Scenes and Persons in the Current News
1 ? First freighter to be launched on the Great Lakes since 1930, the William A. Irrin, ore boat, throws
?C a mighty spray at its launching at Lorain, Ohio. 2 ? "Banzai!" shoot the victorious Jap soldiers as they
celebrate in front of the ruined North Station building in Shanghai. 3 ? Speaker of the House William B. Bank
head wields his gavel as congress proceeds on its special session.
Enrico Caruso, Jr.,
Tries Out Voice
Bfcowa during a rehearsal (or bis
appearance on a radio prop-am is
Earico Caruso, son of the famed
?peratie tenor. Young Caruso's
favorite number is a song beloved
fcr his late father, "O Paradiso,"
from "L'Afrieaine." While critics
declare he is a promising singer,
they do not predict a career paral
leling that of his father.
Feather Thrower in the Toils
The feather-throwing pacifist, Frank W. "Woody" Hoekaday, whose
motto is "Feathers instead of bullets," is hustled to the cooler after
strewing feathers over civic and American Legion officials who were
reviewing a patriotic parade in Wilmington, Del.
Now It's a Six-Man Football Team
Lined up in a 3-2-1 formation Is the Manhasset, L. I., high school six-man football team running through
signals. Invented by Stephen C. Epler of Columbia university, six-man football is designed to make the grid
iron game more open, safer, and to afford schools with small registrations more even competition. Regular
football rules form the basis of the game, but several important changes have been made. The field is 84
by M yards. Each team has a center, two ends and three backs. Field goals connt four points. Forward
passes can be thrown from any point behind the line of scrimmage.
He's Britain's Robert Taylor
Known >? the "Robert Taylor of England." Don Stsanard. the British
actor who to aader eoatraet to make movies la Hollywood, obUctafly
a?U a* a writing desk lor Biaaie Barnes, also ? British ilm star, as
the/ arrived la New York recently.
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John J. Pelley
Tells Need
of Rail Boost
John J. Pelley, president of the
Association of American Railroads
which has applied for a 15 per cent
blanket increase in freifht rate*.
points out that dnriaf the past ton
years, doe to causes beyond the
iilUrt M IM railroads, there has
keen an Increase of SCC3.M3.W* per
Tear la the reads' operatise costa.
Irish Army Team Is Best at Horse Jumping
The Irish Free State army team of Lieut. G. M. Heffernan and Cap*. F. A. Ahearn take the jumps dur
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Joe Di Maggio Goes Fishing
Joe Di Maggio, sensational outfielder of the New York Yankees, now
living with his family in San Francisco for the winter, is shown as he
fished for striped bass in San Pablo bay. While admiring onlookers
rooted for him the home-run king brought in several fish.
It's a Hair Raiser
for Clark Cable
It seems that Clark Gable, movie
star, has a horse named Sonny and
the horse knows some tricks. One
of them is to pick Gable np by the
hair. Anyway the picture speaks
for itself.
EDISON MEMORIAL
Shown after its recent completion
at Corning, N. Y., is the giant elec
tric light bnlb which will surmount
the 9100,000 memorial tower to
Thomas Alva Edisop at Menlo Park,
N. J., where Edison invented the
first incandescent electric light. The
bulb, 14 teet high, contains 960 elec
tric lights with a 24-inch reflector to
be utilized as an airplane beacon.
In Case of an Aircraft Raid
Prospective customers listen with interest while a street salesman
in Geneva, Switzerland, demonstrates special lamp shades for nse i?
time of an air raid. Many devices such as these are now on sale in
European cities as preparations for fiant air-raid drills.
Japan Demonstrates Man Power in China
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When heavy rains make toads Impassible in North China for Japan's highly mechanised artillery and
Mfimlnsrr nits, the Nipponese warriors simply lay aside their weapons and supply the motive power as
shown bore. These men are hauling a supply warn over terrain where anything bat man power might sue
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GOOD TASTE
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EMILYPOsW
World's Foremost AwtHooty
on Etiqi??rt?
? Emily Post.
ABCs in Manners:
Red Nails Are Tabu
C HOCLD schoolgirls ever use
bright red finger nail polish ei
ther in school or at parties after
school hours?
Answer: I think deep red finger
nail polish atrocious on any one,
but on a schoolgirl quite as bad as
vivid make-up, or if anything,
worse. Nails neatly manicured are
of course proper as long as the color
of the polish is not too conspicu
ous ? especially while the girl is
very young.
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Should Divorcee Have
Shower Second Time?
r\ EAR Mrs. Post: Is it in ques
1 tionable taste to give a shower
party for a friend who is still young
but who is divorced and marrying
for the second time?
Answer: It certainly should not
be expected, but if some of her
friends want very much to give a
shower for her there U no reason
against it.
? ? ?
, Wedding Requires "Tails."
n EAR Mrs. Post: It is the custom
" here in the deep South to give
evening weddings. In our commu
nity many of these take place at
home. In the case I am specifically
referring to the bride wants to make
the wedding at home as formal as
possible, and the groom insists that
because the wedding will take place
at home the men should be allowed
to wear tuxedos instead of "tails."
Will you give us your opinion?
Answer: Correctly, the men
should wear "tails" ? absolutely.
Tuxedos are proper in small com
munities where few of the men have
formal evening clothes. It is true
that a house wedding may seem to
have less solemnity because we
know it is not taking place on con
secrated ground, but apart from
this consciousness of the fact a
house wedding can be just as cere
monious and beautiful as a church
wedding.
? ? ?
Meet Miss Sally
DEAR Mrs. Post: Isn't the form,
"To meet Miss Sally Brown,"
in bad taste when most people al
ready know her? I am giving a
large tea for Sally, who is a young
friend of mine whose engagement
was Just announced, and the invita
tions are tot the most part going to
Sally's own friends whom I have
never met. In other words, I am
the stranger and not Sally. Will
you explain this?
Answer: "To meet" is merely a
phrase used to indicate a guest of
honor. The fact that she may be
known to a guest personally is not
considered.
? ? ?
Light Evening Dress
MAY light colored evening
dresses be worn in the winter
time? I don't mean velvets or any
of the heavier winter materials,
but am referring to chiffon and taf
feta?
Answer: I think this is a question
of fashion. At present dresses of
light colored thin materials are be
ing worn everywhere, and such be
ing the case they are particularly
suitable for young people. Clothes
in winter are somewhat more elab
orate in design and less skimpy in
their use of material.
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Father Comes First.
n EAR Mrs. Post: I'm in a pre
dicament and am finding it
very hard to decide the best way out
of it. I have a father, stepfather,
grandfather and a brother, all of
whom have been very good to me
always and of whom I am equally
fond. Whom shall I choose to walk
with me up the aisle at my wed
ding?
Answer: Your father, of course.
If you choose anyone but him you
would announce to everyone that
you care very little for him.
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Note of Sympathy
WHEN a school friend's grand
parent dies, and one has often
stayed in this school friend's house
and therefore knows the family,
wonld it be nice to write a letter
to her mother when it is the father's
parent who has died?
Answer: Under most circum
stances you would write to the
mother, but if you know the father
equally well, then it would be equal
ly proper to write to him direct.
? ? ?
Mixed Strollers
BEN two boys walk home with
a girl from school, is she sap
posed to walk on the inside or be
tween them?
Answer: She walks between them
but a man should never walk be
tween two girls.
? ? ?
Or Needs a Hint
T S IT ever considered proper fot
a girl to assist a boy with his
coat?
Answer: No, not unless he has a
broken arm or is otherwise dis
abled.
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