FLOYD GIBBONS
Adventurers' Club
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"The Fish That Caught a Man ’
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter.
AND did you know that your old Headline Hunter was an
• angler? Yes, sir. I've got a big stutTed sailtish over my desk.
I hooked that seven-foot baby, weighing 67 pounds with light
tackle, in the Gulf stream of! the Florida coast.
It took me an hour to land the son of a gun and old Isaak Walton
Gibbons had sore hands for a week afterward. Never tnlnd what luck I've
had since then. I'm not talking about that. Hut what I am talking about
is the story of a real fisherman and his battle with a giant ray that made
my fish look like a minnow.
Elmer E. Garretson of New York city is the gent's name who
caught the ray. Elmer was engaged tome years ago to open up a
fisherman’s camp on Soldier’s Key—an icland some fifteen miles
off of Miami—in waters that abound with all kinds of tropical
fish, both large and small. I guess the place is about the best
fishing ground In this country and there’s no limit to their size.
Sharks hlg enough to bite a man In two and 500-pound sea turtles play
around in those blue waters like carp In a pond.
Catches Sight of Sea Monster.
One day while Rimer was Idly glancing at the water from the dock
he saw a ray—as hlg as a barn door—loafing around the coral channel
near the key. That was Just about the biggest thing Rimer had ever seen
swimming and he decided to try and catch It.
Now a ray la a mean customer. Besides being a tremendous
size the fish—which la a sort of sea bat with enormous flippers
—is armed with sharp, long, bone daggers. Those daggers are
operated by the tail of the fish and can make a frightful wound.
Hut Rimer had a reputation to sustain and he wanted that giant ray
So he got out his small motor driven dory, packed his rllle, harpoons and
lines abourd and with a guide. Charlie Haggerinan, started after hlrn.
Ray Tows Boat to Sea.
Well, sir, Iilinor spotted the monster lying still on the bottom and,
standing up In the boat, made Ills throw. Zowle! The harpoon sped true
to the mark and burled Itself In a ton or so of "filet de sole."
Wham! Mister Big Fish, when he felt that harpoon go Into
his neck, gave his flippers the throttle and hit for the open sea
like a racing car! The line sh^ out so fast that it smoked! In a
Jiffy the dory sped through the channel and Into deep water.
Rimer didn’t wnnt to lose that precious line and he didn’t want to
lose that fish. So he and Haggerman pulled as hard as they could to draw
the boat up closer to the fish. They didn't have a chance to draw the fish
to them, so they Just tried to draw themselves to It, you know, like
Mahomet who went to the mountain when the mountain wouldn't come
to him. And Elmer says that ray sure was a mountain!
Giant Fish Crushes Motor Dory.
"In this way,” Rimer writes, "we drew near the fish. To my delight
he rose to the surface, so I grabbed a rllle and got set In the bow of the
The Giant Black Fish Fell Right on the Boat.
boat for a shot. Me was so big l couldn’t miss. I drew a quick bend on
him. And then It happened!
“Before I could shoot the ray turned and with a tremendous
flap of Its kite-like wings jumped clean out of the water at us!
The pull on the line drew the boat under the fish with such force
that it sent Haggerman sailing through the air into the water.
And it's a good thing it did because the next second the giant
black mass fell with a crash right on the boat! The boat deck
crumpled in as though it were made of cardboard Instead of hard
mahogany, and the giant form seemed to cover the entire boat. I
fell backward from the shock but not fast enough.
"An agonizing pain shot through my leg and I fell prone with four of
the ray’s daggers Inbedded above my knee. These daggers are from six
to eight Inches long, sharp as a needle and lined with saw-like teeth.
The daggers, I saw with horror, were inches In my leg! One of them had
gone clear through and 1 could see its Jagged point protruding on the
other side!
Dragged Overboard by Infuriated Ray.
"The next thing 1 knew 1 was being dragged over the side of the
boat ATTACHED TO THE FISH! I managed to grab one of the hooks
on the side as the tish slipped Into the water. Haggerman was now
hanging on the other side of the boat and only this kept It from capsiz
ing. Hut the ray didn’t stop there. He started Hailing me with his power
ful tall as my body bung over the side In the water!
“I thought my arms would be pulled out of their sockets.
They would have been had the boat been tied, but as it was I
was the tow line and pulled the boat after me. Haggerman
meantime had climbed into the boat. As the ray beat me with his
huge wings I begged Haggerman for a knife. He couldn't find one
but gave me a pair of pliers.
"While I held on to the boat with one hand and Haggerman, too, held
on to me, with the other hand I forced the pliers In between the tish an I
my leg and one by one broke off the daggers at their base. The pain was
terrific. It was like operating on one's own leg, hut l had to do It.
Pulled Into Boat Nearly Dead.
"Finally the last one snapped and I was pulled Into the boat more
dead than alive. A tourniquet saved me from bleeding to death. Hagger
man then attached the tish line to the anchor and threw It overboard and
we were free."
