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THE RICHMOND ITEM, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1937 THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY RICHMOND ITEM EttsMUbcd 117 asassaseai I LASSITUDE NO SHOE MAKER KNOWS WHERE TO Slender Is the Word for This Clever Marian Martin Frock CUT THE MOLES A SHOE, FnbUilw Dall Mornlni Except Monday by Palladium Publishing Corporation Subscription Kateot By Carrier In Blchmond lit a neck. By Carrier In Suburban Towni 12e per week. By mall In trading radius S4.00 a yeari 12.00 for its monthis for three muotlu. Outride trading radlui at folio wit SS.00 a yean 13.80 for tla montbai tl.iU for three nioutlui HO for ona month. OBaweaaaaaBeaaacawge imwiiiiiil saga bbmbm Entered at Blchmond Poal Ufriea aa ttecond-Claaa Hatter TOU GOTTA LIVE WITH YOUR 006S To KMOW were postal systems, the first having made its appearance in Massachusetts in 1639 when Richard Fairbanks of Boston undertook to carry letters.

In Virginia there was a system under which every planter was required to carry the mails on to the next plantation. In 1672 New York subsidized a mail service to Boston monthly. In 1683 William Penn established a weekly mail to Maryland cities. In 1691 Thomas Neale received a royal patent. Andrew Hamilton was Royal Postmaster General of America and he was in general charge.

Five post riders, made trips up and down the Eastern Seaboard carrying the mails. In 1753 Benjamin Franklin and William Hunter Wholeheartedly and Ughthearted-ly we commend Pattern 9352 to fashion-wise matrons! Wholeheart WHERE TO PUT THE BOY, YOU SHO AMNDqNS THEIR edly because it takes the center of KENNELS SENSE-. LOOK1T THAT B) I MK MEMUEB Of TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS The Aaaoeiated Preia le axcluilrely entitled to tbe oe for publication of nil eiv dlapatchea credited to It or not olherwlit credited la tola paper, and alio the local oeive puollibed hereto. the fashion stage from morn to eve. -J I Lightheartedly because Its slim 'n' trim lines are so attractive and be' coming.

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Ih addition there were many privately maintained postal routes. As can be readily imagined this service wa3 not very prompt and not very reliable. It must be borne in mind that there was no such thing as a standard postal rate. The men who carried the mails charged about what they liked. William Goddard seems to have been just the man to do something about the matter.

He was a man whose character was a blend of ability and impatience, constructiveness and testiness. He was a newspaper publisher but Goddard finally left publishing to devote his entire time to the organization of a postal sys OLD POSTAL SERVICE The American postal system, which spirits letters and even heavy packages at high speed over land and water and through the air, had its origin in the choleric temperament of William Goddard. Since his establishment of Goddard's Post Offices in 1774 there has continuously been an American postal system. Postal systems are of great antiquity. The Old Testament tells, in Chronicles, how "the posts went with the letters" and how "the posts passed from city to city." In Esther, Job, and Jeremiah there are references.

The early Persian rulers maintained posts and the Greeks and Romans also. All down through the centuries he need of such a sys-tern was felt but, in all cases, enterprises were either for the benefit of monarchs, high officers, and nobles, or were private enterprises. In early times in colonial America there Send IS ccnti eolni or itimps (coin preferred) (or each Mirlen Martin pattern. Be lure to write plainly your name, ad-dre, and style number. Send (or tbe new Marian Martin Pattern Book, and eee what (aiblon-magla you'll achieve easily, quickly, and on the most limited o( budgets Each elmple pattern polnti the way to clever clothes' economy Glamour (or parties Chlo (or everyday gvery member of the ftrally will welcome this fascinating, practical guide to efashiont Learn "whet's new" In (abrici, gifts, accessories! Order your copy now I Price of book IS cents.

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Mehmond Palladium-Item Pattern Department, 332 West Eighteenth Street, New Tork, N. T. service has continued ever since. 9-18-vr Most children, however, seem to be healthier after entering school Name Address City The regularity of the program just Health Helps Tot Topics By Dr. Garry C.

Myers, Ph. By Logan Clendening, M. D. tate Site Pattern No. lazy and selfish.

