Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1927, Page 47

“Educating Patricia” BY CORNELIA H. MILLER Patricia's Box Saves the Spread. fon of the new Mary Harris | Ho Fieanor Bisbee and her roomn Talley: Eloise Darwin. Frances eth Stanton a o in. ol unon i the i . 10 sbite of strennous obje of the et She immediately set TR A arouse the {oterest of the new xirly w ng Lonise Davis viee president o he | renublic, office heid by wed Upon & new ARY worked like the hardest ,of political bosses through- out the davs preceding the election, with Patricia as her right-hand man, and all the members of the new club as stanch supporters. The influence of the RTOUp made itself felt throughout the school and the nine girls were looked upon as the leaders of the new girls. Those. of lesser importance were flat- tered at the attentions bestowed, and most of them readily followed the lead of “the clab. It was possible to keep their plans A sacret from Louise because she was of a studious and retiring dispe rarely. seeking out new friend heing quite content to let her intimates come to her. Consequent she saw but little of the girls outside | her own group, all of whom joined in disproving the time-worn statement that a woman cannot keep a secret. No glimmer of the fact that she was the candidate for vice president reached Louise. In the meantime things were work: ing out quite to_the satisfaction of ber supporters. With the exception Lo GER FINGERS THE GIRLS TORE THE WRAPPINGS FROM THE BOX. of the new girls on “Heavenly Hall," all had promised to vote for Louise. ” thing must be done about that faction down there,” said Mary to Patricia one morning as they were on their way to classes. “Yes, there are enough of them to swing the election to Polly Downing if they want to, *“Well, what's to be done?” night. It would have to be in your room because we shan't want Louise 10 know about it. It is a mysters to me that shé hasn’t found out what is golng on before now.” “Oh, she is such a dreamy soul she is up In the clouds the whole time, fgr above such sordid things. A spread would be just slick. You would have 10 wait until Louis: is asleep and then speak out without her hearing you. Could you muffie the feet suffi- , 4o you think?" “Pll have to. . It will be quite tricky to get all the stuff in without her knowing it though, because we always do something together on Batyrdays.” “No, that will be «quite simple," mnid Mary. “I'll go down (o the tea room and order a bushel of sandwiches and some chicken salad and cheexe and crackers and stuff and each one of the “Niners” except vou and Louise can belp me bring it here and hide it in the closet in my room. We can split up the toll later. You go and ask them all today after school.” “1 suppose it \«lnl be my laxt mid- night spread if Louise is elected,” x‘r::ud Patricia. “Bbhe will he »o ocopscientious that I whall never bhe able to get the feet out of the dogr after silent bell.” “Yes, but think of the honor of being the roommate of the vice presi- dent of the republic. Something to write home about for the rest of the vear. And it will be such a marvel. wus joke. on the old girls 1o have to 108 the mark to & new one, 1 do Jove starting things,” Mary chuckled glee. rully. “You certainly have i thing this tine,” PVatrich shve turned the corner of the corridor A spread at boarding school being u% great an event as ante, every irl accepted with Bome of the wiser ones suspected that there was something in the wind but deciged 1o g0 anyway, thei tites geiting the hetter of their o 1t has something 1o do with elect- fog Lowine Diaviy, you miay be sure of that” eaid Laurs Middieton, nick- ramed “Queen of the Bumble Hees.” Jwcause of her popularity on the hall 1t was usnslly in Laure’s room thut ol dorridor confein 1ok place. *But 1 think wa might ax well go und wee whet happens. 