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ADVENTURERS' CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI
“Off Kinsale Head”
Hello everybody:
If you go to see Patrick J. Hanley at his home at
Richmond Hill, N. Y., he might show you an old life pre
server that he acquired at sea, on the afternoon of Friday,
May 7, 1915, off the Old Head of Kinsale on the coast of Ire
land. And maybe Pat will even tell you the story of that
tale. Pat wouldn’t part with that old contraption of cork
and canvas for half the wealth of the Indies, for it carried
him safely through his life’s greatest adventure. And how
great a danger it was you will easily realize when I tell you
that although Pat lived, eleven hundred and ninety-eight
others lost their lives before it was over.
Maybe you’ve already got a hunch what this story is going to be
about. Maybe that mention of Kinsale Head has struck a responsive
chord in your memory. Then again, maybe it hasn’t. It’s been more
than 20 years now, and few people remember that the Old Head of Kin
sale was the scene of the greatest of marine disasters, the sinking of
the Lusitania.
Was Passenger on the Lusitania.
Yes—Pat Hanley was on the Lusitania when a German submarine
shot a torpedo into its innards and sent it plunging to the bottom. The
big ship had successfully dodged the U-boats all the way across the At
lantic. She was racing down the home stretch, and the passengers
had forgotten their fears and were beginning to have a good time when
suddenly, at two o'clock in the afternoon there came a loud report.
Pat Hanley had shaved and come up on deck about 15 minutes
before, and he saw it all, right from the first. A panic started
immediately. People ran wildly about the ship searching for their
friends and children. Then—In less lhan a minute—the ship be
gan to list. "Right there,” says Pat, “was where people started
drowning. They got on the Incline and started sliding. The deck
rail was broken away to starboard and they fell wholesale into
the water. An officer bellowed through a megaphone that every
one must get on a life preserver, but two-thirds of the passen
gers were In such a state of collapse that you couldn't get them
to stand still to get a life preserver on them.”
Pat found a life preserver and started stripping off his outer clothing.
A woman ran into him, and down he went on the slippery deck. With
difficulty he managed to keep from sliding overboard like many others
had done. But he got to his feet again and began working his way aft.
Only five life-boats got clear of the ship with passengers. A sixth
got fouled in the davits and the people in it were dumped into the water.
"They fell like a load of sand,” says Pat, “and I noticed that not one
Only five lifeboats got clear of the ship.
of them seemed to survive that upset. I saw two more boats hurriedly
pushed oil so that people in the water could cling to them. After that
there was no chance to launch any more on either side as the ship was
under water to the second deck on the starboard side.”
Pat arrived safely at the stern of the ship and, with about 40
other men, made ready to jump. “We couldn’t take a chance
Jumping from the side,” he says, "for it looked as though the
ship might turn over on top of us if we did. Already the wa
ter was full of bobbing heads. Suddenly a shower of water and
soot shot up from the second and third funnels of the ship, drench
ing the after-deck and turning us all black as ink spots. The
ship was going down steadily now, and we all realized that if we
didn't Jump soon the suction would carry us down when she
went under. Overboard we went.”
Fishing Trawler Came to Rescue.
By that time an Irish fishing trawler—the first cruft to come to the
rescue—was just arriving at the scene of disaster. Pat, held up by
his life preserver, began swimming toward it. Says he: "It was a
sailing vessel equipped with four big oars which the crew pulled like
Trojans. Already they were picking people out of the water by the dozen.
Lifeboats were rowing out to it. unloading their passengers and going
back to pick up more. The small boats made several trips back and
forth, but they only picked up those who showed signs of life. By the
time we reached the trawler there were 500 others already on it.”
The time Pat spent on that trawler was an adventure all in
itself. The cockpit—the deck—the hold—all of them were lit
erally jammed with people, lip on deck the passengers had to
stand close together and hang onto one another, for they were
packed right to the edge of the deck and there was no railing to
keep them from going overboard. When the last bit of available
space was occupied with the task of saving a human life, the
little craft took In tow three lifeboats filled with more of the res
cued, and started away from the scene.
Less Than 800 Were Saved.
