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ADVENTURERS’ CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE LIKE VOURSELFI
“Triple-Barreled Thrill”
Hello, everybody:
This column has passed out a lot of free advice at
one time or another. It seems that everybody who ever
has an adventure, learns something from it that he wants
to pass along to the rest of the world, and this seems to be
the clearing house for that kind of information. I’ve issued
warnings about everything from jumping off 40-story build
| ings to getting friendly with the mother-in-law of a man
eating tiger. Today I’ve got another warning for you. ^ I
don’t know if you’ll ever have occasion to use it, but I’ll
pass it along for what it’s worth. If you’re ever motoring
to Niagara Falls at night, don’t go by the River road.
That comes from Jim McDermott of New York City. Some
of you fellows who have been to that address before may
recognize it as the Men’s Night Court. Well, that’s where
you’ll find Jim. He’s the fingerprint expert there. But in
1926, Jim was a member of the Immigration Border Fatrol,
stationed at Tonawanda, N. Y., half way between Niagara Falls and
Buffalo. That’s how he found out about River road.
River road was dangerous because of the way cars sped along it at
night. But speeding cars weren’t the only danger, folks said. It was
the duty of Jim and another lad—Roscoe Doane—to patrol that road in a
car. Their duty was to prevent the smuggling of aliens and of contra
band goods, the principal contraband in that pre-repeal day being liquor.
“Before I took the job,” says Jim, “people advised me against it
They claimed the bootleggers were desperate and would shoot on sight
I found this to be untrue. But I did face death in three violent form#1,
in about as many minutes on one particular night of my service.”
They Started Out in a Small Roadster.
That night came in the spring of 1926. Jim and Roscoe started
out in a small roadster, with the top down. Roscoe was driving,
for Jim, at that time didn’t know how to operate a car. Fix’s Ferry
was their starting point. They bung around there until about 11:15,
a. and then started to drive toward Tonawanda.
They had gone about two miles when they came to a point where
the road narrowed down and the Erie canal ran alongside it for a
distance. An auto with glaring headlights was approaching. It was
Their car seemed to soar in the road for a moment or two.
coming straight down the center of the road and it was coming plenty
«fasL Jim yelled to Roscoe, “Give this fellow all the room you can, or
he’ll hit us.” Roscoe was already turning over on the grass at the side
of the road. But the headlights came rushing on.
Then—BANG! The car hit them! Says Jim: “Our car seemed
to soar in the air for a moment or two. As we were hit, Roscoe
jumped to get out, and landed in my lap. The left front wheel of
the big sedan had caught our front wheel. It lifted our light car
completely off the road and swung it around. At the same time,
it turned over and landed bottom up, diagonally across the nar
row roadway.”
Jim says that, during the brief moment while they were turning
over, just one question presented itself to his mind. That was: “Will I
be dead when we hit?” But down there, trapped under the overturned
car, Jim found to his surprise that he wasn’t dead.
The Weight of the Car Seemed to Increase Momentarily.
“Roscoe was on top of me,” he says, “with his back on my
face, and he waa doing some struggling. I couldn't move. My
shoulders and the back of my neck were on the road, and I was
still on the seat, albeit upside down. My back ached and the
weight of the car, crushing down on me, was increasing mo
mentarily.”
He was in that position when suddenly he heard Roscoe let out an
oath. “Here’s a guy doing 50 and no lights,” he cried. “He’ll hit us^,
sure as hell.” Jim couldn’t see a thing, but it was true, he knew. Their
car was lying right across the road. A man going at that speed, with no
lights, could hardly help but hit them.
Says Jim: “For the second time, I thought the end had come.
I could see only a few feet ahead through the wreckage, but I
could hear the roar of the approaching car. I gritted my teeth
^ and struggled to get out, but I couldn’t move. Roscoe was mak
ing my position more uncomfortable every second. I shouted out,
‘Where is he?’ At the same time I heard the roar of the motor
diminish and Roscoe yelled back, ‘He’s gone.’ ”
Two narrow escapes. And a third still to come. As the night grew
quiet again, Jim discovered that their headlights were still burning and
the motor was still running.
Suddenly He Felt Something Drip Down on His Face.
And then, suddenly, he felt something drip down on his face.
“My first thought was that it was blood,” he says, “but that
couldn’t be. This fluid was cold. I struggled to get my hand to
my face, but before I got it there, I knew it was gasoline. It
was coming from the tank just outside the dashboard, over the
engine. 1 had faced death twice before—and now I was facing
it again in a more dreadful form. Our engine was still running.
At any moment the car might burst into flames!”
It didn’t occur to Jim to shut off the switch. He didn’t know how to
drive a car. Momentarily he expected an explosion—fire—agony and
death. And then, all at once, he heard voices. Someone was saying,
“All on this side, now.” The car was lifted off them, and half a dozen
men were pulling him out. A bunch of army officers, returning from
Buffalo to Fort Niagara, had come along and found them.
