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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-28
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 Extension Club
Design, Color, Nutrition on Organization s
 Program

neced on program which will include the study of various phase of home making, members of the first organized Juneau branch of the University Extension Club met last evening at the home of Miss Dor othy Whitaker and R4l.s Fora Brown in the Assembly Apartments.
 Miss Clara Walther, president, presided at the meeting at which the constitution and by-laws were discussed. Mrs. Florence Syverud. district home demonstration agent, is advisor of the group
 Included in the program of acti- vities to be followed by the group will be the study of home making from both cultural and scientific standpoints. Leather work, sewing. and other phases of handi-craft work, color and design will be in- cluded, and child development and nutrition will be studied.
 Organization of group to meet for similar purposes may be ac- complished by telephoning Mrs Sy- yelud at Blue 2s5. All groups form cd work through the extension ser vice of the University of Alaska.
 Present at the meeting last night were Mrs. Drew Painter, Mrs. Tom George, Miss Mary Kolasa Miss Merle Biggins, Miss Helen Junes, Miss Gladys Brewis. Miss Harriet Barragar, Mrs. William Walther, Mrs. Peggy Mcleod, Miss Clara Walther Mrs. Florence Syverud and the hostesses.
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MOuies Are tue Best Bet
 For Women Hunting Fame

eat Ephrain while James Stewart looked on. Huston, a crcuit-ridlng preacher in the story, with Stew art his son, visits Leona Roberts playing a backwoods crone. Notn- ing in the house to eat, so the crone draws water from the well and boils up a mess of mush. Ephraim lived in the well, and that's where he comes in the story in the mush, boiled. Huston has to eat him 50 as not to offend Sister.
 Nobody boiled Ephraim. Huston said he had neither the heart nor the stomach for boiled Ephraim. Besides, Ephraim had to become quite a pet on the set.
 Lou Crowley, the property man, really saved Eptraim-and Huston. He made a plaster mould of the frog. then reproduced a supply of Ephraims-e -effigies in green mint jelly.
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SNOW FAIL

The various stations of the Weather Bureau in Alaska report the depth of snow on the ground at the afternoon observation, Mon day. December 27, as follows:
 Barrow, ' inches; Bethel, 3 inch es; Cordova, none; Dutch Harbor, none; Fairbanks, II inches; Ket- chikan, none; Kodiak, 3 inches; Nome, none.
 The depth of the ice on the Cinema River at Fairbanks was 28.5 inches compared to 24.0 inches at this time last year
 Try an FmD'rp ad
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NORTH STAR PARTY

The North Star Girls Club will hold a Christmas party Thursday afternoon at l o'clock, at the home of Doris Cahill in Treadwell All the members are reminded to be there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-28
Short Wave Radio
 Used by Railroad

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28-The Southern Pacific is asking permis- sion to install two-way short wave radio sets on certain trains. Tn case of severe storms that took down telephone and telegraph lines, the radio would link trains with dis patching centers.
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D OU 6 l. A 5 N E W 5
CHRISTMAS MATINEE
 FOR DOUGLAS CHILDREN

Sponsored by the Douglas Eagles a free matinee will be given the Douglas children Saturday after noon at 1:30. There will also be Christmas presents of candy and fruit. All the children are invited to attend.
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LIGHT SERVICE OFF

The wind interrupted the 240 line at 5:30 o'clock this morning and Douglas Islanders were without power and lights for about two hours before repairs were made.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-28
RALSTON GOES
 SOUTH, VACATION

Chief of Police Dan Ralston is sailing aboard the Alaska tonight for a months vacation in the south The Chief expects to visit at Casper, Wyo.
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NO COUNCIL MEETING

Due to the unusual stormy wealth CT prevailing last evening the Coun- cil meeting planned was cancelled and the business scheduled was lad over until next Monday night
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-28

Deanne Durbin's parents have her life insured for $500,0O0. Tried to insure her for a million, but half of that was the limit the several insurance brokers would write.
 Eddie Canton broadcasts on Wednesday evenings. Thursdays at his home he hears the records of the program-and so do his neigh bors up and down the street.
 Mickey Rooney has reached mans estate Director Richard Thorpe ordered a closed stage the day Mickey had to display the ten der passion, seriously, for the first time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-28
CHIMNEY FIRE

At 6:30 o'clock this morning an alarm of fire was sounded and the chimney at the home of Melvin Kibby burned out. There was no other damage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-28
MINOR OPERATION

Mickey Toshwak underwent Q minor operation this morning at St. Ann's Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-28
By ROBBIN CoONs

