Princess Presents Colors
r-;-■!
9
F! R. H. Princess Mary, of Great Britain, is shown presenting the
colors to the British Red Cro*s Society in an impressive ceremony
at the Duke of York’s headquarters in London. An especially ap
pointed guardian is shown kneeling to receive the stand. Leaders
of the Red Cross movement throughout England took part in the
ceremony.
A Good Car Gone Bad
■ iTTJXr LsWWBr-^HWUMMUHV * 1
Maybe it was a leap ior nonor to clear its name tnat inuucea tnis
once respectable Boston automobile to drive off the road after it
had been appropriated by several amateur auto thieves. At any
rate, the thieves soon discovered they couldn’t drive the car suc
cessfully, as this picture proves. All hands leaped to safety, how
ever, before the crash and escaped capture. Like to sell the luck
less owner a new car?
Smash Record with Kiel Oil
Flying a Bellanea monoplane, powered with a Deisel engine burning
crude fuel oil, Walter Lees (left) and Frederick Brossy (right) are
shown at Jacksonville, Fla., airport, just after landing following theii
setting of a new rton-refueling endurance flight record over the south
ern city. Lees, who drove a horse car to pay for his flying lessons,
and Brossy set a mark of 84 hours and 33 minutes aloft without once
taking on fuel or landing. Dr. Ralph Greene, official timer,
is shown in center.
Rider Stays with His Mount
unuea we stana, aiviaea we ran aoesn t apply in inis case, ior
when “Go Along’’ came to grief at a steep jump during the Worth
ington Valley Horne Show at Baltimore, Md., his rider, If. H. Dixon,
■tayed Tight with him. Such affecti<fn between a i*14eT and hia
mount is touching and all too rare. Luckily the earned* recorded
this instance for posterity.
Aller 51 Years
tx runiiit
HI# BtS'f Di{
1 ■•***> -
All of "the boys” in the New
York Central Railroad yards
near New York City were sorry
to bid farewell the other day to
Jim McCarthy, 70 ycnrs old, who
retired after 51 years’ service
as "the finest engineer in the
yard." Jim is shown above in
the decorated cab of hi.s engine
with the Missus.
Winner’s Reward
Averaging 92.C29 miles an hour
for 600 miles, Louis Schneider,
former motorcycle cop, captured
the Memorial Day race at In
dianapolis as 150,000 looked on.
Here is what Schneider won be
sides the $40,000 first place
prize—a great big hug from no
body less than enthusiastic Mrs.
Schneider. The photo was taken
just after the long grind was
climaxed by victory.
Beach Rompers
The latest for Summer resort
wear is the short comber suit.
Made «/ printed, striprd or dot
ted material, these *k:<s are par
ticularly adapted lor occasions
when active sports are on the cal
endar. t.ilian Bond, screen player,
shows a model with gay red polka
dott and flowers scattered on a
ground of black. Not* the waist
line bodice and Bating akirt with j
mhartM lOKsaih
“He Was More Than a Friend—Byrd
Genuine human sorrow accompanied Igloo, peppy
little fox terrier in his day, to hii grave in Pine
Ridge Cemetery, Dedham, Mass. Rear-Admiral
Richard E. Byrd, with whom Igloo shared the
perils of tho South Pole, is shown standing at left
, with head bared as his pet dog and eompaniow is
lowered into the enrth. Igloo ac’-.-.rnpaiued lha
Admiral on his lecture tour following the
Antarctic expedition until indigestion .killed hna.
Where Poet Toiled
!—!—!-*._™
Commemorating the first issue of Walt Whitmans “Leave* of
Grass,” the Authors’ Club of New York recently unveiled the bronze
tablet shown above at the spot in Brooklyn where the Rome Broth
ers’ little printing shop Ret up the first edition of the noted author's
work. Whitman himself toiled at the compositor’s case, slowly set
ting type for a book that was long unappreciated. Now original
copies of the first edition bring about $5,000,
Marches Alone
ooie survivor ot ail tnose «sigo*
boys in gray who went off U
,'vur in 1801 from Alexandria*
Va., General Edgar Warfield, 38
(above), stood alone at the ne
mo rial to Confederate d>*a4 >a
his city on the duy sot aside for
annual tribute to their mernerji.
Boy Scouts formed an hononity
escort for the aged vetera*.
fliat’s the Spot!
Dramatically, Howard Bridgctt3,
New York broker, points to the
sandy stretch in Brooklyn where
he fought • duel-to-the-death with
I)r Joseph *f. Doughlin over what
Rridgetts mjtt was domestic trou
liles. Bridgetta, bleeding profusely
from a bulSet wound in his arm,
ataggered hMo police headquarters
after being the objec* *f a wide
spread search in the mysterious
case. Th* broker plead*/ self
defense, but refused to say more
concerning the encounter can the
“field of Ronor.r
Yvhat a Generous Stork !
Some people may look upon twins as no blessing whatsover, bat haw
ibout two sets of them within 14 months? Mrs. Joseph DusrJ*, J*
/ears old, of Pittsburgh, Pa., is photographed with her foursome, butt
they’re net quite ready for the golf links yet. Married at 24, Mas
Dusch is the mother of ten children, including the new twins, a boy awn
ei girt. Bobby and Melvin, shown at the left and right of their mother
are a year old.
Sweet t riplet Graduates
Even President Edgar D. Lee, of Christian Collegr, at Cohsnen, Wr>
was unable to determine which was which whi n the smiling Wiekiwi
triplets graduated together. Here they are—Mary, Julie and
i'heir home is at Bucklin, Mo. Aren’t they sweet?