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AMERICANS
By
Elmo Scott Watson
:
‘Old Put’
Most Americans think of Israel
Putnam as the New England
hero of two thrilling escapes. One
was during the French and Indian
war when a providential rainstorm
put out the fire which the savages
had kindled to torture him. The
other was during the Revolution
when he avoided capture by the
British by riding his horse at break
neck speed down a long flight of
stone steps. But these were only a
few of “Old Put’s” adventures.
During his busy life he saw ac
tion on many fronts—from Montreal
in the north to Havana in the south
and from Boston in the east to De
troit in the west. They began in
1755 when he served under Sir Wil
liam Johnson against the French;
they continued when he enrolled in
Rogers’ Rangers in 1758, was cap
tured by the Indians, sent to Canada
as a prisoner and freed by exchange
the next year.
Then he accompanied a British
naval expedition against France’s
allies, the Spanish, in Cuba, where
he was in the thick of the fight when
the English stormed Morro Castle.
He had hardly returned home
when Pontiac’s war broke out in
1763 and he accompanied Colonel
Bradstreet on the expedition to
raise the Indian siege of Detroit.
In 1772 he was a member of the
Company of Military Adventurers
who visited the Lower Mississippi
and West Florida to look over lands
promised the Colonials who had
served in the French and Indian
war. Nothing came of this so Put
nam returned home in time to be
come one of the heroes of the Battle
of Bunker Hill.
* • *
Navajo Bill
THE Navajoes were holding a fire
*■ dance. White men were not wel
come at this important ceremonial
so there were hostile mutterings
among the young braves when they
saw a “pale-face” looking on. Sud
denly a young buck, his face dis
torted with a frenzy of hate, dashed
out of the circle of dancers and,
brandishing a long knife, bounded
toward the white man.
But before he had time to strike,
a lariat shot out from a group of
Indians near by, settled over the
young brave’s shoulders and jerked
him to the ground where he was
soon trussed up so tight that he
could not move. The lariat had been
thrown by the great chief, Manueli
to, and he had thus saved the life of
his good friend, Dr. W. N. Wallace,
otherwise known as “Navajo Bill.”
Wallace served in an Indiana reg
iment in the Civil war, then went
west. He landed in Portland, Ore.,
where he became a doctor and prac
ticed his profession until tubercu
losis forced him to go to Arizona.
There he became acquainted with
the Navajoes.
One day a little Indian girl fell
into a campfire and was badly
burned. The skill of the “white
medicine man” saved her from be
coming a cripple and from that time
on his position among the Navajoes
was secure. They adopted him into
the tribe, gave him a Navajo name
end he became a close friend of the
great Manuelito. It was that friend
ship which saved his life at the fire
dance.
* * *
The Mad Poet
J' WO months before McDonald
Clarke died he wrote this auto
biography; “Begotten among the or
ange groves, on the wild mountains
of Jamaica, West Indies. Born in
Bath on the Kennebec River, State
of Maine, 18th. June, 1798. Ist. Love,
Mary H. of New London; last Love,
Mary G. of New York; intermediate
sweethearts without number. No
great compliment to the greatest
Poet in America—should like the
change tho’; had to pawn my Dia-
m ond Ring (the gift of a lady) and
go tick at Delmonico’s for Dinner,
•so much for the greatest Poet of
America.”
If that sounds a bit “goofy” to
you, it’s no more so than much of
tne poetry he wrote. That’s why he
was called “The Mad Poet.” At the
ogmning of the Nineteenth century
■ e was “constantly seen on Broad
way. his blue coat and military
earing, enhanced by his marked
Prohle, making him a conspicuous
■W rtnking figure. It was his hob
; in line with all the belles
. e c ity and to commemorate
!I beauties and worth in verse.
■ ever well-meant these effusions
1 e Part of the poet they were
°y'ng. His poems helped to sup
{• 1 “ ln }< but the number of edi
ho and present scarcity show that
,ust have eked out the revenue
, , ssa /’y to supply his humble
itv f ’ subscriptions or the char-
Publishers and friends.”
hnru° m to 1841 he issued eight
Poems. Then the “Mad
s adventure in living came to
JL gIC close on Mar ch 5, 1842. A
'•man found hj m on the street
mpntJ^ estltut . e . and apparently de
iai! f uundition and took him to
inp u T sa l e heeping. The next morn
ter fit Was l°und drowned by w«-
open faucetl
• Western Newepeoer Union.
Hats, Print Silk Frocks Go
Definitely Pretty-Pretty
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
IJEDICATED to pretti- fjjrf
ness* to womanly
charm, to romance, to the ir
poetry of life are the fash
ions that hold forth this • V
season. It would almost ! -
seem as if the new hats !
and gowns had entered in
to a conspiracy to see how
adorable they can make woman
kind look in distractingly lovely
frills and furbelows, in fashion whim
sies that beguile, in colors radiant
and gay together with all the vain
glorious little details that bring to
full bloom the endearing charms of
the wearer.
