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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1939
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WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
XT EW YORK-—On August 2 ot this
I 1 year, Dr. Gustavus Adolphus
Eisen will be 92 years old. It was
his research that established, so far
without authori-
Dr. Eisen at 91
Still Delves Into
Past and Future
tative chal
lenge, the Chal
ice of Antioch
as the “oldest
surviving record of the faith of the
Apostles.” The chalice was exhib
ited during holy week at St. Thom
as Episcopal church, New York,
with the conjecture that its inner
cup may have been the beginning
of the legend of the Holy Grail. In
a book published in 1926, Doctor
Eisen established the use of the
chalice in the Church at Antioch not
later than the end of the first cen
tury of the Christian era.
At the age of 85, Doctor Eisen
learned to decipher cuneiform
inscriptions, to write a treatise
on Mesopotamian cylindrical
seals, or glyptics. In 1936, he
published 15 volumes summa
rizing his research in legends of
the Holy Grail, and is now at
work on studies of early por
traits of Christ and the apostles.
His eyesight and hearing are
still good and he puts in a full
working day.
Doctor Eisen has published more
than 150 books covering his amazing
range of inquiry in a half-dozen sci
ences, including studies of earth
works, fig culture, archeology, an
cient grass, portraits of George
Washington and geological, zoologi
cal and botanical subjects.
Born in Sweden, he was a frail
child, unable to attend school, fre
quently in the
Horticulture Is
Modern Field
Of the Scientist
country, with
tutors who
stimulated his
scientific inter
ests. In the University of Upsala,
he wrote a thesis on earthworks
which attracted the attention of
Charles Darwin. His correspond
ence with Darwin put him in touch
with Alexander E. Agassiz, the
American naturalist, and, when he
obtained his doctorate in 1873 and
removed to America, the two men
formed a long and fruitful associa
tion. For 40 years. Doctor Eisen
V£as on the Pacific coast, working
at times with the late Luther Bur
bank on plant research.
Last year, the California
Academy of Science honored
him as the founder of the state’s
great fig-growing industry.
Smyrna figs frequently had been
taken to California, but there
was no yield. Doctor Eisen
studied this problem and
reached the conclusion that the
failure was due to lack of fer
tilization. Male trees were
brought over and California be
gan gathering fig crops.
The chalice, which had been found
in the rccient ruins of Antioch in
1910 and placed in the Louvre, in
Paris, was brought .to this country
in 1914, to safeguard it durifig the
war. Doctor Eisen’s conclusion was
that it had been made by a great
Roman artist, Appollodorus, who
lived from 50 to 120 A. D.
Doctor Eisen’s avid scientific
studies continue on, unabated, into
his tenth decade. He is a bachelor.
None has ranged farther into the
past, while pressing eagerly into the
future in his zest for knowledge.
/~\N A cotton patch in the high
'^'mountains of North Carolina, a
lad leaned on his hoe, and, in his
imagination, followed out in the
world the 11:15
Gyroscope Aids train, in the
Lad With Hoe in valley far be-
Whirl to Wealth low - One day,
he did follow
the lingering plume of smoke and
that is linked, in the long chain of
causation, with the Sperry corpora
tion’s harbinger of one more spring.
The lad with the hoe, one Thomas
A. Morgan, president of the corpo
ration, announces a net income of
$4,961,398 for 1938, against $2,949,860
the year before.
He joined the navy when he
hung up his hoe, qualified as an
electrician, and, running a gyro
scope, sank his career in this
magic whirligig. That geared
him in with the Sperry com
pany, and, just as the great war
was breaking, he chased the
Czar’s navy all over the far-
eastern map to sell it gyro
scopes. He caught up with it
and rang up a sale, in one of
the epics of free American en
terprise.
Thereafter he planted gyroscopes
on all the great fighting ships of the
world and sailed a true course tc
the presidency of the Sperry cor
poration in 1928. He became one oi
the grand panjandrums of aviation
He says he got where he is bj
thinking of today, and its demands
rather than of yesterday or tomor
row. He had ten months’ schoolinj
when he trailed the train in tht
valley
l£) Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service.
