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Puzzle o£ Her High-Flier Fadeouf Fiance Imagine Pretty Joan’s Bewilderment When She Discovered His Airplane Rescue Party Was Either a Dream or a Clumsy Hoax SOLE PICTURE When Joan Winter* Asked Her Fiance, Major Read, for a Photo, He Made Thi* Sketch of Himself and Presented It to Her. The Faint Resemblance to Pat Reid I* Interesting. But Not Significant, in View of the Latter’s Disclaimer. “HOAX: to deceive or play a trick upon for amutemcnf or minchirf— Standard Dictionary. ^T’M sorry, Dear, but we can’t be married just yet. You see, I’ve got to fly to the Arctic to fescue my lost brother there, But as aoon as I’ve found Pat, it’ll be orange blossoms for us,” This, vows Juan Winters, winsome actress, was in effect whit a cultured and apparently well-to-do Englishman, calling himself Major Robert C. Read, said to her as he boarded a Chicago bound train at Dayton, Ohio. Miss Winters (in private life Mabel Mehaffie) had first met the Major in Birmingham, Alabama, where she was filling a stock company engagement. Thoroughly dazzled by her good looks and intelligence, I^ead had pleaded with her to give up-The s'. -,ge and be come Mrs. Read. There was no barrier to a speedy wedding, for he was niak ing big money as a representative of a drug concern and as “efficiency en gineer’’ for a Boston f’rm. The honeymoon plans of Mabel and the Major included a six-months tour ef Europe. After that they would settle down in Birmingham, where Read was said to be well and favorably known in bot' the rocial and business worlds. Read’s own account of himself, of his adventures and mishaps, as Miss TL - A,R DISASTER Th* Ill-Fated Plan* of EiUon and Borland. Located by Aviator Joe Croason in Siberian Iceland*. Major Read Told Hi. Fiancee Hi. Brother Pat Had Been Lo.t While Seekinc the Two Mi.aing Flyer.. W liners tells it today, is replete with drama and pathos. His father had been Munition.. Minister for Canada In the war Read, Sr., was killed in action, together with five of his sons 'But,” continued Read, as reported by Joan, “I was spared. I’d married and joined the Royal Dying Corps at the age of sixteen. Severely wounded, 1 lay in hospital for six months. My wife divorced me. The Big Scrap left its scars on me. I have a silver plate in my head, and a false knee cap is another painful reminder.” About five weeks before May 5, the date set for che wedi ..g, ti e Major and Joan traveled to Dayton, where her parents live. On the train he told her he feared for the life of his brother, Pat, who had flown some time before into the Northwest to search for the missing airmen, Eilson and Borland. Since then no word had come from Pat. Read said he would leave Joan in Dayton to prepare for the nuptials and he go on to Chicago on business and also learn what he could of Pat’s whereabouts. The Major stopped off for two hours 'Tn Dayton. Reluctantly Joar off to the train. Jpan saw him The next day Read called her up from Chicago. The girl reported to her parents that he had told her he had oiganized a three-plane searching party to look for Pat, who had not yet been heard from. Twro of the airships were to be piloted by E. E. Copp end a man named Bishop, who would fly north from Chicago. The Major himself said he was forced to go on to Duluth. He in tended to take off in his plane from 'there and join his companions in Canada. Miss Winters vainly tried to dissuade her fiance from his purpose, but he told her there waa no danger, as the planes were all modern and perfectly equipped. dsight days later Joan re ceived a letter. It was post marked Chicago, .and in it the Major said he was in Fort Resolution, the Great , .1-1— ■■—■■■■ ■■ 1VJ T Slave Lake trading post of the Hudson Bay Company in northwestern Canada. The writer explained that another flyer was bringing the letter back to Chicago to mail. Read said he was located 287 miles south of the Arctic Circle. He hoped to find his brother 6oon. Two weeks later a Vvnnd letter ar rived, also postmarked Chicago. This Use Nature’s Secrets—Make a Million <rrnE sooner a young man be comes nature-conscious, the sooner he'will be started in the right direction.” That is the expressed creed of F. H. Bennett, wealthy founder of Wheats t. H. BENNETT Wealthy from iVa ture StuA v worth, Inc. Mr. Bennett asks, “What chance of perfection in his chosen life work ha3 any young man if he over looks chances for perfection within himself? The little flaws in him will show up as wide open spaces be tween him and success if he dis regard’s nature’s laws. “You'll k ii e ■ ceed,’ continues this financier, whose idea on food products built him a million-dollar ?ak*iy and huge mills, "if you persist » perfecting everything further than it was when your hands came to ,. "T^re are opportunities galore in the things left undone in all walks of