Velvet Is Smart for Daytime Wear Bv CHER IE NICHOLAS Jk jOKfc. velvet and mure and mure and still fashion keeps calling for more. All signs point to a rec ord breaking season for the wearing of velvet. In the majority of cou turier collections velvet predomi nates. Everything is being made of velvet hats, shoes, gloves, bags, blouses, daytime suits, coats and street ensembles, evening dresses and wraps, hostess gowns, lounging robe*, pajamas and negligees—all is velvet. Yes, and •‘nighties," if you are wanting to know, for there are velvets that wash easily as a pocket handkerchief Why do women make velvet a first choice? Answering by asking an other question—is there any mate rial more flattering, more kind to maid and matron than velvet? Then, too, velvet has that luxurious look that fils especially into the scheme of tilings this season, for the whole trend of fashion is toward greater elegance such as has not been equalled for years. However, it is not merely femi nine vanity that is inspiring the present vogue for velvet, back of it all there is an intensely practical explanation that can be told in two brief words with a hyphen between —crush-resistant! It is an age of scientific discov eries and crush-resistant velvet Is one of them. Heretofore the one great barrier to wealing velvet for other than important dress occa sion was that it would crush and wrinkle easily. To maintain it with out blemish entailed an upkeep pro gram of repeated steamings and coaxings which was both costly and wearing upon the nerves. The ad vent of crush-resistant velvet gives promise, to a reasonable degree, of doing away with this anxiety to Keep velvet spic and span. The velvet day fashions here pic lured are to be recommended from both the practical and esthetic point j of view. Wearing any one of j these handsome types you are sure | to look properly costumed the whole day through. Dashing and very ! Spanish-fashion is the youthful day j time dress posed to the left with its | gayly striped velvet blouse and sim ! pie straight skirt. The Spanish sailor is the type young girls de light in wearing this season. The velvet gloves are tres chic. The plaque of the exotic looking bracelet simulates old coin. Which reminds us to remind you to look to your costume jewelry! Bracelets are huge, necklaces have big pendants, clips are gorgeous and so on and on. A handsome all-day suit of brown velvet centers the illustration. It has the slim sheath skirt which is j the correct thing for day wear. The loose straight coat bespeaks the newest silhouette—no flare, just straight. Its collar of sumptuous fur adds yet another luxurious note An up-and-off the face quilted and shirred velvet hat is worn. There's a scrumptious metal cloth blouse ready to blaze forth when the coat is removed. The all-important daytime dress of crush-resistant velvet shown to the right makes a perfect back- j ground for dramatic accessories Note the bracelet. It is of two tone gold, modern and heavy. And the gloves! They are the newest thing by Aris. being velvet with leather palms, with white stitchings for color contrast. A few postscript items, namely plaid velvet for an extra blouse, all the fur you care to pile on your day velvet suit, a separate glittering sequin bolero to wear with your decollette evening velvet, a bizarre jewelled belt to give accent for dressy afternoon wear, a gold em broidered velvet bolero. <0 Western Newspaper Union. ERMINE BOLERO By CIIERIE NICHOLAS Queenly in its rich magnificence is this formal ensemble of black velvet with ermine bolero Jacket. And you should see the gown with the bolero removed! It is perfectly •tunning in that it has ermine short sleeves and looks adorable without hint of any trimming other than the superb ermine. The full skirt shows the new "up-in-lront and down-in-back” hemline—as exqui site as ever a “portrait of a lady” might be. This is one of the hun dreds of stunning costumes, all orig inal designs, shown by the Style Creators of Chicago in the whole •ale district ZIPPERS ON SHOES LATEST CREATION By CHERIE NICHOLAS Anticipating the tremendous vogue for zippers now sweeping two continents. Newton Elkin, designer of shoes, has cleverly employed the slide fastener to create the sleekest shoe of the season. In a talk at a recent fashion meet | ing. Mr. Elkin said, "Women are zipping themselves into their dresses, their coats, their suits Now. with so much emphasis on molded, sculptured lines, it is more important than ever that shoes have that neat, uncluttered look 1 de cided that if a zipper could be used as an ornament and practical closing device on some ot the smart est, most expensive dresses and coats coming out of the Paris ateliers, fashion-conscious women would welcome the convenience of the zipper in their shoes, if it could be used in an attractive way. 1 tried out dozens of patterns with variations on the zipper theme, and finally created what 1 think is the perfect shoe—a high-cut sheath of suede, sculptural in line, with a slide fastener streaking up the instep." Fur Is Now Important on New Winter Fabric Coats Embroideries combine with turs (or winter, running alongside them. White ermine