IL L U S T R A T E D
Is the Glamour of Sud*]
den Wealth and Fame
Worth the Price?
M ATU R E
S E C T I O N — J a n u a r y 5iR. 1 '.>30
calimi It. Every night from Uini on.
They would lui ve had ovwr 62.000 Ut
ciudi from this leu «ente a day saved;
or If they had deposited Uie money
III a bank, they would probably have
had at least 66,000 by adding Hie ar-
rumulatrd Interest.
Anyone can save ten rente a dajf—
Imi lew do That is why so few old
couple* hair a neat egg of •ever»!
thousand dollar* to fall bark II | will
TH O SE S A V E D
PENNIES
By BETTY B ARCLAY
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F r s lw r r
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An old couple oi eighty years were In slckueaa or III liealUi. whrUirr
anxious to celebrate sixty years of money n i M ane or plentlful. an-
wedded bites by Inviting children^ olher priiny liad foUowed after tiie
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grandchildren ami even great-grand
W ltll u MnUa hi (irteli
up
Ila-
children to their home.
fluorlng and began lo m - uou up lite
There were over forty relative* tn aminiulated |>eruilcs uniti site had a
and around Hie ohi home sit« and live tira11 wtilrh kept dad rounting for
T lierr were 21.916 prillile*,
ohi gentleman shook hte head as lie (mura
tu fari--or 6219 16 In artiuU caste
thought of tlie expense involved.
But not so the old lady On their 'Ulta wa* far moie than ruotigli lo
wedding night -he had noticed a . stage thr crlrbralkili thry had In
crack brtwren the flooring of llirir mlnd
M m a , and hail drggjnM a penny ! linea noi Ulte glve us a leasoii?
down this crack “ for luck" as site Suppose thè peiuiy had berli a dime
(|«M r*| f l)Mt
The detectives were slumped, and
tours, hr uirt Ororgvs Car|>rntirr. still are. Siki's murderer has never
at that tiinr worlds light-hrovy- brer convicted.
w right champion His knockout oi
Perhaps some day (lie story will
thr popular war arr tn thr sixth come out. It will be interesting the
round oi thrlr grrat battlr brought way tn which
tiie guilty
party
htin into tntrrnattonal prominence eluded Hie entire New York police
Hts early life tn Paris had been force for so long
But. until that
■ hat of a rattier poor gamin of the day. the murder of the great Negro
streets, and thr years that followed fighter will remain in thr category
failed to change his nature. He of "unsolved murder mysteries."
loved to pick a street brawl simply
to display his strength and power,
and when he was caught, paid hte
tine smilingly and went straight to
m other fight
His sudden rise to pugilistic fame
was as much a surprise to hini'elf
as to tile entire world
The sudden
wealth, the glory and the glamor of
It all. went immediately to his head
He was a picturesque tighter, aitd
liked nothing better titan to toy with
Ids opponents until the last round. ;
and then theatrically knock them
out. He boasted that he trained on ■
high life, and wine, and women, and ]
song, and no one doubted his asser
tions.
He was in the midst of receiving
fabulous offers for projected fights
both here and abroad, when he was
suddenly suspended by the French
Boxing Federation for a
ringside
tight that wasn t on the program.
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Slkl grew furious when the sus
pension was not lifted at once, and
decided to cause a furore by letting
the public in on a few boxing secrets
First, he charged that the fight
with Carpentier had been "framed "
and that certain gamblers had paid
secretly and heavily In order that
they could collect the huge stakes
Carpentier and his manager. Des-
champs. vigorously denied the charges
and a subsequent investigation fa il
ed to substantiate them, in spite of ,
the fact that the referee voiced hte j
belief that the fight was "not on the
level."
i ’ r i n r i p a l S ttn g M i r t i i r i l h ••i i l a r k h i r d n •9
The commission then took steps to
deprive him of the titles which he
a ! t h r 0 'h ir a g t t A d r ! p h i T h e a t r e
had won from Carpentier
He was
now in disfavor both in England and
America, where projected bouts in
which he was to appear, were barred
Still fighting his way through-, he
I'LL, scrawny, sparsely haired men and women, who want
came to America, where he planned
to grow beautiful, lustrous hair quickly, should try this
a barnstorming tour of the theatres
simple, easy test. First, carefully study your hair in your
There were three other fighters in
the little troupe; the others were
mirror. See exactly the condition it is in now and also
white
The first weeks engagment
note the condition of your scalp. Is it itchy? Do you have
at the Lafayette Theatre In New
York went over fairly well, and he dandruff?
Is your hair stunted and dull? Is it falling? Are you
had been booked to play the Howard
Then if you really want to have healthy, lovely,
Theatre for the week after the next becoming bald?
vi g nr ou a hair,
in a h m t k •
with a week for a Christmas holi
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day.
M fiO W K R B P R C IA L K O »l-
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It was Monday night. Just a few
M U L A N O . 1*9 t h o r o u g h l y
days before Christmas He went out
in to y o u r «cA lp .
In « e v e n
telling his wife, the former Lillian
d a y « y o u w i l l n o t i c e re s ul t« .