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 28.-Here's a sidelight on fame, or a new parlor game if you choose.
 Try to name 10 women in con- temporary life, outside the enter tainment field and politics. so well known that their names bring in- stant recognition from the man in the street.
 Simple? That's what we all said when an advertising specialist of our acquaintance ache the question We started with Mar garet Mitchell, but so had he. And he'd been disillusioned.
 His company makes practice of testing big names on the man in the street, systematically In this instance, the quiz showed that a great many people had heard of Gone With the Wind but had no idea who Miss Mitchell was.
 Actresses Do Better
 Several popular women maga- zine writers came next, but didn't score. A famous illustrator drew the same blank-a woman who's been doing very good art work for the biggest magazines for years. Her name, you'd think, would be a household word Maybe in yours, and mine, but in most households she isn't so well known as, say Toby Wing, Betty Grable, Ida Lu- pino, or half a dozen movie blondes
 We thought Of Margaret Sanger and Emily Post too late to check up their flame" score from the commercial angle, but several oth- CTS you'd think would be famous" just aren't.
 It's interesting if depressing Margaret Mitchell, who worked seV- en years on a period novel, isn't really famous. The girl who plays Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind well, that's different. That will be a name to seek for com mercial endorsementsi
 Saving a Frog
 Ephraim, this country's frog lovers will be delighted to hear, is safe. And so is a comedy moment from the Civil war film, Benefits Forgot"
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ATTENTION O. F. S.

Regular meeting Juneau Chapter ? Tuesday, 8 pm. Christmas Party honoring new members.
 LILLIAN G. WATSON. adv. ecre'ary
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that time. A committee of O. L.. Kendall, Curtis Shattuck and Rob- ert Simpson was named to work with scoutmasters in arranging the event.
 Ch IT man Holbrook announced that the Sons of. Norway had re- linquished srcnsorshiD of the Sea Scouts and the Els were taking over sponsorship Of this unit.
 A new troop is being formed at Aux Lake with Gerald Banta as Scoutmaster. That will make five scout troops in the Gastineau Chan nel community, including the Sea Scouts, IIolbrook said.
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The most unpredictable persons are book dealers. Walter Hart Blumenthal is such person and he has prepared list of books for a dealers catalogue with the odd est subtitles (coined by himself Here are few of them: Van Looms Story of Mankind'-Half Sheep. Edith Wharton's "Age of Innocence" = Half Calf. James Whitcomb Riley's 'Old Swim ming Hole'-Undressed Kid .. Browne's Every Woman"-Curious. Canfields "The Bent Twig"- Several Leaves Missing. Slopes Married Love"-Rare in this State. Weyrs Tired Radicals Imitation Russia.
 J. M. Josefsberg points out that a rainbow division of Manhattan orchestras could easily be worked out if color in names meant any thing. For instance: Glen Gray, Johnny Green, Frank Black, Blue Barron, Paul Whiteman, and Don Redman.
 This weeks gags aren't any bet ter than last weeks, but here they are
 Ernie Hoist: "The less principle a girl has the more interest she draws
 Oscar Bradley: Did you hear about the producer who put a girl in a full length picture because she looked good in shorts
 Buddy Clark: T know a young lady who makes money every time she lifts finger-she's a mani curist."
 Billy Rose has taken up quarters in the St. Moritz after his decision to take over the French Casino. His next door neighbor is Jacques Charles, the French pro ducer who fashioned that big revue at the International Casino. :. An ironic note is that this latter show is credited with being the straw that broke the Casinos back.
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Saving a Frog

Ephraim, this country's frog lovers will be delighted to hear, is safe. And so is a comedy moment from the Civil war film, Benefits Forgot"
 Walter Huston was supposed to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-28

The site of Cincinnati was the center of an ancient mound build. CTS civilization.
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 g?VERY day the news of the world is de- @S livered to your door interesting news, written by internationally-knOwn journalists and reporters . .. news that will
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Evening star., 1937-10-03
''Still Alive"

Mrs. Henry Clay Folger was a Won
derful person. When she was old and
alone in the world, she found a mar
velous pleasure in being, as she said,
"still alive" Each morning she wax
ened to the duties of the day with q
keen enjoyment of the privilege of
seeing the sun once more. She loved her
home at Glen Cove and the Shakespeare
Library in Washington, which she fin
ished in her husbands name, as though
they were sentient creations.
Perhaps the explanation lay in her
advancing age and in her isolation after
Mr.. Folger's death. In any case, her
genius of appreciation was sharpened by
experience. She was grateful for every
minute which destiny conceded to her
use. 1t amused her to speak OF herself
as IAN ancient child" full of zeal for
new impressions, new ventures and dis
coveries. Yet she did not part with the
past. Her story of Abraham Lincoln
at the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church was q page torn from better
history than ever is written. To hear
her describe the wagons laden with
wounded soldiers from Bull Run was to
60 to school to the grim reality Of war
Her account of storm at sea was COM
pelling. The narrative of her initial visit
to stratford made the Bard of Avon
contemporary character. Fl
Mrs. Folser valued the present because
Evening star., 1937-10-03

