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Show 3 p Draws W inter Visitors to Lake Jrlacid : Lots of Variety In ; i STAR DUST 4 Crocheted Edgings Adventurers' 1 ; Movie Radi oKiing Fin,- . i i ii i '( , Club lOi j "The Burning Crypt" By FLOYD GIBBONS, Fame Headline Boater 5 always the little things that cause the most trouble. jnmy Pealana of Maspeth, L. I., can tell you that. It l pencil that brought him the big adventure of his life. I while plenty of people have got into trouble for being vt&j with their pens, J don't think they went through s3j much grief as that little stick of wood and graphite y to Jimmy. il happened on December 17, 1931, when Jimmy was working for I manufacturing concern in Long Island City. Jimmy wai i itock iind one of hi duties was to check over the shipments of whisky jafcol as they came to, and store the stuff in a big, 200-foot square, jyd, burglar proof vault TAat vault was the danger spot of the whale plant. la It were yd sn the explosive and Inflammable chemicals ta the place. -0t were tens ef sack Staff m chlorate ef potash, aad ganens ef jbiien, naphtha, ether and the like, la addlUoa te knadreda ef 'u crams faQ ef aJceheL' "And I was respoaslble for this 5," says Jimmy. "Besides myself, only the boas had the com - that would epea tne massive eeor." Just a Pencil Started the Trouble mat fateful December 11 that we're going to hear about' Jimmy siding that responsibility pretty heavy. A shipment of foreign Jtrbsd arrived Just an hour before quitting time, and Jimmy couldn't lot until it was all stowed away. He and his helper hurriedly jSIm eases Into tbe-reer ef the vault and started to open them end !ip the bottles from the straw in which they were packed. They U raoldly for half an hour, but 1 hioein't something always happen when you're in a hurry?" Jimmy ito know. And rve got to agree with Jimmy. Something always Ibis time It was a pencil the only one they bad. It dropped toot ahd'irbflecruft twtt"s1a-ctl' :of 'easei;, lltol want lo gdr bar to the office to get another one, so they did ;aing that was strictly againit the rules. Jimmy's heljper lit a to look for "' '""" "" f That match was hardly lit wheh footstep' sounded "outside """ Visor. Could It be the boas? If he ever saw that lighted mate last vault full ef explosives well somebody would get fired. Tl.'a Uiu, t UmMA natnh tn akalju a paddle ef water. Then, la aa Instant that "water" had tnte flame. The "water was a puddle ef highly Infuun-coUodioa Infuun-coUodioa that had leaked eat ef a faulty dram. Flarnes Crept Toward the Explosives .distantly," says Jimmy, "the flames caught in some of the loose vt bad taken from the whisky .cases. Tongues of fire began to fiot toward the leaky drum the collodion had come from. For a M I was scared stiff. There was enough explosives in the vault to the place to bits, and on the upper floors there were more than pels fttls-aadtaf ,..v.i:.,..;,..,e Jl leaped for a rack of sand pails, grabbed two of them and yelled t helper to get the others. The flame was creeping up the side of past less than an Inch from the plug, hole when I threw the sand i Grabbing the other two pails from my helper I yelled to him p outside, ring the alarm and hurry back with an extinguisher. threw the rest of the sand. It' barely sufficed to put out the Collodion g at the base of the drum,' but now the straw was burning ; setting fire to the wooden whisky cases." It looked bad for Jimmy, bat In another moment It was worse, heard a load slam glanced at the door end his heart almost Med. In rnnnlnr ant. hla helner had kicked awav the stick x4 to keep the heavy door open. It had banged shut Jimmy iu TRAPPED IN A BURNING VAULT full ef explosives and the iy sther person who had the combination was the boss, WHO 5UALLT LEFT THE FACTORY EARLY! Jimmy Made a Gallant Fight I was stunned," says Jimmy. 