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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-26
Interesting and Charming Girls More
Popular Than Pretty Rubber Stamps
Young Women Who Dare 10 Be Themselves Rat. First
n Popularity with Men. Says Masculine Reader
BY CYNTHIA GREY

The girl who Is overwhelmingly interested-in
wide variety Of subjects interesting person to have
around and has to about her lack of popularity
Invariably she is the sort Of person who Is completely
natural and her charm of simplicity makes other people
feel comfortable and at ease.
Gamoursri mannersms beneath her notice and she
has studied pose affected trick up her sleeve
Her style her own because she has too much ntei-
gence and too much individuality to be copy-cat She
doesn't want to look ike movie actress because she
knows many movie actresses would love possess the
natural good looks nature bestowed rpon her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-26
Good Taste
Today
BY EMILY POST

The one thing : young girl who
expects to go to dances must do
IL learn TO dance well. When =
boy spends one painful evening
with = girl who turns out 10 be
a bad dancer. cannot honestly
agree with his mother that he
should be expected 10 suffer
throughout = second evening.
do not mean by this that think
his mother II wrong IN expecting
him to show proper respect for
his obligations whether he finds
them pleasant or not. But when
she asks me: What can be done
with my young son who refuses
to be polite to a girl because she
turned out 10 be q bad dancer ?"
sympathy for him Ia hard TO with
hold. Her letter continues:
MY son accepted her invitation
10 a school dance. even though he
didn't know her very well. because
in the only conversation they had
she talked about how she loved
dancing and he thought she was q
good dancer. She Is a boarding
student at a girls school in this
town where we live He told me
the day after the dance that she
was terrible dancer. not a single
boy cut in, and he had a miserable
evening. The girls at this school
are not allowed to go with boys
to the theater or movies so that
leaves only dancing, and like II or
not, I think he should invite her
to a dance at his school"
In addition to what have al
ready said, think that the boy
probably feels that having spent
one whole evening unhappily drag
ging her around the floor paid his
obligation-at least 80 far as dane
ing goes. My suggestion is that
he invite her, as we'll as other
young people, to come to a small
PoAhJ ~ 1o6h itOdSCs t,hC WOuid
certainly be able to get permission
from the school for that!
Young Boy rs Best Man
Dear Mrs. Post: My young son,
only Is, has been asked by his
uncle, who Is almost three times
his age, to be his best man. My
son is thrilled because he Is very
fond Of this uncle. l don't want
to deprive the boy of this PLEASURE
but I have a curious feeling that
the uncle was stretching a point
without using good judgment.
Answer: II this wedding Is to be
a very small one, including only
relatives and intimate friends, it IL
not likely that there would be any
criticism of the unsuitability of
age by those who know them both
well. But If that wedding is to be
big one, 30 young q best man
would not seem very appropriate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-26

Emphosis the hips feotue of the evening gowns
in lucen leonos spring collection In the model at left
deep ode effect achieved with nteoced bonds of palette
embroidery gold and green The dress lovely shade Of
yellow At right is Leone dinner dress of sheer navy
wool jersey The bodice is worked in soft but very full folds
They vertical from shoulder yoke to just below the bosom
and horizontal from there below the hpne producing the
owwoisted effect Gloves Of the noteroI
have flounces of very fine white loce.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-26
REPETITION BECOMES
ANNOYING

Dear Mrs. Post: Please write
something about what you think
of people who preface their re-
marks with 'Listen!" 1t annoys me
terribly.
Answer: Anyone who repeats
any one word or phrase constant
ly becomes annoying. don't know
what you can do except to break
into the conversation with "Oh no,
you listen to me-"
(By Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
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Answers 70 Test Questions


Below are the answers to test
questions printed on the editorial
page:
1. william Henry Harrison.
z. No.
;. Troy ounce.
4. Gouverneur Norris.
8. Alfred B. Nobel.
Q. Absent without leave.
7. Semblance.
Q. Harold Ickes. secretary Of the
interior: James A. Farley, post
master-kenerai; Henry A. Wallace.
secretary OF Agriculture; Frances
Perkins. secretary Of labor; Cor
dell Hull. secretary Of state.
.. Births.
10. Woodrow Wilson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-26

