ORDER IN THE BUTTON BOX

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 244, 16 October 1939, Page 10

ORDER IN THE BUTTON BOX

J ()< XD IN A MINI TE | Among the innumerable odds and iends that cxciy woman hoards in • tins and boxes in case they might ! come in useful some day, there is bound to be a great variety of buttons of all shapes and sizes and colours. There is no knowing when some or other of them will prove to be just the thing to add a finish to a new garment or to lend a fresh, new' charm to an old one. Often the job of assembling a set of the buttons required becomes a tedious one, if you keep Jiem bundled together loose in a box. And then if you are orderlj’ and go to the trouble of tying or stringing buttons of a kind together on a thread, the untying and tying up again of the bundles is a nuisance. Here then is a small hint that will save you a great deal of bother. Assemble your small buttons on

tnem an neauy nieu away in rows, selection will be easy, and ‘i. a simple matter to slip off as: many as you require and to fas!e , i iin others safely together again on their pin. For the large'' buttons, use j. • of wire of appropriate engti'.; bep*' them into rings, having made a hook at each end of each length of wire to serve as a catch. You have no doubt seen rings of this kind used to keep small brass safety-pins together.