THF, DKAVESTON REVIEW
Friday, January 20 , 1939
leather Cure Is
Certain Aid For
QUEEN OF BEAUTY
D in in g Room Ills
By HETTY WKI.LKH
Doctor Report» on Native
Community With No
Worries or Divorce».
My m o lh rr gut a le a th e r couch
and tw o c n u rm o u i le a th e r c h a irs
w hen she m a r rie d —button tufted
tin y w ere arid fln lih rd aro u n d tha
bottom with knotted le a th e r fringe
Del the old tim er* can g o e ia m y
age to a T! We grew up w ith those
friendly old pieces, though Uiey
sp en t th eir declin in g y e a rs In slip
co v ers not hecuuse they w ore out
b u t Just because they w ent " o u t."
flu* styles hav e com * aro u n d to
le a th e r again. T his lim e though It's
a m uch m ore In terestin g and v e rs a
tile m a te ria l th an It used to be. It
Is av ailab le In the m ost delicious
colors, ran g in g from w hite and p a s
tels to the deep subtle tones. Hut
b est of all it has also acq u ire d a
K ein rm lier the d ay s of the leath er
couch!
p ra c tic a l finish th a t m ak es It alm o st
stain-proof and easily k ep t clean.
I t's being used for dining tuble tops
and buffets as well as for d re s se rs
and vanities. It Is stun n in g as wall
panelling, loo— and of co u rse for u p
h o lstery both colors and te x tu re s in
le a th e r a re exciting.
If you c a n 't m a n a g e re a l leath er,
d o n 't snub som e of the e x cellen t Im i
tatio n s th at a re now on the m a rk e t.
T hey loo a re easily clea n ed and
a v a ilab le In an In terestin g ra n g e of
colors
T h e re 's q u ite a vogue for
re p tile and o strich le a th e rs in up
h olstery loo, bu t fur p ra c tic a lity
th e ir m ark in g s a re usually sta m p e d
on the stu rd ie r le a th e rs such as
cow hide.
'
T ry the teu th cr cu re in the down-
a t the heels dining room .
W hat
w ouldn't Jade le a th e r sc a ts for the
chair* do for the ivory-to-brow n
room ? O r c a n a ry yellow seat* In a
w hite and m ap le room ?
O r add one or a p a ir of le a th e r
c o v ered c h a irs in the living room to
b reak the m onotony of fa b ric te x
tures. F ren ch blue le a th e r, for in
stance. to pull to g e th e r a room
th a t's p red o m in a n tly brow n, ru st
and gold O r p ale beige le a th e r for
the g reen and ru s t room . O r tu r
quoise le a th e r to go w ith a wine
and g ra y en sem b le. O r b rig h t red
le a th e r in the room w ith pale-to-
deep gray-blues.
O ne of tiie m o st a ttra c tiv e b ed
ro o m s I'v e seen ab o u t w as in g ra y
a n d r u r a l and yellow w ith blond
fu rn itu re .
c
T ruly a q u e rn Is lovely M y rtrlln a
Itrso a a , who h a s been selected to
reig n o v rr the a n n u a l 1‘o n cr d r Leon
c a rn iv a l w hich la to he held In San
Ju a n , P u erto Klco, In K rb ru a ry .
This will be the 101st cele b ra tio n of
the fe stiv a l n a m e d a fte r th e fam ed
se e k e r for the fo u n tain of youth and
lira! g o v ern o r of P u e rto Kieo.
Thor nt on W Burgess j
T IIE BEST H Et'R E T O F ALL
Id y o u e v e r . e v e r , e v e r feel
So h a p p y th a t you fa in w ould s te a l
a a y o ff by y o u rs e lf a lo n e
B e c a u s e s u c h toy w a a a ll y o u r ow n ?
IS th a t way so m e tim e s. H appi
I T n ess
can be so g re a t th a t it a l
m ost h u rts and m a k e s one feel like
g ettin g aw ay w here one can do fool
ish things, like rolling In the g ra ss
and shouting and singing, w ithout
anybody to sec and say th a t it is
foolish and undignified. It w as th a t
way w ith D anny M eadow Mouse.
