The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 25, 1939, Page 7

WHAT CER NE RUMMAGIN' 'ROUND N THEM DRESSER DRORS, | TCousN 2 WHY-UH- U0 PACKING UP - DON'T LOOR BT ME LIKE THAT ¥ NOU KNOW '\ MARRIED NO! MY PLACE (S WITH THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 1930. NOW -- WAt & MINUTE, SNUFFY - 1 OON'T WANT You TO GET THE \DEQ THAT THIS (S . OREAKING UP OUR FRIENDSH\P - T SWOW % NE HAW'T GOT TH MANNERS OF @ BLUE-NOSE MU INFORMATION In case of error or if an ad has been stopped before ex- | piration, advertiser please noti- | fy this office (Phone 374) at ’ once and same will be given attention. 1 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE| Count five average words to the line. Daily rate pex line for consecutive Insertions: One day ... Additional days . Ainimum charge Copy must be 1n the office by 2 p'clock in the afternoon to insure Iasertion on same day. We accept ads over telephone from persons listed in telephone directory. Phone 374—Ask for Ad-taker. FOR SALE P O A [ SRR FOR SALE—Entire furnishings of 5-room house; also 1936 Ford sedan, at sacrifice. Call Black 610 or at 512 Fifth St. 10c VERY FINE Guild Piano, reason- able the Alma, Rock Dump. FURNISHED three-room house; bargain. 945 West 10th St. FOR SALE—18-ft. Old Town Canoe. Inquire 540 Gold St. FOR SALE—Modern five-room fur- nished or unfurnished house. Oil heat. Phone 628. FOR SALE OR RENTPartly furnished house with garage. Phone 18 Douglas. POR SALE—U & I Lunch. Ownex quitting business. Write P.O. Box 0274 or phone 334. POR SALE—City Float Beer Parlor. Phone 541 after 4 p.m. MISCELLANEOUS PHONE Mrs. Bathe for all kinds of sewing. BUARANTEED Realistic Perma- nents, $450. Finger wave, 65c Lola’s Beauty Shop, telephone 201, 3156 Decker Way. Enuc your old gold into value cash or trade at Nuggst Shop. WA WANTED TO RENT—Cabin at Auk Bay. Reliable party. P.O. Box 1671. 1L WORK WANTED: Call at AF. of L. Hall, or phone 692 for general laborers, hod carriers, building laborers, etc. Local 1395. FOR RENT i-EOO’ >OM fur. ap! s0 3 Phone Blue 200. - BOAT STALL, by Douglas Bridge, $2 per month. Green 475. COZY, warm, furn, apts. Light w;m. dishes, cooking utensils and bath. Reasonsble st Seaview. also 3-room apt. Todav's News ‘1'odav.—Empire. FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) ‘GREASES, Foot of Main Street GAS = omLs Juneau Mofors FRANK HELLER BARBER ‘Temporarily loca‘ted at Robert Light’s Barber Shop NEXT TO ALASKAN HOTEL HAVE AN EXPERT Carpenter-Contractor build your house or remodel it. It will cost you less. Good mechanic. Phone 396 after 4 pm, for estimate. DALE LOST AND FOURD |LOST — Brown leather key case with keys. Reward. Return to Empire. LE)STI‘-OU Thm;sday night: Black umbrella with white stripe. Kindly return to Mrs, Dufresne. News lfems From Sitk SITKA, ALASKA, Feb. 23.—Spec- ial Correspondence)—Arthur Reed, accompanied by his son, Arvid and his brother, Rod, who have been en- gaged in contacting and general carpenter work here for the past year returned this week from a two months’ visit in Seattle, and plan to continue their work hbre indef- initely. Rapid progress being made in the construction of a residence for Mr. and Mrs. Ron Elliott, in the vicinity of the old Russian ceme- tery. ‘Mr. Elliott, who came here .|with his family a year ‘ago from Tenakee, is employed by the Con- way Dock Company. J. R. Maurstad of the Forest Service, who is in charge of the project of renovating the totem poles in Indian River Park, left on the North Coast for Ketchikan, planning to return here immed- iately. Tom Morgan and Harold Foss, Juneau business men, were business visitors here while the North Coast was in port Thursday. Mrs. G. L. Counter of Chichagof, has been the house guest for the past week at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Rhoades. The schooner :Pelican, owned by Charles Raatakainen, General Man- ager of the Pelican Cold Storage Company at Lisianski Inlet, with the owner aboard spent several days here this week while picking up sup- plies. Among those making the trip from the northern port were Mr. and Mrs. John Bahrt, Arthur Man-| tila, Paul Larsen and Henry Heino.! Reports were brought in that con- struction of the new cold storage plant is up to schedule and that the plant will be in full operation ttflsI summer. 3 The Sitka Girl Scout Council met last Friday at the home of Mrs.