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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-07-15
NEWS POINTERS

Here are few pointers" for
country correspondents. Clip this
out and keep it conveniently handy.
1. Above all get the news.
2. Do not express your own opin-
ions about news events; let the reader
form his own opinion about the mat
ter on which you write.
3. Do not depend on rumor; inves-
tigate carefully all important news,
for your own satisfaction, and accur-
acy.
4. Above all be accurate in your
statements.
5. Write your letter regularly,
even though there are only few
notes. 1t is in this way that the
people become accustomed to seeing
your letter in the paper and look. for
it.
6. Who? Where? When? What?
Why? How? Answer these questions
in all your news stories and you are
sure to make your letters to the
papers interesting.
Z. Speak a good word for every
one in your community.
s. Give accurate reports of all
public meetings and quote words of
speaker accurately.
g. Never use your paper as a
means to "get even" with any one.
1t will probably injure you and can
not fail to injure the paper.
10. Speak a good word for the
paper you represent and try and get
people interested in it.
IL. Make a survey Of your, terri
tory and find out what kind of news
people are interested in.
IL. Do not minimize yonr respon-
sibility with regard to the paper you
represent. AS AN associate editor
you are charged with covering your
particular field.
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you know that's what happens, nearly
always? 1t must happen, unless there
are new points Of interest always aris-
ing. Ishave the misfortune to think,
and SO I see these things In advance.
and try to shield you from them"
'"The misfortune to think"
"Of course. Otherwise / could ac-
cept the OK routine and grind out my
soul in the treadmill Of three meals a
day. i suppose that's what people call
morality-ideal wife and mother, etc.
I'd run away from 1t ALL"
I, too. punched the snow with my
heel. II never heard you talk like
that, JEAN" said at length. II didn't
think yeu thought-along those lines.
You wouldn't excuse people who run
who disregard their marriage vowsY
The first Of which is to love-" she
shot back. when that fails, all fails
Why make mockery of it,"
"But would love you, always-al-
ways. You would be to me the only
the only possible girl in the werldr'
Slowly she turned her face toward
me; she had been giving me an OPP
portunity for profile study during this
dialogue. Her eyes found mine; her
lips-in them again saw the rose
leaf beauty Of her childhood. When she
spoke her voice was low and tremulous
and musical.
You dear boyl You think so. ]
only wish 1t were truelr
The last words came with catch
In her breath. thrust forward and
clasped her hands In mine.
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Pleasant Hill NeighbOrhood

The Aug. Larson family from Oak
Lake, spent Sunday at the Rerglund
home.
Frank Mach is-[making a fine i'm
provement on his house in building
two dormer windows.
Miss Olive Alexander of Brook
Park, was looking over our school
Monday with a view of accepting the
position as teacher here the ensuing
term.
The Frank Mach and Chas. South
erton families and several other of
our neighborhood, spent Sunday at
the Miller bathing beach, Oak lake.
One lady fell in, but was promptly
rescued with no damage, only a soak
ing.
Mrs. G. o. Billman entertained
thirty friends and neighhors Sunday
evening in honor of Mr. Billman, it
being his birthday. A delicious
lunch of ice cream and cake was
served. All enjoyed very pleasant
evening and wished Mr.. Billman
many more birthdays.
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sign It"
"All right !" she exclaimed at length,
and turning to the huge drift behind
Us she traced on Its bard surface with
her forednger this Inscription:
II you will only be my wife.
No matter what the past has been
I'll take broader view Of life
And try to keep you guessing. Jean.
''Oh. you, used my rhymes!" l ex-
claimed. "But isn't that last line
slangyY' l said, when we had 1t well
laughed over and ! had added at the
side an idealistic sketch of jeans face
under q bridal veil My drawing
rather lost it's point in the fact that
had to explain what 1t was
"No. not slang-poetic license. That's
a great advantage poets have; any
thing that isn't quite good English can
always be called poetic license. Now
sign 4.
4 signed It In bold, printed letters.
and then we fell into silence.
whats the answer. jean" said
at length.
.Oh, Frank, can't give you an an.
swer-not now. That may have been
slang, about keeping me guessing, but
It goes q long way down In ones ma
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THURSDAY, JULY is, 1926.

