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s g ¢ E ; e —— NEW EBRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1926 Quicksands of Love Adele Garrison’s New Phase of ———Revelations of a Wife —— Why Madge Appteciates Advice. Katherine's wail that she felt as if she never wanted to see Hal Mere- dith or hear from him again, was iike a revelation to me of the hid- den batte which had been going on in my kinswoman's heant. T noted alienist, s0 unhappily tied to a wom- an who had married him only to proteot herself, and who had made no secret of her infatuation for an- otber man, long ago had told muc frankly of his early love for Katl erine when she was a student nurs. and he an interne in the same pital, and declared his intention « winning ber if Le were satisfied th: her life with her husband was un- happy. I knew that he had told Katherine all this also, and I had surmised that the little nurse w far more Interested and fascinatqd by his dsvoiion than she knew, des her indignant sincero outburst to me against Hal Meredith’s presumption upon the ouly occasion had discussed the subjoet, | But her extreme agitation now, | her horror at the ing Hal Meredith sudden and tragic Moeredith by her o wvealed to Katherine something in the depths of her own heart from which her sensitive and over-con- scicrtious spirit shrank morbidly. “1 Understand Everything.” | There swept over me wave of grotitude to Dicky for his and sight in advising me not to show to Katherine those horrible ac- cusing letters which Lucia had left for her perusal. Hal Meredith was suffering from the same morbid re- action of soul which swaying Katherine, and 1 shared Dicky's | opinfon that when he came hack to | sanity ke would be glad indeed that 1 bad disregarded his directions. Were Katherine to see those letters in her present frame of mind—but it was unthinkable, as Dicky had 50", 1 pressed them deeper Into my pocket and then took her twisting hands tenderly in mine, “Dear girl, T understand every- thing,” I told her gently. “And there isn't the slightest need for vou to | see any Dicky and I will attend ‘ fo cverything—all the little formal Dicky's hos told me that the | death of YLucia n hand had re- | insight | was ne. |again | | |turned, ref {Lucia Meredith | office, in which 1 |But how disappointed she'll idea of confront- | courtesie which is what all were. o the the world thinks we Now, come back with me apartment and lie down. In- deed, I'm not going to let you get up for twenty-four You've been through a strain.” Not a terrible much she re- with her husband's had been a partici- just before the news of came. Then at something in which I not quick hide, she flushed hotly rted her eyes. I knew recognized my comprehension of her secret travail of spirit, and could have wept in chagrin at what Lillian calls my “transparent rring scene pant suicide my face was enough to I av m going to lie down also,% 1 trying to appear m: ank heaven for Kati She'll Junior off our he 80 there take WOl ds, e about her dinner. It’s probably spoiled by this time.” “Tomorrow’s Another Daj Deliberately I had spoken of meul, hoping it her reaction against it, which T foresaw, would divert for a few seconds at least the morbid trend of her thoughts, “Onh! you don't expect me to eat anything, do you, Madge?" she cried. “I—I couldn’t swallow a draught of water. “The only thing swallow is a sedative, he you're going to 1 said firmly. n you're going to sleep, and to- morrow will be another day.” But there was a morbid streak in my own mind, for all the way to the apartment, with my hand on Kath- s arm, I could not rid myself of the faney that Lucia Meredith hovered on my other side pointing to the undelivered notes in my poclket and also sardonically read- ing the thought which I was vainly trying to repress, that now there vas no obstacle to Katherine's re- maining with me and taking care of Junior while I undertaok the histor- ical research work for Philip Veritzen, erine Copyright, 1926, hy Newspaper Teature Service, Inc. Goes Danny Visiting By Thornton W Burgess One should always be his best finds himself a —Danny Meadow he guest, Mouse. What Danny means by that say ing is that when one is a guest one is in the position of receiving favors and therefore should be polite and considerate of the feelings of others. This, of course, is very true, but it isn't always e There is such a thing as being a willing guest, and again th is such a thing as be- ing an unwilling guest. But in either case it is wise to appear at one's best, Jimmy Skunk had ked Danny why he hadn’t been over to visit him under the bathhouse over ncar the “I shall be looking for you,’ Jimmy, and ambled away in the di- rection of the bathhouse which he made his home After Jimmy had departed T wished that he hadn't given word that he would go that night. Then he remembered Jimmy had said about secing things on the beach, and finally he actually got impatient for the com- ing of the Black Shadows, that he might safely for