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FOR SALE-Fifty-seven acres of
fine land near Wasilla. Right on
the highway and railroad, with
Cottonwood Creek running across
one corner. A wonderful loca-
ton. $4,000. See Altman, PIO-
NEER office.
FOR SALE-Or trade-.32 Saw
age automatic. See it at the
PIONEER office.
WOOD BUZZING-Good portable
rig and prices reasonable. Bill
Hynek. Tract 81.
FOUND-A "Flood Control" book
by J. A. Loyer, Tract 81.
FOR SALE 30-O6 Enfield
rifle in fine condition. Clarence
Quanstrom, Tract 121.
FOR SALE-A 20 hip. Caterpillar
and a 2-ton Mack truck with
trailer. Also complete sawmIlI
with planer. Address w. J.
Boudreau, Anchorage, Alaska.
WANTED-A small gas motor.
See John Meehan, Tract Sc.
FOR SALE-A number of high
grade Shorthorn heifers coming
fresh next spring. A. A. Shon-
beck
FOR SALE-Singer sewing mach
inc, Box top $500 Ballard
Dean. Tract 159 IL miles north
of a Cor.
WANTED-Will pay cash for gas
oline washer. Must be in good
condition. Inquire at PIONEER
office.
WANTED-100 eight foot, and
100 six foot fence posts. See
Walter Ripple, Tract LOG.
FOR SALE-1931 Chevrolet Sedan.
Recently overhauled at cost of
$1,000. In fine shape. Been run
only $4,000 miles. Gus Swanson,
Wasilla.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1936-11-05

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Evening star., 1936-04-30

Correct Size
And Weight
Bone Structure Varies
Both to Some
Degree.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.

HOW much should I weigh? Am
underweight? Am over
weight? What should my bust, waist
and hip measurements be? And more
and more questions in similar strain
come to my desk daily.
There are weight and measurement
! charts. to be sure, but no such thing
| as a blanket rule. Insurance COM
| panies issue weight charts and spend
| large sums of money annually in edu-
eating the public to watch weight as
a basis by which health may, to a
great extent, be judged But even in
surance companies take the frame
work or bone structure into consid-
Grafton. And so must We. Not only
from a health, but also from a
beauty standpoint. Picture the stocky,
broad-boned individual weighing as
much. or rather, as little, as the sleek.
slim type. In spite of her broad
frame, she would look skeletonlike.
Height, age, bone structure and
ones usual or natural weight are all
taken into consideration. An indi-
tlOu1l III ChIClIClIG llCdlll1 wiz 4CNo
"tit-as-a fiddle" at 10 pounds below
the so-called normal or average weight
for his or her age and height may
feel entirely satisfied to keep that
weight, without gaining.
Symmetry. from a beauty stand
point, is far more important than
actual charts or scale standards. One
who is well-built, or well-proportioned,
and carries herself beautifully, readily
gives the lie to scales-to the extent
of 10 pounds anyway.
This goes for measurements. too.
Generally speaking, the hips should
measure inches more than the bust:
the bust should measure to 2 inches
more than the chest Gust above the
bust; get the chest measurement by
passing the tape directly under the
armholes and just over the bust; the
bust measurement refers to the center
or highest part of the bust) The
waist about S to inches less than
the chest. However, suppose that you
are of the stocky-built type. 1t is quite
natural for your bust measurement
to be little more than the chart fig
ures. Suppose, too that you are a
little overweight. But in proportion.
Which means that weight and inches
are fairly we'll divided. You doubt
less carry the excess off well-much
better, in any case, than if the weight
were concentrated or "spotty."
If your hips are too hippy the best
way to whittle them down is exercise.
If your bust is overdeveloped, f1abby
or Observation-Disclosures again.
If you are beautifully proportioned
keep that symmetry by exercise, and
if you wish to attain better symmetry,
exercise. For exercise is the finest
normalizer the figure has yet found.
If you must have helper-outer get
one of the mechanical devices that
make exercise easy. But get at that
daily dozen and achieve perfect pro-
portions before the swimming and
bathing suit season overtakes you.
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-04-30
Clothes for
Informal AT
Home Event
What Hostess May
Wear at Afternoon
Parties.
Photo by Modern Science Institute. Inc.
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: A friend and
l are arguing the question OF
hostess clothes. She believes thai
hostess may wear as elaborate q
dress at a party in her own house as
she pleases and I. on the contrary
do not think that the hostess dresses
any more elaborately than her ge'Ists
are likely to at that particular time
of day. Is there any rule?
Answer-Hostess should be less
elaborately dressed than her guests
but her clothes may be more informal
in type. For example, she would
wear any distinctly at-home dress or
tea gown that could not possibly be
worn on the street, at cocktail tea,
to which other people come in street
clothes.
Dear Mrs. Post: I've apparently
been in error in buying white lace
dinner and evening dress because a
friend tells me that an all-White lace
dress would be much too suggestive
of a bride for just any ordinary per-
SOIl 10 veal. I lCdSC eL'S hAS yOAA
opinion before I send it to be dyed,
which I certainly hate to do, because
in the first place I wanted a white
dress. and secondly, my only expert
ence in having lace dyed has not been
too pleasant.
AnsWer-Nonsense. There Is no
reason in the world why any one may
not wear all-white lace or any other
material that is used for wedding
dresses.
Dear Mrs. Post: ! have a lovely
black evening dress. The material is
sheer and just the sort of thing ]
perfer to wear on warmer evenings
in town. Unfortunately, it seems,
this dress is trimmed in bright red
velvet and has velvet belt, which
have always thought most attractive,
but which I understand makes my
dress unsuitable to wear on warm
evenings.
Answer-This Is hard to answer
without seeing the dress. But unless
the trimming is very heavy there is
no reason why a Spring or evening
Midsummer dress may not have vel
vet ribbon on it. The prettiest dress
I can remember last Summer was a
white and red chiffon with a red
velvet sash.
Evening star., 1936-04-30
Make Homework Plain
Careful Explanation of Problems En-
courages Child to Strive.
But I have to know how you got il. 81

