New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1924, Page 10

Adele Garrison's New Phase of REVELATIONS OF A Wikc ~ The Question About Bess Dean That Perplexed Madge “Now you've done it Katherine | murmured maliciously to Dicky as| ‘we hurried up the stairs. *f)one what?" he demauded rough- £ 1y, but 1 noticed that kept nns} i woice to the level of hers. #Put the voodoo on the house,” | ghe anghed, and then wiih a com-! ‘plete change of manner, she said sravely. “Dcn’t say anything to Mr Kev about the maid’s behavio “0r mine, 1 suppose,” Dicky torted, but 1 noticed with gra tion that there was uneasiness in hix‘ facce. He is altogether too prone to ridic- wlous jesting tricks in season and out of scason, and 1 was aot sorry to see him discomfited. He wiped everything but smiles from his face, however, when we reached Mrs. Dur- kee's door, and the little woman held out a thin little hand to us. “You mustn't hug me,” she warned, indicating her right side, while Kath- erine hovered watchfully near. “It's all | right, vyou know, everything inl { Saplendid shape—Dr. Draithwaite dis-| . eharged me before he went—but the | flesh is terribly tender, and I have to be caroful. But you may kiss me.” She held up her lips first to me, and then, with a coquettish little pout to Dicky—he declares that the first thing she dees beyond the pearly | gates will be to make eyes at St Peter—and he kissed her warmly. | Leila came into the room and my | arms at the same moment, and then Mrs. Durkee went into childish ejac- ulations of delight over the flowers which XKatherine had taken from Dicky and unwrapped. . Homage to “Her Fluffiness” | “Oh! Oh! Dicky-bird. How per-| fectly r~crumptious she caroled, | “But of course, part of them"-—she | turned to her daughter-in-law with an affectionate littie gmile. “Are for Leila,” Dicky assented ‘promptly. “We don’t want to spoil | ¥you, you know. Too much attention | is apt to turn your brain.” | “It's a wonder you don't say I/ haven't enough to turn,” she retort- | ed, pouting. *“That's the usual line of | talk you hand me.” “Oh, but you are mistaken,” Dicky | assured her, “That's a bouguet 1 re- serve strictly for the lady who has| the honor to be my wife, And then again, I make it a principle never to hit a lady unless she is in full pos- session of her hecalth and strength. You'ro really not fair game, But| ma cherie, you are standing. Ier- mit me?" With an entire change of manner ~ he drew forward a Dbig arm-chair mnd put her Into it with all the of a courtier, She heamed upon | im as he drew a low chair close to | r and took one of her hands in his, | keeping it there while he talked low _ monsense to her. She bridled and flushed as it she were sixteen and he | & year older, while I followed lLeila| 1o the window-s~at, where our speech, | if we kept our volces 1o a low murs mur, eould not be overheard. L . Lella Confides in Madge “How is she?” 1 asked anxiously. *“Perfectly all right, T think,” she | replied. “She appears to be get¥ng stronger every day. Of gourse, you'll have to ask Mrs. Bickett concern- | Ang her recovery from the opera- tion, 1 can only judge from her gen- | oral appearance. If it weren't for ou saw her, didn't you, | Dur- re- | fica- | “Indeed we did,” 1 replied, thank- ful that Dicky'sgridiculous alterca- Letter from Teslie Prescott to Leslie Prescott, Continued. Jack was silent a moment after he | had made the comment, on modern | women, and then he asked. “1 wonder if it has made er happiness”” “Not for the man, Jack,” T answer- ed quickly, “because his will he finds | is not now supreme. Woman has grown into something more than a possession. She must have a volce in | her own life, and its direction.” With one of those sudden changes that always surprise me in Jack he sald with a Jaugh “Well, 1'll have to how 1 treat you, my 1 would probably find you more implacable than Harry has Rtuth. Come on, let’s | 80 and see the kid"” Little Jack had been asleep when Jack eame home to dinner, and he Crippled by Corns? Use “Gets-It” for great- be very careful | ¥ [to be | for | vnderstand | | | 1 wonderial how “Gete 1" ends corns | Thurting corn and Precto! The pain stops at e o iud oy o, PReSRer hard how they , ‘! or m vhat yeu e ired, he'iers thic * il end eorn pain &t once, som Mie_the corn right off with the fins by back guarantee. Costs bt 3 b 90id