i Adventurers
“77j<? Saiv That Clicked ’
By FLOYI) GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter
ND here’s Russell Nelson of Dorchester with a tale
of adventure to tell. It was right in the middle of
the depression, and Russ had been out of work quite a
while.
But one day in December he met an old boss of his on the street.
The boss said he had a job for Russ, and it he'd show up at the plant the
next day he could start right in working.
It felt great to be back at work again, but maybe Russ wouldn't
have felt so swell about it if he'd known what plenty of industrial in
surance men could have told him—namely that an unusual number of
accidents happen to men on their first day at work after a long lay-off.
Somehow or other men forget little things during a lay-off
that they’d ordinarily remember
They slip up on something, and then, first thing you know,
they’re in a jam.
Russ’ job was in the mill room, or wood working shop of the plant.
That's where they turn out such finished parts of houses as the window
sashes, the doors, and the newel po„ts they put in stair railings.
He Was Operating a Band Saw.
All during that day Russ was busy, running one machine after an
other. He and the boss were alone in that room, but along toward the
end of the afternoon, the boss went out to do a special job and Russ
was left alone.
At that time Russ was operating a band saw. "A band saw,” he
says, “is a large machine about six feet tall. It has two wheels about
three feet in diameter, placed one above the o her. Around these wheels
runs a flexible saw blade, narrow, but about 18 feet long, the ends
welded together to make it in the form of a belt.
"This machine is used for cutting scrolls and for making fancy
work of various patterns.”
That’s the sort of contraption Russ was working with. The saw was
humming away, driven by another wheel from which a leather belt ran
to the main power shaft.
As Russ worked, the machine began to give out rapid clicks
of a sort that he had never noticed before.
And ordinarily, Russ would have stopped to find out what those
clicks meant.
BUT REMEMBER WHAT I SAID A WHILE AGO ABOUT A MAN’S
FIRST DAY AT WORK AFTER A LONG LAY-OFF!
Russ hadn’t worked in a long time. And his mind wasn’t working
so well for that very reason.
Wrapped Up in a Saw-Blade.
Russ heard those clicks, but he paid no attention to them.
THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN THINGS HAPPENED, AND RUSS
WAS RIGHT IN THE THICK OF IT!
That long, flexible saw-blade SNAPPED—snapped at the crack
that had caused all those clicks.
IT LEAPED FROM THE MACHINE. TWISTING AND SQUIRMING
LIKE AN ANGRY SNAKE.
Eighteen feet of sharp, saw-toothed steel shot out and wrapped
Itself around Kuss—around his body—and his arms—and around
his neck.
And the ends of that blade were wrapped up in a lot of whirling
machinery.
Russ just stood there holding his breath, while his heart stopped and
his legs seemed to freeze.
Russ Didn’t Dare to Move.
Still, Russ didn’t dare to move.
One end of that blade was rattling against the spokes of the lower
wheel.
If the wheel ever picked it up he was a gone chicken.
And the slightest move on his part might send that blade into the
Wheel and start it SAWING AWAY AT HIS BODY AND NECK.
Russ didn’t dare move—and at the same time he didn’t dare stand
still and do nothing.
“I couldn't stand there and wait for the boss to come back,”
he says, "for the end of the saw looked as if It might catch in
the wheel at any moment.
"I looked at the switch that shut oft the motor. It was way over
on the other side of the room.
"I looked all around me, thinking that there MUST be something
I could do to help myself."
And there was.
Saved by Lucky Accident.
On the bench in front of him were some large pieces of wood.
If he could only reach one of them. Russ found he could move one
arm without moving the saw blade. He stretched that arm toward
the nearest piece of board.
His arm was just half an inch too short. He’d have to take a chance
and move his body a little.
Holding his breath he bent ever so slightly and picked up
the wooden stick. The wheel spun around, perilously close to the
saw blade—but the blade didn't catch.
Russ was bringing his arm back with the stick in it when he dropped
it It fell to the ground with a clatter, and again he held his breath.
