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The Nenana news., 1921-04-07
RICKERT BOOSTING SCHOOL
 FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Representative Paul J. Rickert, of Fairbanks, who recently introduced an appropriation measure for $4l,- 900 for the Agricultural College and School of Mines at Fairbanks, is positively convinced that the institu- tion is worthy one and that with the appropriation granted. great good will result. Mr. Rickert is a member of the board of regents of the institution. -:....- .... .~-
 "The Agricultural College and School of Mines will furnish advance courses for more than oJ per cent of our high school graduates who must now go to the Outsid. for the nor nal and college training which they cannot secure at home." said the pioneer Fairbanks farmer, recently to a representative of the Juneau Daily Empire. Continuing, he said: 1t will bridge the gap between public schools and college, since it is open to all students who have completed the first six years of the course of study of the public school or who are over IA years of age and who are devoting at least one half of their time to industrial sub jects as preparatory work in the mechanical grades, industries for women or agriculture. The federal grant of $50,0OO which will be avail able annually to this college under the provisions of the Nelson amend ment of 1907, permits instructions to be given in a wide range of sub- jects."
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07
NEW BASEBALL FRAME.UP
 IS DISCOVERED BY POLICE

CLEVELAND, April "A raid conducted by the po.ice in this city today resulted in the arrest of seven persons and the seizure of nearly a million printed baseball pool tickets. The places raided were a printshop and dwelling.
 The police claim they have dis covered new baseball gambling institution, with headquarters in this city, and it is intimated that more arrests will follow shortly.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

District Timekeeper R. B. Flames, with headquarters at Healy, has made formal application for posi- tion as dishwasher at the Healy apartments and it is reported that the young ladies there are thinking seriously of signing him on. He was given a try-out yesterday.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07
Wiring from Seattle, Mrs. M.

Wiring from Seattle, Mrs. M. V. Tyler informs her husband that the serious illness of her sister, Agnes, is delaying her return to Nenana. Mrs. Tyler was to have started North several weeks ago, but it is probable that she will not now be able to start until after the opening of navigation. The condition of the sister is such that she will have to undergo an operation very soon, and it is feared that her chance for re- covery is slight.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

MT. and Mrs. Ed Ness and child arrived in Nenana from the Outside yesterday, enroute back to American creek from an outing in the States. Most of the winter was spent in Cal ifornia, chiefly in Oakland.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

Life insurance is the safest sys- tenn of finance ever devised. Banks break, stocks, bonds and real estate appreciate, but legal reserve life in. surance companies always meet every obligation in full. Life insur. ance is founded on a scientific basis; it's investments are restricted by law; it is thoroughly supervised, and must maintain at all times an ade- quate reserve for each policy. See R. s. Mcdonald, New York Life Insurance Company agent.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

Ed and Chauncey Head, sons of E. A. Head who arrived from the States several days ago, have sign ed on with the Mills party. One will assist Timekeeper Walter Scott and the other will work with the party in the field.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07
FAIRBANKS NOTES
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Civil service examinations, for West Point candidates, will be held by the local board on April 20, 21 and 22.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

Carl Nordling has accepted posi-
 ton as assistant engineer of the steamer Seattle No. 3, and will leave Fairbanks in few days for Rampant, where the boat is in win ter quarters.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

Burt Wilson, who has been witt the Mills camp, is going to town tt run the speeder.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

Ladies' and misses' rubbers for spring wear at Fowler & Morris.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

Victor Jacobson passed the Hersh- berger camp yesterday with two horses and a double ender, but no passengers.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

Captain Cunningham, who came to town to preside at the Pioneer meeting on Monday, has returned to his work on Engineer creek.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

The Mears party were at Mile 319 last night, enroute back to the coast.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

L. J. McCarty came up from Ne mana on Tuesday for a visit with family.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

Emil VanRaes, father of Fred VanRaes, has entered the hospital for an operation. He has been ail. ing for some time past.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

Mail Carrier Roy Lund left for Richardson with load of mail and express, and one passenger.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

Mayoralty Candidate c. Harry Woodward received 123 votes at the annual town election on Tuesday, and the cadidates for places on the council received votes as follows: Frank R. Clark, 131; H. H. Ross, 134; w. T. Pinkerton, 134. Howard J. Atwell, only candidate for clerk of the school board, received 137 votes. There was no opposition to the aldermanic ticket, except for a couple of scattering votes for can didates whose names were written on the ballots. E. H. Mack received one for mayor and Dan Callahan one for member of the council.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