He felt th a t he Just h ad to get aw ay
H r H etty W ells - W N U S e rv ic e .
Mil k RACKETEER
A lm ost as conten ted as a r a t In a
c re a m e ry , th is k itten h as le a rn e d to
m e e t the l.ondon m ilk m a n a t the
g a rd e n g ate In th is a m u sin g fashion
and get a lift back to its hom e.
History of Inn Found
Within Walls of 1760
WEST B RO O K FIELD . MASS.
-W h ile te a rin g aw ay th e inte
rio r of Ye Olde T av ern , sw ept by
fire, w orkm en found a h isto ry of
the inn w ritten n e a rly a half-
c e n tu ry ago by th e late G eorge
E M essenger, fo rm e r landlord.
T he history d ate d back to the
founding of the Inn In 17f<0 by Its
first landlord. D avid H itchcock.
NEW YORK. — A place w here
th e re Is no w orry, p e rh ap s the last
of Its kind on earth , today gave c iv i
lization a sta rtlin g m ed ical m essag e
T he place: The Jungle hom e of the
Wal Wai Indians in n o rth e rn B razil
Tlic m essag e: T hese Indians have
no h e a rt disease, no high blood p re s
sure, no c e re b ra l h e m o rrh a g e
The m e ssen g er: Dr. W illiam Hall
Holden, chief surgeon of th e A m er
ican M useum of N a tu ra l H istory,
who e a rly this y e a r m ad e the first
m ed ical study of this possibly last
of com pletely p rim itiv e peoples.
T h e ir Im m unity is not due to a
differen t physical m akeup. In a test
w hich violated a sa c re d taboo. Dr.
Holden disco v ered th a t they possess
th e sa m e c a p acity for high blood
p re ssu re a s o th e r hum ans.
»tone Age People.
The Wal Wal, he says, h av e s
few steel knives, obtained from In
d ian s n e a re r civilization. O therw ise
they s r e still e n tirely a Stone age
people. T h e ir hom e Is th e S ie rra
A karl m ountains. He d esc rib e d four
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i
As he drew n e a r his hom e h r be
gan to h u rry .
by him self, w here he could be Just
us foolish as e v e r he pleased.
" If I d o n 't I sh all c e rta in ly blow
up and b u rs t," sa id he to him self,
" I n e v e r w as so h appy befo re in all
m y life, and I d o n 't believe a n y
body else w as e v e r so h appy e ith e r.
I'v e sim ply got to g e t aw ay by m y
self. b e cau se If an ybody should see
m e they would th in k m e cra z y or
else they would g u ess m y se c re t,
and th a t w ould be w orse s till."
So Ju st a s soon a s he could, w ith
out lettin g N anny M eadow Mouse
know w here he w as going, for be
knew th a t she would laugh at him
if he told h e r. he sto le aw ay from
th e pile of old c o rn sta lk s w here th e ir
new hom e w as an d off to a s e c re t
little p lace he n e v e r had show n a n y
one. not even N anny. He m a d e su re
th a t no one w as a b o u t to see him .
noj even th e M erry L ittle B reezes
of Old M other W est Wind, and then
he ac te d ns if he c e rta in ly had gone
cra z y . Yes, sir, D anny M eadow
M ouse ac te d for all th e world as
if he had q u ite lost his senses. He
Jum ped. He sq u ealed . He trie d to
sing. He c h ased th a t funny little
stubby tail of his ro u n d and round
until he w as so dizzy th a t he could
h ard ly stand. He tu rn e d s o m e r
sa u lts and rolled o v e r and over. He
even trie d to sta n d on his head,
w hich Is a p e rfe c tly a b su rd thing
for a M eadow M ouse to try to do.
By an d by he had to sto p to g et his
b re a th , and w hen a t la st he did get
his b re a th , why. he sta rte d In to do
It all o v er ag ain .