1, for one, am Jwmys open 1o suggestion. lthough § wea mo purticulsr veason for ot clecting Polly Downing 8ie certninly Jon the hest scholirship record of sny £ the o) wirls Baturdsy morning all who were o voryant of Mary and her club mem pw ight buve meen them progress e from the warvom at the corner ot the sebool block with mysterious Coking packages which wll hod the vome uitimate Gestinntion—Mary's Lot Heavenly Hall" Tuth Bingham, from her vantage | oint of & bedroom window st th 1.ont of the shool, ser the pro- e and her réommate peerng ":’w:l“ bedroom Goor, could ses it cnding 0 Mary's room Cppose NIty Niners sre up 1o so ring thuet bodes no yood for Polly wmink’s lection,” Bnnounced uth a7l betier eall n gathering of e elans and wee what I8 g be dons 1 thwsrt them ' wuggested her 1onin Maie. Murths Howard y liex @) the exrmarss of & pregd, Those packies soiping @Wse 10 e, Bnd G 16 o Viwy are putting them el in Mury's Cionet, They sre probably \rying o sew votes with a Jitthe bit ot biibery {0 the way of food. Big goui ands!” 1t fen't 80 dumb of them at that Uf the way 1o 8 man's heart b (hiough '{{took it during dinner hour. 104 some: | called am | ball 10 & debu- | his stomach. the same road certainly mi | clectior ou thi r one more luncheon don’t we turn the tables on by snagging the food out of closet “for a_spread for our- " suggested Ruth. “It would leave them flat as a pancake if we Then it would be too late for them to get {anything else.” | *1f we do ‘that you will have to | play sick and stay in bed for dinner. |1 can’t because 1 have worked it {twice and Nurse said it I kept on having such headaches, she would have to put me in the infirmary. She { smelled a mouse, I think.” | " “Of course she did. You can’t slip a thing on Miss Print. Well, you go jand get a crowd together for tonight {and leave the rest to me. I can feel {an illness coming over me rapidly.” Off went Martha to spread the good news to her friends, stopping, among other places, at the room of Priscilla, Newcomb on Heavenly Hall next door to Laura Middleton. Prizeilla was one of the few old girls 1 on the hall. In her high pitched voice, which had aill the carrying power, if not the quality of an opera singer, Martha unfolded her plan to Priscilla. “Sh- | *h,” whispered the latter, “don't talk !so loud. Every one will hear you." | The warning came too date. Every ! word had soared through the open | transom into the keen ears of Laura Middieton in her room next door. Laura grinned broadly. *“The plot thickens,” said she to herself. *“Now ght be followed to a boarding house | especially if we have lentil THE' SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, 0. O, DECENBER 75, 197 %e BOYS and GIRLS PAGE it is going to be interesting to see what the Niners will do about this complication. She lost no time in spreading the news among the new girls on the corridor, the prospective guests of the spread. “If they are smart enough to find a way out of this and still give their apread they certainly are entitled to all our votes for Louise,” | she announced. They all agreed to allow no hint of the plot to reach any jof the “Nifty Nine and awaited | developments with interest. | The dinner hour found Ruth Bing- ham in_her room, presumably with a | severe headache. In reality she was {losing no time in filching the pro- | visions from Mary's closet and de- | positing them in ‘her own. By the | time dinner was over Martha re- {turned to find her roommate in com. ‘mlnd of the entire output. “They have the best taste. Look here! Marvelous chicken salad and sand- wiches and cheese and crackers and 1umnu and "erytmnf." | Ruth led Martha triumphantly to | the closet and displayed her wtolen | treasure. They gloated over it like |two of the Forty Thieves. | ’ In the meantime, however, things | were happening to Patricia, Her| birthday but two days off, a large ex- | press box had arrived addressed to her. 1In high spirits she was bearing it proudly to her room when she was | aceosted In the hall by Mary, in the | greatest excitement, | “Come in here,” gasped Mary,| drawing Patricia into her room, “The ! most terrible sthing has happened, | { Look! All the food is gone.” The| closet door yawned widely like a ! hungry mouth. Its innermost being | | wan divested of everything but the | I clothes which hung in neat rows on their hangers. No wign of a spread | remained, i | “What shall we du?" gusped Patricia, | “It will be the ruination of Loul chances if we slump with the Heaven. Iy Hallers." *“Ve can't slump announced Mary | { Aramatically. “Open thet box Just us | a¥l ne ever you and pray that! L we are provided for. | ! With eager fingers the two girl {tore the wrappings from the box Neat tiswue paper packages were rudely divested of thelr coverings, dis Lelowing wilk mtockings, gloves and { lingerie that ordinarily would have ! delighted Patricia’s heart, ®he cast ! them aside unheeded fn the dire need | i for more substantisl provender. “Ah, victory,” whe cried, “For st !the bottom of the box was food!| Henps of 11, Agreat chocolate birth | { cake, three cherry ples wrapped | cuvefull - In oiled puper, enough cane of wardines, crah ment und lobster to Lsupply the wehool, cruckers, cheess, 1olls, even butter. Nothing, apparent. 1y, hud been forgotten 1 “Well, 1)) say you have a family | thist in “ighed Miry | [ st s up for the | d the rest | “Lhiin weln Now let's ro of Vhe grandeur,” Vutricks pranced happily about wiiving the more feminine contents of | the box gleetully, “Oh, Aren't the, [Jumt the biggest old Jambw,” she Jrrowed certainly must have | ame of ‘s for poor Loulse, | thngh ms uwfully .mesn 1o | leave hor out, doesn’t L7 [ Well Jt can't be helped," Mary re turned firmly, “1f whe getw wind of | whist we ure doing she may refuse to necept the nominstion ‘e have to cateh her unuwares, Have s lot of [ I for her. Bhe fs 6 philosopher.” { Later, the spread progressed with vim and gusto Kimono clad guests umed thedr catlune with every nee of fmminent wtaryation In the midwi of the fun Laurs Mid Aeton, crsh mest frothing from the conters of her mouth, announced with | dinioulty tricts, you win, Henven Iy Mall goes strong for Lovise his ix the st | Artended ¥, 5 Bt what omie of the other food?"" aeked Patiicin Ard Faura wid them all she hed overhenrd, Jackson’s ' Christmas. (Continued from First Page.) ‘Buffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.'" *xx % IT was midnight in the White House. ‘The rooms were In a terrible mess after the riotous romping of the after- noon A tired old man alone was awake. He could not sleep. He came down stairs and walked about in the empty, silent rooms which so lately had been warm with childish life and laughter. ‘The bells of the city tolled mournfully ~the infinite burden of human sorrow and suffering in their sepulchral music. The old man's thoughts went drift- ing very far away from all this pomp f power which was his the head| of a great Nation—went drifting across the rough, wild years of camp and bivousc, of battle and duel, of | hate and love, and pain and death— | nack to the dewy years in the Caro.| lina mountains where Christmas, in. deed, was unknown, but where he had set traps for rubbits and explored al- | luring es under the rocks. | Maj. Donelson, aroused by the foot- steps below, came to the stalrs and looked down inthe darkness. The President’s secretary did not come down. Very quletly he went back to his room, It would not do to disturb the old :null who war walking about and cry- | ng. LR “HE children who had romped there w nothing of thin, The next day they had to be back in school for there was no long vacation in Andrew Jackwon's tme—Jjust n half day he. ore Christmas and Christmas day, here have been many changes in the obwervation of the holiday between now und then. Outside the White House party Wawshingto Christman in 1835 had been holsterous, rough-and. tumble affair with plenty of noise, feasting and drinking, stone fights on Bylum Hill, at Tenth and G streets, between rival gungs of boys, hunting expeditions into the nearhy country and many cracked heads. Every grocery store was turned | @ tavern for the day and groups of youthw, carvying steands of burning rope In thelr hunds to Hght Nrecrnck ars, went from one to wnother, Most of the houses had 8 bowl of punch on the dining-room table or n keg of hard der on tap and oven those famiblies which had begun to disapprove of hnrd Hquors had plenty of brandy to fluvor thelr minee plow, Thers