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POWER OF ATTORNEY
TO SIGN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The undersigned, Directors of Advantus Horizon Fund, Inc., Advantus
Spectrum Fund, Inc., Advantus Mortgage Securities Fund, Inc., Advantus Money
Market Fund, Inc., Advantus Bond Fund, Inc., Advantus Cornerstone Fund, Inc.,
Advantus Enterprise Fund, Inc., Advantus International Balanced Fund, Inc.,
Advantus Venture Fund, Inc., Advantus Index 500 Fund, Inc., Advantus Real
Estate Securities Fund, Inc., MIMLIC Cash Fund, Inc., and Advantus Series
Fund, Inc. (the "Funds"), appoint William N. Westhoff, Eric J. Bentley,
Donald F. Gruber and Michael J. Radmer, and each of them individually, as
attorney-in-fact for the purpose of signing in their names and on their
behalf as Directors of the Funds and filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission Registration Statements on Form N-1A, or any amendments thereto,
for the purpose of registering shares of Common Stock of the Funds for sale
by the Funds and to register the Funds under the Investment Company Act of
1940.
Dated: October 22, 1998 /s/Charles E. Arner
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Charles E. Arner
/s/Ellen S. Berscheid
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Ellen S. Berscheid
/s/Ralph D. Ebbott
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Ralph D. Ebbott
/s/Frederick P. Feuerherm
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Frederick P. Feuerherm
/s/William N. Westhoff
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William N. Westhoff
