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ADVENTURERS’ CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF!
N EW YORK’S night clubs
seem to be an excellent
spring board for girls who want
to jump on up into the movies.
Just look at this list—Grace
Moore got her professional
start in one and Frances Faye
stepped from one into a part in
a picture with Bing Crosby.
Alice Faye, Eleanor Powell, Ar
lene Judge, Grace Bradley, and
Martha Raye all were night club en-
Arlene Judge.
tertainers. Olympe Bradna also ap
peared for a time in one, on her
way from Paris to Hollywood.
—*—
Even though Marlene Dietrich
isn!£ under contract to any motion
picture company at the moment no
body needs to worry about her fi
nancial future; she’s signed a radio
contract that will pay her $5,000
a week. Lots of money! But re
cently when she had her pictures
taken by her favorite photographer
at Paramount she had to pay for
them because she no longer works
there. And that’s the sort of thing
that screen stars mind most aw
fully.
—*—
Shirley Temple has pot her hair
up and is losing her teeth—It’s not
unusnal for her to report at the
studio, “Well, I lost another tooth
today/* Fortunately she’s young
enough not to have it mean tragedy.
In “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm”
she has six songs, and you’d hardly
recognise the dear old story, it’s
been so changed to make a good ve
hicle for her. But the change was
worth it; the best box office attrac
tion in pictures is at her best.
—*—
You’ll see Errol Flynn in “The
Singing Cop** also, before long, and
you’ll hear a song that he wrote,
“Tahiti Lullaby,” which is used in
the picture. The man can do any
thing!
*—
Those Walt Disney “Mickey
Mouse” programs have gone so well
that the sponsor has renewed the se
ries for 26 weeks—they’re on NBC’s
Red network on Sundays at five-
thirty. But Mickey will have a va
cation during the summer, starting
May 15.
—*—
Andy Donnelly, Jr., who plays
Junior on the “Dick Tracy” pro
grams, sets a good example to the
thousands of youngsters who
wouldn’t miss that broadcast for
anything. Though he lives in New
York and goes to school there, he
gets over to Ridgefield, N. J., every
Sunday to go to church with his
family.
—*—
Charles Bickford tried his luck in
a stage play and it failed, so now
he’s back in Holly
wood, hoping for
better luck next
time, and making a
picture for Repub
lic, “Gangs of New
York,” with another
old-timer, James
C r u z e, directing,
and Nancy Carroll
scheduled to play
the heronie if she’s
willing. Bickford’s
return to the screen
will recall the stir
ring days of his ear
lier successes as a forceful he-man.
Charles
Bickford
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ODDS AND ENDS—Eddie Cantor lec.
tured recently at Columbia university; he
gave an excellent talk on "comedy on the
air" after remarking that it was ironical
for a man who’d never been through gram
mar school to be lecturing at a university
. . . Richard Gordon, who plays Sherlock
Holmes on the air, loved to play "cops
and robbers" when he was a kid—and
always was one of the robbers ... Deanna
Durbin was given a valuable stamp collec
tion not long ago, but knows so little-about
stamps that she didn’t appreciate it—she’d
rather collect match books ... Mrs. Martin
Johnson will appear on Al Jolson’s broad
cast May third . . . Since Jack Benny was
named America’s second best-dressed man
Ms been swamped by mail from men who
want his advice on their clothes ... Frank
Black's favorite baton is the tip of a bam'
6oo fly-casting rod . . . Mary Carlisle, who
is making "Hunted Man" fbr Paramount,
has some new stockings that have zippert
up the back.
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“A Dog’s Premonition”
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter
H ello everybody: ^
Do animals possess “second sight”? I mean, do they—
because they are closer to Nature—receive mysterious advance
warnings of evil that fail to touch our less sensitive conscious
ness? Sometimes it seems that way.
A California friend of mine had a pet cat. One day a few years ago
the cat suddenly jumped on his lap, the picture of terror. Her fur was
standing on end and she meowed excitedly and buried her head in
her master’s coat. He leaned over, surprised at her strange ac
tions, to see what was the matter, and the next minute over went the
chair, man and cat in a heap. An earthquake had struck that part of the
Pacific coast, and the cat—he is convinced—^received advance warning!
All of which brings us to today’s adventurer, John W. Herbst of
Flushing, L. I. John has a dog who acted strangely on a certain day in
April, 1933. John has good reason to remember that day—the twenty-
fourth—because he lost his right hand in an accident that almost took
his life.
