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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

- HE headhunter. the Pygmy,
and the Bushman are we'll
] advertised brands of wild
men familiar to the American
public at almost every circus
sideshow, but within 200 miles of
modern Los Angeles there dwells
a lost" tribe of savage Indians
whose very name is known to but
few.
This dwindling tribe consists of
only a few hundred members in
GLIDING the women, and is with
out civilized guidance, has never
been tanned" nor even exhibited
for that matter, yet it is older
perhaps than the Aztec nation.
1t offers a challenge to scientists
who have been trying for some
time to piece together a complete
and comprehensive account of
where these people came from
and just how they have side
stepped civilization.
This remnant of American
aborigines. known as Seris, in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Americas Only cannibal Tribe

dogs but raise no other domestic
animals nor fowl. Their trips to
the mainland, from which they
originally migrated count less
years ago, are few and far be-
tween for they have nothing
whatever to trade. Such excur-
sions are made merely for the
purpose of raiding and plumber
ing some isolated Mexican fishing
village. The marauders often
swoop down in the dead of night
and infiict great damage. Inner
ent thieves and killers, not par
ticular as to the flesh they take
for food, the tribe Is greatly
feared and their desolate island
usually is given wide berth.
Occasionally they obtain a few
garments from fishing boats call
ing out of necessity at the island.
or from some venturesome hunter
who lands, but is rarely heard
from again. So far as is known,
they are the only tribe Of canni-
balls living in America.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Todoy's Jokers Who Get a Kick
Out Of Pooling the Public Are
Pretty Smart at Times-Buf They
Had Nothing on the imaginative
Gag Men Of the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries

his grain into the hog troughs
on his estate rather than to dis
tribute it to a hungry populace.
Divine Providence. to punish
him for his unsocial behavior,
changed his body into the shape
of a pig. Anyway that's what the
hoaXers said. and people from one
end of the Continent to the other
believed them.
In the year 1927 some sly
prankster had the whole CONT
nent of Europe believing that a
fantastic sea monster had been
washed up on the shore of what
is now the Nazi sea base of
Friederickshaven.
A drawing showing this fabu-
lous sea-beast in all its anatomi-
cal details was circulated from
Scandinavia on the north to Italy
on the south. The brute. ac-
cording to the picture, was about
the size of an elephant. had the
fore feet of horse and the hind
feet Of a goose. a head like a wild
boar and long white beard
Not content with these exag-
gerations the artist gave the
creature the Dointed ears of a
fox and the eyes of a tiger.
The words that described the
oddity-which was said to have
been killed by 400 peasants and
20 dogs-explained it had a bull
bous body, with couple of mer-
maid-like tails and scales which
were red and white in color. 1t
was reported that this beast from
Never-Never Land roared like a
believing OK.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

He maintains that man, instead
of being limited by a one-man-
power-mind. has within him the
mind-power of a thousand men or
more as we'll as the energy-power
of the universe which can be used
in his daily affairs. He states that
this sleeping giant of mind-power,
when awakened. can make man
capable of surprising accomplish
ments. from the prolonging of
youth to success in many fields
To that eternal question, do we
have to die ?" his answer is
astounding.
The author states the time has
come for this long hidden system
to be disclosed to the western
world, and offers to send his amaz-
ing 9000-word treatise-which re-
veals many startling resuits-free
of cost or obligation. For your
free copy, address the Institute of
metaphysics, 213 South Hobart
Blvd, Dept. 236N. Los Angeles.
Calf. Write promptly, as only a
limited number Of the free treatises
have been printed. (Adv)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
scream Bombs"
1000 Years Old
IILLIONS of victims Of the

4 IILLIONS of victims of the
M new order" in Europe
W. know the terrifying sound
that scream bombs make as
they hurtle earthward. And it is
more than likely that most Of
these people think that this noisy
missile is an ultra-modern crea-
ton demonstrating. in . scien-
tific way, the old story Of mans
inhumanity to man.
But, as is the case with so
many supposedly up-to-date in
ventions, the principle Of the
scream bomb is at least 1000
years old. The, Chinese had the
idea a century before the begin
ming of the Christian era. With
them it was the whistling arrow.
The arrow heads were so made
that they screeched in their flight
through the air.
They were not like the present
day scream bonn b. especially
deadly weapons. Their chief use
was to Sfrighten people off the
streets when the Emperor rode
by. His Manchu bodyguards car
ried great sheafs of the whist
ling arrows with which they gave
their siren warning to the curious
public.
During the Middle Ages the
whistling arrow found its way to
Europe, where it was used prin-
cipally by hunters to scare up
game.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

