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“Late for Work"
By FLOFD GIBBONS
Y/OU know, for a long time I’ve been inviting the boys
and girls to tell me about the biggest thrills of their lives,
and here’s Frank J. Starr, Jr., of Bergenfield, N. J., writing
me as follows: “The greatest thrill I ever had in my life
came when I read an article in a newspaper.”’
Well, sir. when I got tnat far in Frank's letter I began thinking to my
self. “Hold on. there! Reading a newspaper might give you a thrill now
and then, but it just ain’t adventure." And then I read on through the
rest of Frank's letter, and doggoned if there wasn’t an adventure in it.
after all. You see, that newspaper article was about Frank's dad—
Frank J. Starr, Senior. And it was all about how he almost got fired
for being late for work.
That doesn’t sound like an adventure either, does It? Plenty
of people not only “almost get fired," but DO get fired every
doggone day, and nobody thinks it’s exciting. Itut this is a special
case. You’ll begin to realize that when I tell you that, after Frank
Starr's bosses thought it over, and investigated the situation, they
changed Iheir minds about firing him for being late for work and
decided, instead TO GIVE HIM A MEDAL FOR BEING LATE
FOR WORK!
Frank Heard a Scream for Help.
Boy, that is news, isn’t it ? All my life I've wanted to work for a boss
like that. But being late for work still doesn’t come under the head of
adventuring, so I guess I’d better get down to brass tacks and tell you
WHY Frank Starr was late for work. The story that Frank Starr, Jr.,
got such a kick out of when he read it in the newspaper.
Frank Starr—young Frank’s dad—worked for the dock department
in New York City. He lived in West One Hundred Fifty-first street,
not far from where he worked, and he was in the habit of going home
at noontime to get a hot, home-cooked meal. On September 14, J918,
he had been home for lunch and was on the way back to work again, and
as he was walking along the waterfront at One Hundred Fifty-fifth street
and the Hudson river he heard a loud scream. “HELP!"
Frank looked in the direction from which the scream had come.
Out there on the water he saw a head bobbing up and down and a little
arm raised up in the air. A kid out there in trouble! Frank didn’t hesi
tate a second. The tide was running strong out in the river, but he
didn’t even stop to take off his shoes or throw off his coat. He leaped
into the water clothes and all and began swimming toward the drown
ing youngster.
It was hard going with his clothes on, but he swam on toward
the spot where he had seen that little head go down. As he
reached the place, the boy came up again and Frank grabbed
him. He took him under one arm and had started to swim back
to shore again when he heard an agonized voice on the ohore cry:
“Save Jimmy—save Jimmy, too!’’
Jimmy Also Had to Be Saved.
Jimmy? Who was Jimmy? Frank had seen but one head bobbing
around in that water. Was there another kid out there? He looked
around. About thirty feet away he saw some bubbles coming to the
surface. With one drowning boy already under his arm he turned
again and swam toward those bubbles.
He had a tough job reaching the spot. His clothes—the current—
the boy under his arm—all of those things hampered him in his battle.
At last he reached the place where that sinister stream of bubbles rose
to the surface. Down under the water he could see where those bubbles
came from—a still form floating down there. He reached down and
pulled up a second youngster.
Frank tucked the second youngster under his other arm. Both
his arms were full now. Two KIDS, as well as a lot of heavy
clothing, were dragging him down. But he started for shore again,
fighting with his feet alone to keep afloat.
He didn't have to swim far. A boat was putting out from shore and
coming to the rescue. Frank swam toward that boat. It reached him
when he was half-way in. and he put the two kids into it and climbed
in himself.
Too Modest to Tell of His Feat.
Both kids were unconscious when they reached the shore. After
a long treatment they were both brought around again and taken to their
homes. The doctors wanted to do something for Frank too, but he
refused their offer of medical aid. He—well—he said he was all right,
and he guessed he’d better run along and change his clothes. He was
late for work then, and he'd be a whole lot later by the time he got into
tome dry duds.
Frank showed up for work just half an hour late. The boss wanted
to know what was the trouble, and Frank—well—he just sort of shrugged
his shoulders and said he'd got wet pulling a couple kids out of some
water and had to go home and change his clothes. That report went
down on the record, and pretty soon it came to the attention of Murray
Hurlburt, who was then commissioner of docks.
Commissioner Hurlburt took a look at that report but he wasn't sat
isfied. Maybe it just looked like a new version of the sick grand
mother alibi. Anyway, he decided to investigate. He found out about
pulling those kids out of the water all right—found out that there was
a lot more to it than Frank Starr’s own modest statement indicated.
