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Venus De Milo Wouldn't Lasl in 'Miss America' Test New York (U.R) If Veftus De Milo were to come to life, grow arms, modernize her hair style and enter the "Miss Am erica" contest, there is no ques tion that she would be among the first eliminated, according to a couple of beauty experts. They said she would be too small-busted, thick-waisted and heavy-hipped for the "modern look." They disagreed, however, on standards for the ideal form. Artist Russell Patterson and beauty expert Lillian Hunar, panel members of a forthcoming United Artists' (Miss Exquisite Form) beauty contest, agreed that modern taste has come around from the flat "flapper" type to Mae West, to the flat Garbo type and roundabout again to Jane Russell and Mar ilyn Monroe. Differ on Perfect Shape They differed, however, on what constitutes the perfect shape for the contest which at tracted 197,000 applicants from 184 cities and whittled down to 26 finalists. Patterson, who has been pick ing "Miss America," "Mrs. Am erica," "Miss Universe" and oth ers for more than 30 years, said. "I go back to Ziegfield and forward with Goldwyn. Most important are long legs. And after that, perfect dimensions 36-inch bust, 24-inch waist and 36-inch hips. Height, five feet seven, weight . around 125 pounds. Miss Hunar, however, oper ates on the theory that there is no perfect set of statistics, and added:, "If she's five-seven and deli cately-boned, she can be exquis ite with a 34-23-34 figure and weight only 115. If she's big boned, she can measure 38-25-38 and weigh as much as 135. "A girl can be perfect whether she's a six-footer or only five feet tall. What counts is not how much there is, but what propor tion it comes in." The Family Council Editor's note: The Family Council consist! or a Judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers Each article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors. Douglas J. I want privacy in my home. Helen J. He's jealous of my interest in anyone but him. Douglas J. My wife is a reg ular Mrs. Fix-It and she sure is getting on my nerves. We have two young children and you'd think that would be enough to keep her busy but evidently it isn't. If there's a problem anywhere within sight of her binoculars, she's sure to get involved in it. Helen has arranged no end of marriages and our home is filled nearly every evening with var ious stray individuals who seem to think we are running an of fical matromonial agency. I can't get Helen on the telephone during the day because she is always tied up with someone pouring out troubles to her. The worst of it is, Helen real ly broods over these problems. Half the time I can't get her to listen to me because she is so Coin Machine Men Surrender To Jury Portland U.R) Three mem bers of the Coin Machine Men of Oregon surrendered Monday to Multnomah county grand jury Indictments charging them with conspiring to force businesses to use only certain coin machines. The indictments, last of 11 re turned by the grand jury last week, charge Stanley Terry, Lou Dunis and William Goebel, and the Coin Machine corporation, with conspiracy to commit the felony of extortion. Research Attacks 'Stroke' as Killer Washington (U.R) The Public Health Service has open ed a cooperative research attack against the nation's third-ranking medical killer, the "stroke." Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney said Monday night 10 medical resarch centers have joined in the drive and 35 or 40 more ultimately will take part. Public Health officials .. esti mate that as many as 1,800,000 living Americans have suffered strokes at one time or another. Some 175,000 persons die of strokes each year, they said, Aga Khan Said In Failing Health Nice, France (U.R) The 80-year-old Aga Khan, one of the world's richest men and spirit ual ruler of 10 million Moslems, was reported today to be in fail ing health. Attendants at the Khan's pal atial hillside villa near this Riv iera playgrounds said they were "greatly disturbed" "by the slow deterioration of his physical con dition. "He is growing weaker from day to day," members of h is household said. They said there had been no recent "crisis" in the portly rul er's health. A stubborn fever due to chron ic bronchitis lingers on, they said, and continues to weaken him. preoccupied with mulling over somebody else's troubles. I want some privacy in our home and my wife's attention. Helen J. Douglas forgets that if it weren't for somebody just like me we would never have met. A middl-aged woman, who was warm and friendly and thoughtful and took other peo ple's problems to heart, intro duced us to one another. I get a tremendous kick out of helping other people. It is not just a question of running a matimonial agency, as Douglas says. I have helped people in other ways too. After a while, people get to depend on you and you can't just ignore them when they come running to you with their problems. Douglas acts like a spoiled child jealous of my interest in anyone but him. He has said he wouldn't care if we had no friends at all. I can't live that way. I think sharing things with others is what makes life worth while. We have found a lot of happiness toge ther. Why shouldn't we try to spread it? The Council: Helen has be come so engrossed with the pro blems of others that she fails to to see the problem under her own nose. If Douglas were not her husband and came to hef with his problems, having no privacy in his home and an in attentive wife, she would sure ly give him lots of sympathy and would mull the whole thing over until she found a solution. Helen should do just that look at Douglas' problem as if it were somebody else's. She'll probably come to the conclusion that Douglas has been given rather shoddy treatment and that a woman's first "do good" re sponsibility rests within her own family. She would want to have a good talk with that wife of Douglas' and tell her she'd better .tend the home fires before Doug las goes elsewhere for warmth. Helen compares herself to the middle-aged woman who intro duced her to Douglas, but there was undoubtedly a great differ ence in their situation. The middle-aged woman probably had time on her hands and was looking for activities to fill in a gap. The fact that people have come to "depend" on her is another indication Helen has gone much too far in her do-goodism. There is a difference between arrang ing social affairs at which every one, including a husband, can have good times, and accumulat ing individuals with a neurotic need to lean on others. (Copyright 1957, " General Features Corp.) ' mmmmau,nm in T iinirwnfatir m in irM RUNAWAY THWARTED Cheryl Christina Crane (cen ter), 13, is escorted from Los Angeles police station by her actress-mother, Lana Turner, and father, Stephen Crane, after she was thwarted in a runaway attempt by an .alert man who drove her to the police station under the guise of finding her hotel room. Crane said his daughter ran away because she didn't want to return .to the private school she attended. Women's Clubs Meet To Discuss Library Cave Junction Representa tives of the Illinois Valley Gard en club and the Federated Wom en's club met with the county library board Friday to present suggestions for a library and community auditorium in the Illinois Valley. The two local clubs have pledged a site for the new struc ture, together with $10,000 to ward its construction. They will Tranquilizing Drugs To Be Used on Sharks Ithaca, N.Y. U.R) A Cornell University zoologist announced he will use tranquilizing and other drugs on sharks in his research on shark mating habits. Prof. Perry W. Gilbert said he will use the drugs to calm the animals after they are hook ed, as well as in operations to remove their pituitary glands. - Gilbert claims that informa tion on shark . reproduction is "superficial, fragmentary and conflicting." Wednesday, April 3, 1937 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE House Passes Bill For Driver Training Salem U.PJ The House Tues day passed 47-10 a bill per mitting establishment of driver training programs in all high schools, public and private. Rep. Norman Howard, Port-' the program. land Democrat, said the program would be financed by adding $1 to the cost of drivers licenses which are renewed every two years. This, Howard said, would raise $491,000 a year to finance Ha. La.aders Dl)mol Dom,tic Shirts Best? sl i-auniry ask the county court for aid In building a library in conjunction with the auditorium. The meeting was held in the Grants Pass library auditorium, which was built under a similar arrangement between the county court and the Grants Pass Fed erated Women's club. Tontafivo eUa fni" iha anrlitn- num is on a diuii overiooKing the Illinois- river, across from the George Simmons home in Cave Junction. W. H. CONRAD CO., Inc. 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