everywhere. E. Lawrence & Co, Chicagn | ‘reached 'me | Bickett |would do when i |1 swear a look o | should come FEFICTITVTOTIIFICCTITE had not her tion with the dusky dam f the ears of Leila or mother-in-law, “Then you know what against. Mother Durkee is so pre- Judiced against maids anyway, this one is so impertinent and suiky It just Alf and 1 were by oursclves I'd discharge her in ond, have a woman in by the day for the heav- iest work, and do the rest myself. But you know how Mother 1 kee is,” she smiled, “She’d never let do the work by myself, and Dr, Braithwaite seid it was imperative that she have absolite rest from both work and worry for awhile, Mrs. id 1 have managed so far to keep her away from this room-we take all care of it oursely =0 Mother Durkes never has come in contact with the maid except for a ‘good morning,’ but what we'll do when she docs get downstairs 1 don’t know. And maids are so hard to get —this was positively the hope, and she's veally quite efficient except for her sulkiness.™ Leila's whisper trailed away into a tired little sigh, and Jooking more closely at her 1 saw that the lines of nervous fatigne had not disappeared froms+her face, as I had hoped they Dean was elim- inated from her daily life, The every- day domesthe problems were evident- Iy as wearing as the emotional ones, But I brought myself up with a round turn at a query which flashed just we're up |then into my brain, Ress 1 in L How did I know that WAS no longer a factor emotional life? Stender Girl A most attractive frock for a sien- der girl is of blue fallle silk with large overchecks in red and black, It has a wide sash tied with a puily bow*at one side, Buttons The row of buttons right down the front of the frock may be of glans, carved wood, pearl, or self material, but they are in evidence on the ma- Jority of afternoon costumes, Tube Frock: Tube frocks of satin for afternoon, particularly in white or Dbeige, are very smart. Contrasts With woman hat is very apt to wear a and scarf of vivid checks or plaids or | printed silk, Handbags Handbags of bright red, green or purple leather come in envelope shapes with handles and are leather lined and completely equipped with alds to beauty, Nightgowns Matching combination suits and nightgowns come in cross-harred volle or very fine batiste and are with color, Dyed Lace Dyed lace is used extensively on lingerie this scason. Nile green and apricot are two very popular shades, The advantage of dyed lace vious sinee in order to keep colored silk garments fresh Jlooking it is had not seen fhe e his re- turn, Is there anything than- a slecping child? Its innocence, its helplessness, and its potentialities appeal to you most at that time, Jack bent over the bed and laid his hand softly upon littie Jack's curls. The baby stirred a bit sleep, then opened his cyes wide baby sine more beautiful damp in his and came arms recognition into his eye.s He raised his little uncertainly; then they fell back and he dropped asieep again. Jack turned to me and threw arms aboul me “1 am the ha . my dea 1 am glad son,’ hecause pier than 1 After this gan as married talk plans for tie “1 don’t just “how we are going to your mother, “Why, we'll t have L Lesiie, You didn’t know you would called to New when telegraphed her I'm quite sure that she ent—at should b with the baby and me until you re- urn. “You won't he For busy his piest man in all the did not say could not Jack.” you you tonight, bit of arntiment we people often do, next few days know, Jack,” 1 said to make excuses ‘per- e to th that York to come be ¢ content o ¢ be vou wi m Irast gone long, will know I'm going office, and never gotten over you should come jirst, 1 shall home for me very promp mother has mever able that anything in my betore “That's another thing we have changed,” 1 sald. “We make the question of prompt such a fetish as our mothers and we are not so jealous bosiness, We understand all, marriage is & Dbusineas, a partner in it, we must work ifterest of ali concerned 00l Lord, ng minde 1 raised ms tong % i, (Copyright, 1 dear? you to he very the knaw mothe the idea that vou to life been her. women do not meals I murmured, a Do th " 24, NEA Eervice, s oh-| DAILY FANHION SERVICE. SMART SPORT FROCK This smart sport frock from France is so plain that copying it presents no problem at all. The pockets and |neck are embroidered