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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1938 ADVENTURERS’ CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF! «< 99 A Bag of Caramels By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter H ello everybody: Shove over and make room for a new adventurer. Meet George Verges of Brooklyn, N. Y. George says it’s a yarn about the Dark Continent. Or at least, he says, it’s a yarn about what people call the Dark Continent. Personally, he found it just as light over there as any place else he’s ever been in. But then, George was bom in Cairo, Egypt. Maybe it’s just the old home-town spirit that makes him take up the cudgels for Africa. George was brought up in Africa, too, and educated according to the best African tradition. By the time he was twenty-seven years old he spoke not only Greek, his native language, but Arabic, English, Italian and Turkish as well. Well sir, if he talks all those other languages as well as he writes in English, George must be one swell linguist—and no mistake about it. . s After he had finished his education, George wandered about Africa for a few years, and finally, landed down in the interior where he had the adventure of the “Candy That Saved a Life.” He Carried Candy for His Laborers. It was in a place called Zooglas that George settled. Re got a job as employment manager in a road construction camp, and was so successful that people wondered how he did it. George gives us the secret right here, and a great scheme it was too. Instead of beating the natives who worked for him, George followed the advice of an old African trader who once told him that if you gave a native a piece of candy when he had done a good bit of work he would remember it longer than a beating given him for bad work. George never forgot that bit of advice, and he always carried around a paper bag full of caramels for his laborers. Well, let’s put the candy away now while we tell George’s story. It was about the middle of September, 1911, that George took a notion to A Huge Boa Constrictor Was in the Tree. go hunting. He took his rifle and had gone only a few hundred yards away from camp when he spied a beautiful antelope walking toward a brook which was a few feet ahead to his left. Antelope steaks are mighty good eating, but George hated like the devil to shoot such a beautiful animal. He stood watching it a long time, undecided as to what to do. Then his taste for fresh meat got the better of him and he began to stalk the graceful beast. After Antelope but Found a Boa. ; The antelope was in such a position that he couldn’t get a very good shot at it from where he was standing. He started to move forward— slowly—cautiously, heading for a huge tree only a few feet from the brook. He got there, raised his gun, and was just applying pressure to the trigger when all of a sudden he heard a strange, whistling sound. The tree under which he was standing shook as if lightning had struck it. “I lifted my eyes upward,” George says, “and what I saw frightened me so that my feet seemed to take root in the ground. A HUGE BOA CONSTRICTOR of tremendous size had been coiled in that tree, waiting for some animal to prey on. And just as I looked up, it leaped down on mew “To save my life, I couldn’t movfc. Shivers ran up and down my spine as the thing came hurtling toward me. I knew then what a bird feels like when a snake fixes it with its hypnotic eye and charms it into complete immobility while it moves forward to eat it. I stood there for what seemed ten minutes, but which could not really have been more than a second, while the big snake was descending. A black mist came up before my eyes. I felt the constrictor hit me. And then, giving one loud shriek, I lost my senses.” When George came to again he found himself lying on the straw- covered floor of a cave, surrounded by black native women, who imme diately fell down on their knees before him. Tsog Told Why They Saved Him. *T couldn’t understand it,” he says. “I thought I was dreaming, until 1 saw Tsog, my personal servant. Tsog was a midget boy who could Xspeak my language, and he explained everything-—told me what had happened.” And what a moving tale Tsog told—the story of how a bag of caramels had saved the life of the man who dispensed them to those who had done well with their work. Tsog had followed George when he left camp. Also, Tsog had a pistol. Few whites in that territory let thur servants carry arms, but George had entrusted Tsog with an old giin, and a very good thing he had, too. For Tsog, when he saw that boa constrictor wrapping its coils around his master, had shot the snake, and then called to the other natives for help. The natives came running the minute they realized why Tsog wanted them. Natives don’t like boa constrictors very well. It’s dog gone seldom you can get them to tackle one. But they went after this one, and soon had George out of its clutches. They took George to their cave, wondering if he were alive or dead. When Tsog had finished it was all clear to George, except how ' Tsog had managed to get those blacks to go within a mile of a boa constrictor. Bat Tsog explained that too. “Master die,” he said with ingennous frankness, “we get no more caramels.”. Copyright.