Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1927, Page 22

WOMAN'S PAGE.’ Floral Ideas in Dresser Sels BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. | most | Frentch | the | either, | urely | meels A DRESS > THIS EXTRAVA The thrifty little newlywed and the ] silk or cotton, it absolutely must be homemaker of older experience who move into a house larger than hitherto | occupied are both sure to find need | for more furniture than they possess. | The initial expense of buying all the house furnishings, or of moving, whichever it happens to be, makes | economy desirable. And so it is nice to know that there are articles that cost little or which you may already have that can be so done over th they fit needs admirably, though in a | way entirely different from original purposes. By fitting up pieces thus they may be charming and entirely suitable, with no trace of the make: shift about them. When this is the case the money for absolute necessities can often be spent without curtailing too much. For instance, a dressing table as dainty as any woman could want can be nothing more or less than an old | or new kitchen table. It can have just as much delicate charm as a costly fitted out dresser of this sort, sxch as is found in exclusively deco- rated boudoirs. If it is to compare in perfection with the latter there should be a dresser bench to match and a mirror. Dresser. Use a table with a drawer for the dresser, and any simple stool. #If the ‘man of the house is handy with tools he can make the bench like the one pictured. Paint each piece to match other furniture if that is painted. Do mot paint it white. It may be a very €eep cream, but a delicate color is best. Do not stain the wood, for stain does not accord well with the style of the dresser as it is to be, nor the bench. Put glass knobs on the drawer. Flounce. ‘The material used for the deep ruf- fled flounce that is tacked to the wood Jjust beneath the drawer and around both sides on a line with this meas- urement may be a silk or it may be a sateen or even a percale. . Unless it is silk it should be covered with sheer 8wiss or net. Sometimes a home- maker has a length of silk that can be used for this purpose, and for the top of the bench cushion. Sometimes there are opportunities to get a rem- nant of silk at small cost. But what- ever this colored material is, whether BEDTIME STORIES Supremely Happy. the stomach soon will end. bappiness that bath depend Nature. ~—O0ld Mother Now, while all the search for Cubby was being made by Farmer Brown's Boy and by Mother Brown, Cubby was supremely happy. Probably there never was a happler small Bear than was Cubby down there in the cellar of Farmer Brown’s house. He hadn't at all minded having Farmer Brown shut the bulkhead doors. You seg, it wasn't wholly dark down there even with the doors shut. There were some small windows that let in a little light. In e C G HE HAD JUST ENOUGH TASTE TO MAKE HIM CRAZY FOR MORE. fact, Cubby was rather glad to have the doors shut. You see, with the doers open he would all the time have been expecting some one to come look- ing for him. As soon as the sound of Farmer Brown's footsteps had died away, Cubby made right’ straight for a cer tain place. He made as straighe for it as if he had known all the time all about that cellar and where every- thing was. There was a reason for bis going right straight to this par. ticular place. That trusty little nose of his led him there. A Bear can al- ways trust his nose. He will trust his nose before he will trust his eyes| or his ears. He knows that wi his nose tells him is true. He cannot al- ways believe his eves. He cannot al ways believe h But he can So Cubby’s little nos straight across the cellai to—what do you think? A barrel! Yes, sir, a great big barrell Can you guess what was in that barrel? What do you think? It was molasses. Yes, sir, it was a molasses barrell Cubby's mouth wa: watering all the w across that cellar floor, and it wate still more when he got to that barrel. Now, the molasses is drawn out of the barrel by what is called a spigot. ] MEETS GANT OUTLAY, AND ADDS CHARM TO THE BOUDOIR. | from his enjovment. JED WITHOUT ANY right in color, for on it the exquisite- ness of the entire dresser s It must be dainty. It may be rose, or blue, lavender or green or any suitable hue for a dainty bedroom. Here agai white should not be used except in the net or swiss, and cream is by far to be preferred. Extra Daintines: If the colored material is cotton, it | must be covered with a sheer material, on both the dresser and the bench cushion. Even the frill about the cushion should be of both materials. If the sheer stuff is made separately