the contract to redecorate the interior
of the high school building. All the
old calcimine is being removed and
a good grade of paint is being used,
which will add greatly to tho attrac-s
tiveness of the rooms.
Mesdames Bergseth, Wickstrom,
Smith, and McAllister, land Miss Olga
Koivuniemi attended the Nutrition
Project meeting at Willow River, July
Z. Miss Hobart of the AGRICULTURAL
Extension Service, is the leader.
The ladies. find the work very inter-
esting.
Members of the M. e. Ladies' Aid
society gathered at the home of Mrs.
A. B. Jardine, Friday evening in or
der to show their appreciation of her
work as member of the Aid. She
was presented with beautiful framed
picture entitled, "Rippling Brook.
After a very enjoyable evening a
dainty lunch was served. Mrs. Jar
dine will soon leave us and we shall
miss her.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.. Christcpherson
and sons, Clarence and Eugene, mo-
tored to Pine City Sunday where they
visited at the home of Gus Nelson.
The Nelson's have an up-to-date farm
home southeast of town in fertile
farming community. A natural spot
of beauty seen on the trip was at the
boat ferry on the ST. Croix river at
point where the Snake river flows
into the st. Croix.
Miss Evelyn Bergman, the county
club leader of girls canning clubs met
with group of girls at the high
school building Saturday, July 10.
A unit was organized and officers
were elected Mrs. Christopherson
is the local leader and under her
direction each member of the club
will can fifty jars of fruits and vege-
tables. The Finlayson club which
was just organized a year ago took
first place in the booth exhibit last
year, winning over all clubs in north
eastern Minnesota.
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SYNOPSIS
WNU Service
Copyright hy Robert Stsa1

CHATTER H.-rranK ana Jean enter
into q marriage engagement It 20
wen undsrsteod that John ana Mar
jorie are soon to be married Frank
almost loses his life In q snewsterin,
Spool drives thirty miles to the nearest
town to make arrangements for dou.
BILE wedding.
CHAPTER xL-Frank snA Jshn,
for . toks, send Spool op q foefs sr-
rand. through - storm. Jean, learning
tho facts, becomes SO indignant that
FRANKS jealousy 10 fully aroused Ths
two men 60 after Hpoof and 1brina Elm
back safely. jean confessss TO Prank
that she lovsa Spool. though he does
not know 1t, and breaks her engage
ment
CHAPTER xII.-John ana Marjorie
are married on Christmas. day. All the
neighbors attend tho wedding, bringing
such gifts as they can command Mrs.
Alton, alone Of the netghboring set
tiers, fs not present, claiming the me-
cessity OF her caring for little Gerald.
At last we found a place where the
snow had curved In a great white
plume over the bank Of the gully. For
fifty or sixty feet 1t dropped away In
an absolutely smooth descent; then
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= But the Descent Was Sleeper Than
She Thought; Her Momentum Over
balanced Her, and In an Instant !
Saw Her carssnins Wildly Down
the Slope.
came sudden pitch, as though great
Iadle had scooped out the drift; then
succession OF little pillows whipped
up by the cross currents at the foot of
the hill.
SIT looks good" said Jean. "Let me
see If 1t Is frm."
With that she ran out upon the drift.
her dainty feet tripping down 1t like a
bird. But the descent was sleeper
than she thought; her momentum over
balanced her. and In an instant / saw
her careering wildly down the slope,
her arms outstretched, her hair flying
loose from under the rim Of her cap.
Near the foot she disappeared entirely.
Perhaps I should have rushed after
her, but didn't. I sat down leisureiy
ut the top Of the hill and waited for
her to reappear. Presently mittened
hand came up over the crest which
hid her from view; then something
something round and furry, like q
sleeping kitten; then forehead, two
eyes, and a glimpse Of cheeks
Aren't you coming down-to help
me7" she called.
Now I had meant to stand on nay
rights; to tell Jean that she. had gone
down the hill ON her own accord. and
might come back In the same way;
perhaps to poke some quiet mirth at
her efforts to scramble up the slip
perry drift. When a man contemplates
matrimony he may as well settle at
once who's who, and why. Now was
my time to be firm.
mo, I'm not coming said
Jean looked at me for a moment, In
surprise; then uttered not another
word But from her hand she drew
her wooden mitten, and raised her fne,
Arm fingers In the air. One Of those
fingers crooked, with the knuckle bent
toward me, and the finger pointing to
her face; then, with little seductive
flicker. she beckoned me to her.
It was too much. / sprang on my
sled and shot like an arrow to its
target.
isn't 1t wonderful, wonderful ]" she
exclaimed "All this white wilderness
to play In, to shout in-ListenI" And
she helloed at the. top Of her voice.
Only an echo, beating back from the
banks Of the gully. answered See, We
are all alone-alone In all the world
Why didn't you bring me ont here be-
fore7"
Are you glad to be alone with me,
Jeanr ! asked. drawing her hand into
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ture. IT you would only read, and
study, and think, and learn to appre-
ciate beautiful things"
"Oh. Jean, dol appreciate you"
Rather clever, Frank. but that isn't
just what / mean. mean like Spool !;
we might as well be frank about 1t.
rye seen him watch the sunset in the
pond; watch the colors change and
blend and run In little ripples with a
touch. Of breeze as though the water
had been stirred with a feather; I've
seen him sit for hours watching the
ambers and saffrons and champagnes
Of the prairie sunset, and"
"And that's why he got 80 little
blowing DONE"
flower on the prairfes. and all you
know is pigweed. and he takes note of
little things, like when ! worked q
new strip Of lace into the yoke of my
dress, and when put dash of scarlet
ribbon IN my hat he said cit gave me
just the touch of color that one needed
on the prairies and 1t was no wonder
that the Red Indians loved color, and
how much wiser, in some things, they
were than we, and"
"He was spoofng you, JEAN"
"He wasn't"
"Then he was making love to you"
Perhaps. But 1t was very nice
You never noticed my lace or my rib
bon. You didn't even notice this cap
I have on today; ] made 1t cut Of an
old muff, all myself, and just said to
myself, 7 wonder II Frank will notice
it,'.but you didn't"
II did, too. / saw 1t first thing, and
thought how nice 1t looked on you"
"Spoof would have said how nice
looked under It."
"Oh, On SpoofT
"Spoofs an artist, Frank. You're
not"
"Nor yet poet. But reckon I'll
make good farmer"
"We thrashed out the OK question
while ago. Let's keep on new ground"
"Very well. Here's some new ground
When did Spool tell you all these
things? I understood he hadn't come
into the house all the time we were
away"
HE didn't either-hardly. But he
used to come over regularly to see that
everything was all right about the
place and to have his 'bawth,' and he
had the handsomest bathing suit
white and yellow trirmings-and Mar
jorie and fixed up bathing suits, too.
and we used to 60 in"
Together"
''of course. Only Marjorie only went
in once or twice; she said she was
afraid Of the frogs. -. Marjorie
Is a knowing girl"
my own sister! And she would
conspire. :" crunched clump
of crust viciously under my heel.
'"Well, seeing that you have con-
fessed, suppose l should own up,
too," said. after a. silence. II never
told you that there was girl out
where worked this summer"
"No? What was she like?" Jeans
voice was steady, but I caught a new
note in it. 1t augured well for my first
attempt at romancing.
"Oh. she was nice girl, all right
Her folks thought she would make a
good OK, but she didn't quite fall in
line. She had that broader vision
you set so much on. Sort O. limited
that she and l might do well running
a rooming house at Moose Jaw; they
say things are humming at the Jaw.
Rather suggested" ~
(Continued)
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METHODIST SERVICES

