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I Adventurers’ “Asleep at the Wheel ” By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter HERE’S Fred Bock, whose address is Brooklyn, but whose home is Route 34, or Route 36, or maybe some other route altogether. Fred, you see, drives one of those big transportation trucks that move between one city and another. Those lads might get back to their houses once in a while, but a good part of the time they do their sleep ing on the big front seat of a truck parked at the side of the road. That’s the sort of lad you have to catch on the fly. But I’ve nabbed Fred, and here’s his story. On a Thursday morning in November, Fred and hs partner Charlie were delivering furniture at various houses in Brooklyn. They went out with a load, delivered it. and finished up about one o’clock in the afternoon. They had some lunch and pulled into the office at two, ! hoping they were through for the day. But no such luck for Fred. He still had a man-sized job to do that day—and besides that there was a little adventuring to be taken care of. At that stage of the game, though, he didn’t know anything about adventuring. Taking a Load to Washington. After Fred had a|>Ulrd up his accounts, the manager called him into his office and told him the bad news. There was an immediate delivery to he made in Washington, D. C., and Fred had been elected to do Ihe job. They loaded the truck and were on their way. Route 1 was to be their home this time. They picked it up in Jersey City and rolled Into Philadelphia along about nine o’clock In the evening. Fred and Charlie knew a good lunch wagon in Philly, and they went there for dinner. Back in the truck again, Fred suggested a nap. They had been up since early morning, and both of them were pretty tired. They lay down on the scat and started to snooze, but not for long. After a brief interval they were awakened by a cop who told them that the main drag of the Quaker City was no lodging house and suggested that they take their big truck out of there. So they started to move. Fred Was Getting Sleepy. They threaded their way through the city, and once more they were bowling along the open road through a cold, bleak November night. The wind swept across the fields In fitful gusts and the road ahead seemed to darken. Fred drove on through the night. The hours rolled by and he was getting more and more aleepy. Along about midnight a filmy haze began to cloud his vision. Says Fred: "The feeling was nothing new to me. It came from •taring ahead over long periods, and had happened to me many times before. I knew that the best thins lor me to do was pull over to the side of the road for a short rest. I began looking for a convenient parking apace, but the minutes fled by without a sign of a place to stop. The road was getting narrower and more gloomy. My eyes seemed to be getting heavy as lead. "We began to roll down hill. Flickering, fantastic shadows danced •cross the path of the heudlights and the road ahead suddenly in clined in a long, steep, tortuous grade. I looked at Charlie and saw him curled up in the corner of the seat fast asleep. His peaceful repose aeemed to tempt me. And then——'* Running Wild Toward a Wall. And then, suddenly. Fred’s eyes were shut and the truck was running wild! Fred doesn’t know how long his eyes were shut or how the truck managed to keep on the road. But something in the back of his brain some drivers' instinct—brought him wide awake as suddenly as he had fallen asleep, ^s his eyes came open he saw in the beam of the headlights a sharp, narrow turn in the road and. just at the beginning of the bend, a white concrete wall. The headlights brought that scene to his eyes with startling clear ness. “It didn't take me long to realize what that meant,” says Fred. “A narrow bridge spanning—spanning what—was the question. I didn’t know, and for a minute it looked as if I never would know." In the few seconds Fred had been asleep the speedometer had climbed to forty-live. A glance told him that—and theii he Jammed on the brakes. “But even as 1 did so,” he says, “I knew it would be useless. The bend in the road was too narrow to permit a quick turn with a targe truck. I couldn't save myself from crashing into the wall." Steep Cliff Just Ahead of Them. Fred took a lightning glance to right and left, searching for a way out. There was a clear space at the beginning of the wall. How long it was—what obstructions he might find in it—he didn't know, but he determined to take a chance and trust to luck that he didn’t run into a tree and pile up. He turned his wheels and headed for the clear apace. Then, just as his wheels left the road, the headlights showed him what was ahead. There were no trees in his way. There was noth ing. The car was plunging