Am I right EXASPERATED. Answer: Your mother is certainly most unfair to you, but justice is one of the things that mothers seldom show to their daughters. They give them love, but not a square deal. Dorothy Dix's Comments Girls Who Work All Day in Offices and Storei Should Not Be Expected To Carry Household Tasks- Needlecraft Pattern Nothing else in the world is so strange and inexplicable as the dif ferent attitude that a mother takes LAURA WHEELER'S TWIN KITTENS MAKE FIRST-CLASS HOUSEHOLD PETS toward her sons and her daughters, suits their needs. But if your child does reveal ill effects from the school experience, more punishment will not help; less punishment might.

Work on yourself and the family first in order to create a more serene program. Silence the radio while he is awake, and let every person speak in quiet tones. Have the, child lie down for half an hour on arriving home from school. Read to him then to quiet him. On Saturday and Sunday haw him lie down for an hour in the afternoon.

Treat him as a sick child. Have no argument. Carry out the program to the letter. You can afford to neglect almost anything else, if necessary. But get him out of doors to play, though not for too long at a (Continued On Page Fourteen) If you two girls were boys who REST FOR BEGINNER A week or two after school opens, that child of yours who is just a beginner may grow irritable and quarrelsome.

He may be more excitable and fidgety than usual. He may not go to sleep so readily, and may awaken earlier than usual in the morning, His sleep may be less sound; he even may have night terrors. He may begin to bite his fingernails or bite them more violently. He may eat faster, have worse table manners, or ht may have a poorer appetite and may become more finicky over foods. Perhaps he smiles less than he did, and his face may indicate strain.

THE BANANA DIETS We have come to the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness; the voice of the turtle is no longer held in the land, and the hum of business indicates less leisurely and perhaps less elaborate lunches. For a high school lunch (I do not recommend this for younger children) or college lunch, or business lunch, consider the banana, Long a favorite, perhaps it will comfort you to know that it has solid, scientifically proved nutritional advantages. First get a ripe banana. You can tell when the banana is ripe by the skin; yellow flecked with brown (Continued On Page Fourteen) were supporting your mother, she would never dream of such a thing Dear Mias Dlx My sister and I are stenographers. We pay all the expenses of our apartment and our mother keeps house for us.

She constantly nags and complains because we do not help with the housework and tells all our relatives and neighbors how she slaves and that we do nothing; but dress up and fly around. Our mother is middleaged, healthy, and strong. I am anemic, 30 pounds underweight. When I get home in the evenings I am thoroughly exhausted and it takes every bit of spare energy to do the things I must. I do my own laundering, keep my clothes in order, clean my bedroom, and I have no strength left to do housework.

I have worked for five years and never missed a day from the office. My sister has worked for six years. All this time we have been supporting our mother. It seems to me we are doing our part and that it is terribly unfair for her to give us the reputation of being as expecting them to put on aprons as soon as they got home from business and help with the cooking and scrubbing. She would think that the poor darlings were so tired after their hard day's work that (Continued On Page Nine) News Events Of The Day As Tpld In Story And Picture CATS IN SINGLE STITCH PATTERN 1243 No trouble at all to keep these pets out of mischief.

They know VJ their place to add a bit of cozy decoration to your home. "Paint" these portraits in single stitch on kitten's head 9x10 inches and one 7Jx9 inches; material requirements; illustrations of all stitches ued; color suggestions. Send 10 cents in stamps or coin (coin preferred) for this pattern to The Richmond Palladium-Item, Needlecraft Department, 82 Eisrhth Avenue, New York, N. Write plainly pattern number, your name and address. picture and matching pillow top using wool, silk, or cotton floss.

Begin right away on this easy attractive embroidery. Pattern 1243 contains a transfer pattern of a taw StWJy. it i it till ill uVpi iry I Answers to Questions By FREDERICK J. HA SKIN A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing the Richmond Palladium-Item Informa tion Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, JAPANESE BOMBS DON'T ASK YOUR AGE This wounded Chinese baby poignantly illustrates the fate which faces women and children in war-stricken China.

Unable to talk, too younjy to walk, the hurt child, plastered with blood and mud, sits wailing in the smouldering debris which once was the modern South Station of the Chinese Railroad at Shanghai. There are no noncombatanta in the war which is devastating the Orient. Director, Washington, D. C. Please enclose three (3) cents for reply.

