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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-02-10
JAPS TRYING FLANK
ATTACK ON CHINESE

Shanghai, Feb. 8.-TwO Jap
anese columns advanced stimuli
taneously today in what APP
peared to be a new strategy to
close in on the western flank Of
100000 Chinese troops defend
ing the important Lunghai rail-
way in North China.
The two columns, one moving
from the southeast and the 9TH
er from the northwest, were
aimed toward Kweiteh, on the
Lunghai 80 miles west of SUI
chow, main objective of the ia
panese drive.
Should they reach Kweiteh,
Chinais main armies will be cut
of from the interior, Japanese
already occupy areas to the
north and south of the Lung
hal, leaving a corridor $50
miles vide in the hands of the
Chinese.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-02-10
School Library Books Renewed
By WPA Book Mending Workers
10000 Ashe County School Lii
brary Books Mended In
Past Two Years.

One of the most valuable and
worthwhile WPA activities in Ashe
county is the Library and book
intending project that will soon eel
brate its second anniversary OF
continuous operation.
/ Since the establishment of this
project in March, 1886, it is eSti-
mated that a grand total of 10000
high school library books have been
cleaned, mended and classified.
In order to retain its accredited
rating, each high school must have
library containing large num-
Der of standard supplementary
reading books, ranging from 500 to
1000 volumes. Through constant
usage these books become soiled,
torn and badly worn and without
this efficient mending service, many
of them would have to be discard
ed and new ones purchased much
more frequently than is now neces-
sary.
The Ashe county library and book
mending project, sponsored by the
Ashe County Board of Education,
is located in the old roller mill
building in Jefferson. Mrs. Ethel L.
Scott is supervisor and there are 9
women working under her direc-
ton, including two skilled mend
erS.
These leadies do a rather amazing
job of restoring old books to a con-
dition that makes them practical
ly as good as new ones insofar as
usefulness is concerned. They 60
through each page and erase all
smudges of dirt and pencil marks,
patch torn pages and often times
rebind them, putting on new COW
erS.
When this work is completed, Mrs.
Scott does the lettering and classifi-
cation work and then goes to differ
ent school libraries and assists In
getting them properly shelved.
All of the workers, Mrs. Scott
states, take great deal of pride in
their work and apparently they get
great deal Of pleasure out of it.
At the present time library books
from the Fleetwood and Virginia
Carolina high schools are being
mended. With the exception OF
Green Valley, books in all Of the
other high schools in the county
have been repaired and right much
classification work done.
The Nathan's Greek school, it is
stated, has one of the largest Ii
braries in the county. This library
contains around 1000 volumes.
Books belonging to the Ashe Coun-
ty Public Library are also mend
ed
The library department of the
state department Of public ,instruc-
ton assists in outlining a standard
classification set-up.
Mrs. Isabelle F. Arnnfeld, of Win
ston-Salem, is district supervisor.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-02-10
POST TO SPONSOR
2 RECIPE CONTESTS

With the view Of finding out
how Ashe county housewives
prepare such excellent food as
they have the reputation of pre-
pairing and serving, The Post is
going to sponsor two recipe con-
tests, the details of which are an
noeunced elsewhere in this edi-
ton.
The first. contest is a "COm-
munity Recipe Contest and the
other one is an Individual Home
makers Contest. A total of SIG
in cash prize and three subscrip-
ti0ns to the paper will be given
to winners.
These contests open tomorrow
and everyone is invited to parti-
cipate.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-02-10
MAY RECOMMEND
MORE FOR RELIEF


WdSAII6 tU1I, EtUs os-AUC
Roosevelt administration may
soon ask Congress for hundreds
Of millions more for relief, it
was indicated tonight.
The President told reporters
shortly after comforting with
a group Of midwest mayors
and government officials that he
was studying appeals for addi-
tional appropriations and prob
ably would make an announce
ment within a few days.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-02-10
BRIEF News
FROM THE
Daily Headlines
FARM BILL NEARS
PASSAGE IN HOUSE