'Tor a moment I stared blankly at bcked door, but the acrid smoke brought my attention back to the spreading fire. There was a bare chance and I jumped for It i maniac I rolled the steel drums away from the flames. With Jwd hands I pushed and Jerked away heavy cases of potash until Wed to clear a small space around the flames. Every few seconds Its stop to stamp out flying sparks that threatened to set off some )1 explosive, but in. the end I bad cleared the space and pushed all Vnlng straw and wood to the center of the fire. Then, with fear m strength, I dragged up heavy steel plates, used as a runway and trucks, and set them like partitions around the blaze. .one too soon. In another minute hell popped. Cases of whisky In iter of the blare began falling apart Bottles went off In a series of ( explosions. Thanks to the steel plates, none of the scattering ud flame struck me. but I bad a busy time stamping out the flying and burning splinters of wood." For a faQ 25 minutes, Jimmy fought that blase. Thea, everts ever-ts br heat aad smoke, he was beating a reluctant retreat 'M the doer opened aad men came running hi with sand and extinguishers. pith my hair singed, hands scorched and my face as black as coal." jllmmy, "I must have made a sorry figure. But boy, did that air joottt And was I glad that my helper had enough presence of mind aad catch the boss JUST AS HE WAS LEAVING THE BUILDING?" WNU Servic. ade Glasses Used hen Eveairht Grew Dun tor a moment must we be- t ail of our ancestors' eyes perfect that some eye help needed.. for many old spee- testify that the tinkerer at I tiered himself spectacles M letters grew dim. Window as often the only lens avail-i avail-i the home-made frames and ?W did not come Into exis- 'M1 jhe 1880s. If a man had be could hammer out a pair ( frames, or twist some of 4 and make himself specs could be "heired" for several FUons, says a writer In tht f ork Sun. Mbere were difficulties. Well A said the old tinkerer. to fix rPtion to hold two pieces of f wt how to make 'em sUckT ier stran nn. .n.u,.- W tucks for "temples" run- "P Under tha hair another; ,'Kht bow with rings in the ""Ulna Irrinsri fn rvlne- ko. oother; then came-bows upon themselves; and "a was the bow which f" i nough to fit the head and C!u,0ut thong or string, 17 wa time In the 1700s tenies were extremely small, r eeing but tor giving the ap-of ap-of learning. In the 1830s r1 lone back to these inch-long r ooiong, hexagonal and oc- rll Tho . .i i 118 hich supported the lower half of the glass and left the upper part free, and we were on our way to the rimless specs. Another thought up green glasses .nl were worn In shining steel frames; and some other made specs with fine wire which crisscrossed to form tha noseplece. Seventeenth Century Mode Virginia ladies of the Seventeenth century differed little from the English Eng-lish hi their costumes, except that being richer, they were better able to gratify their desire to shine and outshine. As they manufactured nothing in the South, all their finery was fresh from England. A Virginia lady. Mrs. Pritchard, In 1660, owned an olive colored silk pettlcost another an-other of silk tabby, one of flowered tabby, one of velvet nd one of white striped dimity. Her printed calico gown was lined with blue silk. There were alio a pair ol scarlet sleeves and another of ruffled ruf-fled boUand; also a pair of green stockings. Age ef the Sphinx The exsct age of the Sphinx Is unknown. It has been standing tor more than 6.000 years. It Is 70 feet high and 1M feet long, excluding ex-cluding the paws. A few pieces of stone have been added from time to time, but in general the statue is carved from living rock. Until the end of the Nineteenth century there remained traces of the original origi-nal coloring of the face. 1- V4 v i . ...... . :, 4 v 'A V VP, 'J llJ.f; V . , J. i - - isssaVaMistiiass-! ete4 A group who are enjoying the popular winter sport at Lake Placid, N. Y. Left to right: Miss Edith L. Januichek of Peiping, China; Miss Nancy Page Carveth of Niagara Falls, N. Y.; Dorothy Trumbridge of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Jean Stanhope of New York city; Victoria Nebeker of Los Angeles; Nancy Perkins of Baltimore; and Marie Carveth of Niagara Falls, N. Y. Big Demand for Windsor Souvenirs V PV:---'.