Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1917 — Necktie as Life Saver. [ARTICLE]

Necktie as Life Saver.

A necktie saved a Glasgow captain’s life recently. He had been a passenger on board a Greek ship which had been torpedoed in the Mediterranean. He managed to keep afloat for a while, until a spar drifted along with a Frenchman on it To this he clung, unable to sera mill e on because he had lost the use of his right arm and leg. “Then,” says the Glasgow man, “a storm came up and we were lashed and buffeted about till I could hahg on no longer. ‘So long, old chap,’ I said, you and thanks.’ ‘Nonsense,’ he said. ‘Hang on for a second, and I'll fix you.’ Before I knew what he was about he had whipped off his necktie and had securely bound my arm to the spar. Then we passed the night in terror. I thought my arm would be torn out.. But in the first light of dawn an Italian destroyer came along and picked up everyone who had been on the ship. Yes,” continued the Scotchman, “if you are going to sea in these parlous times be sure you have a good, long, strong necktie with you and don’t lay it aside for an instant”