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The Alaskan., 1932-03-04
A Fast Worker

LA t@oG ol hCA Every time I kiss you, it makes me a better man." Well, you don't have to try to get to heaven in one night" ! Careless Auntie Suspicious Husband: "Wlo called this afternoon?" His Better Half: Only Aun3 Sophie"
 Suspicious Husband: "Wel,, she left her pipe"
 And How! She: T spent my vacation u2 in the mountains" He: Really! Did you have ] guide?"
 She: Well, only my consci- ence."
 Modern Version Mary had a little lamb, Given by a friend to keep. It followed her around until It died from loss of sleep.
 Such Is Fame Teacher-"Who was George Washington" Pupil-"He's the guy whose wife makes candy"
 To the Flappers Blessings on thee, little dame, Bareback girl with knees the
 same With thy rolled-down silken
 hose And thy short, transparent
 clothes, With thy red lips, reddened
 mOra, with lipstick from the
 store; With thy makeup on thy face, And thy bobbed hairs jaunty
 grace, From my heart I give thee joy, Glad that I was born a boy.
 Not Fit to Print T think she works for a print ing company" Sort of bold-faced type, eh?' Ad Writers Note Some day a magazine editor IS going to achieve lasting fame by publishing stories as interesting aS the advertisements.-Life.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-04

Barber Nelson is now located at HudsOn's old stand.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-04
en for Smokers ,vho ,ua1u Hard-pan Eacts

VOU'VE seen it in Movies .. on billboards .. | in newspapers. and you've heard it over the radio The famous slogan, "7hey Satisfy.'
 Itmeans Chesterfelds click. give smokers what they want Now let tell you the Treason why"!
 Smoke satisfaction in Chesterfield comes from just one thing our rigid rule of making every Chesterfield cigarette tue very best that money and science can produce.
 That's why Chesterfield tobacoos are the mildest that grow. That's why the paper that's wrapped THEY'RE MILDER THEY'RE
The Alaskan., 1932-03-04

around Chesterfield is the whitest and purest ciga- rette paper made. That's why we not only blend our tobaccos but cross-blend them. To bring out the fine flavor that is definitely Chesterfeld Everything the best :. that's the whole Chester field story. Milder. taste better. pure. Good =. they've got to be, because they're made that way. That's the reason why Chesterfelds satisfy. eMusic that Sti6 Hear Nat skrets 3ece Alex Cray soo night except Columbia
 rk--7. Pacific Trna
The Alaskan., 1932-03-04

Every time I kiss you, it makes me a better man."
 Well, you don't have to try to get to heaven in one night"
The Alaskan., 1932-03-04
And How!

Teacher-"Who was George Washington"
 Pupil-"He's the guy whose wife makes candy"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22

Ia Z NJ w IIHl OO OnO'G0
OF COURSE, you want your baby to be
a rosy, healthy baby taking his food
contentedly :. putting on his ounces
regularly.
Yetyou're hoping even more, perhaps,
that he's building now for future health.
Building hard bones, good teeth, strong
muscles, sound nerves-to make him ut
and fine in the years to come.
When mothers milk fails, can any
other food build such baby?. Read
of recent scientific test.
World:tamoas clinic makes feeding test
Recently, two baby specialists made
test with so average infants. Into these
babies bottles month after month
went food famous for IS years as baby
builder. Millions of healthy citizens are
living testimonials of its benefits. Yet
never before had such thorough, mod
ern test of this food been made.
This food was Eagle Brand Milk.
Throughout the test, it was the only milk
these babies received. The usual sup
Elementary foods* were used.
And how those babies were studied!
X-ray pictures of bones were taken Tooth
formation was watched. Blood counts
were made. Weights and heights were
charted. And at last came the report.
BY every kuotUn test these babies sbowed
Themselves spIendidkyno3risbeG. This simple
d;et-EegIe Brand, sV5tb the Essal supple
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22
Teddy Bear Sanctuary

Koalas, known colloquially as ina
tive BEARS" real live teddy bears in
soft. plush-like fur, have lately be-
come the object Of special solicitude,
both official and private, in Aus
tralia. For several generations no.
body paid any attention to them, for
they were so numerous that it never
occurred to Australians that they
could ever become scarce. But a
highly fatal epidemic got started
among them some years ago, killing
them by thousands. Shooting koalas
is now forbidden. Even more prom
Using is the setting aside of well-su-
pervised sanctuary areas, where not
only these attractive marsupials but
also other interesting but threatened
native animals and plants have a
chance for their lives.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22