in bright | colored wools in shades of yellow, red and green. The material is gray wool. yecessary to re-dip them occasionally, and the la is bound to become colored, so it might as well start out that way. Fringe is not used cxclusively evening and rnoon frocks this sea- son, but on tube and straightline frocks that are designed for very general wear, It comes in practically cvery width, Cheeked Coats A coat of black and white checked material has an inch binding on all its edges of black duvetyn with a tiny line of red outlining the black. Green Vegetables Don't cook green vegetables too long as it darkens them and makes the flavor too strong. Keep in Cool Place Always keep your meat drippings and fats in a cool, dry place. Reep Dust Away Keep your heds out. of alcoves if po ble, kept lree from dust, vermin, corners or m; he invites s0 Washing Solution Heat a pound of soap in four gal- lons of water over a low fire, then add a pound of soda. This will make an excellent solution for soak- ing clothes and for washing when the | water is very hard, | | “Wateh the lighting in your kitchen and have lights arranged where you | need them most. A light that flickers iur dazzles produces eyestrain and headache. Peas and Beans Dried beans and peas soaked in cold water for elght hours, then rinsed water and put on to cook he Ipast should at in in cold on | |~ GOOD MANNERS—) Lady Goes fresh | |"Then they should simmer gently until | |they are tender, Removing Stains You can remove stains from in- delible peneils by greasing the spot with lard and rubbing well, then washing with soap and warm water, FABL] BABY AND the dark silk frock the chie | “Ain't it eute!” Mr, Mann would almost he watched Mrs, Mann } Mann baby over her regular bath, | Of course Mrs, Mann has been well | supplied with instructions on how | best to bathe tlie baby. Tor a short time the baby should | be sponged with water at a tempera ture of 100 degrees, e carcful to have a special cloth for body and for purr as the first for the ke knee bound | | | 1f \he usher takes the seat checks at the head of the aisle, a lady will 'go down the aisle first, If two Iadies are together; the guest goes first, — S ON "HEALTRH HIS BATH | Watch out for the tender eyes, 1If there is any sign of inflammation, summon the doctor. Borie acid solu- tion may be used if any sign of eye scceretion is found, If the comes stopped, a boric acid solution again is advisaole, After the first month the tempera of the water may be lowered to degrees, and then gradually re- duced 1o 85 degrees. After the bath it is well to sponge the ehild oft with | water at about degrees, tn 1y and puppy spring in the deep, deep with the nice, kind They also had a great cream sodas while they was a very fine jer beside the soda Ann n Tazge and little soda Andy dog sat at the Naggedy water woods vy number visited for m puddie r spring They laughed and taiked while they had visiting oy Groer of iee there right cream wodas ha the kind oy aughed. “Didn't we 1 Witch Wigging thoug look in the basket 7" ve did!" gedy “1 thought theugh that Witeh' Wiggins r aml discover us hidden it basket!” hat “Ha nice Gro- boy vol old hen ghe went Ann the would Jift is just wi rded doing!’ Wasn't it Andy thougit paper and squawk 1ike old Witeh thonhght ave her finger bitten when she in the mean cre (HE fortunat to kick chicken sh Groce 1 ture inte said Laggedy ry Loy * The would heard gt out a limb and sure m her te to of vay, she tripped over BLUMP ol 14 not dy Ann nking of ethers, and en to those e was was who we for you 1o say that kind Gre should always think is of But really . For one thoug nother Witeh W mean old en “Have you kn dy Andy “ona right ne cunning littie retly fowe a very, very atur ry long asked the Groc ry oy 1 uscd a very boy Wit xt live joor to me i white honse There v ovpr 8 growin and o hbors liked veryone much. Tt e ot y wondered white wher a e left the fiaggedy white house: a\\dKfl? ed by Johmy of KaggedyAum Andy ruelle the Grocery bo went after she will tell you Ann aske “No, si *No one white house “But 1 gedy Ann and replied. little ever near left secret, Nag- Iy Andy and lit ags puppy « the grocery boy 1ded i “Old Witeh Wig- ne is really my aunt and when I found out that lived in the oak tree, 1 came here and started a gro cery in that 1 could find out mad ave all of her da! But old Witeh