OLD-BOY
WONDER
&
By FANNIE HURST
(© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
(WNU Service)
T OCCURRED to the Senator one
evening, when half a dozen young
men and women were twitting
around him, that the attitude of
these younger people toward him
would have amounted In words, to
something like this: You wonderful
old man! Eighty-eight years of age
and in your right mind and appar
ently with your wits still about you.
We think you're wonderful. We rev.
erence you for not being something
that has broken down and needs to
be swept up in the dust-pan,
That was precisely,
it, the way the world
he wonderful! Look
is. Senator, are you going to dance?
Catch him napping if you can! Want
to know the man in this
crowd? Meet the Senator!
Exhibit A. Meet the Sen:
Out of question to be treated in a
way that not special and defer-
ential to his great age. How elaborate
everybody was in manner toward him.
Amd how elaborately, If you were
elghty-eight and tried to
keep up the hallueination of youth.
Senator, don't yon ever
Nonsense, 1 leave It to
sters to need sleep.
Never tired!
to the Senator, as he climbed into his
evening that the bones
would sag in a heap under him and
veritably need to be in a
dust-pan by a servant in the morning.
Never tired!
surrounded by
children,
that the room beg:
come to analyze
Isn't
he
behaved.
how ‘spry
youngest
itor!
was
|pry, you
sleep?
you young
I'm never tired.
Sometimes it seemed
clothes, old
swe pt up
Sometimes at dinner,
grand.
it seemed to him
his ehildren,
108t 8,
the
in to wave and
faces blur and the lights to dim.
only for a second. Can't be cau
napping. What was that yon
gaying? BPBridge. Yes, a
but I want to dance first. fon
ones are too set In your
Isn't he wonderful
with him, If I}
I'll be lucky Grandfa
dance, Come, that's
bottom,
They stood on the
applauded and
ure ve then
and the y
it, the way to feel youn
young. Love lithe
your arms, often
else's andchild. It
and going
to dress every night fo
ecards or theater,
too, to force your memory to be well
oiled and your wits nimbl None of
the garrulousness or forgetfulness or
repetitiousness
ator. The mind has to be treated lik
a fire horse, In fine fettle. Nimble,
Responsive. Fleet,
Many and many a time, when he
felt memory slipping, the trick was to
discipline it. Never forget a name.
Sign of bad memory. All right in the
young, but sign of decay in age. Never
repeat yourself, Sign of senility. Never
doze In a chair Never register sur-
prise at the new youth. Ren
but seldom. Keep apace with current
events, and compare them favorably,
if at all, with the “good old days.”
It was a strange
eighty-eight,
little
ways.
keep up
you g
hotsle to
ont of the doctor
Kept you on tiptoe,
of age for the Sen
©
inisce
loneli being
progeny and
adaring youth about but all the
real people one had known lying In
those minaret cities called cemeteries,
Practically the entire 1
whom the Senator had been
and with whom he had grown into ripe
age, had folded its hands and closed
its eyes. Even the contemporary old
people were of a generation younger
than he. Eighty-eight gave you an
isolation beyond the explaining. You
were of one world and had to
pretend that you were of another, And
yet It kept you young. Oh, yes, it
kept you young.
The curious part of it all, although
you could never explain that, because
there was no one left living who could
understand, was that It was easy to be
reckless with what was left of life. be
cause the Idea of death had become
so simple. Nothing much to dread.
On the contrary, a vast and beautiful
reunion to contemplate, Another
fantastic aspect of this was that so
many who were dead belonged also
to the youngsters. Men and women,
dozens of therm who had died in their
forties and fifties and even sixties
wotild be as young to the Senator in
death, when the time came for the
reunion, as they had been in life.
I will be older than almost anyone
in the world of death just as I am In
the world of life! “Rubbish!” said
the Senator aloud. “Getting morbid!”
Never associate with old age! An-
other of the Senator's slogans for
sidestepping the implications of the
years. There were, of course, cer-
tain exceptions, Twice a year he
Journeyed to the home of a grand
daughter to visit her bedridden octo-
genarian father-in-law, a friend of half
a lifetime. Ever so often, too, he
found occasion to visit the white
haired aunt by marriage of one of
his sons. A beautiful, plump old
creature: who sat all day like a con.
tented eat, In the sun-drenched
rooms and on the sun-drenched ter.
races of her lovely house and let her-
self fatten on well-being.
