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exactly fits the purpose for which Il
is written?
Or. do you carelessly scratch of
whatever thoughts you wish to con.
vey in the quickest and least trouble
some manner possible?
Bear in mind that whether your
letter be formal or friendly. whether
II be an application for a position and
written TO a complete stranger. or
an intimate chat with your dearest
chum. the letter will represent you,
your personality. your own special
self.
Therefore do not try 70 initiate
standard letter forms. except per.
haps. in sending a strictly formal
social invitation or acceptance In
which the third person is used.
Be yourself. as the saying goes,
when you write. Only be yourself
On paper as you would be yourself
when in conversation.
Avoid flowery language. Be simple
in your choice OF words and IN their
arrangement. Say what you want tc
say In A. few words as possible. BE
free and easy and avoid pretense.
A letter which is expressed In
straightforward Anglo-Saxon idiom
will have a more telling effect than
one in which extravaganza language
obviously has been used to create q
favorable impression.
Unfortunately. the telegraph. tele.
phone and post card have more OF
less ruined the art OF correspondence
The typewriter also has helped e
undermine the importance OF hand
writing.
Still. a good letter always has and
always will enhance your worth
social. business or otherwise.
Read carefully the letters you
yourself. receive and see how much
they influence you regarding thu
writer.
Note also the letters hat appea.
TO you and why they do.
What appeals 10 you probably also
will appeal "a others and in this way
you can learn how best TO improve
your own Ietter-writ!ng performance
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to think of the shining silver and
the bright gold and the crisp
bills that were his - all his.
locked away in the secret box.
Luxury, rich food, soft com
fort and flattering friends, yes,
and jealous enemies, too, he
locked them all up in a box and
lived without them.
Maybe he was just as happy
as he would have been If he had
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Gold! Therein Lay the Miser's Joy

spent the money as he earned it
who knows?
After all, it is the mind which
is rich-or poor.
Not the body.
The poorest pauper can find
shelter. warmth. food and care
in the public hospitals-what
more could his money buy him?
But independence, pride. a
kind Of secret delight in his own
power-these things are not SO
easily won.
Perhaps the cold blooded.
scheming miser was happier than
his brother. the spendthrift son
Of a millionaire.
Who is wise enough 70 tell?
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Some Odd Facts

Trained rat-catchers who work on
ships in the London docks must be
able 10 estimate the number OF rats
in a ship before beginning their work
OF determination. The figure is later
checked by the number Of rats
found.
Shillings minted In South Africa
and Australia are only worth 10
pence in England. as only English
minted coins are current in that
country. and Colonial silver has to
be shipped back 10 the country
where II was made.
About $50. 900 Londoners, OF whom
nearly $50. 900 are women. are en-
ployed in hotels. restaurants and
domestic service.
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DID not dare look directly at Lii
Ian when l said that her hus-
IL band would play second fiddle"

- DID not dare look directly at LII
ian when l said that her hus-
IL band would play second fiddle"
TO no one else but his young step
daughter. But beneath my lashes l
saw her face flush violently-an al
most unprecedented breach OF her
iron poise-and I quaked for fear
hat | had sorely offended her.
Did Harry tell you that?" she
asked after a long second.
There was no anger In her voice
but a faint note OF surprise which
made me lift my head and look at her
steadily.
Yes. he did" 1 said. before
Juniors accident when he was debat-
ing whether it would not be best for
him to disappear again-best for
YOU and Marion. he meant"
She leaned toward me with face
suddenly white.
Harry is thinking OF disappearing
again. she said. "Ohi was afraid
of that. I should have known that
lust has him.
do you know that Il would give
me the greatest pleasure in the world
to box your ears?' I inquired with
an exaggerated sweetness OF manner
IF you will kindly curb your imagi-
nation for a minute or two. ! would
like &C tell you a few facts about your
husband which you evidently do not
know. In doing this. l am in a sense
b~etraying his confidence. although he
imposed no promise Of secrecy on me.
But / know that IL he could see how
o were twisting his motives he
would wish me to tell you"
She did not attempt to answer me.
only gazed steadily at me. her eyes
Swallowed with pain.
I'm the first place" / said. Harry.
whatever his sins OF the past. now
deeply and sincerely loves you. I'm
not going 70 tell you the glowing
romantic terms in which he spoke
OF you-he can do that himself-but
his feeling for you is one OF which
n wife might be proud"
Her eyes were suddenly starry. the
shadows fled. I had done wisely. ]
saw. in sounding that note first.
I'm the second place." ! went on.
''ths only reason he had thought OF
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HHaking Helps
fanda Barton
1"e Importance of
hing Den.