| Harry J. Hodgins. At this time plans were completed for the annual silver tea to be held March 21 at the lovely new home of Mrs. Jack Con- way, who is a member of the Coun-| cil. Mr. and Mrs. William Cook and daughter, Wilma Jean have moved from their apartment on the upper floor of the Cook residence to.a newly finished apartment:in an adjacent building. ~Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lee will ‘occupy the apart- ment vacated by the Cooks and Miss Elizabeth Stranahan and Miss Eunice Logan will make their home where the Lees formerly resided. Mr. and Mrs, William Smith en- (fertained with an informal recep- tion in' their apartment at the Kos- trometinoff residence on the evening a contemplated visit to his p:xrm'nsy in Skagway because of the n‘regulax'-: ’ity of transportation facilities. | Oscar Hanson, who was brought to the Pioneers’ Home Hospital| from Tenakee last week in a very serious condition, passed away at| the Home Sunday. Hanson was formerly engaged in CCC work here | and was well known in this vi-| cinity. | Leo Williams, son of Sergius Wil- | liams, who was forced to discontinue | his studies at the Sitka Territorial | High School because of ill health, is a passenger on the North Coast for Seattle where he will undergo treatment at the Marine Hospital. He plans to remain away for an indefinite period. Maude Wakefield, who has been visiting for the past five months with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Neill Ander- son and family, left on the North Coast for Ketchikan where she will| join her mother, Mrs. J. McLaugh-| lin. | Mrs. Mrs. Oscar Larson arrived in Sit- | ka Thursday from the States to join Mr. Larson, who is co-owner of the herring boat, Svete Ana, and to make her home here. Arthur Nyquist of Juneau was a passenger on the North Coast for Sitka this week and during his stay here will install a new refrigeration plant at the Sitka Mercantile Store. | 1—Mrs. Roosevelt and her so. with her at a picnie, first make The Shamrocks, a basketball team, formerly known as the A. N. B.{ team, defeated the Territorial High| School in a one-sided match, with | a score of 43 to 18, at the high| school gymnasium Saturday eve- | ning. In the second game of the| double-header program the City| Team was victorious over the team | of Squadron V.P. 17, U, S. Naval Air Force, from Japonski Island, 41 to 30. The local season will close with two games to be held this| Saturday. 1 CITY CONTRACTS " For-FLLNG OF | [ WHARF SECTION = v . s, e e ! worries as he tries to decide who shall sit where. Whes Femmer fo Carry Rock for & e s 11 Cents Per Yard : | for Council Lady for her approval. By SIGRID ARNE | AP Feature Service Writer | WASHINGTON — There is no head to a diner-table in Washing- ton’s inner social set. The important, diamond-studded spot is right at the middle of a long table. | Here is why. Suppose the head- Work on a rock fill at the corner | 'of Ferry Way and Shattuck Way ) between - the present roadway and jthe old Pacific Coast Coal ware- | house is to be started next week by GETTING 'kmpv FOR ROYALIY— King's Place at Dinner Is Fixed, Seating Others Is Big Problem seeretary, Mrs. Jane Helm, shown here By BILLIE DE BECK WAAL-- OF ALL T&' LOW-DOWN , DOUBLE -CROSSINY, SHIF'LESS, NO-'COUNT, MS'ABLE , BACK: BITIN' %NEN{\N‘ MUSHRATS - =+ LEG H MW W w w i is handed to Mrs. Helm who carries |1t like a platter of peary; to the state | dining room about two hours before |the dinner. Mrs. Roosevelt usually joins her, and together they see that the place-cards are in their right places according to the Tolley- state department diagram. There is a last check against mistakes. It is a seating-made-easy scheme for the guests. As each man uest takes off his coat he is handed —in a white envelope bearing thc President’s seal—a little white card on which is a map of the dinner table and the name of the lady he |is to take in. On the map are two small, pencilled crosses to show him | the approximate position of his | place at the table. | Then it is up to the gentleman to steer himself and his dinner part- ner to their seats with such non- | chalance that the others will think {he is a regular Thursday night ! eater-at-the-White-House. | RADIO, TRAVEL AND WRITING 1S VISITORS' FORTE Capping a career of traveling, "wme | Writing, and radio work, Mrs. Jean