Werner, whom he had married in
Resulta
Y o u r r c a Ip w i l l t i n g l e with
spite of the fact that he had a com
a fr f u h , h e a l t h y f e e l i n g and
mon-law wife In Netherlands, that
yo u w i l l bo d e l i g h t e d w i t h
Guaranteed
he was going to "talk with some of
i he luNtroua n e w « b e e n y o u r
the boys for a w h ile"
h air partake«. T h a t I L h i n g
in 7 Days
Mrs Stki went to a movie, and re
w i l l Atop, d a n d r u f f w i l l «lie-
turned home about eleven o'clock
a p p e a r and b e f o r e l o n g ne w
or Your
She retired, as It was nothing un
h a i r w il l a ta r i to g r o w . Y o u
usual for the fighter to reach home
wil l be arn.t7.ocJ at th* i m
In the early hours of the morning
M ONEY BACK
p roved condition o f your
About midnight. Patrolman Mec- —
hair
and
at
what
your
han greeted Stki. whom he recog- I
f r i e n d « w i l l «ay .
Hut you
T h e g n uieM d l a c o v e r y o f tlie w o r l d ' « I••adime h a i r a nd i
noted from hte newspaper pictures
d o not h a v e to d e p e n d o n l y
s
A S A S L lS .
«p ec la l ia t, T h o m a « ' S p e c h i | F o r m u l a N o. 99, !■ n o w u »e d b
He saw the pugilist enter a restau- I
upon w h a t y o u r f r i e n d « f e l l
l h o u « a n d a t o g r o w b e a u t i f u l h a ir q u i c k l y .
It la t h e bit#**
rant.
y o u — Juat L O O K IN T o r It
d i s c o v e r y o f I*. A. T h o m a « , W o r l d * « L e n d i n g H a i r a nd Hr* If
O W N M I H l M d l and are the
Four hours later. Meehan made hte
Spec ialiat. w h o it««*« it N U f c »A «f u l ly In hla 4 f. m a l p t rea t m e n *
s p a r k l i n g h a i r be a u t y that c a n he
early morning round of that section
I III Olig he. lit I Ilf I Oltccl jsialcte ail.| < n u .li
T in « i « m i a i h, i I. I c • .1 I nc «. \ rr,
n ot ic e d in « e v e n d a y « !
It was dark and still, except for the |
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n u t l a 1 1 M a f . i s l c - r i r - w t h o f h a h
bill g n - . i l l v
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whistle of the wind through th e ,
b e a u t y a nd k e e p « It In pla ce .
Y o u r a n fe e l n e w li fe In y o u r h a i r th e flr«t tini
M a k e t h i « « e v e n - d a y teat a t O U R
canyon of tall tenements.
it 1« ap| lied?
It la b e i n g o f f e r e d to y o u by th e w o r l d « l e n d i n g h a ir and aor
RISK.
Hee how mi per lor Thom a«’
Mpec luliata T h e T h o m a « ' .
Then It was that the policeman
S p ec ia l F o r m u l a N o . 99 1« o v e r o r d i
stumbled over somethng—something
" W e G r o w H a i r " 1« t h e « l o g a n o f T h e T h o m » « ' and t h e y h a v e be en g r a n t
nary hair g r o w e r « !
Hee w h a t a marl
soft and yielding. It was Slkl!
For weeks the detectives tried to Mr J. M Y pictured above, i n g I m p r o v e m e n t Ju«t « e v e n d a y « wil l
e x c l u a r a r i g h t by t h e U. H. P a t e n t O f f i c e ( N o , 197012) t o u « « It.
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piece together the story, but Harlem » r ite s that he » re bald an
y e a r « o f eu r r ee a t h e y h a v e t r e a t e d rnnny o f t h e l e a d i n g m e n a nd Worm
lias a way of going mum on occasions « billiard hull and Thom a*' l i g h t e d w i t h t h e re« u | t« o f t h i « te«t
t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y a nd n o w t h r l r t r e a t m e n t 1« b e i n g u «e d by mai
No one admitted having seen the brought hi* hair all back. and w i l l c o n t i n u e to u «e t h e F a « t H a i r
G r o w e r N o . 9 9 un til y ou h a v e a c h i e v
thouMJind« o f p e r a o n « win* In turn r e c o m m e n d It to t h e i r fr i e n d « .
glove slinger after Meehan had pass
ed th e fu l l h a i r be a u t y w h i c h you
ed him at midnight. No one had j
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heard the two shots
No one had
ATI NTKD—IH I.L
O r d e r Mil« w o n d e r w or k
R em em ber, w hen you order thi«
- tumbled over the body. There were
M imi . I a
in g f o r m u l a T O D A Y
a nd
F a « t H a i r G r o w e r y o u a r e not o b l i
no marks of violence. The gun
t c « t it « e v e n t in y « wi th ou t
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found In the gutter, yielded no fin- \
r l« k . Send no m o n e y . S i m
« e v e n d a y « , t h e n I f y ou a r e not
gerprlnts.
p ly
m all
the
coupon
or
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jS lB M fsr
« I m p l y d e l i g h t e d , r e t u r n It, and
iia*4 k »M l A - sit r— said
st Hair (grow
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"Thomas
makes liair
long, lustrous
ami beautiful”"
Aida W ard
D
For Men and H omer
Stops Iteliy Scalp
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THE
ILLU STR ATE D
FEATURE SECTION
Test 7 Days Whhout R’
y o u r m o n e y In full w i l l be paid
back w i t h o u t f|ue«tion.
Y ou t a k e
no c h a n c e f o r you a r e l e a f i n g It at
O U R R IS K
W e t a k e a l l o f th e
r l « k bef:nu«e w e k n o w w h a t F o r
m u l a N o. 9!» h a « d o n e f o r th ou -
«a n d a o f o t h e r « a nd w e w a n t to
p r o v e I t « v a l u e to Y O U .
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