Jim Hogg County Enterprise (Hebbronville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1939 Page: 2 of 16
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THE JIM HOGG COUNTY ENTERPRISE
Father and son perform in the
Inndem net shown above. Ampli-
fiers spell-himl on-lookers ns
stunts prove car and lire protec-
tion daily serving millions on
our highways.
25 Million Drivers Seek Safely
Bui Jimmy Thrives on Thrills
ADVENTUROUS
AMERICANS
Fashionable Silks Stress
Plaids, Stripes and Checks
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
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Aniong attractions at New York's World fair opening April 30
will be Jimmie Lynch, who flirts with cars, tires and fate to thrill
thousands of motorists who go home thankful they can drive safely.
From new year's to new year's Jimmie roars up ramps into thrills
like that above, cheating injury with a firm grip on the steering
wheel.
Elmo Scott w atson
Left: Jimmie and his son
(right), a 19-year-old daredevil.
The ‘Old Pioneer’
A CENTURY ago newspapers In
various parts of the country fre-
quently printed contributions signed
“By an Old Pioneer." The man who
thus signed himself was one of the
most interesting characters in the
history of the West—John Mason
Peck, preacher, writer, teacher and
editor.
A Yankee by birth, Peck arrived
in St. Louis in 1817 as a young and
zealous preacher sent out by the
Baptist church to Missouri territory.
Except for two or three years, the
remaining four decades of his life
were spent in traveling thousands of
miles on horseback, preaching,
exhorting, establishing schools,
churches and Bible societies, mak-
ing friends and giving counsel to
many a settler far removed from
civilization.
Also during this time he was
making an even greater contribu-
tion to posterity. He was recording
his observations and impressions of
the people and the country through
which he traveled. He interviewed
many frontier notables, among
them the venerable Daniel Boone
and later wrote a biography of the
great Kentucky pioneer.
By the time of Peck’s death in
1857 his journals numbered some 53
manuscript volumes which he willed
to a library. At the beginning of
the Civil war, the librarian* went
away to fight and Peck's material
was stored temporarily. When the
library was moved to new quarters
at the end of the war it was left
behind and eventually was acquired
by a paper mill and turned into
cardboard. Thus much priceless his-
torical information was lost.
But despite this loss, Peck’s life
had not been lived in vain. His
writings, published in the newspa-
pers, had a great deal to do with
bringing settlers into Illinois and
Missouri and in establishing those
two commonwealths.
Becoming Dresses
You'll Enjoy Sewing
DRAID used to give (he effect of
a bolero is a chief charm of
this pretty dress, for street and
daytime. It accents the soft full-
ness of the bodice, above a tiny
waist and slim-hipped, circular
skirt. Make it of flat crepe,
checked or printed silk for now.
Later on, have it in gingham, linen
or batiste.
This adorable basque frock is
smart for both school and parties.
It puffs out so charmingly at the
shoulders, flares at the skirt hem.
Above two action photos illustrate one of Jimmie's favorite tricks.
Lata pulling off a ramp, the running board biles the ground. Thrilled
throngs gasp with one. voice but timing and iron nerve bring Jimmie
safely back to earth while the timid souls watch pop-eyed. He's been
doing such tricks ever since the World war, where he rode a motor-
cycle in equally tricky fashion.
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Spectators: Above, Mrs.
Lynch, wife and mother to the
daredevils, wipes blood from
a goggle cut above her hus-
band's eye. Kighl, Odin, the
faithful Great Dane.
Under Five Flags
\A/ ALPOLE ROLAND is believed
v v to have been present at more
historic events and known person-
ally more historic characters than
any other American who is not fa-
mous in his own right.
He served under five flags, with
the British, as a major in the Turk-
ish army during the Crimean war,
a colonel of cavalry in the Mexican
army, a general in the Chinese
army under Li Hung Chang, a scout
for Custer in the Civil war. During
the Crimean war he was an eye-
witness to the famous Charge of the
Light Brigade and in India he was
present at the “Relief of Lucknow.”
