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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMIClC S. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1939
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
N EW YORK.—Somebody was al
ways turning in a riot call when
Igor Stravinsky’s “Fire Bird” and
“Sartre du Printemps” were first
‘Wild 9 Composer
Spears Harvard
Professorship
played. He
was the Earl
Browder of
the salons and
musical con
servatories, but now he’s as respect
able as Nicholas Murray Butler, as
he takes his post as professor of po
etry at Harvard. As he writes his
fourth symphony, he enjoys full and
complete academic sanction for
what were once considered the wild
vagaries of his compositions.
In Russia, his parents wanted
him to be a lawyer. Rimsky-
Korsakoff was the Pied Piper
who lured him from law books
to outlaw music, but who un
leashed his genius and himself
profited as Stravinsky became
one of his most knowing and
gifted interpreters.
Thf frail person of Professor Stra-
vinsky, as he may now be called,
has been shaken and racked by the
torrent of his genius, and every so
often he has found it necessary to
take time out in Switzerland for re
pairs. But, at 54, he still has furious
vitality and is still at mid-way in
his creative career.
With a sharp pencil he spears
superaural sounds. Marshaling
them in a symphony, he looses
demons, to slay them with his
baton. This demoniac disso
nance caused riots in France
when his compositions were first
produced. It took quite a few
years for discerning critics to
discover that he “planned it that
way,” and that there was law
and order in his music.
A/IUCH is being written currently
■ LY - 1 in comparison of the intellec
tual climate of America today with
that of the immediate pre-war pe-
Vet Steel Maker £, iod of 191 ^
Eugene G.
Debunks War as Grace, presi-
Source of Profit ' ^Vehem
Steel corporation, offers something
possibly worthy weighing in this bal
ance in his vehement repudiation of
any desire for war profits.
“We don’t want any war to
Inflate Bethlehem’s business,”
says Mr. Grace. “We prefer
peace. We are in a position to
be war baby number one, as in
the last war, but I can tell you
that our directors and associates
don’t want that kind of business.
I’d like to see the war stop to
day. Bethlehem would be better
off if it did.”
In contrast are the words of an
other great industrialist, now dead,
who, at a New York luncheon club
in January, 1917, spoke as follows:
“America has come of age. Its
ships cannot be driven from the
seas; its citizens will go wherever
their trade or business leads them.
No insolent chaUenge to our enter
prise will stay us in our peaceful
pursuits whenever and wherever we
choose to go. And I say to you that
our great business establishment
will remain world business for what
ever profit may legitimately accrue.
It is'not only our right, but patriotic
duty to seize opportunity to main
tain the full solvency of this na
tion.”
Mr. Grace, as president of
both Bethlehem Steel and the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding corpora
tion, had special charge of all
production of cannon, armor
plate and munitions during the
World war. Last summer, he
rounded out 40 years with Beth
lehem, one of the great steel-
masters of the country. After
his graduation in electrical en
gineering at Lehigh university,
his first job at the company
was operating an electric crane.
He became general superintend
ent, manager and a director in
1911. He became president in
1913. He is 63 years old.
C OMPARISONS are dangerous,
but it would appear that Walter
A. Wood, wearing the colors of the
American Geographical society, has
Intrepid Climber " ^
Maps Peaks of mountain-
Elia, Mountain, ^epsUkes*
His currently reported achievement
in mapping the peaks of the Elias
mountain range in the Yukon terri
tory caps a list of hazardous assign
ments of the last six years, in most
of which Mrs. Wood has shared.
Last March, he led several
companions up a 19,000-foot peak
in the Alpine jungles of the Si
erra Nevada de Santa Marta
range in Colombia.
With the Louis Boyd expedition to
east Greenland in 1933, Mr. Wood
has traversed many countries, in the
last six years, on research missions
for t.ie American Geographical so
ciety.
