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The Washington times., 1932-10-20

Tented and permitted hair
dresser to come to the jail with
the necessary apparatus to pro-
duce one. Ruth Snyder was
broken-hearted in Jail, while she
waited for the death sentence
to be carried out, because the
rules of the death house pro
hibited bringing in anything.
Ruth wanted something to touch
up her hair, which was not as
golden as it once was.
The Love Triangle.
A good many years ago, when
the writer was a young reporter,
she was sent to Vermont to in.
terview a girl convicted of kill
ing another girl. 1t was the
usual love triangle. In the Yer.
mont Jail were three women in.
carcerated in one big cell.
Two were in for murder in
the firts degree, the other for
robbery. Were they gloomy?
Not at all, they were cheerful
as crickets because the warden
permitted them to have the
necessary means for heating a
curling iron, and they fell
upon each others heads and
crimped and curled each others
hair with gusto.
I wandered, with the death
sentence hanging over two of
them, how they could interest
themselves in crimps; so, being
. young and rash in those days,
I asked one of them. She an
Swered: See, I'm hoping for a
new trial, and it keeps my
spirits up to look my BEST"
Will ladies who sit around
and despond in wrappers, leav-
ing their crown and bridge
work on the sideboard, please
ponder the case of this Yer
mont prisoner? She got a Sec
ond trial-and was acquitted.
Copyright, 1892, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
Your Health
And Diet
BY LOGAN CLENDENING, MD

BY LOGAN CLENDENING, M. d.
Making a room where a pa.
tient with a contagious disease
has stayed once more safe and
livable is simpler than is gen.
orally believed.
And it is even simpler II
plans are made ahead Of time
when the disease begins and
the patient is moved in.
When a member Of the house.
hold-a child with meaSles-is
to be treated in the house, the
sick room should be selected for
two reasons-one, that it is
off the beaten track of house.
hold traffic and, second, that
it is near a bathroom. If avail
able, a room in the attic with
a bathroom is ideal. Sunshine
and good ventilation are desir.
able, but of secondary import
ance.
Strip the room of all fabrics
and hangingS and gee-gaws-
curtains, pictures, ornaments.
Take up the carpet and cover
the floor with oilcloth or old
sheets which can be burned
afterwards. See that all the
furniture is simple-kitchen
chairs-so that it can be
scrubbed or repainted.
Provide for convalescence.
Put books and toys in the
room which can be burned
afterwards. Old magazines are
just as interesting to the con-
valescent as the latest books
on the book stalls.
How strict the disinfecting
process shah be depends upon
the disease. For measles little
is required. Measles is prob
ably always transmitted from
human being to human being
not by an intermediate object.
1t is most contagious in the
very early stages before recog-
milton, so that by the time the
diagnosis is made the patient
has left a trail of contagion a
mile long.
Scarlet fever, on the other
hand, is decidedly a disease
transmitted by fomites (inter-
mediate objects). And there are
many instances of scarlet fever
rooms-rooms carelessly diSin-
fected-capable of preserving
the virus of scarlet fever and
transmitting it to a new occu-
pant. Scarlet fever also has
a very short incubation period,
so that the patient has little
time to spread the disease and
contaminate many objects
most of the scarlet fever con-
tamination is done in the sick
room.
The quarantine period of scar
let fever is six weeks.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
VALENTINE"
By HAZEL LIVINGSTON

Chapter 81
The Honorable Joel Joshua
Bolton was enjoying himself
If no one else was.
He shook with silent laugh
ter. His old leathery face
was crinkled into a thousand
wrinkles. His Shrewd little eyes
. wrinkled. And before Aunt
Julia could fly at him again
he asked her for another cup
Of coffee.
Aunt Julia poured it, turned
to Val.
"Oh, I started to tell you
that that was the party about
the house, Val, I've decided to
rent. What do you think of
that?"
And before Val could gather
herself together to answer, she
went right on: THE tenants
are coming sooner than I eX-
pected. They want to move in
tomorrow. I hate to move to-
day, but business is business,
isn't it, Mr. Bolton? So I
thought you and I'd just go on
over to Miss Vollmer'S for the
night, and tomorrow you better
start back home. I was going
to Miss Vollmer's anyway. She
won't mind our coming to-
night"
Everything Fixed"
Val was on her feet. No!
I know, Aunt Julia. 1 know
all about it-oh, I'm sorry
don't look at me so! But I
know, and I have the money.
Well just pay everything up
and We'll keep the house. We
won't sell it or rent it or any
thing. I'm going to stay here
with you. I'll work and in the
evenings we'll go to the movies
just like we used to-and have
such good times and"
"Joe'S here to take you
home" the old man said.
Val hardly heard him. do
you understand, Aunt Julia?
I have the money. Every
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