Fashions this spring and for sum
mer are of the pretty-pretty sort
that men delight in seeing their
ladies wear. The provocative col
orings, the daintiness of frail ruf
fles and immaculate touches that
flutter about throat and wrist, the
flattery and mystery of whimsical
veils that half conceal, half reveal
the witchery of her eyes, the glamor
of her jewels and amusing costume
gadgets, the loveliness of the flowers
she wears—beaux and bachelors be
ware, there’s danger in them there
trends of fashion!
If there is one costume more than
another that is essential to the “pic
ture” this season it is the gown of
winsome, ever-flattering silk print to
which a hat that rates high in
glamor plays dramatic accompani
ment. See a trio of just such por
trayed in the illustration. They
stand for all that is utterly feminine
and charm-full in the current fash
ion scene.
Paris says “horizontals” as shown
to the right in the pretty-pretty
printed silk sheer featuring bands
of realistically colored flowers, full
blown roses to be explicit, that con
trast a dark ground alternating with
narrower bands in light monotone.
The full skirt, topped with a two
tone grosgrain that ties in a bow,
is attuned to slim lines by means of
full length side pleats. The horse
hair disk that serves as a most
fetching and youthful hat is held in
Amusing Variety
In Lapel Gadgets
The new collections of lapel
jewelry include amusing themes as
well as flower effects that are real
ly beautiful. In the former cate
gory one cites bees, birds, animals,
! butterflies, grotesque figurettes and
gadgets many of which trace their
ancestry to characters that appear
in Alice in Wonderland stories.
' The new flower sprays done in
jewels in porcelain and various com
, positions are veritable works of art.
1 These are really conspicuously
I beautiful and elaborate, created ai
; they are of colorful sparkling jewels
: to represent flowers of every de
scription. A jewel flower piece will
prove a joy the entire season
1 through as it “dresses up” a cos
| tume at a moment’s notice.
! Rick-Rack Is Used
i To Trim Organdy
1 If you are working with organdy
try trimming it with rick-rack braid.
' You’ll be delighted with results.
' White on white is lovely. Colored
f rick-rack on cloque printed organdy
1 is effective also. Dark linen day
time frocks are given color-dash via
rick-rack that is used in several
1 hues such as for instance a border
1 effect of red, yellow, green, blue and
’ white braid sewed together, trim
• ming a navy linen.
t
With Navy Green
1 With navy green an important fac
’ tor in the spring picture, severa|
teresting new color combinations
will be possible.
jSy ' i^JSßpSis
jQL <tmT
V3r*
place by velvet ribbon, with flowers
clustered over the hair, altogether
a picture that bespeaks the very es
sence of youth and beauty in fashion.
Color and charm from a Victorian
flower garden are recaptured in the
purple and green silk print that
fashions the dress centered in the
picture. Shirred detail gives a soft
ly flattering line to the bodice and
sunburst pleating in the skirt. The
two-tone grosgrain girdle is accent
ed by a nosegay of flowers repeat
ing the theme of the silk print.
Speaking of millinery that has
gone sweetly feminine, take a look
at the demure velvet-tied bonnet
which the young modern to the left
in the group is wearing. You can
tell at a glance that this quaint
model is inspired by the lines of the
bonnets of Civil war days. Which
goes to show that old fashions are
repeating in new fashions this sea
son, which is really a striking char
acteristic of trends running through
out the entire gamut of present
modes. As to the charming dress
she wears it is made of a “sani
tized” silk print as are also each of
the other frocks shown, this being a
new process that deodorizes and
keeps your materials antiseptic
(germ free and germ repellent).
The print glorifies a fuchsia color
theme. Pleating at the top of the
sleeves is released to puff the shoul
ders and the skirt is cut with a be
coming swing flare.
The printed silks fashionable for
evening wear are simply gorgeous,
the wallpaper-design flower motifs
are in some instances almost over
whelmingly enormous, achieving an
effect of imposing elegance. Another
important trend is toward rustling
plaid taffeta for formal party frocks.
© Western Newspaper Union.
Hand Crocheted
Just right for the pig-tail crowd—
this cunning suspender skirt, hand
crocheted in sturdy pearl cotton.
Fashion-right in every detail, it has
such a grown-up air any little girl
will be thrilled with It. It is that
practical mother will be more than
repaid for the time and effort given
to crocheting it. In fact, it will
prove a real joy and blessing in your
child’s wardrobe—washes out in a
jiffy as spic and span as new and no
ironing required, is stylish as can
be, and with a fresh blouse each
day turns little daughter out smart
and as immaculate looking as if she
had just "stepped out from a band
bo*."
