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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1938 SKI ■ t Star Dust +Speaking of Doubles ★ Flynn Out—Lynn In 'A' Musical Lombardos By Virginia Vale W HEN you see “Robin Hood” you’re going to see some remarkable archery; it will look as if Errol Flynn is a wizard with the bow and ar row. But the man behind the bow was really Howard Hill, and you will be able to see him in a film of his own before long -—one of those Pete Smith shorts. Hill will go William Tell one better by lining up fif teen pretty girls with apples on their heads and shooting the apples off. Remember the days when no studio would ever admit that any actor had a double for any stunt? They used to make Douglas Fair banks have one sometimes, when the stunt was too dangerous — and he’d manage to do it himself when the cam- e r a s weren’t grinding, just to show that he wasn’t afraid. Speaking of Flynn—recently he worried Warner Brothers no little. He bought a new yacht, and decided to go on a six months’ trip in search of adventure. The executives ob jected. They finally gave him three weeks off. He had to go to Miami lo get the yacht; he was to sail it through the canal, and fly to Holly wood to work in “Sister Act.” Off he went, and off he stayed. He spent four weeks in Miami. A studio representative went after him, and went back without him. So Jeffrey Lynn, whose face isn’t exactly familiar on the screen as yet, was given the lead in “Sister Act,” with everybody cheering for him, and now the studio’s delighted with his work. It may be another of those eases where a star walks out and a new star walks right in. —*— If Jeffrey Lynn does climb to star dom he can thank Bette Davis for giving him a start. While appear ing in a road company of a New York stage success he was given a screen test by Metro. Nothing came of it so far as Metro was concerned, but Miss Davis saw the test and wanted Lynn for a role in “Jezebel.” He didn’t get it, but Warner Broth ers liked the test and gave the young man a contract. —*— They’re admitting now that the clever Miss Davis was right when she refused to play in “Comet Over Broadway,” saying that the mm mM : v BETTE DAVIS story and dialogue weren’t up to scratch. One newspaper man called it “a very badly written story full of inane dialogue.” —*— Jimmy Cagney has bought three tractors for his farm at Martha’s Vineyard, and would rather talk crops than movies any day. They’re a smart family, those Cagneys; his sister took honors at Hunter college the other day. —*— Unlike some news broadcasters, Boake Carter writes his own stuff. But he has able assistance from his'wife, who used to be society editor Of a Philadelphia newspaper. *— ODDS AND ENDS—Judging by recent demonstrations, it looks as if television would be in its infancy for a long time to come . . . Helen Hayes is willing to re turn to die movies if somebody can find her a story as good as Farewell to Arms” . . . “Farewell" etc., has recently been re- edited, because of the mix-up in interna tional affairs, and will be re-issued ... If “Woman Against the World" comes your way you'll see Alice Moore, daughter of Alice Joyce, in a leading role . . . The novel, “Sixteen Hands" has been bought for the screen for Bob Burns; it's a story about a mule . . . He’ll do “Arkansas Traveler* too . . . And he went to court the other day to ask that the records he made in 1933 and 1934 be kept out of cir culation, on the ground that they injure his reputation as a creative artist ... In 1934 he made $1500; in 1937, $400,000 ... Nothing like getting a good break, and deserving it! # Western Newspaper Union. Ttoyd ADVENTURERS’ CLUB headlines from the lives OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF! «< Death Headed North" By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter H ello everybody.- Now this is the story of an adventure that almost any one of us might have got into. Anyone who has ever ridden on a rail road train has taken a chance on finding himself in just such a terrifying situation. As luck would have it* it happened to Fenton Barrett of Shaker Hollow, South Salem, N. Y. And, boys and girls, I wish it to be distinctly imderstood that I am very glad it happened to Fent Barrett, and not to me. Fent Barrett is an actor. He had just finished a run in a successful musical show on Broadway not long before he starred in the thriller he is going to tell us about now. When the show closed, he went south for a vacation, but he hadn’t been there long when he got a wire telling him to come back to New York and start rehearsals in a new produc tion. Fent left that night for Washington, and in Washington he got aboard the train for New York—the train that was to carry him right smack into the most thrilling moment of his life. Fire Started in the Wash Room. It was a hot day, the first of August, 1928. Fent decided to ride in the smoker where he could take his coat off and be comfortable. Usually the smoker is up front, next to the baggage car, but in this case it was the last car on the train. 