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POOR FARM HAND" DEFIES WEALTH
\ IN A STRUGGLE TO RETAIN HIS BOY
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- '. f Eight-year-old Jimmy Notes (upper left)- would rather sleep with hla
|j father oh a pile of- ragj, In a Bhack at the Fulton county (Ky.) poorhouse
; than 8° lnt ® the home of • wealthy Chicago family that wants to adopt
4ittlm. County authoriUes are watching Bert Noles, the poverty-stricken
<<s , rat Her. with the eyes of hawks, prepared to snatch the lad out of his
'V* > insanitary surroundings at the first opportunity. ‘Nobody’s gonna get
v *'” - «hy boy." vow* Bert Notes (unner richO. tbs ehenlc u oson.-below J
Ttplonvwe, Tenn.. July tH.—The
whole world, it seems, , has turned
against Bert Noles. ‘
Everybody is trying to take his boy
jjtwa.r fmm him. Millions dollars
t-htii-ehw. cveif the courts —nre aligned
against the poor, uneducated farm-hand
in his fight to keep his eight-vear-old
won; Jimmy.
Jimmy Noles. whose home is a 10-
foot- shack: whose bod—is a gjie of rags!
Jimmy Noles. who used, to be club
footed and hobbled along on. the out
side of his ankles, but who now—thanks
to the Sfundny school folks and kindly
doctors—romps around like other' kids!
Jimmy Noles, whom the nurses ih
Chicago fought to wait upon. and who
for weeks kept a big city laughing and
crying at the things he said and did'!
Jimmy Noles, bright as a shiny new
dollar, thought he never lias spent a
day in school!
Jimmy "■Noles, whose sudW 1 "poverty
nnd pain haven' been able to erase!
A score of wealthy families are ask
ing fof' the chance to lay their love and
riches at his feet!
It was one' Sunday morning more
than a yyur ago. The - Young Peoples’ As
sociation of tlqj Methodist Church here
discovered it would be idle tor awhile
unless something, or someone, turned up
on which it Could center its philan
thropic activities.' ' s —
One of its 50-odd members? told of
running across -a little clubfouted boy
Whose patents Were destitute. ’•
The class inyestigiyfed. Hugh E. Whit
ford, vice president; th«£ descriDes jim
my, he found him:
"He was a ragged, dirty youngster,
surrounded by poverty of the meanest,
sort, yet cheerful in* spite of hw liamii-1
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"He to waiting on his siokxstep
mother when we arrived at the shuck
She told us he could pick Tis pounds of
cotton ' any day.”
Jluch persuasion finally gained Efert
Noles' permission for the class to solid
Jindmy to Chicago to have hw deformed
feet straight eliefe.
The Bible students raised th<» monev
for His fare and SSO more, bathed him,
cut his shaggy hair and decked him out
from head -to foot.
Dr. It. W. Griffin''of Tiptonville got
■into communication with. Dr. Kyerson,
a surgeon at St. Duke’s Hospitui, Chi
cago. The latter offered to treat Jimmy
free.
And Jhe boy was tagged and actually
addressed to the hospital and sent on his
way alone, in care of a Pullman con
ductor. That was in May, 1923.
The hospital staff fell heaa over heels
in love with Jimmie. - The newspapers
“played” him.and his smile.
Men and women of wealth eaiue to
see him. Several families, right front
the start, wanted to adopt him.
For weeks and weeks Jimmy sat with
his iegs-Mu a plaster east
One a burse was adjusting the
•cast-—ft pa in fill operation Jimmy was
bearing without a whimper. He noticed
the nurse Was ''crying.
“Why nre you crying.” asked Jimmy,
"When it is my feet that are hurting!"
Lust January his feet were pronounc
ed cured- For the first time in bis life,
Jimmy walked like other boys.
There was a “going opt” party for
him when he left. Nurses, doctors, his
wealthy callers loaded him down with
toys. A limousine drove him to the
, depot.
| Jimmy and his, father hud dropped
('out of sight. "Bur inquiries revetUed they
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were beck -in their shack near Hickman,
Fulty eonhty, Ky., just across the line.
