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« McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1936 m &jfc-£a Adventurers Club « » The Bridge That Wasn't There « By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter. W ELL, give a good look at this one, boys and girls, from Dr. Alex ander E. Strath-Gordon of East Orange, N. J. If you ever read this yarn he is going to tell you, in a novel, you wouldn’t believe it could happen. If your own brother told it to you, you’d tell him he was just plain gpofy. Doc Strath-Gordon thought he was cracked himself when he found out what had happened. And the people he told his story to thought Ae was crazy, too—for a while. But here are the simple facts, all checked||gid attested aud sworn to. You can’t get around the truth of the thing. Y^ti can’t say it was 9 dream, because a bridge is a big, heavy, solid object. If it’s there, it’s there, and if it ain’t, it ain’t. You can’t dream 4 it out of place and then back again. All of which leads up to Doc’s story. The date Is August, 1909, and the place Is—well—somewhere oh the foad between Seattle, Wash., and Duwamish Head on the other side of Elliot bay. Doc was practicing medicine in Seattle and he had received a hurry call from a patient in Duwamish Head. Patient’s Husband Thinks Doc Flew to Sick Room. He started out in his car, and you know what those 1909 vintage automo biles were like. To make makers worse, the dirt roads of the time were wet from a week’s steady rain. Parts of them were flooded. But a patient had called him, and even though he was twenty miles away, it was up to Doc to get to him if he possibly could. The night was pitch dark. The roads were unlifehted, and the flickering kerosene headlamps that rattled on the sides of Doc’s horse- , less carriage didn’t throw any light, on the road at all. There were two ways to get to Duwamish Head aiffcl Doc took the shorter. It took .him an hour and a half to cover that twenty miles, but when he got there, his patient’s husband said: "Good gosh, but you made that trip fast. How did you manage to get here so quickly?” Well, sir, Doc thought that was funny, but he didn’t say anything then. His patient was waiting, and he was needed in the sick room. He worked over her DUST Myrna Loy ! PS The Car Crossed Like an Acrobat on a Tight Rope. for half an hour until she was out of danger, and then he went out to assure her husband that everything was all right Doc Hears He Crossed Bridge That Was Out. He sat down for a few moments’ rest before starting on the return trip, and again his patient’s husband brought up the subject of the quickness with which he had arrived. M How the dickens did you come here, anyway, Doctor?” he asked. , *Did you fly?” "Why, I came by the Bay Side road, of course,” said Doc. The man looked at Doc sort of curiously. "You couldn’t have,” he said bluntly. "The bridge is out” Doc thought he was joking, and tried to laugh it off. But the man Insisted the bridge was being repaired—that the planking was all off and it was un- passable. He told Doc that the only available route to his house was the upper road, a 28-mile trip. He began to urge Doc to stay all night, and at last Doc saw he was serious. Then it occurred to Doc that the man must have gone insane, or become un nerved by his wife's illness. Daylight Reveals That Bridge Wasn’t There. Says Doc: “I decided to stay with him, partly to humor an overwrought man, and partly because I didn’t think it safe to leave his sick wife alone with one in such condition. I spent the night at his house, and in the morning he brought the subject up again at breakfast He said: ‘Now Doc, let’s both go ^own and look at that bridge before you go back to town.’ ” Tbere was something in that fellow's manner that reminded Doc of | a sane''man humoring a sick one. It occurred to him then that this bird thought he was the crazy, one. But he agreed to go down and look over*the bridge, which was only a mile away from the house. They i got into Doc’s car and drove the short distance down the road. They got in sight of the bridge, and then-— “Imagine my surprise—even horror,” says Doc, “when I saw that bridge in broad daylight All pat he had told me was true! There was nothing left of the bridge but the gaunt string pieces—two of them—running from one side of the river to the other. . ‘ Strath-Gordon Had Piloted Car Over Fingers of Death. “The planking—the rails—the superstructure, all had been taken away. And yet I had come across that bridge In the darkness of the night. I knew that I wasn’t crazy. And yet for a moment, I began, to think that I was losing my mind. "The string pieces were the answer. They were less than a foot wide, each, but they were separated by the same width as the wheels , of my automobile. I had driven across them in the dark, like an acrobat ; on a tight wire. My heart came Into my throat when I thought of what might have happened. All the local people knew that the bridge was impassable, so no warning that, having a surgeon’! , —. - . ... performed operations. Had I deviated an inch from the straight path over that bridge, I would have fallen into deep water—and I might not have attended my patient.” C—WNU Service. History of the Fan Is* as Old as Civilization Ever since the vestal virgins used fans to encourage sacrificial fires, wom en have prized these time-honored irav piements of coquetry, states a writer in the Kansas City