The Cordova daily times., 1921-01-29
Village Gossip
BY HlLDA SHERIDAN

time but now they sometimes say that if you want to get down to where the earth is up there, you have got to dig through seventy feet of ice."
 Representative Madden objected to the proposed raise of Col. Mears' sal. ary from $1O,OOO to $15,O0O a year. Miss Ethel Graham is among the recent victims of the humps. # * *
 The Ladies' Athletic Association will hold a business meeting next Tuesday evening at the Firemen's hall.
 The choir of the Presbyterian church is developing nicely under the direction of Mrs. s. R. Hedges. They promise to render some very beauti- full anthems in the near future.
 At the last meeting of the Woman's Guild at the home of Mrs. w. w. | Council, officers were elected to serve during the ensuing year. Mrs. Sam Hood is the new president and Mrs. Wm. Fursman the secretary and ] treasurer
 An interesting letter from Bishop Rowe was read in which he stated that the Rev. Jenkins, of Portland, will be sent to occupy the place made vacant by the death of Archdeacon Stuck, of Fairbanks Archdeacon l Stuck passed away at Fairbanks some months ago and by his own request was laid to rest in the native ceme- tery of that place. The Rev Mir Jen- kins was in Cordova about two years ago while he was conducting a lec- ture tour for the Armenian relief fund
 Bishop Rowe also mentioned an old time minister of Alaska, who has re- gently volunteered to return to these fields and who may be sent to Juneau.
 The next meeting of the Guild will be held at the home of Mrs. J. c. Elm cry at the dock.
 Miss Thelma Mcconnell was host ess at dinner party on Thursday of last week. Covers were laid for five including Miss Mabel Holland, Mir John Hay, MT. Robert Lundy, Mr A. J. Mcconnell and Miss Mcconnell # q %,
 Friday evening jolly surprise party was had for Mrs JohR Muller in honor of her birthday. Loaded with good things to eat, number of the members of the younger set met together and set out in the direction of the new home of MT. and Mrs. Null Ter. Arrived there and the surprise over, the evening went merrily on with games and music.
 The invitational list included Miss Agnes Hudson, Miss Marie Rosswog, Miss Ollie Audett, Alice O'Neill, Miss Genevieve Rosswog,. Mfr. and Mrs. F. A. Jones, Mir and Mrs. H. I. O'Neill, Mrs. C. M Rosswog, Earl Means, Tom my Strimple, John Rosswog, William O'Neill, Pat Cannon, Bill Cavanaugh, Lew Corbly, Harry O'Neill and Karl Rosswog
 Tnpoipcy 11YnV1 4ha haoIc oP tho xn-n,nS appalling increase in divorces, there is food for thought in the question of 8 New York paper, 'Is marriage as great a success as 1t ever can be-"
 Arthur Brisbane has some com ments upon the subject which are to the point but hardly calculated to add to the conceit of any man. He says the wild goose mates for life and only once. If one of the couple dies, the survivor mourns in loneliness till death. The ostrich has but one mate as we'll as many other birds and ami mals. It is said that when we come to monkeys and men, of all the animals in creation, we find most rarely the ability to spend lifetime in partner ship with only one member of the op- posite sex.
 A prominent scientist, speaking of the lower monkeys in captivity, says that the only way to keep them happy and healthy is to change their mates very often. But this only applies to the second-class monkeys. The high grade champanzees and gorillas do not need this change; so you see the faithless husband ranks only with the second class monkeys.
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 Prices seem to be coming down all over the world. Good looking wives | are quoted as low as S1 25 in Turkav