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Evening star., 1950-04-09

lean Embassy and Sonora de Es-
cobedo will give cocktail party
tomorrow from s TO o'clock IN
their Georgetown home for the
new chief of the Chilean naval
mission and Sonora de Holger
Admiral Holger was naval attache
at the Embassy for several years
back in the early '4os and had
had an assignment here some
time earlier. He and Sonora de
Holger are receiving a very warm
welcome in the Capital where they
have a wide circle of friends, They
temporarily are staying at the
Brighton.
Senor Manuel James Holger
son of the Admiral and Sonora de
Holger. who was born in the Dis
trict of Columbia, accompaniei I
his parents to Washington and
has assumed his new duties as
Evening star., 1950-04-09
Announcement

Mr.. Donald Appleton of New
York and Annisquam, Mass, an
nounces the engagement of his
daughter, Miss Alix Appleton, to
Mr.. Bernard John Hasson, jr.. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hasson of Wash
ington.
Miss Appleton is the daughter
of the late Mrs. Appleton. She at
tended Concord Academy and the
Baldwin School and was gradu-
ated from VaSsar College.
Mr.. Hasson, graduate of Yale
is at present attending George
town Law School. where he is q
member of Delta Theta Phi.
Evening star., 1950-04-09

mission that laid the framework
for the U. N, will make the pres
entation to his friend a few days
before his departure. Raymond
Tartiere, whose family is now in
France, will give another farewell
party for Hugo on Tuesday. Hugo
is smilingly facing the delightful
task of choosing the prettiest
Easter costume on Connecticut
avenue today. He's one of the
judges.
Bachelor lawyers David Close
and Jack Daflgren will be hosts at
a cocktail to-do tomorrow in honor
of the Cornelius Bretsches. 1t will
mark the second anniversary of
the day on which Princess Emma
Toussoun of Egypt renounced her
title to become the wife of big,
good looking, amiable North Car
Gilman Connie.
Evening star., 1950-04-09

attache at the Embassy. Senor
Holger also will take a post-grad-
uate course at the School Of For
eign Service at Georgetown Uni
versity,
The Assistant Military. Attachs
of the Canadian embassy and Mrs.
Arthur E. wrinch will give a
cocktail party Tuesday. The Chief
of the General STAFF Of the Cana
dian Army and Mrs. Charles ].
FoulkeS will be among the guests
and will share honors with Mrs.
Wrinch's sister. Miss Wightman
who is spending the holidays in
Washington,
Col. and Mrs, Wrinch. who live
in Arlington. will give their party
in the Canadian Joint Stai head
quarters at 100 Massachusetts,
avenue
Evening star., 1950-04-09
Cocktail Benefit
The Washington Br

The Washington Branch of the
Tolstoy Foundation will give a
cocktail party Saturday. May 6,
from until 8 o'clock at the Muir
ray Galleries for the benefit of
victims Of communism. The party
will be featured by Russian sing
ing and music and door prizes will
be given. Tickets. including all
refreshments, are IS.
Evening star., 1950-04-09
Brooks
Continued From Page DID

with Mr.. and Mrs. Aubin at a
midday cocktail party to be given
today by their hosts. Guests will
include members of the French.
Indian. Pakistan and Canadian
Embassies and high-ranking off,
GERS Of the United States Army.
The Third Secretary of the
Mexican Embassy and Sonora de
Madrid gave a surprise party last
evening for their daughter, Seno-
rita Carmen Madrid who yester-
day celebrated her birthday an
niversary. Senor and Sonora de
Madrid invited some $50 contem-
poraries Of their daughter in the
diplomatic circle for buffet
supper.
Music Of the various countries
represented in the company was
given during the evening. The
supper consisted of famous and
popular dishes in the native lands
of those present.
The naval attache of the Chi
Evening star., 1950-04-09

All Souls Memorial Church was
the scene of the wedding yesterday
of Miss Margot Jean Hermann
and Mr.. Edgar John Carl Hag-
stette, jr., which was followed by
a reception at the commissioned
officers mess at the Naval Medi-
cal Center. The Rev. Frank w.
Blackwelder officiated at the cere-
mony.
The bride is the daughter of
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Ernest
Edward Hermann and the BRIDE
groom is the son of Mrs. Hagstette
Evening star., 1950-04-09

HagStette.
Admiral Hermann escorted his
daughter. who had as her at
tendants the Misses Patricia
Woodruff Bamman, Ann Harrison
Wabster and Jacqueline Kelle
Adams.
Mr.. Louis K. Hagstette was best
man for his brother and the ushers
were Mr.. Charles F. Gund, Mr..
Andrew j. O'Connell, Mr.. Robert
H. Hermann and Mr.. Wallace A.
Mills.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-22