Washington, Feb. S.-Admin-
istration leaders, brushing aside
Republican protests about "a
horrible gag rule" jammed the
new crop control bill to the
point of final passage in the
House today.
The minority men cOntended
the House had not had time to
read the 12-page bill providing
for control Of production
through benefit payments and
loans, and possible drastic limi-
tatiOns ON marketing of crops.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-02-10

what you have to sell
or what you want to
buy in The Skyland
Post which is read in
more than 90 percent
Of the homes in Ashe.
RESOLVES to make bust
ness better in 1888.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-02-10

AOI1E NOONII
is the air : conditioned
section Of North Caro-
lima whose altitude
ranges from 5000 to S.
600 feet above sea level.
Is miles of the PARK
WAY run through the
county.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-04
WE, THE WOMEN
Married Career Woman Lacks Time to Be Alone"

the wife who makes marriage her whole concern.
 She finds that there is no time when She can think quietly about her problems and work them out. No time to settle last nights quar- rel in her own mind and decide how to meet the situation the next time it arises. For when she leaves her husband, she is facing another days work with its own set of problems.
 She wishes that there were time to give to friends, but there is very little. The friends she does have must of necessity be people that her husband also enjoys.
 And when vacation time rolls around she thinks how nice it would be if she could go away somewhere alone and catch up with the life that has gone by too quick ly for her.
 But there again is a touchy sub ject. The wife who has all day to herself is anxious to share her va catioh with her husband, to have two whole weeks of companionship after quite enough of being alone. And so the working wife must pre- tend to feel the same way.
 The whole difficulty seems to be in the fundamental attitude of the working wife, which she phrases, T can't let my job make any dif- ference in my marriage"
 She doesn't - but it isn't easy. Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Inc
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 loafs to his hearts content. He goes to see Jerry, whose company has formerly been banned, and takes in a show that is not on family lists. He smokes cigarets which he knows is wrong for boy of II.
 That night he feels uncomfort- ablet. He is not as frank with us as he would like to be. There is decided shadow. He'll never do all that again, he's sure.
 Freedom Causes Drift
 Henry would hardly be a normal boy, if he didn't long for the for bidden once in a while, but this time he went too far, he knows. Of course it does not follow that the minute a child has his freedom, he breaks bounds. Henry might have chosen to look at the pictures in the exhibit, study missed lessons and paste stamps in his album, for that matter. Children don't jump into the ditch on their day of, unless they are too curious or quite ready to explode under pressure of restriction.
 Suppose we take an utterly free child, however, allowed to do as he likes with no "possessive" parent to bother him. He has some inhibi- tions, of course, natural and ab- sorbed. There will usually be two things to worry him. Conscience, if he makes mistakes, or battle with himself to Keep from making them. He will try to keep an even
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Helen and Dave wonder if Peg gy's putting on an act. They don't know whether to feel sorry for her, or disgusted.
 What a pity for Peggy to let nervous outbreaks alienate one friend after another when, by rights, she should be one of the most vivid, interesting girls in her crowd.
 Hers is the same high-strung temperament that many of our most glamorous movie stars, writ CTS, and artists have. But while they've found creative outlets for their nervous energy, Peggy bottles hers up until it bursts out only in moods of bad temper or touchiness.
 Control your nerves" by letting yourself go. Fling yourself into ab- sorbing activities-like swimming, tennis, club work, or photography.
 Get a fit of blues out of your system with good cry. Play hockey from your regular routine once in while. You'll get twice as much done next day.
 Learn from our 32-page booklet how to get at the root of nervous troubles, develop radiant new personality.
 Send 10c for your copy of OVER COMING NERVES" AND EVERY DAY HEALTH PROBLEMS to the Waterbury Democrat Home Service. 635 Sixth Ave-, New York, N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS, and the NAME of book let.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-04
PATTERN STA