Lundell of New York, new arrival in Juneau, will spend a year in the | Territory gathering material for a | series of free lance articles on vari- ous subjects, A globe hopper of the first water, I Mrs. Lundell is highly enthusiastic about the scenery of the “inside pas- | sage.” And when it comes to this type of scenery she ought to know, be- ause as she says: “I went to school in Switzerland.” After branching into literary ef- | for Mrs. Lundell conducted a |series of interviews with such per- Esonages as Gertrude Stein, H. L. |Mencken, Paul Robeson and other inobables. over national radio hook- ups. Asked about the meaning of the famous line from the pen of the !cr_vpllc‘ Gertrude Stein, “a rose is | a rose is a rose is a rose,” she stated | that probably only the author could | interpret it. Previous to her radio work she |spent her time as a feature writer |on the Boston Traveler and the old New York World. Likes Juneau She likes Juneau because if re- minds her of London where for | many years she conducted a travel agency. “In climate,” she says, “the ~ | two places have a lot in common.” Coming here via a Luckenbach freighter around the Panama Can- i up the guest list. 3—To make sure that the ap- proved seating arrangement is followed, A. B. Tolley of the White House staff works out a precise cardboard diagram, naming each place. Each guest is directed according to that map. the President and Mrs. Roosevelt Phone 723————il15-2nd St THE ROYAL BEAUTY SALON “If your hair is not becaming to you—Y¥ou should be coming to us.” facing each other in the center of the horse-shoe with the ranking guests alongside. |al, she spent over 20 days on the trip, “and all for a price of $140, and a de luxe room at that.” Before such dinners get off to aj] Having crossed the ocean (oo start on the consomme there "usumany times to count, Mrs;ibandelt be enough book-keeping done to| g & Buzz Femmer who last night was awarded a City Council contract | to do the job at a price of 11 cents and-foot custom were in use Wheh}gut the Kingdom of Graustark out the King and Queen of England of the red. ha$ built up a favorite ship list; She says the huge larger craft such as the Queen Mary and Normandie are visit here next spring. At the White | House dinner that will be given for them the President would sit at the head with the Queen on his right. And where would. the King of England and Emperor of India be found? Why down: at the foot of the table on Mrs. Roosevelt's right. | And heaven forbid that a King be |sunk down among the salt-and- == SEpe— | peppers. 1 -8 | So Washington's social arbiters | ST0CKE QUOTATIONS | sy that a host and hostess should| el Nt i e et |81 fBCIDE! each other at the center | Z |of a long table: That puts the rank-' NEW YORK, Feb. 25. — Closing | ing guests (king-this or- p‘rlnce‘l,hat) . per yard. | It is estimated that about 700 | yards of rock will be needed to com- | plete the fill, which the City agreed to make as part of a bargain with | | the Alaska Dock and Storage Com- | i pany. The firm donated to the City | a strip of land which will be used to widen the street. B preceding Washington's Birthday. |g,,o1ation of - Alaska Juneau mine | tight in the middle of things. [ The affair honored Mrs, Doris Pet-‘ erson and Oscar Tilson, whose mar- riage will be an event of the near future. Mrs. William R. Hanlon was a passenger on the North Coast re- | turning to her home here after an absence of several months visiting with relatives in Juneau and the States. Mr. and Mrs. James Brightman |changed their residence this week from the home of Mr. Brightman's mother to the Tower Apartments. L. Cloudy, Ketchikan business {man, was a business visitor in Sitka this week. Pros Ganty and Walter Bacon re- |turned to Sitka Thursday from Ju- neau where they enjoyed a ten-day visit, Mr, Ganty was unable to make stock at today’s short session of the | And does that add an extra fillip | New York Stock Exchange is 9%, to the undercover: battle raging| American Can 92%, American Power | 2mong the social-ites! They are busy | and Light 3%, Anaconda 30, Bethle- | Wheedling, wangling and bluffing hem Steel 74%, Commonwealth and | {or invitations to the: dinner for the | Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright com- | Britishers, but in addition, they are mon 6%, Curtiss Wright A 26%, Jjockeying