life—opportunities waiting for some one to do the thing and do the think uqf better While in youth we do not *now what we’re intended for, hard work and persistency will eventually •how the way and, if directed rightly, youth will strive for the ideal, what ever the work at hand. ■There is too much frivolity and nonsense in the world today, but that makes the opportunities greater for the serious-minded person. The higher the ideal of perfection, the higher the perfection of the ideal.” Mr. Bennett points to his own Ufa aa an example of what working with nature will do to win success. “So many people ceased to try,” he continues, “as soon as they found something they could get by with, that I determined to strive for perfection la whatever 1 did. It worked! “I started on my physical body. 1 got more fun—still do, too—pulling weeds than pelting golf balls. I de cided that nature, which made me, knew what was best for me. I sided with her against extremes of all kinds. I believed man was adapted by nature to a world of natural foods*. I ate them. “I had perfect health. I set that perfection, to work creating perfection in my mental processes. I Uckled every’ job presented as hard and earnestly as if I were working for my self. "This persistent attitude brought me to the attention of my employers and soon I was able to enter business for myself.” Extracts front Letters Sent to Joan Winter* Telling How Her Fiance Perished in Arctic Witter. Above: The Major'* Massage in Hi* Preci*e, Almost Professional Hand-Lettered Printing. At Left: What the Mysterious Mr. Copp Wrote Jotn. describes^ the Major's heartbreak on discov - ering. hio h e 1 o v o d h v a t h e r ’ ?,■ tcrriUh: plight when found, ft also included a nit' sagf lrum v upjj, tsu$ • u *: that the Major had tried to the injured Pat bark home and “failed to oome through." “I Join with you,"wrote Copp, not in script, but in print-lettered words, “in regretting the passing pf two of the world's tinest men.” He meant Pat and the Major, of course. With teara streaming down her face, Joan ripped open her wee:heart's las! aim z eau. n e nave nau poor weather and I hesitated ti make a run of it. We located Prf. two days ago about eight miles from what was left of his plane, “He was lying in a trapper’s line hut. His arm was crushed and both of his feet were frostbitten, We did a rather crude amputation at the elbow, but he. is in bad shape. If we are to save him at all he will have to be in a hospital iy tomorrow night. “Copp and Bishop both wanted to take him down, but 1 will do it myself I am younger and cart stand the trip better. Besides. Pat will rest better By HERBERT L. HERSCHENSOHN (Physician and Surgeon) A WOUND heals by either one of two possible ways, depending upon the type of wound inflicted. No matter which the case may be, suc cessful healing depends apon certain essential factors. These are: (IX thorough cleanliness of the wound; (2) complete absence of germs capable of producing an infection; (3) thor ough dryness of the wound; (4) the distance between the edges of the wound must not be too far apart. The first method is known as healing by first intention. This occurs in clean cuts made by sharp instruments, such as razor blades, so that no loss of flesh is noticeable when the edges are brought together. As soon as the cut is made the space between the two aides of the wound becomes filled with blood and serum. When the bleeding stops a scab forms on the surface. The scab acts as a cork, preventing the en trance of dirt and germs into the wound. The fluid which remains under the scab coagulates, that is, it takes on a form similar to the white of an egg when it is heated. As a result, a me chanical bond of union more or less nrmly cements the wound temporarily. . ^ter * day or two the body regards this temporary bond as a foreign sub It*nce.,and attempts to get rid of it. More binod is brought to the wounded area. The white blood cells, the “sol A—Healing by First liilcution. U—Healing by Second Intention. diers °f ihe body,” begin to attaek tills bond. If germs are present the white cells attack them. too. As a result of this “combat” a certain number of germs are killed and many white cells destroyed. These are cleared off the “battlefield” in the form of pus. The amount of pus formed may be so little as not to be ordinarily visible. In the meantime fiber-produc ing cells make their appearance. These multiply, forming small fibers which bridge across the wound, connecting the tissues. The blood vessels in the surrounding healthy part* send out small branches into this area. t nc^e in* v .... „.u form a network. The thicker the network, the more rapid is the repair. This consti tutes the living bond of union It is characteristic of the connective tissue Hoh If omuls Ileal H hen H e Cut or Tear the Skin fibffrs to contract, Becati.