But I have to know how you got it. "
''Look-250 by over S. See?
Cancel. Answer, $4,000. See?"
But I don't understand. She doesn't
do them that way"
Steven, think. Use your head.
What does this thing mean? Think,
for PHYS sake"
Il am thinking"
Then say something. What is a
mortgage? What does this per cent
mean? What's this all about any
how?"
That's Just what I don't know"
You'd know if you used your head.
Think. can't you?"
mo. can't think. You've mixed
me all up
"All right. Steven Edwards. don't
you ever come to me for help again.
How your teacher stands you-
What is a mortgage?"
Its something you have to pay
that's for house,"
Good gracious! How does the mort
gage come to be on a houSe?"
Il guess somebody put it there"
Ny never Go to bed. Go to
bed!"
Son heaved breath of relief and
scampered out of the room. Father
wiped his brow and took deep breath
"You ought to have more patience, ;"
said mother gently.
Patience? Can't he think?"
81 don't believe they know how to
think about a problem they don't un-
derstand"
why doesn't he understand, then?
He goes to school? He isn't dumb?"
Il don't believe he knows what the
words mean. What does he know
about mortgages? How can he think
about them if he doesn't understand
them?"
That Is close to the cause of the
childs trouble. Many children do not
understand the terms used in their les
sons. The language gets in the way.
Until they understand its meaning
they cannot do intelligent work. Be-
fore pupil can work out problems,
even simple ones, he must have mas
tered the ideas involved. That means
he must not only read words; he must
read their meanings, catch their i'm
plications, interpret them on the basis
of his past experiences.
Before assigning problems of any
sort teach the children to read them.
Reading is highly complicated mental
process. Too often it stops with the
word calling. Dig deeper If you would
have children think.
Evening is bad time for teaching.
(Copyright. 1866
Evening star., 1936-04-30