4 , The train bowled along over the countryside, without any interruption, and without any hint of the drama that was to come. It was getting near the Big City, and the train porter came in and began cleaning up the car. Fent was sitting in the third seat from the front, and was watching the porter idly as he moved about. The train was coming into w cl The Whole Wash Room Was Roaring With Flame. Elizabeth, N. J., and the porter, with a large bundle of old newspapers, had just gone into the men’s wash room. “That porter,” says Fent, “had been in the wash room only a few seconds when suddenly he came leaping out into the aisle. As he did, I saw the reflection of flames on the highly polished door. The porter made a desperate attempt to close the door, but by this time the whole wash room was roaring with flame, and he was beaten back.” Fent jumped to his feet. He was one of seven men in the car including the conductor and porter. Before he could get out of his seat, the flames were almost on him, and he had barely time to grab his coat and brief case and dash to the rear of the car. Couldn’t Stop the Blazing Train. Meanwhile, with all the windows open, the blaze spread through the car like wild fire. As Fent reached the rear of the car he looked back, just jn time to see the conductor reach for the signal rope to stop the train. The rope was blazing, even as he grabbed for it. As he pulled on it, it snapped in two. Their only way of communicating with the engineer—the only means of stopping that speeding train—was gone. “We all crowded back to the rear platform,” says Fent, “and divided three on each side. The porter had climbed over the iron gate and was hanging to the back end of the train for dear life. By this time half the car was on fire, and with us in the last car and the train doing sixty-five miles an hour, it certainly looked bad. “One of the passengers became hysterical and the conductor had a hard time trying to keep him from jumping off the back end of the train. We were all choking and almost overcome by smoke and the fumes of burning paint and varnish. I felt myself getting panicky and dropped to my knees and put my nose to the floor, trying to get a good breath of air.” The fire was all through the car by this time—streaming right down the aisle and shooting out the door onto the rear platform. Fent felt something move beneath him. It was that iron lid which covers the steps. The porter had loosened it and was motioning the three men who were standing on it to step back so he could swing it open. They squirmed around until they could get it up, and then they crowded down onto the steps. All Jumped at 30-Mile Speed. The porter screamed to them not to jump. The flames crowded them harder now, and Fent was kept busy dodging broken glass and tongues of fire that licked back at him through the rear windows. The heat was so terrific that he made' up his mind to jump soon, rather than be burned to death. And then—the brakes went on. The train started to jerk and slow down. It slowed from sixty-five—to fifty—to forty. When it was going about thirty, Fent jumped, and the rest of them fol lowed. “I was thrown up against the bank,” Fent says, “but I wasn’t badly hurt. A few scratches and bruises—but I was too glad to be off that burning car to pay any attention to a little thing like that. The train went on for half a mile before it came to a stop, and we ran and caught up with it. By that time, the car we had been in was just a red-hot steel frame. Not a window or a seat left. And they were having quite a time trying to disconnect it from the rest of the train because the steel was so hot the brakeman couldn’t touch the couplings. We got into another car, I fell into the seat exhausted, for it was then that I first realized what I had been through.” Copyright.—WNU Service. Wild Dog Known as Dingo Ancient as the race of dogs may be, nobody yet definitely — has traced their kinship to other mammals. What sort or form of animal pre ceded the domesticated dog as we know him still is a moot question. However, there are some forms of the animal which must more closely resemble the prehistoric than any of those commonly known. Among them is the native wild dog of Aus tralia, also known as the dingo. The Name Eunice The name Eunice is of Greek origin and means “happily victori ous.” It appears in the Bible in II Tim. 1, 5, where the implication is of devout faith. This Eunice was Timothy’s mother. Discoverer of Steam Power James Watt, Scottish engineer (1736-1819}, was the first to realize the possibilities of steam power. He never made an electrical discovery, though his name signifies an electric power unit. Oldest College Fraternity Oldest college fraternity in the world, Phi Beta Kappa, was found ed in 1776 as a social and literary society at William and Mary col lege, Williamsburg, Va. It spread to Yale (1780), Harvard (1781), sur vived the closure of William and Mary by Revolutionary battles in 1781. Since 1826 it has been a non secret, purely honorary fraternity, choosing members on the basis of excellence in studies. Grows Blue Grass . In a general way the southwestern section of Virginia grows natural blue grass; the Shenandoah valley and the tier of counties lying east of the Blue Ridge, called Piedmont, also grow a great deal of blue grass. Scott’s Curiosities In Sir Walter Scott’s old home, Abbotsford, can be seen the crucifix of Mary Queen of Scots, Napoleon’s pistol and blotter, a tumbler from which Bums drank, Rob Roy’s gun, and other curios. r-fiOOKS IN BRIEF- O. Henry Tells Tale of 6 Cop And Anthem 9 Elizabeth James By ELIZABETH C. JAMES A DRY leaf fluttered into Soapy’s ^■lap. That would be the calling card of Jack Frost. In fact just last night Soapy had noticed that winter was approaching because three newspapers adroitly disposed did not keep out the chill as he lay on his favorite park bench. Soapy disliked the cold months, but with a little luck, he would manage. Being an observant man, Soapy had learned long ago that there were two alternatives for him dur ing the winter: Philanthropy or the Law. The former carried with it cer tain circumstances that interfered with a gentleman’s