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S ONJA HENIE is the most
honored young woman in
motion pictures these days.
Recently she went to Washing
ton to receive the cross of
Knighthood of the Order of St.
Olav, conferred by the Nor
wegian government through
their minister to Washington.
A few days later her ice ballet,
the same one you will see in her
film “Happy Landing,” played a
benefit at Madison Square Garden
in New York City sponsored by an
impressive array of Carnegies, As-
tors, and Rockefellers.
Beneficiary of the occasion was
the Children’s Village which lends
a helping hand to New York’s prob-
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lem children, and thanks to Sonja a
staggering number of thousands
of dollars was raised.
Sonja expresses her gratitude for
all these honors in neat little
phrases, but she doesn’t get the
least bit cocky about it. She seems
as completely unspoiled, as com
pletely oblivious to her unique posi
tion in the entertainment world as
Shirley Temple does.
Grade Allen, long radio’s queen of
nonsense, is at last to get the rec
ognition she deserves from Para
mount pictures. They are having
the author of Philo Vance murder
mysteries write “The Grade Allen
Murder Mystery.” She will be the
star, and no less a celebrity than
John Barrymore will portray Philo
Vance.
When Jack Benny first started
talking about that rattletrap old car
on his radio program, it was just
the figment of a script writer’s
imagination. By the time radio au
diences developed a hilarious at
tachment for his wheezy old motor,
Jack began to wish that he really
had one, so he and Mary Living
stone made the rounds of used-car
lots and found just the car of their
dreams. It is a 1921 model and cost
thirty-five dollars.
That long-promised return of
Gloria Swanson to the screen is
postponed indefinitely again. Colum
bia pictures, which had planned to
have her play the lead in “Holi
day,” have decided instead to give
the leading role to Katherine Hep
burn. Joan Bennett and Cary Grant
will be featured with her, so it prom
ises to be one of those knockout
pictures that Columbia turns out
with unfailing regularity whenever
they borrow ranking stars from
other studios.
Radio stars are much more
thrifty than the early motion-picture
stars. Most of them invest their
earnings in businesses that are not
so dependent on youth and enter
tainment whims of the public. Jack
Fulton, tenor of “Poetic Melodies,”
has bought a half-interest in a Fifth
avenue haberdashery. Ethel Owen
of Edgar Guest’s “It Can Be Done”
program, owns a dog and cat hos
pital in Milwaukee and is presi
dent of a dog biscuit company. Tru
man Bradley, commentator on the
Sunday evening hour, is president
of a cosmetic firm.
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Three young men whose youthful
ambitions were strictly serious have
become radio’s great comic trio.
Lanny Ross and Charles Butter-
worth studied law, and Walter O’
Keefe started out as a newspaper
man. It was Walter’s adaptation
and revival of “The Man on the
Flying Trapeze” that flung him into
night club entertaining and from
there to radio.
ODDS AND ENDS—On his return from
m concert tour of 30 cities, Igor Gorin will
get his final American citizenship papers
...Of all his triumphs Ken Murray is most
proud of being asked to be master of cere-
monies at the President’s birthday ball in
fPashington ... Warners have changed
their minds again about who is to be the
new Torchy Diane. Now it is Lola Lane
who will play the role . . . Of all the stars
in "Hollywood Hotel" it is Benny Good
man who gets the most riotous response
from the audience . . . Alice Brady is
headed for more big dramatic roles since
"In Old Chicago," but first she will dn
another comedy "Good Bye Broadway"
for Universal. Tommy Riggs of the Vallee
viogmm will appear in a supporting role
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Two Terrible Deaths
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter
H ello, everybody:
This is the story of two adventures rolled into one—th$
tale of a couple of lads who were facing not one death, but two—
and right smack up against the task of making a choice between
them. And it all came about over a girl who didn’t even appre
ciate the trouble those two lads went to'. It’s a yarn that packs
a couple of surprises—so watch out for them.