REMEMBER . . .
“It’s All In The Examination ”
Ur. L. N Huff. 54 Broad Street
Healey Bldg., Atlanta A Spe
cialist In Eye Refractions for
over 30 years, and a Stale Board
Examiner for Optometrist since
1923, lends the South in eye ex
aminations.
Let Dr. Huff take care of the
only pair of eyes you will ever
have.
I s : J
DR. L N. HUFF
(Antique U. S. Bathtubs
Preserved by Company
American bathtubs, from a slip
per-shaped model, invented by Ben
jamin Franklin, to the ultramodern
types are being photographed, and
data on them gathered by the Crane
company of Chicago at the request
of Oglethorpe university, Georgia,
which will preserve the material in
a campus crypt not to be opened un
til 8113 A. D.
The company, which hgs been In
terested In old tubs as a record of
Its own business, has most of the
models it is Immortalizing. Others
are in various museums, and are
being collected by Frank Hicks of
the Crane company,
j Franklin’s "slipper” tub is a large
copper contrivance. The bather sat
on a ledge with his feet toward the
"toe” of the "slipper,” and the wa
ter was heated from a fireplace un
der the ledge. High sides prevent
ed drafts from reaching him. He
even had a rack to hold his read
ing matter before him.
| Another early American tub ex
tant is that of the Revolutionary
war general, Henry Knox. It looks
as though it were half of a horse
trough protruding horizontally from
the top of a two-foot block of wood.
iThe "trough,” also made of wood,
Is supported at its end by a single
wooden leg. The top of the block
was used as a seat, and the bather
extended his legs into the “trough.”
This tub is in the Knox memorial
at Thomaston, Maine.
I Another tub in the company’s col
lection is one used by the Drinker
family of Philadelphia in the early
years of the Nineteenth centuryj
Elizabeth Drinker wrote in her di
ary of it: "My husband went into
ye tipid bath. Before dinner, he’d
handsel’d (tried out) a new bath
ing tub, which WD (her son, Wil
liam Drinker) bought yesterday for
17 dollars—made of wood, lined with
tin and painted—with casters under
ye bottom and a brass lock to let
out the water.”
i A tub made at a slightly later
date was originally used by Sen.
Harry Stubbs of Martin county,
North Carolina. The weekly ablu
tion Stubbs took in this tub was the
subject of conversation throughout
the county. He is said to have used
a whole cake of soap and six towels
for every bath. A slave kept draw
ing water and filling the tub, V
round, metal appliance. -/
White Waves on Sand of Jet v
You have not seen the sands of
Europe’s most famous seashores if
they are always golden. Near Torre
del Greco in the Bay of Naples,
the white waves roll in on sands
as black as jet: pulverized lava
from Vesuvius. j
Short-Sight Aids Aiming i
Short-sighted riflemen usually are
more successful shots than those
who are far-sighted, observes the
Better Vision Institute. This is be
cause of the difficulty of the far
sighted person to focus correctly on
the front sight, leading to inaccura
cy in aiming. While they can see
their target clearly, far-sighted
marksmen sometimes make error*
in sighting of at least a tenth of an
inch, because of the Inability of
their eyes to focus exactly on the
front and rear sights. At 100 yard*
away, this would mean an error of
10 inches; at 200 yards, one of 20
inches. On the other hand, the
short-sighted person can line up hi*
sights accurately and can, through
practice, train them on the exact
center of his target, although the
outlines themselves are not sharply
defined.
Java Important Possession
Java is the most important of the
Dutch possessions in the Far East.
It is 688 miles long and from 33 to
125 miles wide.
Greyhound Long in Existence
From ancient Egyptian monu
ments the greyhound is known to
have existed several thousand years
before Christ
Capital of Louisiana
New Orleans was the capita', of
Louisiana at th* time the state was
admitted to the Union, 1812.
uu ' UWW¥ IMPR OV ED j
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Dean ol The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
O Western newspaper Union.
Lesson for May 14
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copy-ighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
PAUL EVANGELIZES
A PROVINCE
LESSON TEXT—Acts 19:1, 8-10; 20:17-21;
Ephesians 2:19-22.
GOLDEN TEXT—But now in Christ Jesus
ye who sometimes were far off are made
nigh by the blood of Christ. —Ephesians 2:13,
The Christian Church (that great
organization which outwardly rep
resents in the world the mystical
organism which is the true Church)
seems to be “stalled,” if we may
borrow a word from the automo
bilist. Just like a well-designed and
carefully built machine which has
“died” on the road.
Perhaps the lesson for today may
serve to stir up some of us to the
responsibility of the Church, and
particularly of its individual mem
bers, for an aggressive testimony
for Christ. Certainly Paul knew
nothing of the defeatism which
seems to have laid its paralyzing
hand on present-day Christianity.