Rev. D. C. Hoist of Moose Lake.
will preach in the Methodist church
at Finlayson, Sunday afternoon, July
18th, at 8 O'Clock. Everyone is most
cordially invited to attend. Come and
bring the whole family.
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APPRECIATION

We wish to take this means of
thanking our many friends and neigh
bors who assisted in making the ben
eft social at the Schilling home a
SUCCESSFUL. and Mrs. A. j. Wilt
Evening star., 1926-10-30

analyze myself, feeling that the fault
must lie in me.
I would appreciate any advice you
can give me.
Answer-The statement that you
have endured two years silent mem
bership in a congregation Is also
confession that you are not easily ap-
preached. But your personal difficulty
by no means excuses the congrega-
tion's plain neglect Of its duty. Yet
as rule church officials do all they
can to make strangers feel at home
and to induce constant cOmerS like
yourself to join their communion.
Sometimes eccentrics visit churches
and have to be discreetly handled. 1t
also happens that in the larger assem-
bles solitary person like yourself is
lost in the crowd. Again, painfully
shy people resent the best intentioned
advances from others. l know strange
worshipers who appear to be indiffer-
ent to social intercourse. All they ask
is to be let alone for reasons known
only to themselves.
l feel sure you do not wish to be
numbered with these exceptional cases
or you would not have written this
letter. But the reticence which pre-
vents your peace of mind and your
religious culture should be broken
down.
Whatever its causes are, dismiss it.
Smash the thin partition between
Evening star., 1926-10-30
Your Baby and Mine
RY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
Mixed Feelings Advisable.

