The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-13
Teen Talks
AP Newsfeatures

Kids ought to get back to the soil. Farming can offer fine opportun- ities to boys and girls who like the outdoors and are willing to learn and work the soil So says hand some Dick Sprawls, a champion sweet potato grower from South Carolina.
 It can pay off. too. says 15-year- old Dick who raised 328 bushels of NO l yams on his acre plot in the annual All contest conducted by Clemson College. Along with ten other young prize winners he re- gently enjoyed trip to New York as a reward for his labors as the guest of chain of food stores. Be- sides, his sweet potatoes sold at a $2.75 a bushel, putting a nice little piece of change for college in his piggy bank.
 Dick wouldn't necessarily suggest you rafse sweet potatoes as your first crop, if you do decide to ex- pertinent. As matter of fact, you'd eat your sweet potatoes, by gosh, if you knew all the work a fellow puts in growing them. Says Dick:
 Sweet potatoes like to be planted in a high bed, quite some distance apart. When harvested they must be handled like eggs because they bruise easily. Then they must be put in a heated building at about 85 degrees until the cure begins. They are left two weeks. then put at 50 degrees in another building"
 Lots of young moderns who have been baby sitting would be well trained for nursing sweet potatoes along, but it is best to start your farming with a simple vegetable garden, suggests Dick.
 Right now Dick. who lives on 450 acres in Barnwell county expects a hydrogen plant to move iii and it is possible he and his family will be looking for another farm. But he'll continue to grow sweet potatoes no matter what.
 Dicks main objective is to be a veterinarian. He loves dogs and horses, in particular and thinks he could make a real career out of being a veterinarian in his own section of the county. That is another career young people might give a thought to. suggests Dick.
 A Hollywood screen star just said a mouthful when she gave this ad- vice to girls
 "Women are just plain silly if they don't dress to please their menfolk."
 Often you know you will buy a hat or suit or a dress just because your girl friend likes it. Actually, that is the wrong way to shop. Men have definite ideas about clothes and since usually you are selecting hat or a gown to please man, why not buy it with his tastes in mind?
 Men like frilly hats when they look feminine On the other hand they do not like dizzy or silly hats. They like hats which have tailored look, and which. strangely enough resemble mannish styling. But they do not like any outrage which re- sembles a tailored style and is dec- orated with bows or lace or yelling.
 They like dresses which give a smart line to the figure, but they do not like exaggerated V-dip neck lines or off-the-shoulder gowns which expose the bosom. They like feminine looking gowns which are in good taste as well as they admire chic, well-tailored mannish suits. If you attempt tailored suit, however, choose clean smooth lines.
 If you dress to suit your type, that is half the battle Ruffles might look lovely on the girl who is un- sophisticated, but if you are the sophisticated type, stick to the line which best becomes you.
 A mans pet hate, from all we can gather at this point. is the so-called babushka that square piece of silk or cotton or other fabric which resembles a table-cloth which is quickly thrust over the head in an emergency.
 There is nothing attractive about that kind of headgear. There could be something attractive about a similar type of headgear which would offer protection in stormy weather, without making the wearer look like peasant girl. But these either are not available, or girls have not accepted them.
 The same holds true as it has for generations there is nothing like hat to make you look like a lady. Select it wisely and that is