Boy, or, boy! What an experience. Elmer was "free,” but he
had to pull those poisonous daggers out of his leg before they
killed him. As the boat staggered back to the key, half full of
water, he took the pliers, using sea water as an antiseptic, pulled
the Jagged darts out of his leg with his own hands!
To me that part of the Job was the hardest of all. Elmer was In the
hospital for two weeks and It was a year before he could walk properly
and the worst of it. he says, was that the sharks ate up most of the ray
before the other fisherman could rescue him. What remained was only
three or four hundred pounds of flsh. That's all!
©—WNU Ssrvlo*.
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Self-Incrimination Rule
Is an Aid to Evil-Doers
“No person . . . shall be com
pelled In any criminal case to be n
witness against himself . . So
reads the ttrst amendment to the
United States Constitution. Simi
lar language, embodying the same
rule. Is found In the constitution
of every state except New Jersey
and Iowa, where nevertheless the
principle is held to be applicable.
In thousands of cases, the rule has
been Invoked by criminals to es
cape Just punishment for their mis
deeds.
Writing In the Journal of the
I
American Judicature Society, nn
authority says It was adopted by
the English parliament In the Sev
enteenth century to offset persecu
tions of Innocent persons by the
process of Investigation and inqui
sition. This process, borrowed from
the old Roman law, was used by
English ecclesiastical courts “In
furtherance of their selfish pur
poses.” Frequently persons who
refused to testify against them
selves were put to torture until
their resistance was broken.
Although the special conditions
giving rise to the rule have long
since disappeared, It remains deep
ly rooted In modern American law.
To Be Chic Is to Be Man-Tailoreu
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
THERE Is no question ns to the
supremacy of the smart tallleur
In the early spring inode. How to
wear a strictly man-tailored suit
without sacrificing a prettily fem
inine appearance Is the problem
that fashion is putting up to the
ladles these days. And Is the fair
sex proving equal to the occasion?
Of course! Merely a matter of
accessories, If you please. As to
whether your spring tallleur goes
smartly mannish or wlnsomely fern
Inlne depends for the most part
on the hat, gloves, footwear, hag
belt, blouse and all the other Items
that go to make up a correct en
semble.
Here Is a formula for a good
untldote to the masculinity of a
mannishly tailored suit of sturdy
men's wear woolen or other weave.
Wear an alluring frilly, lingerie
blouse, for after many years’ ab
sence it has come Into its own for
spring. About your swanky felt
Hamburg or your equally as mod
ish sailor hat see that your mil
liner ties a length of gaily color
ful (sometimes several colors nre
used together) veiling In a big
sprightly, (lottery, eye-compelling
bow. Match your new fabric
gloves to the color of your veil,
for gloves In giddy colors are high
ly Important news this season. (Col
orful hosiery, too, registers on the
advance style program.
However, should you prefer that
your spring outfit go dramatically
masculine In every detail as do so
many of the hlgh-fashlon tailleurs
on the new style program, again
may we remind you that It Is for
the most part a matter of choosing
the proper accessories. Homburg
lints, shlrtmaker blouses, bags that
look like a business man’s brief
case, a tie or ascot scarf that seems
as If It might belong on brother’s
tie-rack, plg-skln gloves, the very
new square-toed and square-heeled
shoes, all are contributing items
to mannish styles. And don’t for
get to add conspicuously one of
the swanky lately-arrived watch
fob pins.
Designers are playing up the
tailored suit with many variations.
The group pictured illustrates the
idea. To the left the suit is a
classic double-breasted type. In
navy or black it carries a genteel
air which best dressed women seek.
A simple linen shirt is preferably
worn, although, to vary the pro
gram, it is well to have in re
serve a smart taffeta or crepe
blouse. A bandanna kerchief blouse
would be interesting to Include in
your tailored blouse wardrobe.
Here you see one of the cunning
new veils In high color mood that
Is accomplishing wonders in the
way of counteracting too much
masculinity in one’s tailleur.
The suit to the right differen
tiates in that it has a two-button
fastening. Speaking of tweeds
(this promises to be a very tweedy
season) and the new novelty wool
ens, words fall to do them jus
tice. In their wealth of radiant
colorings, in their unique flecked
and nubbod rough weaves, in their
artful stripes, plaids, and diagonals
they simply baffle description. The
ascot scarf and felt Homburg are
significant style items.
The latest call of the tailored
mode Is for skirt and jacket to
contrast as shown in the clever
suit in the foreground. Stunning
color effects are worked out in this
way, special attention to a discrirn
Uniting selection of accessories be
ing absolutely necessary. Note
that this Jacket lias a one-button
fastening. The blouse is of the
new frilly lingerie type. The sailor
hat with veil is good style.
© Weatern Newspaper Union.
SPRING STYLE SHOW i
STRESSES ECONOMY
Economy clothes, designed to save
money, time and luggage space,
starred In I’arls spring fashion
openings which ended a fortnight
of the most varied displays I’arls
has shown In years.
The most striking costumes had
changeable accessories which trans
formed their appearance or con
verted them to several uses.
Worth showed slender, dark satin
evening dresses with draped cor
sages which could be drawn over
the shoulder to make them sleeved
dinner gowns.