Gay of the local observance. She was
here to attend a statewide area
meeting Of WV representatives, anc
was guest of honor at a luncheon
Wednesday sponsored by the Nation
al Support committee.
Thursdays plant sale will include
favorite perennial ready now FOL
the garden. Proceeds will help t.
send Young Marrieds club represen-
tatives to a leadership conference
this summer at Asilomar, Calf.
My Faith and My Job" is the
special theme for the Worlds WV.
CA Day banquet next Wednesday
April 26 Young adult members in
YW's of this country and in 65 coun-
tries abroad will observe the event
simultaneously. DR.. Edward H. Lauer
dean OF the college of arts anc
sciences and dean of students at the
University of Washington will bt
guest speaker at the local banquet
which will be held at $50 pm. in the
Central YWCA. Reservations may bt
made by calling Ell. 1890.
In charge of arrangements are
Evelyl. Rose, 1903 4th Ave. S. w.
and Marie Wells, 1901 18Th Ave N.
decorations; Mrs Frank Kosciolek
7l6l5 Sand Point Way, Evelyn Jones
1148 Eastlake Ave, and Ruth Mund
30l Kinnear Place, program; Mrs
H. r. Hubert, 1888 18th Ave, invi-
tations, and Jewell Smith, 2l1 24tn
Ave. N, food.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-22
National YWCA Week Marked Locally

Celebrating its fifty-SiXth anniver-
sary of community service, the Sc
attic Young Womens Christian As
ISOLATION is observing National WV
CA Week from April Is through 26
with special programs and an in
formal open house.
Joining with other YW's across
the United States. the local associa =
ton is concentrating the found
ing of the YWCA movement IS years
ago in London as well as its history
in Seattle. Theme for this years OBJ
servance is "A Better World Begins
with You.
japanese American women and
girls are invited to visit us during
this week, and share in our birthday
celebration, Elizabeth Ann Blaisdell.
executive director, said. The Central
YWCA is at 5th and Seneca.
Events scheduled during the COM
ing week include a plant sale Thurs
day, April 20, by the Thursday YOUNG
Marrieds club; a city-wide Y-Teen
tolo, "Rendevouz in Candyland'. Fri
Gay, April 81, at the Hotel Meany
YWCA Day in the churches on Sun
day, April %, with club groups and
individual members attending the
churches of their choice; a World S
YWCA Membership Day banquet on
Wednesday, April 26.
Mrs Arthur Forrest Anderson. nat
ional president of the YWCA, arrived
in Seattle Tuesday for the opening
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-22

due to any one of a number of rea-
sons. There might be a dietary de-
ficiency such as a lack of vitamins
or other small but important con-
stituents. In other cases there may
even be the onset of a slowly pro-
crossing disease which produces a
lassitude and general malaise which
we're thought to characterize the
rundown" condition.
The ability of the modern physi-
cisn to identify the specific cause Of
the condition made tonics obsolete
in medical practice today because
once a specific cause is recognized
there are usually pretty well defined
remedial measures which can be
taken.
About the only thing in modern
medicine which resembles the old
time tonicS is a minor group of
drugs which has been given the
name "stomachicS" These are agents
which have no property except their
bitter taste. 1t has been found that
bitter substances taken just before
a meal increase the flow of gastric
juice and consequently aid digestion.
It is occasionally found necessary
to prescribe these preparation to
patients who suffer from lack of ap-
petite. However. real lack of appe-
tite is a rare condition. Nevertheless,
these stomachics do have a minor
place in the prescribing practices Of
physicians and probably represent
the only legitimate vestige of the
once widely used spring tonics'.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-22
SPRING TONIC