Poor old Aunt Ella. Can't make her
stir. Bits and soaks herself in sun,
KEnMs slllies for people who won't
wear them, Dozes by the hour,
ness,
Crowds of
one,
niverse with
young
you
Loves walting on. Goes to hed at
eight and loves to be sleepy and
snooze like an adorable old maltese
cat. Can't you shame her, Senator!
You couldn't shame a great, plump),
purring old woman like that, She
was for all the world like nothing but
a maltese In the sun, sleek, contented,
superior,
“Come out of It,
one. Dance!”
“Dance, my hind foot, Senator. You
can make your old bones play at being
twenty, Mine are seventy-five and
I'm showing them a good time.”
Nothing to do about a woman lke
that!
The summers were a nuisance,
Ella. Be a young
No
rest. But nothing of the sort,
had the reputation of being
youngest man on board the
palace of an ocean liner, there was
no such thing as relaxation, Young
ones knocking on the
Come on, Senator, we're
enbin
all waiting
hest
Saving me a dance for
Oh, 1 say,
desert me for that
is the
on thi
tonight,
don’t
pretty
the deck with me this evening,
Yes, the
Same way at Antibes, or
Deauville or wherever
beauty flitted. Fight
the years so much got a
the wedges of the door. Fight on.
Sometimes the tiredness becgme just
a numbness and that made it
except you dared not relax.
memory had to be kept oiled, to re
partee flawless and tendeney to rem
inisce held firmly Fight on!
“You're not any more,
Senator,” Aunt him once,
who
s ship.
Senator?
you and
go
blonde,
summers trial
Paris
youth
Don't
were fn
or
on! let
as
in check.
idual
told
an Indiv
Elin
holstered chair and daubing arniea
along her swollen rheumatic knuckles,
“You're the prize exhibit. You're like
the dog-faced man the fat lady
and the two
old bq
ww wonder, Can The
boy-wonder the
"ithout
to guard against
being
your
aware, the 1 11d become
] e 1c} 1
Ther
Almos ike
the
fell
the
Lie
the hour
The facet]
most
Ella
vamped him at
Be that as It ms
Aunt Ella sit now sometimes
seven hours on ene
Senator and
six and
eat sunny
rooms or on the wide
of t intry house,
Senator has relaxes
to his rheumatism tha
of him somewhat test
decent surrender,
The eurious part of It
all his shamelessly revealed
ties, gout, Joint trouble,
a leaking heart, somehow
looked better lelaxed., is Aunt
Ella's way of putt]
“Call it what y¢ ;
Senator, “it's solid nf . Being
eighty-eight has
tions, If you'll
ighty-eight™
sunny terraces
The
itrageously
he beautiful cot
lin sars
that it Is In
is that with
infirmi.
jaundice and
the Se
gays
SHOTMOUS compensa.
Just let yourself be
Scientific Analysis of
Demand for Sustenance
At a recent luncheon one of the
party himself as being
hungry, and this started another man,
who turned out to
on a definition of He said
that experiments have been carried
out In America to discover what hap
pens to the body to produce the sen-
sation of hunger As a result of
these It was found that the two tra-
ditional ways of overcoming the feel.
ing of hunger are scientifically justi
fied, . for example,
has been proved to check the “rhyth-
mic contractions of the "
Smoking, too, has the same
as soon as the contractions cease the
described
be a physiologist,
hung
Tightening one’s belt
stomach
ut the physiologist adopted more con.
ventional methods of checking any
restaurant,
Tribute Where Due
The honor of having sug
tribute of the “two minutes’ silence
has been given to several people,
nally It belongs to a South
statesman—the late Sir Percy Fitzpat
rick. The king acknowledged Sir
Percy's suggestion In a letter sent to
the statesman on one occasion, which
read: “The king . . . ever gralefully
remembers that the idea of the two
minutes’ pause on Armistice day was
due to your Initiation—a suggestion
which was readily adopted and ear.
ried out with heartfelt sympathy
throughout the empire.” — London
Times,
Tree Imprisoned in Stone
Some bullders In an English town
had a surprise when, on sawing through
a great block of stone, they discov.
ered, hidden In the center, the bough
of a tree ages old,
It measured about an inch and a
half across. The wood had deepened
in color to a chocolate brown, and It
was crossed with strips of resin which
had fcesllized and looked like amber,
The tree appeared to have belonged
to the fir or larch family, and the age
of the wood Ig sald to be incalculable,
.
