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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C.
IF PRESIDENT FELL THROUGH FLOOR ...
There'd Be Re-Joisting in the White House
. . THE WORLD WOULD STAND AGHAST
H. I. PHILLIPS
TRUMAN AND THE TUB
President Truman, ic explaining
the probable cost of around five
million dollars to repair the White
House, declared — “My bathroom
sagged so that I had begun to fear
It would go through the floor.'*
•
We can’t see why the President
was alarmed. He would have been
the first president ever to have
fallen from one floor to another in
his bath; it would have made his
tory.
.
For a century there might
' have been signs In the White
Honse: “President Harry S. Tru
man, 32nd President of the Unit
ed States. Landed Here” or
“On This Spot Harry 8. Truman
Made the First Crash Landing
Ever Made in a White House
Bathtub, Glider Type.”
•
Had Harry kept his mouth shut,
let the building deteriorate and
bravely crashed through the floor
in his tub, it might have been far
from a calamity so far as his for
tunes are concerned. People love
the dramatic these days. They
crave entertainment and action as
never before. There on the ground-
floor in his second-floor bathtub
amid the rubble, his head unbowed,
he would have won a new grip on
the public. The picture might have
taken a place beside Washington
| and the Delaware in water exploits.
' We can imagine some painter
1 glorifying it with an oil entitled,
“Truman Crossing the Dilapidated
Beams.”
.
The accident would have given
the people a new appreciation of
what a president has to go through.
It would have kindled a mood of
warm sympathy and understanding.
What man has ever stepped into a
bathtub without at least a fleeting
fear of an accident? And how many
have known what it is to take a
tumble in one? Can you fancy their
feelings for a President who had
stepped into a tub . . . powl . . ,
gone down a flight or two!
.
This la an era of rumor, gos
sip and suspicion; the story
would have spread that the Re
publicans bad undermined the
timbers, and this would have in
creased pity for the President.
From coast to coast, across
mountains and valleys, over
brooks and rivers, from log
cabin to mansion the one cry
would have gone up: “How’s
Harry?” The world would have
awaited breathlessly the hourly
bulletins from tbe White House:
m
10 A.M.—The White House morn
ing statement read: “The Presi
dent la doing well, but still suffer
ing from his own amazement”
.
Noon—The President is resting.
His face is not so red by 10 degrees
as was after the mishap.
1 P. M.—Mrs. Trumar was al
lowed to visit the President this
afternoon. She asked him simply,
“It seems mighty funny to me that
you and the tub went down two
flights, but your bathrobe remained
on the book upstairs!’'
2 P. M.—President Truman got a
telegram from Thomas E. Dewey.
It read: “I join the bathtub users
of America in my deepest gratitude
that you piloted the tub to a safe
landing and I sincerely hope you
will soon be bathing again in the
happiness and security which you
have a right to expect from our
country."
•
3 p. M.—Henry Wallace was asked
to comment on the President’s bath
tub accident and replied: “It was
too far away for me to know the
exact facts. All I know is that you
hear of nothing like that happening
in Russia.”
■ •
5 p. M.—The doctors said they
would permit the President to be
interviewed by radio and television.
"I only regret” Mr. Truman said,
“that I have but one ceiling to give
for my country."
• • •
A New Jersey court has ruled
that a night watchman sleeping
on the premises is entitled to
overtime if awake during his
sleeping hours. If he sleeps dur
ing his waking hours, does the
boss get a refund?
We just heard of a fellow «ibo,
needing rest and quiet, was ordered
by his doctor to spend six months
in Wall street.
STAR DUST
Robert Taylor
Stars in Western
By INEZ GERHARD
A ccording to a poll taken
among allied exhibitors, there
never has been a first class west
ern that has been a box-office fail
ure. Even the cheap quickies make
money in some localities. Next
or. the moneymaking list come out
door pictures, in which action is
more important than dialogue
Those spectacular musicals are
fourth on the list Indicative of
FICTION
Cotnee
DANCING SHOES
By CHARLES DORIAN
ROBERT TAYLOR
what we can expect comes Metro’s
announcement that they will make
three westerns, the first, now under
way, being “Devil’s Doorway,”
starring Robert Taylor, just back
from Europe. The other two are
“The Outriders” and “Ambush.”
No stars have been announced tor
them as yet, but no doubt they'll
be big ones.
Hedy Lamarr also is headed for
a western. Paramount has her
slated for “Copper Canyon," with
Ray Milland and MacDonald Carey
At the same studio Burt Lancaster
gets another of those tough roles
that he’d like to abandon. He'll be
a hard-she*led gambler in “No
Escape.” But first he plans to make
“William Tell” as an independent
production, in Italy.
