New York Woman Operates
Unique Earring Exchange
By VIVIAN SANDE
United Presi Correspondent
New York UP; You might
call Marcelle Dorsay the "ear
ring matchmaker of the world,"
or "the orphaned earring's best
friend."
Miss Dorsay, a dynamic blonde
1 n v e n t o r-businesswoman, un
doubtedly has the largest collec
tion of ningle earrings in the
world. Twenty thousand of
them, in all sizes, shapes, col
ors, styles and values. And she's
anxious to give them away to
anyone who can match them.
Miss Dorsay calls her collec
tion "The Dorsay Earring Ex
change.' It is a unique project
devoted to, as Miss Dorsay put it,
"presenting earring lovers and
losers with matched pairs of ear
rings."
There an element of chance
but no charge for users of the
exchange. Owners of single ear
rings who want to take the
chance of losing their single ear
rings simply mail a postcard to
the exchange at 2 Columbus Or
cle, New York City, asking for
the official envelope. Later the
orphan earring is sent to the
exchange ready for processing.
One Out oi Five
If there is an earring like it
In Miss Dorsay's colorful collec
tion, the person who sent the
first one gets the pair, the second
loses the single earring.
"But the loser knows she's
made another woman happy,'
said Miss Dorsay.
If there is no mate on file,
the orphan earring is registered
and added to Miss Dorsay's col
lection to wait for a mate to
show up in the mail.
Miss Dorsay said single ear
rings arrive at the rate of about
30 or 40 a day, from all over
this country. Canada, Mexico
and Europe. She eventually
matches about one out of five.
Earrings which aren't matched
In a couple of years go to vet
erans' organizations or hospitals.
Miss Dorsay started her uni
que exchange about six years
ago when she got to .thinking
about how many thousands of
duplicate pairs or earrings are
worn by women across the coun
try, and, by the same token, how
many women were losing identi
cal earrings.
A S50 One
Her original collection of sev
eral dozen unmatched earrings
grew rapidly until her self-designed
racks now hold hundreds
of similar earrings of all sorts,
pearl, rhinstone, coral, crystal,
cameo, plain metal, or stone.
They're filed by mountings, de
sign, stone and color.
The most expensive earring
Miss Dorsay ever received was
a solid gold pendant worth about
$50. The least expensive prob
ablyly could be bought for 10
cents. The oddest on file at the
moment is a dangle earring with
a small timepiece in the dangle.
Actually Miss Dorsay thought
of the earring exchange in the
line of business. The former
singer and saleswoman turned
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inventor-manufacturer makes
novelties, including ear ring
grips designed to keep earrings
on ears.
"But nobody has to buy any
thing to use the exchange," she
said. "I run it for fun, and be
cause I love earrings myself."
When glassware develops small
nicks on the edge of the base,
you can rub it smooth again with
fine sandpaper.
Union Plans Session
Thursday at Elliotts
Woman's Christian Temper
ance union will hold the monthly
meeting at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. Bert Elliott, Jacksonville
Central Point road Thursday,
July 12, beginning at 11 o'clock.
The program will be slides shown
by Dr. and Mrs. Elliott.
Members are reminded to take
a covered dish and their own
service.
Those needing transportation
are to call Mr. Ina Renker
2-8368.
Former Women Sheriff
Now Only Baby-Sitter
Oklahoma City (U.R) It's
quite a switch from chasing bad
men to baby-sitting, but Mrs.
Elsie Jack has made the change
quite easily.
Whenever one of her charges
wants to play cops and robbers,
Mrs. Jack can speak with au
thority because three years ago,
at Norman, -she became Okla
homa's only woman sheriff. Her
venture into law enforcement
lasted only seven months, or the
remainder of the term of her
husband, Jesse, who had died
while in office.
She said being sheriff really
wasn't so difficult.
"A woman cannot be a wife
for 35 years without knowing
something about her husband's
job." she explained.
"I knew how to take care of
children long before I was a law
officer."
She has five grandchildren.
"Baby-sitting is less active
than being sheriff, but I still
enjoy it," she said. "Children
are much , more pleasant than
law-breakers."
Sunday, July I, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TBIBUNE SEVE1T
Circles to Meet
At Durno Home
Grace circle of First Presby
terian church will entertain
Candlelight and Charity circles
at a mission coffee hour, Tues
day from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at
the home of Mrs. Edwin R.
Durno, 222 Valley View drive.
Assisting Mrs. Durno will be
Mrs. D. C. King, Mrs. Joe Dis
penziere, and Mrs. E. B. DeVoe.
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