The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 8

EIGHT THE PANTAGRAPn, BLOOMINGTON. ILLINOIS, SUNDAY, JULY 1950. Chooso From DIoomington's Largest Selection of Fine It I 4 1 ct Stern's busy store i iii m. ''I i I is Typical Crests Made by Schimpffs i i IB5 Jlr. Schimpff Designs Crest Turn Ancient Art lr" 5) (51.95 Into Paying Job A full size three cushion back glider, upholstered with water repellent covering.

Comfortable enough to rest for hours at a time. Choice of red and white or green and white. Come in and see these tomorrow. OTHER GLIDERS FROM $17.95 TO $49.95 Schimpffs Now Custom Silversmiths ONLY $2.50 DOWN Adjustable SUNYM3 CM BY MAURICE VINCENT elry for sale In the Harrison shop. "The business just grew," says Mary Frances.

"That's right," agrees her mother. "And I don't believe that even in the beginning did we invest more than $25 in silver and the tools necessary to start." IN THE manufacture of a family crest, first of all a small piece of tracing paper is utilized to copy the design. These, actual crest designs usually come in the mail to the Schimpffs and are mostly from the pages of some precious family book or record. These are first photostated and the copy placed away for Teddy Roosevelt probably would have been pleased if he could have seen the Christmas Dresent his son Kermit cave his Photos by Karl Blakney These Are Tools Silversmith Needs FOR ONLY wife a few seasons ago. Upon AUTO LOANS opening the gaily wrapped package, Mrs.

Roosevelt admired a mall and intricate family coat-cf-arms done in sparkling silver when we received credit for over $100 on our next year's purchase of sheet stock." "SAVING the scraps is very important business if extensive work is being carried on," repeats Mrs. Frances taught a class last winter in silversmithing. They start the beginner working in copper. Members of the classes turned out some very fine and unusual work and are very enthusiastic and eager to start working in silver. 65 ii 4c1 Schimpff.

keeping. After a copy is made. SKINNER PAINTS Perfect for real fun under the sun! Fine quality construction at a LOW cost! Water repellent covering. Choice of colors. Both women say that a rubber apron is fine for this function.

It which may or may not Involve subtle changes to make the work Finishes at is no longer necessary to culti 9. in silver possible, then a small vate a flowing beard which the piece of silver is selected. The 1 iiMWiiitwrwVwS old time gold and silversmiths used as a catchall. silver is in sheet form. Although every crest is differ Some of the older craftsmen.

ent in design, the basic rules of beardless no doubt, have a large workmanship remain the same. wooly dog lying at their feet to Over Walgreen's 202 LIVINGSTON BLDG. PHONE 5291 catch the silver and gold dust that sifts from their work. No 200 More Chairs Just Received PORCH CHAIR and Matching Rockor 421 No. Main Phone 3124-5 The standard advertised family crest is 2 inches and this size is varied very little.

The Schimpffs' family crests are adapted to this size. It was found that this was fooling. 4 Both Mrs. Schimpff and Mary the best size for lapel pins or mounting on wallets and the like. Most of these crests are used as pins.

It was quite a while before the and designed for wear as a pin. Family crest pins, like the one they made for Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, are Just one of many products of Mrs. Frances Schimpff nd Miss Mary Frances Schimpff. a mother and -daughter team operating in a downtown studio at 308 N.

Main in Bloomington. These two have turned what started as a mutual hobby into a very nice business, free from cut-throat competition so often found in the mass production fields. Everything in their shop is custom made. TJPON RETURNING home from an art course in St. Louis a few years ago, Mary Frances brought great ambition for jewelry design and was more than surprised to find that silversmithing had been her mother's hobby during college days.

And it was just shortly after this the two of them put their heads together to see what they could design and create as silversmiths. "Maybe it was the art class, but even from the beginning Mary Frances was the better silversmith," recalls Mrs. Schimpff sjood-humoredly. That may be true but the way it shapes up now neither one of them could be called the boss and they are so constantly collaborating that it is doubtful if it could be determined where one starts and the other leaves off in this delicate work. TO PLEASE a few friends who complicated work of making family crests came within the range of the capabilities and Imagination of either woman.

BOTH For Only-- The crests are now advertised in the New Yorker magazine as being sold by the Mermod-Jac-card King Company of St. Louis, which handles them exclu CZT' "SBS --ijTiZJ Two at an all-time low price! A fine all metal porch chair and rocker at a sensational low price! Saddle-seat 1 1 Baked-on enamel finish In several colors! sively on a retail basis. Jac-card's also handle the fancy silver clips, pins, dancing elephants and tiny silver engines and freight cars turned out by the Schimpffs. At first neither Mrs. Schimpff nor her daughter made any spe- cial effort to save the tiny scraps' of silver that floated down from their saws and files.

It wasn't long before they realized their error. They now work with rubber aprons to catch the dust and scraps frim their work. Says Mrs. Schimpff: "At the end of the first year of saving scraps we had collected several cigar boxes full and hustled them off to our source of silver supply Space for Living Space for Playing Space for Working were interested in their efforts in jewelry design and to work together congenially was all Mrs. i it ''ft if in New York City." Schimpff and Mary Frances naa in mind.

The small greenhouse behind the Schimpff home made an ideal place to work and they Utilized one corner for their early experiments. i "And neither of us thought another thing about it," adds -Mary Frances. "That's right," laughs her mother. "Imagine our surprise When you look at this house through the eyes of the architect, you see a charming "basementless" home with breezeway and garage. Its overall width is 60 feet The architect knew, however, that extra-wide lots are not always available.

Accordingly, he has developed several variations so that the owner of a small lot can build this pleasant home and adapt it and the other units to his building plot, without any sacrifice of good appearance. Here's a house that will become home the minute you move in. It will fall right in step with your way of living and you'll fall in love with it The lighting was exellent (they both dislike working by artificial lighting) and the even tempera ture of the greennouse was comfortable for their work. Although this first work was crude in deal tm it still oleased their friends. TERMITES and.

as neither of them had ex rrr- 1 rr EXTERMINATING FUMIGATING Pest control Doctor St Tears la Bloemington COMPLETE ERADICATION Baeaed by a 5 Tear Bond tensive training their craft, they learned the hard way by trial and error. It wasnt long before they were ut of a hobby and into a full time business. They wore their own silver jewelry to various social functions where it attracted touch favorable attention. A friend. Mrs.

C. Jones of Bloomington, gave them an order for a bracelet, which they filled to her complete satisfaction. In 1941, she referred them to the Helen Harrison shop in Bloomington and the COWOM BATQ KITCHEM i DIAL 2833-0 i Herbert Brown 608H N. Mala Bloomington two women began making rings, bracelets and other pieces of jew YACHT CHAIR (Design 4139) 7 heavy hinges and braces. VS-' 1 la yur choice of four at- "tf gr i umuvc tuiuu.

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