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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1937
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Tea Towels Done
In Cross Stitch
Better than a picnic is the fun
you’ll have embroidering tea tow
els with these gayer than gay mo
tifs—luscious cross stitched fruits
and homey everyday kitchenware.
Do the dishes in outline stitch or
applique as you choose. The patch
is a simple one to handle and adds
a splash of color. In pattern 5891
you will find a transfer pattern of
six motifs averaging 5^4 by 6Vi
inches; material requirements;
color suggestions; illustrations of
all stitches used.
To obtain this pattern send 15
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept., 259 W.
Fourteenth St., New York, N. Y.
Please write plainly your name,
address and pattern number.
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our country less, but more, be
cause we have laid up in our
minds the knowledge of other
lands and other institutions, and
other races, and have enkindled
afresh within us the instinct of a
common humanity, and of the uni
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“Storm on the North Sea’*
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter
H ello everybody:
Put on your oil skins, boys and girls, and come aboard.
We’re off to sea in bad weather with Henry S. Cowden of Chicago,
with the lee shore of adventure off to starboard, and a heavy gale
blowing us right smack into it.
In the spring of 1896 Hank Cowden was second mate on the four-
masted bark Stanley of Liverpool, homeward bound from Calcutta, In
dia, with a cargo of jute and cotton for Hamburg, Germany. It was the
twenty-sixth of March, and the Stanley had passed through the English
channel and the Straits of Dover and was plowing along through the
North sea.
It was the morning watch, and Hank was at the wheel. A
heavy mist hung over the sea, and the captain was standing at
Hank’s side gazing anxiously to starboard. To Hank, he said:
“We must be near land, mister, even though we can’t see it in
this fog. Keep a good lookout and see that the lead is used every
ten minutes. If any squalls make up in the north, call me at
once. I’m going down to breakfast.”
The captain was gone, and Hank was alone at the wheel. .A squall
did come up—but it came up so suddenly that Hank didn’t even have
time to warn the captain. It caught the ship under full sail. It tore the
royals and topgallants to ribbons and blew the Stanley off its course.
With the change in the wind, the fog began to lift. The captain came on
deck and ordered Hank aloft to look for land.
Ship Ran Aground in the Breakers.
Hank got as far as the fore cross trees. There he could see over the
fog, and he didn’t have to go any farther. To starboard were breakers,
and the ship was almost into them!
Hank knew then and there that the ship was doomed. A
strong wind was blowing them straight into those breakers and
there was no sea room to make a getaway.
By this time the wind had risen to a gale and coils of halliards and
braces were being washed through the ports or over the side. At
nine o’clock the ship ran aground with a shock that sounded like the re«
He Was Hauled Aboard When the Boat Capsized.
port of a big gun. It threw the men flat on the deck and seas began break
ing over the ship, carrying away two boats, the fo’csle and galley, and
everything movable on deck.
Water began pouring into the hold. In an hour, the fore topmast
carried away and fell aft. The Stanley was rapidly breaking to pieces.
“We carried a crew of thirty-three,” says Hank, “and the captain’s
wife and two-year-old son were aboard. We had two remaining boats,
but there was no use trying to launch them then. No boat could live in
that sea. We were grounded off Texel island, and we were all hoping
that the lighthouse, located there, would sight us and send help. But
personally, I did not think the ship would hold together long.”
All day long the seas battered the ship. The water in the hold was
making the cotton and jute bales swell and the decks were bulging.
Toward night they tried to launch a boat. Hank and three other seameo
were in it when the seas began washing over it.
Three Drowned but Hank Was Saved.
Hank caught a rope and was hauled aboard when the boat capsized.
The other three men were drowned.
All this time, the gale was increasing in fury. Now the chart
house was gone and the seas were pouring into the cabin. The
last remaining lifeboat was smashed. The crew took to the rig
ging, and the captain’s wife climbed tc the cross trees like a
sailor while the captain brought the baby, wrapped in a shawl.
The fog had lifted, and they could see the lighthouse on Texel Island,
Dut there was no sign of help in sight. “With darkness coming on,” says
Hank, “I was sure our number was up. Night fell, and still we were
marooned in the rigging. But at midnight, the wind abated consid
erably. The first mate, Mr. Steeves, and I, went down into the place,
where the cabins used to be and brought out a watertight case of dis
tress rockets.”
Those rockets saved the day. They set off three in rapid succession,
and a few moments later they saw a great blue flare go up in the sky in
the vicinity of the lighthouse—a signal that their rockets had been seen.
But could help reach them? They didn’t know.
Morning came. Still the sea was empty and there was no
relief in sight. But at eight o’clock they sighted a sail and in half
an hour a lifeboat from Texel island was hailing them. A line
was thrown aboard, and sixteen people including the captain’s
wife and baby, were taken aboard.
Sixteen was all the boat would hold. In about an hour a ship’s boat
from the steamer Hercules of Amsterdam, arrived and took off the rest
of the crew, including Hank.
