Mead, Nebraska History

Keeping slim and trim is the campaign objective of three female clerical personnel convening daily in the Cafeteria to dine. They don't eat to pacify delicate feminine appetites or to "fill-up" - they just eat to keep slim and trim, so they say.

The only plank in their platform - which they support unanimously - is salads. All kinds of them.

"I eat'em," said Mildred Skillman, a natural redhead.

"Me, too," agreed Alma Jensen, a natural blonde.

"Salads are my choice," affirmed black-haired Wanda Rice.

Salads and statistics go hand in hand, according to the young women. If statistics lie, salads never do. Miss Skillman, weighs 112 lbs. and is 5 feet 4 inches; Mrs. Jensen, 126, 5 feet 6; and Mis Rice, 112, 5 feet 6 1/2. The "statistics," is may be added, are distributed adequately.

The young women aren't choosy about their salads. "I like them all," said Mis Rice, "especially combination."

Lettuce is my preference," said Miss Skillman.

Mrs. Jensen goes for a combination.

Campaign expenses on the Figure Ticket run about 50 cents a mela. Salads are supplemented with hot rolls (sans butter), iced tea, and occasionally, a sandwich. Pie, though tempting, gets no votes from the triumvirate.

And what do they think of women's suffrage?

Reply: "They should have stuck with salads!"

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