Two speeders contracted as
follows: z, diamond; Y, 2
Spades; z, to show a K better
than average in honors, with
the three suits unbid by part
ner we'll guarded at No-Trumps,
3-No-TrumpS; Y, 5-Spades; z, g.
Spades; Y, 7-Spades. 1t was
some sporty bidding, but the
grand slam could readily have
been made, except for the myth.
B led the K of Diamonds.
rs Ace won the trick. The mo-
ment dummy went down the
declarer noted that his side
held nine trumps, which meant
that he should go for the drop
Of all four missing spades in
two rounds. He led his of
Spades and noted hat A fol-
lowed suit with the 4. Y should
have put up his K.
When the dropped at his
left, he should have led his
Ace. That play would have
dropped all opposing trumps.
He could then have led his zee
and @ of clubs. After that
the declarer should have ed
his Ace and j of hearts, over
taking the J with dummy's @.
Upon the K of clubs in dummy,
and the K of hearts, the de-
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
Interesting Bridge Hands
By E. V. SHEPARD

clarer could have discarded his
two remaining diamonds. Then
Y could have spread his four
good spades. claiming fulfill
ment of his grand slam con-
tract.
Instead of putting on his K
Of spades, the declarer noting
that his nine trumps were di.
vided 6-3, thought of the ancient
myth that he should finesse
with 6-3 distribution, instead
of going for the drop IS he
would do with the 81 division.
He let the 9 ride. BIS Q won
the trick.
B led his good Q of diamonds
and won the trick. A discarded
the 2 of clubs. B led another
diamond. A ruffed with his last
trump. A led back a club. B
ruffed and the declarer was
down four tricks on his con-
tract. z was as savage as if
he had been overfed on raw
meat, but the three other play
ers at the table cou4d not con-
vince the declarer that he had
misplayed the hand The old
saw: Go for the drop with
5-4 division; finesse with 6-3
division" was firmly fixed in
Y's mind, just as it is in the
minds of many otner players.
OF course the hand was over
bid. z should not have bid g.
No Trumps. He should have
bid 2-No Trumps. Then had Y
bid 4-Spades, z might have bid
five, and contracting would have
stopped at six. When z bid g.
Spades. over Y'S five, Y should
not have gone seven. That was
a serious overbid, which only
the peculiarly close fit Of the
holdings rendered it possible
to win.
copyright. 1892, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
Fashion Fads and
Fancies

YOU MUST have some red
dresses . wear under your
black autumn coat. A grand
one is of tomato red in
very crinkled crepe. It has a
separate collar of the same
material that ties in back. It
can also be turned around. The
wide bolt is crushed into a
black onyx ring.
PERSIAN PREFERRED is
the report of furriers every
where. The smartest coats are
trimmed with it in many novel
ways. A new ensemble has a
coat of coarse grege wooden
with collar, belt and pocket
flaps of bl;ck Persian lamb.
The dress c grege wool lace
has collar and belt in black.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
BY WILMA LAVILLE


Every woman intent on sports
realizes the value Of a leather
jacket or coat. There's nothing
as warm and comfortable for
driving a car, nothing as suit
able for going out for golf,
though you'll probably take it
off for playing, and nothing
more correct for looking on at
sports. Every college girl can
use one conveniently about the
campus, and every sportswoman
needs one this time of the year.
A leather suit is extremely
smart and useful, but most peo-
pie decide that a jacket will be
enough.
Take COlOrs Well
Leather comes in such good
colors, and in different tones in
suede and soft calfskin, that it
is very becoming, and makes
vivid splash for the out of doors.
Green and red may be dull or
rather bright, whichever you
prefer, and brown is always in
rich tones. Black leather or
suede goes we'll with a gaily col
ored dress or skirt, and brown
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
The Rhymins
Optimist
BY ALINE MICHAELIS

BY ALINE MICHAELIS
COquette
Oh. when I say: Forget mel"
Be sure it isn't true
I'm sorry that you met me
And I've no need of you!
And when I say: "It's ended;
Too light a love to last"
And: Hearts are swiftly
mended,
So just be glad it's past!"
Remember, there is armor
One needs for loneliness;
And, Dear, my heart is warmer,
Perhaps, than you can guess!
Some VOWS, thougl lightly
spoken,
May wax more strong each
day
Till, if they should be broken,
All joy would ebb away.
So when 1 say: Forget mel"
Be sure it isn't true,
l want you to regret me,
Till 1 come back to you!
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

