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Thursday, September 2, 1937 THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON, GOOD TASTE Prints Tune to School Girl Needs By CHERIE NICHOLAS ADVENTURERS’ CLUB The State of the World. H E A D L IN E S FRO M TH E L IV E S O F P E O P L E L IK E Y O U R S E L F I • S “Devil in the Dark” By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter pleasant little tale, boys and girls, Is about a grave yard and a boy who lay in it waiting for death. It’s Harry T ODAY’S Dennehy of New York City who is telling this yarn, and it con cerns the time Harry thought he was about to get an exclusive Interview with the Devil. I That’s something that newspaper men would look forward to. A lot of them would give their shirts to get Old Nick off in a corner and say, "Look here, now, Dev, what do you think of American women?" But Harry wasn’t looking forward to it. He didn’t give a whoop about meeting Old Nick, and he didn’t give a whoop about American women then, either. For this happened in December of 1917, and Harry was just a boy living in Cork county, Ireland. Maybe Harry’s dad shouldn’t have told him ghost stories. And may be Harry shouldn’t have been prowling around at night when everybody ought to be in bed. Anyway, the facts are these: The Sinn Fein move ment was organizing all over Ireland. The Gaelic language had been suppressed in the public s"hools and the young fellows of the neigh borhood were meeting in secret sessions to learn the Irish language as it was spoken in the days of the Irish kings. Fear of the Devil Was Instilled in Him. Harry’s dad was an old-fashioned man who wanted Harry to be at home early of nights, and he used every method he knew to get results. He told him stories aoout ghosts he had seen in the neighborhood that fairly made Harry’s hair stand on end. He told Harry that the Devil haunted the country of nights, waiting to snatch up young boys who stayed out late, and Harry half believed him. But not even the fear of the Devil could keep him away from those Gaelic classes when all the other young lads of spirit in the neighborhood were going. So, on cer tain nights, Harry slipped out of the house and off through Ovens grave yard to Strelan, whre the class was held. It was all right going—but it was the coming back that worried Harry. Coming back in the dark along about 11 o’clock. Coming back through the graveyard, with its black and white shadows. That’s when Harry used to think of the stories his dad would tell him and run fast so that he’d get home all out of breath. And then came the night that the class broke up later than usual, and Harry didn’t start his four-mile walk home until half-past 11. He walked with a couple of other lads for the first mile and a half. Then they left him to go off in another direction and Harry was alone. He was more reluctant than usual to go through the graveyard, but it would cut half a mile off his journey, and even if he went the long way he’d have to pass along the edge of that graveyard anyhow. So he started right through. It was after he was well in the graveyard that Harry remembered the time. He had left Strelan at 11:30, and now it would be about mid night—the hour when, according to his dad’s stories, the Devil was in the habit of appearing on earth. After that every tombstone looked as if it were grinning at him. Every shadow looked like a specter. And Harry began walking faster than ever. He had just passed the old church that stood in the center of the grounds when suddenly—he heard a sound. It was the clanking rattle of a chain. Harry broke into a dead run and fled for the exit. He says he made it in nothing flat. The gate was locked, but there was a flight of steps leading up over the wall, and in his panic he tried to take them in a flying leap. That leap was nothing short of disaster. Harry missed his footing. His toe stubbed on one step—his knee cracked against the edge of another. Down in a heap he went, and then, for an instant, he lost consciousness. When he came to again he was lying on the steps, still inside the cemetery, with a sharp pain stabbling through his knee. The pain was so intense that Harry just lay there, unable to move. Then he thought of that chain-clanking specter, and in a fit of terror he tried to drag himself up the steps. Suddenly he heard that clanking of chains again—and the sound was COMING TOWARD HIM I “I guess,” says he, “that you know how a rabbit feels when he’s looking into the eye of a snake that is hypnotizing him. Well, that’s just how I felt then. I couldn’t stir an inch. I could hear slow, rhythmic foot falls on the gravel and the sound of the chain, keeping time with every step. It seemed an eternity that I lay there powerless to help myself—waiting for what I was certain must be the end. And just then the moon came up!” The light should have reassured Harry—but it didn't. Straight ahead of him he could see a dark form coming straight, toward him. It was a short, squat form, moving steadily to the clank of its chains, and Harry could see the horns sticking up from the top of its head! J Just a Stray, Friendly Donkey. Old Nick! Coming to get him! Harry lay there quivering with terror as the Devil came forward with slow, steady steps. He wanted to scream, but he couldn’t find his voice. And then, all at once, the figure moved right into a beam of moonlight, and Harry let out a low, hysterical laugh instead. The figure came up to him and began rubbing against his leg. But Harry had forgotten his fear now—had even forgotten the pain in his knee. For what Harry had seen in that stray beam of moonlight was, not the Devil, but a DONKEY—a donkey with ears—not horns—sticking up from his head, and