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The Daily Sentinel from Woodstock, Illinois • Page 4

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WOOIRTOfrK, DAILY. SKNTINET. cTtmnAY pwitapv tog. "JUST KIDS" the Daily Sentinel's Daily Cartoon, for the Children. "WITH 'EM, BECAUSE? SUGAR'S A CURE? Household Hints By BETTY WELLS 603H-MUSMA YOU'VE GOT LOVELY DO' YOU LIKE "ME I BETTER WITM EK no uiTUM I rr ci tr rr op im.

Pwum wk, wo.u C- i vO I I 111'' Ill I. Ml i vs A "'7 i tiff i iltXE'RE taking a lot of pains," Jf-" writes Gertrude "to print up some fine boys we have three. They're just now in high ehooL, and, they're very handy at feoiaf all. torts of things building UK) upholstering audi painting and MJoIthat. ''Recently they and their father made over the large attic space of pur house into three small bedrooms and a combined game room and study.

Now they want me to help wjtb the furnishings and ask for Mnathing exciting. The three bedrooms are very small; there will illy be room for a single bed and i Chest of drawers in each. There it One window and one small closet apiece, too. We can't spend much; Wt'rt going to buy springs and tntttxesses but the boys will have ra construct framework for their bids. We have chests that can be painted and we'll buy mirrors.

Can Jutt auggest ideas for these rooms? "The combination game room and Mudy will have to be furnished with Old furniture recovered and repainted. We're giving them our big tmd is a niece of Otto Seller, being the daughter of George teller. There was considerable excitement when Officer Lewis Thayer walked into the banquet hall. It died down quickly when it was learned he Just wanted to inform one of the young ladles present that she had locked her car and had left the motor running. ADVENTURERS' CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF! MmuHftun RICHMOND, Feb.

2 Special Corresponded to The Sentinel The 500 club met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. N. Wiilson with all the member present. In the games of five hundred, played at three tables, the first and second awards were merited by Mrs. William Bowman and Mrs.

William Elfers. Mrs. Elfers also won the traveling prize, A lovely luncheon -was enjoyed after the games. Mrs. McNeil of Chicago, a house guest of Mrs.

F. N. Wilson, was a guest of the club. Hugh Howden of Chicago spenv Monday at his home here. The American Legion and Auxiliary are making plans for the annual Washington Birthday dance to be held on Feb.

21st. i Mrs. Paul Yoss and daughter, Vir-gene, of Randall, spent Tuesday evening at the Wnv Eaters home. Edwin Austin made a business trip to Milwaukee Tuesday. Jtlrs.

Mark Garbrick and her sister, Mrs. Vernan Durkee and son left Sunday night by bus for Reno, after spending a week with their brother, George Coulnmn and family and attending the funeral of their father, Monday. Mr. Durkee of San Francisco, will meet his wife and son at Reno. i (Mrs.

E. E. Wittmayer and daughter, Mary Elizabth, returned home Tuea-' day after spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. R. W.

Hobbs at Delavan, Wis Mr Mrs. L. B. Johonnott, Genoa City, were Tuesday afternoon callers at the Bnrger-Gibbs home Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Smith, of I Crystal Lake, spent Sunday night' with her parents, the W. L. Speakers. (Group 6 of the Woman's Council or the Community church met Tuesday afternoon at- the home-, Mrs. A Anderson.

After the business meeting a social hour was enjoyed, after which Mrs. Anderson, assisted by Leo Karls, chairman of the group, served refreshments. This group had Pat ana Talie Quips With a Punch Ted Seller, son of Otto his lRd to the nrW hanqcut here Th'fftrtpy ntfht old boy whr nror'(d Ziippkc bo would grow un bv tirne he erters Illinois OrH'Ms to lad'es nf the Methodist church for thif finr, firkcy dinner W. P. Miller fella me he was in the old HUnt sa1ttim back in 1910 when Otto Seller kicked a drop kick which defeated Syracuse by a 3 to 0 score Dan Horner, popular Harvard coach, and Earl Maclntyre, city editor of the Harvard Herald, enjoyed the banquet Coach Zunpke put up over night as guest of Roger (Skipper) Hill at Todd school In commenting on the 1938 season, Larry Dale said the boys didn't win many games but they had a lot of fun Imagine Seller finding a high school basketball picture of 1907, which included himself, hanging in the men's lounge at the Blue and White Bruce Gillis, son of Rev.