But there are many open links. Oc-
casionally the student of native Ian
guages can close those links. Wheth-
er the pottery shards show it or not,
if one-time inhabitants of Idaho
moved to Pennsylvania, the Ian
guages will show it, if the languages
can be studied. If the language of
the Mound Builders of Ohio were
available for study, for instance, 1t
might reveal similarities to the Ian
guage of the Mayans and the Aztecs
to prove a relationship which many
archeologists have suspected but have
never been able to prove.
This interest in Indian languages
is not new. The Spanish priests
gathered Indian words in Mexico as
early as 1911. Roger Williams stud
led Indian languages in New Eng
land in the 1630's. John Eliot pre-
pared his famous Indian Grammar
Begun" in 1866 Thomas Jefferson in
1901 made an effort to rescue vanish
ing Indian tongues and when he sent
Lewis and Clark to the Pacific he
told them to study Indian languages.
But only In recent years have
scientists taken up the task in earn
est as q phase of archaeology.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22

Then again II you are keeping
tab on the doings Of smart cottOns
you will find your quest taking you
to the most unexpected places-into
the realm of coats. They are
the newest thing out in the way
of summer wrap, are these c0uts
either three-quarters or full length
and made of the swankiest mesh
cottons. or cotton tweeds or the d.
agonal patterned cottons which are
so modish just now. And they are
making them of widewale pique too
If you are casting about for
something stylish to wear that can
go sailing. golfing. 10 the tennis
courts or on to the club house
porch, here they are In this picture.
Each is sheer durene mesh, wash.
able and simple In line. This par.
ticular weave has a sort OF honey
comb effect which Is very attractive,
but IL you are getting several sports
cottons, and OF course you are, you
might vary them by making another
Of your frocks of the very hand.
some durene dlagonals which tailors
to perfection and looks every inch
strictly up TO the moment In chic.
One of the fetching things about
the model to the right here pictured
is that II has that shirtwaist look
which we were talking about a mo
ment ago. Then. too. II proclaims
the mode of the widest soft self
fabric belt You will like the skirt.
Stand up and 1t will fall into the
narrow slim silhouette which is the
pride of fortunate. slender youth.
Sit down and there are Just enough
pleats In front to make one feel al
ease.
The little bellhop jacket to the
left couldn't be smarter. buttons,
revers. durene mesh and all. Really
a wardrobe without a bellhop jacket
or two does not qualify as being
complete this season.
20 les2. Western Newspaper Union.D
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22
LANGUAGE CLEW TO
ALL PAST HISTORY
Why Archaeological Work
Is Important.

To some it may seem foolish for
a man to spend weeks and months
recording the pecularities of speech
of an aged Indian who recalls a Ian
guage which will vanish completely
with that persons death. That Ian
guage is completely outworn. The
descendants of those who used it are
now speaking English or Spanish. To
the uninitiated, it is the mere record
ing of useless gibberish.
Yet the American Council of
Learned Societies reports with pride
that one research worker has nearly
completed records of the Southern
Caddoan language, that another is
piecing together a record of the near
ly vanished Mohican dialect of the
Eastern Algonquins and that still an
other has found that a handful of
Indians in Oregon still speak the
Cayuse language, which it was
thought vanished 80 years ago.
Such work is more than a pastime
or a hobby. To archeologists and
others interested in Americas past
1t is of vital Importance. Native
languages form one of the most re-
liable means of tracing movements in
prehistoric America. Pottery weap-
ons, jewelry, basketry, design and
architecture all are clews to events
in that forgotten past. But language
is a thread running through them all.
Ancient America, the two con-
tinents, had no fewer than 80 Ian
guages, each fundamentally different
from the others in grammar, vOcabu-
larry and phonetics. Most of them
had dialects. Some even had sep
arate forms for the use Of men and
women. How complex this was and
how great an aid 1t can be to the
deliver in pre-history may be real
lied by remembering that Europe and
Asia combined have only about %
language stocks.
In tracing the movements OF an
cient Americans, scientists can make
uncannily accurate guesses from evil
dence they dig from ruined villages
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22