Scout Master Fred Scherer has received a record of the enrolment of Fairbanks Troop No. 1, showing the troop to be in good standing again, and preparations are now be- ing made for an active season.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

R. Gum, w. P. Borden, Walter Fisher and Harry Nelson are among the creek visitors in town.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

Andy Livingstone is visitor i town from Cinema.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

Mir. and Mrs. J. A. Sanford, J. w. Shelner, Carl Anderson, s. Stevens, s. P. Holden, Ralph Strom, J. Gil. bert, Chuck Douglas and Victor Anderson are among the recent ar- rivals in town from the Outside.
The Nenana news., 1921-04-07

M. J. Cooney, s. Jasper, Georg' Gravdahl, I. Anderson, Pete Swan son and w. T. Cunningham wer, among the arrivals from Nenana o, Tuesday.
Evening star., 1921-08-08
Take Home With YOU.

Try and take home from your sum-
mer outing some helpful suggestions
or points of view on housekeeping.
If you have kept house in a coun-
try or mountain or seaside colony
you have probably not lad the va
riety of edibles to select from that
you do at home in the city. 1t may
be that you have been able to get
meat only certain days a week. Ac-
tual delicacies of the table may not
have been available at all.
Yet everything has tasted good.
You have perhaps eaten more than
you do at home. 1t is because you
have been outdoors so much any one
will tell you.
Right there is a good idea. Don't
get out of the habit Of keeping out
doors, and of keeping your family
outdoors You could simplify your
table quite a little IL every one who
ate thereat brought to it an appetite
whetted by being much outdoors.
At the summer place you have per-
haps had fewer dishes than you do
at home. Therefore you have set
your table less elaborately. We Fave
learned how to cook with a very few
things. This is a trick well worth
knowing. And If using fewer dishes at
table does not actually amount to bad
manners, try keeping on this basis of
few dishes after you get back to town.
You have perhaps dressed more
simply, retired earlier, slept with win
dows wide open. lived with less dust
collecting bric-a-brac, and yet you
have not felt yourself reverting to
uncouth mannera
Evening star., 1921-08-08
A Trapeze.

The dictionary says a trapeze is
bar suspended on two ropes from the
roof at a great height from the floor:
while the index of an up-to-date
treatise on play for children does not
even mention a trapeze. But when we
went to the circus. in the old days,
we had a trapeze at home as an in
evita BILE result; in fact. we had two.
We hung one from the straight branch
of the apple tree and over the sand
pile and another from the beam in
the barn over the hay. neither of them
so high that a tumble meant any
real hurt On them we learned to
chin. TO skin the cat. to hang by
| our elbows and knees, and dozen
other tricks that made our young
bodies sure and supple. The nearest
approach to a trapeze in modern play
grounds is the horizontal bar. but
rigid bar is much harder to use than
la swinging one. However. whether
i horizontal bar or trapeze. whether
form a triangle with the bar as the
name trapeze implies. the children
should have something of the sort
to play on. 1t should never be in
stalled, however. in any playground.
house or barn without provision to
may be dug out under it and the hole
F, ,illed in with sand; gymnasium mats
may be used, or, for lucky country
children. the fragrant, clean hay.
In any small back yard a small.
strong trapeze or bar will afford
children an infinite amount of pleas
! ure and healthful exercise. and there
would be much less mischief of a
perma nently harmful sort going on, if.
wherever there are children. there
were also some simple play ap-
paratus and an encouraging young
| athlete or a good circus to start them.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1921-08-08
"What Kind of a Rug Shall I
Buy?"