The car that hit them had run through a ditch and crashed
into a tree. It contained a suitcase full of counterfeit liquor labels,
but the driver was gone. He had walked down the road and tele
^ phoned ahead for help. The second car had just managed to get
by them because a farmer’s wife, who had seen the crash, ran
to the road with a lantern. That second car got by with barely
two inches to spare. But it didn’t stop. Cars without lights
along that road never did.
Jim was laid up three weeks with a wrenched back, but Roscoe
Doane got off with a few bruises. But even so, Jim doesn’t think it’s
particularly safe at night on that River road.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
New Refrigeration System Developed in New York
A new system of refrigeration uti
lizes propane, a hydrocarbon gas,
as a refrigerant and then burns the
refrigerant in a motor which oper
ates the unit. It is the invention of
Dr. Peter Schlumbohm, a New York
engineer, who describes it in a com
munication to the American Society
of Refrigerating Engineers, pub
lished in the current issue of its
journal. The unit is expected to
solve the problem of supplying auto
matic refrigeration on trucks, trains
land boats where electric power is
not available, and also to rural and
tropical areas. The propane is tak
en from the common large drum
available commercially, fed into a
refrigerating cycle in which it is
compressed to a liquid and evapo
rated to a gas, producing cold, in
a rapid cycle, and is then drawn
into the combustion chamber of a
small gas motor that looks and op
erates like a gasoline engine. A unit
which produces one ton of ice an
hour is said to cost five cents an
hour to operate.
Sp sew
Ruth Wyeth Spears
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Drawn work for turquoise scarves.
'T'HIS idea is the result of an ex
periment. A friend had a set
of sadly out-of-date white linen
drawn work scarves for buffet,
serving and dining table. Her
dining room was being done over
with touches of turquoise blue
in the draperies and wall paper,
so she had the scarves dyed to
match. They were so effective
that the simplest part of the
drawn work design was copied in
coarse linen in various colors for
mats and scarves throughout the
house.
While the turquoise scarves
were especially attractive, those
in golden yellow and a bedroom
set in soft rose were also full of
charm. The sketch shows how the
drawn work is done. If you are
looking for something effective
that is quick to make, here it is.
Just pull out the threads of the
linen to make an open space about
an inch wide. The scarf may be
hemmed at the same time the out
side edge of the opening is being
whipped. Just follow these
sketches. No other directions are
needed. Use either linen or mer
cerized thread in a matching
color.
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Tried ’Em All
Christy—I’m sure there are
many girls who could make you
happier than I could.
Frank—That’s just the trouble.
They could, but they won’t.
Apparently Not!
“I’m sorry, constable, if I was
speeding, but I want to see some
one in the hospital.”
“And you’re not particular who
it is?”
AN HEIR?
“I just love this ozone.”
“Guess I haven’t met him. Has
he got money?”
Different Effect
“I’ve altered your medicine this
week, Tommy,” said the doctor.
“It’s tablets, not pills.”
“But I want pills,” complained
Tommy.
“Why, there’s no difference.”
“Have you tried blowing tablets
through a pea-shooter?”
O-O-O-O-O-Oh!
He—I’ve just lost my great
great-great-grandmother.
She—You’re crazy!
He—No, I just st-t-t-tammer a
bit.
True to Type
Mrs. Smith was relating her
grievances over the garden fence.
“My husband is such a flirt,”
she complained. “I just can’t trust
him anywhere.”
“Never mind, my dear,” her
friend consoled her. “He’s proba
bly only reverting to type.”
“That’s where you’re wrong,”
said Mrs. Smith grimly. “He’s re
verting to typists.”
“Yes,” said the massive wife of
the obviously henpecked husband,
“it will be a joint account. My
husband will make the deposits
and I’ll draw the checks.”
Promise Me?
A man, evidently a stranger in
Chicago, stopped a youth hurrying
along Michigan avenue.
“Young man,’’ he said, “I want
to go to Lincoln park.”
The young man seemed lost in
thought for a moment, then he
replied, “Well, you may go just
this once. But you must never
ask me again!”
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the HOUSE!
Items of Interest
to the Housewife
After Washing Silver.—Stand sil
ver in a jug of very hot water to
which a little ammonia has been
added, and it will remain bright
much longer.
• • *
Keeping Dried Beef.—Dried beef
will keep better if stored in a cov
ered glass jar in the refrigerator
rather than wrapped in parchment
or waxed paper.
* * •
For High Windows.—High win
dows appear shorter if the hang
ings are looped back with a slight
curve and tied somewhat below
the middle.
• • •
Tea Towels.—Add a little borax
to the water when washing tea
towels. It removes dirt and grease
and makes the towels a good col
or. It also acts as a disinfectant.