Star. Cdfrld, ac cording to mythology, tore a wing from Zephyr’s shoulder when he was flirting with Psyche and presented it to her to prove he was the better man. “Helen of Troy," Euripides wrote, “knew when she suffered from summer heat how to cool her cheeks, fresh and velvety as a ripe peach, by the use^ 0 * a peacock’s tail arranged fan-wise. Queen Elizabeth loved fans and her subjects vied with one another In giv ing them to her. It Is said she had 27 in her wardrobe when she died. Shakespeare demanded a wing of paint ed butterfly to waft over the sleeping Titania. The history of the fan is as old as civilization. In the beginning It prob ably was a palm leaf of a bird wing used for winnowing grain, fanning fires or brushing flies. The first record of a fan. It is said, appears in the annals oi the Chow dynasty, 1052-1101 B. C. The emperor received as tribute two mag nificent tropical birds. The birds not surviving, the feathers were made Into fans. Ancient sculpture shows attend ants waving fans. Fans were first used by men, but women soon discovered their artistic possibilities and quickly appropriated them. When an emperor went to war two fans were nailed upright on his chariot as standards. The empress car ried a fan to dust the chariot wheel* lest her robes become soiled. ! STAR | ★ ★ it ★ 5 JVtovie • Radio ★ ★ ★ ★★★By VIRGINIA VALE★★★ T HERE’S nothing like keeping your business all in the fami ly ! Gene Markey wrote a scena rio, “By the Dawn’s Early Light,’’ (and can’t you see that title being shortened so that it will fit thea ter marquees?) and RKO has bought it for his wife, Joan Bennett, which is nice as he wrote it espe cially for her. Fred Stone will be the other star. It sounds pretty exciting. Stone will play an American consul stationed in China. Joan will be his daughter, and a revolution will furnish the drama. Joan is making a picture in England now, and is eager to get home and begin work in her hus band’s story. —k— * It rather startled everyone to have Myrna Loy and Arthur Hornblow get ting their romantic af fairs straightened out at last; there have been rumors of a mat rimonial nature about them for a long time. Hornblow and his wife, the lovely Juliet Crosby, had separated, but he had been op posed to a divorce. (Meanwhile Hollywood gossips were rushing about, saying that it was Just too dreadful that his wife wouldn’t divorce him so that he and Myrna could be married!) Eventually Mrs. Hornblow went to Reno, and after that It was plain sail ing. —k— Don’t refer to Buster Crabbe as Buster any more; he doesn’t like It He got the studio to let him be Larry Crabbe, but they Insisted on putting “Buster” in the middle, and now he’s known by all three names. He’e work ing in “The Arizona Raiders” for Par amount, with Marsha Hunt —k— Warner Brothers and Paul White-' man have Joined forces in an effort to discover talented children. Chil dren from all over the country will ap pear with Whiteman on his radio broadcasts each week, and be given tests at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio. Warner Brothers will also make a series of shorts, the casts to be com posed entirely of children. And of course any children who make the grade will be under contract to War ner Brothers. , • —k— While we’re on the subject of chil dren, the settlement of the squabble over little Freddie Bartholomew is good news. Apparently he didn’t want to leave hie beloved aunt, who had done so much to develop his talent and taken such good care of him, yet nat urally hit mother couldn’t be denied her rights. His aunt said recently that she was disturbed over the effect the whole thing had had on him; he forgot his lines when he was working, a thing he had never done before, and had told her that. If he was taken away from her, he’d run away and keep run ning away until he got back to her. —k— The Yacht Club Boys, whom you’ve heard on the air and seen on the screen, have been asked by both the Republican and Democratic national committees to write their campaign songs. Judging by some of the songs that the Y v acht Club Boys write for themselves, it seems to me that that re quest is a bit dangerous! Irene Dunne has been having a. grand time In New York. She and her husband were guests the other evening at a small dinner party at which the eldest son of the former king of . Spain was also present The Four Hundred of New York long since took the lovely Irene to its heart, but she is still the same sweet, unspoiled girl that she has always been. The prize for the most “regular” person in pictures certainly ought to go to her. —k— Mitchell Lelsen, Paramount director, could take bows if he wanted to over persuading the great Stokowski to break into the movies. The famous conductor will appear In “The Big Broadcast of 1937,” along with a couple of jazz bands—but not all playing at the same time! —-k— ODDS AND ENDS . You'll want to see Edward G. Robinson in “Bullets or Ballots"; this time he's against the gang sters instead of being one of them . . . Robert Taylor broke ihnvn the other day and confessed that his real name is Spang ler Arlington Brough . . . Merle Oberon and David Niven would like to get mar ried, but their contracts forbid it , Kay Francis wanted to take a vacation in the Far East, but she has to slay home and make another piclure,“Mistress of Fashion" . . . W. C. Fields is improving in health and will be ready to make another picture soon ... An independent movie producer is trying to get Emperor Haile Selassie to come to Hollywood and make a pic ture ... In Australia the censors cut out the burial sequence of “The Trail’of the Lonesome l*ine , '*--and mangled the plot. 8) WealM-n Nawapayar Umoo. Irene Dunne Smart Silks for Spectator Sports By CHERIE NICHOLAS TEA TOWELS BRING GAYETY TO KITCHEN PATTERN 5547 :• '.v.