that he might so drill and train his mind
as to make 1t work with the precision
OF machine. No argument Is needed
TO prove the case we submit. If we
nave weak spot in our arrnor or q
defect in our equipment and can only
be made conscious Of it in time, we may
by self-imposed discipline correct the
defect by paying the price of power
This is pre-eminently true of develop
ment OF the things Of character. Men
and women do not grow strong simply
by acknowledging the authority of a
religious system, or even by being devo-
,. tees of its forms of worship. The ripe
fruits of character do not develop in a
life that is carelessly trained or made
quately cultivated. The most costly
thing in the world is that power which
character alone develops and discloses.
There is such thing as a cheap religion
but it is not religion for red-blooded
men and women. Altogether too much
stress has been laid upon comfortable
Gospel" with the result that all too fire.
quently we become mendicants bring
ing only impoverished lives to receive
the grace and power of Him who "be-
came poor that we through His poverty
might be made rich"
The lad in the ranks learned that
obedience to orders involved sacrifice and
possibly death, but he did not hesitate
or falter, cost what it might. Perhaps
the Croix de Guerre was pinned on the
blouse Of his pulseless form and praise
Tor his service was pronounced only
when his ears were leaden; nevertheless,
we say Of him: He paid the price"
William Mckinley, true gentleman and
splendid patriot, felled by an assassins
bullet, as he lay dying in Buffalo amazed
even his closest friends by his unfailing
Christian fortitude. In the midst of
his political life, while seeking prefer
ment and the place of influence, he
never forgot that all human gifts and
honors are perishable and that the only
enduring power is that which is given
to him who is willing to pay the price.
He paic it, and when the no hope" mes
sage was brought to him. he did not
finch. but said with deliberation and
sublime serenity, 1T is not our will, it's
Gods will; His will be done" He paid
the price and he had his reward.
Evening star., 1937-10-03
THE PRICE OF POWER
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. d, IL d. d. c. L.
BISHOP WASHINGTON
"One thing thou lackest."

"One thing thou lackest."
These words were spoken to an enthu-
siastic young man, who, coming to the
Master, sought for full and frank ex-
preston of the thing that was needful
to make hi life complete. There. is
little doubt that he was utterly sincere
and that he truly desired to have dis
closed to his vision the weak spot in
his armor. So far as the narrative goes,
he was man of excellent habits, good
citizen and a useful member of society.
In response to the statement of Jesus
concerning certain moral laws, he said:
"All these things have kept from my
youth up What lack yet?" The Mas
ter Immediately revealed to him the vul-
nerable spot in his life's system, and
the incident closes with the statement
that he refused the prescription the
Divine Physician gave him and went
away sorrowful."
Like many another man, he was seek
ing for a certain kind of power but was
unwilling to pay the price. 1t becomes
increasingly clear to us as life goes on
that nothing in this world worth having
is cheap. There are no bargain coun-
tiers where we can acquire at small
cost the worthwhile things Of life. The
man who says, THE world owes me a
living" comes ultimately to disappoint-
ment ard bankruptcy. From the time
we enter the classroom to the time we
quit life, whatever we get that is really
worth while We pay for Genius of any
kind, however unusual it may seem, gains
its power through self-sacrificing devo-
tion and panstaking study.
There are too many young men, and
young women too, for that matter, who
want to get wealth. power and influence
quickly, without the hard and exacting
labor which these things entail The
poet was right.
THE heights by great men scaled and
kept,
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night"
Before Lincoln could master the State
or control the wills of men, by dint of
hard study, he mastered his Euclid. In
his maturer life, Gladstone assiduously
prosecuted the study of classical Greek
Evening star., 1937-10-03

che respected everything that had gone
safore Her mind was orderly and neat.
Stored within it were the materials for
comparative judgment of each hours
onerings. Her memories were like a
string OF well-matched pearls to which
she constantly was adding up to the last
The labor delighted her. She worked
hard but gladly, happily and with an
enduring excitement good to behold
Isn't the feeling of linen glorious?' she
exclaimed to her housekeeper on a Ger
tain occasion. II like to catch its cool
ness in my hands"
The shadows fell gradually. She did
not fear them, did not resent the pain
they brought. Within sight of the mo-
ment of her departure, she was CRATE
fully still alive"
Evening star., 1937-10-03

