| Adventurers’ “ Darkness Means Death By FLOYD GIBBONS, Famous Headline Hunter CIRCUS day! The hot, sun-baked city of Phoenix, Ariz., is all agog. Christy Brothers’ big five-ring show is in town. See the parade. Count the elephants. Then climb up on the board seats under the big top and watch the clowns. See the performing bears; see the aerial gymnasts from Hungary and the acrobatic tumblers from Japan. Hot dogs —red lemonade—peanuts five a bag. And above all, don’t miss Captain Bob Bailie and his dangerous, death-defying feat of bearding eight untamed African lions in their cage. It’s half an hour before show time, and here comes Joe Foley, one of the aerial gymnasts from Hungary, in his spangled tights, over to where Captain Bob is inspecting the steel arena in which he is to put his big cats through thjir paces before long. Joe wants to know if he can string his trapeze over Captain Bob’s arena for an act that goes on later in the show. Captain Bob says it will be O. K. with him, as long as Joe sees to it that his rigging is pulled up out of his way while he works his cats. Joe nods his head, but that isn't the end of it. You'll re member that trapeze later on In the story. Captain Bob and Ilis Big Cats. And now we’re all ready for the big thrill of the day—the big ex citement in which Copt. Robert J. Bailie of Flushing. N. Y., earns him self the degree of Distinguished Adventurer to add to the other laurels he has won in a lifetime of daring deeds in the circus. The show goes on. Strike up the band. Blow the “spec" and let's jump right into the middle of the main attraction. The big cats are in the open cage in the middle of the steel arena. So is Captain Bob. It's a hot day and cat animals get lazy in hot weather. They don't want to work, and when Captain Bob tries to make them, they get sulky. They’re sulky now. See how they snarl and switch their tails as Captain Bob tries to herd them into their Sultan Wan Springing at Captain Bt;b. I corners. Sultnn—the largest and ugliest of them nil—crouches and tries to spring Captain Bob pushes him back with his steel prod. The cats are all in their places now, but it's going to be a tough performance. The act goes. on. The cats paw at one another anil balk at the Jumps. The tension in that cage Is terrific. Now— look, quick! Sultan has kicked over Ills pedestal. He’s STRINGING AT CATTAIN BOB, and his deep-throated, ominous snarl shows that be means business. Captain Bob knows what's coming. He whips up his long, sharp, metal-tipped prod—gels it between himself and the lion. He checks the leap. Sultan Is back on his haunches, ripping at the prod with both forepaws, trying to get past it and at Captain Bob. All Right If He Kept on His Feet. Let's go inside the cage with Captain Bob and see how he's feeling about all this. He’s keeping his head—he knows he'll be all right us long as he can stay on his feet, and provided none of the other cats join in the (ray. Luckily, the other cats are still keeping their distance— milling back and forth at the other side of the cage, growling in sullen rage. If they'll only keep away unother minute—if only Captain Bob can KEEP HIS FEET—he'll get the situation back in hand again. It begins to look as if he’s going to do it, too. Sultan is getting tired of trying to chew off the iron tip of the prod. Slowly, Captain Bob’s snapping whip is forcing him buck on the pedestal. He raises his whip again. A feeling of satisfaction wells up in Captain Bob's chest. He's licked that cat again. He snaps the whip. Lord! What was that? Something has ripped across Captain Hob's eyes—both of them. lie's blinded by agonizing pain. Spots dance before them—THEN BLACKNESS. The whip drms to the floor as he covers his face with his hand. What was it? He feels no blood—no torn flesh. It couldn't have been the lions. They were too far away. But—no time to speculate now! No time lo yield to the unbearable pains that are shooting across his eyes! ^ Snap out of It, Captain Bob, you're in a fine lix. Your whip is , gone. Your prod is hanging useless in your hand. At the Mercy of Ei^ht Lions. YOU RE ABSOLUTELY BLIND. IN AN ARENA WITH EIGHT UGLY LIONS. AND ONE OF THEM JUST WAITING FOR A CHANCE TO NAIL YOU! Sultan's growls bring him back to his senses. Blind though he is. his mind pictures Sultan getting ready to spring. He holds the prod up in front of him—reaches for his revolver. It’s loaded with blanks, but the lions are afraid of it. He starts tiring slowly on either side of him. That will keep them away lor a minute, but six shots is all he has. Captain Bob starts backing toward the side of the cage. It's the best he can do. Blinded, he can't find tfje door. His eyes still feel as though a red-hot iron has been drawn across them. He fires his last shot—and waits to be torn to pieces. Outside he hears the shouts of the cage men—the rasp of a gate being pulled up. He feels something rub against his side and strikes out at it with his prod. The thing is hard; it gives out a wooden sound. He hears one of the cage men yelling to him to stay as he is. Then he realizes what’s happening. Two of his men have gotten behind him They're sliding prods through the bars to keep the cats away. Other men are running the eats out of the arma. There’* a stir in the seat*. Spectators who have been holding their breath are letting It out now in a big. rippling sigh of relief. Someone helps Captain Bob out of the cage—into a car—off to the hospital. Half an hour later he can see again, although his eyes