ach. Extended arms, ending in great
hands. with uplifted palms, were
worked by chains: when the hapless
little victim was laid on the hands,
the arms we're swiftly contracted and
the child tossed into the gaping sea
OF flames.
From this horrible custom de-
scended the Druidic May day rites in
honor of Baal,or Bel, when immense
fires were lighted upon various hilltopS
throughout England. A little later
the ceremony was somewhat ampli-
fed; all the youths of the village
met on the nearest hill. There they
klndled a large fire, cooked special
7epast, among which was a cake of
oatmeal. After the rest of the feast
was over the cake was divided into
q number of pieces, according to those
present. One piece was burned black
then 1t and all the rest were tossed
into hat and the company each
drew one out, blindfolded. The un-
fortunate who drew the blackened bit
was forced to leap three times through
the flames Of the bonfire.
x
GRADUALLY, however, in the May
day celebration. the influence of
the pagan Romans began to make it.
self felt and many of their customs
we're incorporated in the older rites.
Thus the floral aspect of May day
came into being, as a relic Of the
Roman festival in honor of Flora, god
dess of flowers. May dolls. represent
ing the Virgin and Child were dressed
and paraded about the streets, and
after the introduction of Robin Hood
into the ceremonies of May, the May
king and May queen became an estab-
,llshed custom.
Then came the Maypole usually
made of birch and adorned with flow
ers or ribbons, around which every one
one was invited to dance. At first the
oldsters Joined in the fun. but grad
ually the festivities came to be OBJ
served mostly by children, except in
Evening star., 1936-04-30
Sewing Secrets.

Even the little necessary bits OF
sewing drudgery like mending and
darning can be a delight If you
know some of the tricks and short
cuts. When mending a fine, deli
cate material, rub your hands with
a cake of magnesia to keep them
from perspiring. When you have to
sew a button on mans suit or
heavy overcoat, lay straight pin
over the top of the button and do
your sewing over the pin. Use good
thread. Then when you have fasten-
ed off your thread, draw out the
pin and pull the button slightly. This
will give enough room under the but
ton for the buttonhole to pass easily.
If you have to darn a jagged hole in
wooden material and have no patch
stuff, sew piece Of net under the
hole and darn back and forth over it,
liking loose stitches to allow fol9 the
eaasticity Of the wool.
Evening star., 1936-04-30
BY BETSY CASWELL.

ton between May day, ChlId
Health day and the destroy
~ ing neathen god, Moloch, who
tossed little children into the flames
IN sacrifice?
1t seemed almost impossible, and yet,
strangely enough, there is very
dehnite link connecting the three.
The celebration of the first of the
Evening star., 1936-04-30
My Neighbor Says:

Flowers that are to be sent
away should be packed in a box
of pasteboard corrugated is
best) and sprinkled over with
small pieces of ice, then covered
with wax paper. They will ar
rive in perfect condition in hot
weather.
When steel knives and forks
have become tainted with fish the
smell may be removed by rub
bing them with a little fresh
orange or lemon peel.
Always allow mud spots on
clothing to dry. They can then
be quickly brushed or rubbed off
without leaving any stain.
Copyright. 1866
Evening star., 1936-04-30
Connecting Link Traced
Between Heather Rites
And Modern May-Days
Welfare of Children, Both Physical and
Mental, vitality Important to Future
of Nation

the very rural districts. Going a-May-
ing in the early dawn to bring home
the May, and getting up early to wash
ones face in May-dew, for the certain
benefit of the complexion, soon
dropped from general use, and in re-
cent years, May day has been dedi-
Gated to the welfare of the little chill
dren who are solemnly crowned king
and queen, and who leave May baskets
at doors, dance around the Maypole
and parade with branches of blossoms
and green leaves in many city parks.
So there is your story of the connec-
ton between Child Health day and
the grim god, Moloch! A long, long
way we have come since those bitter
days when little human beings were
offered to the flames in expiation OF
the sins of their elders. No one then
counted the cost, for either the parents
or for the future of the race.
Nov We have learned that our chill
dren are our insurance for the fu-
ture. They are the only real monuments
which We leave behind us, when we
die, to show that We ever really ex-
isted: they carry on the spark of our
own life in theirs. A nation is only as
great as its children-for some day
they take command, and the country
becomes what they make it.
Therefore, in expiation of our sins,
instead of destroying our children on
sacrificial affairs, it behooves us to sac
rifice ourselves, in every way that we
can. to make them fit to guide the
destinies of our country. And the flrst
step in this great work is producing IN
them complete health, both OF body
and of mind.
Be with your children more. Pay at
tention to what they say and think,
and SOW the seeds of future greatness
in them with careful, thoughtful
words. Explain to them some OF the
problems of the day, such as they can
understand; help them to see clearly,
and think with an unbiased mind. 1t
is surprising how much they observe
and know OF the more ABSTRACT tLlIlSS
around them: it is your duty to see
that they meet each problem squarely,
and with a straight perspective.
AS for their physical health-that is
lust as important. Good, balanced
food. plenty of sleep and rest, and
happy, outdoor exercise will do Won
ders toward building your boy or girl
into the husky. strong man or woman
that will be able to endure the hard
ships that may come. The rule of the
survival of the fittea' holds just as
true now as it ever has-be sure that
your hostage to fortune will not be
one to fall by the wayside because of
inadequate preparation.
Moloch, May day. Child Health day
there is progress for you! But keep
going!
Evening star., 1936-04-30