FANrn ironing day has be-
" OF real importance
ewives. Formerly II
was q one =, ~ hara.s,
Hk's round by women
wi,bou own work. with or
49, rhe washing machines
Nora1f he way by making
co"ur~H easy. That is. or
II 49, eshing has been done
Iau-5..' OF at the wet-wash
drrr.t latter is rather a
being L.h many cases for.
49, lpme wet. the clothes
Gs'1g and dried.
~ lulndry stove and the
,bamat irons and with
iror 'c1igery. The electric
ana Nlerally used today
49, ilarity new improve.
o. III their appearance.
-. H9ironS has a thumb
49, ieeut hot or cool as the
49, plfThis iron has no
out tnent cord attached
~ sIuf II is out OF the
fOn has an auto
~ neat a lever under the
ule naVSt gradations and
FiaClils er at the point de.
sired the heeins as wished II
~ uoh cook much the current
niy oe 'urt again. The iron
nutter atooint than at the
,eel; Which an advantage as
ne hoI end 3 the damp cloth
ms ias a hinged plug
LIcn puts Pain on the cord.
" IRON res ban attached heel
use. some she others have
Changing board covers
20 De a "a Job. II was diff
cunt 10 get tfers well padded
smoth. the covers and
as come IN hsired sizes and
snugly In 1t takes but a
w minutes tott the cover and
le beard Is ready for use.
Ntra covers COR the same pads.
nen tnere Is tlhll home mangle
llch does all lat work beauti.
lly while the Cor sits down 70
ie IL.
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Judgment Of your correspondents character by
what ne says and how he says it?
In similar fashion are your own letters
judged. The impression you make with the letter
you send has a lot to do with your success with
the particular person you are writing TO.
| am not referring here to character analysis
based upon an Interpretation of ones penman-
ship. Except in a broad way il takes expertness
to do that.
Neatness or slovenliness, of course, is ~telltale
in every case. If you write with a free, bold hand
you are likely to register the impression of frank
ness, honesty or generosity. A contrary idea may
be given when your hand Is small and cramped.
You may be considered nervous and erratic if
the strokes are uneven and you scribble all over
the page.
But, what IS Of much more significance Is the
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Va oeen rather busy these
Wv days Quitting youns
things fer return TO college
and prep schools. It's always rather
fun. The kids are so thrilled at the
thought az new clothes. thai they
have a perfectly grand time. and
their good humor becomes infectious.
But they are amusing. II their
mothers weren't along TO guide their
tastes. they'd all get rugged out like
grass widows. Black evening dresses.
sophisticated and slinky-mature
J looklng afternoon gowns-everything
| guaranteed 10 make them look as
though they'd Just gotten their first
divorces and were contemplating an.
other Immediately.
Ethel b. was brought in by her
fond parent the other day-and her
selection-or what would have been
her selection II Mama had not OBJ
5ected. occasioned these remarks.
Even sports clothes had 10 look
rather rakish. before the child would
even consider them. And she's so
frightfully spoiled that she got her
own way-and ordered a perfectly
screaming wardrobe for a sixteen
year-o!d.
l did talk her into getting a suit.
able evening dress. however. by ex-
planning that rather ingenious dance
were considered ultra sophisti-
Ethel instead OF turning up
her nose. pricked up her ears. and
finally agreed to take the frock-in
she looked darling.
II was a lowered chiffon, with a
-ellow and scarlet design on a white
background II had a rounded decol. a..
.tage and two lovely shoulder flares
hat dropped most gracefully. The
(Diice IA rather full, gathered into
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~ O-O-O-H! She's found a new sport! And
SUCH a fascinating one tool She's dis
covered that her hands are quite adept
when i comes to the art of Juggling. so she's
practising with all the poor little hearts that have
been laid at her dainty feet.
Look at themi She gathers them up in her
cruel little hands and throws them every which
way. Juggles them all around until the poor
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81 could buy you a beautiful
fur coat if | wanted to, my lady.
and | could buy you a limousine,
or a little bungalow in the coun-
try, and you look down on me,
and smile at a man who has not
one single penny in real cash,
and has not the fortitude and
the cunning to get it, either"
How rich he must have felt,
this poor, f~orlorn creature when
he Rugged his rags and laughed
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the shlvers have been forgotten a.
If you will try out-ofdoor
matter how shivery and miserabl
same pleasant glow. That is good
heart has been awakened and /.
pounding away al a splendid Job
cleansing and purifying your whole
oody. The blood is clearing the cob.
webs from your brain and preparing
your digestive organs for the
energetic task your increased ap.
petite will give them.
But am not telling you all this
merely because IL is advice which. il
followed, Will make you feel good. /
nave a much higher motive than
that To follow this suggestion will
add years "a your life.
The trouble with most Of you Il
that YOU don't exercise. How can
your lungs and chest develop unless
you breathe deeply? How can you
have firmness and plumpness OF
flesh. not fairness. unless YOU get
plenty OF oxygen? How can YOU
have sweet. clear skin unless the
secretion of the sweat glands washes 1
away impurities?
Think over what | am telling you
toaay. Make up your mind that you
will try this prescription. You don't
TO 20 10 a drug store 10 have
IL filled Ii costs no more than a
little daily effort and a good pair Of
shoes.
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BY WINIFRED BLACK

