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Tht Banwtll People-Sentinel, Barnwell, S. C- Thursday, December 9, 1937 Scenes and Persons in the Current News Sew-Your-Own Joins Santa j ADVENTURERS’ CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI ‘The Babe in the Blazing House** Bj FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter TTELLO, EVERYBODY: • v A These adventures provide a cross-section of life, and if they didn’t show its grimmer side occasionally, they wouldn’t show a faithful picture. That’s why I chose for today a story I found unusually gripping because it dem onstrates so clearly how close we may be at any time to tragedy. Mary Aim Grob of New York City, who tells to day’s adventure, was only a child of nine when it happened, and this, for me, added particular poignancy to the tale. Imagine running back into a blazing house to rescue your eight months old baby brother only to find the smoke so dense you couldn’t see what you were doing. That’s what happened to -Mary. The time was the fall of 1921, around September, and at that time Mary’s father and mother and Mary’s three brothers lived in Thayer, a small mining town in the lower pari of West Virginia. Left in Care of the Children. Thayer is in a valley, situated between two large hills. To get out of the valley, Mary tells us, you had to ride on a sort of incline. It was a box-shaped affair, the car, let up and down the side of a hill by means of a cable. On this fateful morning Mary's mother and dad had to go to town, where mother was going to have her teeth fixed. Before she left she called Mary, who was the eldest child, aside and warned her to watch the three younger children, her brothers, while her parents were away. Mary had occasion later, as you will see, to recall that warning. Of the three John was the oldest brother, then came six-year-old Pete, and last of all little Eddie, who could show only a scant eight months. Mary had her hands full keeping them all out of mischief, and when night began to fall she began to glance nervously out the window, wondering why mother and dad didn’t come. The younger children grew 1—Nathan Straus, administrator of the United States housing authority, shown conferring with Mayor Flo* rello LaGuardU about plans to spur home building. 2—Mahatma Gandhi, sixty-eight-year-old Indian nationalist leader. Is greeted by followers as he arrives In Calcutta. 3—Capt. George Eyston of London shown after he set a new world’s speed record of S31.42 miles per hour in an automobile on the Bonneville Salt Flats near Salt Lake City, Utah. WINS recognition His Honor Weighed in the Balance Groped Her Way Through Smoke-Filled Halls. frightened with the approach of darkness, and. at their urging, not to mention her own uneasiness, Mary, finally bolted all the doors and win dows. To set the scene for this story it is necessary to explain that next to the house they had a little wash-house, where Mary’s dad used to wash when he came home from work. This afternoon the stove was lighted, but with the children locked inside the house there was no one to tend it or check the dampers. And so it came to pass that as the children sat huddled in the darkness, queer red shadows, ghostly and lengthening, began to dance on the walls of the children’s room. Alarmed, the children began to whimper, and at length, unable to stand the strain any longer. Mary went to the window and looked out to see what was causing the strange play of lights on the wall. Then she understood—the wash-house was on fire! Eddie, the Baby, Was Missing. Remember, this was no grown-up. This was a nine-year-old child with the care and responsibility of three younger brothers on her little shoulders. And now, as the fire spread to the main house, igniting the old, dry wood like tinder, the children fled from the blazing wall into the open air, Mary as scared as any. This will explain, perhaps, how it happened that on looking around, they discovered that eight-months-old Eddie was missing. Mary, who was frantic by this time, berated John for leaving the baby behind, as she had understood he had taken Eddie from his crib while she was looking after getting Pete out. But John protested that he had thought Mary was taking Eddie, and so hadn't bothered to go after him. Meanwhile, inside the burning house, little Eddie lay asleep in his crib. The thought of her beloved little brother in that blazing inferno was too much for Mary. With no sager heads to dissuade her, she rushed back inside the burning house, groped her way through dark, smoke- filled halls to the room where the baby lay asleep. By this time. ‘ Mary says, the smoke was getting so thick that she could hardly see. Reaching the bedroom she found herself in the center of a dense, rolling fog. choking her, blinding her so that she could not see her hand before her face. Heat seared her eyeballs, tore at her air-famished lungs. But the nine-year-old girl had made a promise—a promise to a mother who trusted her to care for the younger ones. Mary could hear her mother’s last words echoing in her ears as she groped her way to where she thought the crib should be. “Look after them while I’m gone. Mary. I’m trusting you.” Heroic Rescue by Mary. The flames were searing hot now, hot Mary had but one thought: She most get Eddie out. In the black pall she stum bled against something—“the crib”—she thought. Hurriedly she reached down, grabbed what she thought to be Eddie and al most delirious now with the desire to escape from those hungry flames she rushed out of the house into the open air. Outside, safe under the open sky again, she thought of the bundi. in her arms. In the smoke-suffused house, Mary says herself. “I did not know for sure whether I had him or not” Now, obsessed by a horrible premonition of possible disaster she dared not put into words, she forced herself to look down. When you contemplate how easy It would be for a nearly hysterical child of Mary’s age to mistake her precious burden in a fog of rolling smoke, you will understand how close is the line between happiness and tragedy. For had Mary’s eyes met, not what they did see, but some thing else, this story would not have the happy ending it now has. Yes, it was Eddie, crying for all he was worth. And was Mary glad? You answer that one. I’ll just go on to add that when Mary’s mother and dad got home all that was left of the house was the standing chimney. Copyright.