Wiggins never opes what 1rie ha, ha!" b “lia « kind Grocery tanghed. does the * And the has known thi and sometimes:” boy broke into tears and hard 1t Ann had to & spoonfuls of i cream would ctop. t might help you in Itaggedy Andy said. the nice Grocery anest =5 Grocery Agzedy e smiled through Here comes Wite iecd his little arm: iehes there and 1 will the basket and to his.e Wide in put som= sticks in them with the paper ns v reached the krd - othing to sticks, Thi 1 ot of I nose be. | |so often T almost seem to have been The marriage of Dolly and Nigel [here and witnessed it. She had a Iretherton proves an unhappy one. | child with her, a boy of two years, ton’s wife, and that the boy was his Nobody had ever heard of his under Nigel is | son. an to enlist. He leaves Dolly | the care of Mary Kurnival. | killed and Dolly marries sweetheart, Ilobert Durham. Dolly | father into believing her. She had |and Tobert sail for America, and |papers and certificates, and goodness word comes of the sinking of their |alone knows what, and she told him ship. a very plausible story of how she met When Nigel's brother, David, calls |him, and what their life had been, [to see 'Nigel's widow, Mary is and how he died. |ashamed to tell him of Dolly’s mar-| *“Well, to cut a long story | riage. David mistakes Mary for s |she was reccived liere as brother's wife and asks her to come | Bretherton's widow, and the child |to live at Red Grange with him and |acknowledged as his son. A nice his aunt. David and his aunt wel- |little fellow he was, I believe; and, | come Mary when she comes to Red |judging from his portrait—there's Grange. David asks Mary if she be- [one in the gallery—he was a very lieves in ghosts and tells her that pretty boy, but not a bit like a Ited Grange is haunted. | Bretherton. He and his —— stayed here for about two months, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY |living in luxury, before they were “Ited Grange is haunted, do you |found out. David’s grandfather took mean 2" !a great fancy to them, it appears, “Yes; we are quite proud of our #nd thought nothing too good for | ghost, aren’t we, Aunt Florenee? 1 [them. : | haven't seen it myself, but a good | “Then one night the Gray lady | many of our ancestors have, and |WVas secn; no fewer than three people | each visitation is chronicled most | {carefully in an old hook. T will| show it to you tomorrow. You are not afraid of ghosts2” Mary laughed, , “I don’'t believe in them, of céurse! | Do you?" | He hesitated. | “I'm not sure—but I lieve I do.” “David! short, Ralph rather be. said Miss Varney reprov- | looked across at her. ‘Well, T believe I do; in our par- ticular ghost, at any rate. They say she is a very charming person,” “A woman, then?” said Mary, “Yes, a lady in gray., As | say, I've never seen her, but she is sup- posed to appear at stated times, and | walk the corridors upstairs. I dare- | say you've noticed that most of them {are oak-paneled?” |+ "Yaa” “Well, there is supposed to he a | secret door in one panel leading to lan old undiscovered passage—that's the story, anyway, Most old houses 'lm\'e some such story; 1 wonder Nige, | didn’t tell you, He and I used to spend days when we were youngsters, trying to find out where it was, | |should think there's hard¥y an inch | |of paneling we haven't tapped and tried’ to coax into opening, but we never found anything, and I daresay ) LOOKED OCHET, MISS VARN ve M HER C saw her, and all on geparate oce sions, It was a warning, so evéry- {one said, that some disaster was fall- |ing on the family, And sure enough it was, because the very next day |someone ment an anonymous letter to {the head of the house—David's | grandfather—and warned him that the woman he was sheltering as his son's wife was an imposter, T dou't "remember the details, but it proved to be true enough, 8he had. only known Ralph Bretherton very slight- Iy, and the whole thing was a put-up scheme to gel the money and estates | tor the boy."” CHAPTER XX1V, The Bretherton Character Mary had listened breathlessly, “And what happened to them 2™ Miss Varney shook her head. | “This is the most dreadful part of | the whole story, my dear, and one that none of the family are very {proud of; for David's grandfather | turned them out then and there, neck | and ‘crop, into the road, and wouldn't lallow anyone to raise a finger to help |them. It was a dreadful Might, so |they say, snowing, and with a cut- ting wind blowing.” Miss Varney shivered a little at her cwn thoughts, 8he had told the story so many times that it had be- crocheet. Jeome most realistic to her. “Oh, yes; sometimes, my dear! But | She put down her work and looked he's not at all strong, you know; in 'acress at Mary, fact, at one time we never thought | he would live to grow wup. He's {much better now, but he has to be the roadside. The little boy was careful. 