Brigands have a polite Gus
tom, in the Far East. When
they send to ones family a
request for ransom-in Mrs.
PaWley'S case the sum de-
manded was 100000 - they
agree to take back any small
harmless gadgets which the
victim may desire. Mrs. Paw
ley wanted the ways and
means of looking her best,
keeping up her morale. Every
woman understands.
Through the ages women
have been like that. They
face terrible situations best
when they look their best. A
mar may go unshaved when
the gods deal him a knock
out, but a woman brushes
her eyebrows and puts on an
extra dab of powder.
A Royal Siren
Mary Stuart, last of Scot
lands queens and a siren Of
first water. wore a red wig
to the scaffold; and it was.
only when the headsman lifted
up the severed head that the
world found out that the au-
burn tresses which. had evoked
so many sonnets were false.
When Guelph and Ghibel-
line clashed in ancient Siena,
the women rouged as they
slowly and patiently starved.
"to keep a stout heart in the
men," as an old chronicle tells
us.
Black satin was taboo in Eng
land for a decade because a no
torious murdereSs was hanged
in dress of that material. She
remarked nonchalantly, as she
made her preparations for the
Scaffold. that she had always
wanted a black satin"
Winnie Judd, convicted Of
two heinous murders, demanded
q permanent wave and ran a
temperature" till the judge re-
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

contrasts beautifully with green
or the medium blue that is used
for sports clothes. Leather
coats are for sports only, and
should never appear on the
street, but suede sometimes does,
if it's made in not too sports-like
manner.
Short Types Popular
We've sketched the two most
popular types this year, though
in addition you may get slip-on
shirt of suede for golf or to wear
under a coat for a cold motor
trip, or you can get a lumber
jacket style. Longer coats are
made like the belted jacket
we've sketched, or have a high
buttoning collar. The jacket
with band Is called the "cossak,"
and is very becoming. Both are
of suede, both priced $3.50, and
they come in all good colors.
For further fashion infOr-
nation, or for the name of the
store where you can find these
jackets, write Miss Laville, en-
closing a seIf-addressed, stamped
envelope, or call District $3.50,
extension 199.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
Wedding Gift

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
/. Could you please tell me
what to give as a remembrance
from my husband, children and
myself as wedding present to
a minister who is only a busi-
ness associate of my husband.
2. Should 1 only enclose a
small card with the gift, or
send a regular wedding greet
ing also?
3. We cannot attend the we'd
ding as it is in another State.
Is it necessary to answer the
invitation too? o.
/. A fine book, beautifully
bound, would be an excellent
and appropriate present. Or a
handsome leather portfolio, for
the desk or library table. Or
a luncheon set. Or a silver or
crystal vase. Or a photograph
frame. Or a good-looking and
useful accessory for the desk.
2. You may enclose a card,
or cards, with the gift, with
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
Correct Manners
By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

nothing written on them. Usu-
ally, with wedding presents, the
fact that we are sending the
gift at that time carries its
own message.
But of course it is just as
correct for us to write mes
sage of good wishes and felici-
tations on the card or cards,
if we wish.
Don't send "ready-made"
wedding felicitation card.
3. If the invitation is to the
church ceremony only. it is not
necessary to answer it. But,
if the invitation is also to the
reception or any other form Of
poSt-ceremony festivity, then we
must answer it. Formally, in
the third person, if the invita-
ton is a formal one.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

"CLoTHES ARE OF THE UTMOST IMPoR-
TANCE-A WOMAN SHOULD LOOK HER BEST
AND HER SMARTEST AT ANY TIME!'
So little Mrs. Mile reads, and wonders just how
it be done ALL of the time Mrs. Mile is lost
much Of her time in the affairs of helping her
family 20 live right that "her moments" just
occasional Those affairs peculiar in that
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

they take lots of time, they have way of needing
old clothes for the encounter, they Danish spare
moments, they make Mrs. Mile show dim in a cloud
of steam and sound of sizzling, they take the curl
out of her hair, and in the end she a very
and lovable and unselfish person. but with
nfrequent chances to look "chic" and smart all the
time.
But I'm wondering and SO are you if you have
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

beIoveds, too, how dull the world would be if
every single living a glass Of fashion and
elegantly dressed CAT ALL TIMES" If
your little mother, and mine, should suddenly turn
Nash, where would happiness be?
Nice to be we'll turned out But better be loved,
and unfashonable of the time.
NELL BRINKLEY
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
~ IN
Noted Love Authority on
An Interesting Topic
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
An Authority on Problems of Love and Marriage