BUT DROPPING THAT STICK WAS THE LUCKIEST THING HE
EVER DID IN HIS LIFE. For the stick fell on the leather belt that
ran the machine. It jammed in between the belt and the pulley it
ran on—AND THREW THE BELT CFF THAT PULLEY.
The machine, with no power to drive it, slowed down and came to a
stop.
"Boy,” says Russ, "I got out from under that blade in a hurry,
and it was a few hours before I was able to work again. I hope you
think this is an adventure, but whether you do or not—I still do!”
C-WNU Service.
Sea Liens Use Sense of
Smell by Touching Noses
Sea lions, like dogs, use their
sense of smell by touching noses
to identify one another at close
range, but fail to react to distant
odors. They are adept at spotting
moving objects from considerable
distance. Except when off on fish
ing excursions, they are gregarious
by nature, collecting in large groups
on favorite rocks or rookeries and
generally making a big fuss and
noise over nothing. About the only
time they ever become hostile is
when their pet place in the sunshine
is challenged.
The cows have only one pup a
year. If anything happens to the
mother the pup will die, because
no other mother would adopt it.
They are not like dogs o* cats or
other animals in this respect, says
a writer in the Los Angeles Times.
A peculiar habit of the cows ap
proaching pupping time is to form
“rafts” by lying belly-side up in
the water with their flipper pro
truding above the surface. From a
distance a string of eight or ten
cows 'floating end to end this way
resembles the charred remains of a
boat that has burned to the water’s
edge, with only stubs of the ribs
left showing. This is probably a
means of absorbing beneficial rays
from the sur
Bond Street of London
Named After Speculator
During the Seventeenth, the Eight
eenth and the first half of the
Nineteenth centuries the Bond street
of New York and the Bond street of
London had a similar aspect—both
were lined with the residences of
the well-to-do. Here those of bank
ers and merchants, there the homes
of the landed nobility. Later in both
streets merchandising prevailed.
The origin of the New York name
is obvious; that of the London street
came from Sir Thomas Bond,
a Seventeenth century courtier at
tached to Queen Henrietta Maria,
who was always persona grata at
the Court of Whitehall in the reign
of Charles II, to whom she is said
to have advanced large sums of
money.
According to Arthur Dasent, writ
ing in the Daily Telegraph of Lon
don, toward the end of Charles’
reign Sir Thomas began to specu
late in London real estate, particu
larly in the West End, in the Parish
of St. Martin-in-the Field. His first
transaction as recorded in the local
Rate Book was when he acquired
in 1683 Claredon House in Piccadily
from General Monk’s son, the sec
ond Duke of Albermarle, pulled it
down and laid out both Albermarle
and Bond streets through the prop
erty before he rebuilt.
Newest Silk Prints Go Pictorial
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
ASA sure antidote to
** winter gloom, as a
reviver of crest-fallen
spirits, as an unfailing
means of buoying one up j
with that grant’ and glor
ious reeling that spring is nigh we
recommend that you go stepping in
a brand new silk print frock, the
gayest, the brightest, the most ani
mated in its patterning and color
ing you can find to wear under your
somber fur coat.
Hurry up if you want to secure
the choicest, the most distinctive
and outstanding from among the
hundreds and thousands of prints
now on display. Seriously is this
word of advice offered for it is a
fact the new silk prints are that
intriguing and alluring we have
known it to be a fact that certain
particularly attractive patterns are
unpacked, priced and displayed in
the morning and by nightfall they
are sold, not even a remnant left
to tell the tale.
The new silks look new—distinc
tively new! Those that unmistak
ably bear a new-this-season stamp
follow along unique lines of thought.
They are more than mere dress
media in that they have gone pictor
ial, illustrative, interpretative. They
portray ideas, they entertain, they
amuse. Some of the better high
class silk pripts even go by name
as an artist would entitle a picture
which makes them all the more in
teresting. There is, for example, a
clever looking new silk print called
‘‘film modes.” The French love of
American films inspired Schiaparel
li to design this amusing print with
the names of famous stars printed
on colorful scrolls simulating cin
ema film. The attractive daytime
frock centered in the illustration
herewith is made of this star-en
scrolled silk print, the color scheme
being peacock blue and coral on
black. The beret topping this cos
tume is worn far back on the head
in latest approved manner, so as
to show a perfectly groomed hair
dress with latest style-correct off
face movement.