1 Jike him to rest as much |dead, and hi mother<<she shook |as possible. But sball see quite | her head—“she died soon after- # Jot of him, and you'll Jike him very | wards.” ;muf'h when you know him better.” “1 like him now,” said Mary im- | pulsively. nant. “Wasn't he punished ? Miss Varney looked pleased; she [a man be punished for murder? was never tired of listening to praise | was murder!” she repeated of her idol. | mently. “He's & wonderful man—wonder- | Miss full” she said, with quiet enthusiasm, [shocked, “He doesn’t make many friends, and | “There was a terrible scandal, of he doesn’t make them easily; but once | course; but—well, when you are a he likes a person, he'd do anything ' ™ch and powerful man, my dear, you | for him.” |ean hush things up, you know, and | “1 am sure he would.” the whole truth never came out. But “He's just like his grandfather in it showed that side of the Bretherton | some respeets,” Miss Varney went on, | character—relentiess, remorseless.” | with evident enjoyment. = “He's the | “And you mean—you mean that | straightest man 1 know, but once you | David would be like that?” asked make an enemy of him—" She | Mary slowly, {1ooked up at Mary with a sort of | “Oh, my dear, how can T fell? pride. “The Brethertons never for- give!” she said severely: the backbone.” “1 don’t think that's very nice of Mary left her chair and walked them,” said Mar with a nervous |over (o the fire, She dropped on her little smile. “They might need for- knees, holding her hands to the giveness for something themselves one | Warmth of its bla She was shiv- day.” ering a little, Miss Varney unwound seme more | “1 suppose if anyone deceived him, cotton from tire ball on her Jap. |then,” she said in a hard voice, “that “It's a family trait, my dear; 1 he would be quite eapable of behav- can't explain it in any other «way. |in the way his grandfather did. 1s Of course, 1 know we are all tanght | that what you mean?” 1o forgive our enemies, but riot many | Miss Varney looked distressed. of us do so, 1 am afraid. Just now | “I'm afraid 1 am giving you David was speaking of the family | Wrong impression of him, Ma ghost, as he calls it, but he didn't (%0 unlikely that anything ever tell you about the last time it ap- | happen to rouse him sufficiently. peared, and why it is supposed to |the ordinary way he never gets up- have appeared, did he?” sct at all. Why, even No.” heard that “It was in his grandfather's time, Wwould hardly have thought | David's father was a youmg man |Cared, the way he took it.” then, and his brother Ralph——you've | Mary's face flamed. by {heard Nigel speak of his Uncle| “Tt seems that nobody loved Taiph, of course?” {but me!” she eaid bitterly. Then, “No.” |suddenly remorseful: “Oh, 1. didn't | Miss Varney looked surprised. mean that! Please forgive me; 1 “Hayen't you? 1 wonder he didn‘'t Gidn't mean that!” tell you about him.' He was the| Miss Varney fook black sheep of the family. He was | extended. older than David's father, and he got into trouble here at home and went | off abroad. Nothing was heard o!l dreaming if you tell Miss Varney ob- Jected, | David looked at the girl, | "Will you? I'm sorr) T didn't | think you'd be so impressionable.” | I think it's awfully in- When did she last appear ¥ lady?" hesitated, “I'm not. | teresting. ~this gr David brows, “I can't quite remember, but it's |some years ago—long before my |time, The story runs that she s jonly seen when some disaster or dis- grace is threatening the family, She's |quite a kindly soul, evidently, he | added, laughing. “And means quite well, | They all laughed and the conversa- | tion was changed. CHAPTER XXI11, The Family skeleton David went to his room to letters after dinner, and Mary | Miss Varney sat together in drawing room. “Doesn’t Mr, Bretherton ever with us—~with you, I mean?"” | asked involuntarily. Miss Varney looked up He knit his write and the sit Mary | from her lagers found them in a snowdrift by Mary's voice was angry and indig- Can’t 1t vehe- looked little Varney a 1 » It's win David him the hand she (Continued in Our Next 1ssue) bim for years until one day news of Wise Birds Wis death was sent to his father.