When Mrs. Kenneth Pawey, the Engshwoman held cap
tive by tribe of Chinese bandits to her father request
for powder puff face and pstick the demand
voked much humor the part of gentlemen correspondents
and news writer's generally But every reading the
request understood and appauded Mrs Pawley just
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
The Result Of a Myth

The Result OF q Myth
Many a fable impedes the ef-
ficiency Of those who believe it
true. How some of these non
sensical notions crept into the
minds of many old players, no
body knows. One of the most
stupid notions is that the man.
ner in which nine cards are di-
vided between declarer and
dummy effects the division Of
the four cards held by the de-
Tenders. Any player with the
slightest knowledge of card
mathematics knows the falsity
of the belief. 1t is easy to prove
the absurdity of the notion.
Look at a table of card dis
tributions. You will find the
proportion of time that the four
cards held by opponents are
divided % is alike, whether the
nine cards held by declarer and
dummy happen to be 80, 81.
70, 6-3, or 5-4. Note what be-
lief in such nonsense cost the
declarer on the following hand:
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
Do You Know?

There is a shortage of 49,
100000 men in Europe, in com.
parison with the number OF
women.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

.ep up her courage.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-01-15

Each week we read in Our Weekly Readers Ia newspaper a letter from Uncle Ben. This week he told us how he spent Christmas in Switzerland May Thomas wrote a good report on it but it was too long to print in this column. Marion Paul reported letter from an Indian school in Yuma, Arizona, Walter Austin, an exhibit of Indian Art in New York and Joseph Frank wrote a short report on a story called A Christmas Tree in the West" Here is his report:
 Two children were trimming a Christmas tree. It was in Palm Springs. California. It wasn't a tree like we have in Alaska. It was cactus tree. Here in Alaska we use hemlock for Christmas trees.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-01-15
HARD TIMES
By Il. P. C.1

Ds h. @ S-g
 It is not unusual as you pass by a few taking together on tue street to hear expressions hKe lnls- me worst ever. No hard umes nke what We are suffering from now" When will Il be over! MllI there De a revoluIlon!
 There Is no desire To seruunlze the needs o1 the present tlme- 10 have no money ln ones poeKet, To Want 10 worK, and wlUh no wOrK .o De had, IS certainty next door lo tue very worst anu Inose that suand It with d smile on thelr Iace are deserving oI honor as We nUuIG honor heroes.
 IL might be interesting for us Lo note what the worst depression s4uce the Civil War was in order that We may understand this one better.
 From the close of the Civil War until 1878, business was on a urunk-speculation after specula- Lon followed. Honesty in business as a sort of joke. On september As, 1913, business woke up with 8 terrible headache. It was in the days of Jim Fiske and Jay Gould Hnen Flske exclaimed after one business deal, Nothing is lost save honor"
 ralrlures of big firms in New 1 ork numbered up into the hun areas. The bond market collapsed ana nres were put out in the Iron furnaces, wages were reduced and uuemp4oyment existed everywhere 4uere was no united effort tor re- uef.
 A Pittsburg newspaper did say that 1t hoped there would not be too great suffering among the poor when winter came. This de presslon lasted tor six years before Uuslness got on it's feet.
 The writer was old enough to remember something of it. To show LOW extended the suffering was, il one county in one year the sheriff s lees for selling real estate al fore eu sale amounted to S30,000 Euough has been said to help us b see that times have been faI worse than they are now. Should uoI this encourage every one tc use all his energy toward develop Ing every resource at hand? If Vt can not make a dollar, let us worl Ii the reward is only ten cents.
 Let us remember that the escape rom hard times is brought by AAId work and by using every pos slUIe opportunity to make things better. Those who have done this in hard times have in the past laid the foundation for success il The future.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-01-15
Nonsense Column
Crystal Gazing-Palmistry-
 Horoscopes

