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Although 1t Is frequently said
that the eyes are "the windows of
the SOUL" sometimes believe that
the hands mirror a persons charac-
ter almost as well. In a sense, the
hands move in a wider orbit than
the eyes, and their free and spon-
taneous actions perhaps claim other
peoples attention more than we
realize.
We all notice hands on occasion.
Sometimes our attention is forced
ON them. Restless hands, fidgety
hands, or quiet hands Well-groOmed,
ill-groOmed; the warm hand clasp,
the clammy handshake-we have
them all. There are certain Occa-
sions when you especially notice
other peoples hands and your own,
as for example, when you are play
ing cards. You have an 0pportu-
nifty to study the hands Of those
around you and to compare them
with your own hands. You study
their size, length, nails, skin texture,
movements, etc.
When you do make such observa-
mons, now 90 your nandS compare
with those Of other women?
Perhaps you wish the fingers were
little longer and not quite SO thin,
and stubby-Or that your nails We're
more almond-shaped. Very few peO-
pie have perfect hands, but any
woman can make her hands attrac-
tive if she will watch two things
% the use of her HANDS, and 90 the
care she gives them.
The first consideration has to DO
with the gracefuluess Of your hands.
Tha, doesn't mean YOU should take
course in dramatics. But here's
tip which comes from the dra.
matte school: Never gesture Tor
the sake Of gesturlng, or fee, that
It ia necessary to do this IN order
to be expressive. A movement OF
the haAd should be Rs natural as a
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sincere smile, and as spontaneous.
1t should be expressive Of thought
or feeling within you. The thought
or feeling should come first and the
gesticulation spring from 1t, without
any effort on your part. Such move
ments will then have a certain
natural grace. If you have a tend
ency to throw your hands around
like a Dutch windmill, or to effect
certain mannerisms, try to curb
these habits Keep your hands in
quiet repose when you are not using
them. Avoid nervous fidgeting or
playing with jewelry, or parts Of
your dress or coat. OF course, l
need not caution you against biting
your nails or fingers.
The second important considers-
ton is the grooming of your hands
the nails and skin. During these
more or less wintry days when you
are inside heated rooms, it is very
easy for the hands to become rough
and chapped. Sometimes this 70
caused by not thoroughly driving
them after they have been in W Ter.
At the best, however, you Wi prob
ably and that 6 COED 58RA sels~4 %
necessary to keep the sklR s0ft ana
pliable. Your nails should also be
faultlessly manicured-special care
given to the cuticle and shaping IF
the nails. Then, too add the finish.
ing touch, a weI-ch0Sen shade Of
polish should he applied.
Your hands, the same as your
hair, deserve special beauty atten-
ton
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| BIBLE QUESTIONS
ANSWERED eV THE
Voice 1FpR0pRECY
INTERNATIONAL sIsLE sRoAncAsTEa

cuestion-Does anybody a etualt
KNOW that Christ will really con-
again?
Answer-Yes. An whe ba1tsv~ W.
he said Ia John A:S: @AaM q ] no a
r~epase u yaMe@ SDe yea. . I'll esd
again. and receive y0W u1Aa wyssl
that where I am, there ye may I
also"
Q.-What day Is the Apostle tan
Ing about In Romans 14:5, 6? I
A day connected with feasttn
and eating herbs. The Passover va
the only feast in which herbs wes
used. Exodus 1888 The Questio
considered here seems to be wheth$
or not Christians need to keep III
Passover.
Q.-Do you think we will ever hay
famine in this country?
Aft you are child of God, 20
need not worry about II. Just "Trm
in the Lord, and do good; so shAi
thou dwell In the band. and verify the
shalt be fed" Psalm 37:3. Accordiw
to the words Of Christ In Mathis
24:7. famines would come to tn
earth, but just where and when Y
are not told.
o.-Why not give Ne some sosM
business principles from the Bible |
there are any there?
A.-They are all there. Here are t
few:
Romans 1911: Never be sIot1fuI q
business.
Proverbs 1929: Diligence in bus
ness wins respect.
1 Thessalonians All: Study to q
your own business.
Leviticus 1876; Have honea
weights and measurements.
Levitcus 1918; Hired help to b
properly paid.
Proverbs 11:15: Avoid sureties fa
debts.
Romans 1873: Pay your debts.
Q.-ls the future life not one Of 90
influence going on, rather than an al
tuaI living again?