pri vacy, as baths and such. So, Soapy had long favored the Law which did not meddle with his tastes as an individ ual. Since he must do something at once about the cold weather, and since there was nothing to deter him now, he might as well begin at once. There were certain activities that Soapy knew carried ninety days on the Island, where there was heat and food, and clothing enough. Soapy went into a not too respect able looking restaurant and ordered a pleasing dinner. When he had dined slowly and with precision, he announced that he had no money and suggested that the waiter call a cop. The next instant Soapy was gathering himself together off the sidewalk. Soapy Is Luckless. The second method would likely work. Picking up a brick he slammed it into a plate glass win dow. When the cop came. Soapy said “Here I am, I did it.” The cop answered, “Who are you trying to kid, wise guy?” And was off to catch a man who was running after a street car. Those were two of Soapy’s best cards, but he still had a few up his sleeve. Across the street stood a modest looking girl, gazing at the winter styles. He sidled up to her, cleared his throat, and carried on the usual antics of a masher. She walked slowly along. Soapy after ONCE IN PRISON William Sidney Porter was born in 1862 in Greensboro, N. C. O. Henry, his pen name, came later. As a young man he went to Austin, Texas, where he worked in a bank. It was there that the embezzlement of $1,150 occurred, a crime that has never been really cleared up. Howev er, Porter was sentenced to serve five years in an Ohio peniten tiary for the crime. In prison he settled down to a concentrated program of writing. In 1903 he contracted' with the New York World to do a story a week at $100 each. When he died in 1910, his body was interred in Asheville, N. C. Of him the Encyclopaedia Bri- tannica states, “The tragedy of his own life taught him a chival- rtms tenderness for the unlucky.” her. There was a cop nearby that Soapy was counting on. Finally the girl turned, caught Soapy’s arm aiid whispered, “I would have come over sooner, but the cop was watch ing us and I had to figure it out.” She hung onto hipi as to an old friend, but at the next corner Soapy bolted. He didn’t want anything to do with women. Disturbing the peace is a sure one, thought Soapy, tugging at his coat to hold it closer, drunks and crazy people are always locked up. Ac cordingly he began his act, yelling and dancing around wildly. The cop watched a minute, and turning to the bystanders, he explained, “ ’Tis one of them Yale lads celebratin’ the game. We’ve instructions to lave them be.” Fatalistic End. Soapy was disheartened. What did it take to rate the three months on the Island? He mused over his pos sibilities, and like a homing pigeon, he rambled along the avenues toward Madison Square Garden. Presently he passed a cathedral, dark except for one window that '^fos rimmed with light. Soapy looked, and then his ear caught the pulsing tones of a pipe organ. What in the world? An anthem, one that did things inside of Soapy. He thought of all the forbidden thoughts, of his mother, of when he was a little boy and had a respect able way of living. These thoughts upset him until the result was that Soapy gave up his idea of spending the winter on the Island. He would get a job, he would be somebody and show the world! A familiar touch sent a shiver down his arm. Looking up he saw the broad face of a cop. “What you doin’?” Soapy answered, “Nothin’.” “Then come along.” The Magistrate gave him three months on the Island on a charge of vagrancy. • Bail Syndicate.—WNU Service. Cool Fashions for Mother, Daughter M _ 1481 1529 TT’S the simple things that/look 4 prettiest in hot weather— iresses like these, with slim skirts, puff sleeves and v-neck- lines. They’re easily made at home, in colors and fabrics that suit you best. The patterns in clude detailed sew charts so that you can easily do it, and you’ll save enough for that extra frock you always want in summertime. Dress With Fitted Waistline. This dress has a beautifully ex pensive, exclusive look—and it’s so easy to do! Only six steps in the making. The lifted waistline is topped by soft gathers that fill aut the bosom. Darts at the side make the waist hug your figure, and the sash bow in back adds a touch of youthful charm. Linen, silk crepe, dotted Swiss or geor gette are pretty fabrics for this iress. Adi-Day-Long House Dress. Made on modified shirtwaist lines, this dress is simple enough to put on first thing in the morn ing, and pretty enough to wear all day long. Ricrac braid on the col lar, sleeves and pockets mrakes it especially colorful and flattering. Make up in percale, pique, ging ham or linen. The Patterns. 1481 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 40 and 42. Size 16 requires 3% yards of 35-inch material. 1529 is designed for sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 36 re quires 4% yards of 35-inch mate rial; 2% yards ricrac braid to trim. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020, 211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, HI. Price of patterns, 15 cents (in coins) each. Interlaced Stitches In Tones of Pink 'XJU O' IrE T DINK is the newest color in dec- 1 oration. It is charming for em broidered mats and table scarves The runner shown is palest pink linen embroidered in darker pink and deep rose. A pearl cotton embroidery thread, size 5, is used. Cut the mat or runner the de sired size allowing U4 inches all around for hems. Turn the hems and sew them by hand at the corners. 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