New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1924, Page 20

MY HUSBAND'’S LOVE . REVELATION The Protective Question Edith . fax Asked About Leila At the unexpected sound. . of her sister’s voice in the hall, Leila Dur-| kee's hands went flutteringly to ‘her heart and her face grew pallid. | I saw Katherine look searchingly | at her ,and move quietly toward her, | “but before she reached her side, the] yose flush og joy had suffused Leila's | cheeks, and with a little ery of, | “gEdie! Oh, Edie! Here I am, in the | ‘library !” she rashed to the door as it swung open and was slasped close | in - Edith Fairfax's loving arms. | For a long minute the two sisters | stood closcly embraced, oblivious of | everyone save themselves, Leila was | sly between little ejac- | Edie ! I've want- v Fair- ‘ ed you so soothing her defmy, was scrutinizing | her closely. | “What have they done to you, Kitten?” she demanded after a min- | ute, putting her hand beneath her | sister’s delicate face and turning it upward to her own. In her voice and eyes was the flerce, protective, maternal love which 1 knew always had been hers for this idolized younger sister. And as “Leila's eyes fell beford® hers ,and her volce murmured, brakenly, “Noth-| ing, Edie, Everything's all-right, now | that you're here,” 1 saw Edith Fair-! fax's face harden, and T knew that | Leila needed nothing more of me or anyone else, | Fierce Maternal Love | Bess Dean would have less than the Chinaman's chance” which Dicky is always quoting, when pitted against | Edith Fairfax aroused by any Wrong to Leila, real or fancied. Not that 1, meant to forego using the effective weapon against Bess Dean which 1! believed 1 hud discovered, That pro- cedure was not only a duty to Leila, | but a pleasure to me ,and I feit I would not miss the interview with my former colleague for many shekels. | “I'm here, don't you forget | that, | darling,” the.elder sister said softly | ‘but tensely, and then Leila, stilll clutching Edith’s arm as ifshe were | afraid she might be snatched aw: v | turned to the rest of us with a profly; ‘lttle air of apology. I “I'm fearfully remis,' she said! “contritely, “but 1 haven't scen KEdie | for so long." | “Perhaps after a hundred years so #0, we'll be able to forgive you,” Dicky drawled, coming forward and putting | out his hand, “Salaams, Ede. How's| the girl?" “wyery well, thank you, Dicky," she returned. “One doesn’t need to ask | you that question, You're looking unusually fit." “The same to you and many of | _tem.” Dicky replied flippantly, and | then Katherine and 1 took possession { of her. “The Fasiest Jobh.” . " *Do you know what you are?’| Katherine queried in a low tone, tak- “ing advantage of the fact that Dicky was monopolizing Leila's attention * with some of his nonsense, a deliber- jate proceeding, 1 suspected on his Lpart to enable us to speak to Hdith. | e what?" Edith countered. of Provi § “A Direct Interposition g. Tetter from Leslic Prescott to dohn Alden Prescott, Continued. My sistor secms to have grown two | or three ifiches taller, although #he | told me a little supcreiliously, loukmg‘ at my plumpness, that gh'd only| grown mort slender. She is really more English than an Englishwoman | herselt—spel ks with a broad accent and draws her words. 1 think, how-| ever, that she has done this so long that it has become second nature to her, for she does not seem-to be put- ting it on entirely. She was always a | great mimic. Karl seems 1o be her—at least he is wpon her in a way that must have Teen an eycopener to the 1 ¥ and that 1 wish you could hav 4t might help you to remember some of the things 1 ask you to do for m when you leave for office in the morning, which you aria for- get. Aliee dresses in English Bhe hasn't the smartness American girls, but it's very becoming o her. In evening dress, which she @ wore at dinner last night, she is a stunning looking gir thought the English Spetter in the evening Karl hag given her a #string of pearls which quite devoted to made to wait iny of onr I've a woman looks Ao n than we magnifice e wears with Typewriters SOLD — EXCHANGED RENTED — REPAIRED New L. C. Smith Typewriters Factory Rebuilt Royal Typewriters PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS Corona Underwood Remington | New Britain Typewriter Exchange 96 WEST MAIN ST. | | she said. | tortable, | what 1 wanted. | 1ong for your kisses untii 1 %o PEPETTTIITIOIIIG New-Phase of S OF A WIFE i s : : : with capitals,” Katherine dence plied. “You never were more needed in | your life, Edith,” 1 supplemented, | and she looked. from us to Leila and | back again before answering. “I guessed as much,” she said slow- ly, and then more briskly but still in an undertone she added: “What's the principal trouble?"” Igestured to Katherine, and in the | foewest words possible, she told Edith | of the ic problems presented by M s convalescence and ' the ant problem. | “It she only could go away some- | where