Bruce Gillis, who gave the invocation, William Carroll, son of Toastmaster William M. Carroll, and Richard Hurley, son of D. N. Hurley, president of Lions Club, were present as guests ot the club as members of the football Bill Desmond came in for some praise from Seller for being a real athlete in his day Another former college gridder present at the I banquet was Clyde Zoia who won his spurs at Notre Dame Of course Badger fans swelled up quite a little when Zuppke said he a Wisconsin man The high school orchestra contributed some real old time pieces among them being, Moonlight Bay I Phylis Brooks, prominent movie star, "Little Orphan Annie" and Striped duck is grand for a bed in i boy's room. i(f Wood kitchen table to study on.

What would you do in the way of Colors, curtains, coverings, etc?" Jt 'ought to be lots of fun fixing up like that because you can be fp6ld 'without serious consequences. one of these rooms retild'oe jaunty with white walls, Bedspread of white and red awn- Striped duck with headboard up- iOistered to match and a window lido of the same material. Tlfl nnthpr nf thpM small rnnmc tafh bare pine siding walls, a built-pfOWboy bunk with a top deck for lOJpany, Navajo design blankets iot'jjpreads and plaid shirt flannel ZOf curtains. Here the chest oueht fOlbe in bare pine or maple finish. third little room might be EEy shipshape with white walls, denim bedspread, white chest.

euttainB of a ship design chintz 1Bich could also be used for on the bed. c-iWhy not paint the walls of the game room white with natural ttained floor, green corduroy coverings, burnt orange curtains, furniture painted light gray. Add extra odd cushions of burnt orange. A Little Home Should Be Informal. never be famous or rich," writes Ruth "but I do want to fill my own niche creditably and make as pleasant a home as I can.

I'm an everyday housewife with a Six-room cottage, a modest budget and two children. If I do say so myself, we're a nice family and I'm proud of the atmosphere of our home. "Right now, though, I want to do a little fixing up and would be so grateful for your help. I realize that, it's better to keep a simple flace like ours more informal, but am puzzled as to how to make our dining furniture fit into that idea. We bought it when we first mar-tied the chairs are upholstered, seats and backs, in tapestry which charge of the church night program Thursday evening at the church, following the pot-lock supper Miss Marguerite Covell is spending this week in Aurora at the home ot her sister, Wlalter Kruse.

They make dally visits to St Charles hospital to visit their brother, C. B. CovelL He is reported to be slightly improved. He will need to be in the hospital for several weeks. He Is suffering from the effects of an Injury received last summter.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sulton visited him Tuesday. The Ricnmond Woman's Club met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lyman Buchert with a good attendance.

Interesting papers on the Jewish situation were read by Mrs. Geo. Elfers and Mrs. W. B.

WInget The next meeting will be with Mrs. FranK Love on Tuesday, Feb. 13. Mr. and Mrs.

James Bell and son, Harold, who have been oa a farm near Lake Villa for several years, have moved back to their home in Richmond. Mrs. E. K. Townsend was called to Madison, Monday by the serious illness of her mother, who suffered a second stroke.

A card from Mrs. Charles Kruse states that she and Mr. Kruse left Hot Springs, Thursday for St. Petersburg, Fla. They left Richmond on Jan.

26. K. H. Miller Genoa City, was a caller at the Kinzo home Monday. He had just received a telegram from Fresno, announcing the birth of a new granddaughter, Edwlna Jayne, to Mr.

and Mrs. J. Edw. Miller. J.

Edward is a nephew of Mrs. Alice Cropper. Mr. and Mrs. F.