TTE died the other day. the poor man. died
a beggar.
For weeks he had lived upon bread
and water, but when he was gone and his poor
starved body was laid in the earth to 90 back
to earth again in the good old fashion-some-
body looked through the rags left behind him
and somewhere in the rags there was a key.
The key, it was found. belonged TO a safety
deposit box and in the box was a little matter
of $4,000 in silver, gold and currency.
He had been saving it for years. wonder
what good it did him.
He went cold and hungry and in rags-to
save it. What do you suppose he thought when
people were sorry for him for his poverty-was
that the secret of his life?
Did he love to look at Woodworking, anxious
men and think you look down on me because
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Words of the Wise

He i, not poor who has the US. Of
necessary things. Horace.
Everything advances bp an IN
chdn0edble I1p through the
eternal constitution and cssoci1-
ton OF latent causes, t1hich hare
been long before predestined
Rufus.
Many strokes. though with q little axe.
Hew down and fell the ha-dcs.-iimber'd
oak. Shakespeare.
Example ts the school OF man
Kind, aud they uiH learn at no
other. Burke.
By time and toll we sever
What strength and rage could never.
La Foniaine.
Three spdrts-pridc. enry and
drdrfce-hdre been kindlef In
all hearts. Dante.
So many men, o many opinions;
everyone has his own fancy.
Terence.
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u outdoor lsrro 20 sunshine n,nscr-
Ar eAertlon te activities to that
brief season.
OF course, |, dwerers 1, mind wben
| say this. Couto 49, or,-of-doors everv
~ q 'he is why they are more
10y ana stupst respects than town
folks. They maI;s,aLas To- ~, .h,, =
another story. ~ w.
Too many ",h;n o,dadp Thev
hate exposure .siIm ch;lI;na e. az
very bone. "'y Nis " '"e
heforo une fee on a cool morning,
von -. ~. - supplied regularly and
to shake the gooss enousn
But by the X !out teI.ns 10y.
brisk rubbing WIZ gwen yourselI a
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Pa nodded hip Iirfrhe skirt was
circular. with ialar length in
back. Mrs. b. he a sigh az re-
iief when Ethel Oily decided TO
take i instead ole black satin.
complete in silver Re.
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LETTER. WRITING ART
SHOULD BE STUDIED
Impression You Make and Your Success Often
Hinges Upon Clarity of Expression and Sort of
Language You Employ i'm Correspondence.
BY DIR. LOUIS e. BISCH
Eminent Psychologist.

