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The Washington times., 1925-09-30
INFORMAL
WEDDING
MRS. Cornelius Beeckmanl

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
II The writer is to be
married and wishes the wedding
to be as informal as possible. The
wedding is to take place at 4:3O
p. m. Would it be proper for the
bridegroom to wear Tuxedo ~
the event that the bride wore a
white lace dress and hat?
(2) Also, when having only one
attendant, is it proper to have
ushers?
90 It was the brides inten-
ton to have two cousins as
ushers.
(4) Also when wearing a Tuxedo
in the summer is it proper to
wear a straw hat? M. w.
IT is not proper for the groom
i to wear evening clothes be-
fore 6 o'clock. He should wear
either cutaway coat and gray
striped trousers, or, most inform
ally, dark blue business suit.
Four-thirty o'clock is still day
time and therefore day clothes
should be worn.
(2) Yes, The number Of at
tendants does not affect the num-
Der of ushers. The number of
ushers is determined by the num-
Der of guests that are expected at
the wedding. As a matter of
fact, you can have no attendants
and eight ushers, if you wish.
go The bride does not choose
the ushers. They are invited by
the groom, although he usually
invites the brides brother or
cousin to be among his ushers.
"a Yes, informally.
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
II 1 have received an invita-
ton to boy friends surprise
party and as / have known him
only a short time, would 1t be
necessary for me to present him
with gift? GLADYS.
TT is not necessary for you to
L take a gift to the party. But
if you wish, take carton of
cigarettes or a box of sweets for
the party, or a book or phono-
graph record, or something OF
that kind.
Dance Etiquette
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ When a girl is out with a
gentleman and she meets another
gentleman, a friend of hers, is it
correct for her to say hello" to
him, or pass by without notincing
him? / have heard men say it
isn't proper for a girl to say
hello" when she. is in another's
company.
2. When girl and her fiance
go to a dance should he leave
her and go and dance with
another girl that he does not
know?
A RE you spoofing me, Or are
"A the people who told you this
spoofing you? Maybe the mem
bers of one gang" do not let
their girls" speak to the mem
bers of an enemy gang-but other
people acknowledge acquaintance
with friends when they meet them:
.. No.
Mrs BeeClunan will be glad to
questions on etiquette sub
mitted by readers).
The Washington times., 1925-09-30

; has, something subtler and more
skilful in our hands before we
can sneer at him.
What do we individual Nordics
amount to, anyway, that we
should feel so superior?
No, don't point to George
Washington and Maxfield Parrish
and Mr.. Rockefeller and Henry
Ford and Susan B. Anthony.
There was a bimbo named M.
Angelo and another one named
Caesar and little girl called
Joan that never came within a
thousand years of being Nordic,
and yet managed to put quite a
dent in human history.
You'll have to leave out the
Classy Great Examples, for no
one race has the monopoly of
them.
Get down to the masses and
look 'em over.
The great gum-chewing, flivver-
riding American mass that points
and pokes and carves. it's initials
and leaves picnic plates strewn
all over the land-the great,
blonde American hoi polloi with
the Kewpie doll over its gas-log
and the three-piece over-stuffed
set in its living room-the great
Identical American mass, most of
'em as much like their neighbors
as one herring is like another
We're good gang-I acknowl-
edge it
We're friendly and kindly and
mostly square.
But what do we KNOWc
What have we DONE?
What proof will we leave to
history that a Nordic had any
better homes, schools. politics, 5
churches, art or manners than
the common guys that didn't have
one of those smart, new names?
The Washington times., 1925-09-30
GARRETT P. SERVISS TELLS OF
IMAGINATIVE PICTURE
New York, London, Paris Buried Under Glaciers.
New Civilization in Polar Regions.