ITS amazing the way cottons are
carrying on" this season-amaz
ingI No matter what hour of the
clock il may be. morning, noon or
midnight, yes. midnight, for eve
ming cottons are front-page news
just now. it's cOttons which are
holding the center of the stage.
The sensational debut of piques.
lacy cotton meshes and such. at
the most formal OF night events and
the enchanting hole which en-
broldered organdies and sheerest of
cotton nets are so dramatically play
Ing to nightly audiences are not
the only performances of cottons
which are causing the world of
fashion to sit up and take notice.
for sports cottons are staging every
whit as interesting a program dur
ing the daytime hours.
They're smartest when they're
tailored. that Is what designers are
saying of the stunning cottons which
are darting hither and thither DER
tennis court or trailing lively ball
DER golfers green or holding a rem
devious with the fashionable set oui
at the country club. This feeling
for the chic simplicity of tailored
effects is reflected In the preference
which is being expressed among col
lege girls for the shirtwaist frock
which has not frill or a furbelow
about IL. As summer advances
these neat trig little tailored cot
ton shirtwaist costumes are appear
ing In increasing numbers They
are making them Of pique, of seer
sucker and the modish cotton
meshes. Buttoning them primly up
to the neck and making the skirts
youthfully slim and straight-jusf
a few little godets. perhaps, set in
about the hemline or a skirt of fit.
ted cores or maybe just enough
pleats let in to give freedom of
movement
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22
BLACK REMAINS IN
FAVOR WITH MILADY

Those who sit In judgment on
the fashions OF the world are not
the fiighty individuals they may
seem to be. No matter how many
fanciful ruffles and frills they In.
vent. no matter how many brilliant
purples and reds they produce. no
matter how unsettled In the matter
OF skirt lengths and waistllnes they
seem to be, there are always a few
old faithfuls among their ideas that
are never deserted.
First among these Is the all
black dress. Strange as It may seem,
while 1t is the old reliable OF every
wardrobe. 1t Is many times the
smartest dress OF the lot.
The summer version OF the all.
black dress is appearing In Paris In
lghter-weight fabrics than usual
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22
Libi.Divi

One Of the best tanning mate
rials is made from libi-divi, the bean
pods of a tree which is native to
South America, the Antilles and
Mexico. The pods, which are gen.
orally bent or curled up, are about
1 inch broad and 3 inches long and
are Of pale brown color tinged
with yellow. In addition to their
use for tanning purposes they are
widely used in producing black and
dark shades for calico printing.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22
Modern Contract
BTSdSG By Leila HsHersIeY
No. 9.
Responding to Partners
Original Suit Bid of One


THE basis of all successful coop
l. erative bidding depends upon
partners thinking in terms of "our
hand" instead of my hand" When
your partner makes a bid, listen to
him and try to visualize his hold
Ing. Register a mental picture Of
it, see how it fits with yours. Hear
everything the opponents have to
say. And then endeavor to coop
crate with your partner in arriving
at the declaration that would be
made If each could see the others
cards.
When contemplating a raise of his
partners bid suit, the supporting
hand counts:
First-Trump length and honors.
Second-Long-cards and honor
tricks in side suits.
Third-Rufing tricks produced by
short suits.
The most vital question in con-
sidering a suit raise is whether or
not your hand contains the nor
NAL number of trumps expected by
your partner. Before counting your
raising tricks, look to your trumps
and remember that you must not
raise your partners original bid Of
one or two unless you hold at least
four small trumps or three headed
by an ace, or a king, or a queen.
The reason for this stringent rule
is apparent when you realize that
your partners hand may contain no
more than four trumps. If in spite
of the fact that you lack trump
support, you encourage your part
ner to go on with his suit bid, he
may end by playing high contract,
with the opponents dlsastrously In
control of the trump situation.
Holding good support for your part
ner In honor-tricks, but deficiency
in trumps, your recourse lies in a
take-out, never in a raise.
When your partner, without as
sistance, rebids his trump suit, you
may II holding justifiable values
raise him with three small trumps
or two with an honor as good as a
queen. In short. one trump less than
the usual normal expectancy is suffi-
cient TO raise a rebid suit.
If your partner. unassisted, rebids
as high as three odd, or makes an
opening bid of three or more, prac-
tically no trump support Is needed
for a raise; nor is 1t necessary to
consider trump support when rails
ing a partners jump-overcall of
three after opponents bid.
The trump length and honors are
valued thus:
Trumps Tricks
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22
Coat-Dress Is Featured
Now in Every Fashion