When he w as q u ite tire d c u t he
lay down to re st, and then a s he
thought of his g re a t h ap p in ess he
grew v e ry sober. " I m u st be very
c a re fu l.” th o u g h t he. “ I m u st be
v ery carefu l. Indeed. 1 m u s tn 't let
anyone guess th is new se c re t: not
a single, single soul, becau se—why.
b ecau se It's th e b e st se c re t th a t
ev e r w as; the m o st w onderful se
c re t th a t e v e r w as—and I w ouldn’t
h av e a m in u te 's p eace If I thought
th a t anybody had guessed i t No,
sir, I w o u ld n 't I w ouldn't be able
to e at o r sleep if I thought th a t a n y
body had guessed m y s e c r e t So 1
am going to be tw ice as s m a r t as
ev e r I have been and tw ice as c a r e
fu l."
With th a t D anny carefu lly b rushed
h im self off, for he had got v ery d irty
rolling on the ground, w ashed his
face and hands, and then sta rte d
back fo r his borne in the pile of
co rn stalk s. At first he w alked in a
v ery dignified m an n er, b u t a s he
drew n e a r his hom e he b egan to
h u rry , and p resen tly he w as ru n
ning as fa st as e v e r he could.
H ave you guessed why he w as
running and w hat his s e c re t w as?
Well, In th a t splendid little house
w hich he and N anny had built w ere
four teeny, weeny b abies. Yes, sir,
four teeny weeny b ab ies w ere w ait
ing for him th e re w ith th e ir m oth
e r, who. of co u rse, w as N anny
M eadow M ouse. Do you w onder
th a t D anny w as happy an d th a t be
thought this the v e ry b est s e c re t of
all the m an y se c re ts he had had?
C T. W. B u r* » » * .—W NU S e rv ic e .
M an Goes by P a rc e l P ost
T H E H A G U E.—P a c k e d n eatly In
a larg e and c o rre c tly lab eled case,
an E n g lish m a n a rriv e d safely in
A m sterd am from London by p a rc e l
post on b o ard a m a c h in e of th e In
te rn a tio n a l A ir F re ig h t, Ltd.
'W o m u m ^. .
m o n th s' tra v e l to reach them In
N atu ral H istory, the m u seu m 's pub
lication.
'T h e y liv e ," he said. "In one of
the d e n se st ju n g les on earth , undis
tu rb ed by m an. It is a country of
p eace and quiet, a literal lost world,
a tro p ical fa iry la n d ."
When Dr. Holden and a single
w hite com panion. William G Hass-
ler. ph o to g rap h er, reached the Wal
Wai, both m edical tests and pho
to g rap h y w ere welcomed. T he vil
lages w ere about a d a y ’s tra v e l
a p a rt T his d istan ce the Indians call
a " s h o rt w alk ." T im e has no m e a n
ing to them .
» Iro n s on the Dogs.
They live in large, com m unal
houses, with conical roofs. E ach
holds 25 to 30 perso n s and 40 to 50
dogs
T hese "fa iry la n d " dogs a re
reaso n ab ly quiet.
D r Holden took the blood p re s
su res of the older people. T h eir
ages he said, w ere uncertain, be
cause they reckon y ears from one
rain y season to the next, but they
live to a rip e old age.
A nalyzing the reasons. Dr. Holden
d e cla red :
"T h e Wal W als never have to w or
ry how they will pay th eir g ro c e r's
bill. T h ere a re no telephones to
d riv e them to d istractio n
A hus
band n ev er w orries about how he
can buy his wife a new h at or d ress.
T h e ir personal ad o rn m en ts a re pro
cu red from the brilliantly plum aged
b ird s th a t fly o v erh ead : and as for
clo th es—they w ear none.
"T h e re is no stock m a rk e t to send
on e's blood p re ssu re skyrocketing
T h ese fo rtu n a te people a re not fo r
e v e r dodging autom obiles o r w atch
ing red lights in th eir h u rry to keep
this ap p o in tm en t or that. T h ere a re
no such things as being late for
w ork o r punching the tim e clock.
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19, begin n in g aro u n d 8:30 in the
m orn in g , will be p a rtia l in th e U n it
ed S tates. An a n n u a la r eclip se la
one o c c u rrin g w hile th e moon is so
fa r aw ay fro m th e e a rth th a t a rim
of th e sun is v isib le ev en a t the
m o m e n t of m a x im u m e c lip se .”