James F. Kilcullen of Nutley, N. J., is today’s Distinguished Ad
venturer, and the bird who tells this tory. The tale takes us back to
June, 1917, when Jim was working as a weaver in a cotton mill in New
Orleans, La. That was in the early days of our participation in the
World war, if you’ll remember, and there was a lot of excitement in the
mill among the men who were waiting for their numbers to be drawn
by the Draft board.
Jim, himself, was getting pretty impatient with the Draft
board. Jim wanted to enlist right away, and there was only one
reason he didn’t. He bad a pal—a young lad of eighteen named
Davie—and the pair of them had been baddies for a long time.
Jim didn’t want to enlist unless Davie went with him, and Davie
had a particular reason for not wanting to enlist.
They Went to See Davie’s Girl.
Davie’s reason was that he wanted to see his girl before he went
to war. The girl lived in a little town in Texas, more than three-hundred
n\iles away, and neither Jim nor Davie had enough money to pay
the railroad fare. But at last Jim had an idea. He told Davie he’d prob
ably be drafted soon, anyway, and if he wanted to see his girl now
was the time to do it. And since he didn’t have railroad fare, he’d just
have to beat his way on the baggage. Davie’s answer to that was that
he’d go if Jim would go with him. And that’s how those two lads came
to start on the trip that came literally within an inch of being the death
of both of them.
They told their boss, Mr. Rickman, just what they intended to
do. Rickman tried to make them see what a risk they were taking.
“But when a chap’s in love,” says Jim, “he sees no danger. We took
a ferryboat across the river to a town on the other side, got a time table
at the railroad station and picked the fastest train on the Texas &
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The Railway Messenger Was Shooting to Kill.
Pacific. It was a hot-shot to Dallas—solid Pullman except for two mail
cars on the front end. It was about eight o’clock of a Saturday night
when the train pulled into the station, and as it started to pull out we
swung onto the bumpers, between the two mail cars.”
The train started rolling, and, boy, how she rolled! Jim says
she was hitting a sixty-five mile clip a good part of the time.
The hours passed. The train listed and swayed. The two lads
knew that to fall asleep or to lose their grip on the hand bars
meant instant death, but that didn’t bother them too much. They
were being plenty careful. It was a tough job, too, hanging on to
that swaying train all night long. But, on the other hand, they
were making time—clipping off the miles at a rapid rate and
that cheered them up considerably. r
Messenger Began Shooting at Them.
As day began to break they had crossed the state line and were
well into Texas. A few more hours and their trip would be over. “We
were in good spirits,” Jim said, “and we began congratulating our-
selvs on our good luck in not having been caught by the train crew or
the railroad police. And just then the train began going around a
horseshoe turn.”
A horseshoe is supposed to be good luck, but that horseshoe* turn
was bad luck for Jim and Davie. As the train went around the bend
they saw a porter standing in the vestibule of the rear Pullman—and
that porter saw them. He took one look at them and disappeared from
sight. And the next thing those two lads knew, there was a railway
messenger standing in the vestibule they stood on, TURNING LOOSE
ON THEM WITH A .45 AUTOMATIC!
That railway messenger didn’t have any heart. .Without the
slightest warning he started blasting away at them through the
canvas storm hood. “He was shooting to kill,” Jim says, “and
four lead slugs went through the tail of my coat. Davie, on the
other bumper, turned white as chalk. The messenger kept
shooting and yelling to us to get off. But the train was out of the
curve now and picking up speed. We couldn’t jump off without
getting killed.”
Escaped With Only Scratches.
Jim saw Davie look first at the storm hood through which the shots
were coming, and then at the ground speeding past below. And then,
all of a sudden, Davie fell at Jim’s feet in a dead faint. By that time
the messenger in the vestibule had stopped firing. “Believe me or not,”
says Jim, “I had one heck of a time holding Davie to keep him from
falling off. I was clutching him with one hahd and grasping the hand
bar with the other. Either God was with us, or the railroad messenger
gave a signal, but in a few minutes the train began to slow down. It
slowed until it was crawling along at about ten miles an hour, and
then, with all the strength I had in me I picked Davie up and heaved him
off. Then I followed.”