I So instead of firing Frank for being late he made a couple
of telephone calls and told a couple of people what a brave fellow
he had working in his department.
And the result of those phone calls was that Frank was awarded
the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Medal of the Life Saving
Benevolent association of New York—for being late for work and, to
use the words engraved on the back of one of those medals, “For sav
ing human life in peril.” .
C-WNU Service.
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Spiked Boots Ban Saved
Traverse City Sidewalks
His boots were as sacred to a lum
berjack in Michigan's boom timber
era as a saddle to a cowboy, but
the loggers couldn’t wear them in
Traverse City, reveals a Traverse
City correspondent in the Detroit
Free Press.
The city passed an ordinance pro
viding a maximum fine of $10 or
10 days in jail for the lumberman
who was found wearing spiked boots
In the city limits. In the '80s and the
'90s, there was a good reason for
the rule. Traverse City sidewalks
then were constructed of wood.
After a couple of instances when
the city had laid a sidewalk of
new white pine and three or four
hundred rivermen had come off a
drive and riddled it with their spiked
boots the city decided to call a halt.
The boots, made of the finest kan
garoo skin and costing as much as
$45 a pair, were purchased in the
fall. Through the winter the loggers
treated them carefully with mutton
tallow, but they never wore them
until spring when the drive started.
Then the boots went on and stayed.
Why the loggers insisted on wa
terproof boots when they spent most
of the working day waist deep in the
rwater hasn’t been explained.
Odd Marriage Rites Are
Observed by Canadians
Ancient matrimonial customs pre
vailing in certain sections of some
French Canadian provinces probab
ly would amaze prospective brides
in the United States. Much of the
form and tradition harks back two
and three centuries to the mother
country, France, says a writer in
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In some outlying districts and vil
lages a wedding assumes the char
acter of a festival
One of the picturesque customs
surviving among the "habitants,” or
rural residents, is that of the pub
lic wedding procession which passes
through the streets to the church.
At the head of the procession is
the groom, his two nearest of kin
walking with him. Next come his
friends and relatives who are mar
ried, marching in pairs, and then
the single men of his entourage. Be
hind them comes the bride, escort
ed by a large assemblage of her
own relatives and friends marching
in the same order as those of the
groom.
Another quaint custom is the wed
ding feast. The bride is seated at
the head of the table, but the groom
stands behind the chair and serves
her throughout the dinner.
Silk Prints Lead the Style Parade
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15y CIIERIE NICHOLAS
JUST one dazzling, color-gloried
silk print after another is what’s
happening in the fabric realm this
season. The new prints are more
fascinating than ever, and try to re
sist them and do you? You do not.
The urge for another and another
in your wardrobe ever keeps on
keeping on.
To add to the excitement, couturi
er and dressmaker are devising
ways of making up these silks that
are so artful and fraught with such
high-pressure novelty the world of
fashion is being cast into new throes
of enthusiasm every time a style
parade of last-minute costumes is
staged.
A favorite treatment is pleating
and when you pleat printed silk you
multiply the beauty and intensity
of its coloring to a thrilling degree.
The all-around pleated skirt is a
favorite topic with designers who
are styling the new gowns of silk
print. Even if you are making your
dress yourself it is a good idea to
have the skirt pleated, and it is
almost a certainty that you will be
pieased with results. The charm
ing dinner dress to the left in the
picture is fashioned of a water col
or print silk crepe with separate
Jacket and pleated skirt.
Another dressmaker treatment
adding untold interest to print en
sembles is the self-print lining. To
achieve a maximum of practicality
and wearability these coats with
linings matched to the print of the
frock are made reversible. You
turn them inside out and vice versa.
See the idea nicely worked out in
the model centered in the group.
The silk print is highly colorful and
the monotone cloth of the coat re
peats the background tone of the
print
Then there is this reigning vogue
of the bolero. Dressmakers and de
signers are turning out the bolero
frock of silk print in vast numbers.
You'll love a print silk bolero frock.
Flattering it will prove to be and
practical. See the model to the right
In this group. Here is a bolero frock
of feather silk print. The dark
grounds such as this with wide
spaced motif are especially smart
and attractive and wearable. The
bodice buttons to a high neckline.
The bolero has peaked shoulders
and elbow sleeves. Note the red
silk chiffon handkerchief in the but
toned pocket of the bolero. The cir
cular skirt of the dress has em
phasized creases. The straw bonnet
has flowers massed at the front.
