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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1938
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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
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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.
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ADVENTURERS’ CLUB
headlines from the lives
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF!
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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
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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
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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. Now, embroider around
the top of the hem with plain catch-
stitching in pink as at A. Next,
interlace these stitches with the
rose as at B.
Three 1%-inch squares are em
broidered in each corner. Mark
each square with a pencil. The
method of laying the pink founda
tion threads is shown in diagram
C. Bring the needle out at 1,
place it in the material again at
2, and bring it out again at 3.
Continue, following the numbers
and weaving the stitches over and
under as shown. Next, interlace
these stitches with rose. Start at
D and follow the diagrams until
all stitches are interlaced as at E.
NOTE: Mrs. Spears’ latest book
fully illustrates ninety other em
broidery stitches; also fabric re
pairing; table settings; and many
things to make for yourself and
the children. The directions in
the book are complete—no pat
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paid (coin preferred). Ask for
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210 S. Desplaines St., Chicago, 111.
Calculating Reward$
The man who stops to calculate
how much good will come to him
out of the goqd he does, he will
never do any good.—W. J. Bryan.
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Emperor Refused Advice
The former emperor of Ger
many, as a youth, did almost ev
erything in the hope of strengthen
ing his withered arm. Once, learn
ing how to scull, his teacher cau
tioned him about getting into the
light boat, explaining how he must
use extreme care and get exactly
in the center. But William of Ho-
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advice from any one in his life
and was always convinced that
he himself knew best, answered
the advice by jumping into the
boat from the wharf, capsizing it,
of course, and throwing him and
his instructor into the water.
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