wera numerous noise. making uments—some of which have dis appeared, “The hawk,” invanted ana munufactured by w local barber, wam wold in large quantities, It wan o smili, tin horn with a thin bit of wood, somewhat like the mouthplece of o clarinat, which scemed (o toar the at mosphere with its discordant sound Probubly it was the unpleasant nofse of "the hawk"” which hud awakened Andrew Juckson from his shunbers, Heoren of boys would get together i A gung wnd purade the stresty bl ing on "the huwks." The notwe-muking devices the “ring tail,” ahout of the dinnry fire Cdouble-hes. Dutchman,” whioh ex. ploded twice, and the “spit.devil,” made with molstenod powder, which went off with much spitting and spuf tering, Vigw-nog wan the most fanhionahle popular Cheistmas drink., The ewives used to mix It In bread pane with whisky, hrandy, gin, milk, €4¥® ond apicen, Two drinks, says a Include © the wize ker; the The official family was asleep. ', The Singer of Songs flung his scarf to the breese, ‘While a cold moon shone warily down; The Singer of Songs brought a glad Christmas lay To the closed, shuttéred homes of the town. There was cheer in his voice; there was warmth in * his smile 2 As he caroled of Christmas Day bright; But the good folk and true would have nothing te 'With the music and voice in the might. “Twas a glad Christmas Eve to the Singer of Songs, As he caroled past window and door; ‘Though the wreaths and the candles that showed here and there ‘Were as cold as the snow on the moor. The warmth that he knew was behind the grey walls Ne'er escaped to his feeling or ken; While his Christmas song gay bent its heaven- ward way, “Peace on Earth, and Good Cheer to All Men.” A tiny tot stirred in its sleep and smiled on; 'Twas the music.....the song was unheard, A wanderer, who, like the singer, was barred Paused te catch each hope-hesrtening word The Singer of Songs knew the few that he reached, Knew the way that each heart-path must go, And to him fell the joy of the music-filled deed Making Christmas Eve real hers below. The edge of the town. Here the Singer of Songs Stole a glance at the one winding street; The gray light was gone—the cold—thst before Had stifled the passage of feet. From esch window and doorwa; streamed, v the HgMt fairly And hearth-warmth the wanderer beguiled; Christmas Eve came at last to the town ) and he had oo« And the Singer of Songs merely smiled. THE PUZZLE CORNER 11. Exhibit. 3. Yes. A careless examination. (Slang). . Parcel of land. . A fruit. Gift that builds muscle. Christmas sym’ols. VERTICAL Kind of poetry, . Meadow. . Mother. Boy's nickname. A boy's vehicle, . Kind of acid. . A vehicle operated with the N of a lamb. —1 Christmas! The greatest day in the vear is here in, and Santa Claus | is making everybody happy. This pus- | zle 15 made In the form of his sack of | toys, and some of them, you notice, are peeping out. Some of them have | fallen down into the puzzle, too, where you must find them, Merry Christmas! Lantern Party Favors. Distinctive lanterns for the unusual party alyays add an atmosphere that is highly valuable. kind shown are easily various-shaped tin cans ~PART" 5. cans, so much the better. As a rule, the cans should be cut 10| [ lovd, ax th Printer's measure. Try & couple of word chains now. ‘The words are good Christm and the changes are easy. R that you must form a complete word Change GIVE moves. Change SOCK | mo | wolivs Here's & puzzle that will keep you { busy for quite n while. Sce how many words you can form from the letters in TEASE, You should get at least fifteen, to TAKE In four to FULL In five ANSWERS The words In the cross-word puzale | The definitions are: ZONT. | are: Horlzontal-~1, dolls; 6, base balls; HORIZONTAL FEE 1. Gitts for girls, Wl 2, W Gifts for young “Pabe Ruths M 9, When thers was no Christmas, 1. What Ranta wears. b e b in Bt L PSRN 0 20, Il 21, om 2. GIVE, live, like, lnke, TAKRE, COCK, wuck, sulk, bulk, hull, FULL, 3. Tea, tean, tee, teen, eat, eats, ute onst, cane, weat, sate set sea, n chronfcler of the day, “were enough to throw a man," It was pot uncom- mon to see gungs of boys reeling ubout the street and gentlemen sleep. ing off their excess liquor In gutters, There always was u busy time on Christmas morning at Pollco Court, which sat on C street between Four. and.a-half and Bixth streets; but light wentences wote In order. The Jjudge himeelf often waws a bit hilarious. One of the most un|m|mlu|.