The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 47

Pantagraph C-ll Bloomington-Normal, III. Sept. 30, 1979 Political-items collectors pick losers over winners Jfi Antiques Stuff How many people do you know who own an original paper ballot with For 80,000, Helen Hayes will un-retire Helen Hayes won't let retirement come between her and a live audience of 80,000 people. That's the expected attendance at Yankee Stadium Tuesday when Pope John Paul II celebrates a papal Mass in which Miss Hayes will serve as lector. "It's the biggest thing that ever happened to me in my whole long life," said the 78-year-old actress who left the stage in 1969.

"It must be the biggest audience any actor ever appeared before. It takes that kind of thing to yank me happily out of retirement." Manageable hair Performer Carol Lawrence used to have a problem with her hair. It would frizz sometimes, droop at other times. To gain control over it, she washes it daily with baby shampoo diluted with a teaspoon of milk. Then she rinses with equal parts of ice water and beer.

iHHiWHWil'ij. 4 A i The Moores 60th anniversary for Pontiac pair PONTIAC Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moore of Pontiac will observe their 60th wedding anniversary Thursday. Moore of Odell and the former Ruth J.

Durham of Pontiac were married Oct. 4, 1919, in Pontiac. They are parents of Geraldine Juskin of Chillicothe and Henrietta Rasmussen of Rockford. They have six grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren. A family dinner to celebrate the occasion will be hosted by their daughters.

Side Glances "I never thought I'd live to see the day people would talk for over an hour about bottled water!" By Anne Gilbert Collectors of political Americana probably spend as much time second-guessing tomorrow's winners as the political pundits do. It becomes especially important to analyze the political arena, when a single old political button or campaign poster is worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars. I asked one long-time collector, Ed Jensen, how a beginning collector could pick a future winner. Jensen, along with other members of the American Political Items Collectors Club, suggests it is the campaign losers who are collectible winners. Apparently this was the case with the special Illinois Howlett-Carter button.

(Democrat Michael Howlett lost his race for governor when Jimmy Carter won the presidential election.) Sniffing out a potential loser, collectors began offering from $50 to $75 for this 3-inch button. There are always more people in the general population who collect the winners; thus, most of the losers' buttons are tossed out and those that remain become rarities. Especially choice are buttons and memorabilia of candidates who lost a local election but later became president. Also worthy are collections specializing in the political career of a president's rise to power; buttons from when he ran for mayor, senator, etc. This specialization needn't include political buttons exclusively, but can range from handkerchiefs to song sheets.

Some of the scarcest items are paper political items. Roosevelt clock This was a flea-market" find for a collector. "James Polk for President printed on it or "Abraham Lincoln for One lucky collector found these items between the pages of an old family Bible. It was like finding three hundred dollars. He had them matted and framed and insured.

Paper political Americana prior to World War II is always considered choice. The wartime paper drives sent many historical items to the furnace. Generally, collectors advise it will be a long time before today's political items go up in value excluding the exceptions just mentioned. The problem, of course, is the manufacture of too much of a good thing. However, the once-commonplace Chicago Tribune headline erroneously naming Thomas E.

Dewey as winner over Harry Truman in the 1948 presidential election today is worth more than $50. The concept of American political items probably began in 1789 with the first George Washington inaugural medal. The brass medal proclaimed, "Long Live the President." The first real campaign medals of brass were created by Andrew Jackson's supporters in 1824. They combined his profile with the slogans, "The Nation's Pride" and "Hero of New Orleans." Since then, buttons, song books, walk- ing sticks and hundreds of objects have been made which interest the American voter and collector. Collectors say that flea markets are good places to find "sleepers." Ed Jensen found a Franklin D.

Roosevelt metal clock at a flea market for a fraction of its value. Of little value as a working clock (it didn't), as a rare example of a political item, it is an important collectible. Who can forget the Spiro Agnew and Nixon watches? Leave them (along with your Mickey Mouse watch) in the vault for a few more years. Frances Morrison Pantagraph photo -4 Thumbthing else: digits read for behavior clues Wert suit ypu would like to These brides are registered at Bergner's Gift Registry in the Eastland Mall OCTOBER 5 Kim Pierce will morry Dale Nelson An artistic nature goes with a rounded thumb, while someone with a more pointed thumb can be "given to fits," she said; a person with a flat thumb is generally laconic and can be possessed of a dry wit. Mrs.

Morrison new president of newcomers Frances Morrison of 1504 N. East St. will be installed as president of Bloomington-Normal Civic Newcomers at the organization's 12:30 p.m. Thursday luncheon at Illinois Wesleyan University Memorial Center's Davidson Room. Other officers are Dorothy Cianci, vice president; Yvonne Bruch, secretary; Janine Welsh, treasurer; and Sheila Seago and Mary Combs, prospective co-secretaries.

Committee chairmen are Liza Hogan, editor; Charlene Davie, calling; Susan Schaub, historian; Jan Cripe, membership; Karen Wade, Sue Kilian, prospective coffee; Suzanne O'Rourke, Sherry Zimmerman, luncheon; Suzanne Bykowski, special activities; Fanchon Harvey, publicity; Sue Greiss, Mary Beland, cards and chatter; Alice Lewis, Linda "Susy" Gartin, ways and means; and Ruth Bond, couples events. whereas a person with relaxed open hands is inclined to be more open in relationships. She suggested watching the set of a politician's thumbs to get a fix on his true intentions. A person whose thumb base is short and stubby is generally pragmatic, she said, while a thumb with a long stocky base indicates a rationalist. A waisted thumb, thinner in the middle than at each end, implies a person whose first response is an emotional one, she said.

A thumb twiddler can't make up his mind, she said, while crossing one's thumbs indicates skepticism. A fleshier thumb shows a person who doesn't stay angry long and one who has a sense of humor, while a clubbed thumb, sometimes called "the murderer's thumb," can indicate anger not kept in check, she said. By Jo-Anne Byrne MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) Little children use their thumbs for comfort and soon discover the appendages are a useful eating tool. As time goes by they take thumbs and their usefulness for granted. Now Linda Nelson says those same old trusty digits amount to "almost a shorthand of how an individual will behave." Ms.

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