Ready for party or just dressed up for company? This tots cun- ming frock of crisp, cool dotted swiss certainly looks festive and as a matter of fact is ready for any special occasion. Why not make one for your own darling daugh- ter" 1t won't take long with this Claire Tilden Pattern STA. Both you and your child will adore the puffed sleeves and lively swing skirt of this enchanting frock. If you prefer you may make the sleeves double -tiered in a fly-away effect and make the dress solid color with bright bows and buttons, and square instead of a round neck. De- tailed Sewing Guide is included to show you how quickly you can make this frock.
 Pattern STA is cut in children's sizes 2, {, 6, 8 and 10. Size 6 re- quires 2 yards 36 inch fabric for each version.
 Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in coins or stamps (preferably coins) for this pattern. WRITE CLEAR LY SIZE. NAME, ADDRESS AND STYLE NUMBER.
 Send orders to the Waterbury Democrat Pattern Department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-04
Style Chats
BY AUDREY AMES United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Paris (UP).-Mix materials with the same spirit of nonchalance with which you mix colors this summer.
 Velvet is to any dress as 8 dash of bitters is to a cocktail. You'll find navy velvet favorite in seem- ingly incongruous combinations. A wide navy velvet corselet encircles Pauin's Filmy evening frock of white organza. Horizontal bands of the same velvet are set in the bouffant skirt.
 Robert Piquet uses velvet yoke, navy in color, for the top of a simple daytime dress of white cot- ton weave. Long gauntlets of the same velvet complete the ensam- ble.
 Even beach clothes are not im- mune to the velvet trend. A pair of Heim's white cotton jersey beach slacks have a wide top of navy velvet which extends above the tight belt and is laced together in the center back. A fine white lawn tail- ored blouse tops the trousers. For informal evening wear and smart beach dance floors Helm suggests a blue and white cotton print with boned corselet of light blue velvet holding in bouffant skirt. A ban deau of the same velvet is visible in front, but disappears through
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etable, even eating plain raw corn starch or laundry starchD. Chewing plain wheat is the practice I recom- mend.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Why Bathe to Itch?
 After bathing I suffer intensely from itching which some times con- tinues all day or all night. (H. G. R.) Don't bathe in water. If you must bathe in water, use only tepid or cool water. Don't use soap. Use only some bland oil to cleanse the skin. After bathing always apply either a few drops of Skin Oil or a few drops of Dew of Sahara to the skin here and thereto restore the natural skin oil, sebum, removed by hot water and soap. Instructions for preparing these and other balms are given in 80-page booklet Save Your Skin"-copy of which will be mailed if you ask for 1t and inclose twenty five cent coin and a full size enve- lope.
 Ask Your Doctor
 Any reason why one recovering from duodenal ulcer should not take the iodin ration? CD. W0
 Answer-The patients physician can answer that.
 Gasoline
 Thanks for telling us about gaso- line for foot itch. It cured my hus- bands case of several years stand ing. (M. R)
 Answer-Soak the affected portion of foot in plain gasoline one minute daily-of course away from flame. Copyright, 1888, John F. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-04
-8kAUE&"'''''.' = Glorifing
 Yourself
By Alicia Hart
NEA Service Staff Writer

NEA Service Staff Writer
 why she's younger looking than her daughter. Just look at the way she walks!"
 The scene was an afternoon party, and man was saying that about a woman guest who had just arrived.
 What he said was true, too. AL though close to forty five, the moth- CT did appear younger than her grown-up daughter. Mostly because of the way she walked.
 In the first place, her posture was perfect. No hollow in the center of HER back. She carried her head high and shoulders square, but not stiff1y so. And because her back bone was perfectly straight, her stomach was flat, and her hips look ed slender.
 Furthermore, her walk was youth fully energetic. She moved grace fully with the ease of one who is used to a great deal of outdoor ex- ercise, particuluarly walking. You sensed immediately when you looked at her that she is one woman who doesn't order a taxi or get on a street car to go short distances. You felt at once that she has kept her figure not only slender but supple and graceful through the years by being active, by doing few sim pie setting-up exercises regularly.
 And her daughter?
 Well, although not yet twenty five. that girl walked in suited, awkward fashion. An exaggerated hollow in the middle of her spinal column made her stomach protrude and her hips seem large. Her weight seem- ed to bear down on her slowly mov- ing feet. She was prettier than her. mother, but she won't be so attrac- tive when she is her mothers age. That is, unless she, too, learns to appreciate the importance of ex- ercise.
 If she puts a premium on beau ty, one of the biggest mistakes any young kirl can make is to stop go- ing in for any form of exercise the summer after she finishes school Unless she manages to keep on with one sport, or to do a good deal of walking and daily setting up rou- tines, her muscles, which were supple and firm when she was graduated, soon will become f1abby And her skin will lose its youthful tone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-04

