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easily than middle age, but among
the glorious qualities youth brings
In Its train. Judgment and expert
ence are not among them. Judg-
ment Is essential to the completion
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-15
ANSWERS

l.. Wedding gifts should be sent
to the bride. If the address is not
known, some effort should be made
to find out what 1t Is. Getting in
touch with the -to-be is
the surest way Of settling this prob
lem. 2. No. 1t is up to him to find
her. She waits for him to claim
her. 3. The usual announcement
form is engraved and sent out, the
only unusual feature in 1t being the
six months old date of the mar
riage. 4. Send 1t to the church, tim
ing it so that it arrives after the
marriage ceremony. The telegraph
Office will gladly cooperate, telling
you approximately how long deliv-
cry will take from the time a tele-
gram Is filed to the given address.
5. A stew OF any meat, usually thick
ened and seasoned.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-15
Playing School Is
Good Training
For Children
IERBERT COWARD

BY JANE HERBERT COWARD
THE sailor who goes rowing In the
4 park during shore leave. and the
buslnan who always takes bus ride
on his day of have something in
common with youngsters who are
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-15

with her carriage, says this author
ity.
Ifa girl learns to walk gracefully
to stand and sit and move UP and
down stairs like queen, she'll soon
have many admirers. Dramatic i'm
provement In other ways Is easy
once the carriage suggests vitality
enthusiasm, self confidence, good
sense. Even bargain clothes seem
smart and expensive.
Figures Are Checked
A models training begins with a
figure check-up with accent on pro-
portions rather than weight, since
the latter depends so much on build
and bony structure. If there are
inches to be taken of here and
there, specific exercises are recon-
mended and the girl spends from
half hour to one hour daily at
these, maybe more If she must lose
weight as well.
But even more important is the
posture and walk. She is taught to
stand properly. her spine straight
cned until the vertebrae at the back
of the neck feels almost as IL 1t were
in tho throat. When the spine is
straight, the chest is automatically
raised. the shoulders easy, the
stomach and rear pulled into line
where they belong. Practice pulling
yourself into line consciously until
II becomes habit.
If you wish to walk gracefully,
Miss Neff suggests that you flrst
find a pair Of really comfortable
high heeled shoes that At Snugly
through heel and instep. Now stand
erect. head high, chin back. chest
up. stomach In. hips slightly for
ward.
Begin walking, following
straight line, one foot placed direct
ly I'm front Of the other. There
should be just slight outward d.
rection TO the toes. Take slow me-
dunn length steps. In the begin
ming. you might do as the beginning
model. actually touch the heel OF
the forward foot to the toe Of the
other before bringing 1t to rest pre-
paratory to shifting the weight and
taking the next forward step.
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Takes Lots of Practice

This may sound simple, but actu-
ally requires hours OF practice be-
fore you can do IL with a natural,
graceful swinging motion from the
hips. Apply 1t deliberately to your
walking until 1t becomes a part OF
you. Only look down at your feet
the first few times. or you'll throw
your posture out of gear. The old
idea Of walking with book on your
head will do more than any one
single thing to insure the smooth.
gliding walk which the proper exc
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10
Shippers Penalized by |. c. c.

Since March American seaboard merchants and ship
pers including those Of Tacoma have been penalized by
the inertia of the Interstate Commerce commission which
that assumed regulation Of all domestic coastwse
and intercoastal shipping.
Although not a serious economic loss the matter. IS
nevertheless of convenience and efficiency.
Under the l. C. c. jurisdiction, merchants and shippers
must put cash the barrehead before they remove
their freghts from the steamship wharves. Thus they
entail additional delays due TO intricate bookkeeping for
maes and common red tape. That usually means loss
of as hours between arrival of the steamer and
delivery of the freights.
When domestic shipping heretofore under the su-
pervson of the u. s. Maritime commission, there
regulation provided and the freighs moving con-
stantly toward their destination But perhaps that
not the proper solution, either.
II obvious that in the interests Of healthy
time commerce and especially in view of our national
defense is wsest TO keep the ball rolngeven If
body should be podded into overdue action and red
tape might be sacrificed.
The /. c. c. tnotorousy "raroad-mnded' because OF
its many years in single job should give Americas
vital steamship industry a chance To function at least
equal to that of the railroads.
Ever since 1920 there has been I. C. C. provision
10 take of potential delivery botteneck pertains
to railroad freights
The ]. C. c. already has the authority TO slimi-
nate the identical situation from the steamship system.
Tacoma merchants and shippers rghfully feel it's time
to make use of that authority.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10
The Employees Share Rises