A.-This is the age-old questi@
found In Job 14:14: IF a man de
shall he live again?" And here is ID
answer by the gospel prophet: "Tm
dead men shall live, together with In
dead body shall they arise. Awake AMI
sing. ye that dwell in dust: for TIM
dew is as the dew Of herbs, and tha
earth shall cast out the dead" IsaGsf
26 49, In ] Thessalonians All VI
read. Then we which are alive ana
remain shall be caught up togethss
with them in the clouds, to meet the
Lord in the air: and so shall We eESg
be With the Lord"
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said Lord, how oft shall my brother
sin against me- and / forgive him?
till seven times?
%. Jesus saith unto him, I say not
unto thee, Until seven times but, I'm
til seventy times seven.
%. Therefore is the kingdom Of
God likened unto a certain king, which
would take account of his servants.
"a. And when he h a d begun to
reckon, one was brought unto him,
which owed him ten thousand talents
70. But forasmuch as he had not
to pay, his lord commanded him to be
sold, and his wife, and children, and
all that he had, and payment to be
made.
26. The servant therefore fell down,
and worshipped him, saying, Lord,
have patience with me, and l will pay
thee all. a.,,A, sai
p. Then the Lord of that servant
was moved with compassion, and loos-
ed him, and forgave him the debt.
% But the same servant went out,
and found one of his fellowservants,
which owed him an hundred pence:
end he laid hands On him, and took
him ~ the throat, saying, Pay me
that thou owest.
20 and his fellowservant fell down
at his feet, and besought him, saying
Have patience with me and viii pay
thee all
30. And he would not; but went
and cast him into prison, till he should
pay the debt.
81. So when his fellowservants
saw what was done, they were very
sorry, and came and told unto their
lord all that was done.
80 Then his lord after he had
called him, said unto him, o thou
wicked servant / forgava thee all that
debt because thou desiredst me:
So sbauIdest not thou also have
had compassion on thy feIIowservant
The echo., 1945-03-02
MERIDIAN DISTRICT METHODIST
CHURCH

U.. Pastors and Members:
Thanks lal -a. fine reports -aatgo4
made an Race Relations Day. The
District came from fourth place to
second place in the Conference.
This was done by your fine support.
Our District reported $4,000. If
we can raise $5O0OOO at Easter time,
we will pay out in full.
Bishop R. N. Brooks is calling a one
day session of the Conference here at
St. Paul, April 18th. Please come
prepared to pay in full.
J. D. Wheaton
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%. Jesus saith unto him, l say not
unto thee, Until seven times: but, I'm
til seventy times seven.
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Did you attend church Sunday? II
you cannot attend your own church,
please attend somebody else's church
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Squeezing Grspefruis

You can squeeze large grapehuD
on an ordinary orange juice reamef
Il you cut the fruit in half lengthwise
(rather than crosswise). halve
again, squeeze each quarter on The
reamer, pressing cut side against
point Of juicer. Smaller grapefruit
can be cut in halves like oranges,
5uiced on regular reamer.
Butter Substitutes
Adding salt and sugar to cleo o.
other butter substitutes makes q
more palatable.
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has moved forward the time for OBJ
tanning tax rebates by big business
which will add to the 80 billions Of
stored up funds now In the hands
Of the large corporations for peace
time expansion and production.
But no farsightedness has been
apparent in planning for the recon
version Of the millions Of wartime
workers held to their posts by man
power controls at least no legis-
lation has shown up on the statute
books.
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Contract Settlement has been work.
ing long hours to speed up these
settlements.
Reconversion Director Snyder re-
ports that about &, 900 contractors
and their employees have been
trained in special courses and know
about settlement procedure. Pro-
vision has been made also for the
contractors to obtain government
guaranteed loans to tree funds fro
zen BY contract cancellations. In
addition the treasury department
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The war contractor who loses his
job Of working for the government
i In . much better financial posi-
ton for his immediate reconversion
needs than the worker deprived Of
employment by wholesale contract
cancellations. II was early realized
By some leaders that provision must
be made to enable manufacturers
with their working capital tied up
in var contracts to obtain use Of
slsch capital ut the earliest possible
momsnt Consequently the ofiice Of
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b A X B S. by Baukhage

Mahomet went to the mountain.
The Mikado went to Macarthur.
This, It seems only fair to say,
merely demonstrates the excellent
judgment of all parties concerned.
A look back over few dec
AIDES I have enjoyed on this mum
dane sphere, the only things I
regret seem to be the things I
missed
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above parity. Even if prices should
come down to government-support
levels-a drop Of perhaps Is per cent
below present peaks purchas.
ing power will be enormous. The
farmer has a higher amount to
spend out Of his income than other
wage earners, for the reason that
less Of his income is required fol-
rent, food and fuel than is the case
with city jewellers. Six million farm
families comprising approximately
so million people having q gross in
come in excess Of 20 billion dollars
a year will be a factor of tremen-
dous importance to Americas
peacetime economy.