have been taken prisoner in a
war between the Venetians and
the Turks. An able artist was
induced to collaborate On this
ancient gag and drew what thou
sands OF people believed to be an
exact likeness of the twin-headed
soldier. The hoax was strength
ened considerably by lying fight
ers on both sides who insisted
that they had seen the freak
looking both ways in the heat of
battle.
A Polish nobleman was the
butt of one of the cruelest hoaxes
of the good old days. Someone
who didn't like him circulated
the rumor that he had been par
italy transformed into a pig. An
artist was engaged to draw a
likeness Of the swine-man and
he did. A reproduction of his
gruesome, fantastic and utterly
false portrait is shown above.
The circulated legend with this
picture related that the nobleman
became angry because prices in
the year 1701 made it impossible
for him to gather in a big profit
from his bumper crop of grain.
He is supposed to have waxed
blasphemous and, to have thrown
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

Inc. Great Britain Rights Reserved.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

town who put on a banquet for
the visiting potentate."
But, as the old illustrations
ON this page show, the gagsters
of today have nothing on the
wise guys who kidded the public
back in the 18th and 18th CEN
turtles. One of the old pictures
shows an Italian hoax which is
in the neighborhood of 200 years
old. 1t is the likeness of an Italian
girl, who was reputed to be Is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

VERY so often some mag
NATIVE smart aleck" man.
- ages to put over a gag that
fools thousands of people-and
the best gags of this sort usual
~ break out around the first of
April.
Germany, of all countries, is
notorious for the gag" photo
graphs which editors use on
April FOOLS day These pictures
run the whole gamut Of credible
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

nonsense from likely looking
train wrecks that never hap
pened to newly discovered sea
serpents that look as real as life.
Straight-faced captions under
these pictures deceive a great
many readers.
Some years ago an English
prankster. a student at Oxford
University. made out he was a
visiting Maharajah. He fooled the
faculty and the mayor of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

Have you ever noticed how, after q
heavy round of smoking, your mouth
sometimes gets "sour" and you feel
''sickish" and headachy? Often that's
because of too much acid in your
stomach, brought on by oper-smoking.
Next time you smoke too much, and
feel bad afterwards-"jest" chew a
"JEsT" OF two! "JEsTs" have a clean,
refreshing rrinty flavor that sweetens
your mouth and your stomach.
"JEsrs" not only give amazingly
fast relief from acid indigestion and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

years old. very pretty Of face
and graceful of figure above
the waist. Her legs were shown
as monstrosities big enough for
a giant. There was no such girl
although people all over Europe
believed that she existed.
Another of the old prints on
this page created a great stir
In the year 1897. 1t shows the
celebrated "two-headed Turkish
archer" who was supposed to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

similar. distress caused by stomach
hyperacidity, but-because of a spe-
cial added ingredient-they also give
longer relief :. They actually help
to avoid a return of distress.
"JEsrs" contain no soda or other
free alkalis to ouer.alkalize the stom-
ach. They are not a laxative not
constipating. And they ,oiH not form
a habit Carry "JEsTs" with you
always Jest" in case! In handy
rolls for pocket or purse. JEsTs, Inc,
BROOKLYN. N. Y. N
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24
ELSIE ROBINSON

And the cruel thing people can't understand They THINK
cowardy And breaks heart TO be
like For you're not lazy cowardly Why
lazy cowardly in your whole body!
give anything be like other peope-abe to face
hingab ahead But just can't And it's all because
nferiori Compexan Inerory Complex that
help somebody hung you when didn't
know it being done.
THAT in short lneroy Complexer And
L a sales talk ii has peer.
do 1 sales talk?
mean patter whereby broadcaster promotes
puts very cowardce he scientifically
this the vicious of the racket-there
truth in his paer
BUT-and this is which the Inferiority Complexer
invariably disregards-AS KNOW WHAT IT'S ALL
ABOUT. WE CAN ELIMINATE THIS NEATAI~POISoN FROM
OUR SYSTEMS.
WE CAN'T HELP GETTING INFERIORITY COMPLEXES;
BUT If WE ONCE UNDERSTAND WHAT AII.S U.s. WE CAN
FREE OURSELVES FROM 1T AS WE WOULD FREE OUR
SELVES FROM ANY OTHER MENTAL NUISANCE
IN SHORT you longer than
wish Mama may have been to yousster may have
laughed your have been dented
sequence realize the for sens
timidity. you begin eliminating it.
will you any harder making the grade than
fellow inferoy complex, Courage and
spontaneous; always be achieved by
struggle and discipline
easy to nferiority complex
why don't all do ii: -
easy" possble&but easy Real
living easy It's much hang back pass
buck the other fellow than tackle the job
responsibility
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24