The vast L. s. Steel corporation had almost the
number of employees in 1910 that it had in 1929 II sold
goods and services which brought in about s less
But il paid in wages and salaries S439 900
pared with s420 in 1929 and paid out 100000
more in taxes.
Apparently the wage and salary increase Is not
counted for by high salaries for the amount paid during
the year in salaries of $4,000 and less than is
per cent of the total payroll.
these figures, taken from the annual report of the
Y. S. Steel, correctly interpreted, it that
greater percentage of the income of this giant
going TO those who actually do the work for the
paid out in dividends to holders Of stock
roughly cut in half
This tendency is rising throughout industry to
afford actual producers 4 larger share in the business
income and further, to make reports which clearly and
simply show what is being done Employees who under
stand these things the most likely to be content.
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QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions Turn tn the
Womans page for the answers.
/. Liverwort is a sausage. a
plant or a disease Of the liver
2. Was Vincenzo Bellini an
Italian painter or composer
2. Name the capital Of the
province Of Alberta. Canads.
4 What position did John
Hancock hold at the time he
signed the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence
5. Do the various colors q
light travel al different speeds ?
8. Did the Literary Digest poll
fsu 10 predict ire election Of
President Roosevelt in 1892 or
1895.
7. Was William (. Gladstone =
famous British Canadian, or
American statesman
s Which country issues post
tage stamps with "Helveua on
them
? Who painted the picture
The Golden Stars
10 What vas the name % the
forest IN which Robin Hood and
lis band lived?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10
HOROSCOPE
THURSDAY. APRIL 10

Mingled good and evil aspects
are seen in the horoscope for to-
day. The morning hours are
favorable for planning. and fore
sight should be far-reaching.
There Is sign warning OF
treaohery and espionage.
Heart and Home: Women
should engage In constructive
work under this eonfiguration.
The stars warn them To ignore
trivial amusements. They should
seek TO render unselfish service
TO the state and the nation.
The stars encourage noble aims.
Desire for beauty of spirit now
should replace ambition for
physical attractiyeness.
Business Affairs: Financial
wizards will be sorely needed as
business gains In volume and
tremendous drains on public
funds increase. International
banking Will claim attention as
unusual problems in exchange
develop. Refugees from war
torn Europe will face serious
embarrassments a. efforts TO
obtain money belonging TO them
prove futile
National Issues: Economies IN
government will be urged insis-
tently az defense costs represent
millions OF dollars. Changes In
pension and relief OUTLAWS will be
made, and sstrologers forecast
necessary reductions in the sal
AIRY lists Of government officials.
The stars seem to smile upon
Whatever expresses human SYM
patty and universal brother
hood. while there are portents Of
graft or extravagsnt demands
on the part OF civil servants.
International Affairs: As in
the case o. Hitler. sstrologers
read portents OF death for
Stain. While certain ssers fore
tell suicide for the Maxi head.
the Russian dictator may be as
sassinstsd. There Is an III
omen for any RusSian-GermAn
military alliance. Pscts Will last
but = short time, 1t is Indicated.
Stain Is 10 be more than a match
for Hitler on the War chess
board. The stars at this time
seem to favor Russis. which will
continue TO avoid conflict as long
as possible.
long. the seers declare. and from
should be cautious IN all their
affairs. Fraud may cause losses.
The year should be on the whole
fortunate and successful.
Children born on this day
may be Of scientific trend Of
mind. Literary and artistic tai
enu also are foretold-
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MR.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

Ta receive attention On ms coi-
INN letters must Eius name snd
address % writer only Initials
al - PUBLISHED when requested.
Mr.. Fixit: Would like % have
you explain certain rules Of
checkers. l. II possible 10 jump
one man Into the king rule row
and hack over another one BE-
fore stepping for = crown:
4. A. c.
You cant DO that and play
checkers with me. rs an old
rule that goes back 10 China
some million years OF more the
ether SIDE Of COnfueius. When
= pawn reaches the king row on
Is advance across the board.
that ends that play. the pawn
= then crowned or presumed 10
Be crowned and may not be used
as = king for reverse direction
on the board until The owners
next turn AZ play. Il i funda-
mental in the game
Mr.. FlNif: What are the true
names Of Amos and Andy of the
radio team HOMER.
Freeman p. Goshen a. Amos:
Charles J. Correll is Andy.
Mr.. F1,lt: Dad not Col. Lind
bergh become n naturslized citi-
zen Of some foreign country n
don't remember the country
after they left the 4. =. to make
their home. MRS. &. n. B.
Col. Lindbergh to my knowl-
edge has never given up his
L. s. citizenship. He did re-
move his family to England for
a while but he did not become
naturalized subject Of Great
Britain.
Mr.. Fsii: Does the L. q.
treasury have one dollar In gold
for each dollar of currency In
circulation. or. II 500, 900 10
presented 10 the 4. =. treasury
can II issue 10 times that
amount Of currency?
MRS. =. ANDERSON.
You are getting into deep
water. Last comparative fig
ures now available 10 me are
for 1889 June and they show
Se7.s2 IN gold in the federal
treasury for every 800 In money
OF all kinds outstanding. In the
treasury is carried an equal dol
lar amount in silver bullion or
standard dollars for every doll
lar outstanding in silver eertin-
Gates. Some OF the old issues OF
such currency have been retired
of are Dtlnk retired. Similarly,
gold bullion is maintained in the
treasury at legal standards TO
secure gold certificates. would
say that any time the U. S. gov
eminent has to issue 10 times
its gold reserves in currency to
keep business rolling. 1t will be
In a bad fix and Initiation"
would be no name for II. Incl
dentally, in that 1889 report
there was just under eight bill
lions Of dollars of II. s. money
In circulation against a total
money stock OF the u. s. amount
ing 10 almost "a billions, and Of
that, nearly Is billions was
money held In the treasury.
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tary of state.