—WNU Service. John Holmes, who started with Swift A Company as a messenger boy 31 years ago and became presi dent of the company recently. He aucceeded G. F. Swift, a son of the founder of the business, as execu tive head of an organization of 60,000 employees engaged in the dressing of live stock and nationwide distri bution of meat, poultry, eggs, Hat ter, cheese and by-products. Mr. Swift will continue active participa tion in the business as vice chair man of the board of directors. While a town crier stands by to announce the result, a police sergeant is shown weighing the new mayor of High Wycombe, England, A. J. Gibbs, in accordance with an ancient custom of the town. Trams Carry Fish Cargo 2-Week-Old Baby Boasts 2 Teeth Mercedes Angeli of San Francisco had two teeth when she was born and now that she’s two weeks old ”1 ShaD Not Pass This Way” The quotation, "I shall not pass this way again,” is called “Life” and is as follows: “I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” The author is unknbwn. General proof lies with Stephen Grellet as author, although it is not found in his writings. The same idea is found in “The SpecUtor," by Addison. Canon Jepson has positively claimed it for Emerson and it has been attributed to Edward Courte nay, due to the resemblance to the Earl’s epitaph Early Golf There is considerable evidence te support the theory that the game of golf originated in Holland as far back as 1300 A. D. Certain it is that "kolf” was played in Holland at the beginning of the Fifteenth century in the streets, church squares and church yards in the summer, and on the ice in the winter. This is definitely proved by old “Delft” tiles which flate back to that period and show “kolfers” dur ing the upswing and at the address of the ball Further evidence of the Dutch origin of the game is quite apparent in its nomenclature. Such words as “stymie,” “dormie," and “putt” can all be traced directly to the Dutch. An early morning scene at the Newhaven fish market in Edinburgh, Scotland, showing fish wives with their baskets of fresh fish, boarding a tram car to take them to the city. Meanwhile the passengers on the car sit unconcerned while the motorman aids his fares in loading the car. they’ve grown to quite some husky molars, as this picture shows. And she takes the dentists’ suggestions, too, with that big toothbrush. D ID you know. Milady, that Santa Claus and Sew-Your- Own have joined forces to make this the brightest, charmingest Christmas you’ve ever known? Yes, it’s a fact! And you who’ve tried so hard be good (and never a little naughty) are going to be rewarded to the full. Gifts by Sew-Your-Own from Santa Claus to you. Here’s what you may expect (but remember, “Do not open until Christmas”). Festive Fashion. You’re in line for personalized gifts this year, lucky lady, and what could be closer to your heart’s desire than a velvet house coat—nothing indeed (Sew-Your- Own knows every girl’s weak ness). So keep your Angers crossed and say a little prayer that December 25th will find you merry, cozy and beautiful in this festive young fashion. Darling and Practical. For Miss Keep-the-Home-Beau- tiful we’ve specially designed a pair of really different aprons. One is the kind to wear when ac tually doing kitchen chores, the other is a dressy model—so pret ty you will make a darling host ess. Sew-Your-Own sends these out in one package but Santa may split them up, so don’t feel slight ed, Miss K-T-H-B, if your stocking gives forth only one—either the tea time model or the all-around- the-clock style. For the Very Young. ^ If you’re a very young lady you may find Gift No. 1393 or Gift Set No. 1423 packed neatly in your stocking one fine morning soon. The former, a dress plus dainty shorts, will be a peachy combina tion to wear to parties when you want to be “dressed up swell.” The Temple Trio, a hat, scarf and muff set, was designed to put a little “Hollywood” in your Christ mas. It’s as bright and cheerful as you could wish for. Hope you’re the winner, little lady! The Patterns. Pattern 1210 is designed for sizes 14 to 20 (32 to 42 bust). Size 16 (full length) requires 5% yards of 39 inch material; in me dium length 5V4 yards. Pattern 1422 is designed for sizes Small (34-36), Medium (38- 40), and Large (42-44). Plain apron requires V/% yards of 35 inch material for medium size. The dressy style requires 1V4 yards of 39 inch material for medium size, plus 4 yards of ma chine ruffling for trimming, as pic tured. Pattern 1393 is designed for sizes 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 years. Size • requires 2% yards of 39 inch ma terial. Pattern Set 1423 is designed for sizes Small (18 in. head size), Me dium (20 in. head size), and lUtfge (21% in. head size). The ensemble, medium size, requires 1% yards of 54 inch materiaL Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020, 211 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IQ. Price of patterns, 15 cents (in coins) each. New Pattern Book. Send 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Fall and Winter Pattern Book. Make yourself attractive, practical and becoming clothes, selecting designs from the Bar bara Bell well-planned, easy-to- make patterns. e Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. Police Give John Barleycorn a Bad Day Cites. Easier, Quieter limlae Coleman »«i m i%«. 1 ron A gift that brings the joy of ^ iter, easier ironing in a third A time over old methods! Heats # Operates ^ Ask Me .Another % A General Quiz better, 1 itself. Easily regulated, with ordinary untreated gaeotine houror leaa. Glides over do the* with effort. Genuine instant lighting. 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