Distribution can make ducks and drakes of a tremendous wealth of high cards, as Josepeh M. Roths- child of New York demonstrated on the hand shown today.
 This hand was played in a recent duplicate at the Laurelton Bridge Club in New York. Rothschild reached sacrifice bid of five spades and made it over an opening bid of three no trump by the lealer.
 In bidding four spades as a sacrifice. he reasoned that he would go down no more than wto if his
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slits in bolero of the cotton print
 To add dressy touch to a coarse white basketweave cotton 'tailleur, Paquin pipes the jacket and revers all around with black velvet edging. An even more prac- tical idea is Helms linen and vel vet combination. All that is needed is a velvet suit and linen suit to interchange skirts and jackets to suit the fancy Helm puts a white linen jacket (with modified "tails") atop straight short skirt of wine brown velvet.
 Two classic uses of velvet are still much in evidence. One is the ap- plication of velvet on silk crepe. Mainbocher brings this idea up to date when he appliques black velvet matif on a black silg after noon dress. Another old velvet cus- tom is that of black velvet boleros. They were good in 1928. They're still good in 1888 especially over heavy lace dinner dresses.
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balance between his self-respect and his liberty, eventually losing direc- tion and drifting helplessly.
 Little children, victims of the self expression movement, are seldom happy, either. While self-expression has its points, and we must concede the wholesome influence of freedom on individuality, it is not meant to interfere with the guidance that every being needs.
 It is wrong to be too oyerbear- ing, but just as wrong, mother, to place too much responsibility on unready shoulders. Be little pos sessive. Your standards should help your child, if they really have his interests at heart, and are not too selfishly inspired.
 NEXT: Psychology.
 Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-04
NATURAL FOOD AND SOUND
 DIGESTION


 The other day we told how sour milk, buttermilk, curdled milk, clab- bered milk, fermenated milk, Bul- garian cultured milk, acidophilus milk, just plain milk, helps to mai1l- tain a normal condition in the colon. Briefly, it is because milk fresh or sour is the natural carrier of tactic bacilli which are the natural fer mentors of starch and sugars, the fermentation changing starch or sugar into carbon dioxide (carbonic acid gas), water, tactic acid, etc.
 It is not to be forgotten that fer mentation of starch, dextrin, dex- trose, glucose, levulose (fruit sugar. maltese, lactose (milk sugar., su- crose (cane or beet sugar. is a nor nal process in the intestine and that the normal products of fermentation include tactic acid and carbonic acid gas. Hence the presence Of more or less gas is not to be re- garded as symptom of any "indi- gestion". The gases produced by fer mentation serve to stimulate and mechanically aid other processes Of digestion.
 It is fairly well known that mod erately acid state in the colon IS concomitant to health. The essen tial purpose of buttermilk, sour milk, fermented or cultured milk in the diet is to maintain vigorous growth of the tactic acid bacilli naturally present in milk or soured milk in the colon; the acid produced when tactic bacilli act upon starch or sug- ars in the fermentation process dis courages or prevents active growth and activity of colon bacillus and other potential producers of disease
 This wholesome culture of tactic bacilli in the intestine is, in my opinion, virtually as well maintained by drinking plain fresh sweet raw milk or plain raw skinned milk Gin either case Certified milk, or the next purest grade, Grade A raw milk from tuberculin tested herd) as 1t is by drinking buttermilk, sour milk, Bulgarian milk or Acidophilus milk, if one prefers plain fresh milk or plain skim milk. Plenty of tactic bacilli present in milk, if they are not killed off by boiling, scalding or par-boiling (pasteurizing). Of course they increase enormously in num- bers if milk is allowed to sour.
 When a healthy person who gets a reasonable amount of muscular exercise daily eats cooked starchy food or sugars in any form, most if not all of the food is digested and absorbed before the residue reaches the colon. So, unless milk or some milk product constitutes part of the daily diet, constantly repleniSh- ing the tactic bacillus growth in the colon, the putrefactive activities in the colon may gain the ascendancy and create an environment favorable for disease. For this reason it is a good health habit, in my opinion, to eat some RAW starchy food daily. Raw starch takes longer to digest than cooked starch (cooking partly converts starch into more soluble dextrin-toast or Drowned crust, Drowned potato, etc) and some of it is more likely to reach the colon unchanged. Good ways to do this are by chewing some plain wheat, eating raw potato or other raw veg
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-04
KINC'SDAUCHTERS
 INSPECT GARDENS