=
Our diplomats realize also
that in some future dav the
world, and the United States.
must return to what they call
international nationality" The
more realistic group within the
state department holds that Mr..
Jacksons speech was a diplo-
matte blunder These are headed
by Under Secretary Summer
Nelles. Another faction within
the state department consists
chiefly Of those who see eye TO
eye with Mr.. Roosevelt and want
war-they cheer the Jacksonian
suggestion that We give der
fuehrer unlimited doses Of his
own medicine.
The Roosevelt Jackson group
will prevail. OF course. We plan
to insult the axis powers 30
grayely through economic en-
bsrgoes. verbal rebuffs and mill
tary displays that they will be
forced 10 break off diplomatic
relations with us. And II they
don't, we shall. President Roose-
Welt has passed the point OF fool
ing about this war. We are in il
in a big way now.
The American marines 49, the
nearest thing the L. 5. has to
the worldfsmous Foreign Lee
gion and the most picturesque
Of this eountry's fighting forces
have been ignored In war
news for the past few months.
The army and navy have hogged
the headlines.
But the marines. In accord
with tradition. will be the first
TO land and the first 10 fight"
They have been built up 10 a
minimum strength Of about
$4,000. Their reserves have had
training far superior 70 the
armys. They have been fort-
fled with the best. the most
modern and the finest mechsn-
lied weapons Uncle sam has on
hsnd-not on order. Command
ers OF other units may have
cause TO complain, but the ma
rines have al all times been
looked after. They are. today
as in the past our crack troops
our shock unit.
Here Is the Importance which
Washington places upon the ma
rines: When IL seemed that
France might permit the island
Of Martinique 10 be used as a
German base. We shipped o 1000
marines privately. OF coursel
70 Guantanamo. They were fully
prepared 10 take over Msrti-
nique and other Caribbean
islands. IL necessary. Now that
the danger Of Franco German
penetration has been averted,
those 5000 marines have been
ordered back 10 their regular
training quarters at Paris
island. They and their buddies
perhaps another 25.OOO-will
be taught the hlitZkrieg meth.
obs used by Hitler 20 conquei
western Europe.
The plan to make the Unitec
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Il Comes as a Shock

For the first time in its history the United States in
January actually imported farm products than it
exported That shock. for like to think of
the United States a great food-producng country with
vast SURPRISES TO send abroad The SURPRISES there
all right but the people abroad who would like to buy
American foodstuffs can't do it account of the
And American import of foods like coffee tea pepper
and beans not produced in the United States have
at last reached and passed the warshaken exports
Yet there those who still believe that the United
States beyond being affected by things that happen
"far-off" Europe.
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Stamps
g------------~--y
France Noy Get Food
From African Colonies

