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Save Your Soles



There’s nothing more precious than your good old sneakers. Tennis shoes for tennis are one thing – equipment that is simply replaced when necessary. Sneakers are another thing entirely – an emotional attachment. You grow to love their weathered face, their softened comfort. Then one day, the bottom falls out – there is a hole in the sole. Skin against pavement. You are sad. You must throw them away.

No you mustn’t. For $9.95, Nick and Debbie Mantas will renew your tired soles. They can resole any brand or style of tennis shoes – or sneakers.

Nick’s Shoe Repair, 5521 Greenville Ave, 363-3621.

Black Tie and Blue Jeans

Modern technology and the age of leisure have done it again-the world’s first comfortable tuxedo. No more cumbersome cummerbunds, no more chafing suspenders, no more choking bow ties. And, in the modern spirit of things, it’s unisex. Just slip it on like any other T-shirt and you’re off to the grand ballroom or the old ballgame. At $11, it is also the world’s first cheap tuxedo.

Available at Sir Formal Wear, three locations:

5413 N Cen Expwy at Airline Rd, 522-4074 ? 5521 Greenville Ave, 363-2776 ? 13929 N Cen Expwy, Keystone Park, Richardson, 231-8879 Baby Bargain

The name of the shop is Mother and Child, Resale – for two good reasons. Mother and Child, Resale sells second-hand maternity and children’s clothing. That’s the first reason.



Jeffrey and Joseph are the other. They’re the one-year-old sons of shopowners Ruthellen Mentgen and Janie Jackson. Jeffrey and Joseph come to work with their mothers every day and sleep in a backroom nursery or play quietly with their toys – or sometimes fuss a little. Meanwhile, their mothers sell fashionable clothing at bargain prices.

“Since we both had been pregnant recently, we realized the high cost of maternity and baby clothes,” says Ruthellen. “Every time I’d go shopping I’d come home cursing something fierce. Having a baby is a racket from the time you get pregnant to the time you go home from the hospital.”

So they’ve provided a way to beat the racket. Maternity clothing in all sizes; children’s clothing for girls to size 10 and boys to size 6. Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday (Thursday till 4:30 p.m.)

344 Northwest Shopping Center, 349-1811.

First Stringer



When your tennis game goes sour, the usual thing to do is to blame your racquet. “It’s strung too tight,” “It’s out of balance,” or “It seems too heavy” are the favorite excuses for a warped game.

Dallas is a tennis hotbed in the U.S. so you can bet we’ve got more than our share of quality stringers. But who is the best?

A quick check of all Dallas country clubs brought a unanimous response, “Why, our people are the best of course.” But a poll of neutral tennis pros gave us our expert.

Colonel Ed Ochs is the recognized top racquet stringer in the area. He keeps a thorough record of each of his customers and receives phone calls from places like Miami or LA. According to the customer’s record, he will know the exact balance, weight, grip and tension required. When he says exact, he guarantees that the grip won’t be more than 1/16″ off, the weight will be within 1/4 ounce and the head balance will be within 1/2 ounce.

His prices for stringing: $10-$15 for nylon, $20-$25 for gut. Frames run from $30-$200. How about his quality? Ask Arthur Ashe, Rod Laver, Billy Jean King, etc. Ochs’ phone number is 241-5903 and the shop he works through is Back-court Tennis Shop, 369-9370.

The second best in Dallas is, fittingly enough, a former Ochs student. Nony Michulka, 231-9539. Rounding out the top three is T-Bar-M’s Kathy Perkins, 233-4052.

Sell Your Body



How many countless dollars have you spent on your body – shaping it up, making it up, dressing it up? Well let it start paying you back. It might be worth more than you think.

Check the bulletin boards in the lounge area under the plaza level at Southwestern Medical School. From time to time notices are posted asking for paid volunteers to participate in all types of research experiments. Not only will it offer you a bit of medical education on the side, but where else can you get paid for having to drink three ounces of bourbon a day?

Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines.

Special Edition



America: the third century is a portfolio of original prints by thirteen distinguished American artists, including Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and James Rosenquist, and two artists with Dallas connections, James Brooks and Velox Ward. Each print is 30 x 22 inches, and has been hand-pulled, signed, and numbered by the artist. This Bicentennial edition has been underwritten by Mobil Oil Corporation to provide funding for Change, Inc., a non-profit foundation supporting artists who need assistance, and for charities designated by the artists themselves.

Delahunty Gallery, 2611 Cedar Springs, is exhibiting the portfolio, the cost of which is $2500.

Refection Collection

Stephanie May of Dallas has been following the age old kitchen tradition of trading and handing down recipe cards for as long as she can remember. She finally decided to make a book out of them.

Lovin’ the Kitchen is a collage of collected recipes gathered from kitchen wizards from all over the country, though the dominant style is Southern. Many of the recipes are from other Dallas women and credit is given where credit is due. There’s a little of everything. Elegant and elaborate preparations. New variations of old favorites such as crabmeat enchiladas, Jambalaya, or Spanish quiche. And some oddities, like how to turn potato chips into cookies, Milky Way bars into cakes, and Coca-Cola into pies.

To order, send $5.75 to Lovin’ the Kitchen, P.O. Box 8052, Dallas 75205.

You’ll Have Them In Stitches

Gift giving trends tell you that the best things to give are personalized gifts. Something unique, a gift with a message. You’ve heard it a million times but you know they’re next to impossible to find.

As Christmas creeps up, you might try a visit to the Children’s Exchange in Snider Plaza. Take with you a favorite photograph of the object of yourgift-givingaffections and provide extra detailstheir usual jewelry, their favorite clothing. The result will be a hand-crafted portrait doll, a squeezable caricature of your friend or loved one. What more personalized gift could you give to someone than themselves? But be forewarned of the inherent danger: you may like the new one better than the original. Prices start at about $50.

Children’s Exchange, Compound, Snider Craft Plaza, 363-1012.