Which calls to mind another feature
designers are emphasizing, that of
having flowers somewhere in the
picture that are related in color
to the print of the silk. This may
be a corsage, a gay posy cluster at
the new low of a neckline or it may
be a bouquet played up in con
junction with a vivid gypsy sash
tied at the front.
One of the outstanding innova
tions in the realm of print silk cos
tumes is the redingote fashioned of
matching print, the small figured
being smartest for day wear. This
redingote, while it tops on the dress
of self print to a dramatic climax,
will prove one of your happiest pos
sessions to be worn as a separate
coat or wrap over the monotone
crepe cress on cool spring days and
later on serving admirably as a
summer wrap worn with dainty lin
gerie frocks.
It is good style, too, to wear over
your navy or crepe afternoon dress
either a bolero of eye-impelling silk
print or a hip-length jacket if you
prefer. The latter should be slightly
fitted to be up to the mode and
they are especially smart when but
toned down tha front.
The silk print idea enters into ev
ery phase of fashion this season.
You are encouraged to wear gay
print from the tiptop of your head
down to your feet.
Q Western Newspaper Union.
BLUE TAFFETA
II jr CIIRHIR NICHOLAS
Fancy turns to the southern-belle
type of dress for evening wear.
Here is a charming specimen of the
quaint and picturesque type that is
proving such a general favorite. It
is made of silk taffeta in a delec
table soft-toned mfedium blue.
Young girls are showing a prefer
ence for sprightly taffeta and they
love the way the little puff sleeves
stand up in lively taffeta manner.
Square necklines are much in evi
dence this season. This one is ac
cented with rhinestone and enamel
flower pins and there is a match
ing bracelet
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GLOVES TO MATCH
YOUR SPRING SUIT
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Cloth gloves to match spring suits
are the latest news from Paris. An
extra piece of material, ordered
when the suit is bought, can be
made up in any size or style, short
or with deep gauntlet cuffs. Square
fingertips are another innovation.
The finger may be stitched at sides
and straight across the top, giving
a casual, out-of-doors look, especial
ly popular in gloves of doeskin or
chamois.
Half - finger gloves, which made
their appearance last winter in the
guise of lace mitts to go with gowns
of the southern belle type, are now
an established vogue. They are
shown in pigskin and chamois for
sports wear, and in suede for dress.
The gloves extend as far as the
finger-joint, revealing brightly pol
ished nails. Very convenient when it
comes to picking up a dropped coin,
fitting a key or writing out a check.
Polish in cardinal or burgundy
may be worn to match or contrast
with the gloves.
Further independence in glove
fashions is exhibited in the uncon
ventional treatment of seams along
the back of the hand. These vary
from two or three seams running
across instead of up and down, to
one crosswise seam with ‘.wo short
ones in the usual direction.
Artificial Corsage
Huge single flowers measuring
three or four inches across are seen
in silks for resort evening gowns.
As many as seven or eight colors
are combined in one design. Large
diagonal plaid patterns offer a
change from flowers.
Hat Bows Match Jabots
Tulle bows on hats usually have
matching jabots, or occasionally
boutonnieres of tulle rosettes in
the contrast color of the ensemble
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A Yes-Man’s Paradise.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF.—
If, as, and when the Pres
ident puts over his scheme
for reconstructing the Su
preme court nearer to his
heart’s desire, the question
arises—in fact, has already
arisen—as to where he’s go
ing' to find members who will
keep step with the New Deal’s
march of triumph.
Might this earnest well-wisher
make a suggestion? Let the Presi
dent look Hollywood
over before making
his selections, for
this is yes-man’s
land. Some of the
studios out here are
so crowded with
yes-men that big
yes-men have to
tote little yes-men
in their arms.
There’s only one
or two drawbacks
to this plan, as I see
it. It’s going to be
Irvin S. Cobb
hard to wean the local appointees
from wearing polo shirts along with
those long silken robes. And they’ll
insist in a preview for each deci
sion.
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Domestic Pets.
A BROOKLYN judge has decid
ed that for a couple to keep
eighty-two various animal pets in
one apartment is too many—maybe
not for the couple, but for the neigh
bors—yes!
That reminds me that once, in
a hotel in the Middle West—not such
a large hotel either—I found fully
that many pets in my bed. They
weren’t assorted enough; they all
belonged to one standard variety.
I shall not name the hotel, but it
was the worst hotel in the world, as
of that year. If bad hotels go where
bad folks do, it is now the worst
hotel in Hades.
But the point I’m getting at is
that, though eighty-two animals
may make a surplus in a city flat,
they couldn’t possibly upset a home
so much as one overstuffed husband
who’s puny and has had to go on a
strict diet such as woulf be suitable
for a canary—if the canary wasn’t
very hungry.