| & . C. A, Agent—1 have a report He'd died Somewhere in America, and | thal you're in the habit that apparently was (he end of him, | Your pouliry into a field and then land everyone naturally looked upon THnning them down with an automo- {bavid anl Nigel's father as heir. l‘-irn What's the idea? peen about | Farmer—The idear hat | more'n a dozen this past summer sudden drath on the igh=az. o 1'm “1 suppose it must have six months later.” she went on, a woman arrived at the Red Grange. | 1t was November. | cotirse, but I've ‘Beard fHe $orv 16} |shr.—Jvies ) “In the morning some of the vil- ! “How cruell-~how wickedly truel!” | enly know that he Is a Bretherton to | In| When war is declared, Nigel is glad land she said she was Ralph Brether- | old | being married, but she persvaded his | mother | BY BISTER MARY (A daily menu for the stout and thin) EAT AND LOSE WEIGHT Four tablespoons apple sauce, 1 eup clam bouillon. 1 baked potato, ' cup creamed dried beef, 4 ounces ham- burg steak (broiled), 1 cup string beans, 1 cup cabbage salad, 1 baked Bermuda onion, 2 teaspoons fresh horseradish, 2 tablespoons fresh pine- {apple ice, 2 tablespoons canned cher- vies, 2 crisp pieces whole wheat toast, 1 gluten roll, 1 pint skimmed milk. Total calories, 1194, Protein, 315; fat, 3; carbohydrate, 656, Iron, 0222 gram, | { |ries are planned for | { { | | | | mixture. when we | gel had been killed. you | of shooing | is that 1"¢e Tost It fresh apples are not availahle use dried ones, Four tablespoons ap- ple sauce, be it of fresh or dried fruit, has approximately two calories of pr tein, five of fat and 93 of carbohy- drate with 0005 gram of iron, The sauce should be slightly swectened, The clam bouillon, baked potato, creamed dried beef and canned cher. luncheon, No bread is provided as potato is served, Baked potato and creamed dried heef is a palatable combination, The eream sauce for the beel should be made with skimmed milk, If enough must be made for an entire family why not add more butter to the sauce for the members who are normal and save making two dishes of the same food? The extra butter suppiies the neces. sary richness for those who want it, Add after the “diet” portion is served, EAT AND GAIN WEIGHT Four tablespoons app ce, 4 ta- blespoons fish hash, 4 ric griddie cakes, 4 tablespoons maple sirup, 1 cup clam boullion with 1 poached egg, 1 large baked potato, % cup ercamed dried beef, 1 cup eream of celery soup, 4 ounces brofled hamburg steak, 4 tablespoons mashed potato, 1 eup string beans in eream sauce, 1 cup cabbage salad with sour cream dress. ing, 1 stuffed baked onion, 2 teaspoons fresh horseradish, 2 tablespoons fresh pineapple ice folded into two table. spoons whipped cream, 1 cherry puft pudding with 2 teagpoons sugar and 4 tablespoons cream, 1 plece sunshine cake, 2 whole slices crisp whole wheat toast, 2 tablespoons croutons, 2 2.inch squares corn cake, 4 tablespoons but. ter, 2 pieces rye bread, 1 pint whole milk. Total calori: 4006, Protein, fat, 1724; carbohydrate, 1784, 023 gram, Stuffed Baked Onion Four Bermuda onfons, %4 cup chop ped English walnuts, % cup boiled rice, 4 tablespoons meited butter, teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon minced parsiey, 4 tablespoons canned tomato julce, 1-8 teaspoon pepper, 15 cup buttered bread erumba, Peel onions and cook in boiling salted water for half an hour. Drain and cut a thin stice from one end of each onion. Remove several gections from the center of each onion, These should be saved for a soup or served in cream sauce the next day. Combine nuts, rice, butter, salt and pepper, minced parsley and tomato juice, Mix well and fill onions with Put in a buttered baking sh, surround with about an inch of bolling water and hake 45 minutes, Cover with erumbs for the last 15 minutes of baking. Brown crumbs and serve, Total calories, 1 . fat, 776; carbohydrate, 6039 gram, (Copyright, 1924, THE YOUNG LABY ACROSS THE WAY 405 ron, Protein, ., 184 Iron, A Serviee,” Inc.) I wasn't. here, of | training the rest of them to bé auto i