wy
|fenson
when
the
frocks
with
ourselves in
‘ME MBER
back a
or so
“tried on"
long-long
looked
mom at
the wibrror? Made
glmost hold our breath
nt the
they
ing to our dignity
ago, we
then
and
amuse
uw
transformation
wrought in add
and
Well
liked
formal
our siature
fashion
Leg st
must have the idea, at
for all our
signed for
when we're
evening
are li}
Ke ti
ng OW divinely
these snug-nt-1he
tall”
with
us
hipline sk
hen
when It
lenzth of
ris
thei floor-length lines mnke
lonk {ony
Then,
¢ y
formality it's the the skirt
which determines how formal-—six
inches from the floor, suvs Paria for
nf
line drops to ths
mast formal it t
ernoon, while for evening the hem
floor and for very
ikeg on a bit of a
The trio of de luxe
ture not or
gth formality
giressing the covet silh
gowns
nstrate the offic
in the ple
iy den acy
of len
ietlfe, hut
story In
ed
the
they also tell
regard to the
materials which
best lk
wise festive gowns
cinating
some and var
make n
and
Also the
stellar role which cunt
vet wraps are
ther
ed
r
i
axing dine, dance «
conting
ng enlorful vel
unmistakably
registers in this group of summer eve
ning
The thrill
playing
modes,
which the the
right and the one in the center imparts
ia that ench Is
This matter of
ping gown is
gown to
fashioned of pigoe
silk pique for the
new chapter being writ
ten into the pages of fashion history
by leading French conturiers. Note the
bins cut of the skirt gracing the cen.
ter figure and how snugly it clings to
the
eve
ing
hips—points which are outstand
PATENT LEATHER
In the battle for supremacy In fall
footwear, patent leather has again
won out, according to the findings of
the shoe and leather style conference
held recently in New York. As a
matter of fact, patent leather has risen
to unprecedented heights since last
fall when it wns announced as a
spring winner The Paris stamp of
approval, coupled with the vogue for
black shoes has had much te do with
the present status of patent lether. It
affords that dressier black shoe to
tnke the place of colored or colored
trim shoes when accessories matched
the costume, With the
black shoes accessories
rather than match.
While sandals are the outstanding
models for summer, fall shoes will
turn to oxfords, step-ins and pamps,
with stitchings, perforations, and
some openwork. Considerable patent
and suede In combination ig predict.
ed. Lizard and alligator in combina.
tion with patent again shows signs of
creeping in,
With the vogue for patent leather
trims and accessories, hat bands, hand
bags, belts, shoes and even gloves, In
troduced this spring, and fashion pre
dictions running true to form, milady
will fairly scintilate from top to toe.
Velvet Now Being Used
for Hats and Turbans
Now that the heat of summer is In
full blast women are thinking about
furs and wools and velvets, They are
not only thinking about velvet hats
but are wearing them.
French designers are using velvet
for little turbans, small-brimmed hats
und crowng of hats that have straw or
other materials for.brims,
vogue
Blouses
Dark blue percale with small white
dots goes to make one of the newer
blouses to be worn with a navy blue
suit or separate skirt
¥
ing in the newer silhouet
which releases nbhou
according t
cepled
ent velvet immed
white f nost atirac
tive type
The
ad belt of In ! d red straw
new) may be wor wrrect ither
afternoor
HERON
wi
(very
for
ndorable
facquett
of trans;
the belt.
arent veis
} give
charm, and the
ured to the left
proves this to be so, Again In this
iisite frock of peau d'ange
color is powder blue, we see
artfully molded hiplines contrasting
a graceful flare about the knees. The
length mildly suggests a train, he
soft silken flowers are in three shades
of Patou blue. With this most win-
some lace gown milady wears a smart.
ly simple slip-on wrap made of sheer
velvet in a beguiling “new blue” Its
kimono sleeves claim for
they interpret a new and rapidly be
coming popular movement,
(e 1932
lace,
ww hose
attention,
Western Newspaper Union)
CONTRASTING TOP
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
In the newer fashions the light top
bodice contitives to “carry on” In
the advance fall showings a dress like
the model pictured may be all of sat.
in, black with white or the new ex.
tremely dark brown with pale beige,
or it may be all velvet, using pale blue,
flesh pink or white or near-white sheer
velvet for the draped yoke and the
sleeves. Of course, other fabric com
binations may be employed, but the
given ones are typleal for dressy after.
noon wear.