Pat clung for his life to the man next to him. Now the waters were
full of other craft steaming—rowing—sailing to the rescue. A large boat
hove to and took the crowd off the trawler. While the trawler went
back to pick up more survivors, the big boat, with Pat aboard it, steamed
toward Queenstown harbor.
But the trawler didn’t pick up another load like her first, for
the records show that less than 800 people were saved out of a
total of nearly 2,000. Pat says they met several patrol boats com
ing'to the rescue, but they were too late to do anything but pick
up the dead.
The boat Pat was on landed him in Queenstown at about nine
o’clock that night. The next morning he was asked to go down to
the Cunard pier, which had been converted into a temporary
morgue, to see If he could identify any of the poor souls who
had lost their lives.
Pat still has the life preserver he wore when he jumped over the
stern of the ill-fated Lusitania—a souvenir of a remarkable adventure.
He’ll get it out and show it to you and tell you the story of it when you
drop over there of an evening. But for the sake of the people who don’t
know Pat well enough to be dropping in on him. I’m glad he’s given us
a chance to spin that yarn here in this column.
Copyright.—WNU Service.
Utah. Indian Name
Utah, it has generally been as
sumed, was taken directly from the
tribal name, the Utes. of the aborig
inals who originally lived in the
territory. It was not their own name
for themselves, but was applied to
them by the Navajos and Apaches.
The term is derived directly from
the word for “upper” and means
“the upper people.” or “hill-dwell
ers.” It was probably almost the
direct equivalent to the English
term, “highlanders,” applied to peo
ple dwelling in the Scotch moun
tains.
Wood of Old Ships Useful
No electric signs but ancient fig
ureheads from the prows of ships
hang before the offices of a famous
London firm. The company spe
cializes in breaking up old vessels,
the figureheads from these having
made its offices a familiar landmark
for travelers. Because the wood of
old ships is well seasoned and col
ored, it is in demand for many pur
poses. Some of the timbers which
once sailed the seven seas end up
as wine-coolers, others as garden
furniture to be set among English
daffodils.
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
CEW YORK.—To administer the
wages and hours law, which re
cently went into effect, Elmer F.
Andrews left a job which gave him
shorter hours
E. F. AndreWt and more wages.
Has Taken on As New York
Full-Time Job state industrial
commissioner,
; his salary was $12,000, and he could
get by nicely with a seven or eight
hour day. This job pays $10,000,
: and, considering its volume of de
tail, its complications, its novelty
! and its controversial entanglements,
it looks like a 24-hour shift for Mr.
! Andrews.
He Is a professional engineer,
born in New York, earnest and
diligent, a glutton for detail, liv
ing moderately In Flushing with
his wife and three children until
his removal to Washington. In
addition to his five years as
state industrial commissioner,
having succeeded his former
chief, Miss Frances Perkins, in
that office, his experience in
wage and hour adjustments has
been with Industrial concerns
and chambers of commerce.
After his graduation from Rens
selaer Polytechnic institute, he was
pilot in the U. S. army air service
in the World war. He built rail
roads and factories in Cuba and en
gaged in construction work in New
York City, planning civic improve
ments for the Queensboro Chamber
of Commerce, among other large
scale enterprises. In these years
he engaged in compensation studies
for various industrial groups. He
was labor adviser for the National
Labor board in the coal mining re
gions of Kentucky, Alabama and
Pennsylvania.
Never belligerent, Mr. An
drews has been more of an ar
biter than a fighter, although he
did take on certain employment
agencies for a battle when he
was industrial commissioner.
He swings no nightstick, and
tells the employers this isn’t go
ing to hurt them in the least.
He Is a New Dealer, but goes to
Washington with perhaps more
political detachment than any
similarly placed official down
there. Mr. Andrews is 48 years
old.
THE late Newton D. Baker liked
to discourse on the importance
of "keeping intellectually liquid,"
and free from embarrassing alli
ances and com
J.H.Amen mitments. John
Distinguished Harlan Amen,
Non-Joiner runner - up for
Thomas E. Dew
ey in the national racket-busting
tournament, is that way, too. As
signed to the sensational crime and
graft clean-up in Brooklyn, he al
lows the reporters to drag out of
him the admission that he "never
belonged to anything."
