New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1925, Page 4

A Wife’s Confession Adele Garrison's New Phase of REVELATIONS OF A WIFE SRR R e What Mother Graham Has to Say About “Steve” her Graham's carrying out Lillian's And when she broached of herself,e 1 horoscop the day he commis the strictures |, jon subject tthat my indeed ‘Margare! he didn't do with Mrs, | cut you short aid sy thinking over uded 1 “Steve' Mot (gainst the Keep from betre felt at her ttle Kinswo. had take Katherine flickeq me upon must favor raw. I compressed my lips to said incisively, much talking in nderwood, and 1 A fool when you but T've and T've somethir all. Now il t geing to ing the hot resent- ' "You ment 1 critfetsm of my i anything 1! man }Hf‘n'\m; th& nurse ) a nap. However, T recalled mother-in-law han third hat she would Katherine {f fault with her bec ing con- ere may | argumen fter in 1 it the meet tepson one her her me man 1 honestly, do you t fend found are whom you amorrow is my Steve' or an impostor? I knew better than to W nt changes D081 a wisdom born of many hastened to her thoughts, appeal deel \ was noth g ad- re my incidents, 1 cal i ing but a g a chann to i Wdict Was 1] zirl fakin 10 nk?" I asked. “Did you ses rough yvour window? Befors she deigned to answer caned forward and peered across angle, formed by the wings of honse to the window of my room, in which Fanny Powell lay. Then she rose and came forward o in which were e I had any- theor r- oiced in only an oh mott in-law had so insistently Lilllan’s room I should tagonize her and get 1 “It Is so Hard to Decide” “Tt is so hard te d aded are good argume both sides of the question, she ere on you he grate el mbers ot v Chere 1 stood lon't need to he 1 the said tartly, “That's what ing for — to hear you 3 “But T haven't any except what no sh already told you," I said, “ex 1 hesitated, trying to de her it werc best to sent the theory of a test as coming Lillian my: “Except she “Some more of those yours”" this lecided 14 that I'm the fir it- Wi hasn't 2 ihaiBroom “Mre. Bickeft wa by bed just now nose she was looking to see | were asleep, But she must be ecause she came hack and sat down hat chair of yours., Br-r! 1"'s getting cold in here.” But T had not waited her int. 1 was already my knees fore grate mending the fire, Her little shiver did not for room But my mother-in-law f-sacrificing in any emer- ney demanding those qualities, ngresses also a distinet martyrdom, and o #isplay it where Lifective, Mother Graham Apologizes S t was distinctly part of r plan howery conx been a until I sup- i the the rom or from what 7 pped wild theori {85 No is Mrs. Underwood's,” quickly to place sponsibility upon Lilian's shoulders, sceing that the of my mother-in-law's favor was veer. ing slightly a from her was wondering whether the hoy had suffered cidents an the re- alarm me capricious wind awever, the was com- rtable bt a Wiing, Steve any s enjoyment | was with vou oken never hesitates like th it will be most bones or anything at hysician's examination w makes Mot me =0 r Gra ' hecause nd s am that T might fi the. things concerning “Steve hich Lillian had asked. 1 re 1 paid 2y fire-bujlding, fability had the bones of his r n rere oken “Did 1 asked sinki reputable kin to my : when he was a bog meticulous att and the gratified count ntion tn you see t s rewarded anee of my w i hreat} th blac litt ¥ ) | ng at nether-in-law as she settled her kmailing framp was son efore it ha hlaze “That's a saret” patronizingly, but to my repeat the criticisme concerning my method of bullding it which she had uttered but a few hours hef She must be in high good 1 said to myself, with my rising of 'fi\z Adven’fures mKagged by 3o Ha!' Raggedy Andy la: he and Raggedy Ann brought their | scooters to a stop beside a magical ice cream soda water spring in the ep, deep woods. “I had begun to think that we shonld never escape | s*en Raggedy Ann from old Mr. Grabby and old Mr. |shoe button eye at Tinkle, the two selfish lazy men! |two gla of Why!"” Raggedy Andy continued, “if | herry