toward a steep cliiY, at the bottom of which ran the river! Fred’s hand tightened on the wheel. The top of the bank was ‘i • scant ten feet ahead, and he knew he would never be able to stop that car. With Ms whole body tense, he waited for the sick ening plunge over the bank—and the end. And then Fred got the surprise of his life. Suddenly, the truck slowed down as the w'heels struck something soft and mushy. It moved another two or three feet and came to an abrupt stop. Fred climbed out of the cab and jumped to the ground, and heaved a sigh of relief and gratitude. The wheels had run into a pile of sand left by the highway patrol. And Fred says: "As I stood there listening to the swish of < water far below it certainly seemed to me as if Providence were rid ing with us that night. For if that pile of sand had been six feet to right or left we would have shot over that clearing and dropped into the river below.” ©—WNU Service. Duke Was a Dude George Villiers, first duke of Buckingham, was a real dude. His Jewels alone were reckoned at a total of 300,000 pounds English mon ey. It was common with him at an ordinary dancing party to have his clothes trimmed with great dia mond buttons and to have diamond hat bands, cockades, and earrings; to be yoked with great and mani fold ropes and knots of pearl; in short, to be imprisoned in jewels. On a visit to Paris in 1625 he had twenty-seven suits of clothes made, th' richest that embroidery, lace, silk, velvet, gold, and gems could contribute, one of which was a white uncut velvet, set all over, both suit and coat, with diamonds. Pecularity of Owls Owls see objects with both eyes at once. Their eyes are set fast in their sockets, which means that they have to turn their entire heads in the direction they want to see. II one walks around an owl, and the bird desires to watch, its head will turn clear around with the ut most ease until it looks directly backward. If a person goes far ther. the owl will follow as far as possible, then turn its heat so quick ly that one docs not notice it. "Sidereal Month" The moon goes around the earth every twenty-seven and one-third days, in a period called the "side real month.” Its path is not a circle, but an ellipse. Each time it goes around, says Science Service, there is one point when it is nearest the earth, or perigee, and one when it is farthest, called apogee. Because of the pull on the moon by the sun, and other bodies in the solar sys tem. the shape of its orbit is not constant. At some times it is pulled out into a longer ellipse, while at other times it is squeezed into a more nearly circular form. The earth is not at the center of the ellipse, but towards one end, at a point called the focus. Bull Terrier a Gladiator Years ago the bull terrier was the gladiator among dogs. It was the day of dog fights—when the gentle man sportsman thought it correct and good fun to pit dogs against each other. It was then that the bull terrier made a name for him self. He was taught to be a plucky scrapper, full of courage, ready to fight for himself or his master. And he was bred so that he was strong, very agile and to never know the significance of the word “quit." BRISBANE THIS WEEK Competent Mrs. Simpson If Edward Has a Son The Latest Gang Killing Goose and Gander “Mrs. Simpson purchases villa on the north coast of Africa, look Arthur llrlahnnr mg out on the blue Mediterra nean, for her "royal honey moon’ with the former king of England.” Here you see the capable young American woman; she buys the honeymoon villa; if she mar ried an Ameri can she would have expected him to buy it. This incident helps to explain how Duke Edward came to rely on the Baltimore girl. The former English King Edward in his "instrument of abdication” declared his “irrevocable determi nation to renounce the throne” for himself and his descendants. All very fine now, but suppose Edward should have a son, and the son should grow up, a man of power and ambition, as he might, with an American mother. He would by in heritance be the rightful occupant of the throne of England, and might reasonably say that his father could not deprive him of his right before he was even born. That might be embarrassing if in troublous times a weak English king or a nervous queen were on the throne. Europe will turn from important matters to read about the latest American gang killing. Joseph Sca duto, aged twenty-eight, was shot down two months ago while having his shoes polished in New York city. Night before last his brother Dom inic, who had hurriedly moved from New York, was with 13 other men in a Chicago pool hall. Three gunmen entered, herded the 14 into a back room, motioned to Dominic Scaduto to step out from the crowd and stand against the wall. He did so, and was riddled with bullets. The