Q. Do colleges approve of social-hygiene courses? A. M. A. The tendency is definitely against such courses.

However, Central Press BRITISH SONGBIRD Margaret Bannerman, English excellently well boiled and the bones were so soft that they might be cut with a knife' and eaten like cheese. The juice did concrete into a very firm jelly." Gelatin was soon extensively used In France, especially in hospitals. Q. How much did Burgess Meredith receive for his performance of.ti Hamlet on the radio? J. K.

A. The actor was paid $1,500 for enacting the role. Q. When tne magician tells you that the hand Is quicker than the eye is he telling the truth? N. G.

R. Central Press MATTERN REPORTS Jim-my Mattern, noted American flier, is shown leaving the Soviet Embassy at Washington after reporting on his search for six Soviet airmen lost in the Arctic. Mattern searched the polar wastes for 17 days in a vain attempt to locate the men, who disap. peared on a Moscow-United States flight over the North Pole. singing star, is shown on deck of the Aquitania, at New York.

She is' here for her -Central Press NAZIS' RED MENACE Here is a picture of the anti-Bolshevist exhibition that featured the annual Nazi Party Congress at Nuremberg. Staff Chief Fischer is shown during an address at the opening of the show. Note the fearsome Red soldier at top, pictured striding across the world. the subject concerns several departments, and runs naturally through many courses in biological sciences, sociology, psychology, home eco American debut, and will star in a new operetta by Os car Strauss, famed Viennese composer. i ss A.

It is not the speed of the magician's hand that fools his audience. It is his ability to distract attention from what his hand really is doing, pjus sleight of hand and mechanical apparatus. Q. What is the value of the Texas cotton crop? A. M.

A. The total 1936 Texas cotton crop was valued at $217,018,000. As a qualification for voting, every state in the Union requires residence for a given period of time before an election. Registration must bear out such residence, to prevent frauds. i nomics, religion, ethics, and hygiene.

Q. When will the President's Cup Regatta be held? C.H. A. The President's Cup Regatta at Washington, D. will be held from Sept.

18 to 26 inclusive. Q. What kind of food was taken on the Soviet Polar Expedition? R. J. A.

Articles such as cream, butter, caviar, cheese, chocolate, were specially treated by a pressure process for the expedition's food supply. A number of concentrated products such as meat, poultry, and soup, were also taken. The chief foundation of the daily diet consists of tablets containing chicken that has been roasted and then dried, with pork fat, amd cooked and dried vegetables. What is the scientific name of the gibbon? R. L.

A. It is Hylobates, meaning tree walker. Q. What is the average salary of a clerical worker in New York City? H. L.

A. Clerical salaries nairi in New Hi Wife Preservers York' City average $30.89 a week. KILLS LAWYER, WOUNDS THREE Involved in a $5,000 lawsuit for-legal services, George Chicharvich, 58 years old, a former private detective, invaded the Chicago offices of two lawyers involved, shot and killed one of them, stabbed the other, and then slashed two women as they tried to halt his flight. The crazed slayer then gave himself up to police, as shown above, who quoted him as stating, "They made me lose my $60,000 property they caused my wife to die last November." The slain lawyer, Frederick W. Elliott, 53 years old, was a former Municipal Court and Assistant Probate The wounded lawyer, George A.

Mason, was in serious condition. Who discovered gelatin? W. EASY THERE! A perilous moment where a misstep means death Richard Leonard, Oakland, attorney, descending the rocky peak, Arrowhead, in Yo-semite Valley, California, fol-lowing a successful ascent, first made of the peak. A. The diarv of Denis Panin.

a Central Press THREE INJURED IN THREE-WAY CRASH Three persons were severely injured when this Montreal-bound bus, out of New York, crashed into the rear of a gasoline tank truck on the Columbia Turnpike near Albany, N. then collided head-on with a passenger car. Bus passengers are pictured running from the wreck in the heavy rain which had obscured the vision of the three drivers. The passenger car, which carried the three persons who sustained the gravest injuries, was completely demolished. None of the bus riders was seriously injured.

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