makes a scarf that is tied in a bow to trout a black duve tyne suit. An ermine muff accom panies it. ttolb IU1 p.tces uic trimmed with black ermine tails. Many a fabric coat has sleeves made entirely of fur—in beaver or seal. Some have backs of fur and fronts of fabric. Flowers Important The gorgeously colored tropical (lowers that bloom so luxuriantly ui Miami throughout the year are be ing repeated in chiffon and silk for fall wear. ■ftoydqm*^ ADVENTURERS' CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI “Killer Elephant" By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter Hello, everybody: This yarn stars Ike Rosen, our latest club member. But Ike would have given a couple of million dollars to have been left out of the cast. First we go buck to the early days of fnoving pictures—1915 to be i exact—when Ike was employed as a technician at the Universal studios | in Hollywood. Animal pictures were going great in those days and there was a complete zoo on the lot. The king of that collection of beasts was Char lie, an elephant bought from a circus. Charlie was a good actor, but no body could handle him except Curley, his personal trainer. Well, Ike stepped into the dramatic part of the picture when Direc tor Smalley began staging the wedding procession of an Indian prince. It was comedy, and, for the parts of the Indian prince and his bride, two actors, weighing nearly 400 pounds each, were cast. Ike's job was to build a huge canopied chair in which the prince and princess were to ride in state on the back of Charlie, the elephant. Charlie Didn’t Like Ike. Ike finished the royal howdah. Workmen tried to budge it and found that it weighed nearly 2,000 pounds. Twelve men heaved and strug gled to saddle Charlie with the gorgeous structure. Then, 700 pounds of prince and princess went up the ladder. That’s where Charlie took a dislike to Ike. And then, when the direc tor called for more ornaments, Ike put a stepladder against Charlie’s side and climbed up. There was Charlie’s chance. He whipped his trunk around, seized Ike by the leg, trumpeted In anger and lifted him for a dash to the ground. Curley, the trainer, sank his curved elephant hook into Charlie’s fore head and Ike limped away. That was his first round with his monstrous enemy. The trainer knew elephants. He knew what to expect in the future, so he warned Ike. “Charlie's going bad,” he said. “He’ll kill you the first chance he gets.” Ike did watch out. But one night a wild chimpanzee cleverly opened his cage and almost killed a keeper. Ike hurried over to devise a lock that the chimp couldn’t open. Charlie’s big stall was ngxt door. He sensed Ike’s presence and went berserk. He lifted his iron water tub Charlie Reduced Jerusalem to a Wreck. and beat at his chains and bars around his enclosure. The whole zoo trem bled from the elephant's fury. Curley, the trainer, again rushed to the rescue. “For God’s sake, Ike, leave this studio if you value your life,” Curley said. “Charlie’s turned killer. He’s out for you. Lucky for you his chains held.” Ike took no more chances. He gave Charlie a wide berth. But one day, when his work called him to a remote part of the movie lot, he rounded a hill and ran smack into Charlie, tethered to an anchor of poles and railroad iron, driven into the ground. The Elephant Really “Went Bad." Ike had no time to turn back. The bull elephant, ears flattened j against his head, eyes blazing and his trumpeting echoing from the hills, charged. Rosen was trapped. His only chance was to dive for a shallow gully that separated the movie lot from an Indian village. He flung himself into the gully and flattened himself against the side. The earth was vibrating under those plunging feet. Ike only hoped for a quick | death. Then, there was a clank of chains—the groanings of the heavy anchor poles set deep in the ground. Charlie had reached the end of his chain. His head was jerked down. He stumbled, plowed the earth. The maddened beast was halted only a few feet from Ike’s hiding place. Rosen could see those bloodshot eyes gleaming with hatred—a | lust to kill. The long trunk slashed out in fury. Ike felt a thud on the side of his ; head as Charlie's trunk grazed him and snatched off his cap. For a moment big Charlie paused to hurl his enemy's cap beneath | his feet and trample it to ribbons. That pause saved Rosen. He was on his feet, running, limp and ripping with cold sweat. But Charlie bided his time. For days he worked quietly. And then, during the making of a spectacular film in a setting of Old Jerusalem, Ike crossed the set and came face to face with his old foe. Once more Charlie charged in an insane desire to crush the man who had tortured him with that huge, 2,000-pound saddle in the earlier pic ture. But this time Ike was in the clear. He ducked to safety. The baHled elephant, once more cheated of his vengeance, turned upon the set. Jerusalem, with all Us splendor—thousands of dollars worth of costly settings—crashed into a heap of dust and splinters. This time Charlie did not quiet down. He was ready to kill anything j in sight. Men with long, spiked poles, ripped his hide and jabbed j him into helpless