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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-20

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-20

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Irritated EyeIids?

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desire 10 go out With middls-aFed
men Ike Dudley Aanton hut
Lee Brent had bsen her friend
before Faith came 10 upset every
thing
Mans u oman
Beng surely n mans woman
With no interest In her oxn sez.
sybil had no ssy ~ amusing her
self. she would rather have gone
To bed than 10 out with another
girl
Faith had occasionally aoeom-
CONTINUED on Page Il. Column ~
sumatra j. the home of tho
world. largest spider II has
body nine inches IN circumference
and a lex spread Of II inches.
A bird. head can be turned
completely around. slne. II il fss-
tened with but a single hinge
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Didn't Move

Although she VAS fond OF Miss
Van. there Nere times when her
mothefiy interest rot on sybiIs
nerves She did not move because
she know she could not find an
other place where she would be
as comfortable for a. little money
Unlike Daphne. sybi paid her
bills she had good head for
figures and sh. was proud Of her
credit rating
she liked n dance ard nd. ard
swim sh. played contract well
enough to get b. and the life she
led suited her perfectly Al least
Il had until Faith entered the
picture
sybu DID not dislike Faith. AZ
first she had felt rather sorry for
her. After all II had been her own
idea 70 invite the other girl on the
double date with Lee Brent That
vas her fret mistake. sybil sd-
mitted. The second was when abe
had played up 70 Lees friend. She
was 80 accustomed 70 having the
center Of the stage that she had
done 50 unconscionsiy.
Flsttered but not surprised that
the man from out Of town should
prefer her 70 Faith
What sybil had not counted on
vas Lees desertion. IN the begin
ning she assured herself II ~ss not
permanent She knew that Lee had
always rad other glri,.
But this tim. proved n be- oif-
trent sybn realized when ne
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-20

FAITH SPENCER secs to the city "a
take business course She moves
INTO MISS VAN AAKEN's boarding
house for girls because DAPHNE
MEADE childhood playmate. stAys
there MRS MARY LOU TRACY. an
other home town sifl. invites ths
two girls TO dinner party where
tall. handsome LEE BRENT intro
duees himself to Faith. Instantly shs
reeos Mics IN him features which be-
oides TO move from the ooardins
house when she ovefheafs Daphne
telling sYB1L TAYLOR and JOAN
VAN AAkEN that she was flop
At the party. However Miss Van
persuAdes Faith to enroll at a charm
school and prepare Tor career As
a model Two months pass and Lee
asks Sybu TO get blind date for
one OF his friends lee seems more
interested IN Path than Sybil and
after several dates With Charming
Path confesses he loves her Daphne
sees Lee kiss Faith goodnight and
tells Sybn. BILL HARRIS. brother
OF Paths best friend At home, asks
her 10 show him around the city for
an evening. which she does The next
day the eity'E most exclusive store
hires Faith As fashion model. Rs-
turning 70 the boarding hous, shs
Sees Lees car parked across the
street.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Sybil Taylor was not accus-
toned TO having one Of her ad-
mirers lured away from her and
the experience had hurt her vanity
more than she cared TO admit even
10 herself.
The period since Faiths arrival
at Miss Vans had been a particu-
larry unfortunate one for more
than one reason. II wasn't. Sybil
told herself that evening coming
home on the street car. just the
loss of Lee Brent.
Lee had never been more than
casual friend One whom she
could count on for roses at Christ
mas and an occasional date.
In her heart she knew she rated
with him as one Of the pretty girls
a man likes TO exhibit SYPHILIS
auburn hair, her delicate rose leaf
skin. her big brown eyes and at
tractive figure made her a desira-
bic dancing companion. Then. too,
she knew how 70 dress
The clothes for which she paid
exorbitant prices were purchased
with an innate knowledge Of mas
culin taste. sybil did not dress TO
please other women. She never
made the mistake OF sacrificing
her beauty TO smartness.
And she chose 10 live at an in
expensive rooming house so that
she could put most Of her salary
into a wardrobe which might have
appeared anywhere sybil guessed
that the average man did not care
where = girl lived 80 much as he
did how she looked
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Dear Miss Grey: Can you sug-
test 10 me some exercise ! might
take TO help me subtract an inch
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06