-x ■ wv ys.y,;. w. w.-.-. I F THERE Is one pla<fe more than another that daytime fashions show off in a panorama of sur|assing style interest, it is at the race^ The influ ence of the French race^ and Ascot was very evident at the openings of our own American tracks ids season. Although there were no traling skirts there were the reminiscent (Brtwheels, the tiny elaborate “doll” hits which smart Parisiennes love so veil with flower, vegetable and bird trimming— millinery fantasies such as a$ almost amusing in their eccentriciles, yet quite worthwhile in that they kfe add ing such zest to the current mode. Silk taffeta frocks and suits \qre nu merous and set the pace for a) inter esting style movement. Skirts lynches from the ground, any number ofshort- sleeved dresses and -jackets wifi uni versally square shoulders were, like wise interpretative of new fqdiion trends. Typical of the choices of many ve.l- dressed women was the very 4ort black silk crepe suit with a ftted jacket that is worn with an enornous black feather-trimmed cartwheel nft. A huge ufhite kid water lily at te shoulder gave a dramatic touch. Mufc is being said In fashion circles in r^ gard to water lily colorings and wate, lily boutonnieres and corsages. As t£ suits of this type the fashion parade includes them in dark silk failles, in faconne silk taffeta, and of course, the gay printed silk suits are that ubiq uitous they are taken for granted. As to the newer silk prints there Is a marked tendency to select tiny neat patternings for daytime wear. Made up in trimly tailored frocks with short sleeves and matching jackets, you have the costume-ideal for going about town No “afternoons off” for this col ored Mammy, for she must “wash the cups and saucers up, and put the clothes away.” But you can take an afternoon off and embroider your self a set of tea towels with these amusing Mammies, for the work goes very quickly, It’s cross stitch, out line, running and single stitch. Her gay bandana and checkerboard apron suggest themselves for the brightest floss you can find. A set’s nice to do nate when Fair time comes around. In pattern 5547 yoti will find a transfer pattern of seven motifs—one for each day of the week—averaging 6 by 8 inches; material requirements and color suggestions; illustrations of all stitches needed. Send 15 cents in coins or stamps (coins preferred) to The Sewing Cir cle, Household Arts Dept, 259 West Fourteenth St, New York, N. Y. Write plainly pattern number, your name and address. K : >V anu RNiJ^e,practical hours of general activities. Now that summer Is near ing the trend toward cool silk sheers, both plain and print are obvious. To glorify these intriguing prints one must be^ccess^y-mlndeJ to a high degree. wJFh is not at all difficult since the- jwiops are filled to overflowing with the most fascinating neckwear, gloves, bou quets, belts, footwear and handbags that genius might devise. i Some of the smartest women are en dorsing tunics over slim skirt founda tions. Se^ the tunic model to the left in the picture. Schiaparelli’s new ging ham silk taffeta is the fabric chosen for this tunic. It Is worn with a red leather belt over a black silk crepe skirt Seen at the Belmont race track was the jacket dress centered in the illus tration. It is styled of dotted silk crepe, white on gray (a very important color is gray this season). Fitted Jack et, square shoulders with big sleeves, and a ruffled jabot on the dress are details that interpret high swank. The bag is white calf, the hat a black straw pillbo with red and chartreuse flowers. The contrast Jacket Is a pet project with fashion these days. Note to the right in the illustration the stunning model. Here a black sheer silk dress s topped by a short swagger jacket of rhite silk crash emblazoned with coin ots In jockey colors—maroon and iue. The hat Is of white silk crash *th extreme eye-shading brim which iflnspired by a jockey’s cap. ' - © Western Newspaper Union. «: PE-KO EDGE JAR RINGS KEEP ALL THE FLA- VOR WHERE IT BELONGS..., LOCKED UP RIGHT IN THE PRESERVES. 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A Camisolefend Petticoats Shou] Be in Vacation Bag Every yo\g woman’s bag packed for vacation^ summer will carry its supply of daty camisoles and rustling petticoats. Te favored ones are lace- trimmed. The nm { SO ies are made with shoulder pointfront and back, and are l a < Mi Mufti m ACL DRUGGISTS 30c 40c 65c Bottles REMOVES SPOTS omI SOIL from CLOTHES Typical Difference Leave ten men to describe “a typ ical American” and there would be ten wholly different descriptions. THIRSTY? edged with Many have shoulder The linen suit In natural or pure white is an important number on the style program for summer. The accent on suits has been most pronounced all spring and now enthusiasm for suits is continuing for summer—suits of linen particularly that are cool and comfortable as temperature rises. The classic white suit here pictured is of linen of superfine grade imported from Moygashel, Ireland. 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