When winter ends and spring ar
rives some of us older folks may re-
member our childhood when the ar
rival of spring always meant
spring tonic. Nowadays We hear
little of the word tonic.
In our history of medical practice
the era OF spring tonics represents a
glamorous period not too long past.
1t recalls the cure-alls for everything
from arthritis to tuberculosis and
cancer. 1t recalls the itinerant medi-
cine man who set up his wares on
street corners and under torchlight
made his pitch TO the crowd and
sold his connections to gullible
public.
Certainly the children of this gen.
Grafton should be happy to know
they are spared the bitter tonics of
an older generation. Parents now
rarely dose their children with SUCH
connections as sulphur and molasses
or freshly brewed SIENNA tea.
1t may be of interest to look into
| this matter of tonics in order to see
why they we're used by our grand
parents and why they are now 50
completely obsolete. 1t was believed
then that the long confinement in
6oors in the winter produced conges
ton in the body and impurities in
| he blood It was thought that these
had to be corrected by taking tones.
Most of these tonics consisted OF
extracts of various herbs, roots and
other plant substances and usually
| contained quite a high percentage
of alcohol. They were often dark
brown or dark green in color and al
most always had an extremely bitter
taste.
Some of them contained small
quantities of an extract of the plant
Nux vomica. the active principle Of
which is strychnine. Experimental
investigation has shown that stry-
/ chime had an action in speeding up
the transmission of impulses over tha
nervous system. Current pharmaco.
logical evidence shows that strychine
does indeed speed up the impulse
of the nervous system but only il
doses SO large as to be dangerous
Hence this drug has been largely
! 7bandoned
one of the other substances in.
corporated into the tonics was a
plant extract which had laxative
properties. So one of the usual mani
festations of their use was a loosen
ing of the bowel movements. MANY
of them also contained iron and the
belief was that the iron helped to
build new blood for the body
Today these tonics are practically
never prescribed by physicians al
though many of the old-time pre-
parations are still available from
drug stores and have a small but
surprisingly steady sale.
The reason they are no longer pre-
scribed is the advance in our medi-
cal knowledge If a patient finds
himself feeling rundown" in the
spring or at any other time of the
year the physician now looks for the
cause instead of prescribing a pre-
paration with a dubious action, such
as the old time tonics.
The rundown condition might be
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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-22

SATURDAY. APRIL %. 1850
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-04-25

beautiful songs in the Northwest.
Music lovers, boosters and tn e
cream of the Norwegian colony
crop in Seattle turned out in the
P.-I. auditorium to hear his songs
well sung by Mrs. Wiki, accom-
panied by Beverly Logan. TIL e
audience was profoundly impress
sed. Haslunds music and lyrics
were toned to accentuate each 9TH
err. They were tonal poems, ex-
pressing a wealth of feeling, a
refined attachment to the best in
the lyrical tradition. It became
clear that the man who has a
habit of writing musical notes now
and then right off the cuff as an
ordinary person writes letters or
diary notes, had developed an ease
of self-expression in songs which
were also highly developed tech
meal vehicles. The program was
rounded out with violin solos by
very talented 17-year-old girl,
Greta Toilette, of Scandinavian
descent, ably accompanied by the
Swedish Architect G0ran Lindell.
Singer With Romantic Story
Mrs. Wiki, who performed a
dear service" to her old friend
Haslund, has quite a story her.
self. Touring the U. S. with the
University of Oslo chorus in 1925,
she met Johan Wink, a physician
and surgeon in Spokane. She went
back to Norway, and he caught up
with her in her and his native
land. Together they returned to
us, were united in marriage, and
are now living in Bellingham,
where he has his practice and she
teaches voice at Western College
of Education.
Pioneer Teacher
Haslund's story is not only
linked to his music, however. Now
perhaps the oldest active Scandi-
navian music teacher of repute in
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-04-25

the Northwest. he has given piano
lessons to thousands of pupils in
the Seattle area since he arrived
here from Norway in 1908. Be
fore migrating, he studied music
and composition in Oslo and for
three years in Berlin. In Seattle
he found musical life dull when
he first arrived and has seen it
develop tremendously The pioneer
teacher has reared many budding
artists to the limelight of success.
During earlier years he appeared
in many concerts and devoted
much time to composing. During
the last 25 years he has had but
little time and needed relaxation
for composing because of a siren
uous teaching schedule, including
1918 lessons a day. Lately, too,
his health has not been the best.
Haslund, who married a Nor
wegian girl in Seattle, has visited
the old country twice. and now
his 2O-year-old daughter Greta is
visiting the land of her forefath-
ers. When and if Haslund visits
the homeland again, he will most
certainly be we'll received as his
popularity as composer shout d
grow.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-04-25
First Mail Plane
To Spitzbergen