Judge Charles D. Nugent and a cota
lamtity nurse went out to see them.
The stepmother was in. the last stages
■ of tuberculosis. Jimmy was sleeping on
his pallet of rags in another corner of
the doom. " \
The family was sent to the poorhouse.
A few days later Judge Nugent went
out there with Hie intention of' sending
Jimmy to an-orphans' home, from which
he • could be adopted.
“Bht I junt couldn't do it.” the
judge said later, rjjp seemed to love his
stepmother so. He waited on her us
tenderly as anybody could ”
After the stepmother had died, the
Bible Class wanted to take Jimmy away
from the pohrhoitse.' Noles wouldn’t let 1
him leave..He was trfraid they would
kidnap him.
The men finally took jimmy into-
Hickman. Bert Notes wont, too. He and-
Jimmy, dll dressed up again, spent a
week at Tiptonville, the guests of the
class.
Then fifert. eoWHcions that trouble was
brewing, took his boy fb Calvin Kellis
thn’s Isolated farm, six mites out of
Hickman, There he is helping Keljiston
“lriy by” liis crop.
There tfto interviewer found him
watering the stock.
“NobOdy’S gain tV> take my boy nway,”
lie declared, “I’nin't going to ttt pobody
li(ive him. He’s mine. And he's going to
stay rninb as long is I live.
“life’s the only one I got ittnv.*’
And meanwhile, ns the fight still
wages, JinmiV is having a good time
with the old Mind pony, and “Bob;”'the
hound, the kittens and the little tame
dfecks, while wealthy ftlmilrfes await op
portunity to adopt and educate the boy.
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Taking et Peep Into a Man's Vacation BtagL
TIJHAT wearing apparel shall I
•**' take on my vacation? August
.Is considered the hottest month of
summer. Vacations are most de
sirable then, and this year the late
spring automatically moved many
vacation periods ahead; therefore,
It is agreed that August, more than
Any other month, will see large
registrations In Relaxation and
Diversion.
/ What clothing is necessary both
-1 Its many men the night before thejr
get started for the seashore, cottU
;try or mountains. How many times
have you neglected to take sUf
‘flclent clothes t Bow many times
have you brought back apparel
you didn’t needt There’s a happy
£ medium.
Take pencil and paper; visualize
yofar activities While on the'vaca
tion. Consider the necessary things
in the Way of wearing apparel f<flr
these respective activities. Have
the right things at the right time,
and when you return, the contents
of the bagß can go directly to the
laundry, and the. tailor for washing
•ml pressing.
> As you scan your present list of
I friends undoubtedly many names
! ire there because of a simple vaea
j tiott introduction- The man with,
ah eye for the future will really"
‘ understand the value of friends in
j Business, and many dollars have
been saved or pnt to good advhn
tage through valuable contacts ere
-1 ated at vacation resorts, (food
(clothes, worn well, play an Impor
tant part ih inspiring friendships.
Why not be oh the safe side. Dress
! yourself ‘•to win," Why content
yourself “for place,” or "to show?”
At tile shots a man dons white
J flannels, a dark coat, sport
and. gets a kick out of it A com
fortable suit of'-knickers at the
mountains or country makes him
peaceful in mind!-. To give harmony
to these respective attires he in
cludes la his bags collars, both stiff
and soft; pleated, soft white and
plain colored shirts with regimental
striped cravats and bat wings bows.
Sport shoes, for the beach and
mountains; silk hose and wool, Pan
amas and those present-vogue light
weight felts whlgh have becotnfe
> popular despite the hot weather.
Men’s bathing suits have kept
pace wfth Women’s water garb, so
far as trimness is concerned. Males,
too, have become addicted to the
sensible one-piece suit which gives •
the appearances of a two-garment
suit with its shirt over lapping the
trunks. These suits go on and off (
in a Jiffy, The responsibility being ,
entirely on a single button on the
left shoulder strap- Many beaches j
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£S£&!iL style Bureau
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By miW Katharine Harford, Fashion Director
EEAt SILK INSTITUTE, at Indianapolis
nature guides the hand of fashion
OBGDY knows where fashions come from, nor why they com* when
A v they do. A mode that originates in France may be accepted with
out question, a little later, by American women. On the other hand,
there have been many times when French fashions reached our shores,
made a brief and Inauspicious appearance in a very few exclusive shops,
and aided their careen in flat failure. % The launching of modes is ever a
; gamble.