It's difficult to tell a coat from a
a dress these days. The coat dress
fashion affects not only street
dresses and daytime coats, but prac.
tically every other type of costume
evening wraps. evening dresses.
beach costumes. bath-robes.
The new coats are often buttoned
to the hem. like dresses; street
dresses are cut to fly open when one
Is walking, and are provided with
colored slips TO carry out the effect
of a coat over a dress.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22
FLASHES FROM PARIS

Fringe re-appears on evening
frocks.
Drum-shaped bellhop hat is
favOrite theme with chic Paris
milliners.
Leading couturIers stress
style Importance of cottons.
Capeiines of large proper
tions with shallow crowns top
summer frocks.
Chantal sponsors dance frocks
of tailored cotton pique.
Mousseline de sole, aften
called silk organdie, Is favored
for sheer frocks.
Velvet shoulder capes top
printed chiffon frocks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22
Unanimous

First Actress-In my love scene in
the first act l didn't know whether
to close my eyes or not.
Second Actress noticed a sim
liar indecision in the audience.-Syd-
ney bulletin.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22

Add for queen u, sometimes l
"a queen Is counted
as one trick when
necessary TO COM
plete the count Of a
hand for a raise or
takeout)
In side suits which have not been
mentioned by an opponent, high
cards and length are valued the
same way In the assisting hand as
In the hand of the initial bidder,
that Is by honor-trick values and
length values.
But IL an adversary has bid,
shift must be made In estimating
the value of guarded honors and
tenaces In his suit according to
whether you are over or under the
adverse bid.
When holding four or more
trumps, the ability to trump side
suits Is a tremendous asset In the
dummy hand. In an assisting hand
which holds four trumps, the ability
to ruff a suit from the first lead is
worth at least three tricks; a
singleton Is worth two tricks, and
doubleton one. With fewer trumps
these short suit values are proper
tionately reduced as will be seen
from the following table.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22
Belt Fastener

One of the neatest tricks of the
season is belt which closes with
a sliding fastener made of silver.
When closed the fastener resembles
an arrow as straight as Cupid's.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22

msnta,y toods+-bad troSs9 itself eqHalt to
the building of q 1909 BABY
If you cannot nurse your baby, try
Eagle Brand. Next to mothers milk, it
is the easiest form of milk in the world
to digest. Mail coupon for new free
booklet on all phases of baby care.
*The usual supplementary foods (used with any
milk diet) are orange or tomato juice, and
cod-liver oil or other source of the anti-rachtic
yitamin D.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-22
Shirred Chiffon

Shlrred chiffon is back again
Jackets and bodices of the new
semi-fOrmal gowns are made en-
tirely of shirring.
Evening star., 1932-06-19

T. E. Bawsel and Maurice Otterback were en-
ployed to assist Mr. Nevius.
Another well known Washingtonian with q
wide acquaintance who at one time. was a tele
phone operator, is Irving H. Hoover, now chief
usher at the White House.
The late A. P. Crenshaw, for many years
general superintendent of construction. was
one of the telephone pioneers in the District
of Columbia. Other early employees. now re-
tired, include J. Harry Miller, Ira "Duckey"
Harmon and Joseph Ebert.
Women were first employed as operators In
1881, and the one thus engaged was Miss Mary
Lloyd now Mrs. Mary Newhall. Then came
Miss Ella Donaldson, Miss Lula French, Miss
Maggie Mudd, Miss Lille M Godfrey, Miss Liz
zie Powell, Miss Janey Boyle, Miss Minnie Rich
ardson, Miss Eunice Nevius, Miss Anna Pros
peri, who is now Mrs. Maurice Otterback. Mrs.
Otterback was the first woman chief operator
in Washington. Her sisters, Miss Clara Pros
peri, Miss Elizabeth Prospect, now Mrs. c. E.
Fenner, who later became chief operator in the
old East central Office. Miss Aspasia Prosperi,
now Mrs. Lee r. Herrell, were also operators.
Miss Lucy Prospect. now Mrs. oscar c. Fuller,
was employed in the bookkeeping department..
When the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. took over the operation Of the telephone
system in Washington there were about 900
telephones connected with the switchboard.
During the next three years only about 300 tele-
Evening star., 1932-06-19