: The mountain does not lack
sunshine, either, but the solar
rays fail to melt the snow in the
rare atmosphere of the heights,
where the radiation from the
white surface is so rapid that the
heat cannot penetrate.
Let a whole continent be up
lifted a mile or two vertically, as
has occurred more than once,
and over it's surface deep
mantle of ice and snow may take
the place of green hills and val
leys, farms, gardens, pastures,
villages and cities. This may have
been the condition of North Ameri-
ca in the last glacial epoch.
Many recent occurrences, such
as the elevation of a considerable
area. of the bottom of the Bay of
Biscay, until it is but a few faith.
oms below the sea surface in
places where a few years ago
soundings showed a depth of two
miles or more, indicate the con-
tinued action of the forces that
have alternately lifted and low
cred continents.
But would such a change of
level, while bringing on an ice
age in North America and Europe.
be attended by the existence OF
warm and hospitable climates in
the polar regions? At the pres
ent time around each pole per-
petual day reigns for half the
year and perpetual night for the
other half, and these conditions
alternate between the poles, as
shown in our picture.
Summer SOlstice.
At the summer solstice June
22) the sun is 1914 degrees above
the Equator and above the hori-
ION at the North Pole, and it
circles horizontally around the
sky once every twenty-four hours
without either rising or setting.
At the same time it Is 1914 de-
grees below the horizon at the
South Pole, and there it circles
horizontally around the sky once
every twenty-four hours, always
at that depth below the south
polar horizon, i.e., out of sight.
Consequently, while the North
Pole sees the sun continuously
for six months, the South Pole
is buried in night throughout the
same period. But at the winter
solstice, December %, when the
sun is 2312 degrees south of the
Equator and above the horizon of
the South Pole. it is perpetual
night at the North Pole, while
perpetual day at the South Pole.
There are many curious facts
which the reader may study out
for himself with the aid of the
drawing, but which there is not
room to discuss here. They all
have a bearing on the question of
the possibility of the poles ever
again becoming habitable. For
my part ! think that If New York,
London and Paris are ever Gov
cred with ice. business and So
ciety will seek the Equator.
The Washington times., 1925-09-30
British Thrift

NHE latest figures on savings
n show that two-third of the
people of Great Britain maintain
savings accounts in some form.
More than 100000 people have
amassed $3,766, 100000 in savings
and savings certificates. Savings
bank deposits have increased 100
per cent in less than a genera
ton. Despite war losses since
1914 the national capital of Great
Britain is now estimated in excess
of $92 600, 200, 900. Figures from
cooperative societies show a
membership of more than 3d..
100000 One writer on the sub
ject says that British thrift ex-
plains British policy, tolerance
and love Of order. THE Thrift
Magazine.
The Washington times., 1925-09-30
By Garrett p. Serviss
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest

Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest
PROFESSOR E. w. PARKS
has Just entertained the
British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science with a
highly imaginative, and yet not
impossible, picture of the future,
in which New York, London.
Paris, and with them the now
most populous and prosperous re-
gions Of the globe, are buried I'M
der glaciers, while what is left OF
mankind has emigrated to the po-
lar regions and there established
the reign Of a new civilization,
characterized especially by great
er mental development.
Professor Parks bases his idea
on the well-known fact that the
polar region contains indisputable
evidence that formerly they IN
joyed an almost tropical climate,
while vast ice-sheets extend over
large part of the temperate
and sub-equatorial areas.
Snow Line
AS a geologist he no doubt
takes into account the enormous
influence of changes in the level
of the continents due to interior
strains in the earth's crust. An
increased elevation of few thou
sand feet is sufficient cause
for a very considerable lowering
of the temperature, as anyone
who ascends even the smallest
mountains must know by expert
ence.
The Washington times., 1925-09-30
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses

Big opportunities are more apt
to knock at your door ii you keep
yourself busy with little ones.
Hez Heck says: "Chaplains has
been prayin fer Congress fer
hundred years, but so far their
prayers amt been answered.
Golf reduces you finances far
more than your waistline.
One of the surest ways for a
candidate to be defeated is to tell
the truth.
Fools are occasionally very
smart. while the wise now and
then are very foolish.
1t is no trouble at all 10 in
vent excuses for doing things
YOU know you shouldn't
BY setting limit to YOU wants
and keeping them there. you get
more out of life.
Moses had many difficulties to
overcome for his people, but
luckily he had no traffic prob
lens to solve.
The Washington times., 1925-09-30