until she gets strong,” Kath- erine finished, “Leila could manage | beautifully here. } Fdith's e showed relief, as if | 1§ Tna shed upon her | That's the easiest job possibles | “[ have that right in my | pocket, But that doesn’t account for | all of the lines in Leila's face.” Katherine opened her hands, palms | outward and said: “My province ends with the in-| formation 1 have given you. thing else, Madge must tell yo! | Gossip’s Corner || Fashionable | Buttons are most’ fashionable for trimmings now, used in rows or even worked into embroidéry. Color § The ‘large colorful motifs in cre- tonne are bheing successfully trans- planted from their pative fabrics and | appliqued on linen or silk frocks. ! | Has Many Uses i With a scarf it is quite possible to | make a street costume of almost any trock: ‘ | Ostrich Féathers | Ostrich has returhed with a ven-| geance this year, not for hats, but on | gowns and wraps for afternoon nnd‘ evening. f | Alpaca Frocks | Plaid alpaca frocks have nnrnm" white collars or pique or handker- chief Jinen and belth of bright col- | ored patent leather, | Use of Flounces Flounces* are used most interest- ingly on the latest French importa- tions, They rarely go all the way around and are most irregular in their ways. New Shade A new shade of red ‘that is very smaurt in connection with white .or black or combinations of hlack and | white Is called lobster and is just the tint of the well cooked animal, | Bengalines As a relief from crepegand satins,| Wihis season we havd the¥ bengalines and silk alpacas which 'mulm the great pride, The only really Ameri- can thing that I have known her to do since she came back is to tell me that they cost a hundred = thousand dollars. ( Mother seemed quite disappointed That 1 didn't bring little Jack, but | Alice remarked: “Of course, it isn't as Thard to jeave him as it would be if he were your own child?" At that moment T hated my sister. | Dad asked me all about you and| seemed to be much pieased that you are getting along so well—said he| always knew you were going to sue- | ceed, Mother was quite anxious to] know all about Sally’s and dying, | and dad wanted to know if you would | let Sally return to him, because she was ihe best advertisement copy | writer he had ever had. 1 told him | 1 was afraid you would not like 1o Jet | dally go back to him-—that you got | tong well with her and that you had | promised her a big raise in a month tws, Alice remarked at this that couldn’t understand. a woman's working In an office day after day, which seemed to rile dad, for some reason of other. (1 don’t think he ad-| Alice's little ways,) e she mires all of ways Bosoke up and said “1 consider Mrs, Athe one of the most feminine women I have ever known. While you may think it was a great misfortune that she had to \ het living, 1 want you to know 1 would be glad to know that cither of my daughters could do so if they were rton alled .upon, as well as she does “Well, 1 don't think I'll ever be| called wpon,” said A complac- ently, with a look of wunderstanding rd Karl Karl colored, and "1 know, that he, as 1, thougiht remark wah rather bad taste Of course 1 have lots and lots to tell you which 1 cannot write. 1 hope your mother has made hersell com- Be sure and telephone Ruth to go over and see her and take those caps, as 1 mentioned them to her in a note 1 wrote betore 1 left Dear Jack, I'm awfully giad that you're not like Karl Whitney. TI'd be bored to death with a man who al- ways was on the lookout to scé Just Of course there are times, dear, when yon might be a lit- tle more observing of my inclinations, | but as a whole— 1 think we fared, My heart and 1. You see like Silas Wege, T'in drop- ping into poetry, consequenfiy 1 think 1'd better close, Kiss little Jack for tow dear, the as we me. Lovinkly, L (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Ine.) ! / | it until at least the seventh or eighth | getting enough milk is to weigh the | [ This three-piece suit is of black alpaca, with a vest of beige crepe. The short coat is lined with the crepe, 1t is not too alaborate to be worn at any time during the day and vet it is sufficiently mformal to be just the thing for afternogn wear. The tierred skirt with the flat back panel is decidedly new. smartest possible coat dresses and tailored models. White Oil Cloth For breakfast and luncheon there are most attractive dining sects of white oil cloth that save the linen supply and may be laundered by go- ing over with # damp cloth. Since they are inepxensive they may be discarded when they have become dingy looking. Macaroni and Cheese Macaroni should be combined with cream, butter or cheese to make a perfect food, Wash rice putting it in a strainer and placing the strainer over a bowl nearly full of cold Change the water and repeat two or three times. The last time the water should be quite clear. Keep Eggs Clean, As soon as cggs come from. the market wipe them off with a clean cloth