WHEN in a dress-up mood, what
w to wear is the question. The
revival of brocade among fabrics
OF high fashion, as announced for
spring. may well be regarded as a
perfectly good answer to the query.
The big news is the neat-patterned
brocades in necktie silk effects that
make up into most wearable day
time frocks that r dressy at the
same time that they are emf
nently practical.
II you are looking for a daytime
frock that will guarantee style dis
tinction take note Of the three swank
afternoon types here illustrated.
The material used for this trio of
exceptionally smart fashions is the
new-this-season brocade Of damask-
woven bemberg rayon. You can
get 1t in monotone or two-color
effects. its high and low luster fla
ments producing a handsome bro
cade patterning. II you III your
own seamstress, buy a few yards
of this attractive brocade. provide
yourself with a reliable pattern and
turn on power for your electric sew
ing machine. However, II you are
not enamored with the thought OF
being your own dressmaker you will
find modes similar to the ones pic
tured easily available in shops and
dress sections throughout style GEN.
tiers.
Looking at the illustration you
sense at a glance that the new bro
cades yield perfectly to high-styling.
Per example the gown to the right
says it with style" definitely. This
peplum dress is f~gure-htting and
flattering. The brocade that fash
ions it is in a yiolet-leaf motif
damask-woven patterning. A self
fabric bow at the belt and the high
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06
Red Shoes Novel
Touch at Resorts

II you would keep tab on coming
events that east their shadows be-
fore" watch the style parade that
is travelling the highways and
beaches in southern sun-bright re.
sorts. One thing your amazed eyes
will see is red shoes. They are be-
ing worn with all types of costumes.
Worn with Stacks they add a most
zestful novelty touch. Look too clev-
er for words with simple little ging-
ham dresses, in fact with any type
of casual daytime frocks. also good
looking with white afternoon dresses
and tailleurs.
Now comes the sequence Of this
fashion story. AS everybody knows.
what's worn at the southern resorts
in midwinter sets precedent for
spring and summer fashions to
come. Wherefore, the message that
red shoes will be worn with tailored
beige or navy street costumes has
already winged its way northward.
So if you crave fashion thrills. buy
a pair Of red shoes.
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not throw its bulk against the end
gates. Unlike the bows, which
held the white cover of the Eng
lish wagon, which were vertical,
the bows of the Conestoga fol-
lowed the line of the ends of the
body and slanted outward, thus
keeping out rain and dust. The
whole appearance of the Cones
toga was that of a boat and, as
John Omwake, author of 1.-THE
Conestoga Six-Horse Dell Teams
of Eastern Pennsylvania, 1850
1885," says, at is easy to see
why this wagon should have been
called the Ship of Inland Com
merce, as it cruised with its great
white top between the green
Pennsylvania hills"
The Conestoga wagon came
into existence just in time to have
a part in making American his
tory. AS early as 1745 Benjamin
Franklin was issuing a broadside
urging wagoners to enlist with
their wagons and teams in the
kings service against the French
and Indians. Ten years later
when General Braddock set out
upon his Inflated expedition it
was very necessary that he have
adequate transport for his pro-
visions during his march into the
wilderness. Securing this was
only one of the many difficulties
of that harassed leader and it
was not until Benjamin Franklin
came to his aid and persuaded
the Pennsylvania wagoners to en-
list that the expedition was able
to make any progress westward.
The Conestoga wagons played
their part, too, in the struggle for
liberty. 1t was these vehicles
which carried supplies to the
American army during that ter
rible winter at Valley Forge and
in the spring of l778 a sturdy
Conestoga wagon, drawn by four
horses and with a full company
of Continental soldiers as a guard,
brought $6OO,O 900 in silver, the
loan of the French government
from Portsmouth, N. H., to the
government treasury at York,
Pa, (where the Continental con-
gress was then meeting). But it
was in the period after the Revo-
luton that the Conestoga rose to
it's full glory-as the carrier of
freight back and forth to the West
and as the vehicle of the emf
grants into the Kentucky and
Ohio country. 1t also served once
more as a weapon of war during
the War of 1912 when Conestoga
wagons carried powder from the
Brandywine mills to Lake Erie,
there to be used in Perry's bril-
liant victory at Put-in-Bay.
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06