John’s dog is a shepherd named “Pal”—and what a name! John
was a railroad conductor in those days and Pal WAS his pal. Every night,
John says, when he was ready .to go to work Pal would come to him with
his rubber ball and drop it in his master’s hand to be put away in a
drawer. Then Pal would “shake hands” with his master.
Dog Wouldn’t Go Through His Tricks.
Every morning when John returned, the dog would be waiting
for him. Joyously, Pal would take the morning paper up to the
house and then sit up and bark before the drawer until John gave
him his ball. This, John says, had been going on daily for years.
But on the night of April 24, 1933, as John kissed his wife and started
for work as usual, Pal was not up to his usual tricks. He paid no attention
to the rubber ball and instead of offering his paw, sat glumly ro»
Pal Wouldn’t Shake Hands.
gar ding his master with downcast looks. This was a new one on John
and it puzzled him.
John was puzzled still more when, as he started down the stairs the
dog took hold of the leg of his overalls and PULLED HIM BACK.
“I patted him on the head,” John writes, “and tried to shake hands
with him, but he kicked up a fuss of barking and crying and when
I pushed him away he again caught hold of my leg.”
John’s Wife Thought It a Warning.
Women are more sensitive than men to things bordering on the oc
cult and John’s wife was no exception. She immediately took Pal’s
actions to be a warning and asked her husband to stay home that day.
But John laughed at the idea and promising to be careful, went to work.
He wishes now he had listened to what he is convinced was a real warning.
A few hours later John was taking his freight train out of Long Island
city. He gave the starting signal to the engineer and swung on board.
As the cars started to move John heard the sound of a brake scraping and
locating the car he climbed aboard. And just as he released the set
brake Fate put a stop to his railroad career.
I Lost His Hand and Almost His Life.
Hie brake chain snapped—John slipped and fell under the
train—he saw the wheels coming too late—his hand hurt him
terribly and the next second he was lying on the roadbed hold
ing the bleeding stump of his severed right hand!
Followed months in the hospital. Blood poisoning set in, and John’s
weight went from 179 pounds to 92.
Back home Pal was disconsolate. The dog had not been taken to see
his master but still he seemed to know. The rubber ball lay unheed
ed on the floor; instead he guarded and nursed John’s working cap
that had been brought to him.
Finally on July 1 John came home. Pal was so excited that
they had to tie him up for fear that he would hurt his still, invalid
master. After a while they let him go and the dog surprised every
one by his actions. Instead of jumping all over John he ap
proached his idol gently. He sniffed the bandage and licked John’s
remaining hand.
Pal Now a Sober Guardian.
And from that day, John says, the character of Pal changed. Instead
of the playful Pal of other days he now became a sober watchdog and
took up a tireless vigil at his sick master’s side.
“No one can touch me to this day,” John ends. “It seems as though
Pal blames himself for letting me go to work that April day and now thinks
it his duty to protect me as long as I have only one hand.”
You’re right, John. “What an experience and—what a dog!”
Scientists, I suppose, would say it is impossible for a dog or any
animal to give such a warning as Pal did. They would use a lot of big
words proving their contention, too. Maybe they're right. I don’t know.
All I know is THESE THINGS DO HAPPEN!
' Copyright.—WNU Service.
The Fall of Nassau
In 1776, during the war between
Great Britain and the American col
onists, a fleet of eight vessels was
sent by the latter to Nassau, capital
of the Bahamas, with instructions to
capture the large quantities of muni
tions believed to be stored there.
This force, under Admiral Hopkins,
landed a detachment on the eastern
extremity of New Providence island
and marched on Nassau. Forts Mon
tague and Nassau surrendered with
out resistance, and the new “Grand
Union flag,” consisting of the Union
Jack in the first quarter and thir
teen red and white stripes to repre
sent the independent states, was
hoisted over Fort Nassau. The in
vaders took 100 guns and a small
quantity of other war munitions.
But they left the following day.
Grant Once Ready to Quit
During the Civil war, Ulysses S.
Grant once packed his belongings
and was ready to start for home.
He felt, as he told William T. Sher
man, that he was in the way. But
Sherman talked him into staying.
