote careful instructions for stencil. The glass was made stressed for the past 60 years. cleaning teeth by using a wet sponge with salt water.

At the A Enamel paint decorates this Crown Milano cracker jar. It was made at the Mt. Washington Glass New Bedford, Massachusetts about 1890. (Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Glass Center, Corning, New York) 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000 Tell Me Why! What Is the Difference Between Fruits and Vegetables? Win the New Book of Knowledge (20-volumes). Send your questions, name, age, address to "Tell Me Why!" care of The Capital Times.

You must include your Zip Code. In case of duplicate questions, the author will decide the winner. Today's winner is: Anne Beubner, 11, Orinda, Calif. There is a great deal of confusion and disagreement about what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. In some cases, a technical definition (that is, a scientific one), is simply not accepted by people and they call something a fruit when it's a vegetable and vice versa.

The name fruit is usually given to any fleshy part of a plant that has developed from a flower and has seeds. The plants on which fruits grow may live from a few to many years. Many of our common vegetables, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash, are actually fruits too. They are the fruits of annual plants (plants that live only one season). However most people do not think of them as fruits.

Vegetables are herbaceous plants. A herbaceous plant is one that has a soft stem and little or no woody tissue. The part of the plant that we eat may be a root (beets), a stem (asparagus), leaves (spinach), flower buds (broccoli), a fruit tomatoes, or seeds (peas). Since eating customs differ from place to place, the same edible part of a plant may be considered a fruit in one place and a vegetable in another. Melons and pumpkins are examples of this type of plant.

So the term "vegetable" is not really a technical one. But it could be used to cover any part of a plant that is edible and that is not connected with the flower of the plant. Examples of this are radishes, lettuce, cabbage and cauliflower. What seems to count most is what people are used to calling the things they eat. Question of shed) By GENE COFFMAN The Capital Times will pay $2 for each question used in "Question of the Day." Today's winner is Mrs.

John Pflaum, 4701 Leo Drive. TODAY'S QUESTION Would you say that the reason for a lot of unemployment is the fact the American public considers too many occupations degrading? WHERE ASKED K-Mart, East THE ANSWERS Michael Paley, 1114 Tomahawk Trail, Suprvisor- No, I wouldn't say that. The big reasons for unemployment are the military cutback and simply that the supply of labor has met the demand. The population explosion has put more people into the potential work force than there are positions for them to fill. At the same time, modern technology lets factories turn out more and more goods using fewer and fewer people to do so.

The employers, therefore, have a buyers market and can be extremely selective as to whom they hire. Joseph Sarac, 717 N. Fair Oaks City Employe- I would say so. Most people just don't like to take any kind of job which is available. They would much rather start at the top, so to speak, instead of working their way up over a period of time.

One ironic commentary on the American employment situation is that many young people graduate from college, including many with advanced degrees, only to find no jobs available when they leave school. Peter Tsitsis, 1 106 Castille Electronics Technician I don't think so. There are a lot of people who would rather collect welfare and-or unemployment payments instead of working. There are others who leave jobs because they feel their employers have let them down and failed to keep the promises they made to the workers when they hired them. The reasons for unemployment are many and varied and have little to do with whether people consider certain occupations degrading.

Ruth Schmudlach, 2409 E. Johnson Accounting Clerk Yes. People don't want to be waitresses, cooks, janitors, and garbage collectors. What many of them don't realize is that they could often earn just as good a living in this type of job as in many of the more "glamorous" occupations, and often with less pain and hassle in the process. If a person has ability, he can start low and work his way up, but sometimes he must show enough sense to leave a dead-end job without a future and find something better.

But They Credit Others' Contributions Stolers' Longtime Interest Key to Saving Synagogue By FRANK CUSTER (Of The Capital Times Staff) They "almost single-handedly struggled to raise the money and public support necessary to save the Gates of Heaven, Madison's first synagogue, built in 1863." a Dr. and Mrs. Norton Stoler, 1129 Frisch are the "They" of this citation, an "orchid" award from Capital Community Citizens, local environmental group. A modest couple, the Stolers give credit for the successful drive to save the old synagogue to thousands of Madisonians who contributed to the Gates of Heaven Preservation Fund. With the pending removal of the synagogue from its present location at 114 W.

Washington Ave. to James Madison Park, Dr. and Mrs. Stoler look forward eagerly to the actual move and the first steps to restore the important Madison landmark. sponge with salt water.

At the same time, a brush was developed from natural products. Roots of special plants were boiled, cut into six-inch pieces, the ends slit into brushes and dried. To use, it was necessary to wet the end and put it into tooth powder. The bristle toothbrush developed in most European and Oriental countries about 300 years ago. It was not in common usage until about the 1880s when large quantities of brushes were machine made.