‘| m;ll '|‘n the city wan Justice Cranch of the e e i e wanted the ale | Chine to take oft from the ground In of Nguor vegulated by law and striotly | 10 seconds and maken | Caterpillar Landing Gear. A new type of landing gear has been veloped In France for airplanes, based on the caterpillar wheel prin- ciple. ‘The invention enables a mn. sach time that you change a letter. | resemble the face of a grotesque per- These openfngs can A can opener or tin snip es being fMattened down tron . vedd, vellow won, made wit the rough ed, with hefore can st the hottom, or pu hottom for it should not way botween top and hattom larger the candle the slower burn, Theso about the pe Just The outsi or Incquered so they attractive Kive efte hammer and the ¢ in 0 in b a he cans, lzhted that can will & Whether lt ov make wure that the tops will n off, the the supporting covds, Corhidden (o minors humpy « 7 \E 8035 HAS BEEN # WORKING ALL DAV~ ON SOMETHING FOR. VOU POLKS. can be set upon the mantelpiece and | tahler. it they are suspended, dent edies wlightly. Rings. Lanterns of the |denly there wa made trom,| usually n If you can get round, oblong, square and rectangular bt e rod wax in the o through the The top of the b et B | Ho wax_ pretty childish by ther it wiil | Dis mind seemed very clear that day. | x andle and hung [ Wil ¥ room, will perhaps | then much tobe-dexived | 82id, *And Dotty, it you ever need painted | some money real tad, just-—* H equally | st that far Tu | into the t come | dintely, the | suspicion: dark. eved onto | L ure conventent for attaching Other lsnterns L made him our guardian ™ Clay Martin is remaining at G Academy during fhe Christmaa holida working at, the village post office bes financial ' diieultie stiident on n une an and ‘ells Clay abont twin sister are the oniy Jfather who haw recentiy the will. his former p. 14 made the uard- Fabian now informs Jeft by their grand- and advises them to hat Fabian i« accor pany him o to the ofd home of Lioyd's ntville. After wiring Dot that coing. they make an all-day trip and heir arrival are told that the old house 1% waid to be haunted They g0 to it. find- inz mothing during their segreh and ‘o to wleen. Suddenly they are awakened by a soft knockinz, INSTALLMENT IV. Like a flash the two boys were out of bed, pulling on their shoes. “What do vou suppose it {s?” de- manded Lloyd, in a voice that trembled. “It might be some one at the door.” safd Clay, hoarsely, “and then again— it might not! out.” “I ean find my way in the dark,” sajd Lloyd. “Let's not light the lamp until we see what it is." “Fine,” agreed Clay. ‘“Come on. ‘With bated breath and hearts that pounded, they tiptoed from the room and into the long, high-ceilinged hall. Then they started down the stairs, stumbling along as quietly as they could in the pitchy darkness. Again they heard the rapping. “It's at the front door!” exclaimed Lloyd. “Who or what can it be?” They reached the bottom of the stairs, “I'll open the door,” suggested Clay. ) You keep behind me and to one side, 0 whoever it is can't see you. Thal way we won't he taken by surprise. Slowly, carefully, he placed his hand on the knob, and gave it a quick turn. face, and in the dim light he saw, standing just outside the door, the figure of a girl. 'Gosl and half in amazement. a _ery of “Dot hind him, and Lloyd rushed past. ob- | crasping the arm of his frightened sister and pulling her into the house. What in the world ever made you come up here by vourself, Dot? v entered the living room and lit the light. C saw that Do! was a very pretty girl, though jus «{ now she almost overcome with fright and fatigue. “I got your telegram this morning." Lloyd and met Clay. *“I decided to come up here at once, hecause there were some things I had to tell you. Lloyd. I rode all day. and got into Kentville at 10:30. There was no cab there, 50 T walked out here. You walked?' the two boys cried together. . “Yes. And when I got here an¢ found the house dark, I was fright ened siity.” “You weren't v more frizghtened than we were,” said Clay, with a smile. “This place is supposed to be haunted.