While it may seem strange that
"Windwagon' Thomas would
think of applying some of the
technique of ocean navigation to
travel across the broad plains of
the West, it is not really so I'M
usual. For, as Mr.. Vestal ex-
plains in this same chapter, I'm
the old days, travellers on those
plains spoke habitually of max
ing port urged Congress to enact
navigation laws for the prairie
ocean, Their covered wagons,
appropriately dubbed prairie
schooners,' we're in fact water
tight boats mounted on wheels,
rising high at prov and stern.
They thought of the plains in
terms of ~seafaring, and felt the
glamour of them as a magic of
the sea. They named the jump
ing-off place in Missouri, West
portl"
The prairie schooners' of San
ia Fe trail and Oregon trail
fame were notifications of the
original covered wagon" an
eastern vehicle which was devel-
oped in Lancaster county. Penn
sylvania. This was the Cones
toga wagon, which antedated the
western "prairie schooner by at
least a century.
Although the first of these We
hicles were modified English COW
cred farm wagons, which came
into use in New England and 9TH
er places on the Atlantic sea-
board early in the colonial days,
local conditions in Pennsylvania
notably the greater distances
between the producer and his
market, which made it essential
that the Pennsylvania farm wag-
on hold twice as much as the
New England farm wagon, where
distances we're shorter, hence the
sturdier built and heavier wagon
requiring from four to eight
horses to pull it-quickly resulted
in the development of a distinc-
tive type of wagon for this region.
Gradually the excellence of the
wagons made by the wheel
wrights of the Conestoga valley
of Lancaster county caused them
to become famous throughout the
country and "Conestoga wagon"
became a sort of trademark for
this type of freight carrier. They
differed from the English wagons
from which they sprang in that
the bed was longer and deeper
and had considerable sag in the
middle, both lengthwise and
crosswise. There was a very good
reason for this. If, while the
wagon was pursuing its way over
some rough trail or down a steep
mountainside, the load would
shift, settle toward the center and
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06

neck closing is the only ornamental
ton, for material such as this
handsome brocade exempliies the
thought that beauty unadorned is
adorned the most"
Conferred in the picture Is n Of
the seasons bestowed fashions
the princess silhouette that Is art
fully fitted at the waistline with
the skirt that is gently flared. A
fiower-patterned damask of benz
berg rayon Is used for this model.
To the left a hgure-molding after
noon dress in a richly brocaded bal
let dancing ~patterning holds forth
in the illustration. The high-necked
bodice is enhanced with a large old
fashioned brooch.
Designers are making varied uses
of brocade. Milliners welcome this
new damask-woven material as per-
feet for the very stylish draped
turbans for which everybody is call
ing. These bright colorful bits of
headwear are charming with winter
furs.
Add a handbag Of the same bro
cade and the ensemble will prove
a delight to the eye. One even
sees shoes made Of brocade. like
wise scarfs and belts.
The jacket suit made Of the neat
necktie-patterned brocade will be
featured later on in the spring,
its charm accented with the pretti-
ness of a blouse of the daintiest
lace-trimmed lingerie type.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06
Fruit Motifs of
Pasted Feathers

For a gay splotch of color on
your hat ask your milliner to show
you the new fruit trims. done in
pasted feathers. Plums. apples.
pears. bananas. and so on are down
the list. These motifs. in realistic
colors. are to be a%ppliqued on crown
OF brim or where you will on your
hat. Buy an extra n to attach
to the lapel Of your coat.
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06

Sleeve lengths grow capricious.
The type most called for and one
new in the field today is the bracelet
length sleeve. The dress pictured
Is so sleeved. Another feature in
current styling is that dresses are
subtly designed to achieve lines
that take inches off the strategic
points so as to slim the figure ac-
cording to fashions way of think
ing. Details that accomplish this
feat in the gown pictured are wide
shoulders so as 10 make the waist
line look smaller in comparison.
darts above the waistline to accent
the new ''nipped in" look. ard
smoothness around the hips. Sou
tache scrolls trim this frock which
is fashioned Of moss-green sheer
wool.
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06
Cloth Joined Up
With Surah Print