About m id n ig h t betw een O ctober
27 end 28 th e re w ill be a p a rtia l
eclip se of th e m oon. D octor Lee
said, w hich will be v isible th ro u g h
out the A m ericas. A to tal eclip se of
By R U T H WYKT H S P E A R S
ADVENTURERS’ CLUB
H E A D L I N E S F R O M THE L I V E S
OF P E O P L E L I K E Y O U R S E L F I
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I f ELLO EVERYBODY:
A 1
You know* boys and girls, when I was a kid, listen
ing to those C hristm as-tim e tales about Santa Claus, there
were two things I alw ays used to wonder about. One was
how could a big fellow like Santa get down th a t little bit of
a chimney of ours, and the other was how he managed to
come out through a fireplace with a fire burning in it with
out getting burned up himself.
Nobody ever did give me a good answ er to the first of
those questions, and I had to w ait until today to get the dope
on the second one from Barney Donaghey of New York City,
And even the inform ation B arney gave m e doesn't help
much. B arney pulled th a t Santa Claus act once. He came
right down the chim ney and went right through the fire in
the fireplace and lived to tell the tale. But Barney doesn’t
know how he did it. He ju st did, th a t's all.
Now, in the first place it w asn’t a chim ney Barney got
caught in, but one of those big tow ers in an oil refinery—
w hich is a whole lot w orse. The refin ery w as located
D utch W est Indies, and B a rn e y w as em ployed th ere as
best th a t's a d an g ero u s Job in an oil refinery. An open
risky when th e re 's oil aro u n d , and a w elder h a s to do
m ighty hot open flame.
a t A ruba in the
a w elder. A t Its
flam e is alw ays
his w ork with a
Takes Every Safety Precaution.
On the night of N ovem ber (, 1929, B arney had a Job to do on
one of the big hundred foot tow ers, and he took e v ery precau tio n
possible. The w eld he w as to m ak e w aa on the Inside of the tow
e r, 90 feet from the ground and 10 fe e t from the top. He had to
clim b up to th at spot from the inside, through a m ess of pipes
and coils, but before be sta rte d he m ad e a m en tal note of the
fa c t th a t th ere w as also a ladder running np the ontside of th at
tow er, to a m anhole a t th e top. If any th in g w ent w rong—If sp ark s
from his w elding a p p a ra tu s set fire to the oil down a t the bottom ,
th e re w as a w ay oot.
But B arney w asn ’t going to s ta r t any fires if be could help it.
To m ake doubly su re he took along a helper and left him a t the
opening a t the bottom of the tow er w ith in strn ctio n s to w atch
for any sp a rk s falling from above and put them out the m in u te
. they landed. When th a t w as done be sta rte d clim bing up to the
spot w here the w elding w as to be done.
“ Up I c lim b ed ." says B arney, " a n d w ent rig h t to w ork a s fa s t as
I could. I w as w orking a t night b ecau se it w as c o o le r.'b u t it w as still
T e n n e sse e 's
governor,
G ordon plenty hot and I w anted to finish as soon a s possible and get out in the
B row ning, failed to bag a d eer d u r a ir again. I w orked stead ily for about an hour, and then I noticed th a t
ing the annual hunt in the P isg ah . a thick sm oke w as a c c u m u latin g in the to w er.”
B arney noticed the sm oke, but be d id n 't pay m uch atten tio n to
N. C ., fo rest, but he did help the
it. T here a re alw ays fum es p re se n t around an oil well, and he
c a m p cook. He c la im s his coffee is
figured th a t if anything had gone w rong down a t the bottom his
u n b eata b le.
helper would have w arn ed him long since. He w as anxious to
finish th a t job be w as w orking on. a n d he w as w orking a t top
speed. W orking so absorbedly th a t he d id n 't pay any atten tio n
to anything else. He d id n 't even stop to tak e a glance down the
sh aft. And th at absorption alm ost cost him his life.
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SLOPE Of Ô0OF AND
for his h elp er than for him self. T h e re w as th a t m anhole a t the top of
the tow er and the la d d e r leading dow n the side. He could g et out th a t
w ay. B ut if his h elp er d id n 't an sw er, som ething m u st h av e h appened
to him .