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
France Demonstrates Undersea Fighting Technique
Accent is on undersea fighting in the present European conflict, and France, with some of the world’s
finest submarines, is prepared for whatever may come. Here is a graphic idea of the fighting technique of an
undersea warship. Upper left: Brains of the submarine is the man at the periscope. He navigates her into
firing position. Upper right: Here’s what the navigator sees. The periscope’s crossed lines spot the target, the
“ladder” gives him the range. Lower left: The torpedo crew slides one of the deadly “fish” into its tube.
Lower right: The torpedo is in place and all is set for the order to “fire!”
War in Europe Influences American Christmas Toys
The influence of war was distinctly noticeable in the preview of American Christmas toys held in New
York recently. In addition to guns, tanks and planes, there were toy ambulances and other first aid equip
ment. A little war nurse in toy uniform inspects her battlefield casualty—a doll. A young soldier has the
time of his life with front line equipment.
Igloo Dwellers Go Modern—in New York
Just in Case—
The Mayokoks, only full-blooded Eskimo family in the United States,
were saved from a dangerous 7,000-mile journey to blizzard-swept Cape
Prince of Wales, Alaska, when the husband found a new job. During
the closed season Mayokok will serve as caretaker of the World’s fair
carrier igloo in New York.
Battlefront Headgear Stresses Safety
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With camouflaging weeds fastened on their steel helmets to fool
enemy airmen, three Tommies of the East Surrey British regiment pause
to light their cigarettes. Natural and artificial camouflages have been
developed to a high degree by both sides of the present conflict.
The United States coast guard at
Miami, Fla., takes no chances.
When foreign submarines were re
ported to have been sighted in
Florida waters, coast guard officials
painted a large American flag on the
underside of the wing for identifica
tion purposes.
‘Fixed’ Fighter
Harry Thomas, Eagle Bend,
Minn., heavyweight fighter, started
a boxing war recently when he an
nounced his fights with Max Schmel-
ing and Tony Galento were “fixed.”
Investigation was opened when
Thomas declared he was paid “bly
money” to lose the fights.
Star Dust
★ Trick of the Peacock
★ It's Micky With Judy
'fr First Up Gets It!
By Virginia Vale
W HEN an actress who is fa
mous for wearing beauti
ful clothes beautifully wants to
get a bit of extra publicity, it’s
usually a good trick for her to
announce that she’d just love to
have a role in which she wore
rags. Usually, too, she hasn’t the
faintest desire to wear rags, or any
thing faintly approaching them;
she’d scream
and gnaw the
woodwork if any
one suggested it.
But women who
can’t dress as
she does on the
stage or in pic
tures are sup
posed to like her
better for saying
that she’s tired
of being a
clothes horse.
Joan Crawford
is proving that
she really wants to be something
more than a modiste’s mannequin.
In “Not Too Narrow, Not Too Deep,”
her new picture in which Clark
Gable plays opposite her, she has
just one dress. There may have to
be replacements, it’s true, for she
has to do quite a bit of dashing
about in a South American jungle,
but technically it will be the same
frock. That is, according to the pres
ent announcements it will be.
As for Gable, he’s to be a really
tough egg; escapes from a prison
colony and all that sort of thing.
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With some of these ladies of the
screen it’s a calamity if the public
doesn’t see through that ostrich-
with-its-head-in-the-sand disguise of
dark glasses. Not long ago your
correspondent lunched with one, in
New York. We just went in, sat
doAvn and ordered luncheon. Dis
mayed, the lady glanced around.
“Isn’t anybody looking at me?” she
asked, in anguished tones.
^
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland
are going to go with on—and on,
and on—as a team, because the pub
lic likes them. “Babes in Arms”
has decided
that; it pairs
them musically
as well as ro
mantically, fin
ishing the work
begun in “Love
Finds Andy Har
dy” and “Thor
oughbreds Don’t
Cry.” Inciden
tally, people who
meet him like
the Rooney lad
a lot better than
they did for a while, when he was
accused of having a swelled head
and all the things that go with it.
He’s grown into a likable chap, mod
est rather than bumptious, and he
and the pretty Judy make such a
nice pair that the people who pay
to see them on the screen seem to
want them to stick together.