As an assistant United States
attorney, he has been netting
racketeers steadily since the
United States put teeth in the
Sherman act in 1934, In view
of J. Edgar Hoover’s revelations
as to the overlapping of crime
and venal politics, Mr. Amen's
political detachment is Interest
ing. It is also Interesting in our
new realization that federaliza
tion of our government has been
in part due to the failure of the
states really to govern. Mr.
Amen, like Mr. Dewey, has
made his name in this overlap
ping zone of state and federal
authority.
He is a grave, aloof aristocrat,
with an academic background of
Phillips-Exeter, Princeton and Har
vard. He is a son-in-law of Presi
dent Cleveland, with a residence in
Park avenue, great intellectual and
social reserve.
• • •
THIS writer happened to be In
Italy when the fascist regime
was emerging and saw underpriv
ileged youth Joyously engaged in
. „ beating up hold
Jaa. Marshall outs and lag
Alarmed Over gurds and slash
Jobless Youth ing UP the M*
brary of an old
professor who had indiscreetly af
firmed his faith in democracy.
James Marshall, president of the
New York board of education, is
alarmed about our jobless youth,
aged from 18 to 24. He says it was
this condition which made fascism
in other countries and we had better
watch our step. He proposes a dras
tic national solution.
Mr. Marshall is a lawyer by
profession, the son of the late
Louis Marshall, one of the most
eminent lawyers in New York’s
history. He was appointed to
the board of education in 1935
and became president of the
board last June. He is a genial,
philosophical pipe-smoker, an
alumnus of the Columbia school
of Journalism, and the author of
a novel, “Ordeal by Glory.”
• Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service.
Rich, Modish Woolens Are
Living a Gay Life Today
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
OMART, nobby little jacket suits
^ deftly tailored of woolens in art
ful weave and alluringly colorful
are literally running away with
highest sartorial honors this season,
and no mistake! They are the best
solution of the problem of what to
wear these days.
Beautifully tailored, trim and
bright as a new whistle, these little
suits are equally at home in town or
country and are taken as a matter
of course for the campus. The mor
al of which is, if you haven’t already
acquired a nifty jacket suit of vogu
ish woolen, “do it now” and you
will be prepared for any caprice of
weather.
It is novelty fabric interest that
holds one spellbound in these cun
ning suits. There's all sorts of tricks
of the trade employed in adding zest
to the fashion s8ch as gaily pat
terned wools used for the jacket
with nubbly monotone for the skirt
or turn it around vice versa—skirt
of gay plaid or stripe, jacket in solid
color—and you will win a new style
high point in the game. Or if you
want some one weave or color to
play solitaire, it’s all right with
Dame Fashion if the suit is all of
one tone and one texture, just so
it’s voguishly jacketed.
On the list of wools the fabric pro
gram has to offer you’ll find sport
ing tweeds in herringbone, Shetland
or nubby types in devastating col
ors, fine soft woolens and coarse
meshed weaves you’ll adore, and
plaids and stripes and shaggy
weaves flecked in multi-color.
Oh, it’s a gay life modern wool
ens are leading.
The type of jacket that repeats
and repeats is the short fitted sort
after the models pictured. Either
single or double breasted closings
are fashionable, some few in wrap
around lines, uncollared necks shar
ing honors with the classic notched
lapel styling. Skirts are slightly
shorter and follow, as a rule, the
slim tailored line with action pro
vided by pleats or smartly stitched
gores.
Novelty knit woolens, treated as
fabrics, are more popular than ever
this season for the jacket costume.
A knit wool costume in black is
smart in nubbed zephyr combining
striped and solid-color fabrics for
interesting contrast. The leather
belted jacket of striped fabric opens
casually to reveal the high band
neckline and tiny metal buttons of
the striped blouse. The solid color
gored skirt has stitched inverted
seams. See this model pictured to
the left in the group.
The light-jacket-dark-skirt combi
nation is an unusually successful
type. In the fine soft wool types, in
novelty raised weaves or in ever
correct tweeds this style is espe
cially well-adapted to all-day, all
occasion wear. Answering this de
FASHION NOTES
There is a tendency toward bigger
buttons.
Furs are more important than
ever this winter.
Fox fur is used by the majority
of French designers on dress suits.