Valley of Oaxaca
The valley of Oaxaca, in southern
Mexico, was the abode of the highly
civilized Zapotec and Mixtec Indi
ans, whose cities and religious build
ings, covered by the dust of many
centuries, have been unearthed.
Definition of University
According to a well established
tradition, James A. Garfield, in a
Williams college alumni address de
livered in New York city in 1872,
said: “My definition of a university
is Mark Hopkins at one end of a
log and a student at the other.”
The quotation, however, does not
occur in the speech as it was re
corded, but a similar line of thought
was expressed by Garfield in a let
ter which he wrote the same year.
Mark Hopkins (1802-1887), was one
of the ablest and most successful
American educators and was presi
dent of Williams college in Massa
chusetts when Garfield was a stu
dent there. Garfield particularly
liked the stress which Hopkins
placed upon the development of the
individual student.
This Is a Different “Law”
The “law” in “mother-in-law”
and “father-in-law” is not the same
word as “law” in the sense of a le
gal mother or father, but is derived
from the old English word, “lage,”
meaning “marriage.”
Naming Days of Week
Days of the week are named after
celestial bodies and elements in Ja
pan—Sun, Sunday; moon, Monday;
fire, Tuesday; water, Wednesday;
wood, Thursday; metal, Friday, and
earth, Saturday.
IMPROVED
UKIFORM INTERNATIONAL
S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST.
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
C Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for April 24
RECEIVING VISION
FOR SERVICE
LESSON TEXT—Mark 9:2-10.
GOLDEN TEXT—This is my beloved Son:
Aear him.—Mark 9:7.
PRIMARY TOPIC—On • Mountain with
Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPIC—With Jesus on a Moun
tain Top.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—
How Worship Prepares Us for Service.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC—
The Place and Purpose of Vision.
“Where there is no vision the peo
ple perish” said the wise man of
old (Prov. 29:18). For want of a
true vision of God, a knowledge of
His truth, and the God-given con
straint which makes men give them
selves in sacrificial service, the
people will perish in their sins.
But let men come to know the truth
as it is in Christ, learn to know Him
as the Son of God glorious and pow
erful, and then let them translate
their knowledge of Christian truth
and their personal spiritual expe
riences into the daily ministry to
the needs of their fellow-men, and
there will be songs of salvation and
joy.
The transfiguration of our Lord
meant much to Him as it brought
new assurance of His divine Son-
ship, His acceptance with the
Father, and His resurrection to fol
low the death of the cross. We do
well to recognize its testimony to
Him, but we think today especially
of the experience of the disciples
and their preparation for service.
We, like them, must
I. Know Christian Truth.
Fundamental in both Christian
life and service is a clear under
standing of the person and work of
Christ. One may come to Christ
knowing little more than that He is
the divine Saviour, and one may en
ter into Christian living with a
meager knowledge of the doctrines
of the Bible. But the Christian who
fails to grow in knowledge will not
grow in grace as he should.
The disciples came to a fuller con
viction that He was the Son of God
as they saw Him transfigured and
heard the Father say, “This is my
beloved Son.” They learned more
plainly the truth of His coming
death for the sins of all mankind.
They saw in the indescribable beau
ty of that moment the foregleam of
His coming glory. What important
truths these are—His deity—His re
demption—His coming kingship. Do
we have a clear grasp of these
truths?
H. Experience Spiritual Power.
Great experiences of spiritual re
newing and power are necessary to
effective life and testimony. They
may not be in outward* manifesta
tion, in fact they are more often in
the inner recesses of the soul, but
they transform men and send them
forth to magnificent living for God.
The disciples laid an unforgettable
mountain-top experience. Even so
have many others found the secret
of power. It came to D. L. Moody
as he walked down a New York
street, praying in agony, “Deliver
me from myself. Take absolute
sway.” The story of what happened
to him and through him as a sur
rendered instrument in God’s hand
is written large on the pages of his
tory. Others had similar experi
ences. Let us remember that such
privileges are not reserved for a
few, they are the birthright of every
Christian. Power without knowledge
is a dangerous and destructive
thing, but knowledge without power
is a dead thing, resulting in a stale
and unfruitful orthodoxy that in turn
produces a dreadful and unchristian
religious system. It is not enough
to know the truth, to be able to
discuss it, to divide it, and possibly
to fight about it. Let us study God’s
Word, but let the truth be baptized
in the overflowing spiritual power of
a personal experience with God.
