Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1926, Page 25

R THE EVENING STORY (Copyright by M. E. Bertram.) “0)d Mrs. Tripp.” ULTA GRIGGS I fully with the tablecloth which had been borrowed from old Mrs. Swain I's mother— d the two ) were all the set the table care- ploces of cut glass, wt Halfords' chima clc contained. When the two pieces of cut gla tere out of the « closet, it took n good deal cle subtertuge conceal their absenc Julla sighed stood contem plating the table, partly because it iooked shabby in_sp of all she could do. She had better silver and linen and at home in the dear little house which she was trylng B Tt aire where she had to steal an hou quist now and then and forget the Halfords’ existence. The door opened and Claire Halford entered with a vase of roses. Claire was the elder of the two Halford girls, nnd the plainest—a dumpy little per- son, with the set expression of a papier-mache doll. Without noticing Julla, she set the flowers in the fld- dle of the table. ieor sister Nan and Mrs. H appeared. 0N, « “What made you get Claire! I wanted ' Why didn't you get pink then in d of t to me?” snapped then dumpy, set- faced like 1 her maid, “as wo people to lune ve so many ou won't be 1 time off.” ay. She > rest of the was different. Sun ted a bit of time to her to the kite she was tired, r eyes. idish,” she thought 3 re out you st emplover says. 1 not to vet—oh, 1 did a little while do » wrndow and stood ction of her home. and the house had husband, who hiad dfed Y for if. Her for, and h constitute a could add to hy Suddenly her attention was called to the Haiford giris were in the next room dream was to get it paid nough saved up to little income, which she boarders and t seem to have a Claire said. “The ing old Mrs. Tripp! ins, too. And to be a very 1 tell you.™ protested Mrs. Hal 1 tried my best to but they wouidn't come, a d to have body asked for filler." ller,” s old woman!” t s anter- ia M Halford. nee for a nap any s are so obstinate. a | auality They door the firs Some- | ¢ the quality of er, and the gar- nced the guests e been just as well pleased. Mrs. Halford ordered v nd today Julia perceived that she would have to make her own lunch out of bread a In counting noses Mr made the mistake of leavi rid When the gue the table, Julia apron. put ¢ rved nishing would seated at off her kitchen ite apron and he passed the old vipp. the old ed up at her sharply “Why—how-do, she Mrs. Halfc down her lip, at Juli Julia were to blame. Julia Khe had always known old Mrs E intended to & Mrs. Halford" to Must Sell This Home —today or tomorrow - sure— The owner has asked us to make a speéial effort to dis- pose of it—and has agreed to 619 Lamont St. N.W. Near Soldi 20-foot. front—6 rooms a porch—in excellent condition. $7,950—$69.50 a mo. Open 9 AM. to 9P.M. CAFRITZ = 14th & K EAL to | .| went to fora he could finish paving | some- | d Nan bit- | “|to high quality ESTATE. was not supposed to have eyes or ears, Mrs. Eastman, gay and inconse- quential, saved the sitvation by saving something lively, and Julia got round the table without further mishap. But she was awaré that Mrs. Tripp con: tinued to stare at her. After lunch, while Julia was wash- ng the dishes, the door opened, and jold Mrs. Tripp came into the kitchen | “Julie,” she said, “how’d you lke to come and llve with me the rest of the Winter. I've got to have some one. Now that I'm getting old, 1 sup- | pose it fsn’t safe for me to be alone. I've been looking a good while for | somebody just like vou.” | Julia’s face brightened. it she said gratefully Halford won't let me go. “Won't she?” said old Mrs. Tripp. Well, .we'll see about that. She might better Jet her fat daughters do the work. It would do them good.” That evening Mrs. Halford and the sirls entered the kitchen where Julia was resting for a minute, “Julla,” said Mrs. Halford, “I've concluded not to keep you any longer. The girls and I will try to get along by ourselves after this. Your week is up tomorrow, and I will pay you and you can go." “I suppose, to.old Mrs. asked you “Yes, sha did,” replied Julla, “but I didn't think of leaving here until you were through with me.” “Well, we're ghrough with you, said Claire. “The:next maid we have will wear A eap, and she woh't speak to guests when she serves them at table. You are simply monstrous, Julia.” Julia wpa “only like