Hank was the last man to jump off the ill-fated Stanley. The boat
carried them through rough seas to the Hercules, and the Hercules landed
them in Nieu Diep, Holland.
There Hank learned that the Stanley had not been the only unlucky
ship in that night’s storm. Five hundred fishermen had lost their lives
in it.
©—WNU Service.
Indian Elephant Can Do
Work of Forty Coolies
A description of the Indian ele
phant at work says: “A log that
forty coolies can scarcely move, the
elephant will quietly lift upon his
tusks and, holding it there with his
trunk, will carry it to whatever part
of the yard he may be directed by
his driver. He will also, using trunk,
feet and tusks, pile the huge tim
bers with the utmost precision. It
is surprising to see the sagacious
animal select and pick out particu
lar timbers from the center of a
large heap at the driver’s command.
The elephants are directed by spok
en orders, pressure of the driver’s
feet, and the goad. Sometimes an
animal will break his tusks from
being forced by an ignorant or brut
al driver to carry an excessive
load, but generally he knows his
own strength and refuses to lift
more than his tusks will bear.
Should these break off close to the
head the elephant would die; if only
cracked they are bound with iron
and rendered as serviceable as be
fore.”
Knowledge of the elephant is in
creasing yearly, says a writer in
the Chicago Tribune. Certainly the
world knows him far better than it
did a few hundred years ago when
Shakespeare, accepting the common
belief that an elephant cannot lie
down, wrote of him in “Troilus and
Cressida” (act II., scene 3): “The
elephant hath joints, but none for
courtesy; his legs are for necessity,
not for flexure.”
Lettuce Used Through Ages
Vitamins may belong to the Twen
tieth century, but lettuce has been
used for food through the ages.
Herodotus says lettuce was eaten
as a salad in 550 B. C. In Pliny’s
time it was cultivated and even
blanched so the Romans could have
it throughout the seasons. Later
history, in the form of privy-purse
expenses of Henry VIII, records a
reward given a certain gardener
for bringing “lettuze” to the court
GOOD TASTE
World’s Foremost Authority
on Etiquette
© Emily Post.
Unexpected Visitors
Must Take a Chance
r) EAR Mrs. Post: My husband
^ and I were planning to go with
another couple to a big dance in
town when the day before out of
town relatives just arrived without
any notice at all. We tried to per
suade them to go to the dance with
us but they said they did not care
for dancing and also they had not
come prepared with evening clothes.
We even tried to supply the clothes,
but no, they would not go. We felt
that we should go since we had
promised our friends. We explained
the situation and they seemed very
sincere in wanting ns to go without
them. They stayed home with the
radio and the dog. Next day they
acted hurt and before leaving re
marked that they were glad' their
visit had not interfered with our
pleasure. I certainly feel that they
have branded me as a discourteous
hostess and can’t help wondering
whether I was wrong.
Answer: A question like this is so
hard to answer because if I say you
were perfectly right in going out,
the chances are that some of my
readers would feel about it as your
guests apparently did. And yet the
real fault was that of your guests
who came without asking you if it
would be convenient to have them.
And this is a thing which in my
opinion no one should take for
granted—not even a nearest relative,
unless she knows there is plenty of
room and also that her hostess will
feel free to do just as you did.
* • •
ABC’s in Manners:
Invitations and Greetings
T S THE tissue paper left in com-
1 mencement announcements or
invitations when they are mailed?
And why your answer?
Answer: It is correct to remove
the tissue paper before mailing the
announcements or invitations. But
if you think the ink has not dried
sufficiently to prevent the clean page
from getting smudged, then this is a
sensible enough reason for leaving
it.
• • •
Use Double Sheets.
F") EAR Mrs. Post: I have always
^ been under the impression that
correct writing paper for a man was
cut in single sheets, but recently
you suggested to a reader that in
his particular case the paper should
be double. Has the style in men’s
writing paper changed or is it that
I have been under a wrong impres
sion?
Answer: I am sorry but I am
afraid you have been under the
wrong impression. Social paper, or
at least that which can be used for
formal occasions such as notes of
invitation, answers to invitations,
etc., should never be on a single
fold paper. Of course when file cop
ies need be made of personal let
ters then they as well as long busi
ness letters are necessarily written
on single paper of typewriting size.
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Junior Bridesmaid
fVEAR Mrs. Post: I have a sister
only eleven years old, but big
tor her age. She is my only sister
and at an age that seems to make
it impossible to include her in my
wedding party either as a flower
girl or as a bridesmaid, and yet I
know the poor child will be heart
broken if you can’t find some place
for her.
Answer: Make her a junior brides
maid. That means that she wears
a dress as nearly as possible like
those worn by the bridesmaids, but
modified to suit her age. If you
have a maid of honor, your sister
should follow the ushers either walk
ing alone or else walking with an
other junior bridesmaid. If she
walks immediately before you, this
would make her your maid of hon
or, which she can perfectly well
be if you have not already invited
your best friend.
* • *
Deaths in Business
D EAR Mrs. Post: At various
times our company receives
notices of the death of people who
are connected with business firms
with which we do business. We don’t
know whether we should make any
acknowledgment of this announce
ment or not, and if so, what.