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-26

Dear Miss Grey: Just this morn
ing read In your column = letter
from a middle-aged woman who
had too much time on her hands.
She wanted to accomplish some
thing useful and worth while.
I would like 10 compliment .
woman who dislikes idleness and
would further suggest that she
get In touch with some OF the
Christian centers or churches fshe
does not have to Join II she doesn't
want to--she can still be OF serv-
ice). In this way she can get a
good idea Of the fine work that
can Be done right in our own city
~ well ~ In our nation.
Even people without much
money can be Of wonderful help
II they VIII just give Of their time.
and II surely b q real JOY to know
you have had a small part In help
ing those not ~ fortunate a. your
self. and In making this a better
world to live.
! wish had the opportunity to
work with women who could spare
. few hours = day or week. Here
are q few of the things they can
do. Make bandages. chiidren's
clothes. furnish and cut quilt
pieces and other articles for the
needy. Also. volunteers can teach
the English language TO foreign
women.
May suggest that the woman
with too much time on her hands.
read Shattered windows" by
Florence crannell Means and
"From Ocean TO Ocean"
MRS. 8. A.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-26

II you're not using II. sell II with
a Fast Action Times Want Ad.
Phone Main 1881
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by RICHARD ARTHUR BOLT.

ny RICHARD ARTHUR BOLT,
M. D., DIR. p. II.
Secretary, Maternal and Child
Health Section OF American
Public Health Association
Another enemy of childhood Is
gradually being conquered. Pneu-
monias of different types have
been for long time leading
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-26
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s.AMD ! USED 70 DE-
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THIS DRESS
Look at
the Fat
I've Lost!

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Azure Without stsrva-
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-26

And above al, they are swell
giris becsuse they take advantage
Of the minds that were given them
and improve those minds con-
stantiy. They are interesting be-
cause they are interested In the
things that are worth while.
II more girls would forget the
faults sof fellows and spend their
surplus energy In finding out
what h wrong with themselves
and seeking q remedy. we might
have a little bit Of the compati-
bility needed by men and women.
-. L. o.
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Need
Dear Miss Grey: May suggest
to the woman who says she has
too much time on her hands. that
abe could do q lot OF good II she
would offer her services when the
annual Red Cross roll call starts
may LIST and goes through the
18th!
So many volunteers are needed
In this fine work and II Ia to be
hoped that our women WIN re-
spond In the same fine manner
they have In years gone by. Es-
peciaiiy now, In these trying times.
ID the work Of these volunteer
women appreciated.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-10
PAGE TWELVE
Association Sunday
58th Meet of Central
CONTINUED from Page One)

organization. 3:0O-Address, Rev
Robert Barstow. 3:45-Music. 4:0(
Conference sermon, Rev. Edwin
c. Johnson, Alexandria. Commun.
ion, Rev. Charles S. Sowder, Morris
Offering for ministerial relief. 500
Fellowship. 6:00-Supper. 7:15-
Worship. 7:30-Address, Rev. Row
land Cross. 8:15-Offertory. $3.50
Address, Miss Mary E. White
0-Benediction.
Mondays program: 9:30-Wor-
ship, Business, Roll call of church
es and reports, report by Rev.
Arthur Mcbride, conference super
intendent. 10:15-Women's meet
ing. Mems meeting. 12:00-Lunch-
con. 1:15-Hymn. 1:20-Moderat-
or's address, Rev. Edgar Winn.
1:45-Hymn, and 1:50-Business.
2:15-Address by Rev. Cross. 800
--Benediction will close the confer
ence.
Officers for the Association are:
moderator, Rev. Edgar Winn, Glen
wood; assistant moderator, Rev.
Thorley Johnson, Sank Centre; reg
istrar, Rev. George McNary, Little
Falls, who with Mrs. Dougherty
comprise the business committee.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-10
Juvenile Court Problems
BY Paul Ahles
Judge of Probate and Juvenile
Court.

THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
Certain events in a boys life
may greatly shape the course of
his future actions. If our memory
serves us right Dillinger claimed
that his terrible criminal career
was induced by the action Of
judge who committed him to
criminal institution and allowed
his accomplices to go out on pro-
baton. The judge, no doubt, thot
he was doing right, but Dill
linger believed that he was unjust
ly Disseminated against, and fool
his awful career.
Recently a man who had form.
erly taught school in another state
related an incident somewhat in
line with the foregoing, but with
happier results, as follows.
"When / was hired to teach
certain school two members of the
school board asked me whether
their sons, who had been expelled
from school by former principal,
for insubordination, could return
to school. They believed. the boys
might become antisocial If their
prohibition from school should con-
tinue. I assured them that they
not only could, but that I very
much wanted them to come back.
Both sons came back and we soon
became friends and we were get
ting along beautifully, and both
did splendid work in school.
eff these boys had not been al
lowed to come back their resent
ment as well as that of their par
ents might have influenced them
to become antisocial, and there Is
no telling what their future might
have been. AS it was both boys
made good. The one Is now sue
cessful business man and the other
the Judge of the Juvenile Court"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-10
PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, the Congress of the
United States has after careful con-
sideration and full debate enacted
the Selective Service and Training
Act of 1910; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the pro-
visions thereof, the President of
the United States has by Proclama-
ton designated the 10th day of
October, 1910, as the day of nation
al registration and has decreed that
between the hours of TOO A. M. and
900 p. M. on that day, it shall be
the duty of every male citizen Of
the United States and every male
alien residing in the United States,
who on that date Is between the
ages Of twenty-one and thirty-six,
to present himself at his precinct
polling place to register; and
WHEREAS, the President of the
United States has called upon the
Governors of the Several States
and the Board of Commissioners of
the District of Columbia to provide
suitable and sufficient places of
registration within their respective
jurisdictions, and to provide suit
able and necessary registration
boards to effect such registration;
NOW, THEREFORE,, I HAIR
OLD e. STASSEN, GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
under and by virtue of the author
ity vested in me by the aforesaid
Selective Training and Service Act
of 1910, and regulations promulgat-
ed pursuant thereto by the Presi-
dent, do hereby call upon all State,
County, City, Village and Town
ship officials, members of election
boards, election judges and clerks,
and other public employees to vol
unfairly perform all duties which
may be required or requested of
them to accomplish this registra-
ton.
In accordance with the Federal
law and the Presidents Proclama-
ton, I further call on all patriotic
and loyal citizens to offer their SER
vices to any of the aforesaid public
officials freely and voluntarily and
ask proprietors of polling and reg.
tration places to make such places
available for registration without
cost to the Government. I ask that
the flag be displayed on registra-
ton day on all public buildings and
on private buildings and homes as
an acknowledgment of our people
of the Importance of the day. fur
Their ask all public and priyate
business institutions of the State to
give employees who are required to
register the necessary time from
their duties to comply with their
legal obligation.
AS a united people let us comply
with this and with other measures
to do our full share to make Ameri-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-10
CONTRACT LET FOR
REA CONSTRUCTION

The Rue Construction Company,
Of Bismarck, North Dakota, was
the low bidder among eight bid
ders who submitted bids for the
construction of 222 miles of REA-
Coop lines to be built in this area.
The low bid was $128,855.66 which
averaged s5s1.00 per mile Of con-
struction. To this figure will be
added the cost of engineering, legal
work, meters and overhead expense
before the final cost of the line is
determined. The bid Of the Rue
Construction Company was consid-
cred one of the lowest ever made
for construction Of rural electric
lines in the northern states.
Construction will begin as soon
as approval is received from
the Rural Identification Ad-
ministration for the awarding of
the contract to the Rue Construc-
ton Company, stated Mr.. Holm
gren, president of the cooperative
in letter written to the members
and prospective consumers Of the
cooperative. Mr.. Holmgren also
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-10
AVERAGE GRANT FOR
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
INCREASING SLOWLY
Welfare Divisions August Re-
port Shows Total Cost Is Low
er, Finlxe says

Increased expenditures for old
age assistance, mothers pensions
and aid to the blind, with season.
able decreases in the cost of direct
relief, are reported in the August
summary Of Minnesota public as
sistance programs issued today by
Walter w. Finke, director of the
Division of Social Welfare.
During August, the report says,
the cost of old age assistance was
81, DO, 566; $1,418 higher than July.
While the number of cases dropped
three, the average grant, which
in July passed $21, continues to in
crease and in August was $21.04.
Mothers pensions, officially cat
alogued as aid to dependent child
rem, was paid to 48 more families,
in which there were 105 children.
The aid to the blind program show
ed a slight increase in the number
of recipients.
While there was a seasonal de-
crease of 1914 cases receiving
direct relief, the average grant
rose to $21.73 in August, which
amount is 81 cents higher than the
average in July. The average grant
to disabled war veterans, the report
said, increased "a cents from the
July average.
"The most significant fact about
the Social Welfare programs in
Minnesota during August" said Mr..
Finke, "is that while there has been
a seasonal decrease in the aggre-
gate cost, the average grant per
case has continued the trend toward
higher levels. This obviously re-
fleets the effort of county welfare
officials to limit grants to cases
actually in need, but to provide ad-
equate aid, once the need is estab-
lished"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-10

stated that the Board Of Directors,
had, at its last meeting held Sep
TENDER ~. executed loan contracts
whereby the Federal Government
through the REA would loan the
cooperative 100000 to construct
$50 miles of line in Stearns, Nor
rison, Todd, Pope, Douglas and
Kandiyohi counties. Mr.. Holmgren
also stated that the engineer al
ready has staked out the majority
Of the lines to be constructed and
that this activity has resulted in
many members completing their
wiring. Members who had not COM
pleted their wiring were urged to
wire so that there would be no
delay in construction and energiz-
ing the lines due to members not
being ready to use their new elect
rio service.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-10
JUNIORS START CLASS
PLAY REHEARSALS-