Mrs, sald Claire, “you'll go Tripp’s. as usual said mothing. She Mrs. Tripp’s next day, and the old lady was wondrously kind to her. There was. delicious food In |abundance, and Julia did not have to |stay in the kitchen half the time. “T saw how it s with vou at Kate Halford's,”” Mrs. Tripp-said_one {day. “They're aitogether too - big: |feeling. I can't get over the look | Claire gave me when I spoke to you, she chuckled at the thought wouldn't have gone there only 1 wan ed to get a glimpse of you. I alway: thought a lot of you, Julla, whether | ¥ou knew it or not.” She was silent a momerit, and then she asked: | “Did you know why | invited me that da Julia kept her lips shut. She could not tell this dear old woman that she had been invited as “filler. But she was completely {when Mrs. Tripp answered | question by saying Kate Halford surprised her own | the mortgage on her house. due and she didn't have a blessed cent | to meet it with. And that” she add- ed, finally, #was why she let me carry ¥ou away, too. You suited her well | enough she didn’t dare offend old | M ' | Clues to Character BY J. 0. ABERNETAY. Persons of Quality. i Modeling and texture are Coarse hair, features that are are indications of as well as denoting an orior mentality. If looking for a person of refine- ment, good taste and one who appr cites ‘the love of the beautiful. pick the person with a fine smooth and dell- | | cate skin. g The person with a fine skin in- variably has finer feelings than the person with coarse-grained skin. A {fine, clear skin, as well as bright, fine, glossy hair, attests to that love of cleanliness and neatness which is one of its most striking phases Quality is more than skin deep. The sensitiveness of the skin de- mands that care shall he exercised in promeoting the comfort of the {body by cleanliness without and | purity within. For it is only bLy| having a state of soundness and | purity of the digestive system that | a’ fine, clear, healthy skin can be obtained. | Those persons whose -skins are thick, greasy and rough, and.whose hair is very coarse and. dull are never as refined and cleanly as those who are the rever: The brain corresponds to the hody. The per- son with high qualities—skin and features——will possess a high-quality indices coarse | poorly poot in- skin and | modelea (Conyright. 4.) a remarkable price and terms. iers’ Home nd bath; natural trim; large Paved street and alley. I suppose she | yather | exes, | pretend THE BVENING SUB ROSA Mis-Mates. Last night I watched a couple who had been marrled for 18 years— watched and listened, and wondered how their romance had started. Mr. B. is a rather striking figure of a man——tall and distinguished look.- ng, quick and decisive In his manner of speaking. He is amusing, teo, in a drs, quiet way. His sallies called forth laughter time after time, as he discussed poli tics and books, music and the theater. Mrs. B. must once have been pretty —-in an appealing, youthtul way. One can see, even no traces of a pink and white, brown.eyed loveliness. She isn't bad looking—just rather faded and dull after her 18 years of rimony. Not that her manner i{s dull—far from it. She gives one the impression of the greatest vivaclty. Her voice can be heard way above the noise of the party. “Yes, my dear, we do hope to bulld next year. We're so tired of the place we're in now. My mother was saying only the other day—my mother is with now, you know; she's been staying our place for a month now. She was going home, but she got a bad attack of appendicitis and we kept her on for a while. Isn't it aw the way every one has ap- pendicitis these days? death for fear the children—I have two, you know. Such perfect darlings. Buster—that's the youngest—-—"" And she goes on and on, wandering from one subject to the other, entirely oblivious of the fact that she's boring her audience to pieves and torturing her husband. Poor man, he fidgets and looks at his feet, and tries te stop her. He's acutely uncomfortable every minute she's ‘speaking. He knows that she bores him—that her endless prattle gets on his nerves ~and he deduces that it's having the same effect on every one else present She's entirely out of sympathy with him. His dry humor leaves her cold. She's vaguely aware that he's funny, hug consld that her own vivid citals of domestic pfffllrl are much more interesting. So there