Herman Mossbaek, the local seer gazes into his crystal and foresees that the following events will hap pen in Wrangen during the next fortnight.
 Jan. 1S-The Civic Chatting Club will organize Wrangell's first bread line. The unfortunates will receive one camel animal cracker without the hump: this to be wash ed down by swamp water disguised as a cup of tea.
 Jan. 24-Funeral services will be held for Jim Nolan. He will suceumb to heart failure when a crowd pours into the Den o'Sweets after Saturday nights dance. Jan 26-The health department will hold a confab on the condition of the hospital sewer. They will finally agree that reciprocity is the keynote of success: The sewer benefits the gardens into which it empties and their owners will patronize the hospital. Every one will be satisfied.
 Jan. 2S-0n this day the labor CTS of Wrangell will both stand on soap box and strike for shorter hours. Sixty minutes is too long they will assert.
 Prosperity will be seen thumbing it's nose from behind that corner.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-01-15
Nouce or heaIIng on Final account and Report ana fetI-
 ton TOT Distribution
N PROBAl


 n the Matter oI the Estate oI Henry DannenDerg, Deceased. NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That L. M Churchill, Administrator oI the Estate of Henry Dannenberg Deceased, has filed with this Court his final account ana petition for distribution, asking the Court to settle said account and report, dis tribute the property to the persons thereto entitled, and discharging administration; and that said ac- count and report and petition will be heard on the Sth day of March, 1892 at the hour of 2 o'clock p. ID. at the Court room of the United States Commissioner at Wrangell, Alaska.
 Dated at Wrangell, Alaska. this 28th day of December. 1881.
 L. B. CHISHOLM United States Commissioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge. First Publication, Jan. l, 1892. Last publication, Jan. 29, 1892.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-01-15
National Forest Timber for Sale

Sealed bids will be received by the Regional Forester, Juneau, Al aGk2, up to and including January 3l, 1882, for all the merchantaUIe dead timber, standing or down, and all the live timber marked or designated for cutting, on an area containing approximately 2U acres on the south shore Of Kupreanof Island, about six miles west Of To- tenn Bay, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, estimated to be 100000 feet 5. M. of Sitka spruce sawtim- Der. 100000 feet B. M. of hemlock sawtimber. and 60,000 linear feet of piling, more or less. No bid of less than $1.50 per M feet B. NJ. for spruce sawtimber, S1.00 per NJ
 feet B. M. tor hemlock sawtimber, cent per linear foot for piling up to and including s5 feet in length, and F cents per linear foot for piling over 95 feet in length will be considered. $500 must be deposited with each bid to be applied on the purchase price, refunded, or retained in part as liquidated damages, accordir : to the conditions of sale The right is reserved to reject any and all bids, including bids the ac- ceptance Of which would involve the manufacture of the timber out side of the Territory of Alaska. Before bids are submitted. full in- formation concerning the timber. the conditions of sale, and the sub mission of bids should be obtained from the Regional Forester, Ju-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-01-15
s25O.S25.7S
LIABILITIES
TOTAL s250,S25.7

United States of America, Territory of Alaska, First Judicial Divi- sion, ss.
 1, c. P Kirtland, vice-president of the above named branch of the Bank of Alaska, do solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
 c. P. KIRTLAND
 Vice-President (Notarial Seal)
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of January, 1882
 IRENE J. COULTER Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska. My commission expires April 9th 1884.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-01-15
School Notes
Native Room

Native Room
 Today We wrote letters to Miss Seelye who was our teacher last year. Here is Leveda Mather's letter:
 Wrangell, Alaska,
 Jan. 15, 1892 My dear Miss Seelye:
 We moved into our new school the last of September. Our teach CTS name is Mrs. McDade. We had a happy Christmas. We have a big schoolroom. We have place for our coats. Billy White is the coat man. Do you know what that means7 It means that he opens the doors at recess and after school.
 Just before Christmas Evelyn and went to the steamer to see Santa Claus. It looked good in the steamer. Santa Claus gave us a bag of candy and orange.
 Miss Seelye will you write to me? How many children have you in school? We have 16 in our room. My mother said our orchestra was very good last year. I am sorry I spoiled my poem. shall not do that again. I wish you could come up. I am lonesome for you.
 Your friend,
 Levsda Mather
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-01-15

The fifth grade is now travelling in the Netherlands and Belgium. Geography is very interesting. If any student should take a trip to Europe or any where else he would know something about the country.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-01-15
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Russell F. Pederson. Pastor

10:3O a. m.-Morning Worship:
 Scripture We Must Heed" 12 noon-Bible School: Jesus and
 Nicodemus." 500 D. m.-Afternoon Prayer
 meeting 7:30 D. m.-Evening Worship: "Ac-
 cepting the Gospel in the United
 States"
 Midweek Prayer service comes Wednesday at 7:30 D. m. In con- nection with this service slides from the life of Christ will be shown.