and put away in a cool place, Checse Omelet Cheese omelet and graham sandwiches make a well bread balanced Serving Soup To serve “with soup, split common crackers and spread thickly with butter and bake in a pan until they are a delicate brown, Prepaving Beef Before using beef ,always wipe it with a cheese cloth wrung out of cold water, btu never let it-stand in cold water as this will draw out the Jjuices, Cannde Vegetables Canned beets and canned beans cut up together are with a large helping of dressing. string served Russian Cleariing Rubber Kerosene dissolver rubber and if used to clean it, as in the case of a wringer, the kerosene should be im- mediately removed. FABLES ON HEALTH: FOOD FOR THE BABY . \ “When will it start to eat?” Mr, 48 hours and report the difference to Mann would continuously ask-the doe- ter after the first Mann baby was born, “You just leave that up to the) mother,” the doctor would say. | TPor at least six months the moth- er's breast is a baby's best meal. No attempt should be made to wean month, If this happens to fall in the | summer season it should not then be attempted. A mother is still capable | of supplying the baby's wangs. The best way to tell if the baby is child before and after nursing for : ,“" aMd Of course the old Witeh Wiggins holwed loudly and| blamed the Raggedys, the nice Gro- | cery boy and litMe Rags puppy dog for everyljng. In running after the Raggedys and | chasing them through the deep, deep woods, the mean old creature. had tripped over something and had fall- | en right upon her face. | It wasn't the Raggedys' fault any | more than it was your fault, but the old Witch blamed them just the same, She broke her spectacies and howl- | ed about this. | Just a moment before the ' old | Witch stumbled and fell, the Jag- gedys and the Grocery boy had*foung a lot of round pieces of glass, just the right size to fit in spect Some of the pleces of glass were red, some were blue and others were yellow. | Some were almost black. | When Raggedy Ann looked at old Kiteh's broken Bpectacles she said, “Why! The Old Witch's glasses were all clouded! 1 will fit new pieces of glass In the spectacles. So she ran back to where the round” pieces of mean very water, |* ! Advetures Raggedyhun | by 39 .9“%):“&'1&}' | fi | the | PAMLY FANHION SER THREE-PIECE SUIT i — Domestic Heroines in Our Homes, Women who lead a domestic life | seem to listen to every call of duty ex-| | cepting the supreme one that tells | | them to guard their health. As long |as they can drag themselves around women continue to work. Necessity to | keep on their feet all day when oyer- tired, or sitting in cramped positions day in and day out often brings on ailments from which women suffer tortures. For fifty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been strengthening women and over- coming such ayments, Sickness and pain vanish under its influences and thousands of women have been b‘ne- fited by it. ) the physician, When weaning is begun at about | the eighth month, pasteurized or bolled milk is generally substituted and one feeding a day of beet broth | starts the menu. After that there | may be a soup or finely chopped or| mashed vegetables, such as carrots or spinach, | Toward the end of the first year, | the baby should be gelting about a! quart of milk a day, together with | a porion of vegetable soup and fruit juices; crusts of bread can be given to chew upon but there should be no meat or eggs until the second year, | jumped up and pyt her arms around bim. “Why! Wilie, Woodle!” she cried, “What are you doing here?” | Thte nice kind Gocery boy laughed and replied, “Why! Aunty Amy! 1} have been helping the Raggedys es- | cape from you! ! “Dear mel” Witch Wiggins sighed. “What have 1 been doing! Chasing | thes nice pleasant looking rag dolls? | Why should I chase them, Willle?” | | glass had been found and in a few moments she had fiitted two yellow pieces of glass in the Wiltch's spec- tacles. “Here!” Raggedy Ann said as she randed the Witch the spectacl “Just you wait, Raggedy Ann, Witch howled as she took the - the pec- tacles. “As oon as 1 can see through | the spectdeles, 1 shall and catch you!” The old Witch put on the spee tacles and looked around. “Why she cried, “these are mot my glasses! My glasscs made everything look like it was about to rain and these glasses make everything, even in Vhis dark, shady part of the forest look as if the sun was shining bright!” “} put new pieces of sunny yellow glass in your spectacies!” Raggedy Ann laughed in reply. “Dofi’t the new glasses change ev erything 7" “Yes! Yes!” the old Witch cried In wonder. Then looking #at the mice, kind Grocery boy the old Witeh nop up handed the Witch the ;Rugfld; Ann speciacies, | “That 15 just what we would like to {know!” Raggedy Andy answered for |the Grocery boy. “Well! 1 shall not chase | more!” Witeh Wiggins said. | “I'hat pleases us very, vefy mueh!” Raggedy Ann said. “So let 68 hunt for | a