Mrs. J. A. L-If the twins are not
gaining so we'll now, especially the
one who is falling behind his sister, l
should give a complementary feeding
after each nursing. 1t is difficult to
continue to drink such quantities Of
LIQUID in order to satisfy them, and ii
is quite all right to nurse for 10
minutes and then satisfy their appe-
tites with part Of a bottle feetting. AT
three months you can use the general
formula of half water bOiled, or
course) and half whole milk and use
about one tablespoon Of sugar to every
10 tablespoons Of milk. The babies
can take, probably, one and one-half
ounces of the milk, water and sugar
formula after a nursing.
Mrs A. demonstrating the setback
the baby has had with pyloric-stenosis
operation. I think his condition is good.
l do think that he could take more in
quantity per feeding, though how
much in strength you are giving him
you failed to state. 1 should feed him
| 18 ounces Of milk per day. just as If
he weighed the amount he should,
| which would be IL pounds. SO he had
best take five ounces at feeding, in
order to get in the required amount of
water.
| Try two teaspoons Of tomato Juice,
strained from canned tomatoes, and
perhaps he will relish this better than
the orange Juice. 1t answers the same
purpose.
Eggs for Young Babies.
| Mrs. A. S. K.-Thirty- ounces of
milk is too much for any baby. One
quart daily is sufficient. You are CIV
| ing now more milk than the baby
needs and entirely forgetting that he
should be having both cereal and
vegetables as well as orange juice at
| s months of age.
| Fine wheat cereals, we'll cooked, can
be given at the 10 o'clock and o'clock
feelings, starting with teaspoonful
amounts and increasing cautiously
until the baby can take one to three
tablespoons at a feeding. Give orange
or tomato juice one-half to one hour
before morning feeding.
! Put one uncooked egg yolk in the
2 o'clock feeding and give a table
spoon or so Of finely sieved carrot or
spinach. In this way you get in all
the elements necessary to the child's
diet. \
Evening star., 1926-10-30
White Costumes i'm New Fashions
BY MARY MARSHALL.

When Yvonne d'Arle makes her
first appearance in the play she wears
a street frock Of white crepe de chine
with white felt hat to match, and to
carry out the white ensemble she has
on leash two spotlessly white Russian
wolfhounds. Then there is an after
noon frock of white lace and white
tulle, cleaning crystal-trimmed eve
ming gown, a white velvet evening
gown and finally a Russian peasant
costume entirely of white.
White costumes are assuming an
important place on the stage. You
may recall interesting examples Of
this In plays you have seen this Au-
tumn. OFF the stage white evening
gowns seem to be assuming greater
Importance, for many women who
would never have thought OF wearing
an all-white evening gown now possess
several.
Evening star., 1926-10-30
Eating for Health and Efficiency


combination, the whole constituting
a meal.
Spinach with poached egg: Wash.
and pick the spinach over carefully
to remove all grit and possible insect
life. II it is young and tender, put it
into a saucepan, heat gradually and
cook for twenty-five minutes In it's
own Juice. If it is old spinach, add
one-fourth as much water as there is
spinach Take out of the kettle and
drain in n colander. then chop fine
with a sharp knife. Reheat and
season with salt and pepper. A mod
crate quantity of spinach, a poached
egg and q thin slice Of thoroughly
toasted bread should constitute meal
for a person on an anti-fat diet.
Gaining Weight.
Excessive leanness may result from
several conditions = improper food,
wrong habits Of eating. poor cooking,
poor digestion, nervous exhaustion.
mal-assimilation or some disease of
one of the many organs connected
with the nutrition of the body. In adj
lition to the right food, there must be
an abundance of healthful sleep.
freedom from mental strain, plenty OF
muscular rest, three regular meals
each day made up of fat-producing
foods that will not only be digested
but will also be assimilated in the
form of stored-up latent energy.
If the digestive organs permit, the
following foods are recommended to
increase body weight: Plenty of fat
meat. eggs, butter. milk, cocoa, choc-
olate, potatoes. both white and sweet;
peas, shell beans, string beans, corn,
beets, all cereals. provided they are
thoroughly cooked. bread, farinaceous
puddings with cream and sugar. Gus
tards. sweets of all kinds. sweet fruits,
and macaroni and similar foods.
Green vegetables which produce bulk
and lean meat must be avoided, also
acids and condiments.
Evening star., 1926-10-30
"PuzzEcks

'Tis strange how the newspa pers i
The creature that's called "-2-':
They say not a 3
Of how she can a.
But write Of the clothes she had on
/. Dignity.
.. The leading singer in an opera.
8. Object.
a. Emit melodious sounds.
5. Feminine prOnoun, objective.
Note-Eugene Field wrote this lime
rick good many years ago, but after
you've completed it by placing the
right words indicated by the numbers
in the corresponding places you'll have
to agree that it usually holds good to-
day. The answer will appear Mon
day, with another ''PuzZlick."
Yesterdays "PuZZlick."
A certain young maid of Passaic
Was with coughs each night kept
awake
Till the doctor. for fee.
Prescribed q troChee.
Now she snoreS in measures trochalc.
(C0pyright. 1926.b
Evening star., 1926-10-30
Lessons in English
BY ". L.. GORDON.