Answer: This is probably only in
tended as a notification so that you
will no longer address business let
ters to this name, and no acknowl
edgment is necessary. On the other
hand, if you happen to know some
one in the company whom you feel
will be really upset by the loss of
this associate, it would be kind to
write to him.
• • •
Drinking Your Bouillon
D EAR Mrs. Post: Is it proper to
pick up the wide bouillon cups
and drink from them? They seem
almost too large, but my husband
insists that their handles are not
only intended for ornamentation.
Answer: Your husband is quite
right. Moreover, you use both han
dles, one held in each hand.
WNU Service.
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★ ★
★★★By VIRGINIA VALE★★★
N ANNIVERSARY celebra
tion that meant much to
motion-picture and radio folk,
took place a short time ago at
Loew’s State, one of the few re
maining vaudeville houses in
New York. On its sixteenth
birthday, players who got their
start or revived their careers
there sent telegrams and en
couraged the manager to keep
vaudeville alive.
Among the many famous names
who graduated from this theater are
the radio pets Ed
gar Bergen and
Charlie McCarthy,
Martha Raye,
James Cagney,
Walter Huston who
played a dramatic
sketch fifteen years
ago, and Joe E.
Brown, who was one
of a team of acro
bats who called
themselves artists.
Screen stars too
numerous to men
tion have played personal appear
ances there, and it was during an
engagement of Buddy Rogers and
his band that his romance with
Mary Pickford first became widely
known.
—*K—
Tex Ritter’s musical Westerns
made for Grand National are be
coming so popular he is looming
up as a real rival for Gene Autrey,
who is currently the screen’s num
ber one attraction. No drug store
cowboy is Tex Ritter—he really
comes from Texas, and every so
often he bolts from his stage,
screen, and radio successes to go
back to ranching. The first time he
was lured away from ranching, it
was for a role in “Green Grow the
Lilacs,” the Theater guild play
which also launched a young actor
by the name of Franchot Tone. The
next time he came East to appear
at the Madison Square rodeo, the
radio moguls grabbed him.
Gordon Miller, who threatens to
become a matinee idol, reached pic
tures by the hitch-hike route. He is
slated for the very important role
opposite Deanna Durbin in her next
picture, “Mad About Music.” He
hitch-hiked from his home in Flint,
Michigan, to New Orleans, where
he went to the Plantation night club
and offered to sing for his supper.
He sang himself into a steady job.
Universal picture’s talent scouts
heard him and signed him up.
The same men who picked Tyrone
Power and Don Ameche out of ob
scurity and guided them to film
fame think that they have a new
matinee idol in the person of Dick
Baldwin, whom you will see in the
Ritz Brothers’ new picture, “Life Be
gins at College.” Baldwin was just
about to leave Hollywood, discour
aged over his failure to get parts,
when he was called to the Twen
tieth Century-Fox studios for a test.
A day later he was given a contract.
Joe E. Brown
Eleanor Holm Jarrott, the beau
tiful swimming star, who has been
thrilling the customers at the Great
Lakes Exposition since early sum
mer, is going to be Tarzan’s mate in
motion pictures this winter. She will
play opposite Glen Morris, world
decathlon champion. Eleanor was v
in pictures for a short time two
years ago.
her closest friends when she got or
a boat headed foi
the Panama canal
and the Pacific coasl
instead of one going
to London where
Robert Taylor is,
She said she has nc
idea when she and
Bob will meet again,
It has been raining
so continuously ir
England that out
door scenes of his
picture have beer
delayed and his al-
most-daily cablegrams sound pretty
blue over the prospect of a long ab
sence from Hollywood. She won’t go
over to see him, though, partly be
cause she is all signed up to make
a lot of pictures in Hollywood.
Barbara
Stanwyck
ODDS AND ENDS—May Robson, who
is playing Aunt Polly in "The Adven
tures of Tom Sawyer" celebrated her
fifty-fourth anniversary as an ad tress re
cently at the David Selznick studios . . .
Red Skelton made such a knockout test
for R. K. O. that he has been given the
role intended for Milton Berle in "Hav
ing a Wonderful Time" . . . Douglas
Fairbanks, Jr., was summoned back from
London via telephone to play opposite
Katherine Hepburn in "Bringing Up
Baby" . . . If Hollywood moguls really
want to lure Irene Rich away from radio
and back to the screen, she says that they
will let her play a giddy siren. She wont
play any more neglected wives ... So
strenuous is the dance that Eleanore
Whitney will do in Paramount's "Thrill
of a Lifetime," doctors have prescribed a
six-week health routine that includes five
meals a day and ten hours’ sleep a night
as preparation.
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Sentinels
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Nature designed the kidneys to do a
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flowing blood stream free of an excess of
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mstter the kidneys must remove from
the blood if good health is to endure.
When the kidneys fail to function as
Nature intended, there is retention of
waste that may cause body-wide dis
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persistent headache, attacks of dizziness,
getting up nights, swelling, puffinesa
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