wakes up the religious fervor of the
female part of the congregation like
having young unmarried preacher.
And in medicine many women will
push the fortunes cf the young doctor
who is single who wouldn't bother to
interest themselves in a married doc
tor. Taking it all in all. the married
man is better off than the single man,
but the single man has his compen-
sations and it is absurd to deny them
DOROTHY DIX.
DEAR DOROTHY DIX have
been married for Is years TO one
of the best men in the world. Several
years ago my husband was taken i'll
and had to quit work The doctor
advised him to go to the country. We
did SO. My husbands health has i'm
proved a great deal and he Just loves
it in the country and wants to buy a
farm. Says he would rather die than
go back to the city to live While he
is perfectly happy. I do not want to
live in the country. I want to go
back to the city. In the country We
have everything to make us comfort
able-a nice house, a COW, pigs and
chickens, and a lovely garden OF
course, if We went back, my husband
would have no job and would have to
look for something to do, but = think
if he really loved me he would take
me back. Please tell me what to DO.
PUZZLED
Answer.-I think the thing for you
to to do is to make yourself satisfied
with living in the country, because
evidently that is the only place in
which your husband can be healthy
! and happy. If you force him to go
back to town to please you and he
has TO go through all the strain and
stress and anxiety Of trying to find a
job he will break down and probably
die.
You see things have changed so
much since you left the city. Old firms
have failed or gone out of business.
New people have come in. New busi-
ness methods are in vogue. Another
man has your husbands job. who
would not be discharged in order to
give 1t back to him. And anyway. a
man who is in poor health and who
has been out of his job for a few years
has no chance in competition with the
healthy, husky young chaps who are
doing things in a modern manner.
NY ADVICE to you is to go down to
the city for which you pine so
much. stay a month or so and see how
you react to it. When We are away
from our old homes We idealize them,
We remember nothing about them ex-
cept what is glamorous. That is what
you are doing You are thinking of
life as you lived it when your husband
was well and had a good job and your
old circle of friends were about you
and everything was prosperous and
| happy.
You can't bring that back Go back
and see how hard it is for men out
of work to get any sort of a Job See
how poor so many Of your old friends
/ have got to be. See how they have to
/ skimp on butter and eggs and every
kind Of food. See how cramped are
their quarters. Have your nerves torn
with the noise of the city. And my
word for it, you will go back willingly
to your quiet. comfortable. country life
where your husband can have his
health and be happy.
DOROTHY DIX.
(Copyright. 1861
Evening star., 1936-04-30
BY BARBARA BELL.

TODAY'S model is particularly
likeable and wearable-with
one of the newest necklines.
u It has darling finish, little
stand-up collar that ties in a youthful
bow at the front.
The dress itself is so young. It's
one of those very simple. very cleverly
cut frocks with just pleasing differ
ence. A saddle yoke and straight
panel at the center front of the skirt
are stunning features and slimming
for fuller figures. You have your
choice of short or long sleeves. The
pattern offers both, and you can cas-
lily run this individual frock up on the
machine in few hours, finished and
ready to don the same day. The orig
inal in sky blue novelty pique is
trimmed with navy buttons, belt and
collst. Make 1t up in crepe, tie silk,
aharttng or lightweight wool for bus
Evening star., 1936-04-30
BY ANGELO PATRI.
NOV what's the matter?"

~
II can't do these examples"
Whats the reason you can't Didn't
YOU learn how in school?"
"YeS-s. but now I can't get them
right. They won't come even.''
Come even2 My goodness, is that
all the idea you have about those
problems? Bring them over here and
I'll try to get something into your
head. Seems to me the more you
learn the worse you get"
Il can't help it. If she would ex-
plain"
Never mind that. Read the first
one"
"A man paid $3.50 quarterly interest
on per cent mortgage. What was
the amount of the mortgage?"
You ought to do that in your head.
The answer is $4,000"
Evening star., 1936-04-30

/ ineSs, informal tea or theater. Cotton
is a favored medium for house wear.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1868
is available in sizes IA, 16, 18, 20; 40
and AZ. Corresponding bust measure
ments. 80, "a, SO, 38, 40 and A. Size
16 (34 requires 3& yards of 39-inch
fabric with short sleeves. With long
sleeves it requires AS yards.
Evening star., 1936-04-30
of Infant Sacrifice of Ancen Now Dedicated Child
Dorothy Dix Says
Married Men May Be Fundamentally
Better Off Than Bachelors, but!