He knew the Duke of Wellington,
Napoleon III, Sultan Mejdid VI of
Turkey, who decorated him, and
Abraham Lincoln, who expressed his
gratitude for Roland’s leaving the
Chinese army to volunteer in the
Union army. Roland went 20 miles
into Confederate territory and re-
turned with the topographical maps
upon which the famous battle of
Gettysburg was fought.
At the age of 71, he volunteered
for service in the Spanish-American
war and was rejected as being phys-
ically unfit. But 13 years later, at
the age of 84, he was lost in the
Canadian woods for 21 days without
food—and came out of it without any
injury to his health. In fact, he
lived to be more than 100 years old,
but this war-worn adventurer spent
his last days in a poorhouse in
Detroit.
• * *
‘The American Traveler’
JOHN LEDYARD, Dartmouth
u sophomore, paddled home in a
canoe down the Connecticut river to
Hartford in 1772. This was not only
the first recorded trip of its kind—
it started Ledyard on his career as
"The American Traveler,” who saw
more of the world, as it was then
known, than any other man.
He went to sea and landed in Lon-
don at the time the great navigator,
Captain Cook, was preparing for his
third South Sea voyage. He won a
berth on Cook’s vessel as a corporal
of marines. Returning, he went to
Paris and hobnobbed with Thom-
as Jefferson, Lafayette and John
Paul Jones. Then back in America,
he accepted Jefferson's suggestion
that he explore the western part
of North America by crossing it on
foot eastward to Virginia. This
meant going first to London, cross-
ing Europe and Asia and taking a
Russian ship to the Vancouver is-
lands.
He started from London in De-
cember, 1786, and reached Stock-
holm uneventfully. He learned thebe
that he was to cross the Gull of
Bothnia by sled but the ice route to
Russia was not frozen over. Faced
with waiting until spring to cross by
boat, he decided to walk around
the gulf instead—a 1,500 mile
trek through unknown country.
Although the feat seems impossi-
ble. he reached St. F’etersbuig sev-
en weeks later He continued by
sledge across Russia until Empress
Catherine banished him as a French
spy.
Shortly thereafter he started on a
trip to explore Africa but died sud-
denly in Cairo, January 17, 1789.
• Western Newspaper Union.
HAT are you doing about
plaids, stripes, dots and checks
in print silks for your spring and
summer frocks, for your redingote
or bolero costume suits and for the
many blouses you will need to com-
plete a smart wardrobe? If you have
not already done so, you really
should take steps in this matter, for
one or the other of these types has
practically become a “must” in the
up-to-the-minute clothes collection.
Your choice is in no way limited,
for every type from classic checks
and stripes to color-glorified plaids
are represented and it’s ditto for
dots. Quaint checks in conventional
sizes and simple two-color treatment
which return to vogue with the
“southern belle" fashions, inspired
by the movie version of "Gone With
the Wind,” are at their best in stiff
silks, such as taffeta or taffeta-ized
silk crepe. These checks are as
stylish for mother as they are for
daughter, and as chic for evening
as for day wear. Reminiscent of
Civil war days is the dress shown to
the right in the illustration. It is
of black and white checked silk taf-
feta with deep square decolletage
both front and back. Dainty white
lingerie embroidery (most every
costume carries a lingerie touch this
season) outlines the squared neck-
line and trims the sprightly puff
sleeves.
Surah silk is big news. Paris
dressmakers are making a big to-do
about this silk, hailing its revival as
one of the most significant fabric
style trends this season. The new
check surahs will delight you as
also will the dotted patternings.
There’s no end to stripes. They
start pin-stripe size and continue to
run the gamut into wide, wider, wid-
est versions. To be had, are the
prim and quaint Victorian stripes
mostly just one color on white, or
if you are style alert you’ll want
silks in the handsome wider direc-
toire stripes, or if you have gone
gypsy as is the way of fashion this
spring you will insist on stripes in
vivacious coloring for a full skirt
to wear with your new sheer white
blouse. With your navy or black
suit you’ll be right in style if you
wear a fiat of Spanish stripe silk
and carry a bag to match.