soda water spring and Wwhile we sit and drink soda waler, you can tell us how you happencd to become such a mean old seifish person of a Witeh Wiggins'” 86 Witeh Wiggins look the hands | ot Raggedy Ann and Andy and in a {a few nv‘ ts they were all scated around a ¥ 2 waler spring drinking the cold deiicious soda water And ¥ makes me so thirsty to think { how ghod it was, 1 shall go out to the | candy store and have an ice crean isoda myseif. ‘ you any ¢ BY SISTER MARY daily menu for the stout and thin) EAT AND LOSE WEIGHT One-half cup cooked wheat cereal, 4 tablespoons cormed beef hash on toast, 3% cup eanned tomatoes, 1 cup diet bean soup, 1 cip canned string beans with 1 slice bacon, 4 spring onions, 1 cup shredded cabbage, 2 ta- blespoons boiled custard with 1 table- spoon beaten egg, white (floating is- land,) 1 bran roll, 2 tablespoons can- {ned strawberries, 1 piece whole wheat bread, 1 pint skimmed milk. Total calorics, 1193. Protein, 247; fat, 278; carbohydrate, 668. Iron, 0178 gram. While this menu sounds rather beany yo uwon't find it so when you come to eat it. The navy beans used for the soup are rich in protein and darbohydrate, = The string beans are valuable for their mineral salts and Lulk, And as for repeating flavors, | which is never done in the hest menus, navy Lean soup and canned string beans haven't a taste in common. This menu is a followsup of the preceding menu planned for the per- son independent of the .city markets. Any of the tender edible weeds can be substituted for the shredded cab- bage. Some sort of uncooked green, like lettuce and cabbage, should be used every day. Some vitamins are lost by drying and canning, so try to include something fresh in. your diet. EAT AND GAIN WEIGHT One cup cooked wheat cereal, 8 large stewed figs, 2 tablespoons hash- ed brown. potatoes, 1 poached egg, 4 tablespoons corned heef hash on toast, 3% ®up canned tomatoes, 1 cup bean soup, 3 ounces ham, 2 table- spoons mashed patatoes, 1 cup canned string beans with 4 tablespoons cream, 4 spring onfons, 1 cup shred- ded cabbage with 4 tablespoons cream dressing, 4 lnhlespoon, floating island, 2 2.inch squares corn’bread split and toasted, 4 tablespoons maple sirup, 1 bran roll, 2 tablespoons canned straw- berries, 1-6 caramel custard pie, 2 pieces whole wheat bread, 4 tablé- spoons butter, 1 pint whole milk, % cup cream, 2 teaspoons sugar. Total calories, 4273. Protein, 495; fat, 1781; carbohydrate, 1997, Iron, L0188 gram, Try drinking & cup of hot mik or a hot egg-nog at night, just before Ledtime, This will nat only rest tired nerves and help you sleep but will do much toward making you fat, Cream is more easily digested and quickly assimilated than butter, so the woman on a farm will do well to use cream for seasoning her vegetables, not only for herself but the whole family, When eream is used for sca- soning more salt is necessary as butter contributes some salt. (Copyright, 1024, NEA Service, Inc.) HAWAIL PROPOSES MILLS 10 SOLVE UNEMPLOYMENT Pstablishment of Woolen Industry Proposed to Territorial and Muni« cipal Authorities of Honolulu, Honolulu, May 9.~The establish- ment of a woolen mill here, to relleve Hawail’s present and prospective lack of employment, has to territorial and municipal authori- ties by Sheridan L. Busby, retired wool grower of Montana, who has re- sided here in Honolulu several years. | 7~ NERS The suggestion came as the result GOOD MAN of & recent conference of police and other cfficers on the -unemployment !situation and its concomitants, juven- ile delinquency and criminality, and the need for diversified industries to furnish employment to persons who do not care to work on the. sugar plantations and are idle for the sea- sonal activities - of the pineapple planters and caners. When you think of classified ad- vertising—thing of the Herald's cir- culation—it's over 10,000 daily now. THE YOUNG LADY ACROSS THE WAY From the setting of the table, when you have guests, until it is cleared, a plate must remain at every cover. When the soup plate is removed, the underneath plate is removed with it, and a hot - plate immediately ex- changed for the two taken away. heen suggested | England Blamed for the Liquor Trade to America Belfast, May 9—Ulster’s acting pre- mier, Hugh McDowell Pollock, speak- ing here recently advised his hearers when they heard adverse reports re- garding American prohibition not to believe them. . Although the law was, Mr. Pollock added, thanks to Great Britain, netor- jously broken along the Atlantic coast, little was being said of }ha hinterland, of that vast country Where a great reformation had taken place and & great revolution, not only for that Icountry bui for the whole world, had occurred. He thought Britain had levery reason to be ashamed of that {illielt trade which was encouraging American law breakipg. It was a stain on her fair name and, he con- cluded, she would suffer for it. 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