New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 23, 1922, Page 5

MY MARRIAGE PROBLEMS Adele Garrison's New Phasc of REVELATIONS OF A WIFE ——— How Lilllan Wrung Hidden Facts From Madge and What Mother Graham Did. IMlian's query so astonished me that for a second or two I could only gape ludicrously at her. But it gal- vanized my mother-in-law into rapid speech, and effectually halted her trip to Katie's room. “What do you mean?'' she demand- od imperiously of Lilllan, and I sup- pressed a little smile at her cavalier attitude. To my doughty mother-in- law all men and women are alike. I belleve she would bully Lloyd George or President Harding with equal aplomb, Lilllan rarely falls in courtesy to the elder woman, but she evidently was too tensely” wrought up for the amenities of life, Mother Graham might not have spoken for any atten- tlon which Lilllan pald to her. In- #tead, my friend came over to me, grasped me by the shoulder and shook me in loving exasperation. “You were in some awful danger on that ride to the hospital,’ she sald with a positive inflection. “You needn’t deny it, for I know a good deal. But I want you to spill every- thing you know." “How did you know?" I asked be- wildered, for I had spoken no word even to Lilllan of my wild ride and narrow escape from the carload of drunken men. “For one thing, Allen suspected mething from the way your car e up the drive—he was watching pr you, indeed, he was just ready » out and hunt for you." Lillian is Insistent. A tiny thrill of gratified vanity, of which I was instantly ashamed, ran through the annoyance which I felt at this information. I was sure that Mr. Drake's watchfulness had its roots in his love for bossing things and his dislike of being thwarted. He had practically forbidden me to go to the hospital, and I had driven quickly away to avold his company on the expedition, the offer of which he had urged upon me. But I couldn’t help being pleased at the knowledge that beneath his arrogance there lay a very real concern for my safety. 1 did not care to have Lillian's keen perceptions of my mother-in- aw’'s uncanny instinct discover my ally, however, so I took refuge in an /inoyed stiffness of manner, “Mr. Drake is pleased to dream,” I sald pettishly. “There {s nothing the matter with the car." “Oh, you anointed little—tarradid- dler !" Lilllan exclaimed. She was still holding my shoulders, and. she swayed me back and forth as she spoke, “I went out just now and lookedl at the car myself. But that isn’t all. One of Tom Chester's men came in just now and told of a car- load of drunken men on the other road, who were trying to get to the hospital with two of thelr number who were hurt. They were telling a wild tale of a women who ran them down, and as he had seen you pass them tonight, he came up to see if you were all right."” ‘“Margaret, Margaret !" “I suppose I was the only woman driving tonight,” I said with a feeble attempt at sarcasm which Lilllan promptly squelched, “Of course you were—the only woman driving alone,” she retorted. “Don’t parry any longer, come clean with it. Were you hurt in any way, and what did happen?" “Oughtn’t you to be with Mr. Chester?”” I made a last feeble at- tempt to block her {insistence, for I felt a positive physical repulsion against relating to any one the tale of that wild ride, “No !" she sald explosively. “Mr. Chester has Dr. Pettit and your father. And we haven't but a min- ute or two, for Allen 1is bringing Smith down to the library, and we want to be there. So talk quickly." There is no use resisting Lilllan when she makes up her mind to any- thing. So reluctantly I pictured the chase of my car by the drunken men, my eluding of them, their blocking of the road and my crash through and escape home. “l1 wonder how badly those men are hurt,” I said worriedly. “I hope you Kkilled them,” Lillian said with a viclous little click of her teeth, while her hands tightened on my shoulders. “You brave, resource- ful girl, I'm proud of you! But, oh, my dear, you might has been killed!" There was the suspicion of a quaver in her voice, and I knew that she was deeply moved. But Mother Graham, her old face working with emotion, swept her away and took me in her arms. “Margaret, Margaret,” she crooned over and over again, while my heart leaped anew to the knowledge that despite my mother-in-law’s crankiness she really loved me. E EPY—TIME TALES damet agivtemas HOW JIMMY RABBIT \\ON A RACE. Jimmy Rabbit once won a horse race. There was a half-mile track at the lower end of Pleasant Valley. There the