from the lining, it can be taken off easily, for it should be thumb-tacked over the lining on the dresser and laundered as often as required to keep it crisp and fresh looking. Distinction. The distinct novelty of the dresser set described is found in the sprays of blossoms and foliage attached to each corner of the dresser. It would look well to have a very short spray, at the back of the cushion on the bench. Attach it so that it comes below the seat, and so be out of danger of getting crushed. The flowers can be of organdy or silk, with foliage in the same material. The stems are made by covering cord with green. The matérial can be wound about the cords or cut narrow and stitched by machine to form a tube the right size to go over the heavy cord. Pin a safety pin through the end of the tubing and through an end of the cord and push througsh the tube. This will turn the tubing to the right side and line it with the cord at the same time. Arrange the flowers and foliage on the stem gracefully and tack with a few stitches in position on the frill of the dresser. Have the left-hand soray shorter than that at the right and, | Workmanship. The work must be neatly done. Run a cord over the tacks holding the flounce to the dresser, thus conceal- ing them. The cord can be held in place with occasional stitches. The mirror frame can be dull, gilt, or painted to match the furniture. If the latter, cover the glass with card- board to prevent paint from getting on the glass while the work is being done. A set like this is one to be proud of. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS Underneath this spigot, was a dish to catch the drip from the spigot. There was just a wee bit of molasses in this dish. You should have seen Cubby lick that up. He licked that dish until it was polished. Then he licked the spigot. He knew that that molasses was inside that barrel, but how to get it out he didn’t know. He climbed up on the barrel. He climbed down again. Then he went back to licking the spigot. It was tantalizing. He had had just enough of a taste to make him crazy for more. Now the tempers of little Bears are rather short. He began to blame that spigot for not giving him more mo- lasses. Presently he quite lost his temper and struck at it with one of his_little black paws. He happened to hit it just right to turn it. Imme- diately the molasses began to run. All Cubby’s bad temper disappeared. He just lay right down on his back underneath that spigot, held onto it with both paws and let that molasses run into his mouth. You know mo- lasses runs slowly. This was as good as honey, and that is saying a great deal. So, while Mother Brown and Farmer Brown's Boy were hunting high and low, that little black rascal was hav- ing the time of his short life. Now and then he would turn his head aside to get his breath, and when he did that, of course the molasses ran all over him. But he didn’t mind that. No, indeed, he didn’t mind that. He didn’t care how sticky he got. This was the most wonderful experience he had ever had. Here was sweetness without any smarting Stings such as he received when he upset the beehive. There was nothing at all to take away Cubby hadn't a trouble in the world just then. | hat which i THE EVENING LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. 1 wrote my cuzzin Artie a letter to- day, this being it Paris France—Deer Artle, Well heer T am, I meen I bin heer pritty | neer a week now, but I cant speek | mutch French yet. I can say Mersy for Thank you and Bun joor for Hello, and of corse I can say Wee wee, but of corse I could say | | | that before I came over heer, but wen| vou compare those words to all the | werds there is in the dictionerry of | you can see I still have a good cel to lern. The Frentch kids look about the | same as we do around the face, ony | of them are mutch thinner round the legs and a lot of the hoys | s kind of sissey, looking like ger like boys. They all tawk to cach other and seem to understand it all rite without even trying, but of corse think how young they started G Artie, you awt to see the cops over heer. They are ony about as our cops but they are z 1 up to look like generels army to make them feel bi They are not as bossy as our cops, and tho ony reason more | dont sass them back is| because the Frentch are na 5o polite they dont wunt hert their feelings. Enyways the boys heer dont pls base ball in the street so the cops dont haff to chase them. They all- ways use a soft rubber ball and they Kick it with their feet insted of throw. ing it with their hands, 3 | the effect on them seems to be jest | about the same because they make jest as mutch noise, s0 I gess what. ever you