The silk for the dress shown to
the left by the same artist designer
registers as “subway of Paris,” and
its motif carries out the idea quite
realistically. This silk tunes per
fectly to the gay young dress pic
tured to the left in the trio. The
dashing cavalier hat is a resort
fashion such as bespeaks a coming
springtime vogue. The turn-up-at
side silhouette is exploited in sev
eral Paris collections.
Strawberries, fresh strawberries!
At any leading silk department
where smartest silk prints are
flaunting their fascinating colors and
breathtaking patternings ask for
“fresh strawberries,” and the know
ing aalesperson will bring out a
perfectly charming silk crepe print
such as is used for the making of
the winsome dress shown to the
right in the group. Appliques of the
strawberries on net introduce an or
nate accent in the bodice. The straw
berry corsage is dyed to match the
color of the berries in the print.
Others among the new and novel
pictured prints now so fashionable
are enlivened with animated figures,
such as golf players teeing off, or
“doggie” silks with frolicsome
Scotch terriers performing tricks,
galloping horses, quaint undersea
fish, butterflies on the wing and oth
er motifs too numerous to itemize.
Most unusual and of high-style im
portance are the new landscape
prints; marine scenes, too, grace
these silks. It is indeed a versatile
story of romance, history, music
and what not that the smartest
prints of the season are telling.
First-choice silks for immediate
wear play up vivid splotches of
striking florals in breathtaking col
ors against black or some other pre
ferred dark background. The wide
spaced flower motifs look newest,
these in huge single flowers or in
wide-set bouquets. A new and lovely
silk prints artful bowknots in gay
colors. In Paris black and white
prints are acclaimed.
© Western Newspaper Union.
EASY-MADE DRESS
By CIIKRIHS NICHOLAS
If you are feeling that make-it
yourself urge which the displays of
lovely, crisp, fresh-looking spring
materials always brings to the wom
an who can sew, here is just the
type dress that will start the home
sewing program off with a flourish.
Almost boyish in its neat, trim lines
this make-it-yourself dress of dubon
net nubcord. a sporting modern cot
ton fabric with no hidden tendency
to shrink, since it has been sanfor
ized-shrunk in the finishing of the
cloth, offers plenty of reward in
chic to the home dress-maker. It
has a zipt»er neck closing and in
verted pleats in sleeves, center back
and pockets. A smooth black leather
belt adds to the effect of tailored
smartness.
VEILS CONTINUE TO
BE IMPORTANT NEWS
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Veils continue to be news in Paris.
With the flood of holiday parties,
women seem always to wear little
hats, oftenest of felt, with double
veils floating over their faces. And j
that is the preferred position for
the filmy things for lunch time, too.
Cocktail parties give a divided
allegiance to veils, some of them !
over the face, but many draped over
the back of the hat, making a frame
for the face. Particularly amusing
is one of Therese Peter’s new cre
ations. The tiny pointed skull cap—
for it is actually that—is of hand
knitted gold thread. Two tiny feather
nightingales ornament it at either
side of the front, and hold the veil
which is also embroidered in night
ingales and sweeps back over the
entire hat, hanging almost to the
shoulders.
Violette Marsan, who is definitely
a partisan of the small hat uipping a
bit over the forehead, prefe-s her
veils to be quite stiffened so that
they may be turned back from the
face or extended out from the face.
These are shorter, not extending
beyond the nose.
Tiny Watches Are Fitted
to the Latest in Gloves
Small jeweled watches are being
worn everywhere but on the wrist
these days. Some of the new tailored
suits with heavy cuffs have a small
detach, ble watch encased over the
left wrist.
Many of the new cigaret cases
have small watches fitted on the
outside, while purses and gloves
that are fitted with watches have
been shown for several months.
New Slipper Styles
Open, airy types of slippers in
striking colors, sandalizrti oxfords
and wrapped-around-the-foot ef
fects will highlight the style pic
ture this spring. In materials, cloth
is first on the list.