demonstrate how disagreeable she could
be, when she chose. Her screams of rage
filled the neighborhood, indicating that
she was either being murdered or COM
mitting homicide on her own account,
The doctor placidly did his best for her
despite her histrionics. She left Shrek
ing her hatred, but in no immediate
danger of dying from blood poisoning.
Just spoiled kid" was her benefactor's
comment.
Something more important than tenn
permanent, however, was involved in the
incident. 1t happens that many per-
sons, including numerous adults who
have small excuse for their misbehavior,
are guilty of the sin of ingratitude For
example, consider the attitude of a
mendicant who has been a familiar fig
ure in the streets of this city for years.
He boasts Of his talent for begging.
why should work." he demands. If
the public is sappish, it isn't my fault.
And they might as well give me as give
somebody else. Half the time, I don't
even ask for anything. / just hand them
kind of look, and they're afraid not
to come across" His contempt for his
victims is monumental. When an occa-
sional passerby has the hardihood to re-
sist his opportunities, he follows him
with volley Of curses. But he. also Will
f1es those who oblige him.
A similar psychology characteristics
more than few of the recipients of
Government largess. Being on relief
has become a habit with an army of
mon employables" who insist that the
world owes them living and that they
intend to collect. In exchange, they pre-
tend to pledge their political allegiance.
The Communists who marched on the
Capital to protest against w. P. A. cuts
were not New Deal adherents. Rather.
their heroes are Lenin and Stain. But
even that loyalty is ephemeral. Tenn
peramentally. they fight the doctor.
whoever he may be. In effect they are
anarchists-the most violent and hys-
terical of individualists.
Evening star., 1937-10-03

served as an excuse for an overnight
swing of sentiment from exuberant op-
timism to doWn-hearted pessimism. So
stocks were dumped overheard and busi-
ness began to batten down matches for
new depression.
But is there going to be new depres-
sion at this stage? None Of the Govern
ment experts in the field thinks So
They will offer anybody who is willing
to look a mass of data to show that the
stock market is not and almost never has
been any forecaster of trends. and they
write its action off as the product of
hysteria.
Still, they do recognize, almost with
out exception, that the next six to nine
months are going to produce no resump-
ton Of the steady recovery trend that
had been under way since 1885. The
reason is that price Embellishments
have occurred and will have to be ironed
out in one way or another. Also. busi-
nessmen are less worried by the labor
outlook and are not stocking goods so
far ahead. Higher prices are keeping
the income of w. P. A. workers and of
the bulk of all workers in private indus
try from going as far as they did. This
means that the physical volume of retail
trade is not what is needed to produce
further upsurge in industrial production.
The result Of all this is that the tell
tale index of industrial production, which
had been 121 per cent of the 1923-25 av-
erage at the post-depression peak and
which was at 1T per cent in August.
was at 113 in September and may go
down under 108. In plain language, this
means to the economists that there Is
unlikely to be any further appreciable
increase in industrial employment and
pay rolls during the next few months.
Yet neither is there expected to be any
real slump in employment.
Then what of recovery? Just two fac
tors hold the key to the answer in the
expert opinion. One is the prospect that
inventories of goods will work off and
have to be replaced. The other is that
construction, particularly of private
dwellings, will get under way on an i'm
portant scale. Construction gets more
attention than inventories.
But a real revival of building de-
pends upon some adjustment in costs
SO that people can better afford to build
than to rent. A rising trend in rents
due to dwelling shortages-may touch
off a new building development If so,
those in the watch towers here will sig
nal all clear for more recovery. If not,
the Government may be expected again
to be called to the rescue.
Planners now admit that their big Job
Is to make over American temperament.
Oupyright, 1887.
Evening star., 1937-10-03
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

With one woman serving as mayor Of
the city," says The Star of September %.
W., 1887 "anot er
women Named 10 making very
Public Offices. promising canvass
for seat on the
bench OF her State and dozens of others
serving as commissioners Of charities, on
school committees and on juries. our
countrywomen have made such progress
in their struggle for recognition in the
distribution of Offices that the appoint
ment of Miss Phoebe Couzins to be
United States marshal ought not to sur
prise any one greatly. Miss Couzins has
been a lawyer for several years and is
believed to have built up fairly remu-
nerative practice. At all events. she has
attracted considerable attention to her
work b. the display of various oddities
in the performance of it. She has tried
her hand also at practical politics and
with no little success"
THE train in which the President and
Mrs. Cleveland have started on their
Western journey
Lessenlng the says The Star of
Railway Risks. September 30, 1887,
has been described
at considerable length in the press and
no little stress has been laid on the fact
that the cars are heated by steam from
the locomotive and lighted by electricity.
Hence. should broken bridges or defec-
tive rails on any part of the route cause
an accident. there will be no stoves to
discharge live Goals among the uphol-
stery and upon the inflammable varnish
of the woodwork and no oil lamps to ex-
plode and send rivulets of flame down
upon the imprisoned passengers. The
fact that these appliances have been in
troduced upon train expressly pre-
pared for the President of the United
States shows that the railway experts
who designed the cars know them to be
entirely practicable. for the PresidentNs
the last person in the country whom
they would have had the temerity to
choose as a subject for their mechanical
experiments. The last shadow OF excuse
for continuing the use of coal stoves and
oil lamps from ordinary railway trains
is destroyed"