injoy is good for you as long as nobody stops you, en: i 1 like Paris all rite, ony it would scem more like home if all the fel- lows was over heer with me. The are more ixciting than home espeshilly if you injoy mystery with your food, because everything you get has a_different color gravey all over it. Well I gess 11l stop now. our loving cuz: Benny Potts eskwir dr dressed peeple prober : to GE || Nothing Like a New Hat to Set the World Right. BY FLORENCE LA GANKE. dear, That “Whenever you feel ‘down’ my o and get yourself a new hat.’ bit of advice always suited N: even though she had compunctions afterward when she remembered how she had spent Peter's har monty. “But he would rather have me good-natured. He likes mie that way, not cross and out of sorts. So it’s my duty as a wife to get a | new hat,” thus ran her reasoning. | Here we see Nancy looking at a the salesperson is most enthusiastic over. It is of felt. It is the season’s interpretation of the | | beret, draped over to one side, turban style, and fastened with a pearl orna- ment. | Nancy chose velour of royal blue | with an applied flare. This flared section or cuff, if you want to call) it that, is turned down on one side | | | only. The other side stays quite close to the crown. Two very large pearl buttons hold the flare sections in | place at the top of the crown. She noticed that practically all the hats were brimless. Since she did not wear glasses the style was becom- | ing, but she felt sorry for the spec-| tacled girls (Copyright. 1 Believe in yourself, and have your own pride. Each man has 2 certain ability. If you do what you czn, and have honestly tried, There’s no reason then for humility. | ) Solutions of Today’s Word Golf Problems. PLAY PLAT PEAT PEAK PERK PORK WORK-—six steps. PARK PART PORT POOT PLOT SLOT SLOG SLUG PLUG — eight steps. | TIRE TINF REST-five ste; TINT TENT TEST | ; | STAR, WASHINGTON, | when inclined to talk. | time, when it becomes positively imperative for me to have clothes, I have | can BY JOH Go from PLAY to WORK. These are slow and unwelcome steps, but there are only a few of them. Life is like that. Go from PARK to PLUG. It'll take you a little time to get into posi- tion, but no cop will be waiting on the curbstone with a ticket for you. They ought to keep fire plugs away from parking places. Go from TIRE to REST. We don’t mean changing one, although a little rest after changing one is welcome, particularly if your spare was flat. PRINT your “steps” Solutlons on this page in today's Star. (Copyright. 1027, Helping a Wondering Girl to Choose Between Two Suitors—Why a Tightwad Husband Kills His Wife’s Love. EAR DOROTHY DIX: I have two suitors. The good points of one are that he comes of a long line of college graduates and is a college graduate and student himself. Fine physique. Good dresser. Good conversationalist Strictly moral and temperate. Ambitious to be rich. His bad points are: Very temperamental. Too frequently glum. Selfish. Sarcastic. Lacking in common courtesy. Dominated by jealous mother. Undecided as to future vocation. IS either lazy or physically unfit. The second young man’s good points are that he is a tireless worker. Very ambitious to make a fortune. Lover of home. Kindly and considerate. Generous. Good talker. Good physique. Physically fit. Refined taste. Has already accurhulated a. nice little fortune. Bad points: Only one year in high school. Parents middle class. Homely at first sight. Only fair dresser. I myself have graduated from high school and have had one vear of college, am a good musician and successful in business. Which one of these roung men would you bet on in a matrimonial venture? WONDERING GIRL. 2 swer: T would have no hesitation in putting my money on No. He has all the earmarks of the great American husband who is the blue ribbon prize winner husband of the universe, with none other like him. Evidently No. 2 is a go-getter and that is a big factor in his favor, not only because to have a comfortable home and good clothes and a nice car are a potent source of happiness to every woman, but because every wife thrills with pride over a husband who has in him the ability to succeed, and to hold his own with other men. But the thing that would make me decide in favor of No. 2 is hi disposition. That's the thing that a wife has to live with, day in and day out, and it is what makes or mars her happiness. A man may be as handsome as Valentino, as wise as Solomon, as moral as a saint, and as rich as Henry Ford, but his wife will be a miserable woman if he is grouchy and or sarcastic and cutting in his speech, and if he treats Rer with rudeness and selfishness. It is the men like No. 2 who are tender and sympathetic {o their wives, who are cheerful and amiable, at the very sound of whose key in the lock of an evening every one brightens up. As for No. 2's disabilities, they amount to nothing. Every man gets just ! as much education as is coming to him, and some of the most cultured and D. €., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, that is not fortunate for affairs on the earth. ency to attract many to the regular services. earnestness in right living. | astrologers foretell. | | its commerce. 