VNHEN a woman-voter murmurs
w blushingly, over twenty
one" it usually is a sign that she
is over forty-one.
Apparently. the greatest trag-
edv in a woman's life is her for
tieth birthday; and her greatest
problem is TO decide just how long
she can go on being 'thirty-nine.
And yet-and yet, the "forties
have a lure all their own-l1ke
Indian summer Spring and youth
are beautiful and exciting-but
Indian summer and the Golden
Forties arc nlellow-and fruitful
and far more restful.
In Indian Summer, you can
stop striving and struggling ana
yearning for things:
You can take off your mental
stays, and slip into the soft, be-
coming silk dressing gown Of
oh, well, of maturity.
You can RELAX-and lean back
and philosophize!
You can stop doing all the
things that fratted and annoyed
and bored y0u--and begin doing
all the things that you've wanted
to do, and longed to do and never
had time to do.
Best of all, you can stop PRE-
, TENDING. And posing AMI acc
have to prove to the world that
you are a siren or a beauty or
Gree or a cutie or success.
You can stop struggling 20 be
all the things everybody expected
YOU to be-and just be what God
intended you 70 be.
You can stop painting after
popularity, or success, or ro-
nance, or thrills or the latest
fashions. You no longer have 10
be brilliant or allurinG or lIp-to-
date-and you can just be sweet
and charming and sympathetic
and let it go at that.
In the Golden F'orties. men be
gin to speak Of you as that in
teresting woman instead Of as
that baby doll" And you much
prefer the mellow comradeshtp Oh
an Interesting man. TO the dis
turbing infatuation of Il heart
breaker, with its painful after
math.
Oh, the Golden Forties! That is
a beautiful age. When the heart
still beats high, and tn" hopes
ripen-but the head is cool and
the pulse is steady!
When you begin to understani
yourself, and stop doubling your
self, worrying about yourself ana
talking about yourself. When you
stop suffering" and begin to en-
joy-and TO LIVE!
When you are Ike a perfect
Indian Summer day-ripe, mel
low. glowing, tender, Say-but
NOT intense,
Youth is ego-centric-but FORTY
Is altero-centric.
Youth enjoys itself-FO"ty en-
joys all the world
Welcome the Golden FOrties-
when one can still be thirty
nine
The Washington times., 1925-09-30

this
HEREBY PROTEST THAT
I'M SICK OF ALL THIS TALK
ABOUT NORDICS.
The human race has committed
a lot of conceited hot air since 1t
first learned how to do something
more than gibber. But I'll bet 1t
never committed anything that
sounded sillier to the ears of the
Almighty than this Nordic stuff.
For what does it mean, any
way? What does it stand for? It's
a fine sounding term, but it's like
that label, "GLASS-FRAGILE,
that they stick on packing boxes.
Maybe it means a goblet from
Tiffany
But it's more apt to mean Csc
mixing bowl.
Yep, know I'm making you
mad. If you want the truth. m
TRYING to make you mad
BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO
MAKE YOU THINK.
Ever since the war raised cam
with democracy, we Americans
have grown snobbier.
We went over to Europe anu
took a brief look at a bunch OF
worn.out. discouraged, bankrupt
strangers that needed loan ana
a bath
And then we came home ana
SURVEYED our bankbooks and pain
tubs and Immediately started slap,
ping ourselves on our chests ana
CALLING OURSELVES Not-
DIGS.
But why?
Because we put up good
fight?
There was one little nation OF
hrunettes once which had the
whole world licked to standstlli.
And they weren't Nordics, either:
RecauSe we've got lot or
The Washington times., 1925-09-30
Beating a Wife, British Style

At time it legal in England your wife,
using your Judgment to the number of beangs
you allowed beat with stick any thicker
than man S thumb
Some in England had rather big thumbs but
IS dead fortunately. The other day, however Walter
Knowles indignant Britisher beat his wife EVERY DAY
FOR WEEK, and then gave her away another
a bill of sale for nothing.
Down South the Ku Kux gentlemen would have
to him. British justice ordered him pay
givenaway wife So week. No talk of putting the
il jail, to say nothing of tar and feathers.
The Washington times., 1925-09-30
ONCE-OVERS
BORROWED MONEY CAN BE ASSET

Perhaps you have been too strong for the princpleot
paying cash
Your fear of debt has kept you from making money
IF YOU can borrow and invest in something which you
know to be good business venture, why not do 1t?
If you can borrow at per and get 10 cent why
allow your scrupeS against debt to keep from per-
fectly sensible and legitimate form of business
Few business men would be in mercantile business they
waited till they had cash to pay for everything.
o incu Indebtedness in the course OF
transactions If your judgment and experience tell
you that profit may be made within reasonable period
of time go to it.
The who says he ''never owed dollar IN MS lie
seldom found with an accumulation of money.
The Washington times., 1925-09-30

The "snow-line," which is
found even under the equator,
is a visual proof of the influence
of elevation upon temperature.
While roses grow in the valley of
Chamonix, Mont Blanc towers
above, with it's head and mighty
shoulders. cleaning with snow
and ice hundreds of feet deep,
and swept with winter tempests
at the very moment when bees
are buzzing among the blooms in
the warm sunny valley al its
feet.
The Washington times., 1925-09-30
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

money?
There was an
other nation on
the Nile which
had most of the
money and cul-
ture of the world
cornered. N o :
were they Nor
dies.
B e c g. u S e we
battle mere than
Tony 4 or Ivano-
witch?
So does a fish.
We've got to
be more than
rich and scrappy
and scrubbed to
make the term
"Nordic" stand
for anything.
We've got to
have something
better inside our
heads than Tony
The Washington times., 1925-09-30

