‘Breath Smeller’ Determines Drunkenness
A driver, stopped by highway police in Long Island, N. Y., prepares to blow up a balloon in a test for
drunken driving on the highways. At the right a police technician tests the air in the balloon for alcohol con
tent. Forty-eight out of 100 drivers stopped in Nassau county were found to have been drinking.
Two World Beaters of 30 Years Ago
Jess Willard, one-time heavyweight boxing champion of the world,
in a plane used during his glorious days as a ring top-notcher. This 1910
pusher, owned by Clarence McArthur of Tampa, Fla., is an ancestor of
the modern planes which took part in the American Air maneuvers in
Florida recently. I
IN THE 1939 MANNER
About the only place straps are
used for Support today are on street
cars. Not, at least, on milady’s
bathing suit. Strapless swim gar
ments made their advent in Los
Angeles during market week re
cently.
Naval Board Proposes U. S. Defense Bases
Air, submarine, destroyer and mine bases, necessary to the adequate defense of the U. S. and its pos
sessions, have been mapped by the naval board, which congress in 1938 directed to survey the coastlines of
the United States and its possessions. Shown here are projects recommended in a report submitted to con
gress by Secretary of the Navy Claude Swanson. These sites, in the opinion of the board, are best situated
for defense bases.
Mooney Cheers Billings in Folsom Visit
Tom Mooney, recently released from San Quentin, Calif., prison by
Gov. Culbert Olson after serving 23 years, is fighting to free Warren
Billings, right, from Folsom prison. Billings was also jailed for the San
^rancisco Preparedness day bombing.
THRIFTY TRAVELER
Sergt. James "Jock” Scott has
walked 31,300 miles in the past five
years on doctor’s orders. He start
ed from London, England, and re
cently arrived in Seattle, Wash,
on his world-circling tour.
Mothers Shun
Back Seat in
Modern Life
By PATRICIA LINDSAY
WOMEN who can pride them
selves on being modern moth- j
ers never find it necessary to take
a back seat even though their
daughters may be extremely beau
tiful and talented.
When mothers complain to me
that their daughters push them in
the background (whether it be in
the home or out socially) 1 take
time to write them a long personal
letter to help them out of their diffi
culties I do. even though perhaps
Billie Burke has kept her youth
ful charm and beauty although
she is the mother of a grown
daughter, also in the movies.
1 shouldn't, ask them rather pointed
questions—"How did you bring up
your daughter?” "What happened
to you while she was growing into
an adult?” “Do you keep yourself
up in appearance?” “Are you a
woman your daughter and husband
are proud to exhibit?”
Those are poignant questions. It
takes steady nerves for most com
plaining mothers to answer.
Let us assume that during the
time when daughter was growing
up, mother had no easy time of it.
She had a lot of work to do and
money was scarce. She sacrificed a
great deal to give daughter nice
clothes, a good schooling, and a
healthy life. All right Her mother
love dictated. She enjoyed doing
that.
Of course she hoped, and right
fully expected, that when daughter
did grow up she would be grateful
for tms loving care. Perhaps daugh
ter, during her difficult teens is, or
was not. grateful. Perhaps she had
been thoroughly spoiled. Perhaps
for years she expected mother to
do all she did do because mother
never took the trouble to train
daughter to be grateful. All that
happens.
Important Details
To Watch
You and I know that sheer ma
terials are a nuisance for they do
not permit the slightest careless
ness! Our straps must never be
pinned! If we wear more than one
strap they must look as one through
our blouse. A slip that is the least
bit mussed will look untidy, and
any slip should not show through
the side closing of your dress! Nor
should a slip show beneath the hem
of your dress. The only way to
shorten a too long slip is to hem it
over—never, never knot the strap.
Cut out toes in shoes are most
comfortable and serve as much
needed ventilators for the feet but
they are hard on stockings! When
you wash your hose be sure to scrub
the toes well for how shocking to
see a soiled toe peeping out from
your shoe!
Speaking about shoes—they must
be aired frequently. It is a good
idea to shake in the shoe a little
deodorant powder once a week and
leave it in over night. Before wear
ing brush it out. That helps to keep
your feet fresh.
Here's to more careful grooming!
Character Made
Her Beautiful
“When I first looked into Jenny’s
beautiful eyes,” Bill told me, “I
knew I had to marry her. She’s
the most gorgeous creature in the
world!”
What Bill had really seen in Jen
ny’s eyes was a person of charm
and depth of character. She had
made the most of herself. Her
grooming was meticulous and she
selected her clothes with great care.
And she certainly had done a lot
with that plain little face which the
Creator had given her. But that
wasn’t all. She had let her grand
sense of humor (often an Ugly
Duckling’s compensation!) carry
her through life with colors! Shi
lived happily, kept herself busy and
proved to all the ugly ducklings thai
not being beautiful is no handicap
if you face facts. For Jenny got
her man, and a mighty nice man
at that!