B arney sta rte d for th e top. .I t took him h ard ly any tim e a t
all to clim b th a t 10 feet a n d re a c h th e upper m anhole. B ut th ere,
a su rp rise w aited for him —a s u rp ris e th a t stru ck te rro r into B a r
n e y 's h e a rt. A beam of wood a foot sq u are w as blocking the
opening!
" I co u ld n 't get m y hand through th a t opening, let alone m y h e a d ,”
B arney says. "A nd I co u ld n 't m ove th e b eam b ecau se th ere w as a block
and fall a tta c h e d to i t T h ere I w as w ith the h eav en s above m e and
hell down below. B ut th e h eav en s w ere out of m y re a c h an d w hat lay
i below w as hell and no m ista k e ."
B ut down w as the only way B arn ey could go, so down he w e n t
The blaze didn’t look as though it w ere re ach in g fa r up the s h a f t M ay
be he h ad a chance a fte r all.
"T h e fa rth e r down I w en t.” say.s B arney, “ th e m ore sc a re d
I got. The sm oke w as th ick er an d the h eat w as terrific. F o r
a m om ent I played w ith the idea of stay in g in the tow er and
w aiting until the flam es w ere d isco v ered and put out. B ut in
m y h e a rt I knew th a t w ouldn't w ork. It w as la te at night. Sup
posing no one discovered the b la se ? Suppose it sp re a d and the
whole place w ent up in flam es* And beside th a t, I d id n 't know
how long I could hold on in th a t hot, sm oke-tilled shaft. Suppose
I p assed out and fell in th a t fire n n co n scio u s!"
He Made a Drive for the Bottom Opening.
th e moon on May 3 will be v isible In
th e e a ste rn h em isp h ere , and a total
eclip se of the sun will o ccu r on Oc
to b e r 12. an d will be seen a s a p a r
tla l eclip se from w estern A ustralia
a n d South A m e ric a 's so u th e rn trip
"T he p rin cip al m e te o ric show
e rs of the y e a r,” D o cto r L ee said,
"w ill be th e P e rse id s on A u g u st 12,
e a rly In the m o rn in g in th e n o rth
e a ste rn sky, an d th e L eonids, w hich
w ill be seen follow ing m id n ig h t on
N o v em b er 14 in th e e a s te rn sk y .”
M eteoric show ers, he explained,
tak e th e ir n am es from c o n stella
tions in th a t p a rt of the sky from
w hich th e show ers seem to com e.
O th er displays d u rin g the y e a r will
be the L yrids, e a rly in the evening
In th e northw est on A pril 20; the
O rionids. late in th e ev ening in the
e a st on O ctober 20. and the Andro-
m ids, high In the e a s te rn sky all
night on N ovem ber 24.
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of your books. I have been sew
ing for y ears but these books
have explained m any points th a t I
never understood before. I am
now planning new d ra p e rie s to
dress m y living room up a bit.
One group of th re e windows is
especially difficult a s the daven
port h a s to be placed In front of
them . Can you give m e a sugges
tion? I think I would like a plain
valance without g ath ers or pleats
across the top. How should this
be m ade and hung? I have ju st
m ade a beige slipcover for the
davenport with green pipings and
bands —A. D. W ."
I would use plain cre a m colored
glass cu rtain s for all three win
dows and ov erdrapes a t the ends
J only. A striped m a te ria l in tones
of tan and green and blue would
be nice for the d rap eries with a
narrow fringe edging in green and
: tan or green and blue. A valance
board at the top of the windows is
essential when a plain valance is
used. This board should be four
| inches wide and lk inch thick. It
i is screw ed in place with L b rack
ets. O rdinary m etal cu rtain rods
1 are placed Just under it for the
glass cu rtain s and side d rapes.
The plain valance should be long
; enough to fit around the ends of
the board and should be about six
| inches deep finished. It should
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crinoline, and an allow ance should
b e m ade a t the top for a tuck or
fold to be tacked to the board as
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Coolidge’s Tribute
W riting of the death of his m oth
er, Calvin Coolidge said : "In an
hour, she w as gone. It was her
thirty-ninth birthday. I was 12
y ears old. We laid h er aw ay in
Welder Light Saves His Life.
the blustering snows of M arch.