~ EAR MISS DIX-What is
there about an unmarried
man that seems to make him
- a martyr? This is a question
that I and the rest of the single men
would like to have answered.
Evening star., 1936-04-30

So it amazes me to hear that sin
gle man regards himself as an object
of pity and nurses the illusion that he
is Disseminated against in society and
in business. Surely you are mistaken
and are regarding the situation with a
jaundiced eye.
Evening star., 1936-04-30

month of May,
according a to the
a n c eut calen-
OARS, was in many
heathen countries
the signal for Of
fering sacrifices
to Moloch. This
god was usually
represented as a
seated figure. of
bronze or some
metal that was
heated White-hot
from a fire set in
a great oven in
the idols StOm-
Evening star., 1936-04-30
Cooks Corner
BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.

LIVER LOAF
/ pound beef !, teaspoon salt
liver 4 teaspoon
2 tablespoons pepper
onions cup soft
/ teaspoon crumbs
chopped l egg
parsley tablespoons
1 teaspoon butter, melted
chopped celery Il cup milk
Cover liver with boiling water and
simmer 10 minutes. Drain and put
through food chopper with onions,
parsley and celery. Add rest of in
gradients and pour into buttered loaf
pan. Bake Is minutes in moderate
oven. Unmold and serve hot, cut in
slices.
BISMARCK COFFEE RING
Luncheon Supper or DinnerJ
cups flour S tablespoons
4 teaspoons fat
baking 70 cup milk
powder a teaspoon salt
Mix flour and baking powder, cut
in fat, add milk and salt, mixing
slowly. Place soft dough on fioured
paper or board and roll out dough
until it is one-half inch thick. Spread
with filling. Roll up into one and a
half inch roll and shape into circle
Place in creased baking pan. With
scissors make one-inch cuts into
dough, one inch apart. Bake 20 min
uteS in moderate oven. Serve warm
with butter.
FILLING
4 tablespoons "a cup chopped
butter dates or
n cup brown raisins
sugar 70 cup nuts.
l teaspoon broken
cinnamon coarsely
Mix ingredients and spread on soft
dough.
Cooked corn, beans and peas, added
to white sauce and poured over toast,
make a good luncheon dish. A gar
nish of crisp bacon adds flavor and
nutrition.
Evening star., 1936-04-30
Beef Liver.

Beef liver baked in one piece with
a stuffng of apples and prunes is sur
prisingly good and makes an ideal
buffet supper treat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-25
RESERVE BOARD
CUTS OFF BOOM
Hikes Margin Requirements
to BaIk Unjustified
Rise in Prices.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The
New Deal placed steadying hand
on the nations security market to-
day in an effort to head off an un-
warranted stock market boom such
as led to the 1929 crash.
The Federal Reserve Board unex-
pectedly ordered margin require
ments on all markets increased
from Is to As per cent to Is to SIS
per cent of the market value, effec-
tive Feb. /.
Board officials said the raising of
margin requirements was taken as
a "precaution" against too rapidly
booming prices caused by possible
government monetary and credit
policies. The market has been jit-
terry recently because of sharp
slump in the dollar and fears of
monetary and credit imitation.
The action was generally unex-
pected in government and financial
circles in view of the recent state
ment of Reserve Board Chairman
Mariner S. Eccles that the rise in
the security markets was healthy
and financed largely by cash.
The action was taken without the
knowledge of the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, which is
charged with supervising the ma
TONS security markets.
SEC Chairman James M. Lands
declined to comment. Neither was
the Treasury consulted.
Under the new order broker
may lend a customer up to Is per
cent of the current market price of
a security, and thus require a min
imum margin of Is per cent, or he
may require maximum margin of
55 per cent. Most stocks are ex-
pected to fall in the latter class.
Unusual attention was attracted
to the order by reason of President
Roosevelt's notice yesterday to four
board members that they would not
be reappointed.