Duffield, have they private
room here?"
Duffield called Pete AntruSs.
the proprietor, and explained
the situation. Pete under
stood. being HH=Bfd= eenStrue-
ton man himself. He and
two walters cleared a room
on the third floor of its
furniture and came back and
told them everything was
ready. AS they looked ques-
tioningly at Duffield. he sor-
rowfully shook his head.
T'd like to see it," he
grieVed. "but il I'm not here
when the missus arrives, she'll
give me hell"
So the two went up into the
cleared room. They fought
for 20 minutes to the great
delight, of AntruSs. who got
homesick for the old life.
Enright finally caught Pat
with lucky punch and Pat
went out cold. When he
came to. they washed up and
came back to the table.
A LUCKY PUNCH
ut was just a lncky one,
Pat" Enright sympathized,
"yOu ought TO carry your
guard higher"
Pat didn't answer him. He
was looking at the Duffield
table. He said:
Look"
Enright looked and they
both hurried TO the table.
Boys" the Gorgeous
creature with Duffield said in
a whispered scream, Hon
and Pat, am so delighted
to see you She gave each a
little hand and they bowed
over it like two battered
cavaliers.
"Mrs. Duffield," Duffield
explained. II married her as
soon as you left. John, you
take over the tunnel job.
Pat, I'll put you in charge of
the subway"
THE END.
TOmorrow's short story:
Eye Witness" by Marie DE
NerVaud.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24
UNFINISHED BUSINESS

you're giving IL out-maybe.
It's a bribe."
Bourbon" Duffield told the
bartender and turned 10 the
husky. land I'll bride you
right back. John. When did
you get in and from where >"
Seattle" said John En-
right, what are the chances
II don't know" Duffield
told him thoughtfully, "Pm
waiting for a fellow. Invited
him to dinner with the wife"
His eyes began TO laugh.
maybe you've met him. In
fact, I'm sure you have" His
eyes caught sight of a mir
rued- giant walking in. He
was a double in build for the
man beside him. Shoulder
width for shoulder width,
small waist for Small waist.
Pat" Duffeld called, "Over
here"
"HY," HE SAID
Pat Wright shook hands
with him and looked at John
Enright. n.y." he said,
"WhatIl il be-"
"Over to the table" Duffield
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24

ordered, "Where is it. Cap
tain ,"
The three OF them followed
him to a table at the ring
side. Duffeld motioned his
guests INTO two vacant chairs.
IL suppose" Pat said 10
John, you're after a super's
job"
Right" John Enright adj
mitted.
II knew it," Pat nodded,
"we're always after the same
thing"
"And one of us gets it,"
John Enright told him, "and
no hard feelings. Except on
that one. You know. It's
still unfinished business"
Right" Pat agreed, "any
time. He's good man, Mr..
Duffield. as you should know.
If don't get it, he gets ii
and vice versa"
The club was filling up. The
orchestra began to play.
Cigaret girls strolled along.
The waiter brought three
highballs. Duffield looked at
his watch and then toward
the door.
when did that unfinished
Bv Jimmy H3tIO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24

OF my first kiss. OF course, In those days
kiss by the garden gate meant some
thing "-END)
AN AGAINST drafting bachelors first.
"A Young married men with no children
and whose wives can support themselves
should axe their turn for military service
on same basis as single men E. Am
asked about book: How to Manage
a Mother-in-law" Doesn't seem to have
been published yet but would be a
good addition to the how to" literature
How TO Live With Your Relatives and
Like It might be worth while, too :.
"What are the six best college songs"
asks Boston client Am not qualified
to answer that but 1 can tell you my
six favorites: Lord Jeffrey Amherst"
(Amherst College, Drink Highball
at Nghtfall' wesleyan University, "On.
the Banks of the Old Raritan' tRutgers).
mo Horse, No Wife No Mustache"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24

