Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-12-17
Authority on the subject saws

CIldG d we'll lOTHlcu woman OF
today weighs 145 pounds-a
gain of twenty pounds over hel
grandmother. When the arms
are extended a perfectly
formed woman should measure,
from the tip of the middle fin
ger just five feet six inches or
exactly her own height. From
the thighs to the ground she
should measure just what she
measures from the thighs t.
the top of the head. The knee
should come exactly midway
between the thigh and the heel.
A woman of the last generation
took pride in a waist of eight
cen inches, but today a woman
is not considered we'll formed if
she has Waist measuring less
than twenty-six inches and
Dust less than thirty-six inches.
The Red Oak Sun truly says:
"Rare indeed is the community
chat has not at some time been
shocked by crimes or scandals
in which some of its own people
have been concerned. In day )
gone by it was enormously co..
sidered the duty OF newspapers
to give full particulars in cases
Of that sort, even before the x-
act facts had been brought out
by judicial inquiry, and Nook
ing over the back files of some
newspapers one may find ac-
counts so indecent and so Wis
chat it is a wonder transmission
through the mails was permit
ted. Newspaper men generally
did not thus befoul their papers
because led thereto by inclina-
ton. Many bid so because the
public seemed to demand it, for
getting that that those who fat
tenIoninlsc n 'ymight gounsat-
lsfed with good to themselves
should the newspaper man re-
fuse to pander to the unnatural
appetite. Happily things have
changed in this respect and even
city dailies are becoming clean
err. There is no reason why the
newspaper which is read in the
home by women and children
should not be as carefully writ
ten and as free from impurity
as are school books. The news
paper should not be made solely
for those who see no pleasure in
literature unless it is tinged
with immortality"
Governor brakes estate
will pay a dollar for every dol
lar of obligation that can be
presented" declares the Dav-
export Democrat; "but accord
ing to reports it will not pav
more than 20 cents on the dol
lar of what the governor was,
in a popular way, supposed to
be worth. A million dollars
looks small when the amount
comes to running this govern
ment of ours for a year, or
making the isthmian canal
ready for business; but there
are persons still living who
look upon 81 100000 as a for
tune Of respectable size.
Advertisements are really
news for the housekeeper, bust
ness man, young man and
woman and often for the boys
and girls. They tell you where
can get the best to supply
the larder, to furnish the home,
to assist you in business and to
make your person neat and at
tractlve, and where you maay
save a few dollars, for mer-
chants buying in larger lots
some special class of goods ca n
secure a lower rate and can
therefore offer to sell them
cheaper. Because anadvertiser
pays us for the privilege of tel
ling you about his goods is no
reason why it cannot be con-
sidered news. Mapleton Press.
A Nebraska boy is credited
with having got off the follow
ing: "When election COM
menced dad he took to the
stump. I don't know who ran