Massive costume jewelry for
sports wear is important this sea
i son.
Dresses for women show leanings
toward the ‘‘prettier and softer”
| trend.
Anklets have at last acquired in
dividuality that makes them fashion
i news.
Jaunty coats of patterned woolens
hang so straight from shoulder to
hemline that there is no indication
of the fitted waistline.
Four green glass beads, finely cut,
dangle from each end of a narrow
black silk crepe belt which matches
its simple crepe dress
scription is the jacket costume cen
tered in the illustration. Here the
jacket is of soft sandalwood-rose
wool, lightweight but amply protec
Mve. Wrap-around in style, this jack
et has six rounded flap pockets
placed slantwise at the front, and a
smartly built-up neckline. It is
teamed with a dark skirt of choco
late brown wool, with brown belt
and brown ascot scarf to carry out
the ensemble.
Contrast again shows up in the
three-piece jacket-and-cape costume
pictured to the right. The added cape
will prove very useful in a season
of changing temperatures. The skirt
is wine-colored, so is the cape. The
button-up-front jacket is of checked
wine, blue and white soft wooL
© Western Newspaper Union.
Style Highlights
Button, button—and the "who”
that’s "got the button” is none less
than Dame Fashion. Paris style cre
ators are using buttons with lavish
hand. See the smartly gowned
young lady pictured at the top. She’s
slated for success with lucky four
leaf clover buttons designed by La
Mode, highlighting her winsome cos
tume. A tiny veiled peaked hat of
wine velvet with matching gloves
completes this autumn symphony.
There’s glamor and dignity in the
Janet Rose adaptation of a distinc
tive dressmaker suit, as shown be
low in the picture. The suit in teal
blue carries a metal blouse in pink
and blue, with lavish fox trim.
Fashion Stresses
Fantastic Hats
This season there is every kind of
a hat that the imagination can want
and all extreme, fantastic and ab
surd. Who wants a hat this year
that isn’t? Ribbons and hat pins se
cure them because hair is on the
up and up, even though you rebel.
For windy weather, there are vel
vet casuals, to be worn with tweeds,
for fall and winter wear. They cov
er your head and make sense, and
are terribly attractive.
Sequin-T rimmed
Gay Handkerchiefs
To add the last note of glamor to
your party frock, carry a gay col
ored sequin-trfmmed chiffon hand
kerchief. Among the prettiest are
the handkerchiefs from one corner
of which sparkles a cunning bou
quet of wee posies worked in multi
color sequins, or in matching mono
tone if you prefer.
| - CWJo SEW
4*-'" Ruth Wyeth Spears cJ^
f T IS not often that a mere mat
1 ter of stitchery strikes • na
tional note with Americans, but
here is something from a school
teacher that may touch your pride
a bit. She says, “Your Book 2 on
Gifts and Embroidery interests
me because it is the only thing I
have seen on this subject that
shows simply and clearly how to
use a little originality in hand
work. The women of all nation*
but ours find pleasure in express
ing their own ideas in embroidery
and needle crafts.”
Here is another free-hand em
broidery design that should be as
much fun as those in our book.
This attractive border is suggest
ed here for a bed jacket. You
will have no difficulty in finding a
pattern for a jacket as they are
quite the thing to wear over
sleeveless nighties. Your free
hand border will dress it up for a
Christmas gift.
If the jacket is pale pink, the
rows of running stitches might be
in several tones of rose. The cross
stitches could be in deep rose and
turquoise blue to simulate flow
ers. The long and short stitches,
shown at A and B, should then
be done in apple green. Lines
may be drawn with a ruler as a
guide to keep the rows straight,
and evenly spaced dots may be
made to indicate the cross stitches
beginning the spacing at the cor
ners of the design.
Are you ready for Christmas;
birthdays; and the next church
bazaar? Do you turn time into
money with things to sell? Mrs.
Spears’ Sewing Book 2 has helped
thousands of women. If your home
is your hobby you will also want
Book 1—SEWING for the Home
Decorator. Order by number, en
closing 25 cents for each book. If
you order both books, a leaflet on
quilts with 36 authentic stitches
will be included free. Address
Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St.,
Chicago, 111.