Our lesson finds him again making
the rounds of the churches he had
earlier been used to establish. He
knew of their dangers, the tend
encies to backslide, the need of new
life in the daily conversion of oth
ers, and he went about that business
with the flaming zeal of an evan
gelist, with the tender compassion
of a pastor, and always with the
vision of the heavenly goal before
him. Let us learn of Paul.
I. The Evangelist—Fearless and
Tireless (Acts 13.1, 8-10).
At Ephesus Paul did the work of
an evangelist with such a passion
for souls and such power from God
that even his enemy, Demetrius,
testified (Acts 19:26) that "not alone
at Ephesus but almost throughout
all Asia this Paul hath persuaded
and turned away much people”
from their heathen worship. He met
great opposition both in the syna
gogue (v. 9) and from the worship
ers of Diana (Acts 19:23-41. But
he also found that God had opened
for him “a great door and effectual”
(I. Cor. 16:9), and we read that
many believed and showed their
faith by destroying the books of
heathendom which were in their
homes (Acts 19:19).
Are the days of such evangelism
gone? Since only the power of God
can explain what was accomplished
by Paul, the answer would depend
on the reply to the question, Has
the power and purpose of God
changed? Obviously the answer is
"No.” God is the same, and when
we are ready to meet His spiritual
requirements He will move again in
mighty power. Am I ready? Are
you ready?
11. The Pastor—Lover of Souls
(Acts 20:17-21).
Having completed his journey
through Macedonia and Achaia,
Paul is hurrying back to Jerusalem,
and not having time to stop at Ephe
sus he sends for the elders to meet
him at Miletus, the nearest seaport.
He recalls to them the experiences
which he has passed through, tells
them of the bonds and afflictions
which await him, but above all he
wants to admonish and encourage
them to go on for Christ. As a
pastor who has been true to God
and faithful in his ministry, he is
able to point to his own walk and
work among them as an example,
doing this in all humility. Pastor,
shall we ask ourselves if we could
do the same, or would we need to
blush in shame over our failures?
Especially noteworthy is Paul’s
reference to having gone from
house to house as well as teaching
publicly. The work of the pulpit or
from the teacher’s desk loses much
of its savor and usefulness if not
backed up by personal contact.
Some men who preach well, excuse
themselves from pastoral work on
the ground that they are really
preachers, not pastors. Others love
to do pastoral work but do not apply
themselves to the weak of the study,
and so they say their calling is that
of a pastor rather than a preacher.
Brethren, let us face that matter
honestly and perhaps we shall find
that we are simply taking the line
of least resistance. Paul had none
of that spirit. He preached with all
zeal and power, but he also went
from house to house, "serving the
Lord with all humility ol mind and
with many tears.”
111. Fellow Citizen in God’s House
hold (Eph. 2:19-22).
The evangelist and pastor here re
minds his Ephesian converts that
they have entered a goodly fellow
ship—"the household of God”—and
have become “fellow citizens with
the saints.”
Some folk are called "joiners” be
cause they like to join every pos
sible society, organization, lodge, or
what rot. Well, here is the supreme
fellowship of all, which knows no
barrier of race, creed, social posi
tion, sge, sex, qr nationality, and
which brings us into fellowship with
the eternal God Himself. You may
“join" if by faith you will take the
Lord Jesus Christ as your personal
Saviour and thus enter into eternal
life. Will you join God’s people
now?
Make These Frocks;
Wear 'Em Proudly
pattern 1743 you can so
** easily and quickly make a
graduation dress that’s as fresh
and new as spring—the simple,
charming kind in which your
daughter looks best! The bodice
is softly gathered above the tiny
waist, and a sash bow adds to its
youthful prettiness. It will ba
sweet in taffeta, organdy, dimity
and silk prints. Cl
Flattering to Tour Figure. M
Here in No. 1737 is a beautifully ’
designed smart dress that you ;
can simply live in, for afternoons
and runabout. Gathers are adroit
ly used to give bosom fullness to
slender figures. The skirt, cut high
in the front, flares into circular
fullness at the hem. So many ma
terials are appropriate for a dress
like this—flat crepe, silk print,
chiffon or georgette, for example.
Each of these patterns includes a
step-by-step sew chart.
No. 1743 is designed for sizes 11,
13, 15, 17 and 19. Size 13 requires
4% yards of 39-inch material.
No. 1737 is designed for sizes 32,
34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44. Size 34
requires 4Vfc yards of 39-inch ma
terial without nap.
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yourself attractive, practical and
becoming clothes, selecting de
signs from the Barbara Bell well
planned, easy-to-make patterns.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1324,
211 W, Wacker Dr., Chicago, IIL
Price of patterns, 15 cents (in
coins) each.
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