Big Show’s Train Gets Annual Blessing
Reverend Charles Elslander, pastor of St. Martha’s church and circus
chapel in Sarasota, Fla., winter home of Ringling Brothers and Barnum
and Bailey circus, gives the big show his annual blessing as it entrains
for New York. Left to right: Joseph Steier, altar boy; Reverend Charles
Elslander, Reverend John A. Lynch and Reverend Patrick O’Brien.
SUN-TAN FOR CHIEF
Although he’s a full-blooded Cher
okee, Chief Thunder Cloud, in whose
veins flows the blood of the mighty
Red Hawk, has to take a daily
course of sun-lamp treatments to
acquire a convincing tan on his body
for the title role of a new picture.
Radio Amateurs Solve Communication Problems
On the day of his birth Edward Noble sounds off with a lusty yell in his radio debut. The little fellow is
destined to do a lot of broadcasting, for both his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. William Noble of San Fran
cisco, are licensed amateur radio operators. They have a powerful radio station at their home, and the cab
Mr. Noble drives is equipped with a tiny low-frequency receiver-transmitter. A small transmitter and receiver
were installed in the hospital for Mrs. Noble’s benefit.
OVER-BOOTED ANGLER
Opening of the New York state
trout season, April 1, didn’t catch
young Albert Welch unprepared. Not
to be outdone by the many men who
were out for their first fish, the over
booted angler caught this prize near
Theresa with an old pole and line.
Musical Bleats Win Prize for Pet
While Victor Angerame, New York city, holds the musical instrument,
“Bum,” his pet lamb, sounds off a tune on the harmonica to win first
prize as the most artistic pet in the Kip’s Boys.club’s fifteenth annual pet
show recently. “Bum,” according to his owner, did not pull the wool
over the judges’ eyes.
‘Oscar’ Grades ‘Oomph’ Behind Students’ Kisses
It comes under the heading of recreation as these University of Richmond students, Margaret Harris and
Kenneth Bass, submit to a test in the dynamics of kissing, which can be tested with great precision by the
machine Donald Murrill is operating. The machine is the invention of Dr. R. E. Loving, a faculty physicist
at the Virginia school. He calls it an oscolometer, but the students have named it “Oscar.”
Star Dust
★ Siren Again as Escape
★ Picture Valentino’s Life
★ On the Screen Map
By Virginia Vale
F OR the first time in a life
time during which she has
shown deep interest in mo
tion pictures, the Dowager
Queen Mary of Great Britain
recently visited a motion pic
ture studio. She was shown
around his studios by Alex
ander Korda, and watched a
group recording war songs for the
picture, “Four Feathers.” She also
saw two reels of the picture.
&
Some years ago Myrna Loy re
belled against playing siren roles.
She showed what she could do in
the part of a delightful wife in “The
Thin Man,” and since then, she’s
been playing delightful wives until
she’s sick unto death of them, too.
So now she’ll turn siren again, as
“Lady Esketh,” in “The Rains
Came,” the picture version of that
MYRNA LOY
very good book that everybody was
reading a year or so ago. After
that she’ll play another young wom
an who is something less than per
fect when she is co-starred with
Spencer Tracy in “Sea of Grass,”
in a role that will have to be con
siderably rewritten if the censors
are to approve of it.
A picture based on the life of
Rudolph Valentino is to reach the
screen at last. It is one of the five
productions to be released through
United Artists in 1939-40 by Edward
Small Productions, Inc. And vari
ous old newspaper men are waiting
for it with considerable interest,
wondering how certain parts of that
biography will be fixed up so that
they are fit for the screen.
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Two Texas cities, Fort Worth and
San Antonio, took particular interest
when two recent R. K. O. pictures
were released. One was Douglas
Corrigan’s “The Flying Irishman,”
because it was in San Antonio that
Corrigan worked as a newsboy to
support his mother after his father
deserted the family. Fort Worth
wanted to see “The Story of Vernon
Castle,” with Ginger Rogers and
Fred Astaire, because it was at
Benbrook field, Fort Worth, that
Castle crashed his plane to avoid
colliding in mid-air with another.
Incidentally, Mrs. Castle, who act
ed as technical director for the
picture, is very much pleased with
Astaire’s portrayal of her famous
husband. She wasn’t so well satis
fied with the agile Ginger’s per
formance as his wife, because, as
she said, she couldn’t imagine her
self as a blonde.