submission—but only for a moment. How the Killer Was Kilied. A few days later he saw Ike in the distance and went into another frenzy. Rosen scurried out of sight, but Charlie, thirsting for a kill, seized his trainer, Curley, lifted him high into the air, dashed him to earth and then, with his massive forehead, ground .dm into the dust. Curley was killed instantly. “Killer elephant!” The words set Hollywood trembling. It was no longer a single foe. It was the life of any human being. Charlie must die. studio officials ruled. But how? Poison and dyna mite were rejected as not sure enough. Ike Rosen's technical skill was enlisted. Despite his narrow escape, he hated to be Charlie's executioner, but many lives were at stake. A heavy wire cable was rigged over pulleys, looped around Charlie's neck and lashed to two heavy trucks, headed in opposite directions. The trucks started. The loop tightened. Cables sang with the strain. Charlie | looked sorrowfully and inquiringly at the men around hint. His knees 1 buckled, his head sank. His great bulk rolled over—dead from strangu j lation. > ©—WNU Service. The Inns of England The inns of England have their foundations in the depths of the Mid j die ages. Some of them have seen the almost prehistoric changes from crude earthen floors to stone floors and from stone floors to mats of rushes. They have sheltered kings I and pilgrims, merchants and all kinds of travelers, and between the occasions of more spectacular hos pitality they have gathered about | them all the richness of the social life of the neighborhood, for it is at the inn that men have always met ; and expanded a personal and polit ical philosophy. The United States Constitution The United States Constitution is the basis of government in this country and is the highest and most permanent law. It was adopted Sep tember 17, 1787, by the federal con vention and ratified the following year. It may be amended by a vote of two-thirds in congress, followed by the approval of three-quarters of the state legislatures or state con ventions. It specifies how congress and the President are elected, the powers and duties of President, con gress and the judiciary and the rela tion between state and federal gov ernments. Wins Tractor Plowing Contest T'HE increasing use of pneu * matic tires for farm tractors and implements is reflected in the equipment used in this year’s plowing contests at Big Rock, Lily Lake, Troy and Wheatland, Illi nois. 101 contestants out of 108 used pneumatic tires on their tractors. Individual honors in the championship class went to Paul Stiefbold, who was first in two of the contests, second in another, and sixth in the fourth contest, using an Allis-Chalmers tractor. He scored a total of 356Ms out of a possible 400 points. He also had the highest number of points for Uncle fthil There Are Two Modes To be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues are two ways of establishing a reputa tion. Environment has much to do with the formation of character, but there were several among the Pilgrim Fathers who were not at all pious. Is it possible that wtien men be gan to wipe the dishes matrimony began to decline? Even the rnost moral pedestrian daren’t keep to the straight path. Some pray for guidance and then do as they please, claiming that that is the guidance they asked for. any one contest, scoring 92^ points. He was closely followed by Carl Shoger with one first and two seconds, using an F-20 Inter national-Harvester tractor. Both men used Firestone Ground Grip Tires on their machines. In the boys’ and men’s classes Clarence Shoger, son of Carl Shoger, won first place at all four meets with his McCormick - Deering tractor equipped with Ground Grip Tires. Charm of Difficulties Providence has hidden a charrr in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those wht dare to grapple with them. Madame Swetchine. Take it to any, radio dealer! See the new 1938 farm radios. Choose the radio you like best, and ask your dealer how you can save $7.50 on the purchase of a FREE new battery radio equipped with a POWER genuine Win- _ charger. Front tho Wincharger Uf I 11 |\ turns FREE w* l n U WIND POWER RUNS into electricity, brings "big-city" V0UR RADI® reception to farm ■ ■ homes. Elimi nates “B” batteries. Ends expensive re charging. Provides plenty of free electricity to run your radio as much as you want for less than 50c a year power operating cost. See Any Radio Dealer! TRADf^Oowr EXTRA flSJBirMARK Remember, please—when you take a Smith Brothers Cough Drop (Two kinds—Black or Menthol—5^), you get an extra benefit:— Smith Bros. Cough Drops are the only drops co;itaining VITAMIN A This is the vitamin that raises the resistance of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat to cold and cough infections. OlOUR TOltm-I]OUR STORES I 1 ®ur community includes the farm homes surrounding the town. The town stores are there for the accommodation and to serve the people of our farm homes. The merchants who advertise “specials” are mer chants who are sure they can meet all competition in both quality and prices. • ■ 7WOSE . . 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