Considerable emphasis is given in
the advance costume displays to en-
sembles that are made of cloth COM
bined with surah print. the latter
used for. perhaps, the blouse, to
liae the coat and to erv as color
accent on pocket. neckline and
sleeve finishings.
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proof that he had actually been
there.
The former skeptics were now
convinced that he knew what he
was talking about and they
agreed to finance the c~onstruc-
ton of a super-windwagon. They
organized the Overland Naviga-
ton Company and the stockhold-
RS included some of the most
prominent citizens of Westport-
DR.. j. w. Parker, the leading
physician; Attorney ]. j. Mas
tin; Benjamin Newson, the Indian
agent; Henry Sager; Thomas w.
Adams; and, of course, the in
ventor, "Windwagon'' Thomas.
A Huge Wagon-Ship.
Under his direction there was
built a huge prairie schooner, rs
feet long and with a seven-foot
beam, mounted on four big
wheels, each IL feet in diameter.
The sides of the wagon, which
formed the "cabin" of this ship
of the plains, rose to the top of
the wheels and above it was the
deck" Toward the front was a
tall mast which carried only a
mainsail, but instead of the front
being the prov, as it is on a sea-
going vessel, the tail-gate of the
wagon was the prov and the
tongue of the wagon was brought
up and over the stern to serve
as a tiller.
Came the day when "Windwag-
on" was ready to demonstrate
his land leviathan. 1t required
two yoke of oxen to haul it out
on the open prairie. Then the
directors of the company-who,
according to Mr.. Vestal, had
fortified themselves at Yoakum's
bar"-went aboard. That is, all
of them did except DR.. Parker.
Evidently he decided that his pro-
fessional services might be need
ed before the voyage" was over
and he wanted to be able to sup
ply them. So he mounted his ia
vorite mount, a mule, and pre-
pared to follow the bold naviga-
tor, Cap'n Thomas, who mounted
the deck, hoisted his sail and
reached for the tiller.
A strong wind was blowing and
as it began to belly the huge sail,
the wagon-ship got under way.
Gradually it picked up speed and
DR.. Parker had to put the CAD"
to his mule to keep up with it.
Cap'n Thomas passengers were
delighted when the windwagon
started, thus justifying their faith
in its navigability and reassuring
them that they hadn't invested in
something that would prove to be
a failure. But as its momentum
increased they began to be a little
alarmed and as it went careening
over hill and dale they became
frightened. 1t was going so fast
that they didn't dare jump out,
as they wished to do. So they
began to yell to the skipper to
slow his craft down.
"Windwagon," however, was
fguratively, if not literally, ION
the crest of the wave" due partly
to the stimulation of the cargo
he had taken on at Yoakum's bar
and partly to the heady wine of
success. Instead of needing their
frightened cries and shortening
sail, he began to demonstrate his
seamanship.
"Watch me run 'er against the
windi" he shouted as he put over
the helm. That was a mistake,
as he soon learned. For as the
heavy ship-wagon came around,
something went wrong. Evident
ly the wind caught her sail the
wrong way for suddenly she went
into reverse. The quick-footed
mule on which DR.. Parker was
riding jumped aside just in time,
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06


would have been run down.
Then the steering-gear seemed
to have locked and before Cap'n
Thomas knew what was happen
ing his ship was going around
and around in overwhelming cir
cles. By nov his passengers we're
terror-stricken. High as they
were from the ground and risky
as a jump was, they decided that
it was high time to heed the urge
to abandon ship" While their
befuddled skipper roared out or
ders in nautical terms which
neither they-nor probably he
could understand, they leaped
overheard. BY some miracle of
good fortune no one was killed
and the worst anyone could
charge up against the experience
was a few bruises and a thor
oughly agitated mind.
As for Cap'n Thomas, true to
the traditions of the sea, he stuck
by his ship, evidently determined
to go down with flying colors and
perish with it if need be. But
there was no such dramatic end
to his career as a dryland sailor.
For within a few minutes his
craft ended up with a bump
against a stake-and-rider fence on
the bank of Turkey creek and
stopped suddenly, albeit so sud-
denly that he was jolted off and
landed in a heap on the ground.
With this inglorious end to his
first voyage, his dream of a fleet
of prairie ships vanished. Moth
ing Windwagon could say would
induce the Company to build the
rest of the fleet" writes Mr.. Yes
tai. 1.-THE lubbers had no heart
for prairie seafaring. They went
back to their shops and their of
fees, put the venture down to
profit and loss, and thanked heav-
en- that they were still alive and
sound. What else could be ey-
pected of men who halted on the
edge of the sea of grass?
'Windwagon' Vanishes.
But Windwagon remained un-
daunted. He embarked once
more in the small, light craft in
which he had come to Westport,
made sail, and vanished as swift
ly and mysteriously as he had
come. History has no more to
tell of him.
maybe he sailed away to shoot
buffalo from the after-deck. or
harpoon redskins daring enough
to run afoul of him on their cruis-
ing ponies. Perhaps he ran hard
aground in some deep valley or
ravine, where no wind came to
fill his sail, and nc bull-whacker
Numbered in to haul him out upon
the sandy plain. Perhaps the
cussed Injuns found him thus be-
Gained, and hung his hair upon
some pony's bride.
There are legends among the
Indians of a vehicle seen on the
prairie, a wagon that was bigger
than any wagon, which moved
without horses or oxen to draw it
and carried a white flag as tall
as a tipi.' What became of the
Navigator of the Plains will never
be known.
"But, in two respects, his story
is significant, showing us how men
of those days thought of the Plains,
with all the beauty and mystery
of the sea, and also illustrating
the dauntless character of the
men who crossed them, made
them their home"
According to Mr.. VestaI's notes
in the appendix to his volume, an
account Of this incident appeared
in the Kansas City Star for August
6, 1905, and recent files of the South
west Review gives q version of the
Indian legend referred to.
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06
Glove Note