"Tooth cleaning" collectors might be interested in some of the Victorian toothbrushes with silver handles, spit cups, and early tin containers for tooth powder. Q. Some china, silver, and glass family heirlooms are to be distributed to various family members. How can I mark them for permanent identification without marring their beauty? A. Silver can be engraved.

Be sure to place the engraving in an inconspicuous place, preferably the bottom of the piece. We find many pieces of silver with initials and dates that show how the piece was passed down through a family. China can be marked on the bottom with china decorating paints found in any good art supply store. Use the type that requires no heat. Glass is difficult to mark.

It may be etched with a dentist drill, but this type of permanent mark may be objectionable. Museums mark pieces with oil paint. They usually use the red called Chinese vermillion. The paint is then sealed with a transparent coating of plastic, celluloid, or shellac. BOOK REVIEW Collectors of annual plates such as the Danish Christmas or Mother's Day plates, Wedgwood, Val St.

Lambert, Lenox, Rorstrand, Bareuther, Fenton, Frankoma, and Imperial series will appreciate the priced guide, "Wonderful World of Plates," by Witt (K and Publications, 310 East 18th North Kansas City, Missouri, 64116. Plates are pictured and described in a loose leaf notebook form that permits future additions. If you would like a copy of the Kovel's list of "Books About Antiques" just send 5 cents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope along with your request to Know Your Antiques in care of The Capital Times. 000000000000000000 0000 MARMADUKE "And don't think you can talk me out of giving you a Er FUN TIME 1. What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer.

2. What has a head, a tail, but no body? 3. What kind of train carries bubble gum? ANSWERS 1. A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. 2.

A penny. 3. A chew-chew WORD PUZZLE Can you change the first word "Dirt" to the last word "Cage" in four moves? Change one letter in each move. See Wednesday's paper for the answer. To win the New Book of Knowledge Yearbook, send your riddles or lokes to: Riddles, Jokes, "Tell Me Why!" Give your Zip Code.

Today's winner is: Sandra Opstedal, Venice, Calif. 1971 NATL. News. Syn, "OK, OK, you've talked me out of it! After serving Madison's early Jewish worshippers, the synagogue later was a house of worship for Christian denominations, then was used for a number of other purposes. The Gates of Heaven (Shaare Shomaim) is the third oldest synagogue building in the nation.

Two older structures are in Newport, R.I., and Baltimore, Md. The building here was designated as a landmark on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Services last fall. Recognition of the building's historic worth would probably not have been achieved had it not been for the Stolers. The synagogue was designed by August Kutzbock, architect for the second state capitol building here and the old Madison city hall. Mrs.

Stoler, the former Lois Sherman, of Milwaukee, and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin who has a master's degree in speech therapy, has been interested in Madison's historic places since her student days. Her husband, native of Rochester, N.Y., has master's and doctor's degrees from the university. He has also been intrigued by Madison's fine old structures. The couple met at the University. They were married two years later.

They have two sons, David, 9, and Bob, 7. Dr. Stoler is clinical psychologist at the Veterans Administration Hospital. Mrs. Stoler is a member of the newly-created Citizen's 000000000000.000 00.00 rose al.

Dr. and Mrs. Norton Stoler, 1129 Frisch served various Christian denominations. Now who have directed a drive to save the a national landmark, the building is Gates of Heaven Synagogue, are shown here scheduled to be moved from 114 W. with a photo of the house of worship which Washington Ave.

to James Madison Park. was erected in 1863 and about 20 years later (Staff photo by Dave Sandell) Advisory Committee for the Madison Landmarks Commission; of Phi Beta, speech fraternity, and a number of charitable organizations. Norton Stoler is active in affairs of Beth Israel and Beth El Temples and a member of the board of the latter. Both are members of Taychopera, the foundation interested in preservation of historic and architecturally significant buildings. The Stolers became interested in Madison's older residences after their marriage.

000000000000.0000000000000 000000000000004 LOOKING BACKWARD by FRANK CUSTER Fifty Years Ago There never was a time when it was so difficult to distinguish the good woman from the other kind by observing what they wear, says a lecturer, Prof. M. E. Kern, at the Seventh Day Adventist camp here; "It is high time that Christian women return to simplicity and modesty recomended in the Bible," he says; he deplores the fact that highly fashionable women are actually being accosted by strange men who are misled by the wom- en's immodest dresses Mrs. Clara Falk Murphy, Madison, visits her mother, Mrs.