Loose Casters.—When casters
on furniture drop out too often,
remove them, pour melted wax in
the holes and insert the casters
before the wax hardens. After it
has set the casters will not fall
out again.
• • *
How to Recondition Sponges.—
Sponges that are left with soap
still in them soon become slimy.
They can be reconditioned by
soaking for 30 minutes in a mix
ture of half vinegar and half wa
ter. Rinse out in warm water,
then in cold, and leave in the sun
to dry.
• * •
Classifying Dessert Lists.—Des
sert lists kept in the cookbook are
a help in menu making, especially
when they are classified as
“hearty,” “light,” “quick,” “good
for several days,” “oven made,”
and “for children.”
• • •
When Making Egg Sandwiches.
—Scramble the egg instead of boil
ing it. Not only are more sand
wiches made, but they are more
easily digested.
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Our National Spirit
The national anthem makes us
get up and hustle in order to be
able to sing it.
One kind of “forgotten man” Is
the one who neglected to think of
himself with any degree of intelli
gence.
Isn't It a Pity
Insurance companies are not
willing to take risks on our air
castles.
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again. A lie crushed to earth
goes on mumbling for years.
Kept up long enough, any
merry-go-round becomes as mo
notonous as a treadmill.
Those who in a logical dispute
keep in general terms hide fal
lacy.
Why Start Outside?
Begin the brotherhood of man
with the “brother” next to you
and spread it as you have the
opportunity.
Diligent work and religion go
well together. In the Bible there
are many exhortations to labor.
The “please, sir” little boy
seems to have vanished even from
anecdotes.
Lived to the Law
Up to recent times in Palestine,
nearly every Christian farmer
observed the Deuteronomic laws
in the Old Testament, which re
quire him to leave part of his crop
for the poor. Olive-grove owners
especially obeyed the regulation
forbidding them to shake their
trees more than once so some of
the fruit would remain “for the
stranger, for the fatherless, and
for the widow.”—Collier’s.
7T _ jL TWfiSk A Quiz With
/loiv Answers Offering
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^ijnOZXlOJT ® Various Subjects
The Questions
1. What is a Texas leaguer in
baseball?
2. Who crossed the Rubicon?
3. What is the difference be
tween a savage and a barbarian?
4. What would result if all the
colors were blended together?
5. Among the 12 signs of the
zodiac are four that represent ani
mals. Which are they?
6. Is there any difference be
tween semi-conscious and semi
unconscious?
7. Why was it said that if Cleo
patra's nose had been shorter the
whole face of the world would
have been changed?
8. How did the dandelion get its
name?
Decorative Angels for
Sheets, Pillow Cases
What could be more appropriate
for sheet and pillow cases than
these decorative angels in simple
stitchery! Just the thing for guest
linens. Perhaps you’ll prefer the
cheery “Good Morning” and
“Good Evening.” You can finish
off either design with the filet cro
chet edging. Pattern 6348 con
tains a transfer pattern of seven
motifs ranging from 4% by I6Y4
inches to 3Y4 by 9*6 inches; direc
tions and charts for crochet; ma
terials needed; illustrations of
stitches.
To obtain this pattern send 15
cents in coins to The Sewing Cir
cle, Household Arts Dept., 259 W.
14th St., New York, N. Y.
Bananas a Novelty
Sixty years ago few citizens of
this country had ever seen or tast
ed a banana. Our formal intro
duction to this now popular fruit
took place at the Philadelphia
Centennial exposition in 1876
where they were wrapped in tin
foil and sold os novelties at ten
cents apiece.—Collier’s Weekly.
9. What is the significance of the
name “Prospice,” the title of one
of Browning’s poems?
10. A donkey-engine, though do
ing a lot of donkey work, has in
fact nothing to do with a donkey.
Can you name four other hyphen
ated words, the first word of which
is the name of an animal, the
whole having nothing to do with
the animal?
The Answers
1. A short fly that drops between
infield and outfield, out of reach of
both.
2. Caesar and his army.
3. Savage means untamed; bar
barian means the state between
savage and civilized.
4. All the colors of the spectrum
blended together give white.
5. Leo (lion), Taurus (bull), Ar
ies (ram), Apricornus (goat).
6. The first usually denotes go
ing from the unconscious to the
conscious state. The reverse is
the case in the other.
7. To convey the idea that if
Cleopatra had been less attractive
she would not have enslaved Ju
lius Caesar and Mark Antony.
8. From the French “dent de
lion,” meaning a lion’s tooth, re
ferring to the leaves of the plant.
9. It is interpreted as meaning
“Look Forward.”
10. Pig-iron, dog-watch, horse
chestnut, monkey-wrench.
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Empty Task
In general those who nothing
have to say contrive to spend the
longest time in doing it.—Lowell.
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