Twenty-five hundred head of
cattle were used for the stam
peding scene in Allied Artists'
“Stampede.” Rod Cameron,
sUrring, said “When I watched
them filming those scenes it
seemed there was nothing for
miles but bawling Texas
steers.”
George Burns had bitter argu-
ents with his laundry over the
scppearance of some of his best
Jrts—then found that his daugh-
r Sandra was wearing them to
hooL with the shirt-taUs, outside
r skirt dangling ankle-length.
W HILE a vast throng of theatre
goers passed through the
exits of the Orpheum, the beautiful
blonde attraction left quietly by the
stage door on the arm of her most
ardent admirer, the owner of the
theatre and string of others.
At the curb stood Max Berber’s
limousine, and just ahead of it. a
taxi. Four maudlin “Collegians”
having a sing-song, obstructed the
entrance to Berber's car, but made
way while the lady stepped in.
Then suddenly three of them gave
Berber the bum’s rush, while the
fourth clambered in beside Paula
Pauleen, tap dancer extraordinary.
Max spluttered and fumed while
the three kidded him. A letter was
pressed into his
] clenching fist and
3 * Minute his car keys were
Fiction frisked from him -
nciiun tax , jumped
forward, and in a
moment was followed by the lim
ousine carrying the dancer and
four members of the notorious Scar
let Gang in evening clothes and top
hats, still simulating drunken col
legians, singing to drown out the
cries of the distressed dander.
In the Holland Tunnel the sing
song ceased and one of the gang
said to the girl:
“This is something new in kid
naps, sister. We're all jolly good
fellows, members of a theatrical
troupe (to the general public). But
don’t get us wrong. We’d rub you
out as quick as any Broadway mug
if you failed for a minute to join
the spirit of our little game. Your
big boy has just read our demands
in a note left with him.”
•TU—I'll pay you,” chatted the
little dancer. “Please — my con
tract. I must dance every night.”
T HE CAR sped along for thirty
miles and turned into a nar-
rov. road. License plates were
switched and another fifty miles
sped by. They stopped at a rail
road village and parked the car
on a side street. They changed their
toppers for peak caps and entered
the railroad station.
“Oh, you’re the troupe from
the opery house,” grinned the
operator. “Thought there was
two girls in the party.”
“One of us is a female imper
sonator, haw! haw!” laughed the
spokesman. The operator laughed
too. and began stamping the tick
ets. “Train’s not due for thirty min
utes yet,” he apologized.
“O.K. brother, we’U put on a
little show while we’re waiting.”
He strode over to Paula. “Smile,
sister, SMILE,” he hissed, and out
loud. “Come on, Sally Rand, give
the gentleman your best imitation
of a fan dance.”
Paula was ready to faint but en
tered into the game by dancing a
whirling tap number that had t* }
operator's eyes popping. Some sing
ing followed and a bottle was
passed around.
"Now, another dance,” ordered
the master of ceremonies.
“Just a slow one,” pleaded Paula,
“I’m very tired.”
“Oh, all right,' yawned the fel
low. She made a long slow stride
straight to the operator and whis
pered “Listen!’ Then she per
formed a painfully punctuated
dance with more body undulations
than footwork.
The bottle passed around
again and the operator went to
his key, took an order, sent one,
and in a few minutes the train
was in. They boarded it.
Sargo was a small city. A taxi
was ready waiting for them and
Across
1 Contest of
speed
5 Sloping
roadway
9 A swelling
10 Sandarac
trees
12 Swiftly
13 Asiatic
country
14 Writing
table
15 Elongated
fish
16 Toward
17 Six-line
stanzas
19 Through
20 Constellation
21 Skating area
22 Once more
25 Wards off
26 Labor
27 Sphere
28 Ancient
29 Punish
severely
33 Measure
(Chin.)
34 Crested
hawk-parrot
35 Appendage
36 Rabbit fur
38 Silent
39 Prick
painfully
40 Relieves
41 Detest
42 Malt
beverages
Down
1 Coin (India)
2 Accumulate
3 An alcoholic
drink
4 Before
5 Value#
6 External
seed
covering
Solattoa la Next laaaa.
7 Queen of
the fairies
8 Feign
9 Little
children
11 Long-legged
birds
15 Greek letter
18 Sea eagle
19 Fasten
21 Refutation
22 Ring-shaped
coral reeib
23 Biblical
character
24 Help
25 Back
27 Tuber
(So. Am.)
No. 26
29 Scorch
30 Lift
31 Man’s name
32 Old
measures
34 A suggestion
37 Outer cover
ing of brain
38 Body of
water
Answer te Pauls Namber IS
Series K-
Sense of Values
j whisked them out into the country
where they got out in front of a big
house.
Every shadow exuded a police
officer. Eight of them had pinioned
the four “collegians” before the
door opened, and two more seized
the servant.
Paula promptly fainted. Two of
ficers carried her to safety.
