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DONALD DUCK

ATTES MEN'S SHOP

BIG SALE

MEN'S SUITS

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Wild River Rowend.

Tuesday,

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August 20, 1940,

By Walt Disney

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WALT DISNEY

MAGAZINE PAGE.

These discreet fellows are

willing to hold coats, doors

I

ESCORTS

A LA CARTE

orchids, too.

1

to

If she wants to appear and elmirs, but not hands behaved like gentlemen (for a rea- will hold coals, doors and chairs, but supper, etc.

rouble fee). I could produce with not, hunds. If the lady has on offer behind an ambush of orchids, we only a few hours' nolice that "extra lionate and loving nature, I expect gladly order them sent to her with a

the Escort to handle the eituation with sentimental card she can show am the

man' guaranteed to save the most tact and above all, with discretion! friends. Naturally she pays for the Gigolo

would provide a 1 insist that the acquaintanceship re- King deadly dinner. I

strictly profesional The male fourth for bridge-merely ring up and main upon

I assured her my basis. Ladies have unme your system. Peggy

young men made ident background habit of urging their If op kins

for glamorous girls and ideni glamour Escorts to just drop Joyce for backward girl. We specialize around "socially" for bavit in launching wallBowers auccessfully. cocktails or dinner.

naturally have to succeeded We have just the right "alce young! in putting man" to take Grandma to the movien lamp out this evil or masculine or to take Aunt Alice to Cousin to bankrupi,

The social charm Sophie's Musical Ten. upon

business basis.

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ny

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Although prefer American college boys, because of the de- mand, 1 did take on one bona fide Russlan Prince. The Prince has been a gold mine! I rent him out, now, the season. by

Be was at Bar Harbour all summer and will be in Miami ali win- scrupulously

The Prince 19

to marry

FAMOUS REGIMENTS

Now as to fees, a

to mentor fried me out and was impress matter dear ed. She passed the glad tidings on. heart. My rates are fair. Five I now have forty-seven Guide very I originated the Guide Escort

Escorts between the ages of twenty- dollars for an carly evening (untfi ter, Service, I provide handsome one and twenty-eight. However, I ten o'clock); five dollars for every honest and has refused young escorts for lonely ladies, do have five mature, distinguished two hours thereafter. The Escortree of our Clients.

My most popular Escort is a Yale The ladies from out-of-town and gentlemen for these ladies who are splits with me fifty-fifty. I have no man who was a life guard.

about being classed as difficulty collecting My Escorts are demand for him is terrife. He hos ladies whose charms have proved sensitive

Cradle Snatchers.

gentieinen and I check up anyhow, been presented with a farm in Ver- mont, ruby cuff links, д Chrysler insufficient.

lady pays all expenses, tax, roadster and a saxophone. I'm afraid My men must be Ave feet ten or The However, I didn't start the service taller. They must dance well, talk dinner, drinks, tips, theatre tickets, he'll get rich and retire, on an impulse of overwhelming al- easily, order readily and have tact lantry, I started it for the delightful and social expedience. Although I purpose of making money. Never-have two Adonises, great beauty is thelcas. I'm a boon to my clients, not required. Personality, breeding Unescorted females are not welcome and wit are essential. My men all in smart restaurants and swank night have Jobs. The Guide Escort Service. clubs, Now, what are the poor things in remunerative recreation, not a

vocation. going to do?

When the lady calls I inquire Widows, divorcees and wallflowers; minutely as to the type of escort the debutantes, dowagers and dumb- wants, If she is "horsey, we send belles; career girls and business girls; her a man who knows horses from They cars to tail. If she wants the soulful they all want to go places! want to dance and dine, see and be YP, we send her a gentleman who

knows poetry, painting and music. But thero aren't suckers ЕССП

My Escorts meet all clients in the enough to go round.

lobby, not in her living room, bed- Founding the Gulda Escort Service room, or bath. We only go to the recognized smart clubs and rest- was not a childhood ambition. It was auraits. No beer joints, Greenwich an inspiration that followed a bitter Village or Harlem. experience.

By-Ted-Peckham.

1

I left college with high hopes of rocking the advertising world to its very foundation. I lived in an attic and ate in the Automat (with rest- raint), and tried to save money for a new pair of shoes. One

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cnough

FUNNY SIDE UP

for

men.

SOMALILAND CAMEL CORPS BECAUSE of tribal disturb-fighting actions at Endow Pass (1917) ances, the Somaliland Camel and OK Pass (1918). Corps was raised in 1912 by Mr. war the Corps was one of the unlis On the termination of the world R. C. Corfield from loyal tribes-taking part in a combined sea, land und air operation which finally over- threw the Mad Mullah. During the On September 9, 1913 It fought an pursuit the Corps animals marched nction against superior numbers of 150 miles in 72 hours. the Mad Mullah's dervishes from The indian Company of the Corps 0.50 am. until late into the afternoon, was disbanded. In 1922 this Com- The Corps lost nearly 60% of its pany was replaced by men drawn strength.

from 1st Bn. King's African Rifles

(Nynsaland),

Subsequently

the Corps was re- organised, expand-

ed and ofcered Irom the British ̈ ̄und“Indlarf“Armiles, In November, 1014 [11] nituck Was made on the Mad Mullah's forts at Shinber Beris. The casualties in- cluded

in 1923 the for- ward polley of Di Vecchi, the Gov- ernor Di Italian "Somaliland, entali- ed unrest amongst the tribes in East- ern Somaliland and The Corps WAB again on

active operations.

In the same year the Corps ceased The Corps had originally consisted to be an independent organisation of 3 Camel Companies and one Pony and became an Integral unit of the Company. After the final overthrow of the Mad Mullah one of the Came! King's African Rifles.

For the remainder of the Great Companies was disbanded, and in War the Camel Corps was on active 1932 one of the two remaining Camel service against the Mad Mullah, Companies was mechanised.

Captain Carton de Wlart who

1928-1929 and again in 1933 it lest the sight of an eye and gained was employed against the Esa tribe The lady is requested to have two the D.S.O. This offleer as a Major in the Zella district. In 1036 the to hand to her General was recently on active ser- Corps was employed during unrest of the few important men I knew envelopes ready

is the moy

vice in Norway. called me up. He said he had a Escort. In one

amongst the tribes along the South- In the other, his fee.

In January 1915 a second attack ern border of the Somaliland Pro- sister who was coming to New York expenses.

Ours is a pay-as-you-go organization,

was made on Shanber Beris and the tectorate. for a visit. He wanted me to meet strictly cash and no credit!.

forts blown up. her. In fact, he wanted me to take The Guide Escorts are allowed Just her out. I couldn't say no, so I said one drink on hour. The lady may drink as much as she pleases. If she I gathered together all the money gets stinko, the boys have instruc- I'd saved for the new pair of shoes on to leave her flat. The lady is supposed to behave like a lody no and called for Sister at her smart matter how much it hurts. My men hotel. Down she enme! When I saw that horse, 1. thought I'd die! She had pop eyes, buck teeth und neck as long as a girafe's. She ate like a boa-con- strictor. She ate up a week's salary and drank up my shoes. She sald it was wonderful we had found each other because she didn't know any young men in New York. Then is That when I had my inspiration! evening would not have been so bad If she had been paying for it! After all, she drank all the lquer (1 don't drinkt), ate most of the food and did all the talking. Yet I had to pay!

It wasn't fair and it wasn't fighti

I rounded up some chaps I knew, nice guys from good families, Hor- vard, Yale and Princeton men, starv- ing decorously. I broached my pro- position. They were not only Interest- ed, they were game and eager. Even anxious to escort genteel and solvent females to the hot spots, for expenses and small remuneration,

My next problem was to get some clients. It didn't take 'mo long. I went to the managers of the best hotels and they were enthusiastly. Unescorted ladies are a headache to many a host, in fact, they are

hell

of a problem. They take fancies to bellboys and walters. They smile too easily at strangers in the dining room and they are apt.to get bolled in the bar

I dropped a word in the car of a

| certain social mentor. I was on-

nounerd, ready to produce a blue- blooded stag Üne of gentlemen, who

Cope, 1941 ky United Festers Epudienta, ina.

By Abner Dean

"koop throwing him out; but the street cleanor keeps

throwing him in again!”.

Where Would You

Find

**

1. The University of California?

2. The only continent completely

south of the eqtwitor?

3. An ounaniche

4. Statuary Hall.

5. The "Whirlpool of Europe”?

6. Moon Island?

7. The capital of Illinois?

3. The Aral Sea?

10.

. The Yellowstone Trail?

Carrara marble?

ANSWERS

1. Berkeley, Calit

2. Australia.

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3. A small Canadian salmon, 4. The popular name given to the chamber In the Capitol, Washington, utlized for the statues of historic Americans. 5. A name given the Balkan peninsula, because it is con- sidered the political storin center of modern Europe.