Even short gloves this season may
be fastened with elaborate buttons.
Screen Player Virginia Vale has a
pair made Of black suede, buttoned
with tiny gold iligree beads.
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06
Red Felt Drum

Bright red felt c~riss-crossed with
strips Of black suede forms an I'm
usual new handbag which looks like
an elongated drum.
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06
Improved SUNDAY
Uniform ccY1O0r
= LESSON-: =
BY HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. d. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
tReieased bv Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for January ID

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
lected and copyrighted by international
Council of Religious Education. used by
permission.
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06
THE PROBLEM OF
FORGIVENESS

LESSON TEXT-Matthew 10 :2l-35.
GOLDEN TEXT-And forgive US our
debts. as we forgive our debtors.-M
thew 6:l2
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06
Angry Words

Seest thou a man that is hasty in
his words? There is more hope 0:
a fool than of him.-Proverbs 20, 20.
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06

Almost as strange as the "windwagon" described in this article
was the vehicle conceived by the imaginative writer of one of the
popular nickel novels of so years ago. Shown above is the illustration
on the cover of No. 81 of Vol. ~ of the Frank Reade Library which
bore the title Frank Reade Jris Clipper of the Prairie; or, Fighting
Apaches in the Far Southwest" This prairie clipper" seems to
have been a cross between a modern war tank and a trailer. The
living quarters had an observation platform on the roof and a good
sized cannon mounted forward. 1t was propelled by steam on
caterpiIlartread wheels and had a ramIike projection from the
front with which that intrepid hero, Frank Reade Jr, ran down
buffalo and impaled them!
The Omaha guide., 1940-01-06

according to Mr.. Vestal's notes
in the appendix to his volume, an
account Of this incident appeared
in the Kansas City Star for August
6, 1905, and recent files of the South
west Review gives a version of the
Indian legend referred to.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-26

Roanoke Rapids, OK
ford and Henderson
Bands Play; Junior
High Corps Adds 10
Event; Bulldog Backs
Thrill With Long
Runs. Passes.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-26
ECJTHPAW GOLFERS
10 PLAY ON SUNDAY

Chapel HILL oct. 2G.-The fol
often "cn" NJ self in the two Caro-
.a-~ ":.I gather here on Sunday
3e,.".r =. .ur 4 left-handed g"li
...wa..t 81 the Chapel Hill
-".a-H Club Course under the au-
..-s 10. tie L2a, Handed Golfers
,..v...,. Go. thc Carolinas.
@r.c~ will be awarded for low
gyyss and ,.H net scores IN both Is
.rt = ay.. competition. Eighteen
hole may be played either morning
Or both.
Among the outstanding southpaWS
who have significd their intention Of
competing "rc the present title-hold-
81 and 1897 winner. Bill Sharp Of
Grocnsh.ro. The 1886 champion, Fred
tlson e.. Charlotte; the 1898 tital-
III, Gus Arnoy of Morganton: and
-ast Eeor'S exemption, George Jones
ot AShcvji>.
\ blanket .itation has been OK
,H3e& 10 "a. >ouNpaw golfers who
".-.Gc in the taroIjnas. Members Of
.r2 Lett Handed Golfers AsSocia-
."" oE" especially invited to attend.