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□ Reducing Auto Fatalities.
NTA MONICA, CALIF.
—Being revolted by our
hideous record of mortality
resulting from mad automo
biling—as what decent citi
zen is not?—a gentleman
writes in some pertinent rec
ommendations.
He suggests laws providing. In ad
dition to such other penalties as
may follow a con
viction for drunk
driving or criminal
ly reckless driving,
or hit-and-run driv
ing, that the convict
ed party shall lose
his license for five
years and that his
automobile be sold
and the proceeds
used for the vic
tim’s heirs as the
case may be.
Irvin S. Cobb
Whilst we re on
the .subject of the disgrace which
costs America more lives every
month than are being destroyed in
the Spanish civil war in any month,
here’s another little notion:
That a flagrant offender or a
chronic offender shall be given a
jail sentence, without the option of
paying a fine, the only alternative
from jail being his or her willing
ness to be handcuffed and chained
before the public gaze through a
period of hours or days at the scene
of the accident for which he or she
was responsible.
That ought to make some con
verts to the crusade for prudent
driving, don’t you think?
* • *
Windsor’s Musical Proclivities.
□ATEST word is that the duke of
Windsor has taken up accor
dion playing in a serious way after
first toying with the deadly saxo
phone and then doing some inten
sive bagpipe toodling. Obviously the
duke is in a fair way to estrange
those who, until now, have faith
fully supported him through his re
cent harrowing experiences. Even
loyalty can be pushed just so far.
Or maybe he has a lot of close
friends who are deaf.
Or maybe Mrs. Simpson is prac
ticing wearing earmuffs.
Or maybe she can wean him on
a mouth organ—a comparatively in
offensive instrument.
Or he may just up and reform
of his own accord.
Or something. Let’s not be too
hasty in our judgments.
• • *
Jefferson and Ickes.
SECRETARY ICKES is sort of op
posed to naming the projected
great national auditorium in Wash
ington after Thomas Jefferson, be
cause it is proposed to hold sport
ing events there when the building
is not being used for public gath
erings. He invites us to imagine the
feelings of Jefferson upon look
ing down on boxing matches or
such-like goings-on under that roof.
Well, let’s carry the thing fur
ther: Can anybody imagine Jeffer
son imagining a Secretary Ickes?
Madame Perkins’ Ambitions.
MAYBE it’s not wise to add those
new departments to the Presi
dential cabinet right now. True,
Madame Perkins shows a patriotic
willingness—or shall we say deter
mination?—not only to look after
her own portfolio, but to snatch up
such responsibilities as her fellow
secretaries are so careless as to
leave out of nights.
Still, it’s expecting an awful lot
of one weak woman that she should
relieve two more members of their
responsibilities, duties and author
ity when the task of trying to take
over the other nine present jobs be
sides her own already has taxed
her strength severely. And besides,
there’s annoying talk that congress
may actually oppose the madame’s
latest little suggestion that she be
made practically the supreme pow
er in all labor disputes.
But she needn’t worry about that.
Who ever heard of guinea pigs
defying a lady lion-tamer?
* * *
The Flood’s Aftermath.
WITH the slackening of the tor
rents, the peak of drama out
of the scene, but the tragedy, less
spectacular but nevertheless des
perate, lingers on—the tragedy of
destitution and ruin and sickness.
For the rebuilding ■*f wrecked
homes, the rehabilitation of morale,
it is necessary that through the Red
Cross we give and keep on giving—
and I reckon we will. We always
have.
But there are certain things we
need not give the victims, for these
be things they never lose and never
will—their courage and their sense
of humor. We can still laugh at our
personal misfortunes even while the
world at large weeps for them. I
guess, for our race, that’s the main
saving grace.
IRVIN S. COBB.
G Western Newspaper Union.
They Might Do It
First Worker — Bill made a bad
mistake today, and I bet it'll cost
him the election.
Second Worker—What was the
break?
First Worker—He got excited and
yelled ’’Let the best man win!” and
I’ll bet they take him seriously.
Worthy of Your Pride!