executioners were old for their trade, thirty-six to thir ty-nine; young killers, usually, do that work. New York city ordered $126,795 worth of typewriters, union labor complained that manufacturers were “unfair,” and the purchase was stopped. As far as New York city was con cerned that was done to get votes; no New York citizens are involved in the alleged “unfairness.” If all makers of typewriters signed an agreement not to sell a typewriter to New York city for 50 years, and never to repair one, that would not embarrass the city; for the courts would punish that as con spiracy. What is sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander. H. G. Wells, who has influence in England, was “brought up in a simple, sentimental, low - church English home.” Referring to the archbishop’s slurs on Mrs. Simp son, he writes: “I learned to think the proper treatment of men who insinuate shameful vague things they cannot specify or substantiate about a woman is horse-whipping." The archbishop of Canterbury hardly expected all this, or half. Doctors announce a new com pound that kills “sinus germs in the blood stream," a most impor tant announcement. The new com pound, called prontosil, is non-poi sonous to the patient, kills the germs that cause sinus trouble, and may kill other disease germs. The transfusions of new fighting blood, sometimes not used often enough or early enough in medical practice, may be replaced by chemical com pounds that will pursue various dis ease germs in the blood stream, helping the white corpuscles. Congressman Fish of New York wants members of tht Republican national committee to abdicate, that a liberal Republican party may be built up. Does anybody imagine that a "lib eral” Republican party could have held back the political Johnstown flood last November? If the Republican party turns lib eral now, it may find in 1940 that it has done so just in time to miss carrying an election that conserv atism might have carried. The world would like to know more about the Baroness Eugene de Rothschild, hostess of the duke of Windsor, former king. She was Miss Catherine Wolf of Philadelphia, has been three times married, and when the king amuses himself with bowling in her castle, she beats him, and all the other men players. Plenty of energy there. Our good neighbor Chile, anxious to keep gold at home, decided to restrict “luxury importations” and unwisely included automobiles, in cluding trucks, among “luxuries.” As a result Chile's industries face heavy losses, her network of mod ern highways will fall into decay. ® King Feature* Syndicate, luo. WNU Service Period Influences Superb Fabrics By CHERIE NICHOLAS FORMAL gowns for * the midwinter social season are said to be the most elegant, the most sumptuous and most extrava gant that has been seen at any time since pre-war days. The "dress-up” movement is growing more and more so with each pass ing hour. From style centers come reports that an astonishing number of formals are selling this season and that the call for handsome aft ernoon gowns in rich metallics, vel vets and laces is reaching beyond the usual. Gorgeous, glinting, gleaming, sparkling and arrestingly colorful are the fabrics and laces that are fashioning the luxury apparel noted at fashionable gatherings. Then, too, the trend to greater elegance is expressed in the emphasis placed on luxurious accessories, on flatter ing little dinner hats and elaborate evening headdress. Even more thrilling than the ele gant materials and the vainglorious accessories that distinguish this sea son’s formal modes are the various period influences that mark their styling. Designers seeking inspira tion for the costume creations are delving into fashion lore of cen turies past as they never delved be fore. The picturesque Tyrolean and Dalmatian mood is expressed in terms of colorful embroidery which is generously used at present and in other intriguing details that are adding greatly to the gaiety of cur rent fashions. Boleros are flourish ing in the mode both day and night and in the evening the latest is to throw a lace mantilla over head and shoulders and wear a red, red rose for corsage—fashion has gone as picturesquely Spanish as that! One of the most outstanding ges tures toward recapturing styles of the past is the reincarnation of the lovely Empire gowns taken from the days of Josephine and Napoleon. The stately and very beautiful dresses worn by the standing fig ures in the illustration bespeak the new Empire move as interpreted by designers in the style apparel cre ator group of the Chicago wholesale district. In these gowns we see the modern woman transformed into a glamorous true-to-tradition Napole onic type. The silhouette, as you see, achieves a fashionable figure launched with a new profile of erect carriage