r is an art. But. contrary to most other arts
it has a distinct personal value.
- Have you eve observed your own reactions when you re-
Give a letter? Have you noticed how you try to form
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ger nails and what can be done fol
the condition?
A.-Usually due 10 a circulatory
disturbance. Try rubbing A LITTLE
old cream into the nails at nieht
and cut them carefully. Improve
your health and your circulation vii
improve. For further particulars
send a self-addressed. stamped en-
velope and repeat your question.
A. r. Q.--What do you advise
Tor removing wrinkles?
A-Massage lightly. using any
good cold cream.
j.. $. Q.-How can ! reduce the
blood cells in my body7 I have Il.
2 600 more than ] should have.
A.-This cannot be done. There
is no reason for Il.
y. r. Q.-What will increase the
growth Of my eyelashes?
A.-Use 10 yellow oxide OF mer.
curry ointment and apply to the
lashes nightly. !
oOpyriEht. 1928. Newspiper Feature Service. Inc.
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DON HzKzSHOES
ON BRLSDRNzNGS
tco Many of Us Play [ Onlv During yaca
o'0h iime' foregoing tant and Healthful
behehls Oh COObr Exercise.
BY Y S. nm AZ n
oIes oenNew York.

'0'"S'o"eT nelC York City.
n Z V you stored up strength - ,... .,rorrh
& the Winter? If SO, do you p. - - ; and
do nothing to keep them ind
One objection | have to vad, r-.
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"a NUU USE IE LTENtUI WEIdE
- DO you misspeL words? Do you use bad grammar? Do you violate
In short. do you know how to write a good letter-a letter that
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Answers to Health Queries

w. r. Q.-What causes split fin
ser nails and what can be done for
the condition?
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you think am poor, and have more money hidden away in that
deposit box than you have, with all your airs and graces."
Did ne like to look at a vain, pretty woman, peacocking by in
nr satins and furs and jewels and think:
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Advice to Girls
BY Annie Laurie.
nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:

nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
IL am a girl in my early teens.
l have been going with a boy two
years my senior.
He used TO rome down to my
house. but he does not any more.
He acts as II he Is mad at me.
A few weeks ago he moved away.
He has not written me a letter
since ne moved. Shall | write TO
him first?" WORRIED.
VNORRIED: No. my dear. dom
w write TO him. II he truly cares
for you. he'll write TO your first. IL
the meantime. don't sit around anC
NOPE over things. but Just try to g.
around ana forget all about IL
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Z ANNIE LAURIE:

NEAR ANNIE NE:
~ 1 am a woman thirty-three
year old and I am divorced from
my first husband / have met a
man who Is fifty-six years old and
| love him dearly. He loves me
too but he thinks he IS too old for
me. Do you think II would be a
happy marriage? I do not care
for dancing or parties. all / want
Is a good man and a home. n
whom | love and who loves me. !
love this man dearly. II. r.
HI g.: OF course. you should think
kEs a long time before mar
rying a man SO much older than
yourself. You belong to different
generations and your tastes are apt
10 be widely different. However. II
you are willing TO give up your good
times and settle down to a quiet
life, then | see no reason why you
should not marry this man. That IS,
OF course. provided you love him
enough. But you see. II might be
rather difficult for both OF you. You
are both more or less settled, and II
might be hard for both OF you to try
to live up to what the other
expected SO think a long time be
fore you make a definite decision.
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A. r. Q.-What do you advise
for removing wrinkles?
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Copyright. 1928. Newspaper r,.tur. Service. Inc
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A.-Massage lightly. using any
good cold cream.
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A Fashion sDiarv
By GRACE THORNCLIFFE
She Discusses Youthful EUening Dies.

NETE'NE been rather busy these
VIZ days Quitting young
fhinrs fLr -n..rr "a cnlinsn
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j. s. Q.-How can / reduce the
blood cells in my body? / have II.
BOO. 600 more than I should have.
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A.-This cannot be done. There
is no reason for Il.
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have gray hairs appear long
before one expects them is often
= very ring TherA are
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-13
PARTY OF 300 COMING NORTH;
 VISIT JUNEAU
U. s. Naval Reserve Men and Officers Want Auto
 Trip to Glacier

Five Hundred United States Naval Reserve men and officers are contemplating trip to Ju- neau arriving here about July 10 or II and Charles Miller, of the Juneau sightseeing Company has received a letter from Ralph M. Smith, District Passenger Agent, of the American Express Com pany, at Seattle asking for infor- nation as to conveyanees to take the party to Mendenhall Glacier.
 MT. Smith says that United States Naval Reserve men and officers will come north in six different ships of the Coast Guard and the majority will desire to make the glacier trip.
 The American Express Com pany will have a representative aboard one of the ships to sell tickets for the trip if that is the quickest feasible way to expedite handling of the sightseers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-13
Part ot Decision Upheld, Pmt Is Rcuerued

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, March 13-The United States Court of Appeals has upheld one part of a decision Of George Bourquin. Judge of the Federal District Court. and reversed him in another case at issue. The right of ship owners to bring suit against the Government for prohibiting hunting of seals in Boring Sea from 1889 to 1902. the District Court ruled the owners of 2i ships had not shown government interfer- ence but the Circuit Court of Appeals ruled interference was shown in seven of the A cases. Suits involving mil lion dollars will be filed in the seven cases.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-13

NEW YORK, Mar. 13.-Football needs it's neavyweights and bas. ketball favors the tall boys but baseball takes them all sizes ss long as they can play the game.
 Ranging all the way from the six feet six inch altitude of Slim" Harriss of the Red Sox to the five feet four of Pittsburgh s newly acquired second baseman "Sparky" Adams, and from the 235 pounds of Brooklyn's Jumbo Elliott to Detroit's 1A2-pound shortstop. Jack Tavener. the 1928 big leaguers run the gamut of shapes and types.
 They vary almost as widely in age, for there is place for the fiery youngster as well as the canny veteran The dean of them all is old Jack Quinn of the Ath- letics with his AZ years, while the rockies include several young sters still in their teens.
 On the firing line there seems to be a premium on height and weight as the pitchers in general come heavy and tall. Elliott. 236 and six feet three. the heaviest, and Harriss. 1855 and six feet six the tallest, of the present crop. | both are moundsmen as are Gar. land Buckeye of Cleveland. 225 and six feet one, and Eppa Rixey Cincinnati, 210 and six feet five, their respective runnersup.
 James Wright, young semi-pro pitcher from California who gets trial with the Browns. ranks among the heaviest with his 22O pounds on a six feet two inch frame.
 Others who run to generous di mensions are Stahlman, 210 and six feet one, a husky young catch CT who goes up to Cleveland this season from Wilkes-Barre of the New ork-Pennsyivania league; Walter Brown. Cleveland pitcher 210 and six feet two and Floyd Herman. Brooklyn infielder, who weighs 1S0 and is six feet four inches tall; another of the giants is the well-known George Herman Ruth who packs 215 pounds and stands six feet two in his socks.
 Infield. the premium seems to be on agility and speed rath CT than size and if is there the smallest men in the game are found. Adams is only five fee
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-13
BUTLER GIVES TESTIMONY AT
 COM. HEARING
Tells More About Package Containing $25,000
 in Bonds
fContInueo rom Page one. )

tribution he made to the party in 1923, exclusive of $2,0OO given during the campaign.
 The secretary's admissions were contained in letter addressed to Senator Walsh, who is heading the quiz. and immediately after the latter had sent Mellon a com- plete record of the hearing held earlier in the day when an in- triguing vista of speculation was opened by the production of a rather mysterious memorandum taken from the private files of the late John T. Pratt, of New York City, and a heavy contributor in his time to the Republican cam paign fund.
 This memorandum. done with pencil in Pratt's own handwriting, bore two names-"Andy' and Butler" which set the commit- tee to considering the advisabili- ty of summoning as witnesses Andrew J. Mellon, secretary of the treasury, and William M. But Ter, of Massachusetts, chairman of the Republican national commit tee
 These two names appeared be- tween those of the late John w. Weeks, war secretary in the Hard