WHILE hunger stalks unoccu-
pied France, officials Of the
Vichy government eve abundant
supplies in French North Africa.
consider armed conveys to bring
food 400 miles across the British
patroled Mediterranean. Record
crops have given Morocco, Tunis
and Algeria ample SURPRISES OF
wheat. wine. fruits. vegetables
Getting them past the blockade IS
Frances problem.
Typical OF many Moroccan
cities Is Sefrou. pictured on the
stamp above. Serious people are
not worrying about ration cards
French North Africa has long
been an important source OF food
for the mother country. During
World War I. with the Allies in
control OF the Mediterranean. a
bridge Of ships carried vast guam
titles Of supplies from Africa %
Europe Besides grains, FISH and
fruits, the three colonies also sent
pre-wsr France hides. WOOL. COT
Ton. phoSpha.eS and Ietall
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State an anti-axis larder got off
TO an inauspicious start. inso-
far as the cost Of the food 10
be shipped abroad was con-
cerned. Here is the inside story:
For months the project was
tossed around in Washington.
Every Washington representa-
tive OF an interested industry
knew all about IL. They dis
cussed II with newspapermen.
who had no difficulty in con-
firming it. Weeks ago this col
umn reported that Agriculture
Secretary Wickard was wrap
ping up half billion dollar
bread basket for Britain, and
the figure proved far too con-
servative. Last w esday
afternoon the agriculture secre-
tary asked firms in the field,
including those with which his
advisory council members were
associated. to submit telegraphic
bids on the requisite eleemo-
synary foodstuffs Informed
estimates place the bid prices
at 10 per cent above what they
would have been II the sup
pliers had not been forewarned.
And. OF course. the prices the
housewife must pay are affected
by what Washington disburses
for these export items.
INSIDE c. o. Peers are Eked
over the behavior Of the pro-
Willkie faction since the presi-
Dental campaign in which he
ran second 10 President Roose-
welt. and then somersaulted on
foreign policy. Whereas the
Republicans headed by National
Chairman Martin are trying 10
close ranks. 1t appears that the
Winkie pro-wsr faction is aim
ing to make trouble.
In at least three ststes-Min-
nesota, Illinois and Iows-Ar.
Wilkes political friends are
securing the countryside for
candidates TO oppose sitting
members who fought the presi-
dents foreign policy. Mr.. Will
kie, IN short is prosecuting and
prosecuting Republican men,
bers Of congress because they
differ with him on foreign
affairs.
Domestic politics is not Big
news these days in view " the
exciting stuff from abroad. But
you can paste this in your hat:
As q Republican candidate or
influence. Wendell Niukie =
washed Up. G o. Peers. includ-
ing National Chairman Martin,
don't like 10 admit II. but that
IS the hard. cold, Republican
fact. Insiders know that the
Indiana mans chief claim 70 q
place in history promises 20 be
that he gained and lost prestige
more rapidly than any other
{ individual Of his generation
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10

dollars In the market. well and
good: but not before.
Nov quoting directly from Mr..
Sock's very interesting story.
Judged by current standards
this Amishman has an unortho-
doN yIew % his mission IN life.
lis one cash crop : tobacco. II
he were a rlght-minded man he
would put down al the land he
could get hold q N tobacco. and
let his family eat out Of tin
cans. But n the first place he
does not want any more land
than he and his family can work
properly under their own steam.
He is not keen for hired help
and sees nothing IN share-crop-
ping.
Then. further. he has only
very vague and uncertain no
you might have 10 go quite .
way 10 find a can opener in an
Amish household, or to find any
body who has ever seen one
For the Amishman, the idea of
paying out coed money for
canned foodstuffs far inferior to
what one can raise for oneself
simply will not bear thinking
about.
Hence. he limits his cash crop
vigorously; it Is strictly a side
line, like his other market trade.
II yields him plenty Of money To
go on with. for he needs hardly
any, and ne lets it go at that.
by sticking 10 this general
policy for a couple Of centuries,
the Amish have worked them
selves into an economic position
that is pretty nearly impregna-
Bile. They have the real thing in
security.
THE Amish beat the New
Deals whole program Of social
security, hands down. They have
the best form of old age pension
that can be devised; when YOU
grow old you simply take things
easy while the family car
rSes on. No need for some Off
clsl nincompoop TO come down
to tell you how 10 do that.
so also with relief" No
Amishman's name ever was on
the relief rolls OF Lancaster
county and none ever will be.
The Amishman does not
waste a single bawbee on In
surance, for he has the best kind
of insurance on which he pays
no premiums and his policy
never expires. II lightning
strikes his barn. his co-religion-
lists In that district build him
new one: II he Is i'll. they help
out with his work; II he dies
untimeiy. they make arrange
ments TO have things go on.
He takes no oaths and signs
no contracts or any form Of
written agreement. nor will he
serve on juries or have anything
to do with litigation: his re-
lgion forbids him all such. He
lets his yea be yea and his nay
nay. as the Bible commands,
and he always keeps his given
word.
He is not Spectator or q
| borrower, and he does not hold
public office. He is punctilious
about taxes. paying the states
blackmsil in fun, and asking
nothing in return but 10 be let
alone-poor soul, as If that
were not the very last thing the
state would consent to do for
anybody
There is lot more along the
same line Reading II makes one
wonder If We are not going
about this recovery thing wrong
end TO: and II We wouldn't he
a great deal better off if more
Of US were like the Amish farm
ers and not so many trying 10
make a living growing a single
part time crop. and too many
others trying 10 get a seven
days supply Of food and CLOTH
ing with only about three or
four days work. Seems TO be
something worth thinking about.
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wick, He soon separated from
his royal bride and returned to
his "other wife" though they
also separated later.
When he came TO the throne
As George " he attempted un-
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TTrTTT An Inside Picture of Finon-
II u IL ciol and Political America
Nv RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON-Our state department experts are
split right down the middle the JacksonRoosevet
doctrine that all international treaties and agreements
strapped because of Herr Hters misbehavior For
thing, topnotch diplomats the fact that
the U. SIS most important world pronouncement