Dtlkushu displayed trim black
suits whose box juckets had differ
ent colored detachable felt vestees
anchored by gold buttons.
Evening gowns of printed bead
ed organdie, crepe In brilliant mod
ernistic designs and embroidered
silk were outstanding features of
1’atou'f collection.
Colors Return in Milady’s
Shoes With Varied Choice
Shoes ns brilliant as the pea
cock's tall will deck the nation’s
feminine toes this Easter.
Early spring styles displayed by
manufacturers feature pastel tints
rivaling the rainbow.
“Bright colors—lavenders, yellows,
| greens, blues, pinks—will strike the
dominant note this season,” said
one leading stylish, “and previously
untried combinations will have a
new vogue."
The choice will range from a red,
white and blue trimmed model for
the patriotic to one rivaling Blb^
Ileal Joseph's coat of many colors.
SMART KNIT SUIT
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Knitted fashions are as out
standing In the style parade as
ever. The stunning suit pictured
Is the sort you will find ever ready
when the “what to wear” question
conies up. Not only Is It eminent
ly good-looking, but it Is that prac
tical It comes near being a whole
wardrobe In Itself.
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/fie House
V mmaJ
Cheesecloth bags filled with corn
meal and rubbed lightly over soiled
wall paper will remove much of the
winter’s dust.
• • •
Pour off the water in which onions
are boiled three or four times while
boiling. This removes the* bitter
taste so often found in red-skinned
onions.
• • •
To make pistachio flavoring, mix
together equal parts of vanilla and
almond flavoring.
* * *
Lamb fat makes an excellent
shortening for gingerbread and
cookies.
<g) Associated Newspapers.—WNU Service.
Nipponese Typists Have but
2,000 Characters to Master
The Nipponese manipulators of
typewriters have to struggle with a
keyboard of 2,000 characters to be
picked out by hand. The slugs have
‘ndividual compartments in a sliding
! fray. The stenographer must press
n knob in picking out these indi
vidual signs of the Katakana Hi
ragana forms.
Characters which once were pic
tured have been reduced to their
simplest forms on the typewriter
and now represent Ideas only when
placed In sound and thought se
quence. When the knob is moved
directly over the selected character,
pressure is exerted. A metal arm
pushes across a tiny ink roller and
against the paper which Is rolled
on a drum. The drum shifts and re
volves as the letter progresses.—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Here’s Very Fast Way
to “Alkalize”
Acid-Indigestion Away
Amazingly Fast Relief Now
from “Acid Indigestion 9 Over
Indulgence, Nausea,
and Upsets
IF you want really quick relief
from an upset or painful
stomach condition—arising from
acidity following over-eating,
smoking, mixtures of foods or
stimulants — just try this:
Take—2 teaspoonfuls of Phil
lips’ Milk of Magnesia in a
full glass of water. OR — 2
Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia
Tablets, the exact equivalent
of the liquid form.
This acts almost immediately to
alkalize the excess acid in the
stomach. Neutralizes the acids
that cause headaches, nausea,
and indigestion pains. You feel
results at once.
Try it. AND — if you are a
frequent sufferer from “acid
stomach,” use Phillips' Milk of
Magnesia SO minutes after meals.
You'll forget you have a stomach!
When you buy, see that any
box or bottle you accept is clear
ly marked “Genuine Phillips’
Milk of Magnesia.”
SIGNS WHICH OFTEN
INDICATE “ACID STOMACH”
PAIN AFTER CATIN8 SLEEPLESSNESS
FEELINS OF WEAKNESS INDIEESTION
NAUSEA MOUTH ACIOITT
LOSS OF APPETITE SOUR STOMACH
FREQUENT HEAOACHES
ANOTHER ONE
You have never learned all tho
possibilities of a man until a woman
makes a fool of him.
Ichapped!
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j chapping and roughnesaAll
I apply soothing, \\\
/H cooling Mentholatum. \\\
(Have you tried the |
NEW MENTHOLATUM LIQUID 1
for head colds ? J
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GAS, GAS ALL
THE TIME, CANT
EAT OR SLEEP
"The gas on my stomach
was so bad 1 could not
eat or sleep. Even my
heart hurt. A friend sug
gested Adlerika. The first
dose 1 took brought me
relief Now I eat as I wish,
sleep fine and never felt
better.”— Mrs. Jas. Filler.
Adlerika acts an BOTH upper and
lower bowels while ordinary laxatives
act on the lower bowel only. Adlerika
gives your system a thorough cleansing,
bringing out old, poisonous matter that
you would not believe was in your sys
tem and that has been causing gas
pains, sour stomach, nervousness and
headaches for months.
Dr. H. L. Shoub, New York, reports:
“In addition to intestinal cleansing,
Adlerika greatly reduces bacteria
and colon bacilli.”
Give your stomach and bowels a REAL
cleansing with Adlerika and see how
good you feel. Just one spoonful relieves
GAS and chronic constipation. Sold
by all druggists and drug departments.
VVNU—U 12—36
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