still hurt like the devil when he opens them. One of .he cage men tells him what lappened. it was Joe Foley's trapeze. It had slipped down on its rigging—just low enough to be in the way of the whip when Captain Bob cn eked it. It sent the whip lash bouncing back, right Into Captain Bob's eyes ''It all happened a long time ago," says Captain Bob, “hut I still remember—too clearly—how it feels to And yourself suddenly blind in a cage with a bunch of pretty tough eats." ©—WNU Service “Sammle" Dog The “Sammie” dog is mistaken repeatedly for a breed known as the Spitz, which is much smaller than the pure-bred Samoyede. The coat of the Samoyede is a strong attri bute to distinguish it from a Spitz dog. “Sammies" are clothed in a more luxurious stand-oh silky coat Earliest Bookplates The earliest known bookplate is from a clay tablet and reads: "Property of Assurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyria.” The earliest example made of pa per is a German woodcut of 1450. The earliest American example is a printed John Williams plate (1679). BRISBANE THIS WEEK New Italian Baby By Permission of Unions Some Things We Do Well Throwing Out Kings Italy expects a new heir to the throne in January. If it is a boy, and Arthur llrlnhsinr lives, and noth ing happens to prevent, it will succeed in tijne its grandfather, the present King, What rate Lloyds would charge to guar antee the succes sion is uncertain. Mussolini’s rise from extreme socialism, the trenches and the hospital main tained the House of Savoy in nom inal power. “After Mussolini what?” is one of many European questions. Mr. Hull, Secretary of State, sailed for South America six hours late, to help bring peace to the world, or at least help set a good example on these two continents. ; He left a pier “double-picketed”; j the strike tied up his ship, which ! had to bring six non-striking sea men out to the secretary’s boat, waiting patiently near the Statue of Liberty. After peace is brought to the world, the next step will be to bring peace to United States in dustry. You may read some day: “The House, Senate and Supreme Court could not meet; the Presi dent has moved over to the New Willard; the Amalgamated Order of Furnace Tenders let all the fires go out, while, in sympathy, the Electric union turned off all lights and the elevator men said sympathetically, ‘No elevators.’ ” There must be. for public ne cessities, including shipping that carries passengers and mails, some better plan than the strike plan, and one that would be just to work ers. This country makes some things better than any other country—auto mobiles, and moving pictures, for instance—and Englishmen know it. The late Irving Thalberg, vice pres ident of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, left 35,000 shares of Loew moving pic ture stock. As soon as the large block was offered for sale, English men bought it all. by trans-At lantic telephone, for abou . $2,200,000. Nicholas Schenek, head of Loew's, and its biggest stockhold er, missed an opportunity, and knows it. Everybody across the ocean knows that this country is one NOT to be sold short, regard less of passing troubles. It is said the royal tombs re served for Spanish kings have been violated, some or all of the bodies thrown out. It would be a pity to offer insult to what remains of the truly great King, afraid of mice and spicers, but not of any man— Charles the Fifth—if he also was entombed in the Escurial Pantheon. Of the others, many would be more useful as fertilizer on some Spanish field than they ever were on the Spanish throne, and it is not nesessary to weep over them. London, with the biggest floating fleet on earth, is striving to "human ize submarine warfare.” That is like trying to humanize rat poison. Look at Spain and you see what will happen in the next war; everybody will kill as many as he can, as brutally as possible; you remember the Lusitania? - The biggest crowd seen in Wash ington greeted the President on his | triumphant return to Washington, j the White House and his job. For eleven days he will see only execu ! tive assistants and rewind the big j machine. Those willing to serve i their country for a consideration, or : tell the President, free of charge, how it could be run better, must wait, probably until his return from 1 the trip to South America — Voltaire’s learned Dr. Pangloss l was wrong; it is not true that “all is for the best in the best possible | of worlds.” In spite of all our wealth and pros I perity, more mothers die in child birth, in this country, than in any | other “civilized” country in the j world. You know that better conditions are needed in America when you see photographs of the wretched two-room log cabin in the swamp bottomlands where Mrs. James Bridges gave birth to quadruplets. — According to Science Service, if i whisky is subjected for seven hours j to “intense sound vibrations,” which | means “a loud noise,” the seven noisy hours will age the whisky as much as “four years in the wood.” Think what noise can do to the delicate nervous system of the hu man being if in seven hours it can I add four years to the age of raw j whisky. Mussolini’s order forbidding au tomobile drivers to blow their horns in Rome, "Use your eyes and your intelligence instead of your horns,” should be copied widely. C> King Features Syndicate, lno, WNU Service. Velvets Remain Fabric Leadership By CHERIE NICHOLAS VELVET maintains its aristocratic leadership in the fabric world. It is still the most glamorous