TN getting fed
il up with this
term Nordic and
l don't care who
knows it.
No. I'm net a
p g e v g d L a t j n
watching with en-
Vious eyes the
march of the con-
quering Blondes.
I'm a Nordic my
self, blonde as
they make EN-,
and no festive en-
c n ! a q a g v e 1
wr e a t h e d my
family tree. II
us Nords are
A1Iah's little pets,
then it's a cinch
that I'm elected
for a seat in the
boxes. But
Yet
And in spite of
The Washington times., 1925-09-30
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
The POLUer of Momentum
By DOCTOR FRANK CRANE

~ going too fast we sometimes, escape
The automobile in the movie thriller jumps the gap
- in the broken bridge by the Of its speed
The Washington times., 1925-09-30
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
Helen Rowland
The Golden Forties

The UOIuen FOFEItS
WHEN a woman-voter murmurs
w blushingly, over twenty
one" it usually is a sign that she
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02
ASKOV

Mrs.Daniel Archembault of Proc
tor, is spending a few DAYS here
visiting relatives and friends.
Henry Bennedsen of Luck,
Wis, visited here with the NAL
hing brothers from Saturday till
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Hyldahl and
the Svend Petersen family spent
Sunday at Wahkon, on the south
ern shore Of Mile Laos lake.
Miss Agnete Schroeder is here
from Minneapolis spending a
week visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Holger E. Petersen.
Anthony Sebald who has been
working in garage at St. Cloud
for some time, returned to Askov
last week and commenced work
ing in the Askov Garage Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Krantz and
baby and Mr.. and Mrs. Jorgen
Christensen left Saturday in the
formers car for a visit with
friends and relatives at Racine,
Wis.
MAIDS Bovbjerg of Tyler, visit
ed here with his brother Peter
Bovbjerg, local blacksmith, from
Saturday till Wednesday. Mr..
Bovbjerg is also well known to
a number of Askov citizens who
formerly lived at Tyler and was
busy shaking hands with ac-
quaintances. He has been bag
gageman for the past eight years
on the Astoria branch running
out of Tyler.
Mrs. Niels j. Nielsen of Luck,
Wis, and her daughter, Mrs.
Karen Bryl, and her son of Oak
land, Calf, and Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Jensen and daughter of St.
Paul, visited at the Holden Han
sen home from Saturday till Mon
day. They liked the community
here very much and particularly
the Askov creamery butter and
incidentally took several pounds
with them home.
Hedge B. Kilstofte drove to
Centuria, Wis, Tuesday to look
after the building of the school
house job which the Askov Con-
struction Co. has there and will
also go to Isanti where they are
building a creamery. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Kilstofte
and their two children to Cen
turia. They will visit a few days
there at the home Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Frokjer.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02


Miss Margaret Schroeder left
Friday for Minneapolis to go to
work.
Ernst Mailing was in Duluth
last Thursday for a medical exam
ination.
Mrs. Carl H. Degn went to
Minneapolis Saturday for a visit
with friends.
Viggo Andersen bought new
Ford touring car from the local
dealers last week.
Jens Stiksen of Ladysmith,
Wis.,. came here Thursday for a
days visit at the c. L. Wosgaard
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Hansen
and two children of Luck. Wis,
visited at the Carl Miller home
from Saturday til Monday.
Attorney Albert Johnson was
up from Sandstone Sunday and
visited at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. c. Hansen. Mr.. Johnson
made his home with the Han
sens when they were residents of
Sandstone.
Wayne E. Jacobsen and Henrik
Henriksen have purchased a
thoroughbred Holstein sire calf
from the Jean du Luth farm at
Nickerson, receiving the animal
last week. This will make a good
addition to their excellent herds.
Mrs. William Hansen and two
little daughters, Luella and
Frances, left Saturday for their
home at Coleridge. Nebr., after
ten weeks visit at the home of
Mrs. Hansen's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Niels Tn. Nielsen, northeast
of town.
A letter from Rev. Ludwig
Mehr who made his home at
Askov several years and is well
known to many here, states that
he is now established at Bray
ton, Iowa. He evidently is kept
busy as he has five places in the
neighborhood where he breaches
two or three each Sunday.
Geo. Lindegaard drove truck
load of poultry to Minneapolis
the first of the week for John L.
Madsen, the latter also going
along on the trip. On the re-
turn Mr.. Lindegaard drove via
Hutchinson for visit and t,
take some furniture from there
to Askov.
Gunnar Mosbak and his friend,
Nathaniel Dexter, drove over
here inauto Tuesday from Seeley,
Wis, and visited until today at
the home of the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Mosb@k. A num-
Der of neighbors gathered at the
Mosbak home last evening for
social time.
Mrs. Peter Jacobsen and son,
Sophus, and daughter, Mrs. John
Hansen, and her husband and
their son, Lyle, came here Tues
day from Mortified for a days
visit at the home of the latter's
great grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thue Christensen. Mrs. Jacob
sen is remaining for a longer
visit.
Through letters Askov friends
of Hans Poulsen of Wayne, AL
berta, Canada, have been inform
ed that Mr.. Poulsen is very low
with cancer of the rectum at a
hospital in Drumheller, Canada.
Mr.. Poulsen who was formerly in
the lumber business at Askov to-
gether with Martin Sorensen and
was amongst the pioneers of this
community, operating also saw
mill here, left Askov seven years
ago for the new Danish colony
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02