How many of the women who make dally pilgrimages to the Shops
«nd request peach and dawn and &d!nn skin hosiery linve ever paused
to wonder where and under what circumstances these shades came Into
■ existence?.
It is flow rather commonly known that the "flUttfe'’ hosiery orig
inated IS France, in. connection With the albblhck mode that Swept Paris
two years ago, but an amusing story, which may be worth much or
I tittle, credits the American designer with some of the lfeWer and Slightly
i gayer hosiery shades. The story goes thli way; Until A few seasons
ago It was not thought de rigeur for femittlhe IbrellheM to reveal one
l devastating mark from the snn even St the end' Os all entire setts on on
the-Beach. This, one, can well understand! made life in the Ognifl waves
Very difficult. It meant, often, long-Sleevfed; hljgt-necked bathing Sfllts
'< (which we - never did view In the hptter fashion magazines without a
little smileLJt meant high, cumbersome stock tugs* It meant harem veils
(winsome things they were), and it meant, always and everywhere a
parasol of Some description.
All «t once, out of a clear sky, things changed for the better." Just
» It had previously been a social error to appear sunburned, It now Bfe
fcame equally imperative to wear a coat of taft. the dhy of the white
br peaches-nnd-i ri-umy indoor girl had passed, and in her place cants a
doubly charming persoh with skin of soft pink, pale tan, or even, sdffie
-1 times, golden brown. And this change of mode was attended with a
* ffWr comfort and freedpm from restriction. The sleeveless bathing Shit
Again, faded stocking; the hafem veil war tucked atVny, slid heretofore
' rnmXtS protected: Ooißplexions joyously defied the elements. Nature
flftrbwr highly flattering worst!
An atmosphere of mit spray and soft wind, and the delicious warttth
•f the sun radiated from the feminine personality. This whs utterly
charming so fir as sports costumes were concerned, and not until the
fbrtnkl afternoon costume or dance frock presented ttSMf, with Its tc
cotopanylng fruglfe Hosiery, did « Seriour problem arise. Whst, oli
wltfct, Os the softly pinked, lightly tnnned, or ddlty bronsed atrkle be
neath the sheerest of Mlper nude APhirt. Indeed! _
, |K IS. afl« ni a mtid summer Wind off the ocaffMfULf
BlOtvs flOboftS’ gooff, and m this caPp It blew a mode straikht across the i
cbnntty, from coast to coast. To the couturier carte the Idea of Httetiffv
to varying degrees off tfiirtetl sfcln—the pink, the tftn, the broWP— -
t 8 the oHfoffloor n Htnple and charming solution of htr dtflcul-
to all of us a inuch-needed color note in a season of Severe
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The "Putt-Over* Sweater,
-«• R»al Vacation Need
at the shore resorts and ponds in
the country because ot their pebbly
bottoms make Bathing shoes a com
fortable necessity. 1
There Is nothing so comfortable
as vacationing sh HniCkers. The
free, roomy felling arbuhd the leg*
makes lying on the beach, biking
mountain trails or Wandering
through ctrtmtry lanes a pleasured
Three smart style combinations
which include knickers.have been
seen at all vaoation resorts this
season: The blue coat with white
knickers, the white shirt and white
knickers, with a blue sleeveless *
jumper, and a full sleeve jumper
with blue crash linen knickers.
The sensible man will wear ties,
hose and shoes to harmonize with
any of the above materials. Those
who desire a trifle more formality
will find comfort and good appear
ance in the -full linen suit, the
pongee and the mohairs.
Be sure to have a carton of
matches in your bag. Sometimes
they are as scarce it summer re
sorts as double-portions of dessert.
Take along your favorite pipe, a
can of tobacco, or plenty of your
particular bran<l of cigarettes.