—WNU Service. Meaning of Name Wilhelmina The name Wilhelmina, of Teuton ic origin, being the feminine of Wil helm or William, has the same meaning, or a feminized version of it—“resolute protectress.” Other forms of this name are Wilma, Wil- met, Wilmena and Willamena. Then there are Willette and Willetha, meaning “little resolute one”; “Wil- label, “resolute fair girl”; Willann and Willyana, “resolute grace”; and Willenee and Wills, “resolute,” the last having also an Anglo-Sax on meaning, “the desired.” The syl lable Will has the same meaning as it has in our phrase “will power.” Man Not Made of Clay Clay is a mixture of silica and alumina, and it occurs in ho known plants Or animals in this combina tion. Dust we are and to dust we return—but not to clay, asserts a writer in Pearson’s London Weekly. The Bible says, “The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground,” but it does not say clay. Even Shakespeare erred when he wrote in “Hamlet,” “Imperious Caesar, dead and turn’d to clay, might stop a hole to keep the wind away.” The dust to which a man re turns after death is far from being like clay. Predicted Profit From Tobacco In 1613 Robert Harcourt, an Eng lishman, wrote: “This commodity (tobacco) will bring as great bene fit and profit as ever the Spaniards gained by the best'and richest sil ver mine in all their Indies.” Naming Tulane University | Tulane university in New Orleans js named for Paul Tulane, for many years a merchant of New Orleans, who gave generously for the higher education of young people in that city. The La Semaine Bing A la semaine ring is a ring set with seven stones, the name of each commencing with the same letter as the day of the week. These rings were in vogue in France in the Nineteenth century. The Thunderer On the border between Argentina and Chile rises El Tronador (the Thunderer) named for the booming sounds that roll over the country side as its mighty glaciers shift and crash. News as to Easter Fashion Trends By CHERIE NICHOLAS \\7'HEN you start out irf quest of * * chic clothes for spring-sum mer, be prepared to experience not less than a thrill a minute, for the whole set-up of fashion proclaims an entirely new order of things. Pleats and pleats and more pleats, boleros played up in every mood, colors that are excitingly new, prints that are refreshingly “differ ent,” costume suits and coats and dresses of wools that revive en chanting pastels, stripes every where you turn in the mode, flow ery beribboned Watteau hats that bring the daintily feminine into the picture, Gibson girl blouses with wrist-deep full sleeves, Gibson girl sailors with colorful veils that are brought up under the chin to tie at the back in a fluttery butterfly bow and here we will have to stop to take breath before we go on with the story of Easter fashion trends that spring a delightsome surprise every step of the way. Perhaps the most significant news is that of striking color innovations not the least of which is the revival of pastel shades such as flourished in the romantic past. And if you are asking us to mention a pastel that fashion particularly highspots at the dawn of this new season we would unhesitatingly answer “pink.” The emphasis is especially on pink for accessories. However, it is not only that pastels are acclaimed for costume accents, for you will be making a perfect start in the right direction if you buy for your fash ion-first a three-piece costume suit tailored of a lovely pastel woolen in a fine herringbone pattern such as fashions the stunning model to the left in the picture. It will be style-correct in either a grayish blue or a dusty pink, or you may choose one of the new voguish cereal shades or a golden-beige which is creating such a furore in the realm of fashion this spring. You can do wonders with a three- piece of this type in the way of cos tume changes. In fact the major part of the spring wardrobe is pro vided with a skirt-jacket-topcoat threesome as its basic theme. To be high style the three-quarter top coat must have “boxy” lines as this model shows. If you are keen about navy for your Easter costume let us “whisper aloud” to you that navy is a big favorite and with pink accessories it is a fashion highlight. A handsome wool tailleur such as pictured calls for a collection of blouses and when you are blouse shopping keep in mind that the new est blouse on the scene is the blouse that really blouses, call it Gibson girl or gypsy peasant blouse as you will. Boleros have become an over whelming passion with designers. Buy them separate or choose a bo lero suit complete. We selected for illustration (centered in group) a conservative refined type made of a fine black sheer. No doubt you noted at once its exquisitely neat arid trim appearance. The secret thereof is tha$ it is modeled over a clever new braform with dainty under-arm shields attached that give perfect protection at the same time that it molds the figure into modish contour. With a collection of blouses this costume may be transformed at a moment’s notice to meet any occasion. As to the separate blouse^ buy or make as many as you will and even at that you will not have too many to satisfy fashion’s demand. As to pleats and prints, they have formed a partnership that is prov ing by far one of the most far- reaching fashion trends of the season. And to prove how dramat ically and beautifully silk prints and pleats perform together we are pic turing in the foreground a most win some daytime dress of silk Paisley print. All-around knife pleating is released from the hips, making a slenderizing pleasing skirt. A hori zontal drawstring shirring across the bust matches the shirring on the sleeves. A blue suede off-the-face hat completes as fetching an Easter costume as fancy can picture. Western Newspaper Union. LANDSCAPE PRINT Bjr CHERIE NICHOLAS There’s the breath of spring in this refined and lovely dress fash ioned of an exquisite landscape silk print in lovely pale tones. Charm ing . under the mid-season coat of cloth or light fur. The bonnet was inspired by the duchess of Windsor. The handsome bracelet is gold set with carnelian NEW USES OF PRINT IN SPRING STYLES By CHERIE NICHOLAS Designers are having a lot of fun with prints this season, in that they are using them in a trimming way rather than for the entire costume, or at least in combination with other plain fabrics. It is very good style to have a dark dress tied about the waist with a gypsy sash of the print; the coat or jacket having a lining of the same print. Little ruches of bright silk out line skirt hemlines as well as the edges of the bolero jacket. Spaghetti trims