flavored re they had worked as bard doing their | ter and handed own work as they worked trying to | and Mr. Tinl capture us, they would have had those!” he said all their work done. M. bhy rprised when foet to “That wonl thing.” Mother “The acel but when woods behind that day bered ft." f Kaggedyhnn A«af:dy wy Sruelle “Don't very said wonder did not nice fire, Mar- she m didn’t leave any sc talking in the Durkee 1 e referred to the ac if 1 ore, 8 humor, me remer hopes you know ghed as 1 is “Never heard Mr. Tinkie Lott red ink!" T e Andy wigele her him, so0 he fille o5 the lovely straw- am soda W Mr am to Gra you try Gra Tinkie were “Of course they would, Andy. then, ple. Razg: " Raggedy Ann laughed. “But that is the way with lazy peo They spend all their time of- fering excuses for get ting o if they co st do what they dn it that th Lt wor eam even gl they did not emselves as you surely your Mr soft of work, whi 11 hey to do, a i - would find would not feel a bit lazy 1 enjoy doi Andy filled lovely ke Grabby away and pon the Tinkie he and cheerfu their work!' mos ent the As soon as the two selfish r fone to sleep v ggedy Andy tiptord 1o t cooters and sal the path through woods. And as t ard time two glasses J cream soda wa- the two Tag o and en “T spect Mr. Gr us escaping!” R ‘Indeed! Andy giggled; in time to see th 1o the ground with a crash speet tk both got bumped eir trouble.” ct just right, was Ve and he and Mr. Tinki alking out of tha bushes thought t vou could from we fell the ladder ped our but tracks von aglc scooters made and now we have captured you “And now that we have captur Mr. Grabby can puff the mag cal forgetfulness powder upon you and make you all our Mr, Tinkie sald Raggedy Ann and Raggedy d not iike this at all and risd to think of some way e from the twomer “We will ride aggedys magical arry the Raggedys home with us!™ \Ir. Grabby said. “Then I shall puft Mrs. Wungle Witch's magie powder m them!" 1id, “Let's make Raggedy Ann coo) ":flndflflbtmthmsdu sure| jot of candy covered cookies ar way. Stops the pain at once. oughnuts and everything the At drug and shoe stores * Zino-pads "o dolis sat joyed t the mo y and Mr when A Tin- they saw dy loug b loud ooked back and 1 eads o lo too for 1 “You cape from heads. we Andy they to es- Scoglere Raggedy Andy filled with soda water. two glasses first what agreed That's shall do!” Mr. Grabby pain is gone Raggedy Andy had 1 co hard, he ripped two stitches ¢ of the top of his head, and then Apply Vicks very lightly—it soothes the tortured skin. said, “Why de you wish to eat c: covered cookies and dou OR uB p"MI en think when ream soda water? ‘Soda water?" Mr fr, Tinkie both cried crefm=soda water>” “The idea!” Raggedy Ann sald. Grabby an you ecafi have this levely What is ice jned Y EMBROIDERY IN BRIGHT COLORS The lines to this gown of white georgettes crepe are simple enough, | | but the wide band of wool embroid- {ery in bright colors and the fringed | hemline make it very striking and unusual. A scarf of black fllusion | makes the oriental looking turban, | ono cend of which is wound about the throat and falls over the shoulder. Not Afraid of This Mouse Are Bouffant Sleeves are often boufant and full and of sheer tabric, gathered into tight wristbands. Sleeves tradi- mouse Lecanse women afraid of the aris decrees this new It dian fooch in the shape of a mouse is becoming popular tiny jewelry nov- s a hond Keep in Cool Place French dressing will definitely in a cool place. b A keep in- rapidly very m———PABLES ON HEALTR | JIGGS' PET DISH IS RULED OUT hohydrates are concerned, is worth very littla. value us a food lies in its supply bulk to the intes- the indigestible residue stimulus to and helps in correcting cabbage Jar strip, is Re vith dish, e<poriall comic tion. cooked a very the cabbage meat 1t to digest. properly cooked is de- food to be sot hefore often it is the poo i the f s is ex- mely diftie LR ment consti Cabbag move icious ation a kind of had cooking. is o 1o digest, and also the and vitamins are not destrovea, So far as