1927." FEATUR . THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Sunday, September 11 Astrologers read tomorrow as a day (Copyrisht. | | | Churches shonld benefit in the tend- | | For the clergy, much ac- | tivity is predicted for the coming | vear, when their talents/will be en- listed in important reform work. | All the signs appear to presage | a spiritual awakening and a new | America is to awaken to its vast | importance as a world power and | to take on a new dignity which | people of every class will reflect, | Mobilization of United States | troops for an important event is | prognosticated. This may be in the | line of a National demonstration. A London astrologer finds that the conjunction of the sun and Mars is | threatening for China, Japan and | Americ: - | Russia s subject’ to a planetary government that is most favorable to An alliance that is profitable is indicated. i Persons whose birthday ‘it is have | the forecast of a ¢ of importance in life history. Children born on that day prob- | ably will have happy lives. Poets | and nature lovers are born under | this sign. | (Copyrizht. HOME NOTES BY JENNY WRE . Loud noise. Southern State (ah.) Poplar. . Horsepower (ah.). Nickname. Southern city, Conjunction. Helps. . Likel Affection. Who says we are not going in for | the higher things? Our office buildings | 1 are getting higher and higher, apart- | ments are so tall one can almost live among the clouds, airplanes promise | to become as common as motor cars, and even for our hours of recreation | 21.. Article of apparel. we turn to roof gardens, | 220 Nodule of earth. Private roof gardens, by the way, |23, Binds. are now quite common on the tops of | 24, Spy out. *5. Be mistaken, Misfortunes, . Suffering. . Cut down. Two-toed sloth. . Famous Spanish general . Constellation. Repair. . Fabled river. . Regular (ab.). Wife of Geraint. Toward. . Musical instrument . Thus. . Upon. . Beneat 9. Prefix . Gully. . City of Wisconsin. Down. One-half the diameter Rodent. Insect. into, highly intelligent people I know have never seen the inside of a college. Books are free to all. And out of middle-class homes all over this country | of opportunity of ours have come the men that have done the big things | that put us on the map. T | It seems to me that your No. 1 beau is a poor risk. He not only has not accomplished anything practical in the way of establishing himself in life, | but he is not even on the way. Apparently he lacks initiative and industry, | and while he would like to be rich, he wants some one to hand him a fortune | on a silver salver. He hasn't the grit to hustle out and go after it himself. But worst of all is his disposition, and I don't think you would care} much for his college degree when he was glooming around, too sulky even to speak. And any girl certainly is hunting for trouble when she marries a man who is dominated by a jealous mother. DOROTHY DIX. e e e DEAR DOROTHY DIX: I have been married three years and I love mv{ husband, and he tells me daily that he loves me. But during all of that to go outside of the home and work for several weeks to earn them. My husband strenuously objects to this, but he refuses to give me any money to buy them with, although his income is $250 a month, all of which, except our bare living expenses, he spends upon himself. He refuses to make me a personal allowance, and says I don’t love him or I wouldn't ask for it. The result is that when I spend a dollar of the grocery money for a pair of | stockings I feel like a thieving housemaid, and when he very occasionally | makes me a magnanimous gift of a very badly needed $5, I feel like an | unpaid mald-of-all-work. He is‘at home very little and complains because I do not go out and make friends of my own, but I can't, because I have no decent clothes. Do you think my husband wants me to leave him and is making things as miserable for me as possible so that I will? MILDRED. _ Answer: It certainly looks that way to me. T can imagine no method by which a man could Kill his wife's love for him more quickly, or make her more anxious to leave him, than to be the sort of selfish tightwad your | husband is. And I cannot