fabric in the world. It is still the most feminine fabric in the world. As to being the most nattering let s leave it to your mirror to tell. Now that the miracle of making velvet crush - resistant has been wrought, there is nothing more to wish for in the way of the fabric ideal for active daytime wear as well as for festive night occasion. Not to be wondered at, we are think ing, that the news of crush-resistant velvet is being hailed with exceeding great joy throughout the length and breadth of fashionland for thus does it become a dependable, practical, everyday mode as well as a symbol of luxury and glamor for most any evening. Chic Parisian women have adopted enthusiastically the tailored velvet suit with frilly, lacy blouses which are worn from luncheon on through the cocktail hour. Velvet combined with broadcloth is an outstanding fall fashion. Velvet is also widely used in revers, hembands, bindings, in collars and for buttons on wool, as in the town-country suit in clan plaid as shown to the right in the illustra tion. The hat is of matching velvet. Which leads us to tell you that “velvet with" is found in every type of suit from sports to the elegant dinner suits. The fur - trimmed velvet suit is being shown in many styles—the tuxedo, the tunic, the short jacket and so on. These display rich furs, such as red fox, silver fox, Persian lamb and mink, in collars, revers, and most dramatic wide bandings (the rage this season) and clever manipulations on shoulders and sleeves. The elegant velvet coat has the endorsement of fashion. It is found lavishly trimmed with fur, or un trimmed, with which one may wear one's own furs. It is a very smart coat for afternoon, for luncheon, bridge and cocktails and “don’t dress” occasions. In mentioning daytime fashions in velvet, the tailored shirtwaist types that can be worn from morning to night have an important place. It shops, goes to the office and feels at home at the theatre or informal dinner party. Thus has the practica bility of velvet been increased enor mously by the development of the crush-resistant type. It is a charm ing little shirtwaist velvet dress shown centered in the group. A white leather belt and button contrasts smartly against the black velvet. A felt Spanish sailor with vari-colored bows adds swank, and the white glace kid gloves worn are the finish ing touch. A velvet afternoon dress with starched Venetian lace cuffs and collar heightens its elegance with a star sapphire-and-diamond clip, as pictured in the foreground on the seated figure. The velvet bag with jeweled ornament interprets ace high vogue. Milady also wears a star sapphire - and - diamond ring. Fashion is centering marked atten tion on handsome "rings on her fingers” this season. Again, white glace kid gloves with this costume, for that’s another thing interesting the rank and file of fashionables nowadays—the return into high fa vor of handsome smooth kid gloves. For the elegant kid glove to keep company with just as elegant hand bags of matching kid is one of the pet hobbies going the rounds. Ac cessory counters in the better stores are showing up this gesture for all it is worth. Which reminds us that raisin color gloves are stylish as can be. In the meantime, do not forget what we told you—that what ever the time the clock may strike you will find the smartest women wearing velvet. £> Western Newspaper Union. TYROLEAN KNIT lly CHERIE NICHOLAS The charm ot the gay Tyrolean colors is told in knitted fashions ; this season. A leading theme, re sultant of the vogue for vivid peas ant colorings, is the introduction of fetching hand - embroidery in the knitted realm. Of Austrian origin is the handsome black knitted costume pictured. The jacket especially in terprets the color appeal of enliven ing embroidery so characteristic of this picturesque people. This stun ning black knit two-piece is distin guished with a Lanz of Salsburg jacket. It is authentic, therefore, of native dress. The knitting is done in a variation rib stitch and is yarn embroidered in gay Alpine tlowers. PEPLUM THEME IN DRESSES FOR FALL A costume may look quite con servative from the front but it may adopt surprising accents which are discovered when the wearer’s back is turned. A definite trend toward back in terest in costumes is a feature of the styles of the autumn season. This is developed in many different ways, the peplum theme being most successful in furthering the silhou ette. Lengths of the peplums vary but all of them have a back flare, ! some sweeping downward as well ! as outward. Waistlines are somewhat lower at j the back tha*. at the front, to place more emphasis upon the back of a garment. Matching Accessories Are Not Considered Mandatory It’s time to shatter the illusion that all accessories should match. Bag, gloves and belt — scarf, gloves and bag—blouse, gloves and hat may be alike. Switch them around any way you choose, but don’t have any more than three the same color. Keep your shoes neutral, black or brown, and you can’t go wrong. Black is the one exception to the rule. With a black outfit, all accesso ties may be black. But don’t look too much like the bereaved widow have a touch of color somewhere such as a clip, a string of beads or a bracelet. Umbrella Pockets Watch for umbrella pockets on fall coats. Usually these are ex ecuted in heavy silk, pleated and flared to resemble a folded um brella. Flower Pot Crowns Flower pot crowus domuiat# win : ter hat styles. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS