Life — March 17, 1927 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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Life 31 Another Record Swim Brut. Baxter of Kokomo, Ind., has cap- tured at one coup every swimming record in the books. It happened this way, ac- cording to the reliable Associated Press: Bill was sitting on top of a locomo- tive tender at West, Miss. waiting for the train to pull out and haul him some- where else. All of a sudden a brakeman hore into view. Now brakemen, for some obscure reason, become annoyed when they sce somebody sitting on top of the Jocomotive tender. So Bill, in order to keep out of sight, slid down a manhole which was in the top of the tender. There he splashed into seven feet of water; for this locomotive tender was not acoal bin but a tank, Well, as you may guess, Bill was sur- prised. And as there was nothing else to do, he swam. He swam until the train started for Yazoo City, and then be swam some more; he swam and he swam, and as he swam the water grew rougher and rougher with the swaying of the train. He grew a little seasick, but determined to keep on for the sake of the ald U. S. A. Soon he had reason to regret that he had not used grease, as that would have lessened the friction as he caromed off the sides. He rested a while, using a back stroke to keep afloat. Then he swam again, On, on, on, the same gruelling grind, with hardly a variation in his steady, thythmic crawl, But even stout hearts grow faint, and presently Bill was on the point of giving up. But then, presto! his feet hit bottom, He had forgotten that a locomotive uses water to make steam, and that all the time he was swimming his pool had been growing shallower. Then the lights of Yazoo City cane into view, and as the train came to a stop Bill climbed out, tired but tri- umphant. He then found he had swum thirty miles in a little less than an hour, which breaks all records. In an interview, he said he did it for the kiddies in the Kokomo Orphan Asylum. —New York World. His Chance Tur inquiring reporter went to inter- view the Devil on the subject of evolu- tion, and found his Satanic Majesty watching the fundamentalist-modernist fight with joyous interest. “No wonder you are so pleased,” said the reporter. “You invented evolution, didn't you?” “Oh, no,” replied the Devil; “far from it. I just invented the argument over it.” —New Orleans Times-Picayune. California Papers, Please Copy A aerort from the Smithsonian Insti- tution announces that the sun is a trillion years old. This comes to ten billion cen- turies, and some city ought to have a costly exposition about it. —New Yorker. Tue Globe quotes an Atchison woman driver: “I knew he was going to hit me, %T just drove up and waited.” —Kansas City Star. CHOOSE A CANADIAN NATIONAL VACATION THIS YEAR Send for these booklets on Canada’s Vaca tion Lands. G Vacation fands Come to this great Northland where golf, fishing, bathing, boating and other vacation joys await you—where sunny days and cool nights send you back refreshed. Many delightful resorts from Coast to Coast offer an ideal vacation. The Provinces by the Sea-Seaside nooks and woodland playgrounds abound in the Maritime Provinces. Many popu- lar resorts to choose from. In ancient Quebec—the vacation-land of Romance, where old-world customs and landmarks still abound. Many lovely Lower St. Lawrence resorts offer their hospitality. The Highlands of Ontario—camp and fish in the wilds of Timagami, Algon- quin Park and Nipigon Forest Reserve, or stop at Muskoka Lakes, Lake-of-Bays, Kawartha Lakes, Georgian Bay, and the Eastern Shores of Lake Huron. Jasper National Park—4400 square miles of rocky mountain magnificence; golf, ride, hike, climb, swim; stop at Jasper Park Lodge, rate $7.50a day up—Ameri- can Plan, accommodation for 450 guests. Jasper Golf Week September 10 to 17. Canadian National operates 22,548 miles of track; fleets of coastal and ocean steam- ers; 102,000 miles of telegraphs; a chain of hotels. Its Express Service handles over 12,000,000 consignments annually, Fill out coupon and send to nearest office [CANADIAN NATIONAL Che Largest Railway System in America OFFICES Boston Minneapolis S33 Washington St. 618 Second Ave, So, Buffato New X 11 So, Dirtston St. Chicago 108 Wi. Adams St. Cincinnatt 432 We ‘St. comicbooks.com