® Belt Syndicate.—WNU Service.
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4^~ Ruth Wyeth Spears
NSlOtJ
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EDGE FINISH
“F)EAR MRS. SPEARS: With'
the help of Book 1, I have
just made a slip cover for a wing
chair. I never would have tried
it if your directions had not been
so clear. I am now planning an
other slip cover and draperies
which I would like to trim in
fringe. Will you please show me
with a sketch how I should sew
the fringe? Also should the
draperies and chair match?—M.
J. N.”
So here we have the sketches
showing how to apply fringe in
the seams of slip covers and also
for an edge finish. The raw edge
of the material in the lower sketch
is turned to the right side and
fringe is stitched over it.
Jlsk Me Another
0 A General Quiz
The Questions
1. What furnishes the motive
power to ships passing through
the Panama canal?
2. What does the Statue of Lib
erty hold in her left hand?
3. What is a barcarolle?
4. Who is the highest paid ac
tress in the world?
5. Did Franz Schubert play the
music of other composers?
6. How much will it cost to take
the next census?
7. How old is the Nazi party?
8. Why does a star precede the
number on some United States
currency?
The Answers
1. Small electric locomotives.
2. A book representing the law.
3. A popular song or melody
sung by Venetian gondoliers.
4. Gracie Fields, the British co
medienne, makes approximately
$750,000 a year.
5. It is said that there is no
record of his playing any music
but his own.
6. The sixteenth census in 1940
will cost approximately $50.00Q,000.
7. It was founded in 1920.
8. The star which prefaces the
number on currency means that
the bill replaced an imperfect one.
Safe Winter Driving
Safe counsel for bad driving
weather, according to police of
ficials and safety engineers, is
“when in doubt, use tire chains.”
This warning was issued with
winter driving conditions prevail
ing, following a recent revelation
by the National Safety council
which said: “One fifth of all the
people killed in traffic accidents
in the United States throughout
the entire year die in November
and December alone!” Police as
sert there is even a greater per
centage of personal injuries and
property damages directly trace
able to snow and ice.
Because of the conceded safety
advantage of tire chains on snow
or ice, police and safety engineers
this year are urging their use
when necessary in the interest of
public safety, and because they
provide the most positive anti-skid
and traction yet developed.
If figured draperies are used,
the best effect is obtained if not
more than one slip cover in the
room is of figured material. Plain
slip covers may match one or
more of the colors in draperies,
rug or wall paper.
NOTE: Now is the time to give
your house a fresh start. Crisp
new curtains; a bright slip cover;
a new lampshade; or ottoman will
do the trick. Make these things
yourself. Mrs. Spears’ Book 1—
SEWING, for the Home Decora
tor, shows you how with step by
step, easy to follow sketches. Book
2—Gifts, Novelties and Embroid
ery, will give you a new interest
for long winter evenings. It con
tains complete directions for mak
ing many useful things. Books
are 25 cents each; if you order
both books, Patchwork Quilt Leaf
let is included free; it contains 36
authentic stitches illustrated in de
tail. Address: Mrs. Spears, 210
S. Desplaines St., Chicago, 111.
Heat at Arctic Circle
The Yukon river mining camp
at Circle, Alaska, is but half a de
gree below the Arctic circle and
its winter temperatures run to 30
and 50 degrees below zero, but its
householders stay warm as toast.
Circle hot springs is the answer.
Virtually every structure in the
town is being heated by natural
hot water.
Don’t Aggravate
Gas Bloating
If your GAS BLOATING ia caused by
constipation don’t expect to get the relief you
aeeic by juat doctoring your stomach, What
you need ia the DOUBLE ACTION of
Adlerika. This 35-year-old remedy is BOTH
carminative and cathartic. Carminatives
that warm and soothe the stomach and expel
GAS. Cathartics that act quickly and gently,
clearing the bowels of wastes that may have
caused GAS BLOATING, headaches, indi
gestion, sour stomach and nerve pressure for
months. Adlerika does not gripe—is not
habit forming. Adlerika sets on tne stomach
and BOTH bowels. It relieves STOMACH
GAS almost at once, and often removes bowel
wastes in less than two hours. Adlerika has
been recommended by many doctors for 85
years. Get the genuine Adlerika today.
Sold at ail drug (torts
First to Act
Among the wise, the brain acta
before the mouth.
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LARRY KURPIEL holds tip
one of those easy-rolling,
extra-tasty P. A. smokes
he’s talking about. He goes
on: “Out of every Prince
Albert tin, I’m getting
around 70 of the mellowest,
smoothest ‘makin’s’ smokes
ever. They’re so rich-tastin’
and fragrant that I know
P. A.'s better tobacco!”
Prince Albert’s specially
cut, too (“crimp cut,” we
call it) to roll quick and
trim—to smoke slow, cooL
70
fine roll>your-own
cigarettes in every
2-oz. tin of Prince
Albert
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