J. Marzahl atteaded an invited dancing party at Hebron Wednesday evening. Ernest Schaller Underwent Operation Ernest Schaller underwent operation at the Woodstock hospital on Friday, and Is getting along nicely. it vjit-il ir 3riUKj V. V.J.FS llll.ftVllll mil UWHt 11 Vi 3 AONITE ONLY Beloved Character on Screen "Iron Head" By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter AND this yarn, boys and girls, is about how one bird got his nickname.

The fellow's name is George V. Sadworth of Brooklyn, N. and the nickname he got hung on him is "Iron Head." And if any of you are thinking of acquiring a nickname of your own, don't start going about it the way George did. You'll find the going pretty doggone hard. George really earned that nickname.

As a matter of fact, he almost died for it. It all happened in the fall of 1921 when George had just reached the age of eighteen. And George says eighteen is a dangerous age an age when a fellow is reckless and inclined to take chances. Also, at that age George liked his fun, and wasn't above a bit of good, old-fashioned horseplay when the occasion afforded. But youth and horseplay can be a pretty bad combination sometimes.

Anyway, they were bad medicine for George. Egged on by the two of them, he plunged head first into Adventure, and came out with a nickname. It was along about eight o'clock in the evening, and George wr.s on his way to mike a call on the girl friend. He arrived at her house to find quite a bunch of people present. His girl friend's mother and dad and brother were in the kitchen eating, and her older sister and her boy friend were in Uie front room playing the victrola and dancing.

He Had to Examine the Shiny Revolver. George and the girl friend went into the living room. George was on the point of sitting down on the sofa when his eye fell on something on the mantel. It was a bright, new, shiny revolver and what young lad of eighteen can resist the temptation to handle a revolver? "Instead of sitting down and minding my own business," says George, "I went over to the mantelpiece and picked up the gun. But if I could have known what was going to happen, I'd have dropped it like a red hot poker." George picked up that gun and said: "Whose is this? What's it doing here?" The fellow who had come to call on his girl friend's sister spoke up.

"I bought it for a fellow who is going to South America," he said. "Better leave it alone, because it's loaded." Maybe it was the way the fellow said it that made George do it. He was an older man and 'there might have been just a hint of superiority in his voice that made George sore. On the other hand, maybe it was just the desire for a bit of horseplay. Anyway, George didn't put that gun down.

He held it to one side and surreptitiously slipped the cartridges out of the cylinder. To make sure he had all five of them, he stole a glimpse at his hand. There were five cartridges there. Then, satisfied that the un was no longer loaded, he walked over to his girl friend, pointed it straight at her face and pulled the trigger twice. Almost a Genuine "Farewell." The gun clicked a couple of times.

George's girl wasn't frightened. She knew right oil that George was playing a joke. She got up and walked over to the victrola to change the record. George followed her, pointed the gun again and informed her in good, old Western dime novel fashion, that she was going to bite the dust. Again he pulled the trigger, and again came that empty click from the gun.

But the joke was falling flat. Nobody was frightened and no one was even laughing. George made a wry face and said that since that was the case he'd have to shoot himself. He struck a mock heroic pose and raised the revolver until it pointed at his right temple. he said dramatically and his finger tightened on the trigger.

The trigger came back, but instead of the click George had expected to hear there came a loud crack. A searing, burning pain shot through his head. All sorts of bells began to ring in his brain. George had taken five shells from that revolver, but he had neglected to note that IT WAS A SIX-SHOOTER. "My knees," he says, "began to buckle under me and tiny little stars millions of them were floating about gracefully before my eyes.

But strangely enough I remained on my feet. Why I didn't drop to the floor, at least from shock, or in a faint, I don't know. Some doctor or other medical authority will have to give you the answer. Slowly I walked across the floor to an old-fashioned full-length mirror at one end of the living room. And as I went I remembered thinking over and over again to myself, 'It was a blank cartridge.

It wasn't a real bullet. It couldn't have George's Skull Was Too Hard. But it was a real bullet! One look in that mirror, and then-well George couldn't kid himself about it any longer. Blood was coming from the wound in his temple. Already it had trickled down his cheek and was staining the clean white collar of his shirt.