-1 v.. Professor Stelnberger Is seen at' work In his London studio on statuettes statu-ettes of the duke of Windsor, for which there is now a tremendous demand. Thousands of such statuettes had been made for Edward's coronation, and when he abdicated London business, men., groaned, in anticipation of writing off terrific tosses on stock that they could not sell Instead of diminishing, the demand for the Edward figures has increased, HELPS UNEMPLOYED Baron Nuffield, who is Sir Wil liam Morris, head of a vast manu facturing organization including automobile au-tomobile plants, export companies, a publishing house and affiliated subsidiaries,. donated ..HQ,0M,0M to stimulate employment In Great Britain's "depressed areas". EX-PRIVATE IS GENERAL m f u r f, ; . -:..X-w'-v..i- 'Vt ii Once a soldier, always a soldier, is an old army belief, but one a private, now a general. Is a paraphrase para-phrase that fits Brigadier-General Kenyon Joyce, whose new rank was announced recently by President Roosevelt General Joyce, once a ranker, now commands the "President's "Presi-dent's Own" third cavalry troop at Fort Myer, Va. During the World war he won the D. S. CL, Order of the Purple Heart Croix de Guerre and the French Legion of Honor. Bernie Bierman Made Cpaches' Erexy. tmm. .' ' ' :i .Bernie Bierman, left, of Minnesota, new president of the National Football Coaches' association. Is greeted, and welcomed to his post by Tuss McLaughrey of Brown, the "passing" president Bernie was elected at the annual convention of the coaches In New York city recently. Trick Accommodations on New Soviet Plane S. ' ? i .1 . " . v' r.' ' ' : 'l ' Jsiiiiir L.i) leajisj jiijw.s ' ir ijrssj-1 '" "IT1 iwii.Lr-trnsssiii-1 -n1""" ' i -i"" J 11 v . .....JillWrHsaaaals "TTffWIIHl II II An Interesting photo, showing tht arrangement of accommodations in the new Soviet army two-seater plane. Berths are arranged below the wings as shown. In recent tests. 18 persons were carried in this manner. man-ner. Including .pilot and co-pilot t ' . - 4 -iH. CU ndette . Colbert .. By VIRGINIA VALE OF COURSE you've seen Sid Silvers, and lauched , 0 at him, in many a movie now you're going to hear him on the air with Al Jolson, whom you've also seen in pictures, pic-tures, but not recently. Silvers is something new under the sun. He writes the very funny lines he speaks that Is, he makes them up, but he doesn't put them down on paper. He Just says them. Somebody else takes them down. And if he gets a very funny Idea during the final filming of a scene, in it goes and the scene is done over again. But what havoc that will create cre-ate if he forgets himself and does It on the air. since radio scripts have to be written and re-written, and then approved. Now It's Claudette Colbert and her husband who are going to adopt a baby from that famous orphanage in Chicago. Irene Dunne and ber husband hus-band were the latest couple to do itand Irene, worse hick, had such a bad cold during the first few days of the litUe girl's presence in her new home that, she couldn't go near the Infant Meanwhile Claudette. has been given the lead In the' screen version of "Tovarlch," the surcexsfut atyge, .ploy; , she: .should be grand in it da-Ire"" Luce, - who ws Fred Asta ire's, first daneing partner after his sister deserted him for matri tnony, is In Hollywood, with yearnings yearn-ings to become a motion picture actress. On the stage she got along beautifully with the nimble Fred, but she's not making tests tor RKO, so apparently she isn't being, oa sidered ' for his partner bo ' the screen. Practically everyone else has been, apparently! The blonde Miss Luce has a lifetime life-time on the stage behind her that Is, she has her lifetime, as she started at the age of four. She was bne of the six or eight chorus girls In the musical show in which Mir iam Hopkins and various other celebrities cel-ebrities were also chorus girls and what tales they all tell about each other in private! It looks as If James Cagney would break eat again not la a fight with a motion