with a length of broken chain clanking on one of his hind legs. Harry says that’s the first time in his life that he ever felt like kissing a jackass. He scrambled up those steps and limped on homeward to nurse a sore knee for a week thereafter. And after that he could listen to his dad’s ghost stories without turning a hair, for he had a pretty good idea of how such tales get started. In fact, he’d have started one himself —if it hadn’t been for that stray, revealing ray of moonlight. . T C—W NU Service. Millions o f Matches in Daily Use Through World If all the matches used in the world in one day were placed end to end, they would reach to the moon and 10,000 miles beyond. Think how important t h e s e baby explosive bombs are in the everyday business of the world, writes a correspondent in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. American kitchen matches are usually made of pine wood cut in a round shape. In Europe the yare made of aspen and are cut square. Sheets of aspen wood can be dried artificially in a couple of hours and made into matches within the next hour. Thus three hours may see a change from an aspen log to a few hundred or more boxes of matches. But pine has to be allowed to stand for a couple of years before it is suf ficiently seasoned to be made up. There is more than one might sup pose involved in the matter of dip ping match sticks into the fire-pro ducing solution that makes the head. Match heads are really the product of much chemical research. For instance, people like their matches a cheerful color, so the chemical has to be dyed a pleasing blue or red. They must be double tip, capable of being lit on any surface—a wall, a stove, your shoe. They must not leave a streak or scratch after them. They must not be noisy and pop up at the person using them. The matches must be made so they will not flash up too soon. They must have no sharp edges, but must be smooth and oval so the heads will not rub against one another in peo ple’s pockets and light on each oth er. They must be fairly waterproof and windproof, and must burn without smoke or odor. Henry’s Contributions The electromagnet was further improved by Joseph Henry, dean of American scientists in the field of electrical research and for many years secretary of the Smithsonian institution. He also made many oth- er important contributions toward the art of communication by elec tricity. Henry’s first magnet was exhibited in 1829. One form of mag net devised by him was particu larly useful when the current ener gizing it was carried over consider- able distances. This magnet was utilized by Morse in his telegraph receiver and, still later, by Bell and others in various forms of telephone apparatus. Electromagnets, in the form of relays, perform important functions in many other types of communication equipment. When Morse was experimenting with the telegraph, Henry gave him the bene fit of his technical advice, and it was Henry's encouragement that in spired Bell to continue experiments which ultimately led to the inven tion of the telephone. Because I can’t find any humans who agree as to where we all are going and what the chances are of get ting there. In fact, the only two who ap pear to be certain about it are young Mr. Corcoran and young Mr. Cohen, and they seem to hesitate at times— not much, but just a teeny-weeny b it — which is disconcert ing to the lay mind. irvjn s. Cobh We are likely to lose confidence even in a comet, once it starts wobbling on us. I’m also upset by a statement from England’s greatest star-gazer —they call him the astronomer roy al, which, by coupling it with the royal family, naturally gives astron omy a great social boost in England and admits it to the best circles. He says the moon is clear off its mathematically prescribed course. • • • Cash Versus I. O. U.’s. NLY a few weeks ago the front pages were carrying dis patches saying the adjustment of Great Britain’s defaulted debt was just around the corner. Economists and financiers had discussed terms of settlement. Figures were quoted —mainly figures calling for big re ductions on our part, but never mind that. They were figures anyhow. Lately the papers have been strangely silent on the subject. Per haps you remember the old story told on the late John Sharp Wil liams, who frequented a game at Washington where sportive states men played poker for heavy stakes —mostly with those quaint little fic tional products called I. O. U.’s as mediums of exchange. Early one morning a fellow sena tor met the famous Mississippian coming from an all-night session. “I certainly mopped up,” he pro claimed. “I won $3,000—and what’s more, $8.75 of it was in cash.” • • • Autumn Millinery. UST as the poor, bewildered males are becoming reconciled to the prevalent styles in women’s hats, up bobs a style creator in New York warning us that what we’ve thus far endured is merely a fore taste of what’s coming. In other words, we ain’t seen nothin’! For autumn, he predicts a quaint number with a slanted peak fifteen inches high, which, I take it, will make the wearer look like a refugee trying to escape from un der a collapsing pagoda. Another is a turban entirely com posed of rooster feathers. A matching coat of rooster feath ers goes with this design. But in the old days they used hot tar. A third model features for its top- hamper a series of kalsomine brushes sticking straight up. Nat urally, the hat itself will imitate a barrel of whitewash. But the gem of all is a dainty globular structure of Scotch plaid. Can you imagine anything more be coming to your lady wife than an effect suggesting that she’s balanc ing a hot-water bag on her brow? • • • "McGuffeyisms.” HE lieutenant-governor of Ohio urges a