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i —' —— Bale Carn 5-Minute Biographies Author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People." He Knew the Telephone Numbers of More Beautiful Girls Than Any Man in History Florenz Zeigfeld knew the tele phone numbers of more beautiful girls than any other man living. In his Blue Book of Beauty were list ed the names, addresses and tele phone numbers of thousands of glamorous girls. Fifty or sixty as piring young Venuses paraded be fore his critical glance every day. He was proud of the fact that he was called the Olorifier of the American Girl. It was a title rich ly deserved. He often took some drab little girl no one had ever Hugh Royall INSURANCE FOR EVERY NEED PHONE 111 ELKIN, N. C. [OFFICERS WJF# • DIRECTORS W. B. LANKFORD ■ ■ ■ IX . PAUL OWVN «si Idkin© Kiwanian sir SCCRCTARY-TReASURER " Vol. 9 No. 6 KLEIN, N. O. PUBLISHED MONTHLY * NU-WAY CAFE "THEY GAMBLED Dr. P. W. Green The Best Food in Town BEER AND WINES WITH DEAT H Optometrist Home Furnishers TWb j g the wrec i a Ke resulting This driver was killed instantly Ambulance Day or Night from a head-on collision of two when the collision occurred. His automobiles. It was difficult to de- "helper" received compound frac- -—— E. E. Hayes, Kiwanian termine just why the accident oc- tures of both legs, and other severe E. W. McDaniel, Kiwanian —————————— curred; it happened however, on a injuries; he also died, without re three-lane, straight highway, and gaining consciousness. The driver ZT!! there were indications that the of the other car received a frac- THE driver of the truck shown in the tured skull and numerous laeera- . . _ .. , BANK OF ELKIN ££[" h * d f *" en *' "" "w'i,, « . i.. e dri™. Sinclair Refining He had been ill for the preced- get plenty of sleop and don't try Company All deposits guaranteed by tag three weeks Before returning Ic stay s. long .1 U» wkjel the Federal Deposit Insur- 2.SSJS ?£££? "A SSLT^ ance Corporation. was told to go home immediately, DRIVER! grade t makes __ take a sleeping powder and get as the grade" /i.,i. nil much rest as possible before start- ThU U mm of a i«*ie» of actual hap- „ „ Garland Johnson, Kiwanian . t again. The evidence indi- poni**a fnom th« accident fii*» of t£>'« "• p - Graham, Kiwanlan cated that he did not follow the —————————— doctor's instructions, » prrrant highway mtMrnxU. WHITE SWAN ABERNETHVS LAUNDRY # Drtak>twlr I ■ Sanitary White Fountain "The Laundry Does It Beat" ■ mm w ■ MWf ■ m# Mji "A Good Drug Store" , w. O. Carter. Eiwanton UJLJI ¥ V* JQ. Abemethj. Kiwanta. Elk Printing Co. C 11 C Chatham -izr Carefully! Beat Weekly Newspaper J C . C. Poindester W. A. Neaves H. P, Laffoon, Thomas Both Kiwanlan Kiwanlans Sisivc A Turner Drug Co. w 1 m Elkin Lumber "The Friendly Drug Store" w mm A & Mfg". Co. II "Everything im Build ■ Anything" CURB SERVICE COAL We Desire To Picnse You Geo. E. Royall, Kiwanlan (This Ad. Paid for by Elkin Kiwanis Club) 1 1- C. Yates, Ktwaafen g 1 P o 1 13 a fl 1 B 0 -5 looked at twice and transformed her on the stage into a dazzling creature of mystery and seduc tion. Form and grace these alone—were the coveted passport to the Ziegfeld stage. The glam our was supplied by Ziegfeld himself. Ziegfeld was as regal in his ex travagances as an oriental Po tentate. He squandered millions of dollars on costumes, combing the markets of Europe and India and Asia for the most beautiful THE ' KINTRIB NT '" ; • NL, NQRTH CAROLINA fabrics money could buy Even the linings of the dresses had to be of the finest silk, for he claimed no woman could feel really beautiful unless she just had beautiful cloth against her skin. He did everything on a lavish scale. Although he communicated with hundreds of people he never troubled to dictate a letter. Tele grams and cables fluttered in his wake like autumn leaves In a gale of wind. Wherever he went, he carried with him a telegraph blank. He used to get on a train at Grand Central Terminal and use a whole pad of telegraph blanks before he reached 125 th Street. Incredible as it seems, he ac tually sat in the orchestra during rehearsals and sent telegrams to people across the footlights. He sent telegrams to people who were within range of his voice. He once leaned out of his window and yelled at a man in the window opposite: "Say, I sent you a tele gram. Why haven't you answered it?" It was almost impossible for him to walk past a telephone booth without stopping to call up a dozen people; and he got out of bed almost every morning at six o'clock in order to telephone his staff. He could scheme for hours to save seventeen or eighteen dol