™ Then L n 1 v explained about their Finally he said, “But what was it you came all the way up here to tell me, Dot “Wel vou do. that Mr. Fabian is stealing our money for himself. When you wired that you were coming up here {10 »ee what vou could find, T remem bered somiething that happened just [hetore they took Grandfather to the santtarium, and I, thought it might {help vou ™ What s 11? asked Llovad. 1 guess I never told you, and vou Jwere away when it happened,sbut one dav 1 was up in his room with Grand. but [He told me he had just made a new he smiled mischievously and hen Mr. Fablan came oom, and he stopped imme. W looked at Nir. Fabian dit think he liked Fablan ' hroke in Lloyd. "1 don't see why he | Grandfather was pointing at the Fother side of the voom as he talked to ITS ALL READV,PRTE. COME OVER. HERE. AND HELP MR HOLO ITUR FOR. THE. RRADERS . Buf we've got to find |cr: ‘There was a stifled scream in his very. | he breathed, half in relief ‘Then sud- | be- cried | she explained, after she had greeted | father and he got to talking to me. | He got | The Ghost at Faversham’s BY W. BOYCE MORGAN me,” went on Dot, “and I've been wondering if he can’t have some money hidden up there.” “We went over every inch of the room,” sald Clay, “but, by George, it sounds as though you might be right.” “Iet's go_ up and have another look,” eried Lloyd. “This might lead to something. Maybe he had a hi place up know about.” At once they were rushing upstalrs, their footsteps echoing and re-echoing through the silent house. When they reached the room, Dot held the lamp and the boys hurried at once to the wall opposite the bed, toward which she £aid her grandfather had pointed. ‘With excited comments they tapped - every inch of the.wall, lifted off the pictures, felt for cracks at the base- board, but all to no avail. Then when they were almost discouraged, Dot suggested the floor. At once they | were on hands and knees. Clay, tap- ping near the wall, suddenly uttered a “Here it is!” he exclaimed. “A loose board.” They lifted it ovt. and there, lyinz in a little sunken hiding pla ¥ saw a steel stronghox. In a moment they had it out and had pried open the lid. “Bonds!” exclaimed Lloyd. found them! And what's Hastily he unfolded a paper. it's grandfather’'s will.” By the light of the lamp they read the document. It was the last will and testament of their grandfather, |leaving all of his possessions to Dot and Lloyd. But the thing that hrought low exclamations from them was the “We've thil “Why, “THEY SAW A STEEL STRONG BOX.” fact that it made Henry Spencer, a {banker in Kentville, executor of the estate and guardian of the two heirs “The will that Fabian had must be a fake cried Lloyd. Suddenly Clay 1 his head. Vhat was that?” he said quietly | They listened. Then chills of terror chased up and down three spines as there came from somewhere a low shostly moan. (To be co d rext Sunday) The Water Carrier. From the Glove Trotter. To most of us water is and cheap and plentitu can be obtained with ittle effort by merely turning the { faucet at home. bu is not_so fa ,many parts of the worl. In Egypt Iparts of southern Europe, Arabia | | began the girl, “T think. as | Africa, some of South America and parts of Mexice* w is scarce and must be purchaved. like meats and groceries, from those who have it te In these arid b Kt o Yo underground pipes home, but by v carry it for sa ners. In regions not by that water must bo quite a leaving everything to us, and | ‘hout the torrid A tOWn with sev of water hanging on the back. A scheme for uniting all transmis sion lines ito 18 main lines to serve A district of 878 squarve miles is under consideration in England. A memorial to the 3847 Indian sol diers who died in France during the Warkt War has been unvelled at Neuve Capelte