big Hearted Herbert" a comedy
by Sophie Kerr and Anna Stesse
Richardson, has been chosen by
the Junior class of the Sank Cen
tire high school for it's annual fall
presentation, it was announced by
Miss Marjorie Swanson, director,
this week. The play is to be given
Friday evening, November 18th.
Miss Swanson announced that
rehearsals have already begun with
the first reading of the parts Tues
day evening. A preliminary cast
selection has been made and the
entire cast will be announced later.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-10

the national defenses in a four
point program:
1. Scouts are to circulate a state
ment and pledge in which the citi-
zen reaffirms that 'the paramount
need in national defense is the
strengthening and invigorating of
democracy"
2. If necessary more Scout troops
are to be set up so that every boy
may have Scouting made available
to him. Fill present troops to capa-
city.
3. Plan an active outdoor program
for every Scout that the individual
may be developed into a man as
fully capable physically as possible.
a. Fully staff every troop with
Scoutmaster, two assistants, and a
troop committee actively interest
ed in Scouting. With the POSSIBLE
ity that many of the Scout leaders
may be called to military service
either in the militia or in the
draft, Scouting movement will suf-
fer heavily unless new men are
actively engaged as Scouters.
In a short tableau, following the
talk, in which the statement of
the work of the Scouting move
ment was made by using the words
"Boy Scouts of America" Scouts
paraded large cards before the
audience. When assembled the
message read: Build Americans
Out of our Young Men So That our
Country may Overrun all Under
mining influences That are now
Seeping in. Our democracy's Flu
ture and our Ambition to remain
Men Free and Equal definitely rest
In the Ideals of good Citizenship
as taught by American Scouting"
Another flash Of the cards read:
BE Prepared Our Motto, First
Line of Defense"
Cubmaster A. w. Rosenwald pre-
scented a group of Cubs for grad.
uation. They were: Gunther Aus
tin, Louis Brendon, Donald Dickin.
son, Robert bold, Paul Folkstad
Donald Henningsgaard, Leon Hol-
brook. John Rosenwald, Alan
Thornbloom, Jack Paske, Dick
Markson Scoutmaster Don Clough
and troop Is accepted them as
Scouting material.
In really impressive ceremonies,
in which an investiture patrol of
IL Scouts. lighted tapers signifying
the IL points of the Scout law and
the points of the Oath, seven
were given the rank of Tender
foot Scout. They were: Gunther
Austin, Louis Brendon, Donald
Dickinson, Paul Folkestad, John
Rosenwald. Leon Holbrook, and
Wesley Fink.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-10

outstanding example of how first
aid knowledge possessed by Mime
sofa Highway Patrolmen often
averts death or permanent MAIN
ing of accident victims, and of
what disastrous results often follow
misguided efforts of well-intention-
ed persons to Immediately move
accident victims from the scene of
an accident, was eloquently illus
trated in results of a severe car
motorcycle crash recently near
Austin.
Eden Rowe, chief of the High
way Patrol, last week received a
letter from the parents of one of
two young pepole gravely injured
in the Austin accident, highly com
mending the patrolman on the
scene for resisting the urgent de-
mands Of bystanders and refusing
to permit the youths to be moved
until an ambulance arrived. They
said this judicious action probably
saved one youth from the loss of
his leg, if not his life.
The parents also inclosed clip.
pings from the Austin Daily Her
aid, editorially praising the patrol
mans action, and quoting the at
tending physician as saying that
the officer was on the job early,
desisted pressure from bystanders,
and did exactly the correct thing by
letting the youth lie on the pave
ment until the ambulance arrived"
The Austin physician pointed out
that aside from first aid to stop
hemorrhage and keeping the victim
lble, unskilled handling and haste
to load the injured into cars more
often than not results in more sew
ere injuries and sometimes unnec-
essary death.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-10
Questions Pertaining
To Agriculture

My sorghum crop froze in the
field. Is it safe to use for feed?
I think it will be perfectly safe
for you to feed the frosted sorghum
providing it is cut and allowed to
cure as hay or in shock. The same
is true of frosted soybeans and
Sudan grass. Nor do know Of any
instance of livestock death from
such sorghum used as silage. In ex-
periments here at University Farm
we have attempted to kill animals
with frosted sorghum but without
success. Our conclusion Is that you
can use frosted forage crops safely
for feed, but cure them first. r. A.
Gortner, division OF agricultural
biochemistry.