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Casting Henry Fonda in a leading
role in “The Story of Alexander
Graham Bell” was what’s known as
a natural. Fonda himself was de
lighted. For when he was in high
school he decided that his career in
life would have something to do with
the telephone business, if he had
anything to say about it.
During his last two years in high
school he worked as a '’trouble
shooter,” and when he got his de
gree from the University of Minne
sota his thesis was on communica
tion systems, especially the tele
phone and telegraph. It was just by
accident that he worked with a Lit
tle Theater group and finally landed
in the movies.
The first radio program to ar
range for an exhibit at the New
York World’s fair is Dave Elman’s
“Hobby Lobby.” A special build
ing is being erected, and thousands
of specimens of hobbies will be on
display. In addition, Elman has ar
ranged for hobbyists who have
been on his programs to appear at
the exhibit and explain their hob
bies.
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ODDS AND ENDS — Hollywood’s
glamour girls who appear as guest stars
on “The Circle” broadcasts usually de
mand that Cary Grunt play opposite them
. . . Isabel Sheridan, stand-in for Joan
Bennett in “The Man in the Iron Mask”
is Mary Bickford’s cousin ... A perfect
piece of casting seems to be that of Ron
ald Colman for the hero in “The Light
That Failed” . . . Warner Brothers won’t
screen “John Dillinger, Outlaw” after all
—too many people didn’t like the idea
. . . Bing Crosby’s going to work with 75
children in “The Star Maker”—probably
at least one of them will become a star.
C Western Newspaper Union.
Small Waists and
Becoming Necklines
T HE neckline is a very impor
tant detail in making your
dress becoming. Thus No. 1719,
designed for large figures, has a
plain, deep v-neckline which is
especially slenderizing. Darts at
the waistline tend to make you
look inches slimmer. This is a
particularly comfortable dress to*
work in, with its deep armholes,,
slashed sleeves, and easy waist.
It’s easy to put on and to iron,,
too, thanks to the button-front. A
diagram design, it may be all fin
ished in a few hours. Calico, ging
ham, percale or seersucker are
nice for this.
For slender, . youthful figures,
the heart-shaped, frill-trimmed
neckline of No. 1726 is perfectly
charming and as flattering as can
be! The pointed basque bodice di
minishes your waistline to prac
tically nothing, and the wide
shouldered sleeves and flaring
skirt accent the slender youth of
the silhouette. Make this pretty
dress of silk crepe, taffeta or
prints, and see if it doesn’t win
you many compliments!
No. 1719 is designed for sizes 36,
38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52. Size
38 requires 4% yards of 35-inch
material; 4% yards of braid.
No. 1726 is designed for sizes 12,
14, 16, 18 and 20. Size 14 takes 4%
yards of 39-inch material; 1%
yards of pleating or ruffling.
Spring-Summer Pattern Book.
Send 15 cents for the Barbara
Bell Spring and Summer Pattern
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becoming clothes, selecting de
signs from the Barbara Bell well-
planned, easy-to-make patterns.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1324,
211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, I1L
Price of patterns, 15 cents (in
coins) each.
How Women
in Their 40’s
Can Attract Men
Here's good advice for a woman during her
change (usually from 38 to 52), who fears
she’ll lose her appeal to men, who worries
about hot flashes, loss of pep, dizzy spells,
upset nerves and moody spells.
Get more fresh air, 8 hrs. sleep and if you
need a good general system tonic take Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, made
especially for women. It helps Nature build
up physical resistance, thus helps give more
vivacity to enjoy life and assist calming
jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that
often accompany change of life. WELL
WORTH TRYING!
Beyond Help
The gods cannot help a man
who loses opportunities.
Nose
Stuffy
Just 2 drops Penetro
Nose Drops In each
nostril relieves irri
tation, congestion-
discomfort in head
colds. Brings relief.
PENETRO DROPS
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Scarcity of Voices ' . j
There are many echoes in tha
world, but few voices.
That Namin'?
Backache
May Warn of Disordered
Kidney Action
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drinking—its risk of exposure and infeo*
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of the kidneys. They are apt to become
overtaxed and fail to Alter excess acid
and other impurities from the life-giving
blood.
You may suffer nagging backache,
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