JV/f OTHER, between you and me
Sis is getting to be a little
show-off. Last night when Dick
called, there she sat, big as life,
right in the middle of things chirp
ing about the new dress you made
her: how you used a remnant left
over from one of your dresses,
and got it finished in one after
noon—she even had Dick feel the
material.
Well, Elsie, you can’t blame the
child’s appreciating herself in a
new dress. How about ourselves?
Didn’t you say your jumper was
the talk of the Tennis Club meet
ing yesterday? And haven’t I
been spending more time before
the mirror since I made my new
‘Stylish Stout” model? I actually
feel like a new person in it—imag
ine me being vain at my age!
Flatters Stout Figure.
Oh, Mother, you’re not vain and
you’re as young as any of us. You
just were lucky to find a particu
larly flattering style for your fig
ure. That soft jabot makes you
look lovely and the whole thing is
so slenderizing. But only an ex
pert like you could make such a
dress.
It isn’t being expert, Elsie, it
is choosing a pattern that is deftly
designed and giving full step-by
step instructions on how to pro
ceed.
Several Blouses.
I’m going to make another
blouse for my jumper soon, Moth
er. I always admired that white
pique shirt of Dick’s, so I think
I’ll try it for my blouse, since the
pattern is a lot like a man’s shirt
in design.
It sounds good to hear you inter
ested in making something for
yourself. Maybe you girls will
Foreign Words ^
and Phrases
Malade imaginaire. (F.) One
who fancies himself sick; a hypo
chondriac.
Malgre soi. (F.) In spite of one
self.
Nulla dies sine linea. (L.) No
day without a line.
Vae victis. (L.) Woe to the con
quered.
Ora e sempre. (It.) Now and al
ways.
Vogue la galere. (F.) Let come
what may.
Qu’importe? (F.) What does it
matter?
Scire facias. (L.) Cause it to
be known.
Una voce. (L.) With one voice;
unanimously.
Partie carree. (F.) A party of
four, consisting of two men and
two women.
THE CHEERFUL CHERUB
Through life’s mad rush
there comes to me
At times a little,
peaceful stop
Like standing in a
crowded street
Right by a.
nice. hig
traffic cop.
r*
turn your Bid-or-Bi Club into a
Sew-Your-Own before long.
You can never tell, Mother, you
never can tell!
The Patterns.
Pattern 1229 comes in sizes 14
to 20; 32 to 42 bust. Size 16 re
quires 3Va yards of 39-inch ma
terial for the jumper and 1%
yards for the blouse. Pattern 1847
is available in sizes 36 to 52. Size
38 requires 4% yards of 39-inch
material.
Pattern 1882 is designed for sizes
2 to 10 years. Size 4 years re
quires 1% yards of 39-inch ma
terial.
New Pattern Book.
Send for the Barbara Bell
Spring and Summer Pattern Book.
Make yourself attractive, practi
cal and becoming clothes, select
ing designs from the Barbara Bell
well-planned, easy-to-make pat
terns. Interesting and exclusive
fashions for little children and the
difficult junior age; slenderizing,
well-cut patterns for the mature
figure; afternoon dresses for the
most particular young women and
matrons and other patterns for
special occasions are all to be
found in the Barbara Bell Pattern
Eook. Send 15 cents (in coins)
today for your copy.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020,
211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111.
Patterns 15 cents (in coins) each.
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
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30 Yeats
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thing I want and never felt better. I
sleep soundly all night and enjoy life."
— Mrs. Mabel Schott.
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sleeplessness, sour stomach, and gas
bloating, there is quick relief for you
in Adlerika. Many report action in
thirty minutes after taking just one
dose. Adlerika gives complete action,
cleaning your bowel tract where ordi
nary laxatives do not even reach.
Dr. II. L. Shoub, l\'ew York, reportat
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checka the growth of Inteatinal bacteria and
colon bacilli."
Give your bowels a real cleansing
with Adlerika and see how good you
feel. Just one spoonful relieves GAS
and stubborn constipation. At all
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I used about two bottles of the ‘Prescrip
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You may suffer nagging backache,
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