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Reports that Mari O'Connor will fashion one-of-a-kind wedding dresses made out of paper products and balloons at her Greenwich Village, New York, store called From the Neck Up.

Discusses the development and usefulness of the product `Gum Pals,' which are little disks of paper in which one wraps chewed gum so as not to soil the sidewalks, ashtrays, etc., in one's vicinity. Inventor James M. Balanesi's claims about the product; Marketing the product in matchbook-style dispensers with company logos on them; Purchase of the product by the Berkeley, California, Chamber of Commerce.

Features hamburgers with hemp version of tempeh or soy cake introduced by Sharon's Finest, a California health food company. Cultivation of nonhallucinatory cannabis in the United States; Use of hemp in the paper industry.

Discusses potential commercial uses for kudzu, an Asian vine. Rapid growth; Use for making paper; Basketry; Reduction of alcohol intake.

Focuses on Cecily Brown's memories of her first year living in New York. Mention of trips to Rite-Aid pharmacy; Purchase of art supplies at Central Art Supply, Cheap Paint and Pearl Paint; Opinion that New York is a fairy-tale island of food and art supplies.