Those lads had had enough of baggage car riding. Neither of them
was hurt except for a few scratches. They walked to the nearest town
and wired for money to go on as passengers. When they arrived at
the town where Davie’s girl lived, Davie was a happy boy.
“But not for long,” says Jim. “To his surprise, and mine, this
'best girl,' as he called her, had been married for months. He
took it pretty hard, and inside of three hours he was on a train
back to New Orleans.”
But Jim didn’t go back with him. And he didn’t see Davie again
until December, 1931. Then Jim was in New Orleans and went to visit
him. Davie had forgotten all about that “best girl.” He was married
and had a bunch of kids—and he had a job as a RAILWAY MESSENGER I
And I wonder if Davie ever cuts loose with his gun at the hoboes
riding on the baggage cars.
Copyright.—WNU Service.
Suitors Must Stand Pain
Suitors in the Egyptian Sudan
must be able to “take it”, if they
would win the hand of a Sudanese
maiden. The ability to stand severe
pain is the first prerequisite in be
coming eligible as a husband.
When a girl is unable to choose be
tween two men she ties a sword to
each of her wrists, sits between the
men and brings the sharp sword
points slowly down on their thighs.
The man who can endure the most
pain wins the girl.
Wedding Ring Customs
There are many customs connect
ed with the wedding ring among
different peoples of the world, yet
it would seem that all the wedding
ring ideas had a common origin,
which is shrouded in mystery.
Among the Zulus there is a custom,
calle % Khehla, of wearing a ring on
the head. It is made of polished
wax and worked in with the hair.
As soon as a Zulu marries he wears
the ring and he discards it only for
a time if one of his wives dies.
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By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST.
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of Chicago.
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Lesson for F.ebruary 13
CONSERVING TlfE SABBATH
FOR MAN
LESSON TEXT—Mark 2:23-3:6.
GOLDEN TEXT—And He said unto them,
the Sabbath was made for man—Mark 2:27.
PRIMARY TOPIC—God's Holy Day.
JUNIOR TOPIC—God's Holy Day.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC,
—What Shall I Do on Sunday?
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC—
Using the Sabbath for the Whole Man.
“A man’s soul is in a bad state
when he begins to regard man-made
rites and ceremonies as things of
superior importance and exalts
them above the preaching of the
gospel. It is a symptom of spiritual
disease. There is mischief within.
It is too often the recourse of an
uneasy conscience ... No wonder
St. Paul said to the Galatians, ‘Ye
observe days, and months, and
times, and years. I am afraid of
you, lest I have bestowed on you la
bor in vain.’ ” These are the com
ments of John Charles Ryle, Lord
Bishop of Liverpool, on the lesson
of today.
The formalists of Christ’s day, the
Pharisees, had overlooked the heart
of God’s law and the holy living
which it was intended to produce,
and had bound up even the ob
servance of the Sabbath (which was
intended to be a day of rest and
gladness) in such a mass of tech
nical “thou shalt note” that it was
a day of fear. They had a false
outward profession of worship and
had entirely missed the true spir
ituality of God’s law, a fact which
drew upon their heads the anger
and rebuke of our Lord.
' While we as Christians do not ob
serve the Jewish Sabbath, there are
principles of doctrine and life bound
up in this lesson concerning the Sab
bath which we may with profit ap
ply to our day of rest—the first day
of the week—the resurrection day,
often called “the Lord’s Day.”
I. False Spirituality Unmasked.
The two incidents in our lesson
reveal that under the cloak of ear
nestly observing the law of the Sab
bath the Pharisees were actually
covering their own hypocrisy and
their hatred for Christ.