“This house has been under sus
picion for a long time,” said an of
ficer to Paula. "When that opera
tor’s message mentioned ‘Sargo’
we posted a squad at the house.
Here's the car now which followed
their taxi from the depot.”
Oh, yes, Paula’s dad had been
a station agent and had taught her
to tap dance the Morse code.
T HE TOWN'S wealthiest man, and
its most stingy, had just been
rescued from the water of a lake
where he had been fishing from a
boat. His rescuer was the leading
doctor of the town. After the long,
hard work of resuscitation by the
doctor and the first aid treatments,
the miser pulled out a dollar and
handed it to the doctor, saying:
“Well, doctor) I’m much obliged to
you for savin’ my life just now.
Here’s a dollar ... all I have got
on me.”
The doctor handed it back, say
ing: “Oh. keep your money!”
“Not at all! Not at all!” said the
miser. “It would have been lost
anyway if ye hadn't saved me!”
NO CONTEST
Junior: “Daddy, Willie Brown said
that I look just like you.”
Daddy: “And what did you say?”
Junior: “Nothing. He’s bigger
than me.”
Paternal Regime
At the parting of the ways one
cyclist turned into a side street and
twisted round to wave a gay good
bye lo his companions.
But he didn’t know that during
the day a temporary reservoir for
fire-fighting had been erected there.
His front wheel struck it, and over
he went head first into the water.
As his head emerged above the
surface he was not downhearted.
“What a Government!” he re
marked with a grin. “Free gas
masks, tree shelters, and now free
baths!”
Matter of Dress
Loaded down with bundles, the
little man anxiously looked about
him in the crowded department
store. A floorwalker approached
him and asked, “Are you looking
for something in men’s wearing ap
parel sir?”
“No, something in women’s ap-
pareL” came the answer. “I can’t
find my wife.”
RELAXED
“I’m sorry to hear that your
husband is still in bed,” Mrs.
Jones said to Mrs. Smith.
“Oh, there’s no need to worry,”
Mrs. Smith replied cheerfully;
“he’s quite all right!”
“Then why doesn’t he get up?”
asked Mrs. Jones.
“Well, it’s like this,” Mrs.
Smith explained. “When the doc
tor called about two months ago
he told my husband not to get up
until he visited him again, and
we rather think he’s joined the
Army.”
One Look Enough
On his apointment, the new man
ager of a bank was given much
publicity, and photographs of him
were reproduced in local newspa
pers. All were not printed attrac
tively.
A depositor wandered in, walked
up to the manager, produced one of
the photographic reproductions, and
asked, “Is this your picture?”
The manager assured him that
it was.
“And are you the manager of
this bank?”
The other admitted that he was.
"WeU, give me my money I”
ordered the depositor.
PAGE WHISTLER
Having been married 20 years, a
couple decided to celebrate by
taking a little trip. While talking
over their plans one evening, the
husband now and then glanced into
the next room where a little old lady
sat knitting. “The only thing.” he
finally said in a hushed voice, “is
that for once I’d like to be by our
selves. I’d like to take this trip
without your mother.”
“My mother!” exclaimed the
wife. “I thought she was your
mother I”
WOMAN'S WORLD
Busy Hands Require Daily Care
To Prevent Their Losing Beauty
Haley
Daily hand care pays ....
ing the vegetable, so naturally it’s
easy to get enough of the nutrient.
As far as hand care is concerned,
the old saying about “ an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of
cure,” holds exceptionally true.
How to Protect
Hands, Nails
A few, simple precautions faith
fully observed will do worlds of
good for the hands. If looks are im-
Ifi beauty and comfort.
portant to you, then you must do
something for your hands. How
ever, many homemakers who are
not concerned with looks so much as
with comfort, feel perfectly misera
ble when their hands are ravaged by
household duties. Hands can hurt
as badly as feet that have been
walking in ill-fitting shoes.
For most of us, it’s impossible to
wear some sort of protection for
every household task, but protec
tion should be used on the hands
when they get after the really rough
jobs like scouring pots and pans,
laundry, silver polishing, dish wash
ing, polishing furniture, painting
the window sills or kitchen chairs,
For resort wear or for a grand
pick-up for your winter wardrobe,
take a look at the new soft wool
suits. They’re made of very light
weight, beautifully soft weaves in
delicate colors that have a posi
tively luscious, good-enough-to-
eat look. Designs arc distinctly
on the feminine side, too, with de
tails to give a dramatic touch,
such as the loose front panels and
the flared cuffs sketched here.
Self-covered buttons add decora
tive value, yet heighten the im
pression of softness and beautiful
color. Simple skirts are teamed
with ultra-feminine Jackets.
By Ertta
H OW OFTEN WOMEN have
stretched out homy, unattrac
tive hands to me after they finish a
hard session at housework and said
in dismay, “What can I do to them?