Farrow Chix Worlds Greatest
Sellers.-In 100 lots postpaid
your door. Barred Rocks. S. c.
Reds, Anconas, $3.50; White
Rocks, Rose Reds, $1,000; Wyan-
dottes, Minorcas, Buff 0rp.,
$11.50; Leghorns $3.50; Assorted
$6.50.-D. T. Farrow Chickeries,
Milwaukee, Wis. 3Sw44-4t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02

Agents Wanted-Sworn proof
of SIS a week; $1.50 an hour for
spare time. Introducing real
guaranteed hosiery: lie styles
and colors. Low prices. Auto
furnished agents. No capital or
experience necessary Wilknit
Hosiery Co., Dept. C-13, Green
field, Ohio. 39w43-4t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02

For Sale 200 fence posts, s
cents apiece; post digger and
stretcher, a steel cot and a box
heating stove.-James Johnson
at the Mrs. A. Madsen place "a
miles southwest of Askov.
33w44-1t%
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02

Notice-We will have an
expert tractor man here Tues
day. July z, to demonstrate the
ability of a Fordson. He will be
prepared to answer any questions
you may have relative to a trac-
tor.-Askov Garage. 36w44-1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02

North Star Farmers Club will
have its regular monthly meeting
Thursday evening, July 8. Here
after while the open air movies
are on. meetings will be held the
second Thursday of each month.
"A. p. Jensen, Sec.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02

Strayed-From my place, 81
miles west of Kerrick in Winde-
mere township an Is months old
Jersey heifer, white with small
red spots, about two months ago.
Mike 0kronglis, Route 2. Stur-
geon Lake. 33w44-1t"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02

For Sale Blacksmith shop,
nearly new dwelling, tools and
stock. Exceptionally large terri
tory-two towns to draw from
which have no shops. Ideal loca-
ton. Very easy terms. III. E.
Shafer, Finlayson, MINI.
31w43-2t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02

For Rent-The hay meadow on
my farm just north Of Askov vii
lage. For terms see l.. c. Pc
dersen, Askov.-J. p. Miller,
Pine City. 25w44-lts
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR THE WEEK

This column is for free use by
churches. schools. societies. lodges
ETC., for the purpose OF announcing
meetings where no admission Is 70
he charged such meetings as are
held for social or educational pur-
poses and not for pecuniary gain.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02

Menighedsmode i Kirkens I'm
dersal Sendag Eftm. den ste JUL,
HI. 2. Delegaterne aflegger Rap
port fra Aarsmodet. Forhand-
ling ON Diet forestaaende Praste-
yalg i Askov, SAINT andre vigtige
Spergsmaal. -Styrelsen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02

Lost-An umbrella handle on
Friday. between Lars Sorensen
and H. Voetmann places north
west of Askov. Finder please
notify Lars Sorensen. Askov.
25w44-1t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02

For Sale-We are ready to saw
about $4,000 #. lumber. Anyone
wishing certain sizes leave orders.
Thos. Rodenberger, z miles east
Askov. address Bruno.
25w44-1t$
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02

Askov Bakery closed after 10
a. m. Saturday, the Fourth. and
all day Sunday. Get your week
end baking goods Friday or early
Saturday. 25w44-lt
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-02

For Sale or Rent Hotel pro-
perty at Sandstone, MINI. Rea-
sonable terms to right par
ty. Possession Sept. 1st.--
Adolph S. Larson, owner, Sand
stone. 25w44-lt