picture company this time, bat la a new venture. He la talking ef reviving the theater hi small towns, se yea may see aim hi per son before long. It la said that Robert Montgomery and Pat O'Brien may appear with him, as well as hla brother BilL Meanwhile hla first picture for Grand National, completed at laet, How do you like the idea of picture with Robert Taylor, Spencer Tracy and James Stewart In ItT The picture will be "Three Comrades," end the author Is the man who wrote "Journey's End," so the story ought to be good. Once upon a time studio executives would have scresmed st the Idea of putting three such players in one picture. but nowadays the big companies plan to give us as much for our money as they can. Have vou been mlsslnf "Minnie Mouse" from the screen? If you have, don't worry she'll return. You see, her voice that Is, the young woman who plays "Minnie's voice got married and went off en a honeymoon. Being the volee for one of Watt Disney's popular characters is a pretty good Job and it means a contract for the actual owner of the Walt Disney voice, too. because the public is so familiar with the sounds that Mickey and his co-play ra make. Maybe some day we'll see that Disney feature-length picture that has been talked about lor so long, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." ODDS AND ENDS . . . Ever tinea fwUhed Tfto Cay Desperado Nino Martini hat been travrling around, giving concerts, and flying rati aach Wednetday lor hit broad cast so isnagina koU thankful ha is that tha ooera season has started in New York, keeping him home for the winter . . . B. f. Schulberi, the movie producer, finally admitted thai he end Sylvia Sidney will probably marry when his marital affairs are straightened straight-ened out ... He and Mrs, Schulberg have been living apart lor soma time . . . Richard Dix is taking out e patent pat-ent far a thamlets rota which ha has developed at hu ranch ... Robert Young will appear with Claudette Colbert ht "She Met Him in Paris," which may eonsote him for losing out on "Lava on the Run," the Crawford' Gable-Tone picture , . . Now they say it Is Gladys George who will ploy the rota- of the mother in "Stella Dallas." ft Wettcrn Newppr Union. ' f , (J JrT f Wonderfully dainty edgings, the aciest of borders, can roll oil your crochet hook If you have pat tern 1300. You can crochet an Inexpensive In-expensive bit of dress-up for cot ar and cuff set, lingerie, hankies. towels, sheets, cases and napkins. The top edging simulates tatting but is easier and quicker to do. Even a beginner will find this pattern pat-tern simple to follow. Pattern 1300 contains detailed directions for making the edgings shown; illustrations illus-trations of them and of all stitches used; material requirements. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) for this pattern to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Ave., New York,. N. Y. Write plainly pattern number,' your name and address. The Road of Truth There may exist different con ceptions of beauty; everyone has '" his own personal opinion, but there .can be no question about the truth of the feeling of beauty. That is real and palpable. There a a .a . A ... this I recognized, that there is only one road that leads to the attain ment VI ueauiy. 1UOU tm Truth; PeodorChaliapinr,' ta ' "Man and Mask." am" EJXEIJ CCCTCnS WROTE THIS pPINIOHI m-i.talAM result from 'add condition of the body... they prescribe nrinm alkalies' CX cert from medical iournaLThe ALKALINE P ACTOR io "MJDErJ'fl"- MENIHOl COUOH DSOPJ 5 .. ALKALINE RESERVE. TEE OTHER IVO'LVI LIVES JUST AROO THE COSHER IT m7 seem unreaaonabla. but moat men cunot undantand wbr a woman who is utuallr happy and loTlne abould have tecurrins period when ber whole character rami changed, fie cannot appreciate appre-ciate the dlsureai. the diaoooifort that all women must endure. 11 doe not know what It to to do homework with an aching back and falling1 energy. AU be doe know to that other women anal Boor cheerful by compartoaa. 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