Judy Garland
There’s a tradition in radio that
the first actor to try out for a part
is sure not to get it. Dorothy Knox
has proved that it isn’t so. She
competed with 27 other actresses for
the role of “Frieda” in “The Life
and Loves of Dr. Susan”—was the
first to enter the audition room
and the last to leave it—and she got
the part.
Major Bowes is rapidly becoming
a public benefactor. Not long ago
he presented St. Patrick’s cathedral
in New York with 11 Schwedleri
maples and. four English elms—a
gift which cannot be appreciated by
anyone who does not know how bar
ren New York is of trees, or how
some of its inhabitants long to see
one. The trees are magnificent, a
ivihg tribute to the Major’s thought
fulness.
Now he has given his estate.
Laurel Hill, at Ossining, N. Y., to
the Lutheran church for a retreat
for the clergy and laity of New
York and nearby states. The 10-
acre estate is a show place, filled
with memories for Major Bowes; he
and the late Mrs. Bowes, who was
Margaret Illington, the famous ac
tress, bought it in 1927, and through
the years they landscaped it, in
stalled a swimming pool, and did
everything they could to make it
beautiful.
Major Bowes not only gave the
estate to the church, but added a
substantial gift to help equip it.
ODDS AND ENDS—Charles Boyer is.
to come to this country on a propaganda
mission for the French government . . .
Greta Garbo is not only going to be a
comedienne in her new picture, "Ninotch-
lea”—she's going to do a scene in which
she drinks just a bit too much champagne
. . . Andrea Leeds was married recently in
Del Monte, Calif., to Robert S. Howard,
whose father owns a famous racing stable
. . . The British government wouldn't grant
Edward Small permission to film some of
\he scenes of "My Son, My Son!” against
\he actual backgrounds in Manchester,
London, and other cities, so the entire
Him will be made in Hollywood.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
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PEACE
I 'HE greatest guarantee of peace is
a public opinion that desires
peace. Without a knowledge of the
facts we cannot have such a public
opinion. Give light and the people-will
find their own way.”—U. S. Senator
Henry C. Lodge Jr.
Bag Was Positively
Golfer s Last Chance
The fat man decided to try golf.
Armed with six golf clubs, a ball,
and a caddie, he marched off to
the links.
The caddie placed the ball on
the tee. Then, with a terrific
swing, the fat man whirled his
club through the air. But the lit
tle white ball remained on its tee,
while the club, meeting mother
earth, broke into splinters.
The second, third, fourth, and
then the remaining clubs shared
the fate of the first.
“What would you do now?”
asked the golfer of the caddie.
Holding out the empty bag, the
youngster replied, “Don’t give in!
Hit it with this!”
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are an
effective laxative. Sugar coated.
Children like them. Buy now!—Adv.
Experience and Memory
Experience is the father of Wis
dom, and Memory the mother.
INDIGESTION
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If the first dose of this pleasant-tastlng little
black tablet doesn’t bring you the fastest and most
complete relief you have experienced send botUe
back to us and get DOUBLE MONEY BACK. This
Bell-ana tablet helps the stomach digest food,
makes the excess stomach fluids harmless and lets
you eat the nourishing foods you need. For heart-
bum, sick headache and upsets so often caused by
excess stomach fluids making you feel sour and
sick all over—JUST ONE DOSE of Bell-ans proves
speedy relief. 25c everywhere.
Life’s Thirst
Life’s thirst quenches itself
With draughts which double thirst.
—Anon.
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to loosen germ laden phlegm.
Increase secretion and aid nature to
soothe and heal raw, tender, inflam
ed bronchial mucous membranes.
No matter how many medicines you
have tried, tell your druggist to sell
you a bottle of Creomulsion with the
understanding that you are to like
the way it quickly allays the cough
or you are to have your money back
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, B ronchiti.
Still Schoolboys
Nations are but enlarged school
boys.—Froude.
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A drop of ink makes millions
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A wonderful aid for boils
where a drawing agent
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nnd comforting. Fine for
children and grown-ups.
Practical. Economical.
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