Words often. misused--Dont say
Sure | will" Say 81 surely will.
Often mispronounced - Naricose.
Pronounce vari-kos. the a as in ''at.
o as in mo accent first syllable.
Don't pronounce s as q.
Often isspelled-Chastise; Sc, not
ze
Synonyms-Cause. object, motive.
reason. aim, design, purpose.
Word study-"Use a word three
times and it is yours" Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Todays word
evade-to avoid by artiflce; elude,
escape. You are trying to evade
my questions"
Evening star., 1926-10-30
HOW 1T STARTED
By JEAN NEWTON.
Why Are They Candidates?

Periodically we are occupied with
consideration of candidates for public
offices. too closely occupied. for the
most part, to give thought to the
story that lies behind that word
Candidate
A relic of old Roman civilization
candidate" means, in Latin, Clothed
in white" Its significance was the
custom, among the Romans. that
aspirants to public office, as con
sul," "quaester," 'preator." wear
loose white robes-lOose so that they
could easily display the scars of
hattie, and white TO indicate fidelity
and humility.
There is history for our modern
candidates to live up to.
Evening star., 1926-10-30

yourself and your fellow worshipers.
Join the societies Of your church. En-
ter into it's work. Any woman who
pines for friendship and cannot even
form acquaintances is selfish In tnat
she is entirely too self-centered. Your
reproachful attitude toward others
NAV be but the snake Of self in an at
tractive skin. Get rid of it at the cost
of false ideas Of your own Importance.
and remember that d woman is hersel1
plus the friends she makes.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Is man guilty of a sin when he
marries a girl not of his renglon ana
then turns to her religion just because
he loves her and not because he thinks
her religion is better?
Answer-The man who for any rea-
son whatsoever violates his conscience
in matters of religion disobeys the
Divine law and Injuries his own soul.
If both of you are Christians,
though of different branches OF that
faith, you as the husband may find
your reconciliation with righteousness
and preserve your domestic happiness
in the common elements OF Chris
tlanity. =.
But If you have played the part OF
a hypocrite in avowing what you did
not believe it is your duty to purge
yourself Of the offense, cost what 1t
may.
Evening star., 1926-10-30
Pepper Cheese Rings.

Chill u ball of cream cheese by a.
lowing it to stand close to the Ice fos
several hours. Slice off the top of I
large green pepper, and remove al
the seeds and pith. Press the chess
into the pepper, packing it down a
hard as possible. just before Seryint
time cut the stuffed pepper into uni
form slices. using Il sharp parint
knife Serve on lettuce With FrcnCl
dressing.
Evening star., 1926-10-30

laden with sequins, or cloth of gold
or silver, or possibly one of the deeper,
richer reds or a flaming rose color.
But not white.
Sometimes it actually happens that
the gown that really seems most So
phisticated in an evening gathering
OF we'll dressed women is not jade
green or flaming rose or metal or
black-but pure white. And women
who like to be considered sophisti-
Gated wonder why 1t never occurred
TO them to wear white. The actress
Yvonne d'Arle recently presented an
Interesting experiment in the effec-
tiveness of all white. The five and
only costumes in which she appears
throughout her play are all of white.
The role she plays is not one OF youth
ful innocence-the sort of thing that
we used to associate with white stage
costumes--but one Of decided sophis-
tication.
Evening star., 1926-10-30
Ballroom for
100 people

And the interior is
expressive of every
thing that a comfort
able. luxurious home
should be. From the
moment you enter the
spacious center hall,
with its graceful arch
ways. opening into the
long living room on the
one side and charming
dining room on the
other. You'll be sur
prised at the richness.
splendor, completeness
of this beautiful home.
There are Is large rooms,
including the magnificent
ballroom, with its hand.
decorated walls and hard
maple floor. Music con-
servatory: S bedrooms; ;
tiled bath; lavatory:
kitchen equipped with every
built.in convenience; serv-
ants quarters; full attic'
cedar lined fur storage
room; 2-car garage. Com
pletely detached; on a deep
lot.