they sit—one bored to death with the other. Later, Jackson, who's known them both since childhood, told me about their romance. “Ethel (Mrs. B.) married Jerr when-! they were both kids. She was awfully pretty then and she was dead crazy about him. She didn't sympathize with any of |, “She asked me, Julia, because T hold | IS ideas at all, didn’t have a taste in and it was | COMMon with him, really—but she was | determined to get think he always knew that they | him were mis-mates, but she was so darn pretty and she pretended such an interest in all the things he thought worthwhile, Well, she pulled the wool over his finall He came to the con clusion that she really liked the things be liked, and she got him. After all, she got what she wanted.” Yes, but what good did it do her? She got her first few yvears of married life, and then she found herself with a bored, dissatisfied husband—a hus: Mwul» who fust tolerates her remarks and ideas—a husband with whom she has no sympathy and who has mno personal interest in her at all. However great the temptation to ta vour sweetheart to be something other than you are—resist it. You can't keep up your pretense forever and it will be an unhappy day for both of you when he finds out that he married what he thought you were—not what you really are. ply ¢4 2 Baked Hominy. Mash enough left-over hominy to fill an ordinary baking dish. Add two eggs, one teaspoonful of butter, one tablespoonful of flour, with one teaspoonful of baking powder, salt, pepper, and one-half a cupful of milk, making a stiff batter. Put all this in a dish and bake for three- quarters of an hour. I'm scared to | ‘STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURDAY, Making the Most of Your Looks BY DOROTHY STOTE. Our Children Mud Pies. | ’ There’s nothing in the play world that so reaches the heart of a child, boy or girl, than a batch of mud pies We are born of the earth. Down through the ages we have turned to earth and all that dwells upon it for comfort in time of trouble, for in- spiration In the day of discourage- ment, for food and shelter and happi- ness in daily living. When we are and the =im of our day sinks below the horizon, we lay our tired | selves to rest in her hosom. From the earth we came and to the earth we return. Something of that ‘is consclousness of - each home of mankind means too. much to the race to allow it to be otherwise. Ghildren love the open places. They shout with joy at the sight of the sky and the trees and flowers and the friendly animals. They have reached home ‘once they set foot on the ground, and they are happy as only those who have been a long time away from familiar places can measure, Instinctively, then, children turn to the earth and water for the pleasure of handling the thing they know and love best. But we are Inclined to pull them away, sayving, “Keep out of the dirt.. You'll get yourself into a destroy the ‘body. Come born -in the child. The out of that,” Dirt like that won't hurt a child. It 18 good for him; good for. him to dig in the earth with the blue sky-.over him and the green grass under him, his hands busy and his mind at peace. Dress him in a suit of rompers, give him a couple of tin pans and spoons, some fine brown earth, a tin teapot ful of water, and let him mix his batter. He will need a set of pans to mold his pies, but if he is the right sort he will be able to find what he needs about the house-blacking tin lids, discarded muffin tfns, cookie cut- T T E AL LA L L A L LT L LT LT LT o2 Lo L L LT L 2 727777 Jameson-Built Homes 1800 to 1850 Potomac Ave. S.E. ] Over 100 Sold Priced at Less Than $7,000 and Up Easy Terms ° Here {a a home within th: of ‘any. Durse. Moderately Qflfv?—-.“h ot “compiete in every detall - lo- Gated i Washington's mewesi sub- EASTERN TERRACE Tapestry brick: 6 rooms bath: hot-water heat: electric lights xturas: buiit-in - refr or: exirg large front and uble ren pore} aundry tubs: large rear yard 16 wide alley. An excellent ome that is compiete. and Selling Fast Fopr blocks from the new Eaet- ern High School. S these {deai homes now. Ask the Man Who Owns One Built, Owned and For Sale by THOMAS A. JAMESON CO. Owners and Bullders 906 N. Y. Ave. NW. Phone Main 5526 2 L L 2 L 2L 2 22 72772 R e R 2 e 2 2 222, Dear Ann: ‘This striped bathing suit is a stun- ning model for the too tall girl who wants something a little