Farmer in Strong Position.
Just as significant as agriculture's
high income rate in recent years is
the fact that the farmer has been
laying aside a good portion of his
savings in war bonds to spend for
essentials in years to come. Clearly
the farmer has emerged from the
war in a stronger position than he
was at its start.
To maintain that position the
farmer should do some straight
thinking and planning. Two things
are especially important: HE
should avoid overexpansion through
the purchase Of additional land in
the peace years ahead; 2He
should make immediate plans to re-
pair the damage to his soils fertil.
ity level which the vast war crop
production quotas have caused.
The experience Of the last war
with its farm land boom and subse-
quent collapse should be a reminder
that the American farmer should not
60 in for more land than he can sue
cessfully handle. Farm land prices
have already risen dangerously to-
ward imitation levels. Farsighted
agricultural authorities are urging
farmers to keep their shirts on" and
steer clear Of the pitfalls Of land
speculation.
Better soil management methods
on a well-equipped and economical
ly operated farm will prove safer in
the long run than vast fields without
efficient management.
The key to successful farming op-
erations in postwar years will lie in
increasing the per acre yield on ex-
isting crop land rather than in bring
ing additional acreage under cultiva-
ton, a recent statement by the Mid
die West Soil Improvement commit
tee pointed out.
'sIn months to come the emphasis
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A lot Of New Workers. who had
forgotten there were such things
had to use stairs during the ele-
vator mems strike. And this did
more for the calves than If they'd
taken the ceiling price off Of veal.
Production Of rubber heels Is
still behind demand. But there
are still more Of the other kind Of
heels than we need,
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American Farmers TO Continue High Production
Goals in Satisfying Demands Of the Entire World
Peacetime Need for Products
Assures Farmers of Good
Market and Price.

What viii the impact Of wars end
mean to American agriculture?
That question has been raised with
tncreasing frequency ever since
Hhohito accepted President Tru-
man's unconditional surrender
terms and the Jap hordes have laid
down their arms. It has brought in
it, train other questions: Will a
farm slump occur? Will continued
vast production smash prices7 Will
Transition to peacetine schedules
upset farm economy?
Three fairly definite answers have
emerged and each Is hearteningly
reassuring to everyone who lives on
or near a farm:
l. Demand for foods, fibers and
oils VIII continue to require a high
rate of farm production. The world
must eat and American farmers
must feed it.
2. Farm prices will not be debated.
The government has already guar
anteed the farmer support prices for
many OF his products for one or two
years after the war.
3. The farmer, unlike industry, Is
not faced with reconversion prob
lens. His job is growing crops and
he needs no different set Of tools to
accomplish his detectives.
All Of these factors eliminate the
possibility Of sudden crash in farm
income.
Farm economists are agreed there
viii be no immediate cutback In
production despite the end Of the
war. In the months to come, do
mest3c and military needs Of the
United States plus the relief de-
mandS from liberated areas In Eu-
rope and the Pacific will take all the
food this nation can produce.
With vast areas Of Europe and
Asia laid waste, American farmers
viii be called on to produce and
keep on producing. It may be years
before the ravaged countries can
come back anywhere near to nor
NAL. In the meantime American
farmers have 4 big job ahead to
help keep whole continents alive and
healthy. During this same time the
United States itself must be fed.
AZ rehabilitation of our armed
forces proceeds, there will be less
need for the various services to have
great stocks of food in reserve. That
viii tend to increase civilian sup
t-;h,,.;o, A 90 p1n"' 'e''ef U.s.
no MAYOR Fafm surplus.
With industrial reconversion get
ting the green light, the dislocation Of
workers caused by war contract
cutbacks may be Of much shorter
duration than has been anticipated.
That means more peacetime civilian
Jobs. One thing the war demonstrate
ID was that Il the entire nation Is
at work, there Is no major farm sur
plus problem.
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WNU Service, 1916 Eye st., N. W,
Washington, D. c.
I have Just come back from a
visit with the father Of Is million.
That isn't such . far-fetched
figure to use in describing the tall,
rangy Missourian, who is in charge
Of "the biggest business in the
world" which is how they describe
the Veterans Administration in
Washington.
To call Omar Nelson Bradley
"father" Of the service men and
women isn't stretching it. Ernie
Pyle once said: "If I could pick
any two men in the world for my
father except my own Dad, I
would pick General Omar Bradley
or General Ike Eisenhower. II I
had q son, would like him to 60
to Bradley or Ike for advice"
Ernie was . pretty keen Judge Of
human nature on the hoof. I
thought Of that when one Of Brad
leyb co-workers in the Veterans'
Administration, who il almost .
decade older than the general, said
'fatherly" was the way to de-
scribe the manner in which he was
treated the first time they had .
problem to straighten out with the
boss.
