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Page 16, PHOENIX, May 30, 1974Rare Earth for Plants and AdviceBY DAN ICOLARI%u201c I think people appreciate the fact that this is very much a neighborhood shop,%u201d says Kathy Buchanan, %u2018 %u2018which means they can come by to talk as well as to buy.%u201d Which is probably one of the main reasons for the success of Kathy%u2019s RARE EARTH, a plant shop near the Pratt Institute campus in Clinton Hill.But you get the feeling Kathy would succeed at virtu a lly anything she tried, so why a plant store? %u2018%u2018Because I%u2019ve always love plants,%u201d and Kathy admits she%u2019s as surrounded by them in her Clinton Hill home as she is in her shop.Though she%u2019s lived in Clinton Hill with her husband and two children for the past 12 years, Kathy was never %u2018 %u2018ju s t%u201d a housewife. She worked as an airlines reservation agent and a social work supervisor before become a part-time employee at RARE EARTH and then its owner. Under her proprietorship, it has become a stable business with an everincreasing stock.The other day, when I stopped in at RARE EARTH to buy the spiral eucalyptus in the window (%u2018 %u2018just decorative - not for sale,%u201d said Kathy, but she promised to get me one), she was chatting excitedly with a customer who had finally gotten the knack of growing plants under her tutelage. %u2018%u2018And now she%u2019s ready to transplant things she bought months ago,%u201d said Kathy, proudly. %u2018 %u2018There%u2019s nothing mystical about helping plan*- survive. Before a customer leaves my shop, I make sure he or she knows what to do to make it thrive.%u201dKathy points out that as a neighborhood shop, RARE EARTH offers advice on cultivation and other problems. %u2018%u2018I don%u2019t have the kind of traffic that might make other stores forget the customer who bought a one-dollar plant. Anyway, I really like my customers. I can honestly say that most people who come into this shop are pleasant, easy-going and earthy; I%u2019ve never had a problem.%u201dAt RARE EARTH, there are plants for virtually every tasteand budget - huge hanging baskets, plant-lined shelves, an enormous bamboo plant that touches the ceiling. %u2018%u2018And if I don%u2019t have it, come hell or high water, I%u2019ll get it,%u201d says Kathy.She%u2019s especially proud of the fact her stock is a good bit cheaper than elsewhere. %u2018 T ve done comparison shopping in Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope, and some of those prices are incredible,%u201d she says, shaking her head.As private citizen, Kathy Buchanan is active in SamBeard%u2019s congressional campaign and a firm believer in public education (our kids go to school together at P.S. 20). Of Clinton Hill, she says, %u2018%u2018I just love it here. We%u2019re a real melting pot within another.%u201dRARE EARTH is worth a trip from anywhere - for its stock, its prices, and for Kathy Buchanan%u2019s smile that goes on for days. 471 Myrtle Avenue between Washington Avenue and Hall street. Call Kathy at 783-8847 for directions.J )0 JTO V A SM LLe0* FRAMING / MOUNTING / ART SUPPLIES* CUSTOM FRAMING & RESTORING SINCE 1945SAN ART STUDIO BLDG 15 7th Av. OFF FLATBUSH AVE. 638-7526 TUES. W ED.THURS. 1-10P M . FRI. & SAT. 1-6 PMDAY ul( NIGHT IX>OH TO IX)OR SERVICEH eights Car & Lim ousine Service Inc.I ncul Mid l.nrifi IhstH tm ' (.nilsZone Flat RatesOPEN _U not KS TKI.. 522-7222S r i e A w / / /e u vS e l%u20ac ,e fi'%u00a9 ri , , # * * 1ST JAMES A- bet P cK jib l Lafayette-Wfid-Sut 1 2 -6 , Fn \7 ^ 9 - 0 0 5 0 ,\\VIn keeping with our policy of presenting the best talent on the New York cabaret scene today, we have engaged Miss Diane Gardner and Mr. Harrison Fisher in an evening of %u201c Portraits.