Country stores do not carry varied
stocks, and it’s like shaving crtsam
—you get accustomed to one brand. /
If you’re carrying golf clubs, stick
an umbrella in the bag, too. Unci*
Jupiter Pluvius knows no vacation, j
The ‘‘pull-over’’ sweater seems to (
have been accepted by men as j
necessary these days. Ih principle \
it goes over the head, even as the j
old-fashioned “turtle-neck” sweater, J
but is fashioned of the lighter I
wooli. Its V-Neck, edged With con
trasting color, gives the wearer a :
certain smartness, but not at the
expense of comfort or practicality. 1
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Henry Lewis, trick billiardist, said to be the only man in the world to play
billiards with his nose is he’re photographed making a simple shot, although he
is capable of much harder.
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Chicago chorus girls have started a new fad for the bathing beaches.
They are wearing small likenesses of their favorite presidential candidates',
when they put. on their swimming suits. This is Peggy O’Ua/ of the!
"Artists and Models” company who shows here that she is going to vota 1
for John W Davis.
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HOW TO TRAVEL MODISHLY
W® scarcely think of a summer season that will be complete
without traveling of some sort. For the woman who.plans an
ocean trip, down to her who travels only a day or two to reach the moun
tain or seaside resort, the problem of crowding the maximum of clothe*
v Into the minimum of space, and those few
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a* one can imagine, so that one may be
costumed inconspicuously for dinner en route, where tailored clothe*
would be decidedly out of the picture.; The small felt hat, which is so
Bfbart for every daytime occasion, is especially desirable for traveling.
And chamois gloves, tan nr black calfskin pumps, and hose of one of the
tan tones, or a medium gray, sh#uld be selected.
1 A great part of the summer ’day may be costumed with sports
Clothes, and here, again, we might suggest, as a saving of space, that
the plaited beige or gray skirt one wears with a sports blouse or sweater,
by morning, may ptjt on a long, sleeveless ttmic blouse of matching crepe
and do charmingly for tea. Chiffon scarfs and such accessories lit a
Variety of colors, take tip very little room, and give diversity in effect
gor example, hat and scarf of pgle green, with a gray frock one after
won, and scarf and hose of yellow on another, will relieve any monotony
that might come of wearing one costun 3 several times.
For evening, if one can manage two gowns, one of beaded crepe and,
another Os satin, and lace, fbr informal dinners, would be our suggestion <
tor neither of these Suffer particularly from packing. However if but I
one gown can be Included for evening wear, we would give preference to l
that of lace aiid satin, .fltat; Weopuse tM* eottihlahtion of tissues Is efce-l
•dally good this season, and second, because It can be so treated a* to
(■awe *t either a fornmr or an informal occasion Wetter than any other*
of gown, Here, again, accessories mriy {fet-nlsh varhitlofl.rschrfsl
guttle handkerchief-bags of chiffon or, tulle, in faint shades to witch
Illusion shades of hosiery, such ad' flesh, title green, lhvtnaer Ind i
bluet coulrl.be.afranged i n several combinations, and'lt 1s amazing
(how a vattety of effects may be obtained through studied selection* of ‘
(modern costume jewelry. ' „ i
j With a llttil careful tlnr.ighf, and a surprisingly- firmtlf dumber of I
changes, one pray pass a week end or lotigpr, as the case mav be, with!
sowjfetg fraedom from that monotony of dttfcjiditlSa the
<awi«cuUjL.go»ttimad womaa-to dvelrss to avaj£ '
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clothes suitable to any one of a number ol
occasions, and not too readily spoiled by
packing, looms threatening on the horizon.
And, of course, the week end Is reglly only
ft glorified form of travel. And here, again,
the problem of making a- very limited ward
robe appear to the Best advantage must be
given deep thought.
For a number, of reasons the three-pieca
costume appeals to us as particularly prac
tical for traveling. First of all, the frock
may be of silk or a lightweight fabric, and
the three-quarter length coat of wool, so the
traveler is prepared for any exigencies of
weather. Then again, the coat of the cos
tume nuiy present a tailored mien and da
extremely well for public conveyances, while,
when it Is removed, the frock may reveal as
delicate a fabric, and as semi-formal a design