proteins, fats, and car- ar Cal hydre these are driven out the odor from cook cames from. Tor this reason cahbage should not be cooked. fs rieh in hen eabbage Th vietim sulphur and is cooked is w h"ra It \ CROSSWORD PUZL,LE Weepy party at tl To stop Orga Preposition Commonly great event s of he will help h in her aring solve used ght to a completed fessior for added HORIZONTAL stter ed girl 21. P Ponderous 1olume Yellow Hawaiian bird God al knot tyers inner and ot inseet's wing r the bride g ng for untanglt hair f occurring when Eerentrin Not Alleged the imag! wheals essel ination £0 much hypnatic force Third Melancholy note Printer's measure Tr\" ard VERTICAL ' intestinar | | | | |1 | out the plates while I cut th THE STORY SO FAR: Gloria Gordon, beautiful flapper, marries Dick Gregory, a struggling lawyer, Her jden of marriage is fun and fine clothes . .. and no work or children, She refuses pointblank to do her own housework, and hires a maid. Jut Dick has to let the maid go, because he can't afford to pay her wages. Gloria has swamped him with debts for her clothes and a new automaobile. She becomes Stanley W lends him infatuated with yburn, an actor. She money, and when he leaves town to go to New York, Gloria follows him. But he spurns her, 1t is only then that Gloria real- 1zes that she never really cared for \WWayburn. But she is afrald to go home to Dick. She tries to land a job as a chorus girl and fails. Discouraged, she goes home to Dick, who takes her back, but not as his wife. While Gloria is at home one night, the house is burgiarized. Dick doesn't get home until early morning. Gloria wonders if he has been with his secretary, Miss Briggs, of whom she is extremely jealous, But next morning she learns that he was at the house of Dr. John Seymour, who had killed himself in despondence over the love affair of his wife, May, and Jim Carewe. Gloria gocs to Dick's office to tell him about the burglary, but he is not there. She wrings from Mirs Briggs a confession that she is in love with Dick. Gloria goes home, determined to win Dick back again. She does her best to clean up’the house, and show Dick what a good wife she is going to he. But she forgets to order food for supper. Dick unwillingly offers to take her out o a restau- rant, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Gloria followed Dick out to the| garage. She couldn’t help noticing how his shoulders drooped and his step lagged when walked., she said, using the old 'm sorry as the dickens that 1 dldnl have dinner ready for you tonight. I can see that you're dead tired. How much sleep did ypu have last night?"” “Not a wink.” Dick answered “How conld 1 sleep when my best friend had just killed himself be- cause of his utterly worthless wife? I can't figure out why John cared so much for a good-for-nothing creature like May. ... He should never have married her in the first | placa! Glorfa hit her lip. She wondered if Dick thought she was any better than May. | that Perhaps he was. sorry had married her, . .. wouldn't let him bs She had turned over a new he Well, sorry leaf. “Where askedas the Main street “We're going to invite ourselves to Mother's for a meal,”” Dick an- swered firmly. “I'm sick of restau- rant food, I'm fed up en it.” Neither of them said another word until they swung into the broad driveway of the homestead 1t looked so peaceful and wel- coming tonight, with its lights streaming out from the its rose hushes blooming be- yvond the sweep of lawn. Mother and Father Gregory ust sitting down to dinner, Dick and Glorla walked in. “Well, isn't this a fine surpr Mother Gregory cried, She got up put her arms around DicR, Father Gregory over his horn-rimmed spec- Gloria felt left out in the she are car we going?' she turned into West were when while them tacles, cold., “How did you know we were go-|the house, ing to have strawberry shorteake for supper " the briefest of kisses. “T smelled it!" Dick answered aughing. “Blocks and blocks away 1 smelled it above the rich perfu e that scents our like a mag- of gaso And it drew