farmers for miles around used to come every fall, after harvesting, bringing with them horses that they called “trotters.” Farmer Green's old horse Ebenezer was a trotter. In his younger days he had won many races. ley knew all'about his “record.” DBut now Ebenezer was so old that he spent a good deal of his time in the pasture, where Jimmy Rabbit often met him. “I hear there's going to be a race at the track tomorrow.” Ebenezer re- And then Jimmy Rabbit did a queer thing marked to September day. see it?" Now Jimmy Rabbit hadn't known anything about the race. And he sajd he didn’t cate to attend it. He confessed that he had never seen a horse-trot. “Then you ought to go to Ebenezer told him. “You'd seeing the race tomorrow. myself,” he added wistfully, Farmer Green expects to take the bays. At least, old dog Spot told me 80." As it happened, Jimmy Rabbit had no important business that would prevent his going to the race. So the next day he journeyed down the val- ley, starting soon after dawn, because he wanted time to stop for a bite whenever he felt hungry, and for a nap after each snack. It was early in the afternoon when he reached the race track. He found a big crowd there, all gathered about a little, but tall building, which stood close heside the track. This was the judges’ stand, right opposite the place where the races began—and finished, too. Jimmy Rabbit one fine “Are you going to one," enjoy r'a go —_— Theron Wolcott Hart - Instruction in PIANO, ORGAN THEORY SONG COACH Studio: 14 Prospect Street Tel. 2531. And this is how it happened., Everybody in Pleasant Val-| “but | Jimmy Rabbit did not mingle with the crowd. Instead, he stopped some distance away and crouched down behind the fence close beside the track, where he could peep out and watch the races without being seen by anybody. After a while some horses appear- ed near the judges' stand, each driv- en by a man who rode in a two- wheeled sulky. The races were going to begin. Again and again the horses started. Again and again a bell rang to call them back. And now and then a harsh-voiced man in the judges' stand scolded somebody so loudly that Jim- my Rabbit was afrald he was hurt- ing some one's feelings. “That man is trying to stop the races before they begin,” Jimmy thought. But at last the horses real- ly got away. The nagging man may have forgotten to ring the bell. Jim- my wasn't sure about that. Anyhow, he craned his neck and waited for the horses to sweep around the half- mile track and come tearing down past the spot where he was hiding. They came at last. With a rush the leaders sped past. And far in the rear of them afl, who should appear but old Ebenezer himself! Farmer Green's old horse had come % the races after all!l And Farmer Green was driving him in the race. “0ld dog Spot was mistaken,” Jim- my Rabbit murmured. ‘But it's too bad that Ebenezer came. He's too old. He's going to lose this race.” Once more the horses thundered around the track. Once more they came thumping past Jimmy Rabbit. And now, to his delight, he saw that Ebenezer was leading all the rest. Well, that was only one heat. Eb- enezer won it. And he won another like the first. But after that a big bay horse beat him twice. And when the trotters came out upon the track for the fifth heat Jimmy Rabbit be- gan to feel very sorry for Ebenezer. “He's too old, 'he sald to himself once more. ‘“They ought to have left him in the pasture.” Before this heat was half over Jimmy Rabbit was sure ‘that Eben- ezer was hopelessly beaten. He lagged far behind when the horses passed Jimmy in their first circling of the half-mile track. For a moment Jim- my turned away. He couldn't bear to see old Ebenezer lose. But soon there was a great shouting from the crowd—a great shouting and waving of hats. And Jimmy just had to take another peep through the fence There came the big bay in front, with old Ebenezer pressing him hard “Come on! Come on! Come on, Ebenezer!"” It was Jimmy Rabbit beg- ging Ebenezer to hurry. But of course the,old horse couldn't hear him. And then Jimmy Rabbit did a queer thing. He never knew what made him do it. He jumped through the fence and dashed across the track almost under the feet of the big bay. That startled, straining fellow saw him, faltered in his stride, swerved, and began to bob oddly up and down In another second old FEbenezer flashed past him. And in five seconds more a great roar arose from all the farmers and farmers’ boys who had come to see the races. Old Ebenezer had won three heats—and the race NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 $100,000 Legs Vera Olcott, English dancer, just won a prize as having the most beau- tiful legs in Paris. She straightway had the precious limbs insured for $100,000. | Gossip’s Corner Shoe Novelties Patent leather walking shoes, with oxford ties, have turnover cuffs of plain leather about two inches in width. For Evening Spangled stockings for evening wear are displayed in the fashionable shops. On gold colored hose one sees green or red spangles, and on white, silver is frequently used. Fur Trimmed Pillows Rur trimmed sofa pillows suggestion of winter as well as of coziness about them. While this trimming is most usually seen on vel- vet or brocaded materials, it is shown on some of the newest lingerie pil- lows—used, however, in moderation. Picture Hat A large black velvet picture hat is lined with cloth of silver, and has elaborate silver lace patterns ap- pliqued on the crown. Fur Girdles Fur girdles are noticed on some of the smartest importations—a wide band of mole, sable, or ermine defin- ing the low waistline, is sometimes the only ornamentation on a satin or vel- vet dinner gown If You Are Well Bred You are careful to see that your dining table is well appointed. The sil- ver should always be carefully polish- ed, the glassware shining and the linen spotless. It is much easier to give a success- ful dinner or luncheon, if one is sure that all the appointments are attended to, so that one may devote one's at- tention entirely to the guests and their pleasure. have a Marriage A La Mode Among the natives of Soudan, a wedding is a festive event, but there is no priest or representative of state, and no wedding ceremony. All the friends gather and have a big feast for the bride and groom, each guest bringing as much food and drink as he can. The guests remain as long as there is any food, s0 sometimes the festivi- ties last for a week. When they have returned to their abodes, the wedding is over. Al Jolson says he wants to be known as ‘“the Harold Lloyd of the stage,'” since he saw “Grandma's Boy."” The next day Jimmy Rabbit went to the pasture, where he found Ebenezer lazily nibbling grass. “I was pleased when you won your race yesterday,” Jimmy Rabbit told him. “I won {t!" Ebenezer exclaimed “No! No! You won it for me. And f{t was really a shame. If you hadn't startled the bay he would have beaten me. But I don't feel as sorry for him as I might. He tried to bite me just before the race began." And that was the way Jimmy Rab-' bit won a horse race. (Copyright 1922 by Metropolitan Newspaper Service.) PARSONS ———THEATRE— HARTFORD TONIGHT AMERICA'S LEADING IRISH ACTOR emf America’s Leading Irish Actor-Singer' WALTER SCANLAN In & New Comedy With Songs ‘MAYTIME IN ERIN’ HEAR SCANLON'S NEW SONGS, Eves. 205c-$2.00 Mat. 25¢ to , 1922, 1 Standard Time and Standard Service RALLY DAY South Church and School 9:30—Italian Department Morning Worship 10:45 Beginning a series on “Fundamentalism, or Some Things That Are Ba VOICES N THE AIR (Westinghouse, East Pittsburgh.) 8:00 — Roy Strayer, tenor; and George Wahl, | baritone; accompanist. 10:00 a. Breeze Presbyterian H. Barker, 1:45 p. “The Lady Who Looked Back." 2:00 p. m.—Radio chapel conducted F. J. Stinson, Christian church, McKeesport, by Rev. 6:30 p. Episcopal Ltten, rector. organist. (Westinghouse, Springfield.) 7:30 p. time story told by tard."” 7:45 p. Sanders. 8:00 p. ducted by Rev. tor St church. (Westinghouse, Newark.) 7:00 p. m.—Final basehall scores American, baseball league games. ics, 7:10 p. m.—Uncle Wiggily stories. 8:20 p. m.—Dance music by Orient- Black and White Melody N. al Paterson, 9:35 p. lamp. 3:00 p. and sacred music program 4:30 p. ducted by 9:05 p. m.—Concert soprano and Prof. Karambelas, violin. VMesser, (American Corp., Medford Hillside, 6:30 p. Late news flashes 8:00 p. m.—Evening program:— 1. The Family Circle. Final baseball scores. Scottish airs. 4. Recital by Leo A. Whelan, ac- companied by Miss Marion L. Whelan, 3. pianist. Jack Mulhall a series of pictures called “Tales of | the Fish Patrol.” KDKA Saturday | Miss Clara Huhn, soprano; Earl Mitchell, pianist and Sunday m. — Services of church. Point D minister, m.—Children’s bible story, pastor of Pa. m.—Services of Calvary church. Rev. E, J. Van Josiah Poole, assistant st WBZ Saturday m.—Baseball scores. Bed- “0Old Mother Hub- m.—Crop report by V. E. Sunday m.—Church Delmar E. 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NILLSON COLLEEN MOORE Sunday — Monday Tuesday — Wednesday lnsplred by KIPLING 'S Poem "THE VAMPID.E" EI“IMETT KN FLYNN