The accusations against the dis
ciples because they had taken and
eaten grain was not on the ground
that they had stolen, for the law
(Deut. 23:25) guaranteed that right
to the one who had passed through
his neighbor’s field. They contend
ed, however, that the disciples had
worked on the Sabbath in picking
and hulling the grain.
The healing of the man with the
withered arm revealed that back of
their professed concern for the Sab
bath was a real hatred for Christ.
It is an appalling thing that in the
house of worship on the Very Sab
bath day these men, outwardly so
religious, were plotting against our
Lord. “They watched him,” and
even so the enemies of the cross
watch us who are his followers.
II. True Spirituality Defined.
Jesus cuts across human hypoc
risy and hatred to declare that the
true keeping of the Sabbath is to do
the work of God. No work of neces
sity (like plucking the grain) or of
mercy (like healing the withered
arm) is ever out of place on the day
of rest.
How shall we know what we may
do on the Lord’s Day? Two guid
ing principles appear in our lesson.
(1) Know and follow God’s Word.
Note the use that Jesus made of it
in verses 25 and 26. No man will,
misuse the Sabbath or the Lord’s
Day who understands God’s Word
and obeys it. (2) Live in accord
ance with the spirit of the Lord
Jesus. When tradition stood in the.
way of the best interests of man,
He broke with tradition. If He could
do good on the Sabbath He did it.
A word, of caution is needed, for
some have sought to interpret this
lesson as providing biblical ground
for doing all sorts of things on their
day of rest. That day is for man’s
good, not for his destruction. His
greatest good is served by rest, wor
ship, spiritual development, Chris
tian fellowship, and the doing of
deeds of necessity and mercy.
HI. Righteous Indignation Mani
fested.
Our Lord rightly showed His holy
anger (v. 5) against his hardheart
ed critics. He was the Holy One
who did not permit His anger to go
beyond its proper expression. Man,
it must be confessed, seldom is able
to control and direct even his
righteous indignation. But there is
such a thing as being angry without
sin (Eph. 4:26), and one could some
times wish that God’s children could
be moved to a holy anger against all
sin and unrighteousness.
Comforting Word
This is a comforting word of
Scripture which presents Christ as
a shepherd whose sheep had
strayed.
God’s Grace
Think what the grace of God is
like. Grace is love loving the un
lovely.
The Conqueror
He who conquered doubt and fear
has conquered failure.—James Al
len.
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(jardeners
Selecting Garden Flowers
A MONG the easiest flowers to
grow are nasturtium, alyssum
and California poppy. Try them
if you have not had much flower-
growing experience.
If you want brilliant color in
your garden with a minimum of
effort, grow petunia and zinnia.
They require a bit of care early
in the season, but when estab
lished they grow luxuriantly, and
nothing provides more color. Use
portulaca for colorful edging along
walks or drives.
Quick blooming flowers, accord
ing to Gilbert Bentley, flower ex
pert, are the nasturtium, Virginia
stock, zinnia, sunflower, bache
lor’s button and alyssum.
For a window box, petunia, nas
turtium, lobelia, ageratum, pansy,
annual phlox and verbena are ef
fective.
Even though you may have ex
perienced trouble with wilt and
rust ruining asters and snapdrag
ons, you still may grow those
flowers. There are rust-resistant
strains of snapdragon and wilt-
resistant^ strains of aster.
Pass Themselves Up
And men go abroad to admire
the heights of mountains, the
mighty billows of the sea, the long
courses of rivers, the vast com
pass of the oceans, and the cir
cular motion of the stars, and yet
pass themselves up.—St Augus-
tine.
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Solitude Essential
Solitude is as needful to the
imagination as society is whole
some for the character.—Lowell.
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The universe is so made that
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Not by Reason Alone
We know the truth, not only by
the reason, but also by the heart.
—Blaise Pascal.
Many doctors recommend
Nujol for its gentle action on
the bowels. Don’t donfuse
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