me, . laoked ke at the tabie appy, in his old ched him with he hadn't seen him weeks, Mother Gregory hustled the room, getting out m the china cabinet, and napkins fron: o glde-board. “Leg of lamb tonight peas. 1 them there He a boy as he sat . carefree and horhe, narrowed ¢ like this for around plates fr fresh and But and really en- and myself, said. was no complaint in her was a horn housekeeper, &he loved lLavd work . . yed it! Gloria How &iff dining thinking that There the silver Her the center of Eyverything furniture sheiled a she onked the rent it com at around room was from her couldn’t home! She was tarnished dusty the chairs we re were fresh roses in the snowy cloth glasses, forks and that could be was agleam a speck of dirt The ealad things that sho The meal was Mother Gregory,” Gloria a sudden impulse. “You're der It T could keep house half as well as vou I'd be And nks, I'm going how do it! to shine There wasn't anywhere hot delicious. Just her She gave laid Gioria a Gregory lown searching her My dear child!™ &he said thing T've And if you come to me for ft.” That's ever need most sensible er vour recipe for » Dick suggest were going to hay you? laughed would say, nothing “Gloria ‘You = short-ca Mother “As going aid y didn't Gregory Glor we but.’ ire have elas swered you short- ake. Tt Gloria took it kitchen I've Inking over you told me Lhis moraing,” s Maggie's picked night out p the platte ip into big r and out the been 1} what That was his big mistake.” | Gregory | beamed at| * Mother Gregory asked. | §he turned to Gloria and gave her| | windows | Gloria | BON€ | want to beliex watisied! | coat. | “But carry | | | clean ' and | turned Mother | |and he'll be tickled to death with | mother | sure of that. | 4 me so Gregory sald to her, quietly, “About you and Dick living apart, ., . 1 wouldn't worry about that if T were you, It will turn out all right, after a while. Dick's pride’s hurt and T can't say I blame him," Glora shook her pretty heéad, “No," she sald, "It goes decper than that, Dick doesn’t care for me any more. . 1 saw it in his face tonight. And It isn't that he hates me, He's just indifferent to me, He's through with me!" .. She went Into the dining room and came back with a pile of plates, and a vegetable dish, “Then, whom I8 he in love with?" Mother Gregory asked. “If he's not in love with you ... depend upoen it, & man of Dick's age is always in love withr somebody or other, That's Nature," Glorla stood silent: for a moment, watching Dick's mother pile whipped cream on the ghort-cake, “Yum, yum! Doesn't that look de- luscious!"” she said childishly, Then she sobered. “T told you this morn- ing that I think he's fallen in love with Miss Briggs. And I do think “Nonsense!" Mother Gregory rald sharply. “Dick likes you just as well as he ever did! You just settle down and be a good wife to him, yon." She nodded all the beads on her sparkled. | “I really haven't bheen a good| wife, have 12" Gloria asked humbly, Afterward, she wished she hadn't said that. i Mother Gregory was the soul of| frankness always. She opened her | lips, now, and let Gloria have the truth abonut her wifehood or at least what she considered the truth. “You never were any kind of a| wife at ail to Dick!"” she said. “You were a drag and a worry to him . a pretty toy. And any toy be- comes tiresome, affer a while. | She put her hands on the girl's slim shoulders, and looked at her| gravely. Months ago 1 told yon married life wasn't a game, but a business, didn’t 17" she asked. Gloria nodded. “You believe me now, don't you?" Mother Gregory went on. “And I'm going to tell you something else. Nothing ties a man to a woman Itke a child. Yon take my advice, and give Dick a son or two . and a couple of daughters. Tears smarted in (vlfllla! eyes. It was too late now, for that wise| advice. Dick no longer loved her.