return to "McGuffey- ism” for settling modern problems. ’Twas in a McGuffey reader that I met those prize half-wits of lit erature—the Spartan boy who let the fox gnaw his vitals; the chuckle headed youth who stood on the burn ing deck; the congenial idiot who climbed an alp in midwinter while wearing nothing but a night shirt and carrying a banner labeled "Ex celsior” in order to freeze to death; | the skipper who, when the ship was sinking, undertook to calm the pas sengers by—but wait, read the im mortal lines: "We are lost!” the captain shouted, As he staggered down the stair. And then the champion of all—the Dutch lad who discovered a leak in the dyke so he stuck his wrist in the crevice and all night stayed there. In the morning, when an early riser came along and asked what was the general idea, the heroic urchin said—but let me quote the exact language of the book: " ‘I am hindering the sea from running in,’ was the simple reply of the child.” Simple? I’ll tell the world! Nothing could be simpler except an authority on hydraulics who figures that, when the Atlantic ocean starts boring through a crack in a mud wall, you can hold it back by using one small Dutch boy’s arm for a stopper. IRVIN 8. COBB. O It Sure Looked and Sounded Like Satan. t W orld'« Foremost Authority on Etiquette ANTA MONICA, CALIF.— © E m ily Post Up in Montreal a veteran showman says he talks with chimpanzees in their own lan Wording Invitations guage. I wish he’d ask one of to Sub-Deb’s Party his chimpanzee pals what he Mrs. Post: My husband thinks about the present setup r \ EAR and I would like to give a small of civilization. dance for our daughter who is of j ’ ; i ' 1 , 1 • W estern N ew ep aper U nion. Bamboo Largest of Grasses The giant bamboo is doubtless the largest of the grasses. The arun- dinacea grows to 100 feet high and the variety Tulda to 70 feet high. There are other very high varieties. sub-debutante age, and the ques tion of a proper form for invitations has come up. If we have them en graved "Mr. and Mrs. request the pleasure of your company at a dance in honor of their daughter . . . ” won’t this invitation suggest that we are bringing our daughter out at this dance? We would not like to create this impression. It seems that all the invitations my son receives to debutante parties are worded this way, but it is also true that my husband and I receive invitations to older parties also in this same wording. Answer: An invitation such as you suggested and also the one in which the daughter’s name appears im mediately under that of the par ents does mean that she is "out” or is to be presented at the party. On invitations to parties given for younger daughters it would be bet ter to have forms engraved, if you do not already have them, which are intended to be filled in. These same forms are used for dinners or other occasions, which do not re quire a large enough number to have an especially worded invita tion engraved. Your daughter’s name would simply be written across the top. • • • Where Fashion Leads We Trail Like Sheep F ) EAR Mrs. Post: Will you please explain about the wearing of veils in the present day? Mother In sists that they were never intended to be worn after dark and I can hardly believe she is right because why would so many of the hats bought for street wear have veils attached to them? Answer: It is impossible to at tempt to limit fashions. Perhaps women will wear veils around their wrists or around their necks next, for whatever fashion says to do we all, like so many sheep, follow after. Of course they didn’t used to wear veils in the evening. Of course they didn’t used to go without backs in their dresses either, nor did they play tennis in panties! At present they do wear stiff little ruffle trim mings on the hats and call them veils, and also call some of the hats they grace evening hats. As for the large circular evening veils that are dropped snugly over the hair to keep it in place, and then flare smartly at the bottom edge, which are illustrated in the fashion maga zines, they are perhaps legitimate children of day before yesterday’s "fascinator.” • • • Announcing a Birth EAR Mrs. Post: Is it unusual for parents to handwrite an an nouncement of a baby’s birth on plain white cards? I think some thing simple like "Mr. and Mrs. John Parents are happy to announce the birth of Mary Lou at St. Luke’s hospital” would be nicer than hav ing them printed, or filling in stock forms. And is it all right to men tion the hospital as I have, since I would like my out of town friends to send letters to me. Answer: I would get a box of very small sized white note paper instead of cards, and write exactly what you said. Break the message down this way: Mr. and Mrs. John Parent ' are happy to announce the birth of Mary Lou at St. Luke’s Hospital on Friday, February 10th • • • D Cutting-In at Dance C OME time ago I was the guest of a girl at a big dance at which I was a total stranger. Stags cut in on us frequently and I stood out most of the evening. Could I have cut in on other girls whom I had not met? Answer:What your friend should have done would have been to take you up to some of the girls first be fore you and she went on dancing. Then the next time she was cut in on you could have cut in on any of these girls to whom she had in troduced you. To leave you not knowing a person in the room was showing very little social tact oo her part. • • • “At Home" Cards. TA EAR Mrs. Post: After our mar- * ' riage we are going west for several months but do not expect that my husband will have to stay on after that time. His next place will be permanent but we are not sure where it will be as yet. Un der the circumstances, what should I do about enclosing