Several of my readers have asked
me to write an article on rugs. Rugs
are classified according to weave. as
ingram, pile and tufted.
Ingram rugs are woven like cloth.
with a warp and woof. and they may
be used with either side up. These
are inexpensive and give Splendld
service in bedrooms, but most house.
wives prefer a pile or a tutteo rug
for living room and dining room.
The pile weave includes both brus-
sells and wilton rugs. A brussels
has only one usable side. 1t is woven
with a lock stitch in which one thread
is wossn over the next, the woolen
thread which constitutes the pile be-
ing looped in the warp and held IN
these loops by steel wires; when the
rug is almost completed. these wires
are drawn out and the loops thus left
make the pile surface. There are two
grades of brussels-"body brussels
and tapestry Brussels; the former
is the better choice, as the latter has
a good deal of sizing in it and must.
therefore, be dry cleaned rather than
steam cleaned.
A wilton rug is simply a cut brus-
sells. That is. the pile (the 1ooped
surface) is cut, thus giving a velvet
like surface Brussels and wilton
rugs are fine choice for either DIM
ing room or living room.
The tufted weave includes aXmln-
ster, chenille and oriental rugs. An
administer is more reasonable than a
wilton rug, but less serviceable be-
cause the tufts loosen easily. They
are more trouble to clean. as they
shed much lint. But they do fill a
very real need in the homes of peo-
pie who cannot afford a brussels or
Evening star., 1921-08-08
IMPORTANT ROLE OF RIBBONS.
BY ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

, that it cannot see things rose color
even when there is every reason to do
so. For ribbons are to the fore.
However you may diagnose the
trend of fashion, as simple or ornate.
mid-Victorian or Eugeniesque. char
classical simplicity there is not a doubt
of the fact that ribbons are playing
leading role. Your ribbon dealer
will no longer have to advise the buy
ing public of ways for making knit
ting bags, tea cosies, bedroom slippers
bon just to keep ribbons moving. Rib
bons are actually in fashion. That
Is enough.
1t was the milliner who gave the
first real impetus to an increased in
terest in ribbons. Possibly she did
ing colors and designs that the rib
bon makers managed to weave into
their ribbons. She used ribbons in
rows and ruffles to make entire hats.
Now she does this. but she uses them
in bows, cocardes, rosettes and stream
ers. Sometimes she makes artificial
flowers of them, for nowadays they
make artificial flowers of everything
wax, leather. wood, 1t matters not
what.
Ribbon sleeves have appeared. Now
don't be misled. There Is nothing
dUOul lic Ilpuoii
sleeve. You merely need about two
yards of ribbon. You fasten this to
the shoulder seam or slightly toward
the back of this seam. then you let it
loop Commissioning the other end
in a little wriStband made of an ad-
ditional five or six inches of the rib
bon. That prevents frock from
being sleeveless.
1t is a device that appears on street
frocks as well as in evening clothes in
Paris where women have been seen
wearing heavy gauntlet gloves in con-
nection with this meager sleeve. But
it is one of the extremes of fashion
that will not probably appeal to Amer
leans. When they want to see women
wearing such amusing clothes they
go to Paris. They rather resent 1t
when they see their own country
women taking up such novelties. And
the sleeve that consists of a loop OF
ribbon caught at wrist and shoulder
! will probably be confined to the even-
ing frock.
Long streamer ribbons appear at
unexpected places in the new frocks
At first glance you might judge that
the long dark ribbons hanging at the
left side of the figure shown in the
sketch were streamers. but they are
not. This ornament is fastened to
the high choker collar. The frock
itself is of tan gabardine, the ribbon
navy blue, finished with picot edge.
That one-sided drapery persists you
may see from the way the fullness
of the frock is drawn into the con-
fines of a heavy buckle at the left
Evening star., 1921-08-08
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wilton rug; they are equally as
effective on the floor and enable many
a financially limited young couple to
obtain decorative harmony at low
cost.
Chenille rugs are a little beyond
the financial reach of most of us.
They are the most expensive of our
domestic, or of European rugs. They
are like wilton in weave and like
administer in appearance. Many per-
sons use them in place of oriental
rugs, although. of course, they are
not a good substitute from a stand
point of art or durability. The cost
of a chenille rug depends upon it's
depth of pile and the richness OF Its
coloring. Cotton chenilles are fire.
quently seen on bathroom floors:
these are inexpensive and are rever-
sible and washable.
Oriental rugs are perhaps the one
thing that we'd all like to own! They
are the most expensive rugs in the
world. They are hand-tufted and are
made by stretching the warp thread
in a frame and then looping in short
or long threads of wool filling: be-
fore finishing the rug. this filling is
sheared down so as to make an even
surface to the rug. A genuine Per
sian rug is never even in shape. For
no Persian will make perfectly
symmetrical rug. because he says that
nothing is perfect out Allan.
Before finishing this article I must
mention the splendid new linoleum
rugs, the hemp and grass rugs and
the rag rugs. These inexpensive and
easily cleaned rugs are blessing to
the housekeeper. and no little bride
should overlook them when planning
the floor coverings of her rooms and
porch.
Next Monday I shall publish an
article on the choice of portieres. !
believe there are many housekeepers
who might find such a chat helpful.
Evening star., 1921-08-08