And then I met the General.
I found . weather-beaten, wiry,
Iong-legged soldier, whose eyes
twinkled brighter than the four
stars on his collar. Fatherly, yes
and I'll have . word about that
Q little later. But I found out
something else. I found out why
he ought to be able to run one
Of the hardest jobs in the govern
ment. And I'll admit, right off,
It sounds almost too good to be
true.
We had been talking about the
details Of the reorganization Of
the agency which is now going on
and with which General Bradley is
infinitely familiar. Then I asked
him what it was, II anything, in
his military training and expert
ence that he could use in his pres
emit position.
He said that he thought it was
the same with all jobs such as
this. And here is the theory on
which he works:
First, build your organization
on functional lines. Second, get
the right man to head up each
function. Third, give him full re-
sponsibility to act on his own au-
thority."
How, I inquired, does this fit
In with your military experience,
having had some Of that branch
Of adventure mysef-although
running . platoon isn't running
an army.
cts q good deal like the army"
he answered. "You have your
staff. You have say 20 sections,
each with a special function, work.
ing under your chief Of staff.
Sometimes, of course, you group
some of the functions, but the or
ganization is along functional
lines"
And how, l asked, do you choose
the men to head up these various
activities? His answer came back
without the slightest hesitation.
II choose a man, first for his
ability, second for his loyalty-and
I count heavily on the loyalty.
Get loyal men of ability and you've
gone a long way toward solving
your problems in any organiza-
ton"
That sounded pretty good to
me, but what about the present
situation where, after all, there
is always a Congress on Capitol
Hill, a Congress with constituents
who have votes and some of whom
want jobs. l asked the General,
what about politics? He didn't
seem worried. He said that he
hadn't had any trouble.
"I'm not a politician" he said.
~ never intend to run for office"
That was all he would say, but
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will be on reducing the cost Of crop
production per unit" the statement
sets forth. ::'That means making ev-
cry acre do better crop producing
job.
I'm every community there are
farmers who increased their war
time crop output as high as so per
cent, without increasing the cultivat-
ed area by one single acre. In
every case the larger yield was the
result Of adopting good soil fertility
practices. The experience Of these
farmers can be profitably followed
by their neighbors in their peace
time operations. Their soil-conserv-
ing methods not only prevented
waste of fertility, but actually have
helped restore it.
Such methods include growing
legumes to enrich the soils nitro
gen and organic matter supply, the
use of adequate quantities Of mixed
fertilizers containing nitrogen, phos-
phorus and potash, lining, contour
blowing and limiting, SO far as pos
sible, Of soil-depleting crops"
Soil Fertility Replenishment.
The matter Of soil fertility replen-
ishment will have an important
bearing on the peacetime continual
ton of farm prosperity. If the
nations farms are to be kept pro-
ductive, vast soil-rebuilding job
lies Immediately ahead.
How important this is may be un-
derstood from recent report issued
by the Soil Conservation service Of
the department Of agriculture which
estimated that nearly one billion
acres-more than 90 per cent of the
nations farmlands-need soil con-
servation treatment to protect them
from erosion and to maintain their
fertility.
Wartime crop goals used up the
soils resources of nitrogen, phos-
phorus and potash faster than they
could be replaced in spite of the fact
that the fertilizer industry broke all
previous production records. Farm
ers have realized that this wartime
drain on. their soils fertility level
was a necessary contribution to vic
tory. But the fact remains that
wealth borrowed from the soil to
help hasten peace must be repaid.
While every encouragement will
be given to soil rebuilding projects
by the federal government and by
state agricultural agencies, the ma
jor responsibility for getting the job
done will rest on the shoulders Of
individual farmers.
The effectiveness of the individual
farmers soil rebuilding program
can be enhanced by the co-opera-
ton of agronomists at state agricul-
tural colleges and experiment sta
tons. Through research and expert
mentation over long span of years,
these experts have developed infor-
nation concerning fertilizer needs
for various crops and soils that Is
helpful to the farmer who is under
taking a replenishment program.
The cooperation of the fertilizer
industry will be an effective aid,
also. The present plant capacity of
manufacturers is sufficient to meet
all peacetime needs of agriculture.
Farmers are more fortunately sit
uated for accomplishing their soil
restoring job than at any time in the
past generation. Dollars invested.
in war bonds, during the period when
farm cash income has been at high
level and farm debt at a low point,
can provide the ready cash to pay
for the nitrogen, phosphorus and pot
ash needed to build up the fertility
level of Americas soil.