0: An Island in Boston Harbor,

Moss.

7. Springfield.

B. A salt infand zes in Russian

Turkestan.

9. A highway from Boston, Mass.,

to Seattle Wash. 10. It is Italy.

quarried at Carrarna »

GIBRALTAR

CAN HIT

-AND HARD!!

THE outbreak of war in the

Mediterranean found the stronghold at its narrow portal fully prepared to with- stand the shocks and strains of the most furious and pro- longed assaults that may

come.

were

Women and children evacuated, all weapons got ready, every post manned, all precaption- ury measures taken, stores of pro- visions and munitions filled to

for capacity, everything geared instant action and grim endurance. The strength of the batteries has recent been greatly increased in years, and they contain guns, of exceptional calibre und range. No detnits can be given, but the big- gest modern, fixed artillery has u range up to 30 miles and more. It can be taken as certain that every

acre of Barned or water within their reach has been carefully "plotted" to enable the expert gunners to drop their salvos with unfailing precision, whether by day or night. Gibraltar can hit as hard as she can be hit, and probably a great deal harder.

(or of

Altempled bombardment from the sea would be an extremely dangerous undertaking for the at- tacker. Howitzers on the heights above Algeciras in Spain, six miles Spanish away, or near Ceuta in Morocco, 18 miles away, could ter the late

port, town and

which makes

neutrality

# factor great importance in determining what Gibraltar may be called upon to endure for endure the fortress will, we can be conndent, what- ever the trials. The batteries are sited to deal with Are from any quarter, and the guns emplaced to be Impervious to any save direct hits.

may

Large-scale air raids, if they could be successfully carried out, might wreck the town, but Italian airilelds are far distant, and for the intensive bombardment from air, as from the land, bases on the Spanish or Moroccan mainland are required, while anti-a craft de- fences have been brought to the highest pitch

of efficiency. Though assaults in force seem unlikely, Gibraltar is fully It prepared for any emergency. can stand a long siege if necessary, with protection and provisions for the population. There are enough munitions, stored in bomb-proof men magazines, to feed the guns of all types and calibres for months. The civilians remaining. after the removal of the women cari and children brought away, live like prehistoric troglodytes, it need be, in the immense caverns made to shelter them.

Ten Huge Caverns

many.

For the shelter of elvillans, Sir Edmund Ironside while he was Governor ordered the excavation of huge caverns in the lower part of the Rock, near and in the town, so that none will be caught far from

a refuge when an alarm sounds,

Each of these great grottoes, to situated that no one need be more than two minutes' hurry from the nearest, accommodates from 1,000 to 1,500 persons. To avald

con gestion, there are five or six en trances to each, and they are fitted with benches and electric light, provided with drinking water and first-aid stallons, and have gas- proof curtains ready.

and

A vital need in withstanding slege is an adequate supply of food and water for garrison and civilian population. Enough food of care- fully selected kinds and tested quality is laid by to last for months. Gibraltar cannot be knocked out or starved out any more then in 1770, the last of many sleges, when it endured four years of blockade

nel bombardment. French Spanish ship binzed away and

huge.

floating batteries of the heaviest guns. Elliott, the Governot, a gelm old Scot, was the life and soul of the defence. He had furnaces ever ready for a con- stant supply of red-hot shot for his. 80 guns. In the last phase of the terride bombardment all the guna on land and sea were firirig · day and night without intermission."

there were

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Dress

Materials

ONE OF THE FINEST RANGES WE HAVE EVER DISPLAYED.

Must clear at 95c. yd.

Also — COTTONS @ 75c. SILKS @ $1.50 yd.

Ladies' HATS

going at

$1.00 each

BEACH HATS $1.50

CELLULAR CORSELETTES Sale $2

SILK PANTIES

COTTON VESTS

All Dress Flowers less 25%

Costume Jewellery 25% disc.

$1,50

$1.50

Ladies'

DRESSES $2 & $3

Children's Dresses

$5.00

Ladies' RAINCOATS

Fawn & Navy only

$7.50

SHIRT BLOUSES, $2

CHILDREN'S DRESSES (small) $2 & $3

CHILDREN'S SOCKS 2 prs for $1

BUCKLES & BUTTONS ~2~Prico

LADIES' DEPT.

VALENCIA TALC. $1,10 monster tin.

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