In an atmosphere of festive
holiday spirit the first mail plane
to Spitzbergen last week dropped
its precious cargo in LOngyear
City.
1t was truly an historic day for
these hardy coal miners who
brave the long, cold and dark
winter of this Arctic outpost. The
whole population was out to wit
ness the event. Disappointment
mingled with JOY however, because
not everybody received mail. Fresh
newspapers right from home, was,
of course, novelty, and as there
were not enough for each of the
several hundred people to buy one,
the supply was ratified off with
great excitement.
The airmail service to Spitz-
bergen has been established by
the Norwegian Arctic Society in
Tromso in cooperation with the
Norwegian Polar Institute and the
Weather Bureau. 1t will be main
tanned with Catalina plane from
Tromso, dropping mail by para
C h ute at various Spitzbergen
points.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-04-25
Morse Evangelist
Plans T0Preach
Gospel In Russia

1t seems the iron curtain can't
stop the Rev. Morris HI. Ness of
Seattle. The 51-year-Old NOrwe-
gian-born minister may be soft
spoken but he has a strong de-
termination to preach the gospel
message in Russia. To prove
his point he's gOin gtO take along
10000 bibles, printed in Russian.
The only trouble is that he has
not yet got his U. S. passport or
Russian visa, but he says he has
assurances he will get them. Leav-
ing Seattle in May he will travel
by plane to Finland, and plans to
enter Russia from that country.
He is sponsored by the Seattle Re-
vival Center.
The brother of the Rev. DR..
Henry H. Ness, chairman of the
Washington State Board of Prison
Terms and Paroles, Ness lives in
Kenmore with his family, includ-
ing three children.
"They are not going, but they
are standing behind me with pray
ers," says Ness. Il am confident
that God is watching over my
steps, and 1 will be able to &C
complish my mission"
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-04-25

which a skit arranged by Doris
Christine Jahnson, based on Gus
tat Froding's Tire Trallande Jam
tor" will be performed. Partici-
pants include Betty Carlson, Syl-
via Kjeldstad, Gloria Strand, Lee
Berg, Gene Carlson, and Thor
Hallstrom. Music will be by G.
Lindell and T. Nyman. TAM Born
son will sing baritone solos, ac-
companied by Goran Lindell.
Bj0rnson is choirmaster of the Ice
landic Lutheran Church and
brother of the composer of one of
the compositions he will sing The
concluding number will be songs
by the Svea Male Chorus, con-
Quoted by c. H. Sutherland.
Mr.. Person is assisted on the
festival committee by Professors
Sverre Arestad and Walter John
son. Posters We're made by Bill
Bohlin, John Carlson and Charles
Nygaard, students at the U.
Ushers; Mary Anderson, Jean
nine Backen, Edith Dalman, Jean
Gates, Jeanne Hamstrom, Mar
garet Hansen, Ruth Haugen, Jane
Isakson, Yvonne kastet, E G n a
Nielsen, Betty Nordstrom, Evelyn
Mortified, Dagmar Quevi. Ruth
Schefstrom, Camilla Solomon,
Norreen Stoke, Sonia Strand
berg and Muriel Thorpe.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-04-25
Big All Scandinavian May Festival
Expected To Attract A Large Crowd

The first all-Scandinavian Nav
festival since before the last war
will be sponsored by the Scandi-
navian department of the Univer-
sity of Washington at pm. Sat
urday, April 20, in Meany Hall
Seattle.
The program for the unique fes-
tival, expected to attract a large
crowd, will include IA numbers
presented by well over a hundred
persons. Proceeds will be used for
the purchase of books needed by
the Scandinavian department.
Tickets are priced at so cents for
adults and 20 cents for children,
prices all can afford.
Following a welcome address by
Professor Henry A. Person, chair
man of the event, Joy Johanson
and John Lundin will play several
accordion numbers. They are pu-
pills of Paul karlson, who regular
ly used to appear on May Fes-
tival programs. Professor Andrew
R. Hilen, who spent 194S-1949 as
visiting lecturer in American lit
erature at the University Of Upp-
sala, Sweden, will give an address
on the coming of spring After
saw solos by Emil Hansen h e
Norwegian Ladies Chorus, con-
Gladys Haug as accomplish will
appear. Mrs Jakobina johnson
will give reading of modern Ice
landic poems and their transla-
lions. She is one of the most
active translators of modern Ice
landic. Her TRANSACTIONS have ap-
peared in American and Canadian
periodicals.
The Runeberg Chorus, directed
by George Halvor with Wallace
Marshall accompanying will sing
two numbers, followed by baritone
solos by William Hedberg, accom-
panied by Marshall. The Scandal
Folk Dancers headed by Gordon
Ekvall Tracie, will present four
dance numbers. This will be fol-
lowed by soprano solos by Clara
Pladsen Sandvig, accompanied by
Beverly Logan.
Mrs. Sandvig, born In Mime
sofa, was graduated from the
music department., University of
Washington. in 1887, and is par
ticularly well known m ong
Scandinavian audiences. 5 h
has been solOist with the Nor
wegian Male Chorus and at Nor
wegian Pacific Coast sanger
tests in Everett, San Francisco,
etc. She appeared prominently in
productions of the operetta
"SOng of Norway" and "TiP
Saeters," a musical play in Sc
attic. Her husband Jerome
Sandvig sings with the Norwe-
gian Male Chorus. She is the
mother of two children.
The Norwegian Male Chorus
conducted by August Werner will
sing a couple of numbers, after
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-04-25

