From New York "WORLD TELEGRAM” 
of December 26, 1935 
Kay Austin’s Column. 
“•J^O your friends have any trouble finding your 
home ? Or do you, mellowed by the season’s 
joys, discover at a black and bitter hour that 
one door-step looks very much like another ? Then 
you need a residence marker. 
“The letters, in aluminum, were conceived by 
Garret Thew, an artist in Connecticut, where the 
winters are long and the nights dark, to pre¬ 
sent the greatest legibility in any light. They 
are sandblasted which give them a luminous, sil¬ 
ver color. They gleam like a beacon of hope when 
a bewildered motorist turns his headlights upon 
them.” 
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From the Christmas issue of 
“The new YORKER”, Dec. 21, 1935 
“On and Off The Avenue. 
also seem to have among our last-minute 
notes a small but select group of single items 
which make fine presents for people who have 
everything else in the world. Ourselves, we yearn 
for one of those wonderful Hammond pipeless or¬ 
gans. You can buy us one of these for $1,250; 
or, in a pinch, we’ll take any one of the following: 
“ ‘Garret Thew’s Estate Signs, made in three 
days’ time by Necessary Luxuries, Westport, 
Conn., Laura Peters, mgr. If you hurry you’ll 
just make it. The letters are sandblasted alum¬ 
inum castings. They shine by daylight, glow in 
the dusk, and sparkle when picked up by automo¬ 
bile headlights. You can have estate or owner’s 
name, or sign saying, ‘Private Road,’ ‘Dogs,’ 
‘Please Use Side Door,’ or anything you like’.” 
