The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-06-01
YOUR DOLLAR
By Consumers Union
Crooked Eyeglasses

Stay away from those advertising
eyeglass merchants who offer you 81
eve examination or Il pair of glasses
at bargain" price, Consumers Union
warns In its May issue. If you go TO
such an optician you will almost GER
tainly be sold glasses whether you
need them or not And the salesman
will make every effort to get you to
buy "A more expensive pair than those
which have been advertised. If you in
sist on buying ut the advertised price,
the chances are you'll get spite
glasses" - purposely Incorrect pre-
scriptions, with poor, badly htted
frames. A typical firm in Washington
broadcast 1915 bargain offer, but
actually get $50 or more. The same
glasses would cost less at any ethical
opticians.
There are few opticians who sell
low priced glasses of good quality.
Such an optician is likely to be asso-
ciated with health plan or fraternal
organization. But if any optican ad-
vertises a low price and then tells you
the glasses sold at that price are no
good walk out.
Mems Shorts
Last year, half the shorts Consum-
ers Union tested cost under Toe. This
year less than one-third could be
bought below that price. Many manu-
facturers have dropped their 25c and
35c lines, while others have received
OPA permission to raise prices
On top of this, quality has gone
down SO that the Toe pair of shorts
you buy this year may not be as good
as those for which you paid 5Oc the
year before. Most Of the stronger fab
rcs used for shorts are scarce. Print
CLOTH" lower grade cotton fabric, is
used as substitute for broadcloth.
And most shorts are sllimped in one or
more directions, which means they'll
be less comfortable than well cut
shorts, and will wear out faster.
GU tested 27 brands of mems shorts
for measurements, construction ana
fabric quality. The Best Buys found
were Fruit of the Loom white cotton
ut 39c and Leeds Deluxe white broad
cloth at 50c Other good quality shorts
were Pilgrim Nobility Cat. No. 5l65,
81 plus postage (Sears Roebuck),
Mansco white broadcloth, 81 and BVD|
printed broadcloth, Toe.
Mems Undershirts
Prices of mems undershirts have not
gone up recently, and quality remains
the same as last year, Consumers
Union found in tests of 80 brands.
One common cause of trouble is the
label Some labels are stitched down
on both long edges. without allowing
for the give" in ribbed shirt Then,
when The shirt is stretched in use, il
tends To tear at the label. When you
buy shirts, look for Il label sewed
along the top TO the shirt binding, with
the bottom edge left loose.
Plain knit or narrow rib shirts are
apt TO wear longer than "A wider rib.
But the wider rib is more elastic and
therefore may he more comfortable.
GU examined 50brands for strength,
size and construction. 1t found big
differences in quality, even among
brands made by the same manufac-
turer.
Adhesive Bandages
Don't buy bandages impregnated
with mercurochrome or sulfathiazole,
Consumers Union advises. The mer
curochrome Is useless and the sulfa
thiazole may cause development of
Sensitivity TO the sulfa drugs SO that
they cant be used at some later time
when they are really needed Plain
sterile bandageS, individually wrapped
So that they will stay sterile are best,
CU tested 1 brands of adhesive band
ages for ability to stay put, tendency
To ravel and resistance to dirt. The
following were found acceptable
Macy's, Band-Aid Plain, Quick Strips