Too modest for words he is
reticent type-he wasn't the
kind to create a commotion about
his own music. So nothing much
happened. Then August Werner,
noted Norwegian musician in
these regions, sang some of his
songs during a cross-country tour.
That was good. Valdemar John
sen, a singing and sort of fund
raising representative for the eX-
lied Norwegian government dur
Ing the war, came to Seattle, pick
ed up some of his songs and sang
them on his tours. That was very
good, too.
In fact, Haslunds prospects
as a composer looked very good
when he got a letter from john
sen revealing that after hearing
the latter's concert in Albert
Hall the critics in London wish
ed to hear more songs by q
composer named Hasluhd. john
sen asked for more songs in his
letter, but, oddly enough, forgot
to give his address, SO Haslund
couldn't reach him.
Norway Tracks Him Down
About two years ago Mrs. Nena
Mix, well known Norwegian So
prano from Bellingham, visited
her homeland and sang Haslund's
songs in an Oslo broadcast. They
were well received, the broadcast
gave him good boost.
A few months later a friend
from Norway visited the Has
lund home. in Seattle, liked his
songs, took a number of them
back to Norway, where he
showed them to an artist. That
did 1t. Arrangements were made
to have q number of Haslund's
songs published by a prominent
Norwegian publishing house.
In fact, printed copies are due
here any day now.
That's only one part and GER
tainly only the first instalment of
Haslund's overdue success story
as composer.
Crowd At First Big Hearing
Last Wednesday night, for the
first time a concert was devoted
to the rendition of Haslunds
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-04-25
Knight OF St. OIav

Editor and Vice President Of
the Norwegian language news
paper "Nordisk Tidende" publish
ed in Brooklyn, Carl Soyland, was
recently appointed Knight of first
class in the Royal Order of St.
Olav by King Haakon VII of Nor
way.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-04-25

Pioneer Attracts Attention Of Music
Circles In Norway And The Northwest

The music Left Haslnd produced with breezy
touch caused little rpples delight Composing
less for his
never thought he would
day with the during years.
rppes reproduced
i'm his favor amazing appear
caused bigger stir in his native Norway
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-04-25

Norwegian tourists in Sweden
last year totalled 1914.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-07
SCOUT BIRTHDAY
 I5 OBSERVED HERE
 BY CUB PACK 309

Cub Scouts of the Methodist Church Pack 309 observed the birthday of scouting with special ceremonies and a birthday cake Monday evening, under the d. rection of committee Chairman Henry Leege and den mothers Mrs. Edward Chester, Mrs. Sterling Sears, and Mrs. Gordon Bristol.
 Badges earned during the past month were presented to cub scouts by the chairman, who announced the appointment of a new cub master to succeed Reynolds Young while the latter is outside. Henry Lennstrom, local high school teach CT, is the new leader for the pack, Leege said.
 Cub scout Michael Walker was presented with his Lion badge, plus gold and silver arrow, completing his earning of all of the basic achievements in cub scouting. Michael is working now on his Webelos badge, which will mark his graduation into boy scouting. Four members of the pack received their Wolf badges at Monday nights meeting: Angus Floss, Rob- ert Dilg, Stanley Sears, and Cord on Bristol
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-07

Den 1, under the direction oi Mrs. Sears and Mrs. Bristol, pre- sented pageant of birthdays highlighting the famous Americans whose birthdays are celebrated dur ing February. Den 2, directed by Mrs. Ed Chester, dramatized the idea of cub scout good will with a clever stunt.
 The Rev. A. B. Morgan, Metho- dist church minister, compliment ed the group on their program and interest, and the meeting was con- cluded with flag ceremony led by Mike Walker, as part of his Lion achievements.
 Coffee and punch were served along with the birthday cake to the parents and cubs by the den mothers. Centerpiece of the serv- ing table was large blue and gold cake, made by the cubs of Den 2. but just to look at; the real cake had a birthday inscription, and was made by a local baker.