fancy. For, with the stripes running two ways, they take away from that too tall line. If they were all vertical stripes, they would not do nearly so well. Yours for the right cholce. LETITIA. By Angelo Patri ters. All else falling, cut a ring off a baking powder tin and use that. You can pinch the ring into fine shapes. It is easy to shape it Into an oval and a shamrock, or clover leat fs a matter of fatherly skill. A couple of inverted soap boxes make fine tables and allow the tired pastry maker to rest now and then. Or, turned on the long side, they make good closets to store the fin- ished pies. If there is somebody handy with a hammer and saw, a couple of shelves add to the outfit immensely. The girls will like to make newspaper shelf trimming, and the boys don't despise it, either. “All_that mess in the yard and children ‘spattered with mud and water. - I've hother enough without the like of that,” says some busy mother. Children need tq make mud pies. They will be happy for hours as they work. elbow deep, in the mud. Next year they will not want to play that way. It will be too late then to offer them the opportunity. Give it to them the Summer they are ready for it, and you will find the days pass pleas- antly and the chfldren thriving. There’s nothing like mud pies to keep children under ¢ vears of age in good physical trim and mental poise during the hot weathe: Mr. Patri will give personal attention to inquiriés. from parenta or achook teacifers on the care snd development of children. Write him in care of this Daper. inclosing self- addressed. stamped _envelope for reply. {Copyright. 1928.) ————e ‘JULY (31, SUMMERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. 1926. 1am always glad to see the “glads for by such a nickname do garners | generally get around the quarrelsome ! matter of how to pronounce gladiolus. Everybody says it in his own way and feels superior about it. Thelast I heard, a gladiolus soclety decided to put the accent on the ‘0" which, considering the beauty of the flower, Is well con- sidered. When it comes to “pro- nouncing the plural the queition is stlll worse—gladiolusi, gladiol:, gladio: luses? lads” will do nicely for me, Well, as T was going to sav, it Is one of the hest days of Sumer when the first of these appear, and in what lovely shades they may mow be had! Where.once we could get nothing but white, a brutal sort of a red and a canna yellow, there are now the most exquisite pinks and pale orange and deep crimsons, and whites with veins of crimson. Something of the formal stiffness seems to have gone out of the old-time gladiolus, too, and in every way these noble plants have been gaining in the hands of the great modern breeders. I can never quite convince myself that such stately and elaborate flow- ers grow wild somewhere, yet of course, they must, and the favored land seems to be South Africa, where incredible and resplendent blooms ap- pear to he as common as our frail and dainty wildflowers are. The Dutch, or more exactly the Boers, were the first to bring ‘‘glads” back to Europe, and for centuries a Dutch family, the Van Houttes, have been famous as breeders of gladiolus. ver. Surprise Peaches. This makes a very pretty dessert. Select ripe but firm peaches and al- low one peach to each serving. Make a thin sirup in the proportion of one cupful of sugar to one and one-half cupfuls of water boiled 10 minutes. Place the peeled fruit in it and let simmer until tender, but not broken. Then remove the peaches and draln well. Meanwhile to a pint of sirup dissolve a heaping tablespoonful of gelatin In a very little cold water, stir into the hot sirup and add a tablespoonful each of lemon and orange juice. Strain and cool almost to the point of congealing. Then dip the peaches into the jelly several times, each time letting them stand a few minutes before the next dip- ping. When each pesch is well coated with jelly, roll in crushed macaroon crumbs or coconut. Whip a cupful of double cream stiff and fold it into the remainder of the jelly, which may be placed over hot water for a few minutes if it has become too stiff. | Arrange on_serving dishes, place a peach or each, set in a cold place, and just before serving top each peach with a maraschino cherry or a ripe raspberry or_strawberry darhurst, SN THE BAY > AESTAKTED. 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