They feel so awful.”
It’s difficult to undo the damage
in a single treatment. The hands
will remain not only unattractive
but also uncomfortable as well, un
til the natural oils return to the
skin. If you do no hard work, the
oils will return more quickly, but
most women have to keep using
their hands for washing, scrubbing
and dishes and this, of course, is not
conducive to healing.
Does this have to happen? No,
believe it or not, no matter how busy
your hands may be they can be kept
soft, well-groomed and pretty if you
will schedule some hand care in the
daily routine. It need not be elab
orate but you must be faithful to
the beauty practice.
First of all, check the diet. This
may seem far-fetched but hand
health as well as anything else de
pends upon internal health. Certain
vitamins, particularly vitamin A,
keep the skin soft and pliable, and
you must be getting the vitamin so
the skin on the hands or anywhere
else will keep soft and pliable.
Vitamin A is found plentifully in
common foods such as the yellow
vegetables. It’s stored in the liver
and is not easily destroyed by cook-
Protect Hands
Beware _ .
From Common Colds
That HANG ON ,
Creomulsion relieves promptly
it goes right to the seat of the
to help loosen and expel germ
phlegm and aid nature to soothe and
heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial
mucous membranes. Tell your druggist
to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion
with the understanding you must like
the way it quickly allays the cough
or you are to have your money beat.
7 DAYS
v.
Do yon find kitchen gloves so
clumsy that you'd rather get along
without them and let your nail
polish chip where it may? New,
long-wearing flexible mitts of
vinylite plastic that fit on either
hand with equal ease offer a long-
awaited solution to this daily
problem. Tbe mitts are unaffected
by grease, acids or stains and
give hands the freedom of action
so desirable so there’s no excuse
for not wearing them every time
you have a chore that threatens
the hands or manicure.
gardening, or washing the family
auto.
Just out are some very pliable
plastic mitts which go on easily and
come off without pulling or prod
ding. They do not fit the hands
closely, thus allowing for a great
deal of freedom. They’re so light
weight, that you actually feel you’re
working without anything on the
hands, and that’s a very desirable
thing, as any pair of busy hands, if
they could tell you, would say.
It’s also a good idea to keep
your hand cream in the kitchen or
laundry room—on an open shelf—if
possible just to remind you to use
it. When the cream is tucked away
in the bathroom which is not as
easily aceesible when you’re busy
in another part of the house, it’s too
easy to forget to use it.
There’s Proper Way
To Use Cream
No matter on what part of the
body you use cream for lubricating,
softening and making skin smooth,
never use anything but the most
gentle action. A soft, round-and-
round motion in massaging the hand
cream is best. Beauty experts main
tain that skin will stretch with any
other motion.
For those of you wbo have an ex
tra dry skin, it’s wise to use a hand
cream which has been fortified with
lanolin, the fat of which is so bene
ficial to skin. For ordinary purposes
a regular type of hand cream is
best.
Even though you have protected
hands during working time, it’s
smart to apply a bit of cream after
finishing your work, to help smooth
the hands. In case of chapping, or if
you are going to be out-of-doors,
apply hand cream for protection
against the weather. Also, -it’s not
only the well-dressed woman but the
wise one who protects her hands
with gloves.
It’s Easy to Keep
Nails Conditioned
Any care that you give the hands
in general will help out your nails,
too, but they need a bit of extra
care to keep them in good condition.
Here, again, it’s a good idea to
check the diet if your nails are
breaking and cracking for no ap
parent reason. Nails require calcium
and phosphorous as well as vita
mins C and D to grow properly.
A well balanced diet including
sufficient amounts of milk, eggs,
meats, fish, cheese, fruits and
vegetables will supply these, and in
some cases the diet will have to be
supplemented with vitamins to keep
you healthy.
Plan to give yourself a manicure
once a week if you cannot or do not
have professional care available.
Cut your cuticle if it needs trim
ming; otherwise just push it back
with a gentle motion with the
orange stick. Oil the nails while you
work on the other hand, then wash
in gentle soapy suds and dry the
hand carefully.
Now, file the nail into the shape
desired; trim off any rough edges
and make repairs as needed. Apply
more oil to the nails and then after
standing a bit, the hands are washed
and creamed.
When Using Polish,
Do it Correctly
If you want to polish the nails, the
polish will last longer if you apply
a base coat to the perfectly dry
nails. Usually two coats of nail
enamel are applied, and this U
topped with a protective coating
that helps the nail enamel to harden
as well as to last longer.
Keep an orange stick handy and
have the tip of it wrapped in a bit
of cotton which you keep dipping in
polish remover to help remove
polish from anything but the nail
itself.
WILL
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38.000,000 AMERICANS ARE
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