Simple stripes, one color on white,
are quite a featured theme in the
latest fashions. See the dress cen-
tered in the group. It is made of
black and white striped taffeta. It
has the old-fashioned look that is so
decidedly new-fashioned for spring
and summer 1939.
You will not be able to resist the
new plaid silks such as fashions the
stunning daytime dress pictured to
the left in the foreground. Solid
blocks of color form the plaid in
this printed silk crepe dress. It’s
the last word in chic, is this strik-
ing and youthful dress with its swing
skirt that measures yards and yards
about the hemline. The bodice is
draped and is detailed with a soft
knotted bow. The lingerie touch is
introduced by a band of white
mousseline de sole, edging the neck-
line and the sleeves.
These plaid silks are just the thing
for the blouse you will wear with
your navy or black or the new navy-
green suit that is causing such a
furore in Paris. Capes and jackets
lined with plaid silk are on the style
program, too, as are also the new
petticoats that are the style sensa-
tion of the moment.
® Western Newspaper Union.
1672
and hugs in to a small, pointed
waist. Sash bows, tied in the back,
draw it in snugly, and look gay
and pretty besides. For school,
choose gingham, calico or percale.
For parties, taffeta or silk crepe.
The Patterns.
No. 1672 is designed for sizes 14,
16, 18, 20, 40 and 42. Size 18 re-
quires 3% yards of 39-inch materi-
al, plus 5 yards of braid.
No. 1722 is designed for sizes 8,
8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 8 re-
quires 2% yards of 39-inch materi-
al, plus 1% yards of trimming.
New Spring-Summer Pattern B«ok
Send 15 cents for Barbara Bell’s
Spring-Summer Pattern Book!
Make smart new frocks for street,
daytime and afternoon, with these
simple, carefully planned designs!
It’s chic, it’s easy, it’s economical,
to sew your own. Each pattern
includes a step-by-step sew chart
to guide beginners.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1324,
211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, ID.
Price of patterns, 15 cents (In
coins) each.
<D Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service,
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Sleep, Awful Gas
PRESSES HEART
Cloque Organdy
From now on through the spring
and summer season the world of
fashion is destined to see myriads
of ruffles and flounces. The latest
trend is toward the new tiered sil-
houette. You will see this treatment
not only in summery sheers but
likewise in light woolens and silk
surahs and crepes, for afternoon
wear. The model pictured interprets
this new tier silhouette to a nicety
in a party frock made of lovely col-
orfully printed cloque organdy. If
you have not already done so be
sure to acquaint yourself with this
exquisite summer fabric. It makes
the most adorable dresses one can
imagine.
Late Styles Turn
To Tailored Suits
In the suit brigade for spring are
large groups of very strictly tailored
suits which have slightly longer than
hip-length jackets and skirts that
usually are gored or plaited. Jack-
ets bound around with braid are
frequently shown with such suits.
They come in smooth twills or
hard woolens, and are rather mas-
culine-looking, but go with blouses
which are so sweet, feminine, and
dainty that they become girlish in
effect.
Shirtwaist Frock
Latest for Evening
The shirtwaist-and-skirt theme for
evening has quite a following. Some
gay spirits have concocted informal
dinner gowns by adding a bishop-
sleeved shirtwaist blouse of white
silk or dotted chiffon to the long
dark skirts of their evening tailleurs.
Sometime they link the two with a
gay cummerbund.
Others dress for informal home
dinners in a long dark skirt and a
sheer short-sleeved white organdy
blouse.
Detachable Skirt
Does Double Duty
Buy your new print frock or make
it yourself as you will, but if you
want it to do double duty see to it
that you add a detachable skirt of
dark silk crepe that has a wide
crush corselet girdle that buttons
about the waist, the skirt open up
front to show off the print to better
advantage.
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