The g reatest grief th a t can com e
It w as the light of his w elder th a t sav ed him . Saved him by going
out! As long as it w as w orking the to w er w as b rig h t as day. B ut sud : to a boy cam e to m e. Life was
denly it died—and then B arn ey noticed th a t it w asn ’t the only lig h t in | never to be the sam e again . . .
th a t tow er. A b rig h t re d glow w as com ing up the long sh a ft from j Five years and 41 y e a rs la te r al
m ost to a day, m y siste r and m y
' below. The bottom of th e tow er w as on fire!
fath er followed her. It alw ays
The first thing th a t e n te re d B a rn e y 's m ind w as a question. Why
seem ed to m e th a t the boy I lost
h a d n 't his h elp er w arned him ? L oudly he shouted the h e lp e r’s nam e.
w as her im ag e."
But th ere w as no answ er. At th a t m o m en t B arn ey w as m o re a la rm e d
No—B arney knew he h ad to tak e his ch ances w ith th a t fire. On down
j he w ent. He w as alm ost a t the bottom , and the flam es w ere licking up
j a t his feet w hen he played his last c a rd . He pulled h is ju m p e r o v er his
head, and. w ith h an d s pro tected by his heav y gloves, he dropped into the
m id st of the blazing inferno and m ad e a d riv e for the bottom opening!
One b last of h eat, and then B arney w as th rough the opening,
his body hot and his clothes sm oking. He la n d e d s p r a w l in g -
on som ething soft. B arney pulled the Jum per off hi,s head and
took a look a t th a t soft object. It w as his h elp er—ju s t w aking
up from a sound sleep.
"H e ju m p ed up,” say s B arney, “ and took one look a t m e. And I
I h a v e n 't seen him since! W hen it w as all over, th e re w asn ’t a single
b u m on m y body. B ut ju s t 'the sam e, 1 did no m o re w ork th a t night.
I j le t the fire bo y s do the re s t w ith the ste a m h o se.”
PARTIAL SUN AND MOON ECLIPSES PREDICTED FOR 1939
E V A N S T O N . I L L . —P a r t i a l
eclip ses of the sun and m oon and
two p a rtic u la rly b rig h t m eteo ric
show ers will be v isible in the U nited
S ta te s d u rin g the y e a r 1939. a c
co rd in g to Dr. O liver Lee. head of
th e d e p a rtm e n t of a stro n o m y a t
N orth w estern un iv ersity .
"T h e re will be tw o eclip ses of the
sun and two of the moon d u rin g the
y e a r ." D octor Lee said. "A n an-
n u a la r eclipse of the sun on A pril
How to Curtain a
Group of Windows
Jungle Health Utopia Found
In Northern Section of Brazil T lo y d
Y0W.T0A SHOULD TRY
CREOMULSION
For Coughs or Chest Colds
F rom W ithin U s
We view the w orld with our own
eyes each of us, and we m ake
from the world w ithin us the
world which we see.— W. M.
Thackery.
Sentinels
of Health
Don’t Neglect Them I
Katar* drHfnrd th* kld**y* to do ■
Th* *ct ot llvta * —lift
C o p y rig h t— W N U S e rv ic e .
U ses to r Tung Oil
C hinese tung oil h as th e highest
specific g ra v ity of all know n fatty
oils, w ith the exception of c a sto r
oil. Its c h a ra c te ristic q u a lity is the
read in ess w ith w hich it sets to a
h a rd jelly on b eing h eate d fo r a
tim e. B esides being used for pain ts
| and v arn ish es, it is also used for
dyes and as a lu b ric a n t fo r m otors.
It is used In C hina for w ater-proof
ing p ap er.
O rigin of Word ‘Sybarite*
A " s y b a rite " is a self-indulgent
p e rso n ; a lover ot e a se and co m
f o r t The in h a b itan ts of S y b aris, in
South Italy , w ere p ro v e rb ia l for
th e ir luxurious living and self-indul
gence. A ta le is told by S eneca of
a S y b arite who com plained th a t he
could not re s t co m fo rtab ly a t n ig h t
an d being ask ed why, rep lied th a t
h e found a ro se le a f doubled u n d er
him .
DOANS PI LLS