A blank cartridge never did anything like that. Nothing but a real bullet could have caused such a wound. "My next thought," says George, "was that I was all ready for the ferry ride across the Styx river and only had a few seconds left on this shore. And in those next few seconds my whole past seemed to troop before my mind. I started to pray, but my prayers were interrupted by the mother of the house trying to administer to my wound with a towel dripping with ice cold water.

I told t.iem not to bother with towels. What I needed then was a doctor." Well sir, they got George to a doctor all right. The doctor probed the wound and announced that the bullet had not penetrated the skull. George had held the revolver at a slightly downward angle and the bullet had glanced off his skull and gone down inside his cheek. And that's a'l there is to George's story except that well when the boys heard about it they began calling George, "Iron Head." And George shouldn't feel so bad about that, either.

I remember the tims when I doggone well wished I had a bullet-proof coco. Srvlc. Added Sunday Treat Dedication Performance With New. RrC AvSkund In Operation Book Club With Mrs. Phillips 'Monday Mrs.

E. M. Phillips will present book reviews before the book club at her home on Monday evening, Feb. 6, eight o'clock. Anyone who is not a member of the club may attend any of the reviews for the price of the jingle admission.

Walter Campbell Died Today Walter Campbell, 59 years of age passed away this Saturday noon, Feb. 4, 1939. No funeral arrangements are yet made. Boiling an Ostrleb Egg It takes 4Vi hours to hardboil an ostrich egg. THE RINK BALLROOM WAUKEGAN, ILL.

Sunday Nite, Feb. 5 Presenting Direct from the Gibson Hotel Cinn. AGE BRIGODE And hia VirglHIHHS America's most danceable Band TOMORROW NITE Adm. before 8 55c; 8 to 9 6c Continued box office open at 6:30 "Santa Fe Stampede" Sunday We Dedicate Our Photophone Sound System HMM THF IIHIIIIMInlMllHIIII KVf mi I I I 11 I Xfc mi up Mi W4lt- SUNDAY and MONDAY VU'A I -ff IE LA I 7 Si i '3l'-- I i Gingham slip covers fur dining Chairs are pleasant. ll about worn out now, and besides 1 think it looks too pretentious for dUf place.

What new covering WOuld you suggest? The room has sand-colored walls and woodwork ihd a rug. The furniture is walnut of rather simple lines. We ftlva built-in corner cupboards which hold Italian pottery and I need new curtains in this 00i too. What would you suggest? I can't spend too much but do want" the room to have individuality" i Bow would green plaid do for tnost chairs? You might even have flip Covered seats and backs so they tan Come off for washing, and this plaid could be quite an inexpensive material. It might add to finish tha seams with a novelty cotton fringe perhaps.

Why not have ins of fine voile in eand color, cri finish them across the top with valance of the green plaid. 'I'd ike to see a splash of orange ft t'iis room maybe an orange pottery bowl for the center of the table ould do It Or maybe a brilliantly tunny picture would be the thing. And congratulations on the atmosphere you've, created. That's the ost subtle and important ingredi-( in decorating. I gy 8ttr WfU-WNU Sarrica.

11 J. ti V.s-'V Extra Special "Power" 5 Romance of Hollywood Stars rj a Bargain Matinee Sunday 1 9li i i i Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Kendall Austin. For the pleasure of the guests, Mr.

Austin brought with him his movie camera, and showed colored slides of Mexlro City and other southern points of Interest, which were very enter-talnng. To complete the delightful evening Mrs. Fisher served a tempting buffet lunch. Miss Luella Green, home economics instructor at Central school, left on Friday evening for Ottawa, where she will visit a friend over the week-end. Mrs.

Harry Fisher Entertained For Two Birthdays Mrs. Harry Fisher arranged a delightful party ou Thursday evening in compliment to the birthdays of her husband and that of Mrs. Mac Mai-silius. The honored guests were presented with gifts, and Rood wishes for many more happy birthdays. The group included Mr.

and Mrs. Mac Marsilius, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Stamets, Mr. and Mrs.

Frankly 1 ThisTeature and 9:30 Doors Open 2 M. This Picture at 2:30, 5:15, 7:50 and 10:35.

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