enormous amount can be done by
proper massage TO change the shape
OF the nose. But when one is mature
this is very much more difficult.
But even an ugly nose can be made
to seem attractive if the hair is prop
erly dressed. Experiment with diff
ferent styles until you have found
the one which most becomes your
profile.
E. E. H.-Space here is too I'M
tied to publish the formula If you
send a stamped addressed envelope,
it will be mailed to you. Olive oil is
nourishing as massage.
Red Head.-You should weigh 12O
pounds. Drink plenty of milk and
take three tablespoonfuls of olive oil
each day. 1t is best to include it in
the meal and take it with the same
quantity of grape juice.
Doris.-Consult an occulist about
your eyes.
Jennie. N. E. Emily R-Hair that
break off or sinks to the head and
looks dull, points to the fact that
there is deficiency in the nourish-
ment. Massaging the scalp will help
it, as it increases the circulation. Hot
crude oil massaged into such a scalp,
especially If there is a tendency to
dandruff, will be very beneficial. This
should be done the night before the
usual shampoo. A formula for a good
tonic will be mailed on receipt of a
stamped addressed envelope.
Evening star., 1921-08-08
A Pretty Nose.

1t is always a misfortune when the
nose is badly shaped, because COM
paratively little can be done to i'm
prove 1t. That little, of course, is
important. In the case of the mouth
or the eyes the expression is much
more important than the shape. In
the case of the nose the shape, which
is almost always unalterable, is all
important.
But the little that can be done is
fortunately not difficult. OF course. 1
am not speaking of the operations
which are performed to correct actual
deformities, but only of the things
which every woman herself can do.
First of all. the nose can be kept
white. fine rained and clear.
If you have a red nose your diges-
tion probably needs looking after,
and you will have to treat the aff1ic-
tion locally by rubbing and tapping
the nose to scatter the congested
blood. If you have blackheads you
should steam the nose by holding hot
wet cloths over it. and then use
cleansing cream, or, better yet, the
blackhead cleansing powder. A GER
tain amount can be done in the way
of keeping the skin fine and clear
and white by massaging the nose
from its top between the eyes to it's
tip.
During babyhood and childhood an
Evening star., 1921-08-08
The Engagement Ring.

Does good form require that an
engaged man present his fiancee
with a diamond engagement ring?
This is a. question that is often
asked by the young man after he
has proposed marriage to the girl of
his choice. And the answer to the
question is: Certainly not"
To be sure. most men in this
country do present their fiancees
with some sort of betrothal ring and
when they can afford it it is usually
a diamond ring, simply because
diamonds are associated in most
girls minds with engagements. But
the young woman ought to be con-
suited as to her choice in the matter.
Many girls nowadays-when girls are
given to having original ideas on so
many subjects-profess a dislike for
the conventional engagement ring,
simply because it is SO usual. OF late
years the diamond circlet has been
in high favor and sometimes a young
woman prefers her favorite stone
an emerald, or ruby, or sapphire. or
even pearl or opal-either alone or
set with diamonds, to any plain
diamond setting in the world. 1t is
the young woman that has to wear
the ring, and the considerate young
man suits her taste rather than his
own in selecting it.
Lest there might be embarrassment
III purchasing the TlHS together. d
young man often goes to his jewe1er
beforehand and selects two or three
rings of the price that he wishes to
pay and then asks his fiancee to
select the one she prefers. Any con-
siderate jeweler will carry on this
little transaction without letting the
question of price enter into the
negotiations with the young woman.
The only hard and fast rule there
need be about engagement rings is
that their value should be proper
tionate with the financial position of
those who buy them. A young man
with enough money to do SO would be
regarded as selfish If he did not give
his fiancee any engagement ring.
But. on the other hand. young
woman. knowing her fancee had
many responsibilities and little money.
would be extremely inconsiderate if
she permitted him to make much of
an expenditure in this way.
Evening star., 1921-08-08