pension bridge In COhuilla.
Six years ago. Remember"
We'll" Duffeld said. 1--WE
got a bonus on that bridge.
Finished IL three weeks ahead
of schedule. There was IA girl
down there. Juanita EstradiS.
daughter of the mayor. Beauti-
full dancer. Looked like Renee
Marco. Oh. Juanita."
"You know the story" Pat
asked.
II knew the girl"
"This is the story" Pat
pointed out. "Enright, here,
and l were rOoming together.
We shared a room with
tarant black widow
spiders and fieas. You re-
member there was social life
there of a higher type. The
MeNicans liked the Ameri-
canos. The mayor insisted
that you bring some of your
most trusted men. ] met
Juanita there"
II met Juanita there" John
Enright entered.
SHE WAS GLAD
81 already had declared my
self" Pat said patiently. "She
knew what l thought of her
when you got there. I'd told
her. 1 took her out on a bal
cOny and l told her I'd seen
beautiful women in every
country but l had never fallen
in love at sight until l saw
her. She laughed. She made
her voice soft. She said she
was glad.
II was so sure she meant II
that 1 reached for her. She
didn't move but l didn't get
nv arms around her.
There was something about
that girl"
T'Il say there was" John
Enright agreed, II had the
same experience only l was
smoother about il. l showed
her a picture of my mother
and my sister. i said l was
tired of being a rolling stone
"And she told you to keep
on rolling" Pat jeered.
That's what IL amounted
to-" John admitted, "but she
was so nice about II that IL
took me a long time to get It,"
"Same with me-" Pat said.
"The thing is that both of us
.ot the idea that each was
the man Juanita eventually
would marry. Maybe the wish
was father TO the thought.
anyway, we remembered what
they say about everything is
fair in love and war and we
acted on It,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24
"AND REMEMBER"

"You did" John corrected.
Remember the time you told
her that my father had spent
10 years in prison for robbing
bank >"
"And remember" Pat cor
rected. "when you told her
that my father and two
brothers had made their living
robbing poor boxes and had
sent me to college on the pro-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24

business start: ?" he asked.
John and Pat looked ques-
tioningly at each other. John
nodded. "YOu start IT," he
said. "FIl come in from time
to time. It's a story IL takes
two tn tell"
I'VE were working for yOu,"
Pat began, ION that sus-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24

{ a n k G r
sores may be
single or null
tiple; may be
on the tongue.
the inside of
the cheek or
on the soft
palate. They
] a st from
three 10 five
days and are
always pain
full and some
times quite
deep. T h Q y
are frequently
a c c o m p a
MED by fever
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24

tWest Point, I'm the Son of Engineer Georgia TECH
"Booa Boola" tYae).
SPEAKING of the pepondeance of fellows named Bill Smith,
- the glamour girl Ethel Norman married
Which should prove when love walks nothing
Do think in possession of better when
married ma am? Alice Faye putting of her into
roadside dining know fellow Connecticut
who made with lunch because speciality he
had What do think this speciality was? So help it
cold poached sandwiches Maybe I'll cranberies
Restrain There's money cranbres
From them something called ursoc acid that sells
for SIS However, can't know how
berries ii takes 10 make ounce of ursolic acid$
no YOU remember Bayes singing Broken Doll? All
if you missed something Did you Lee Tracy and John
Wray the stage play Broadway In that play the gangser
pictured coward and doubecroSse true
aya Hollywood glorfed the Recall Harry elmann,
the suggng Tiger? Boy, he man murdefers row?
Don't tell forgotten Sherwood Magee Renember Victor
Emma Lefeld Change Your Act of Back the
Woods And what the the thai played From
Zaza Uncle Tom? And how about Felix and Barry? Were
they good And Dorothy Dell? Remember her? Cut off in her
youth peak automobile accident Who
recalls my LAUREL? Did loop the
loop Coney Island? There was an park
gonup people with good took the
chance.
JOE BENJAMIN. Ex-lightveight/ follower of the
thoroughbred boon of Harrison
Dempsey when latter champion "Can imagine this
Benjamin. Dempsey told NE we hunting trip in
doesn't like huntng lonesome for the bright lights
screaming night has toothache and must
go Heakes
walking back Salt Lake. try to thumb ride
tumble I'm Jack Dempsey the worlds
champion. fellow his fedora hat sideways
shouts back Glad P meet pal I'm Napoleon and drives
Benjamin who present during the telling of this
story interrupted part
fe The Manassa Maue growled "some
what9" Hou should hear Dempsey and Benjamin tell
trip Europe For laughs Mark ans Innocents
Abroad is just pot in it with that.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24

blisters on the lips, often ex-
tending on TO the checks. Some
people seem to be especially
susceptible and have occurrences
throughout life from factors
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24
Daily Short Story
By CHARLES McGUIRK