imagine why any woman with a particle of self- | respect stands for such treatment, especially if she is a competent business woman able to earn her own living. Certainly your husband does not love vou, for the very essence of a man's love is his desire to give everything possible to his wife and make her life soft and beautiful. If you can continue to love him in the face of such conduct, you must indeed be a lineal descendant of Patient Griselda. DOROTHY DI | (Copyright, 1927.) OUR CHILDR.EN By Angelo Patri Consideration for Others. which he very soon did. Brandishing | : a big stick, Sam strode into the Unless a child has some considera- | gtret. =~ Nick had - to ston’ T tion for the rights and feelings of | jumped off his wheel and landed a other people he will not go far nor |Kood swift punch on Sam's jaw. Sam meet with much success in this|TFeturned the compliment and the two world, for we are all dependent upon | Went at it hot and heavy. Sam was " | getting a fine dressing down when gg;}felluws for happiness and suc- | Nyope” torrier jumped into the fray Children are not born with con- |2hd tore his sweater off his back. sideration for others. They are born Z“‘“ i scared out of his skin with the idea of self-preservation ““Wr“k", ?xme yelling murder. strongly within them. , They must|, Nick's dog Jjumped on me and learn first to take care of them- [fore me to pieces,” he cried, fall- selves and then to think about other | " into his mother's arms. people. 1 know it is ideal to think at dog must be shot,” said Mrs. only of others, but I know, too, that very few of us ever attain the ideal. But we can come close enough to it to have our children learn to get on agreeably with their neighboj 1 know a lad who is in_disfavor with the whole neighborhood because his mother taught him to “stick up for himself.” He has interpreted that to mean to help himself to anything and everything before any one else reach it and to do so without regard to ownership. Long practice ana the confidence of good backing from home have made him a good fighter. “They say Sam Is a regular scrap- per,” says his mother, smiling with fond pride, “but I say a boy ought to_stick up for himself. Not long ago Sam mate riding a bicycle. he would like a ride. Nick.” 5 “Go on. I want to ride myself.” “Let me ride. If you don't Il soak you one.” “Go ahead. sprinting away. Sam waited for Nick Tle isn't going to be,” said Mrs. ick. “For once your boy got what he richly deserved. Il defend the | dog and boy in the courts if neces- | " Which she did. obody in the neighborhood was on Sam'’s side. He is isolated and his mother with him. It seems trivial enough, a couple of lads fighting, a pet dog to the rescue, but the re- sults are far from trivial. Because Sam had never been shown the need of consideration of others, because he had been taught that he alone in the whole street counted, he is haniicapped everywhere. Children and grownups need the friendships of their neighbors and unless they practice consideration for the rights and the feelings of those neighbors they will suffer far more than appears at first thought. (Co ight, 1! . Interest in cock fighting was the | main reason for introducing domestic | fowl from their original home in| utheastern Asia into Western Asia | and Europe. | w a school- m thought Let me ride, Soak,” saild Nick, to return, | orators | cushions. . Spade, . Rent. the newest apartment buildings. Dec- have taken an interest in them, and some very lovely little oases have resulted. The one shown here is done in the | Chinese manner, with Chinese-Chip- pendale furniture, exotic flowers and | shrubs in_tubs, and a rich color | scheme. The walls are lemon yellow. the canopies of tin painted in broad | stripes of vellow and greenish-blue. The forniture is all painted lacquer red with yellow and blue striped BY HAZEL DEY| Nan Hartley, an artist’s model, mfl.r-; ries Tom Elliott, a poor artist, having | iirst had a_chance to marry Martin | Lee, a rich lawyer. Tom and Nan are | very happy, but they haven't beem married very long when Tom develops | pneumonia and dies. He leaves Nan about to have_a baby. Martin Lee | | comes back into her life and she mar- | | ries him without love for the sake of her child. On_the one occasion that | Martin shows his feeling for her after | marriage he senses her utter lack of | #Copyrizht. 