AROUNDj
the HOUSE |
Items of Interest
to the Housewife
Care of Book.—Never bend a
book backward to keep it open.
That weakens the back strap so
that the leaves will fall out. Use
a book mark or put a small weight
on one corner of the book to keep
it open.
a a a
Broken Glass.—Use a wet cloth
or dampened absorbent cotton to
pick up broken glass. Even the
tiniest bits will adhere to it. For
safety, discard cloth and all.
* * *
To Clean Chromium.—Chromi
um plated household fittings
should be kept clean by frequent
dusting with a soft cloth. If dirty,
wipe with a cloth wrung out in
warm water and then dry thor
oughly with a soft duster. Or try
wiping with a rag moistened with
paraffin.
* • a
Mending the Wringer.—If a
crack appears in the rubber roller
of your wringer, bind the cracked
part tightly with adhesive tape. It
stops the crack from spreading
and it does not come off.
a a a
Vinegar Cures Rust. — Don’t
waste time trying to clean rusty
articles with emery paper! Place
them in a jar of ordinary vinegar,
leave for a couple of days, and you
will find that they are quite free
from rust.
* * *
On Heat Appliances. — Lamp
sockets and cords waste electric
ity and deteriorate rapidly when
used with heat appliances. If the
cord on the toaster or electric
iron gives out, a new cord suited
to that piece of equipment will
save current and possibly a se
rious accident.
* * •
Care of Satin.—Freshen black
satin with potato water, sponging
on the right side and ironing on
the back.
Those Dear Gals
—v—
The girl who speaks volumes
usually ends up on the shelf.
Winter is here when the girls
put on an extra coat of powder.
A sophisticated girl is one
who knows how to refuse a kiss
without being deprived of it.
The girl who wants to be a
dress designer has to learn
more and more about less and
less.
Fairy tale: Once there was a
woman who laughed at her
husband’s jokes.
A judge recently told a wom
an to speak just as if she were
at home. The case is still pro
ceeding.
Renewing Leather.—Since the
natural oils in leather slowly dry
out and may cause it to crack and
look parched, leather coverings on
furniture should be treated occa
sionally to a slight dose of oil—
neat’s foot is excellent and inex
pensive for this purpose. Be sure
that it is well rubbed into the
pores of the leather, and then pol
ish the surface with a clean cloth.
• • *
Repelling Mice.—The smell of
peppermint is most obnoxious to
mice. A little oil of peppermint
placed about their haunts will
soon make them look for other
quarters.
NEVER SLEEP
ON AN UPSET’’
STOMACH
Neutralize excess stomach
acids to wake up feeling like
a million
To relieve the effects of over-indul
gence— escape ‘‘acid indigestion’*
next day — ao this: Take 2 table
spoonfuls of Phillips’ Milk of Mag
nesia in a glass of water — AT
BEDTIME.
While you sleep, this wonderful
alkalizer will be sweetening your
stomach... easing the upset-feeling
and nausea . . . helping to bring
back a “normal” feeling. By morn
ing you feel great.
Then — when you wake — take
2 more tablespoonfuls of Phillips’
Milk of Magnesia with orange juice.
That is one of the quickest, sim
£lest, easiest ways to overcome the
ad effects of too much eating, smok
ing or drinking. Thousands use it.
But — never ask for “milk of
magnesia” alone — always ask for
“PhiHips’”MilkofMagnesia.^!g^
PHILLIPS' MILK OF MAGNESIA
* IN LIQUID OR TABLET FORM
THADE^i
NO
JOKE
MARK
A cough due to a cold is no joke. Get Smith Brothers cough Drops.
(Black or Menthol.) Cost only 5tf-yet they’re a real cough medicine.
Smith Bros. Cough Drops are the only drops containing VITAMIN A
This is the vitamin that raises the resistance of the mucous
membranes of the nose and throat to cold infections.
% %# M A | I 'VT'OIJ can depend on the special
\JTM JaJA I f f"""! ^ sales the merchants of our
YY § \ I | | town announce in the columns of
^; this paper. They mean money
Til r C D C f* I A 1 C saving to our readers. It always pays
Mil *)r LLIAL5 to patronize the merchants who
advertise. They are not afraid of their merchandise or their prices