0. N. Falk, Stoughton H. A. Hulsether, who insures tobacco in the field in Dane County, says the amount written will be limited to 500 acres per township Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Meier have moved from 317 N. Frances St. to their new home at 1003 Regent St. A big mass meeting of organized labor at which a new labor temple i is to be chosen is called for June 17 at Central High School "Be there to take an active part in deciding where your new home shall be," says the announcement.

Forty Years Ago "Cap" Isabel and his crew from the University life saving station rescue three boys whose sailboat capsized in Lake Mendota during a violent storm; the rescued youths are Ward Tetzlaff, William Frederick, and Edward They lived in an apartment building on Gilman St. between the old Mears home, since razed, and the old Governor's mansion. "Norton and I were always intrigued by the old governor's mans she says. "We always wished the state would restore it." Reflecting on the synagogue, Norton recalls the initial move some years ago to save the building. He was a U.W.

freshman living in the YMCA, across the street from the old house of worship. Stoler said that he was aware that Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky, Beth El Temple, once had been interested in the possibility of saving the synagogue. Swarsensky is author of "From Generation to Generation," a history of Madison Jews and earlier synagogues here. "I bumped into him one day at the and he pointed out the forlorn synagogue building and expressed the feeling with resigned sadness that this symbol of the past might be Stoler said. The Stolers discussed the possible fate of the structure that evening.

"I recalled a similar building built in 1876 in Washington, D.C., which was saved and had been moved with money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)," Lois said. "It was the first synagogue in the nation's capital." The Stolers began their campaign for the Madison synagogue last summer and have seen the drive for funds and for matching HUD money realized. "Without the total and generous co-operation of Fiore Coal and Oil Co. officials, owners of the building and site, this project would have been impossible," they stress.

"The Fiore officials gave us the building rent free for a year to use as we saw fit and continued to extend us the necessary time to save it. And now the Henry C. Beck Construction which will erect a new building on the site has given a time extension for removal of the synagogue," said the Stolers. The new building will be built for David Murdock Development with occupants to be Madison Bank and Trust Co. and the Wisconsin Power and Light Co.

"The project apparently touched the nerve of the whole community," say the drive leaders. "Literally thousands saved it through donations, rummage and bake sales and an art show. A group of young church people knocked on doors on a bitter, cold day to obtain funds. "After the failure to save Mapleside (the century-old farmhouse on University Ave.) there seemed to be an eagerness to save the synagogue." train. Bouchardt; assisting Isabel in the rescue were Burt Perrigo, city boat inspector, and Pete Moore, a pressman at the Daily Cardinal printing plant There are 42 storm sewers emptying into Lake Monona and two emptying into Lake Mendota, says Dr.

L. H. Tyrene of the executive committee of the Madison Clean Lakes Committee in a report; he says the effluent from the Burke sewage disposal plant is discharged into the Yahara River near its inlet into Lake Monona while no effluent enters Lake Mendota W. G. McKay of McKay Nursery Co.

has his firm deliver about 4,000 peonies to all hospitals of Madison and area. Twenty Years Ago East High School graduates taking part in a summary of their lives claim "if ever it is said that our generation is a restless group, the best reason we can give is that the security that should be ours is always being taken away; we were given hope for lasting peace at the end of the war. That hope has dimmed" Madison students named officers of the U.W. Insurance Society are Harry Solberg, president: James Larson, vice president; and Jennie Stumpf, secretary "Education is our only hope in the world confusion," says Richard DeMars, class orator, at the Central High School commencement ceremony; he says that with the growing school population school room space is inadequate. Taychopera, Capital Community Citizens, Fire Fighters Local 311, the Oscar Mayer Foundation, Madison contractors and others were credited by the Stolers for donations of money and pledges of work and supplies for the restoration and removal.

Efforts are now being made to obtain monies pledged last year in order to meet the HUD matching funds of $29,500, recently officially approved. "We urge all who pledged to help to send their donations to the Gates of Heaven Preservation Fund, P.O. Box 5514, Madison, 53705," Mrs. Stoler said. The couple credit Harold Langhammer, U.W.

law student, for providing the "legal know-how in the challenging appointment of the synagogue to the National Register." They cite Forrest Bradley, city parks director, who noted there was no place in the city for small group meetings and said that if the old synagogue was saved, the city would have a use for it. Approving recognition also was given by the Stolers to Mayor William D. Dyke and personnel of the city plan, engineering, and other departments for their interest in the synagogue. "And we had a real lift from Dick Byrne (well-known restorationist), who insisted that "if you can get a man on the moon, you can move a While the Stolers dispense the "orchids" to the many people who have helped to save the Gates of Heaven, it was their leadership which made it possible. They may soon by mid summer see the fine old building done in "Rundbogenstil" solidly established in its new location..