for positions up near the General Motors 49%, International r0ses in the-silver centerpiece. Half Harvester 60%, Kennecott 37%, New @ dozen letters come in each day York Central 19%, Northern Pacific | hinting that Mr. and Mrs. would be 11%, Southern Pacific 17!, United able to find time to attend a din- States Steel 63%, Pound $4.69 5-16. i‘fdr for George'ithe: Sixth and his ady. v DOW, JONES AVERAGES ‘ Horse-shoe Table Solves Puzzle The following' are today’s Dow, There is another ‘problem to Jones averages: Industrials 146.82, | seating dinner guests at the White rails 31.25, utilities 25.60. | House. Some 80 to 90 are invited > to each of the five official dinners ATTENTION MASONS given each season. That is too many There will be a Stated Communi- People to seat at one long table, and cation ‘of Mt: Jureau Liodge No, 147 | besides nobody can sit with his back ‘Monday evening; work in the F. C. to the t. S0 the White House | degree, By order of the W. M. | table is set up like a horse-shoe with | J: W. LEIVERS, |‘h" open end to the big fireplace in | Becrgtaq' the state dining room. That puts ady, | the guest list with the help of her | bassadors there. Who sits nearest corre First Mrs. Roosevelt makes uD"Luo large for comfort. “In the Nor- mandie two people sitting at oppo- social cretary, Mrs. James Helm, site ends of one of the large public a Navy widow who knows proce-|rooms practically need opera glasses dure. Then the list is sent to the|to see one another. It is nothing but State Department where H. C.'a mammoth floating hotel even to Spruks, the ceremonial officer, de-|the four elevators which convey pas- engers up and down who will sit next to whom. s a fine problem in social al-| floors.” gebra which goes this way | Her favorites are such boats as The President is the head of any the Aquitania and De Grasse, com- perty he attends. | paratively smaller and much = mere The Vice President comes next. |chummy. The others follow in this order:| After spending three weeks here Ambassadors, Supreme Court|Mrs. Lundell will proceed to Dawson Judges, Senators, Representatives,|and other points of interest through- and then the hei-poloi which may ' out the Yukon Territory and Alaska, be just-plain-rich-people, members | While here Mrs. Lundell is a guest of the press, and friends of the|at the Juneau Hotel. President, | Tt Worse Than Jig-Saw Puzzle . . But suppose Lhe:: a:-“ Lm:I i Wash"l“'on B'[flulay the President? Why, the Ambassa-| e dor who has been l!:ere“l)w T{m‘{; Ba" 'S Even' Tonlght That goes for all the other class) l r ¥ fications. But 1t takes a Philad lAt Elk H " BQI’ ) b lawyer to Ic:)kesitqun ”‘v:‘lheem S a Ioom phia the State Depariment finally gets the seating down in proper black-| Sponsored by the Business and and-white the guest list goes back | Professional Woman’s Club,- Wash~ to Mrs. Roosevelt. |ington’s Birthday Ball will. be an She sends it next to A. B. Tolley, event this evening at 10 o'clock of the White House staff, who|in the ‘Elk's Ballroom. works out a large, white card-| An annual social highlight, Lil- board diagram of the table. At|lian Uggen and her orchestra will each place he cuts a dittle slit, and |play for the occasion. into these' slits he fits a narrow| A large attendance is anticipated card bearing the name of a guesz,‘and a cordial invitation is extend- Like playing paper-dolls. ed to the general public. When a name card has been fitted R o7 5 T 1y_into each slit the diagram | Today's News Toasy.—Fmpire, [ Garhage Hauled | Reasonable Monthly Rates E. 0. DAVIS TELEPHONE 212 Phone 4753 Jones-Stevens Shop ‘ LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third P ! WHEN YOURE HUNGRIER! |/ WHEN YOUR APPETITE GENUINE BLACK DIAMOND SANITARY PIGGLY WIGGLY Sanitary Meat Co. FOR QUALITY MEATS AND POULTRY FREE DELIVERY Call Phones: 13 and 49 Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE The Juneau Laundry] FRANKLIN STREET between Frout and Second Streets PHONE 359 COAL Alaska Dock & Storage Co. TELEPHONE 412 [ ——————) HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat——Thone 38 HERMLE & THIBODEAU PETER PAN BEAUTY SHOP—Triangle Bldg. Telephone 221 Specialty on Permanents When 'in Need of Bodding Transfer MARINE PHONE BUILDING 707 Rock—Coal Hauling Stove—Fuel Oil Delivery Thomas Hardware Co. 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