lars; and the next day, he'd drop a hundred thousand dollars in Wall Street without batting an eye. He once borrowed five thousand dollars from Ed Wynn and spent that five thousand, bor rowed money to hire a private train to dferry him across the con tinent. He made women feel beautiful by the sheer power of his chival- BllMk w - -', J*- MONTS, Prance ... Dr. Charles Mercier. Mayor of Monts. was selected to perform the civil wed ding ceremony tor the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. WaHis Warfleld at the Chateau de Oonde. ry and consideration. On opening night, every girl in his chorus re ceived a box of flowers from him. Evfcn old and half-demented wo men who applied to him for jobs were treated with the same con sideration he showed the rest. He paid most of his famous stars an average of $5,000 a week; often at the end of the season they had more money to the bank than he himself had. When he started in the show business, chorus girls were get ting S3O a week; but under his profligate reign, feminine pul chritude reached a market price of $125 a week. Ziegfeld's first venture into show business was made at the precocious age of fourteen. Run ning away from home he became a trick rider and fancy shooter in Buffalo BiU's Wild West show. At the age of twenty-five he Two years later, he was in Lon don—broke—without a shilling to his name. He'd staked his luck at Monte Carlo and with a turn of the wheel he had lost his shirt. Being penniless never worried this great entreprenuer. By the sheer witchery of his manner, he got together another show and sailed back in triumph to America with the most sensational star in Europe—the vivacious, scintillat ing, the palpitating Anna Held — the Mae West of her day. The most canny producers in America had been cabling and pleading with Anna Held to come to New York. They had tempted her with extravagant offers. Yet it was Plorenz Ziegfeld, only twenty-seven years old, practical ly unknown, and without a dime in his pocket, who walked into her dressing room, charmed her, got her name on a contract and started skyrocketing to fame. Anna Held was an immediate sensation. She took America by storm. Corsets, face powder, hats perfumes, horses, cocktails, pup pies and cigars were named in her honor. She was toasted in champagne from coast to coast. And within a year, Plorenz Zieg feld married her. Many years later, after he had divorced Anna Held, he fell es tatically in love with Billie Burke. The very day he met her, he bought out an entire flower shop and sent the complete stock to her home —sent her everything from sweet peas and orchids and carnations to the orange trees in the window. And when Billie Burke told him that she had tried to thank him by telephone but had not been able to because his line was busy, he had a golden phone installed with a special ring for her private use. Ziegfeld loved indecision. He hated to make up his mind. He used to keep a box of licorice drops on his desk; and when a friend asked him if he really liked licorice he said: "I'll tell you why I eat them. They're all black, so I don't have to make up my mind which color I like best." He hired most of the famous comedians in the world for his Follies; but he himself never laughed at their antics. Neither Ed Wynn nor Eddie Cantor npr Will Rogers could make him crack a smile. He was so cool that I his actors gave him the nickname lof "Ice Water!" Ziegfeld died in 1932 in Cali fornia. and as he slipped into the delirium of death, he imagined he was directing a revue. He staged it in a white hospital room, his orchestra was only a radio, and for a stage crew he had nothing but his terrified valet. .His lips were parched, and his eyes were glowing with fever, but he sat up in bed and shouted his directions to an Invisible cast. "Curtain!" he cried, "Past Mu sic! Lights! Ready for the last finale!" And finally he murmur ed: "Great! The show looks good .. . The show .. . looks ... good." (Copyright, 1937) RUSK Mr. N. E. Wilmoth has been ap pointed acting postmaster to suc ceed Mrs. Virgie I. Wilmoth. The post-office has been moved into Mr. Wilmoth's store. Sunday visitors here were: Mr. James Spencer of High Point, L. B. Murray, Jr. of Mt. Airy, Mon cure Stanley of Pulaski, Virginia, V. H. Jenkins and family of Win ston-Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Layne of North Elkin, H. C. Jen kins and family of State Road. Misses Betty Jean and Tommy Jo Darnell of Elkin spent several days here last week with theit grand-mother, Mrs. W. S. White. Misses Sue and Rachael Burch are spending a week's vacation with home-folks. Messrs. Bill Anderson and Hen ry Burch of Bristol, Tenn., were visitors here Monday. Mr. Lomn Coffey and Miss Edith Coffey of Roanoke, Va., and Miss es Mary and Blanche Smither man of East Bend, were Sunday guests of Mrs. J. W. Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Burch and children, of Mountain Park, and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Woodruff and daughter, Angelina, of Boon ville, were guests of Mrs. Vance Burch, the first of the week. Miss Irma Mounce of Zephyr was here a few days last week. Miss Bessie Ruth .Jenkins, of Winston-Salem, is making an ex tended visit to her grandmother, Mrs. R. A. Jenkins. Mrs. Vance Burch had the mis fortune to fall last Friday, cutting her head and severing a vein. She was rushed to El kin where medic al aid was rendered. The cut, though not serious, was painful, requiring three stitches. Nothing Left Husband: "Don't you think you ought to keep an account of your household expenses?" Wife: "Why? There's never anything left at the end of the week to account for." IN WASHINGTON |M| WHAT is 99 I TAKING I PLACE flkJiH by ****#'*• UNITED STATES SENATOR » JT Regardless of the final amount of the relief bill now pending in Congress, and regardless of the method finally approved for the distribution of relief funds, the current legislative battles over this measure are certain to in fluence virtually all legislation during the present session of Congress. Thus ah understand ing of the basic issues in these battles in the House and Senate .are desirable for those following I the course of this and other leg islation . At the outset, the President recommended a total of $1,500,- 000,000 for various relief activi ties. This amount was promptly challenged. Some members of the Congress favored doubling that that amount and others sought a drastic slash. Therefore, the early stages of the controversy over the relief bill was marked by differ ences of opinion between those seeking larger relief funds and those advocating strict economy and a balanced budget. As the measure finally emerged from the House Committee, it carried the full amount recom mended by the President, and represented a compromise in the House between advocates of spending and those seeking dras tic slashes in relief funds. It is significant that strong supporters of the President are found enlist ed with both groups. However, when the bill reached the floor of the House, consider able sentiment was found for rear-marking" large sums that is, writing into the bill Congres sional decree as to how certain monies are to be expended. It was promptly contended that this would defeat the purpose of the relief bill by rendering it impos sible for those administering re [ lief to meet new emergencies as they may come. An intensive battle over this issue is in pro gress in the House as this article is being written. Nevertheless, the significance of the controversy can be grasped. It boils down to an oft-iepeated question. Do the great majority of cur people want more relief and the prospect of more taxes, or do they want a real beginning to ward economy? After all, only voters and taxpayers should de cide that question and the Con gress is anxious for the decision. Of course, it is comparatively easy to find the sentiment of par ticular sections of the country and particular states. But what is needed is facts as to what pro cedure is best for our people as a whole. It is difference of opin ion on that score that underlies the current legislative skirmishes. One of the most hopeful signs is the fact that our citizens are more and more realizing the fact that increasing expenditures re quire increasing revenue. We can not spend and economize at the same time. We cannot build large I public works in one section of the country and tell another section that funds are not available for their public works. And, as the Congress tries to strike a happy medium as summer approaches in Washington, and members of Congress dig in for another three months of sessions, it is apparent that final action on the relief bill may offer a key to the whole leg islative situation. When HEADACHE f It Due To Constipation Often one of the first-felt effect* of constipation Is a headache. Take a dose or two of purely vegetable Black-Draught t That's the sensible way relieve the constipation. Enjoy the refresh ing relief which thousands of people have reported from the use of Black- Draught. Sold In 25-cent packages. BLACK-DRAUGHT A GOOD LAXATIVE ROYSTER'S Premium Grade, Fertilizer At No Extra Cost! F. A. Brendle & Son Elkin, N. C. Thursday. 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