are also made of colorful silk print. Cutout florals are appliqued in fascinating ways not only on day dresses but especially on sheer di aphanous evening materials. The idea offers vast possibilities and cer tain designers are turning out veri table works of art. They scatter petals and single flowers and cluster with the same artistry a painter creates a picture. New Hairdress for 'Teen Age Sure to Be Popular Long bob-curled at the ends, tied at each side of the center part with ribbons, describes the new hairdress that Deanna Durbin, the youthful screen star, adopts and it is so very attractive prospects- are it will de velop into a widespread vogue with the younger set. Gay Spring Gloves History has repeated itself in the glove theme for spring, for the high ly decorated glove of the Renais sance period is seen in the new gloves. T'HIS pink and white chintz apron with pink gingham frills should inspire anyone to make long strides towards the kitchen. It is easy to cut. The material required is 1% yards of 36-inch wide chintz or cotton print and one yard of plain material. For the skirt of the apron, cut a piece of paper or cloth 27 inches wide and 23 inches deep. Fold this lengthwise through the cen ter, as at A, then measure down from the top of the fold and in from the corners the distances in dicated in the diagram and mark the dots. Using the dots as a guide, mark the outline of the apron skirt as you see it in the diagram. The dimensions for shaping the bib are given in the diagram at B. The pocket is a 5-inch square with lower corners rounded as shown here at C. The apron ties are cut 6 inches wide and 36 inches long. The strip for the belt should be cut 2% inches wide and a facing strip the same width should be cut for it. The shoulder straps are cut 4 inches wide and then creased lengthwise through the center. The strips of the plain material TIPS (jardeners Protecting Flower* A N EARLY season flower pest ** is leaf beetle, a chewing in sect whose presence is indicated by holes in the leaves. Found most often on alyssum, zinnia, mari gold and annual phlox. Remedy: Use stomach poisons in the form of sprays containing arsenicals or pyrethrum. Snapdragon, aster, petunia and verbena are the principal victims of the cutworm, a chewing insect which cuts off plants at the ground. It should be combated, says Gilbert Bentley, flower ex pert of the Ferry Seed Institute, by placing about a spoonful of poi son bran bait around the base of each plant. Aphids bother almost all the popular flowers except zinnia. They cause wilting, crumpling and discoloration of the leaves. Spray or dust with pyrethrum or nicotine sulphate. Downy mildew shows up white all over a plant and discolors to black, killing leaves and rotting stems. Remedy: Dust regularly, but lightly, with flowers of sulphur. for the ruffles are cut 6 inches wide. The ruffle material before it is gathered should be 2% times the length of the space it is to fill after gathering. Use the machine hemmer foot shown here at the lower left for hemming the ruffles and the machine ruffler for gath ering them. NOTE: Mrs. Spears’ latest book —Gifts and Embroidery number— is now ready. Ninety embroidery stitches are illustrated; also table settings; crochet; embroidery'de signing; fabric repairing; novelty gifts and dress accessories. Forty- eight pages of step-by-step direc tions. Available to readers who will send name and address and enclose 25 cents (coin preferred). Just address Mrs. Spears, 210 So. Desplaines St., Chicago. Art of Meditation The art of meditation may be exercised at all hours, and in all places; and men of genius, in their walks, at table, and amidst assemblies, turning the eye of the mind inward, can form an arti ficial solitude; retired amidst a crowd, calm amidst distraction and wise amidst folly.—Isaac D’Israeli. MEN LOVE GIRLS WITH PEP n you aro peppy and full of fun, men will In vite you to a daneee and partiee. BUT, if you inf?**..?! men won't be are croes. lifeless and tire interested. Men don't like “quiet" girla. For three generations one woman naa told another how to go "smiling through” with Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It helps Nature tone up the system, thus lessen ing the discomforts from the functional dis orders which women must endure. Make a note NOW to get n bottle of worid- f a mo us Pinkham’s Compound today WITH OUT FAIL from your druggist—more than a million women have written in letters re porting benefit. .Why not Iry LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S VEGETABLE COMPOUND? Add Not Another Fault If you see a fault in others, think of two of your own, and do not add a third one by your hasty judgment.—Flamner. (SNOW WHITE PETROLEUM JELLY \ LARGE JARS StMOtOt \ CATCH COLD EASILY? VICKS Va-tro-nol helps prevent many colds COLDS HANG ON^ AND ON? ^ CKS VapoRubj helps ehd a cold quicker m »:« a n ■ a t il details irf tho Plan in each Vicks Pachag OF COLDS Becoming Honesty What is becoming is honest, and whatever is honest must always be becoming.—Cicero. A Truth Is Obscured Every duty we omit obscures some truth we should have known. —John Ruskin. CHEW LONG BILL NAVY TOBACCO Let’s go to town — tzt Hamel N O TELLING what tomorrow's weather may be. It fools the best' fore caster. But we do want chintz for the windows. We do need a car pet sweeper, a new percolator, and a new end-table in the living-room. And we don't want to slosh around rainy streets to hunt them. Problem: How to thwart the weather man. Simple enough! Let's sit down by the fireplace and read the advertisements. Here it's comfortable and snug. We'll take the newspaper page by page, compare prices, qualities, brand-names. Tomorrow, rain or shine, we'll head for the store that has what we want, and be home again in a jiffy. • “Buying at home”—through the advertising columns—gives you wide selection, more time to decide, and satisfaction when you decide. • MAKE IT ONE OF YOUR PLEASANT HABITS!