-e of thi-', a scar results. In much the same way that a sus«. pension bridge is built, namely, from ooth shores at the same time so that the structure is completed when the two sides meet in the middle, so is the repair of a wound completed when the top of it is covered by skin. New skin cells rapidly multiply. coming from the edges of the healthy skin covering the wound mote and more until finally they meet in the center. The wound is then completely healed. Occasionally, the scar grows larger and larger, form ing "proud flesh.” The negro race i = especially susceptible to this condition, it is usually folly to attempt to remove this overgrowth, as the new scar which would result after such an operation would likewise become "proud flesh." A wound heals by second intention when there is an appreciable loss of tissue. Repair takes place by processes similar'to those already described ex cept that instead of the two edges be ing connected together the wound must heal from the bottom up, due to the loss of flesh. As the new blood ves sel* and fibers are created they appear to the naked eye as a granulated red dish mass. Because of this the new tissue is appropriately called granula tion tissue. This keeps piling up layer upon layer until the whole wound is filled to the level of the skin. The skin cells become active, grow and multiply and untimately rovpr un th*» pn,:—> •»/. fected area, completing the process of healing. ' NOT DOWNHEARTED In Spit* of Her Strange Experience with the Mrjor, Joan Winter* Can Still Smile Buoyantly, a* Thi* Photo Prove*. with uv.\ and if the others tailed I would 'Alan fuel I could have made It if :T had tried. ’‘You know that, given another way out. nothing could induce liti to place our future in jeopardy If you jret '.hi*. Kyt-1 you will know 1 have failed." Copp's letter told how he and Bishop had seen wreck 'd parts of the plane taken by the Major and Pat on the shore* of (ifcat .Sla.e Lake. Search for the men had proved futile. Investigation by Dayton -'newspapers following receipt of these letter* proved there had been no such wreck a* Copu described and that no three planes had been chartered at Chicago for a Canadian N»eue trip. Then, much to the astonishment of everybody, Pat Reid, alive and well, was located in Canada. Ills name, in cidentally, is not spelled the same way a* Major Read’s He said he hr.d no orothers and had not recently been in any crash. When reporter* asked .Miss Winter* for the .Major'.’ photograph she brought out a sketch he had made of himself ALIVE AND WELL l’*t Reid, the Creek Canadian Air A** Who Both Denied That He Had Bte« Wreck**! in the Arctic end That th Major Wai Hi* Brother. as the only likeness she possessed. The day alter the crash story ‘broke'1 in the Dayton papers, ih* Boston firm employing Read an nounced that they had talked with him that morning over the Chicago long distance wire. He denied that he had had any conr-ction with the airplane rescue trip, they said. Her Nice $20 Bills “Ran” Pansy Painted Them Out oj Pity lor the ' Old Folks MISS PANSY COATS, Texas school teacher ami amateur artist, has learned that "benev olence is for the wealthy.” Pansy was sorely 'distressed reietitly because an old couple living near her rural school in Missouri County, Tckh . ..were to be dispossessed from their small farm for not paying their debts. Pansy, after long cogitation. decided to make hand-painted, twenty-doliar hills and pass them off on mail-order houses. She traced the bills through the use of a mimeograph, typewriting and stenciling outfit. Next she took water colors and a camel’s hair brush and put on the col ors. In all she made ten of the bill... Two of them she sent out for food stuffs. i lie scheme succeeded and the aged pair's* starvation was staved off tem porarily. A few more of the bills were dispatched and might have gone through successfully if a clerk in a Kansas City mail-order house hadn’t carelessly spilled water on them as they lay on his desk. To his amazement- the colors on the new $20 bills ran together, Investi gation by-American Secret Service agents soon landed the misguided girl philanthropist in a Springfield, Ala:, jail. When she laced Federal Court Judge Albert I. Reeves on a charge of coun terfeiting, Pansy said, “I knew I couldn't get away with it, but 1 didn’t profit a penny by my act.” When probation officers reported that the girl’s extraordinary story was true. Judge Reeves sent for her Ho lectured her severely and pointed out the o "sp of w -t i ”1 shall accept your plea,” he told AMATEUR ARTIST Mi** Pansy Cost*, of Missouri County, Tex**, Whose Effort* to Help an Im poverished Couple Temporarily Landed Her in Jail. her, “and release you on probation. Your truth and charity have «on you freedom, but never again come in con flict with tfv» law.”
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