ceeds. That was putting II on
a little thick, Enright. 1
never even had one brother.
MY father was known as the
most honest man In our state"
ut was you who told her
about a wife 1 was supposed
10 have deserted In Shanghai"
Enright said bitterely. Hell.
why couldn't you fight fair ?"
"Why did you tell her that
I was plotting with bandits TO
kidnap herr" Pat growled.
THAT was the night i learned
you were a rat. IL you hadn't
left town to take that job In
Puget Sound, I'D have bat
tered your brains out when l
got out of the calabOOse.
Juanita's father had me
arrested"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24

nUFFIELD lived in New
~ York between jobs but
Jobs were frequent and the
city he called his home might
see him from week TO
month out OF every year
Never longer.
Tho rest of his time was
spent in far places over and
under rivers, around dams, IN
places where the government
was laying large plats TO take
care of some big scale manu-
facturer.
Duffield. in his potter and
upper case moments, was a
construction engineer, partner
of Edward Brise in BriSe *
Dufheld. They were the tops
in their field and millionaires.
But you'd never know it to
look at Duffield.
LARGE-NOT FAT
He was a very large-not
fat. large-man with red hair
and a beak of a nose. He
never talked. He beloved.
He never argued. He fought.
Hearing him or watching him,
you might think he was self
made man with a lot of re-
painting to do on the job.
II might bowl you over to
hear he was a graduate of
. NJ. |. r. He collected Cellini's
more exquisite works. He
admired Benvenuto.
There was rejoicing among
the sand hogs who lived or
had their origins in New York
when they heard that Brise &
Duffield had won the contract
to dig the Harlem Tunnel
That meant they had two jobs
in the only city for they were
building the new subway too.
That. in turn, meant that
Duffield would be in New
York, his home town, for a
year, maybe two. The news
got around. 1t went from
coast to coast, from Canada
TO Mexico. wherever sandhogs,
bridge men. iron workers, con-
struction men of any kind
foregathered.
LOOK FOR JOBS,
Soon there was an influx
into the metropolis of strong
men with laughing eyes and
hard mouths. They'd come to
look up Duffield for jobs.
He held audiences in the
unlikeliest places, favoring
night clubs where, in between
dinner and show time, he
might interview a dozen appli-
cants for jobs ranging from
superintendent of construction
TO ordinary caiSson man.
His favorite among the
night spots was the Swinging
Door because Pete AntrusS
who ran it, had once thrown
riyets for him. The Swinging
Door was a good place, not
swanky but not low heel,
either.
Duffield held forth at the
bar, doing something he'd fire
a man for. drinking to what
in other men would be excess.
But eight or nine highballS
merely gave him an appetite.
He was standing there one
night, drinking his fifth when
a square-built giant doomed in
the doorway and cast his ice
blue eyes around the room.
They lit on Duffield and he
walked over to the bar.
"wHO's BUYING"
"Whatll II be, DUFF" he
asked.
who's buying ?" Duffield
asked over the rim of his
glass as he looked at his pro-
posed host in the mirror.
=. II am" the husky told him,
I'm wangling job and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24
Better Health
By DR.. Logan Clendening

Two common forms OF aeute
trouble in-tlfe mouth are %
canker sores and fever bliSters
and (2) an acute infection of the
gums and inside of the check.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24
On the Side
By E. V. During

He kissed ae--aud ! kyioar 'oos icron0,
For nc ias mother kith nor KIM.
Need one do pcH0Hoe rcrg long
For such d tiny little SIN!
BIT after oU I'm not 70 blame,
he took tho KISS! do think men
Are quite fri'hoat Of shame!
4 icondcr whcH hen AGAIN.
Anon,
above who is grandmother, and Is about TO
become great Ct These
poem grhood" she ut always reminds me
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24

blame for that feeling. Somebody, OF some-
thing else, hung it on you.
Maybe your mother was mean to YOU
Or your father didn't understand you
Or your teacher jumped on YOU
Or your best girl laughed at you
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24

WHATEVER it was, something once
w upon time happened to you that put
crimp in. yo6f style, And ever since.
you've not been like other people. Maybe
you look like other people; talk, walk,
laugh, play eat, sleep like other people
but you're really not like 'em. No! Way
down deep inside, something's wrong with
you. Something's crippled
So you can't go ahead and take
chances
Can't stand hard knocks like you
oughtta-
Dasn't trust yourself TO tackle bad