%u201dThey have been booked directly from the Brothers & Sisters Club in Manhattan, where they played to Standing Room Only audiences. Miss Gardner has played everything from Juliet and %u201c A Lion in W inter%u201d to %u201c Guys 'n Dolls.%u201dMr. Fisher was conductor for %u201c Jesus Christ, Superstar,%u201d and presently serves as Miss Gardner%u2019s accompanist.Mr. Franklin Roosevelt Underwood continues to offer his taste treats as pianistlvocalist in residence.Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 9 to 1 . Reservations please. NE 8-4552. No cover, ho minimum.Appearing June 7 and 8, Mr. William Roy, pianolvocals, former musical director for every Julius Monk revue at Upstairs at the Downstairs and Plaza 9.C a b a r e t a t M fe h e l%u2019sThough Confusing, Court Does Job(ONIINUPD KROM PAOI-: 5Papo, okay?%u201d The small man nods and moves to the side with his attorney.Two men wearing plaid sport shirts, khaki pants and crepe-soled loafers have been engaged in low, but feverish conversation since the beginning of the session. One wears an officer%u2019s shield, but both are sitting in the row %u2018%u2018Reserved for Officers.%u201dThe man without the shield was an off-duty policeman who stabbedsomeone in a bar. He and his companion, who had arrested him, are deciding what story to feed the judge.The knowledgeable young lawyer points to an impeccably groomed, balding man in his ealy fifties who has walked to the bench. His movements are precise, practised. He raises his right hand to take an oath.%u201cThat%u2019s the bondsman,%u201d the lawyer says. %u201c He%u2019s elegant,%u201d his companion whispers in surprise.FORT (3REENE %u2022 W A L L A B O U T %u2022 CLINTON HILL%u201cThe Little bargain Shop\fteaufyuf cCoUiesfor euerybody.....( io % o f f w H f it h is a d )365 M yrtle Ave. 6 2 4 - 1 0 4 2Annual MeetingThe Park SlopeCivic Council, Inc.Thursday, June 6th, 8 P.M.Nurses%u2019 Residence, Methodist HospitalEighth Avenue and Sixth StreetAgenda: Committee reports and Election of OfficersFor further information.- 788 -0687%u201c He%u2019s rich. Filthy rich.%u201d The young lawyer cannot conceal his admiration. %u201cThey all are. They make fifty percent on all referrals to lawyers. He has to swear he has the dough. Some joke.%u201dThe elegant bondsman lowers his arm, smiles at the judge, and walks quickly toward the room at the left of the bench.The case of the two officers in the crepe-soled shoes is up at the bench. %u201c W here%u2019s the other complainant?%u201d asks the judge. The assistant district attorney and the arresting cop speak at once, \laugh at their simultaneous response.The judge, sternfaced, leans over the bench, %u201c 1 don%u2019t think this is an amusing episode.%u201d He turns to the defendant. %u201cTell me, were you in uniform?%u201d The officer contritely shakes his head. %u201c Hmmm, well, that%u2019s somethine anyway.%u201d The assistant d.a. requests a $1,500 bailbond. %u201c Fivehundred cash alternative,%u201d the judge says. %u201c Give me a June date, bridgeman.%u201d%u201c Docket-number-318585-DianaThayer-possession-of-dangerousdrugs-a-misdemeanor.%u201d A pretty, but hard-faced teenage girl is led to the bench. The blond woman in the neat white suite clumsily rushes up to stand beside her daughter.%u201c How do you plead?%u201d %u201c Not guilty,%u201d the girl answers, feigning boredom. The mother forms a frantic huddle with their lawyer and the girl is pulled aside for a moment.\your honor,%u201d the lawyer says. %u201c 1 would like to move for dismissal onan A.C.D,%u201dThe case is adjourned and the mother, relieved and embarrassed,p u i s n c i a i m a i G u i l d tu C g l i ! tC l e a dher away from the bench. But the girl is unyielding. Her bosom thrust out. her shoulders stiff, she walks slowly, a look of defiance on her face.Going up the aisle, they pass LaRue, curled up on a bench fast asleep. His head is resting on a cloth shopping bag which the old woman neatly folded to make a pillow.