Literary Legerdemain.
CULTURAL circles along sun
kissed coast of California are
still all excited over the achieve
ment of a local literary figure who,
after years of concentrated effort,
turned out a 50,000-word novel with
out once using a word containing
the letter “E.” If the fashion
spreads to the point where the cap
ital “I” also should be stricken out,
it’s going to leave a lot of actors
and statesmen practically mute.
But that’s not what I started out
to say when I began this squib. What
I started out to say was that I know
■ of much longer novels which have
been produced without a single idea
in them. Sold pretty well, too, some
of ’em did.
Holding World’s Fairs.
IT’S customary, before launching
a world’s fair or an exposition
or whatever they may call it, to
hang the excuse for same on some
great event in history and then
promptly forget all about the thing
that the show is supposed to com
memorate in the excitement of
flocking to see Sally Rand unveiled
as the real main attraction.
F’rinstance, the big celebration in
New York in 1939 ostensibly will
mark George Washington’s inaugu
ration as President 150 years be
fore, and it may be, just as a mat
ter of form, that Washington will be
mentioned in the opening ceremoni
als. But the real interest will cen
ter in whether Billy Rose or Earl
Carroll or the Minsky brothers suc
ceed in thinking up some new form
of peach-peeling art to entertain the
customers, or have to fall back once
more on such reliable standbys as
fan dancers and strip-teasers.
• • •
Coronation Souvenirs.
SINCE previous engagements pre
vented me from going over to
the coronation, I trust some friend
will bring me back a specimen of
that new variety of pygmy fish
which some patriotic and enterpris
ing Englishman has imported from
Africa as an appropriate living sou
venir of the occasion. It’s a fish
having a red tail, a white stomach,
and a blue back, thus effectively
combining the eolors of the Union
Jack. And it’s selling like hot
cakes, the dispatches say.
Now if only this engaging little
creature coul,d be trained to stand
on its tail when the band plays
“God Save the King” what an ad
dition it would make for any house
hold in the British domain! (Note
Households in the south of Ireland
excepted.)
IRVIN S. COBB.
©—WNU Service.
Vegetable Ivory From Seeds
Vegetable ivory, used to make
buttons and small ornaments, is1
obtained from the white seeds of the
I tagua palm.
A Winsome Quartette
HP HERE was a lull in
the mid-morning ac
tivities of the Chic Twins
(in aprons this time) and
their week - end guests
when the candid camera
caught this gay quartette.
The guests are wearing—let’s have
a close-up — sports dresses be
cause they are so all purpose:
tennis frocks go shopping just as
often as not. The spectator model
to the right with its unusual use
of buttons is demure enough to
wear when calling on one’s Sun
day school teacher and yet would
have sufficient swing to “belong”
in the gallery at the golf tour
nament. Summer days offer so
many unexpected opportunities
that these dresses are chosen as
equal to any informal occasion.
A Two-in-One Idea.
The aprons on the charming
hostesses to the left are both cut
from one pattern. The clever miss
will never overlook a pattern
package that offers two such
charming numbers for the price
of one. The exhibit is over now;
feature in one yourself in the
very near future by ordering
these patterns today.
The Patterns.
Pattern 1276 is designed in sizes
small (34 to 36), medium (38 to 40),
large (42 to 44). Medium size
requires 1% yards of ?9-inch ma
terial. Pattern 1915 is designed
in sizes 14 to 20 (32 to 42). Size
16 requires 3Vs yards of 35-inch
material.
Pattern 1224 is designed in sizes
12 to 20 (30 to 40). Size 14 re
quires 4% yards of 39-inch ma
Caviar Canape
1 can of caviar
1 egg
1 tablespoonful of lemon juice
1 tablespoonful of onion juice
Bread for toast according to the
number to be served.
Spread the caviar on round
piece of toast. Then spread on
this the yolk of the egg which has
been hard-boiled and run through
a sieve. Season with the lemon
and onion juice, although the lat
ter is a matter of personal taste
and should be used at the discre
tion of the individual. Trim the
edges with the grated white of the
egg and garnish with small piece
of tomato.
Copyright.— WNU Service.
terial. With long sleeves size 14
requires 47s yards of 35 inch ma
terial.
New Pattern Book.
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Interesting and exclusive fashions
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cial occasions are all to be found
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Send 15 cents today for your copy.
Send your order to The Sewing
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Price of patterns, 15 cents (in
coins) each.
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
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He who is too powerful, is still f
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