HI. Serve Needy Humanity.
Dr. Moore beautifully suggests
that Jesus and the disciples went
up to the place of prayer, into the
place of glory, and down to the
place of servfde. How fitting is that
sequence. Much confusion exists in
the church because those who have
foolishly abandoned their interest
in the truth of God’s Word and
have substituted the energy of the
flesh for spiritual power, have been
most diligent in service to human
ity, while those who know and ac
cept the truth about Christ, and who
profess to believe in the power of
the Spirit-filled life have failed to
serve their needy neighbors. How
delightful and useful is the normal,
well-rounded life of the true Chris
tian, one equipped with an under
standing of Christian doctrine, en
dued with Holy Ghost power, and
humbly serving others.
Smiles
I am persuaded that every time
a man smiles, but much more when
he laughs, it adds something to this
fragment of life.—Sterns.
Following After God
A heart rejoicing in God delights
in all His will, and is surely pro
vided with the most firm joy in all
estates.
Patience a Virtue
Forbearing one another in love.—
Ephesians 4:2.
OP?. SEW
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3 HORIZONTAL MIXED STRIPES
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Hook an Old Fashioned Rag Rug
/~\F ALL rag rugs the hooked
type is the most fascinating
and economical. A rug hook, such
as may be purchased in notion
and faneywork departments, and
burlap a little larger than your
finished rug are the essentials.
Most rug hookers also use a
frame of slats bolted together at
the corners. They stretch the bur
lap over the frame and tack it.
Some like a rather large station
ary frame. Others use a small
one and many hooked rugs are
made without any frame at all.
Here is a quaint old rug pat
tern that you may mark off on
your burlap with a yardstick and
pencil. The numbers indicate the
colors used for the original rug—
now more than a hundred years
old. The finished rug measures
26 by 34 inches. Allow two inches
at all edges for hems. Overcast
the edges, then mark the solid
one-inch border just inside the
hem allowance; then the large
eight-inch squares; then the small
two-inch squares; then ciraw the
diagonal linep across the large
squares as shown. Use wool rags
if possible and cut the strips not
wider than one-half inch. Hold
the strip against the wrong side
of the burlap and pull loops of it
through to the right side with the
hook as shown. Short strips are
as useful as long. Just pull the
ends through and clip them.
If you are planning slip covers.
Colorful Apron for
a Gift or Bazaar
Chockful of flattery, gaiety,
practicality is this apron with
its easily a^pliqued tulip-shaped
pocket and flowers. Outline stitch
completes the design. Pattern 1635
Fattern 1635
contains a transfer pattern of
apron, a motif 8% by 9% inches
and applique patch pieces; illus
trations of all stitches used; ma
terial requirements; color sugges
tions.
Send 15 cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) for this pattern
to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft
Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York.
curtains, or doing other Spring
sewing for the home, you will
want a copy of Mrs. Spears’ book,
SEWING, for the Home Decora
tor. Forty-eight pages of practi
cal working directions, with com
plete illustrations. A dollar sav
ing book for every homemaker.
Send name and address, enclosing
25 cents (coins preferred) to Mrs.
Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chi
cago, 111.
How the ,, Well-D^essed ,,
Furniture Should Appear
This season—and every season
^furniture should be kept fresh
and gleaming! The home-maker
owes it to her furniture—and the
appearance of her home. Before
it leaves the shop of the furniture
dealer, before it is sold—good fur
niture is kept polished! The dealer
continually gives it a “polish serv
ice”, to maintain its rich appear
ance—keep the wood “alive!” He,
who is an authority, regularly
uses a good oil polish (the best
is non-greasy, because it has a
fine, light-oil base). He knows
the importance of this—for selling
furniture is his business—and.on
his shop floor, every piece of fine
wood must be kept at its lustrous
best! He knows, too, how vital it
is to the finish, the very pores of
the wood, to frequently apply a
quality oil polish on the various
suites and fine pieces! The effect
of its frequent use on furniture is
two-fold: It prevents drying-out
and cracking—and it brings to the
furniture a deep, lasting high-tone
—that suffuses the wood, brings
out all the natural beauty of the
grain. All woodwork and furni
ture will remain “well-dressed,”
decorative, sparkling—if cared for
periodically with a reputable
light-oil polish!
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There are two elements that go
to the composition of friendship.
One is Truth, the other is Tender
ness.—Emerson.
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