| He didn’t want her to be the| of his children. She was vigorously, so that black dress | | | and | serve the She winked away her tears, helped Mother Gregory short-cake. . There was a chill in the air when | Dick and Glorla left the Gregory homestead at ten o'clock that night. | Gloria shivered in her thin silk frock. She cuddled up against Dick tn the machine, and lajd her head | down on his shoulder. But he paid no attention to her. He might have been a man of fron a3 he sat at the wheel “Move over, Gloria,” he finally. “You're in my way. reach the brake.” “You don't the There's no trafii Gloria crossiy. But she moved away him. She had a wild desire to ery. “You just don't want me near you!" she sald, her voice trembiing T know — I know."” Dick said nothing. In eilence that seemed to crackle around them ... so electric it they drove into the garage, walked around to the front of raid 1 can't hrake. said from all was and “Well, lars I wonder how visit us said as he turned lock. They went in. “It's a shame about although Gloria anewered. the offies today, Brigzs look it up.” Dick frowned “T wish wouldn't come down there and her orders,” he said. “When 1 got back from lunch today. Her mother called she'd heen taken sick, I suppose her feelings were hurt because of something you said to her. You were rude enough to her last night! . Now you promise you'll stay ay from my office!” Gloria tossed her head, wilfully “She wasn't sick because of any- thing T #aid to her!” she exclaimed. “It was something she said to me that made her siok, I'll bet you!" Dick sat down in his armchair and filled his pipe. “Well, what did she say “Told me what a crush she you,” Gloria anewered caimly, Dick leaped to his feet. “What!" almost shouted. Sure she d4id.” Gloria said. “She 1014 me she’s been in love with you for years and years. €he sald that ht up the time vou married she hoped you'd fall in love That's why she hates She thinks I came between many tonight the key burg- Dick in the that silver insured,” down 1o b we were “T went and had you give she was| up 1o say has he ra stood in front ing to see how he took ft. took it, unwillingly. He didn't e thia thing that Glo- told him. although he guessed it vou telling he asked at threw of him, He ria had must have “Are Glory ™" Gloria just me last. both her little hands and grablied the lapels of his “Why should I tell you a 7" she asked “T don't know you'va told truth, out lie Dick answered. me a good many of them. you know, in the last few montha.” Gloria winced under the sting fn his quiet vo “Wel whether yon belleve it or| truth,” said. | . and you've| You'd better your secretary next fall for your fatal it's he “She's Jove with you rid of her. He got 1 hire a o zet time | beauty von't down on davenport, | picked up a magazine, She| its pages idly. Every nerve was waiting Diek's answer. She eat the for |1s | She's &4 good worker . . . He took his pipe from his mouth, o Tanslon Cablegram from Leslie Prescott w Although the footprints had been Mrs, Alice Graves Hamilton meued over & lot there was one All my pearls have been stolen'that“the police had covered for well as the rest of my jewels further examination, Laldlaw found and with them have mysterlously that Syd's shoes did not fit this disappeared Zoe Ellington and Syd. | print at all, ney Carton, who were staying in He also had the photograph of the house, Whole thing very strange, the imprint of a woman's hand, Jack thinks both murdered, Police which the police had found on the have anotler theory. Expect Com- ' safe, and Ruth, what do you, think? missloner Laidlaw today. Nclther They took mine. It was an awful Jack nor T believe In police theory. and a wonderful feceling at the same Ask Karl to have Zoe's story verl- f{ime, 1 tried to imagine what I fled by best detectives procurable.