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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1939 By LEMUEL F. PARTON EW YORK.—The muezzin from his tower cries that he can’t ex actly say that everything is all right, but it might be worse and it proba- bly will be bet- Hi» Restrained ter. That would Optimism Hits be Col. Leonard A Cheerful Note P ’ Ayres of Cleveland al laying fears of a bear market, in his monthly business survey, a periodic voice as authoritative as any noon tide bulletin from the minarets of Cairo. Colonel Ayres, vice president of the Cleveland Trust company, was a school teacher for many years, and is the author of a book called “The Measurement of Spelling Abil ity,” one of about a dozen of his books on educational subjects. He has written a similar number of books on business and finance, and, in his entire range, from spelling to selling, he has never overlooked detail and he is no offhand prophe- cier—prophecy being his main line, as contrasted to that of mere mar ket analysis. He has logged eight major de pressions and eight cycles of in flation and deflation, and he gets the feel of the thing, in about the same way a good cook gets the fefel of a cook book. He was one of the few financial experts who saw the 1929 blizzard com ing, and said so. On October 3, 1928, he wrote: “The golden age of American business has come to an end.” Nobody was paying much atten tion to the muezzin then. He kept on repeating that the condition of finance was “thoroughly unhygien ic,” but the wind wasn’t right and the words didn’t carry down to the market place below. A native of Niantic, Conn., Colonel Ayres was educated at Boston university, later garland ed with a chaplet of honorary degrees from other colleges. He taught school at Rochester, N. Y., and at Puerto Rico, and in the latter engagement turned his spare time to statistical re search, with such success that he became statistician for the A. E. F. in war days—hence his title. Previous to taking over the Banking post in Cleveland, he was a director of education for the Russell Sage foundation, and he had rounded out his career as an educator nicely before start ing another in finance. In be tween the two work zones, he wedged a book, “The War With Germany,” written in 1919. IN THE depth of the depression, a group of Wall Street financiers hired an economist to draft for them a shock-proof and slump-proof plan . for the invest- Sino Business me nt of their Sagacity Seems surplus funds. Highly Plausible to assure them security in their old age. After diligent research, their adviser found that no such plan was possible, but suggested as an alternative that they put their money in the keeping of some sa gacious Chinese financier. This writer recalled then that sev eral of the shrewdest business men in this country, including Edward Bruce of the fine arts division of the treasury department and the late William R. Murchison, had learned about the care and nurture of money from the Chinese sages of the abacus, and now comes Richard C. Patterson Jr., also schooled in business in China. He retires as assistant secretary of commerce to take a private post. Back from China in 1927, with half of his allotted span of years still ahead of him and a sizable fortune already in hand, he wished to put in the rest of his life being socially useful. He was commissioner of corrections of New York city until 1932, given a big hand for his effec tiveness on the job. Just a year ago, he became a sort of liaison officer between the de partment of commerce and the na tion’s business. In this capacity, he urged a friendly get-together in an “economic clinic,” as he thinks part of our trouble is due to a lack of basic facts and sound understand ing of economic and business forces. He was a Nebraska farm boy, routed through the University of Nebraska and the Columbia School of Mines to a successful professional and business ca reer, first as a mining engineer with the J. G. White Engineer ing company, as a consultant for the DuPonts and later in mining and business ventures in China. He served on the Mexican bor der and in the World war, a ma jor in the latter, annexing sev eral foreign decorations. (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) Juliet’s Tomb Is Shrine for Romantic Lovers Although 600 years have passed since they died together, the legend of Romeo and Juliet, immortalized by Shakespeare, still attracts more than 100,000 visitors yearly to picturesque Verone, on the banks of the Po river in northern Italy. Today’s legend is that if a girl in love pays a visit to Juliet’s tomb, the course of her true love will be as smooth as Juliet’s was stormy. Left: The famed balcony, where Juliet sig naled her lover, still stands. Center: A hopeful maiden prays at Juliet’s crypt in a stone-lined, dimly lighted room. Right: The girl drops a message into a box marked “Mail for Juliet.” The girl was alone as it is considered bad luck for an engaged couple to visit the tomb together. Two Invalids Seek Assistance at Lourdes Shrine Star Dust ★ Television Their Chance ★ Old Stories Retold ★ Dolls Hobby of Ripley By Virginia Val© J UST as radio gave a break to many old-time vaude ville actors, television is like ly to offer new opportunities to theatrical and motion pic ture performers whose for tunes have hit the skids of recent years. A young radio executive remarked gloomily the other day that Radio City seemed to be all full of the atrical agents, all of a sud den, the lot of them very busy with candidates for television acts. Like the talkies and radio, this new form of entertainment will probably go through that horrible first stage when anything goes. And the chil dren of today will be the television stars of tomorrow. * Two of the big current pictures, “Only Angels Have Wings” and “Union Pacific,” are going to make you feel right at home as they un fold on the screen. You know their plots by heart. Yet the pictures are so well done that the staleness of the plots doesn’t interfere with the enjoyment of the^R. Richard Barthelmess, back on the screen after a long absence, ap pears in the Howard Hughes avia tion picture as one of those tight- Fred Snite Jr., left, 28-year-old Chicago youth, an infantile paralysis victim whose life for the past three years has depended on an “iron lung,” was recently placed on board ship for the first lap of his journey to the Grotto of Miracles in Lourdes, France, where he will seek strengthening of his religious philosophy, j Right: David Van Wallace, 32, bed-ridden for 15 years because of a broken neck, will visit the Grotto of Mira- , cles some time in July. The Notre Dame club of Detroit, Mich., heard of Wallace’s desire to visit Lourdes, . and took steps to insure the journey. Da Vinci Inventions Exhibited in Milan RE-INVENTOR More than 200 working models of inventions conceived by Leonardo Da Vinci, one of the most versatile men who ever lived, are on exhibition in Milan, Italy. Da Vinci, Italy’s Fifteenth-century “Thomas Edison,” is best known for his painting, “The Last Supper.” He was also an amazingly prolific sculptor, scientist, anatomist and inventor. This “flying machine” was constructed from his original plans. Charles S. Ault, 67, veteran glass blower, entertains huge (crowds daily at the General Electric exhibit at the San Francisco World’s fair* Ault re-enacts step-by-step Thomas A. Edison's method of making the first electric lamp, blowing the glass bulb just as Edison did, inserting the filament and sealing the lamp into a wooden base. Zog—Another King Without a Country BEAU BRUMMEL JR. King Zog, deposed king of Albania, is shown with Queen Geraldine, right, in an Istanbul, Turkey, hotel. King Zog received permission from the Turkish government to dwell in Istanbul so long as he refrains from political activity. At the left is Princess Maxhide. This immaculately turned-out^ young New Yorker has topped his tan sun suit with a modern stream lined version of his father’s straw hat, even to the contrasting band. The straw halo reflects the sun’s heat from the head. RICHARD BARTHELMESS lipped aviators who sternly carry on when their best pals have been shot down — this time Ecuador is the scene of the story, and the excellent cast includes Jean Arthur, Cary Grant and Thomas Mitchell. It’s a thriller. “Union Pacific” is one of Cecil B. DeMille’s best, with Barbara Stan wyck and Joel McCrea. Here is melodrama at its best, with brawls in old-time saloons and Indian fights —and here also is a thrilling tale of the building of a railroad. * James Stewart has star rating at Metro at last, after deserving it for lo, this long time. His first stellar appearance will be in “The Shop Around the Corner,” with Margaret Sullavan. ^ Louis Hayward and his wife, Ida Lupino, finally broke away from Hol lywood for a honeymoon; they were married last winter, but “The Man in the Iron Mask” kept him busy. They selected New York for their belated trip. * Lee Tracy's next will be “The Spellbinder,” with Barbara Read appearing as his leading lady. * That old adage should be rewrit ten, to read “There’s no rest for a radio star.” Vicente Gomez, the gui tarist, is starred in the Broadway production, “Mexicana.” After per formances he rushes to the night club where he appears—he’s through at 2 a. m. And his radio schedule calls for appearances at nine in the morning. * Bob “Believe It or Not” Ripley isn’t like most professionals; he doesn’t keep a scrap book—because, he remarked recently, he’s estimat ed that if he’d kept clippings from all the newspapers in which his car toons alone have appeared, they would require an average-sized house. But he has a collection to which he doesn’t begrudge plenty of room. It consists of more than 500 dolls which were gathered in 200 dif ferent countries. He has been offered a small fortune for the collection, but won’t sell even part of ft. * Phil Baker popularized the word “stooge” in vaudeville and radio, but hasn’t the faintest notion of where he got it or what it comes from. * ODDS AND ENDS—The day Paul Muni was signed to do “The Life of Emile Zola” on the air he was bitten by a stray dog—who probably thought that Muni was to air “The Story of Louis Pasteur” . . . Sol Lesser lost no time in buying the screen rights to the play that won this year's Pulitzer prize, “Our Town”; done in technicolor under Ernst Lubitsch's su pervision, it will be one of Lesser's first United Artists releases . . . Werner Jans sen, conductor of the Baltimore Sym phony orchestra (and Ann Harding's hus band), has been signed by Walter Wangei to compose and conduct a musical score for “Winter Carnival” . . . He's a Dart mouth graduate, and a noted composer. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Pretty Patterns That Are Oh So Practical! COMEWHAT formal, so that you ^ can wear it smartly for shop ping and runabout, is the wide shouldered dress with buttons down the scalloped bodice and braid used to give the effect of a bolero. The circular skirt has a charming, animated swing to it. In batiste, linen or flat crepe, it’^ a dress you’ll thoroughly enjoy all summer long. Indispensable Slacks Suit. If you’re planning to have a lot of outdoor fun this summer (and of course you are) then a slacks suit is an indispensable part of your vacation wardrobe. This one includes a topper with front gath ers that flatter your figure, well- cut, slim-hipped slacks, and a bo lero with wide revers that you can wear with daytime frocks, too. Denim, gingham, flannel or gab ardine are practical materials fofr this. The Patterns. No. 1741 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 40 and 42. Size 16 re quires 4% yards of 35 inch mate rial with nap. Three yards of braid. No. 1750 is designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 40. Size 14 re quires 3 3 A yards of 39 inch mate rial for slacks and bolero; % yard for topper. 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. (BeU Syndicate—WNU Service.) How Women in Their 40’s Can Attract Men Here’s good advice for a woman during her change (usually from 88 to 62), who lean 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 nrs. sleep and It 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! Human Pity More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple Human pity that will not forsake us.— George Eliot. A wonderful aid for boils where a drawing agent is indicated. Soothing and comforting. Fins for children snd grown-ups. PrscticsL Economical. GRAYS OINTMENT 25 e Sure of Failure Folks that’s afeared to fail are sure of failure.—Lowell. I . 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