197 Your Baby and Mine BY MYRTLE MEVEK ELDRED. ES.” e Daily Cross-Word Puzzle 1927.) Kind of rock Thin substance. Go in. Jueeze. on of Hector anc . Height, _ Drop. . Lubricate, . Minister, . German city. . Creeping plan oldier of the sea ymph of the m . Famous compeser. . Girl's nickname. . Gotten up. . Note finished. . Play upon words. Openings, Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle. WEDLOCKED 0 BATCHELOR. said—T don’t know. I got the impres- sion somewhere. Alicia_was seated in a chair that had.its back to the window. Nan sat opposite. The late afternoon sun streamed in full upon her, Showing up every tired line In_her pale little f: 1t showed also the expression that fashed across it at Alicia’s reference to Martin. But Alicia, seated in the shadows, could smile maliciously and not_be seen. Yes, this child was pretty, very | child who is so | turn to some other person to come to Mothers have one peculiar charac- teristic. It is so universal that one comes to expect it. When a mother wants to know how she shall deal with her child she invariably “How shall I make him mind?” 1In that one question she reveals that | she does not understand that obedi- | she is chained by Muriel, the baby. | | ence is won and not forced. Sometimes mothers say: “I don't want to try and conquer my child, because T know that is not good for him—but what can I do to make him mind when I speak to him?” Which. after all, is quite the same thing. Her idea is that she wants to turn him into an automaton that moves when she dictates. Because | unless he is pretty well cowed, will always move the moment the mother speaks? Nothing in this world is perfect, and_surely one cannot expect that obedience will attain heights which nothing else does. Also the perfectly | 2 ohedient child would be so submissive | Sented Alicia's card. and individual (if he ever existed) that he would be his own worst enemy. A | ruled by another, | even if that other be his mother, | would be a reed without support if the mother’s influence were ever re- | moved. | It is all well enough for her to| point_out ho® beautifully he obevs | her slightest wish, but she should de- | plore it instead of being proud of it. | For this type of child will be as sub- missive to the next stronger-wiiled person with whom he comes into con- | tact as he is to his mother. And the next person may not have his best interests at heart. It is well to keep in mind that we | are rearing a child to be an indi- vidual who will stand on his own | feet and not be a clinging vine, and | unless we allow him to develop this individuality in childhood and think | out his own problems he will always | his decisions. It is such persons who Dbecome the abject followers of gang | leaders, the weak-kneed creatures who | must always turn to some one strong- | er hefore they can make up their | minds what they shall do. e 4 Apricot-Pineapple Jam. Wash one pound of dried apricots thoroughly. Soak them over night in one pint of water. In the morning | chop the apricots and add one cupful of sugar. Drain two cans of sliced pineapple, cut it in small pieces and cook with two and two-thirds cup- fuls of sugar for 20 minutes. Add the apricots and cook for 25 minutes. | The pineapple holds its shape, but the | apricots soften and the mixture has | the consistency of thick jam. Seal | while hot in clean, sterilized jars. Th recipe makes a little more than three | pints. | | | | what _child, | | response and his pride is up in arms. | pretty. in a w; Alicid’s brain was | Nan is afraid of him. She feels wed- | humming, as her cornflower-blue eyes, | locked. Into this situation comes Alicia | cold now, scrutinized Nan's face. But | Rumsey. a friend of Martin’s past.| what was she, after all, but a pretty | Alicia feels that there may be a chance | child? No wonder Martin wasn't happy for her with Martin and starts manipu- | With her, no wonder she wasn't happy | lating 1wires. In the meantime Nan | With him. Not that Nan's side of it | makes an attempt to get away, but | bothered Alicia particularly. She was interested only in Martin's—and her own. She wanted him now, where she hadn’t wanted him in the past. Sometimes when she thought it over she wondered at herself. She had laughed at herself in the mirror any number of times, but her own vivid- | ness laughing back at her had rea sured her. Divorce was nothing in these da | Everything could be arranged quietly and a certain amount could be settled on Nan. At least that was the way Alicia thought of it. Nan wasn't to be considered aside from the monetary return that she would receive from Martin. Why should she be considered if_she hadn't made Martin happs? | Alicia_intended to devote her life to Instandly the Nan who a moment | doing that. before had been so languid, was gal-| While Be: anized into action. With the disap-| things Ali pearance of Bessie she sprang up and | about the room went to her dressing table. | tured the rearrangement of this thing Nan was not vain, therefore fit|and