Isolated TMepaJ Nepal Porter* Carry 150-Pound Loads. Pr«pirell a tremen dous boom in government owner ship of electric power plants. Con gress is in a liberal mood with re spect to flood relief, but It Is also ready to go further in the direc tion President Roosevelt has always desired in bringing about publicly owned power systems. Even in the direct relief, which will of course be followed by vast works aimed at lessening the pro portions of such disasters, there is a notable advantage to “publicly owned’’ utilities. For Instance, con slder two electric plants, one pub licly owned, one privately owned, at nearby towns on the same river. It could be the Merrimac, or the Con necticut, or the Allegheny of any river hit in the recent floods. Money already allocated by the President is available for "replace ment” of the publicly owned plant. The stockholders of the privately owned plant must take their loss, unless they have flood Insurance. It is for the future that the de velopment is really important, how ever. There will be a wave of dam building, aimed at holding back future flood waters, and utilizing the water meantime for the gen eration of electricity In publicly owned power plants. These nat urnlly must sell their electricity somewhere—the Supreme court up held that in the TVA case even if it did not specifically mention flood control. But it did sny with great clarity that the government had the right to sell surplus power devel oped incidentally to some constitu tional project. So thnt actually all the 60 odd injunctions by the private utilities against PWA loans for power plants seem a great deal less important than they appeared to be a few weeks back. Flood Control The amount of money which will be spent on these flood control proj ects will stagger the Imagination, when added up, as for instance In a general flood control bill. Sena tor Francis G. Newlands, 25 years ago, was regarded as a nuisance because be talked about spending a couple of hundred million dollars for both flood control and reclama tion. Congress at this very session will seriously be considering spending several billion dollars for flood con trol alone, and without covering the entire country at that. One bill. Introduced by Senator Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania, and providing for flood control works In the Ohio basin about Pittsburgh, would appropriate more than fifty-five million dollars. This would cover the Allegheny, Wonon gahela, Juniata and one or two smaller streams. Copyright.—WJfO Sorrm Two Lovely Blouses For Your New Suit 1880-B Blouses have to go a long way toward giving the tailored and mhn nlah suits a sweet and feminine ap pearance. The model at the top Is a new lingerie blouse made of madonna blue crepe de chine and trimmed with tiny crystal buttons. Soft pull sleeves tightly banded and a fluffy bow at the throat contribute the feminine touches. At the bottom is a most attractive shirt blouse—It has a charming Peter Pan collar and buttoned panel for the waist closing—the model is made of batiste with either short sports or long bishop sleeves. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1850-B— both blouses—Is available In sizes 14, 10, 18, 20; 40 and 42. Cor responding bust measurements 82, 34, 30, 38, 40 and 42. The top blouse requires 1% yards of 35 or 31) Inch material for alze tfl (34), and blouse (B) requires l^i yard* or 2>,» yards with long sleeves, size Id (34), The Barbara Bell Pattern Book featuring Spring designs Is ready Send fifteen cents today for your copy. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept,, 3d7 \\ Ultima St., Chicago. 111. ® Bell Syndicate WNU Service. Play Just as Important to Well-Balanced Life as Work A vacation helps to balance our powera, to give ua a more symmetri cal development. It keeps as from becoming one sided. It Improves our Judgment, People who alternate work with play, who frequently get close to Na ture, preserve the sweetness of life; are sounder, saner; have more com mon sense Ilian those who never drop their work. l]