and imperious dignity, ac centing a high bust and waistline, flat diaphragm, deep decolletage, short puff sleeves and long graceful skirt. Superb lame weaves gleaming with gold and silver and striking color are used for these gowns. The gown to the left is of an eye-catch ing metal brocade in an alluring tangerine color. Handsome lame in a vivid emerald green fashions the center dress with narrow green metal ribbon accenting the high bust line. The spirit of embellishment and splendor in keeping with the new luxury trend has invaded the lace realm also. Very lovely Chantilly laces have their floral patternings outlined in metal threadwork, while some laces add a decorative touch of embroidery or perhaps are starred with sequins, pearls and such. A dinner and evening ensem ble stressing the vogue for the jack eted formal gown is attractively ex pressed in metalic-outlined Chantil ly as worn by the seated figure in the picture. The neckline of the dress is square and the jacket ties softly with a bow. Which is the same as telling you when you buy lace for your frock it is not enough, you must allow an extra length for a jacket. In this way it serves a twofold purpose—with the jacket informal enough to wear to the sim ple dinner party, without the jacket a gown formal enough for the most pretentious evening occasion. © Western Newspaper Union. LACE MANTILLA II? CHKRIK NICHOLAS White metallized silk moire for a picturesque wide - skirted formal evening frock with a Spanish man tilla of black silk lace gracing shoul ders and head, here indeed is the costume-ideal for the debutante to wear to mid-winter festivities. Such grand silks as we have with us this season! The silk moires are beloved indeed and they are lovely in white or colors. White shot with silver is supremely chic. And the new silk brocades! One can’t describe them for their beauty is beyond word pic tures. These brocades are stun ning for princess evening coats that button down the front. HATS NOT BECOMING TO AVERAGE WOMAN The selection of becoming hats promises to be more difficult than ever this season. Seldom has there been such a generous choice, as far as actual style trends go, but most of the numerous different shapes prove unbecoming to the average woman. Height still reigns supreme, al though many milliners have tried to retain the more moderate rounded and shallow crown. The tall crowns, still shaped like inverted flower pots, prevail on every type hat, but the turban. Some of these felts seem to be inspired by early Pilgrim days in America, while others look more like modern Alpine hats with taller crowns. Adding Accessoies Gives New Effects to Costumes If you know your fashion arith metic you will discover that one costume can be made into two by the addition of the right accessories. Take those black suits, for exam ple, which have a modest bit of Persian lamb trimming on collar, cuffs and pockets. It doesn’t mat ter whether the jacket is short or long, or whether it is fitted or swag ger—the choice of a blouse, hat and gloves determine the ensemble’s perfection. For afternoon and informal eve ning needs there are elegant blouses of metallic fabrics and satins, while for tailored needs the shirtwaist blouse with studs is the smartest you can find. Light gloves, dark gloves or bright gloves have their advantages as do hats of felt or vel vet. Pointed Hats Young women have adopted with enthusiasm the fashion of high pointed hats trimmed with long curling feathers. These are worn well off the forehead. Molasses, Cheap Live Stock Feed Can Be Fed Either Diluted or Undiluted, Sprinkled ' on the Hay. By Prof. E. S. Savage, New York State College of Agriculture.—WNU Service. Cane molasses is a good feed for livestock, and is the cheapest feed on the market. Farmers are urged to become familiar with it and to learn to use it. Molasses is hard to distribute, but it is planned to have it widely avail able in drums this winter. Reports from a hurried study of the New York milk shed indicate that retail prices for molasses in drums may be from $21 to $26 a ton. Cane molasses is about one-fourth water and has in it more than 56 per cent of total digestible nutri ents. The principal constituent is about 55 per cent total sugars which give molasses its feed value. A ton of molasses, or 171 gallons, has about three-fourths the value of corn when properly used in the ration. The following amounts may be used for stock with excellent results along with other feeds: Seven to nine pounds a day for horses and mules; two to three pounds for dairy cows; three to four pounds for beef cattle; one to two pounds for hogs; and a half pound for sheep and lambs. These suggestions as to amounts are con servative, and every feeder should try to use the maximum. It can be fed either diluted