| would say and do if 1 had really We are all well. Don't worry, | stolen the Jewels, Looking at the Leslie, ‘nholuxrnpll of the Imprint on the Telogram from John Alden Prescott safe T made a discovery. There was to Sally Atherton a pecullar marking in the middle No need of you cutting your trip. of the hand and 1 remembered sud- Nothing you cah do here. Am hav-| qeply that 1 had seen that queer ing my friend, Bill Laldlaw, help scar on her right palm. on the case. Those we've had on “Oh!" I said before 1 thought. the jobh so far are mutts and Insist Instantly Bill Laidlaw inquired upon working on theory that Syd -\What have you found, leslie?” and Zoe have eloped and faken (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, jewels for honeymoon expenses, Ine.) Will wire you if anything ».mrlnng happens. TOMORROW — This letter cone tnued, John Alden Prescott, Letter from Leslie Prescort o Ruth Burke Well, Ruth, I'm going on wn my story just where 1 left off. really think you'd better save my‘ letters and after it is all ov we | can elaborate them into a story for | wome magazine, It is the most thrill- | ing thing that has ever happened | within my knowledge. Don't think | ar jn which rice has been bolled, I'm hard-hearted for saying this to ‘This will restore the original “body.” you, because T am quite sure that | in a short time the whole thing| Silad Decasing will he cleared up and both Zoc | e and Syd will be back with s, poeAn soxcsliaut iealadin dresminm 4 W Bil Laidlaw, at Jack's request, made by mashing Roquefort chees came up and went over all the clues|2nd thinning with olive oll “and very carefully. He carrled my or-| 'tmon julce. chid nightgown off with him. Said | he had a man that could tell| whether the blood was that of a| woman or a man, Isn't that one thing thrilling? T never knew before | they could do this. Gosszp s Corner Washing Cretonnes After washing cretonnes, rinse in So Rice Won't Stick To prevent rice from sticking te the kettle, grease an inch wide strip around the mouth of the Kkettle in« side. glow oven until firm to the touch, Tt will take about 30 minutes Serve with without whipped Breakfast — Strawberries, cereal, thin cream, spinach with poached | egg on toast, milk, coffee, Luncheon — Asparagus with but- tered crumbs, cress sandwiches, black cherry pudding, milk, tea, Dinner — Broiled lamb rchops, creamed new potatoes, buttered spring beans, pear salad, toasted | crackers, cammembert cheese, miik, cogee, white bread This hreakfast might be classed | as a "moderate” breakfast, The| man who goes to his office neither | will want nor need hoth the cereal and the egg dish, but the child who growing and going to school needs the hearty meal When a fruit salad is served as in the dinner menu, a dessert Is not | necessary. The cheese and crackers may he served with the salad or as a separate course, Black Cherry Pudding Two cups rich milk or 1 cup milk | and 1 cup cream, 5 tahlespoons hut- ter, 1 scant cup sugar, 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind, 1-2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1-4 teaspoon cloves, 4 eggs, 1 cup siffed toast crumbs, 1 quart black cherries. Beat milk and adq butter. Beat volks of eggs well with sugar and spices and lemon rind, Slowly add hot milk, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add crumbs and the cherries with the pits removed, Mix Ilightly but thoroughly. Fold in the whites of the eggs beaten until stiff and dry. Turn into a buttered baking dish. Put dish on several thicknesses of paper in a pan of hot wafer. The water should reach half-way up fhe pudding dish. Bake in a moderately or cream, 1925, NEA Inc.) (Copyright, Servics, , FLAPPER FANNY says S Y NEA SERVICE M. The girl who is taken ont to dinner isn't the one who is “out.” He man's ver empticd the ashes from it, and be-| gan fo scrape its bowl with lis pen- knife. Gloria could see that he was thinking hard, His eyebrows were pinched into a frown. No.” he said presently. going discharge Susan was trylng, in to tell Gloria of Susan his awkward that the Briggs' quiet eyes gave him a sense of profound placidity and strength .., the thing he needed. “Why!" Gloria cried out, ou're talking about her as if you're crazy about her. You are in love with her! . I've told you so, before. And I was right!"” (To Be Continued) way ght “I'm not Briggs and she never upsets me. No matter how nervous I am, she soothes me, some- how .., just the sound of her voice, the way she looks." to