The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-27

address OF writer ONLY initials
will be published when requested.
Mr.. Fixit: When II II IL noon
In Tacoma, what time Ia II In
Honolulu:
At noon here 1t is $50 a. m. in
Honolulu.
Mr.. Ffxit: Will you please tell
me the address of the firm In
Tacoma that buys sword ferns:
MRS. NJ. j.
We know of none in Tacoma
except florists. who occasionally
may take some. Finding flor
list who wants ferns would be
your job. We understand that
I. p. Callison a. Sons. at Port
Orchard, sometimes purchases
ferns and other greens to ship
east. You might write there and
tell what you have to sell.
Mr.. Fixit: What II the spe-
cial "cachet" that stamp collec-
tors will be able 10 obtain by
sending covers back TO Wash
ington's birthplace, Virginia, on
July 4: In q recent news item
to that effect II was said to leave
ample space for the "cachet" ut
the left Of the envelope. ] would
like to make some art covers to
send back there and am wonder
ing how much room I should
leave on the left side of the cover.
NJ. r. M.
We can't tell you the exact
nature of the cachet. but as
rule they occupy the full left half
OF small envelope. A "cachet
is a rubber stamp impression.
usually illustrating the place
from which the envelope is sent
and describing the event COM
memorated. You should leave
half the envelope blank on small
ones and about three or four
inches at the left on large ones.
Keep your address entirely on
the right half. OF course, you
won't need a return address. Art
covers and special cachets are a
little hard to mix. since there
won't be much room on the en-
velope for more than the address.
Mr.. Fixit: DO prospectors
have to get q license: What ~
the name Of the mineral used In
printers ink: Where can ! get
Information or = booklet on min
Ing laws?
COUNTRY READER.
On federal forest reserve lands
prospectors need no licenses.
They are open to anyone, SUD-
feet only to fire regulations.
closed areas and game laws. IL
you wish to prospect on private
land, you will have to get the
owners permission.
Basic ingredients Of printers
ink are simply lampblack and
oil. -
You can get 4 synopsis OF tne
mining laws affecting this state
nv writing to Mr.. Thomas Is.
Hill. supervisor Of the DIVISION
of Mines and Mining. State De-
partment of Conservation ana
development. Olympia. Call
fornia and Oregon recently nave
instituted new laws limiting the
number of claims per person ana
length Of time they can be heio
without being worked.
Mr.. Fixit: / am . wPA work
or and have m SO-year-oad friend
who receives . pension but has
"a live alone In his own home
which IL large. He wants me 70
have . room there, fixed 10 l
could get my own meals. II .
wished. not charging for II nut
mat 40 he would not have to he
alone in the house. Would TINS
In any way affect my Job or Ms
pension? u. 1. y.
It probably would not aftect
your Job, but it almost certainly
would mean . reduction OF his
oid-age assistance grant. II ne
can take q roomer, the amount
the roomer can pay surely Is IN.
come which the state need not
nav him. And II you have no
other dependents, you could AZ
ford to pay.
Mr.. Flxlt: VIII you please tell
me n there II any way OF pre-
serving dead starfish:
DRILL M.
They preserve well. once they
are dried. but the drying process
can be a little fragrant. II you
can find an airy place, far
enough from your dwelling place
to be inoffensive. you shouldn't
have any difficulty. You could
shellac the fish after they are
thoroughly dried and brittle.
LOOK AND LEARN
BY A. c. Gordon