tree. would sail away and forget all
about 1t. But the tree is not doing
very we'll. and 1 could only find
tiny little sprig of green on it in
one place.
Very often I see something about
old and famous trees in tie paper
and so 1 thought I would find out
for the members of the Junior Travel
Club what tree is the oldest. and at
the American Forestry Association
h. adquarters they told me the General
Sherman" in tire Sequoia National
Park. is the oldest living thing in the
world. The association says the General
sherman Is more than $500 years old.
and that ''it was 1,500 years old when
Christ was born'
This guess puts away the claims
for the Mexican cypress. which some
claim to be 1000 years old There is
one at Maria Del Tule. on the road
from Oaxaca to Guatemala, that from
all can find out is the champion cy-
press tree of the. world. and this is
the one they say is 1000 years old,
Evening star., 1921-08-08
Wrapped in Paper.

IT have no very small pan to cook
that solitary chop in, Mother Lucia"
said the woman who had come to de-
pend very much upon the gentle-faced
nun who had helped her through a
trying siege with her very sick hus-
band.
The worst was over, and there re-
manned but the business of tempting
the sick man back into the worldly
way of at least three meals a day,
value and vitamine.
The young wife. who avowedly
knew little. and cared less, about
foods that were inartistic. had been
trying very earnestly to fit herself for
the task of replacing the gentle-faced
nun, who was already due at her
school. She seemed to know almost
everything about the sick, from the
turning Of a pillow to the turning of
a chop.
Wrap the Chop in Paper.
I'VE will just wrap the chop in a
piece of paper to cook it, said Mother
Lucia Its such a misunderstanding,
tender little chop. 1 do hope your
invalid will consent to eat it,"
i She always called the SICK man his
never failed to bring the little flush
of anxiety and pride of possession to
the face Of the woman who had wor-
ried through the past month with the
fear of losing her Invalid forever
clutching always at her heart.
Now he was getting better. And
the things she worried about were
frying pans and chops from the prop
er part of mysterious animals that
had only been part of a menu to her
before.
what kind Of paper do you mean?
Wrapping paper"
The young wife rummaged in cup
board.
"No. Just plain white fools cap or
that heavy white paper with which
you cover the pantry shelves" said
Mother Lucia, who was bending over
the Goals. being very anxious that
they should be exactly right.
'Now-" she breathed, and turned
to the table.
The chop was wiped. trimmed of su
perf1uous fat and placed on the piece
Of white paper that was fully twice as
big as the chop. The edges of the
paper were doubled together, on the
three sides. then refolded and re-
creased.
'To keep the juices from running
out" explained the woman who knew.
why did you spread butter SO
kthickly on the paper hrstT
THE chop Is fairly free from fat,
Evening star., 1921-08-08

This tree is $50 feet high and at five
feet from the ground it has diameter
of 80 feet. Now we all know that
to get the distance around "a circle
when tfe diameter is known you null
tiply by three. If you want to be a
little more exact there is a certain
figure you multiply by with decimal
In it. Who knows what that figure is?
Write and tell me. So we will null
tiply bw three and you see the dis
tance around the cypress is something
more than los feet
That is a bigger tree than / ever
saw l will say that ! am glad the
Old General Sherman tops them all
Around your home town there must
be famous tree or an old one.
wish you would write and tell me
about It. even If it is only the one over
the old swimming hole. II you have
one with a history write and let me
know that too. Who knows what the
last word in the dictionary is, and
what 1t means?
RUSSELL BURKE,
The Travelog Boy.
Evening star., 1921-08-08
Green Corn Pudding,

Take two dozen full ears of sweet
green corn. score the kernels and cut
them from the cob. Scrape off what
remains on the cob with a knife.
Pound the corn cut off in a mortar.
Add about pint of milk, according
to the youngness and juiciness of the
corn. Add two eggs we'll beaten, a
quarter of a cup of -four. half cup Of
butter, teaspoon of sugar and a
little salt. Bake in a well creased
earthen dish in a hot oven for two
hours. Place it on the table Drowned
and smoking hot and eat with plenty
of fresh butter.