"Vision, Faith and Service" was the subject yesterday of Mrs. Charles E. Foster, county president, at the annual garden party of Helen I. Goodrich chapter of the Kings Daughters, at the gardens of Mrs. Arthur Reed Kimball and Miss Helen Chase.
 Refreshments and social hour followed in charge of a committee headed by Mrs. Clayton M. Brown, assisted by Mrs. Felix Rodeck, Mrs. James Burhoe and Mrs. c. s. Mar kle. eYsterday's meeting was the last until autumn.
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diamonds. Declarer's last diamond waS discarded on the club king. then a club was ruffled, leaving the ace and queen of trurnps South's only tricks. t'E
 As it happened, South could have beaten the contract by the opening lead of the spade ace followed by the queen, as Rothschild then would have been left with two losing dia- monds-but who with Souths rock crusher, would make that lead?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-04
Caroline Chatfield
Sayy Today

Has Competition of the Fair Sex Put the Boys Out of Business? Psychiatrist Says Masculine Ego l. Diminishing and Boys Are Afraid to Speak Their Pieces and Pop Their Questions. year puzzled by increasing and not all worried they haven't the whisper the girl question They tips painless methods of the three little words They how they the question without causing shock to the girl friends As though girl shocked by mans asking to marry him!
 Along Sydney psychiatrst University of with solution puzzle roubles Don't think Dr. Smith talking through his 800 col s boys avs % h with flor by a of inferiority.
 competition put boys of Pick and pictures of girl champions trainers and what nOts? The girls o.w they've developed wind muscle physical stamina that matches thing the masculine gender can boast. columns of June The girls right there with the letters a % ne m @ names & Mo longer a they 0o @ the boy % friend into his thesis The girls too have written theses pull down their sheepskins
 In business the thing It ss girl hsq s a M py a than , has better and kills their to speak their pieces and their questions ag nature and something must be done for while girl has pride them ee @ b appe ne f love p na ne M none n smart and rich she be- at heart she's only girl wishing with 
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 CAROLINE CHATF1ELD. Mis-. en ts
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husband at night finds that she has no time that she can count her own. She may be advised to take an hour or two for herself each evening, but she doesn't quite dare let her husband know she needs it.
 She much prefers to have him think that working is no added strain and that she is quite as cap- able of being gay companion and an eager listener in the evening as
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you that the combination has its drawbacks.
 If she has children S h e will, of course, regret that their child h ood is s Ii D ping by W i t h ou t her having much of a part in 1t.
 But children or no, the wom- an who works all day and goes home to a
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partner had 8 trick for him, and a set of 500 was less than the value of the adverse game.
 When the dummy went down, he saw that his sacrifice was likely
 to pay. The heart lead was ruffled by Rothschild tEast) and the dia- mond ace was cashed. Another heart was ruffled in the closed hand. Next the ace of clubs was played and dummy's trumps used to ruff two
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-04
Freedom "of .odermChiM Often Rings 4 Sour Note
By Olive Roberts Barton

It seems that 'possessive parents" are supposed to rob children of in itiative and undermine will. Mothers fear that the least insistance on their part will brand them as thieves of their children's happiness.
 Let freedom ring" sounds fine in patriotic song, but let us see
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-04
BY RUTH MILLETT

Holding down two jobs mar riage and a career = isn't easy for woman. Even the smart young wife who is obvious ly making a success of both with out any noticeable strain will tell
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-04

If com D l e t e freedom in the home m a k e s the C. il d r e n sleep better, eat more or laugh of t e n CT. B e. cause these are the three wis., ible symptoms of content and we'll being.
 Suppose we say to Henry one Saturday, Do as you like today. T h e d a y is VOLTS "
 H e ry says, MOh ha,r v aAI