that. Those bhookshelves were seemed to her as she scrutinized her | charming and rather unus: own face in the mirror that she looked | Over her tea she commented on ghastly. With fingers that shook a|them to Nan. little she applied powder to her f: | _“I'm sure an interior decorator touched the cheeks with just the tini-| didn’t give the room that touch.” est bit of rouge and used a lipstick. | Nan smiled. ~ Then she brushed her hair back off | o, that was my idea, These apart- her forehead. The lines of Nan's head | ments are all so cold and I thought the were chaste like those of a statue. She | bookshelves would make the room remembered Alicia’s hair as she | more intimate.” brushed her own. It sprang up from| In the shadows, Alicia’s eyebrows her head as if each separate hair|went up Fancy this child actually were vitalized. And the color was | having an idea of her own? She could ravishing: a sort of a chestnut blond. | hardly believe it possible. Alicia_was effusive in her greetin She crumbled a tea cake and won- My dear, it's so good to see you!" | dered what time Martin would be Nan's manner was calm, almost cool. | home. She longed to s until his There was something about Alicia that | return because she thought it would she did not trust. It wasn't because lappeal to him, seeing her here like Alicia had been seeing a lot of Martin, | this. Besides, she wanted to see them either, or at least Nan assured herself | together again. Not that she wasn't that wasn't the reason. But Alicia|sure that they were both miserably was the type of woman who never|unhappy, but something cold-blooded made a real friend of another, and in| in Alicia wanted to revel in it. the case of Nan, Martin stood between | The small talk flagged and Bessie them. came in to light the lamps and remove Alicia mentioned the dinner party,|the tea things. Outside the dusk w now only two days off. talli Something told Nan that So sweet of you and Martin to staying purposely to see think of it, particularly when you are | t it mattered, and yet not_well Nan's eyebrows went up, her smooth | forehead wrinkled. “But I am well.” i, She began to wonder if she were looking 1ll. Alicia’s persistent radiance was very tiring. Her smooth words that somehow sounded so false were | beginning to get on Nan's nerv “What gave you that imvression she asked ‘suddenly. “Do I look i “Why no, of course not. You look rail of course, but that's your type. Perhaps it was something Martin Martin begins to see a great deal of | Alicia. and on a drive one afternoon | she tells him very clearly that Nan is | unhappy. Martin makes up his mind | to relinquish Nan, because he feels that she will never love him. CHAPTER LIV. Two Women. | Before the dinner party Alicia called on Nan. | | Nan, increasingly tired with each | | day. was lying down in her room when | Bessie knocked at her door and pre- | | ie was artanging the tea stole covetous looks Woman-like she pic- Why did she hesitate like that | her thoughts? She didn’t want ) | tin. But she didn't want Martin marry Alic There was_somethi cruel about her. Under all that zor geous radiance of manner Nan sensed it definitely. Alicia wouldn't make Martin happv. She wondered why this should occur to her, when Martin s denly appeared in the doorway. usual the blood rushed to her he and then receded leaving her deathly in [ GOODNESS. DICK! | CAN'T SEEM To GET THIS TRUNK SHUT ! &, =pigot is a spry of wooden faucet, THE DUMBUNNIES —Dick Dumbunny WAS T SHUT WHEN YoU OPENED Ox CAREFUL, LS | | WELL NOW S LOCKEDY BE A N HEAVY‘ Almost Brought Down the House! Ho ! T LEARNT| | YoU'LL _NEVER BE ALL ABOUT ABLE To TAKE THAT TRUNKS AT DOWNSTAIRS ON THE HOTEL ! ON YOUR BACK! E VERY DICK- 1T By ALBERTINE RANDALL MA ! pal was more radiant than ever. ad now that she had waited. She had wanted Martin to see her calling upon his wife. She had wanted to zive him a chance to see them to- gether. Nan was about to eall for fresh tea { but Martin su=gested cocktails. Alicia | smiled inwardly as she saw the rei | of household government taken out of 8 It would be nice | have a cocktail, too. She needed {And it was_interesting to watch > now t Martin. was here. 2 little animation that she had posses: had died away. It was Martin and Alicia who chatted. As Alicia_sipped her eocktail, tri- umph mounted in her. What a little fool Nan was not to try and hold man like Martin. He was everytl that a woman could want in a hu band and she was sure now that he liked her. TIINGEL YoU SAID DICK liumu (Covyrizht. 19 (Continued in Monday's Star.) Ivory is properly the the elephant’s tusks, ) noceros horns and teeth find their w market, naterial of <ome rhi- hipponotamus into the ivory