at home cards with my announcements? Answer: I wouldn't enclose at home cards. Those who want to write you can write to your own home address and by and by, when you are settled permanently, send out your visiting card with your address on it. T O Service N x iu in c n u iiu m g w ic u W a y schoolward is the picture fashion is flashing on the screen for fall. There is really no danger of overdoing the print collection for little daugh ter, for there are so many varieties of textures and design in the realm , of washable prints this season mothers can assemble a wardrobe of prints ranging from playtime and classroom frocks to pretty-pret ty party dresses, and then not have too many for occasions that may ’ arise. From mother’s standpoint the new print collections should and ; will prove all that they should be in supplying fabrics which will in sure her child the joy of being well-dressed whatsoever the occa- I sion, because fabricists are bring ing out cottons and rayons and linens that have the “looks” of choicest challis and fine crepes. ■ The thing that intrigues the little folks in regard to prints is that many of the nicest, prettiest prints have been especially designed for them with pictorial motifs that make direct appeal to childhood. Not only are the patterns charm ing to behold but they are in many instances instructive and entertain ing as well. For smaller children there are prints with the letters of the alphabet scattered designed ly in allover patterning. Mother Goose figures too, and boats and ships and birds and animals, fruits and flowers done in a way to cap ture the fancy of a child. The washable prints developed this season are unique and lovely. It’s a series of perfectly charming prints that we have in mind—ar tistic creations each of which has been inspired by a song. There are fifteen designs in this collection nine of which have been adapted to cot ton fabrics and six to rayon. The unique part of it is that these theme ! CASUAL COSTUMES SLATED FOR FALL song designs use titles ot copy righted songs. What a grand cho rus of prints there will be in class room, at home and in the highways and byways that little girls tread during the coming tangy autumn days! Not that children have a monopoly on these intriguing mu sical prints for designers are mak ing them up into the smartest-ever housecoats, pajamas and daytime dresses for grown-ups. Does your little girl love mu sic? If so she’ll adore the beruf- fled frock of new chintz-type print (centered in the illustration) the motif of which is based on "I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles,” a song children know and love. Clever little girl and boy figures holding balloons and other bubble motifs following the position of the notes on the scale with tiny clef signs make the design of this print which is fascinating for young and older folk. The crisp white organdy ruf fles and buttons add winsome ac> cents. The dress to the left is also made of a theme-song "bubble” print. It is a pleasing type for the growing girl. Three narrow ribbon bows po sitioned on ribbon crossbars set row and row march soldier-like down the front of the bodice. Pleat ed skirt and demure Peter Pan collar complete this smart style. The dress to the right reflects a quaint spirit in the lacings up the front, the close-fitting bodice, and the now-so-fashionable "swing skirt.” Any girl would love to wear this dress “first day of school.” The scattered daisies is a patterning in spired by that familiar song, “Daisy, Daisy, Tell Me Your An swer True”—enough to inspire any little girl wearing this dress to be come a prima donna. C Western Newspaper Union. PLAID TAILLEUR By C H E R IE NICHOLAS “Look casual,” is the latest slo gan being broadcast to women who are pre-occupied with the question of what to wear for early fall. Al though both tailored tweeds and softly-feminine garments will con tinue to be style-right for particular occasions, it’s the casual costume that is slated for high-style accept ance. Suits are always an early-fall favorite but they were never better calculated to make women want to cast aside their summer clothes. Al ready the shops are beginning to display scores of casually cut mod els ranging from classic two-piece ensembles complete with blouse and topcoat or fur cape. College Girls in Favor of Low-Heeled Daytime Shoes Increased interest in sports is giv en as the chief factor in the college , girl’s inclination toward lower heel heights on daytime shoes but her choice is also influenced by other considerations such as comfort and the suitability of low-heeled foot wear to sports clothes. The prevalence of "girls of more than average height” was one of Plaid's the thing for your new fall the reasons advanced for the in creased popularity of low and me suit if you are seeking the smartest. The one pictured is of heavy plaid dium-heeled evening shoes. linen. It's a real Scotch tartan plaid done in dark green, dark blue lined Shaded Stockings Boorv to with white, red and yellow. Black Woman With Bulky Calves velvet binds the edges, pocket flaps The woman with oversized calves and cuffs. This makes a stunning can buy shaded stockings which costume for early fall and later on gradually darken in color at the you will be wanting to copy it in | largest part of the leg and thus have plaid wool. We are quite sure you a very slenderizing effect. These will for these stunning plaid jacket stockings shade from a light tan at suits are the "last word” in chic. the foot and ankle to a dark brown at the calf and upper leg. For slim Black and Sand mer legs, there are stockings of sun Black velveteen is worn with a tan color with feet of dark brown. tailored coat of sand-colored wool.