N————————
TALES
CHIEFS
TECUMSEH
By
Editha
L.
Watson
The early wars of this country de-
force. Without the
men on either side,
the entire history
the Reveluiion
be changed, and
story of the War
1812 is complete
out mention of
eumseh, This Indian,
a Shawnee,
commissioned
dier g of 4
British troons, and
commanded 2,000 In-
Trum-
the n t
with
briga-
eneral
Tecumseh
dian warriors
ian, calls him
ter in Unit-
mill, the histor
ordinary Indian chara
ed States history
He was born nea
176K, the son
# woman sald to have
His elder bec:
ter hig fat}
Point
ly Six year
to young
brother
Pleasant,
on
one part of the
dians has
room enoug
rangement
bi both
» far-off tril
» Proj
lips the |
este
turn came
hear fire
he had formuiat
The Prophet,
over-euge
lans which
wowever, had become
and
Ind, at
Tecumseh he
moved Tippecanoe,
of the
had
the
invits Potawatomi,
seted,
URL ee
i numbers,
here
coming
us they gained
Tec
his errand,
dently be
take care of
into
Harrison,
000 troops,
Canoe
town, he
game number of Indians,
Prophet, who. claimed to have the p
er of averting death in battle. Th
gagement was a fierce At
end,
and the Indians were utterly defeated
Many of them
or 60 killed,
“power.”
"his batt
cumseh’'s enterprise,
1812, which broke out
year, offered him an
relieve himself of some of the biller
ness which was in his heart.
The high position given
British, and the authority
lowed to wield, were not abused by the
Shawnee chief, He fought in some of
most famous battles of the war,
one of which was the scene of Perry's
victory on Lake Erie Proctor. re
treating, was at first covered by Te
cumeeh’'s men, but the Indian general
go back further than the
Thames river, and compelled Proctor
to make a stand and fight it out. The
battle which ensued, on October §,
to quiet
led
e en
one,
were wounded,
the
the
but
foll
him by
he was al
the
refused to
who had so completely dis
this engagement, Te
a presentiment of
P'revions to
and dressed himself In deerskin; the
British general no longer, but an In.
dian chief and warrior, who wanted
to die as an Indian. It proved to be a
true forewarning, and the chief fell
in front of his warriors, It is said
that on one occasion Tecumseh had
exclaimed, "The sun Is my father, and
the earth is my mother, and on her
hosom 1 wiil repose!”
(0. 1912, Western Newspaper Union.)
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Judge—You know you were travel
ing less than 257
Defendant—1 know [ was—I didn’t
hear a word from the back seat
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Keeps Skin Young
Got an ounce and wee ss directed. Fiae particles of aged
skin peel off until sll defects such sa pimples, ver
pots, tan sad freckles dissppesr. Bkis is then soft
od velvety, Your face locke 0 younger Merodlised
sx brings oul the hidden fenes3 of your skin. Te
remove wrinkles use cue cunees Powdered
as Ii Su tn 2 At drug stores,
Human Side of Apes
display several human pas
sions. The gorilla will fly into »
fearful rage. The orang is wonder
fully affectionate to its young. Gib
bons have a sense of humor, They
delight In mischievous play and, be-
Ing tailless, will, when they have the
chance, pull other monkey's tails as
a great joke, Chimpanzees have a
gift which dogs have never been
known to display-——they can see a
picture of themselves as a picture,
They will recognize their por.
traits, or grow excited if shown a
study bunch of bang
the
BEREOR
nble
cannot,
Apes
own
. A tt C
of a Amon
gifts or
OW Ors
POW er
and
that
apes
Beautiful Skin
“pink and
ymplexion of
- goft, smooth,
white” ~the mn 5
youth. Sulphur purif
clears end refreshes the
skin. For beautifying the | Stra
¢ of Cotien
face and arms use 2%
Glenn’
Sulphur Soap
Contains B34E Pure Bulpbur. At Drogrists,
atcl
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Alice was helping with the dishes
Mother notic
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1
ed she wi
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“Alice, you
dishes.” she said.
“Yes, I am, mother, but
sweating,” was the reply.
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