articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . april 2010 healthtex industry children s clothing founded 1921 as the standard romper company headquarters merriam kansas u.s. number of employees 400 people parent lollytogs website www.healthtex.com healthtex is a brand of casual clothing for young children ranging from birth to about 12 years of age currently owned by lollytogs . it was founded in 1921 by louis russek as the standard romper company . 1 the name health tex was first used in 1937 to emphasise that the clothing was made from healthy durable textiles . for many years the brand was known for their award winning advertisements featuring artwork by children s book artist susan perl the most notable was the handy answers to hard questions asked by children in the health tex years which started in 1966 . the campaign featured colorful print ads which provided concise answers to some of the questions commonly asked by pre school age children such as why is the sky blue and how do our ears hear . this campaign helped make the company well known and ran until the early 1980s . following this campaign dr. cody sweet international platform speaker on nonverbal communication became its national media spokesperson . references edit http www.fundinguniverse.com company histories healthtex inc company history.html external links edit official site answers.com this fashion related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title healthtex & oldid 706512627 categories companies established in 1921clothing brands of the united statesfashion stubshidden categories orphaned articles from april 2010all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 february 2016 at 19 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view