with hot water or undiluted. If diluted, the molasses can be sprinkled over the hay, silage or grain. If undilut ed, a paddle or big spoon spreads it on the roughage or grain in the manger. A mixture of one-half mo lasses and one-half water will not freeze. Roughage such as corn stalks can be cut or shredded and sprinkled before feeding with diluted molas ses; or a stout, shallow box about four feet square with flaring sides about six inches deep, put up on strong, well braced legs, makes a good self-feeder in the yard. A bar rel of molasses can be placed end up in the feeder and a shingle placed under it so that the molasses flows out slowly. Dry Period 31-60 Days Found Best for Jerseys Perhaps no definite answer can be made as to the exact time a cow should rest between periods of lac tation, for much depends upon the condition of a cow when she is through milking and how well she recovers from her work, states a writer in Hoard’s Dairyman. Arnold and Becker of the Florida Agricultural Experiment station found that a dry period of 31 to 60 days was necessary for Jerseys to produce maximum milk yields. A dry period of longer than 91 days appeared to result in lower milk pro duction. When cows were dry less than 30 days, there was an indica tion of an earlier decline in milk yield than those receiving a longer rest period. In practice it has been stated that a cow should rest from a month to six weeks and this research by the Florida Experiment station indi cates that this is about the right period for cows to recover in order to secure the best flows of milk. Built Straw Silo When the hot July sun seared Frank Canfield’s cornfield, ruining a promising crop on which he had counted to feed out a bunch of cat tle, he felt blue. Mr. Canfield, who farms east of Des Moines, Iowa, reports the Country Home Maga zine, began figuring the best way to use his fodder crop which was good. He had a big pile of baled straw and that gave him an idea; build a silo of straw bales! He lost no time building a huge round silo and filling it to the brim with his blasted corn crop. Now he finds that a straw silo has several advantages. The walls go down as the silage re cedes, and there is no pitching up as with a pit silo. Pliers, pitchfork, and a little hcadwork are providing his hungry cattle with both bed and board^ Mastitis Mastitis may be regarded as any abnormal condition in the cow’s ud der. Whether this condition is such that it can be transmitted to other cows depends on the nature of the trouble and perhaps more on how far it has progressed. Young ani mals are not so likely to be affected as are older ones, particularly those of high production. It is not unusual for good dairy cows to have a swol len or congested udder for several days after calving. The milk at such times is not always normal. This does not mean that the cow has infectious mastitis. — Hoard’s Dairyman. Grafting of Trees Grafting is a method by which a superior tree is made to develop on inferior stock of the same genus. The cambian layer of the graft, that is, the layer of tissue between the bark and the wood, must fit togeth er accurately, so grafting is a skilled job for an expert. Since the peach and plum are both of the same ge nus, says a writer in the Detroit News, a peach graft may be made to grow on a plum tree, or the other way round. CIOVESUEAF CHEESE BISCUITS Mrs. Mary Owen. Memphis. Tenn. Mix and sift 2 cups flour. 4 tsps. baking powder and % tsp. salt. Rub in 4 tbsps. Jewel Special Blend Shortening with the tips oi the fingers or cut in with a knife. Add % cup grated cheese and m well. Beat 1 egg yolk and add to % cup milk. Then add to dry ingredients and mix until soft dough is formed. Cut dough in small pieces, mould into balls and place 3 together in each muffin pan. Bake in hot oven (jWO de erees F.) about 20 minutes. This recipe makes \Vz dozen Cloverleaf cheese biscuits.—Adv. Ask Me Another 0 A General Quiz © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. I, By what country were doub 102nSIn°politics, what is a refer end.UWho was father of Mary Queen of Scots? 4. What was a corvette. 5. What are the two chief lands of New Zealand called? 6. What is the atlas bone. 7. What is an Eurasian. 8. Who was Pluto’s wife. 9 What president of the U. a had Rutherford for his first name. 10. What is a collect. II. What is a foot pound. \ 12. Who won the Battle of th | Pyramids? Answers *2. The reference of some ques tion to a vote of the people. 3. James V of Scotland. 4 A wooden war vesse . 5. North Island and South Is laSdThe top-most bone of the SP7nOne of mixed European and A8.atpCerse0p°hdone (or Proserpine). 9. Hayes. 10. \ short prayer. 11. The work required to raise ai2P°The French under Napoleon. 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