THE old familiar story Of the inventor who
shaved to work out some device Of benefit to
mankind only to be robbed of the fruits of his
invention has no better example than the case
Of Samuel Crompton. inventor of the spinning
wheel, which revolutionized the spinning indus
try Of England early in the nineteenth century.
Crompton, born in Lancashire in 1853, began
work early as q tton-spinner and added to
his meager savings by playing the violin in Q
theater. With the money he was able to save
out of his earnings he worked diligently to per-
feet . device which he anticipated would make
for q greatly improved yarn. Finally, after
years of labor and disappointment, he managed
to bring his device to perfection.
So marvellous was his yarn considered at the
time he was forced to guard his invention al
most with his life. People focked to see his
machine and even placed ladders at the win
dows in order to peep in. He managed to keep
his secret however, but having exhausted all
his funds he was unable to raise the necessary
money to secure q patent. In desperation he
confided his secret to several manufacturers,
some Of whom used his device without paying
him . cent and others made niggardly gifts to-
taling In all only about $500.
In time, however, with the aid Of friends, he
Evening star., 1932-06-19
Early History of the Telephone Washigto- First Exchange

phone stations we're added to the system. On
June TO- 1886, the records of the company
showed 1,174 telephones in service.
The launching Of the telephone came at a
time when there were serious financial difficult
ties in this country, and when those who had
money to invest in stock were exceptionally
cautious.
1t was not an easy thing to convince the
public that the telephone would prove COM
mercial and financial success. Jay Gould came
on to Washington to look things over and ap-
parently did not invest in the stock. Chauncey
M. Depew, an especially astute financier in his
Memories of Eighty Years." tells us how he
missed making millions, saying: "One day in
1876 met Gardiner Hubbard in New York and
he said to me, My son-in-law, Prof. Bell, has
made what think a wonderful invention. 1t
is talking telegraph. We need $4,000, szd
will give you one-sixth interest for that
amount of money"
Mr.. Depew investigated the matter and de-
cided not to part with his $4,000 and later
seriously regretted his mistake for he tells us
that the amount requested would, in the end,
have yielded with dividends and the increasing
capital, 500 100000
But so it has been with nearly all great in.
ventions, it is difficult to realize their import-
ance and their money-earning powers until it Is
too late. and when Opportunity has left and
closed the door behind it.
Evening star., 1932-06-19
Magnets RemoOe Impurities

Edison's old scheme Of recovering iron frond
ore by magnetism was discarded after $4,000, ,0o1
had been spent upon It, The proposition was
successful, but about the time the idea was comS
pleted there was made the dicovery of iron on
the surface In the Northwest, where the metal
could be recovered at such low figure that
the Edison plant could not compete with it.
Recently the same principle has been availed ol
for a somewhat different purpose. Frederick
r. johnson has devised . magnetic scheme not
for the recovery Of the iron, but for the elimi>
nation of it from certain clays which havd
heretofore been useless for the purposes of pots
making by reason Of the presence in It a
particles of iron. The iron discolored the prod-
uct 50 that it was useless for the manufacture
Of fine ceramic ware.
Evening star., 1932-06-19
One Of the early exchange operators of
Washington.
Harris 4 Ewing.

west, with six lines connected to it. Burnet L.
Nevius, now residing in Chevy Chase Md,
operated the switchboard. He started working
as messenger In MI. Maynards ofdce Septem-
Der T. 1877, and later became chief operator
and still later superintendent Of operators Mr..
Nevus resigned from the company in 1908 to
60 into business for himself"
Recently the writer met Mr.. Nevius and
talked over the early days Of the telephone
when he as a mere lad entered the office of
Mr.. Maynard as q messenger
In 1879 the equipment required more than
one person to operate it, and Ben. Steinmetz,
Evening star., 1932-06-19
Spinning Wheel Genius Robbed of Rez0ard

was able to start in business for himself, en-.
ploying members Of his own family first and
later expanding his business. Finally the ma
tional value of his invention was impressed
upon Parliament, which voted him, at the age
of 60, IS years after the perfecting of his de.
vice, national gift of SIS, 900.