Jimmy Skunk’s home, When " said nny his what start Danny finally reached the bathhouse lie was tired. He tried to olite, but he couldn't help show- ing that he was tired. Jimmy Skunk “You'd better rest a while,” “The moon does't rise untit tonight and what is miore, the tido is net cut yei. I am tived my- clf, so ill while before the tide saw this, we rest a When 1 go down o and T'll show you things.” Meanwhile Danny had pok- ing around and he had rnm.p red @ brittle, queer-looking tM 1t like ar. Yes, sir, it exactly like one of the Danny had often ud said he, we start o goes, out then w heen was shaped was shaped stars which is due from acquaintances. ‘]m hours. | her | B | } “Forgive my outburst, Miss Dean," he said. “Of course you know that |I am very much worried about the |loss of that bottle containing the | liquid that poor Miss Cleaver drank lhnrfi while she was temporarily in- |sane. It will be very terrible if someone who does not understand all the circumstances should find | that bottle. | “No onme could at a woman who was as ful in her chosen work Miss | Cleaver could possibly take her own |life. T will tell you, Miss Dean, | that T was so sure in my own mind that this could not be, that I did | not, as T usually do, glance about | for incriminating evidence of sui- | cide when I come upon a man or woman in her comition, “0f course, the moment I really examined Miss Cleaver I found out | what was the matter with her. but was then too busy trying to save her life to think of anything else.” | “Did you really examine her, | Doctor Flint? ‘I thought you were | too busy telephoning to do that. 1 know you left your patient while you held a long vsation with omeone over the wire.” | “I was trying to as an ambu- tter of fact, | 1ance to get the poor woman to the | hospital,” the doctor explained | “Someone clse could have made t be a thing for us to look after. | that request just as well as | (Copyright, 1926, you, doctor.” Doctor Tlint last speech. tried to ignore my EA Service, Inc.) FOMORROW: The Old Hypocrite. : Your Health How to Keep It— Causes of Illness under yield to the effort over there (have a period [ fest the beach | P By DR. HUGH S. CUMMING Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service WHOOPING COUGH, like but in striking contrast to such discases as diphtheria and ty- phoid refused to health of- their med- sles, has steadily of in ficers and physicians to control it. again in measles, in which the s in a highly contagions state, symploms of the disease being time mnot sufficiently m enable one to be certain condition is whooping at- tempts Here we for to the cough. This period in which the is not recognized may last from to ten days, or even longer. It is ofien diffienlt to recognize whoop- until the characteristic ears, particnlarly if the discase mild; though a cough which is paroxysmal, especially if it is accompanied by vomiting. should always excite one’s suspicions. 1t s obvious that wifh this riod in which the ognized there will be posires of other child would® not occur otherwise should be exercised by by clude that discasc thr ing cough whoop app long disease is un- many ex- which and care school authorities in order from school any child who in the initial stage of whoop- ing cough. The most dangerous periods of life have dreamed | success- | disease | ni- | to ex- | READ THIS FIR MERRY LOCKI llove with | young lawyer. To [nothing new*to been doing it | sixteen. love She has fall in Merry. € has found the Real Thing, g, in her love for Tony Gaines. A few days after they meet cach }mhm-. he asks her to run away and |be married. But Merry, | because {she cares so much for him, tells im the truth about herself. She {tells him how iickle she has alw {been, afid about her vecent “crush |on DERRICK JONE a college {boy, who lives next door to her ISo Tony decides to wait for {months. dies following ¢ and MOMS is left | Lther | paralytic stroke, |alone to bring up three sisters. CASSIE is the only one of them who is earning money. She is secreta to MORLEY KAUFMAN, a broker, with whom Ishe's in love. Kauffhan is a great friend of Tony Galnes, and |tells Merry that Tony has a {deal of money. HEL the oldest of the four E marries BILL HEPWORTH, {the son of Dad's former employer, and JINNY, the youngest sister, takes over her job of helping Moms | wi 1 the hofisework. |, Merry has been expecting Yeave business school and go into |an office, but she fails in her |course. So she gets a place in MAD- AME DALE'S beauty shop, a few [blocks from home. One night when | Tony’s mother returns from a he telephones to say he won't be jover go see Merry . | Cassic tells Merry at if he jreally meant to marry her, he {wouldn't 1 .ve " roken the date with her, but would have brought his mother with him to call on her. She adds that if he were serious his intentions, he would ven her an engagement ring, Thee first doubt of Tony rises Merry's mind, and hurt and happy, she lets Derrick Jones make love to her that night. Later when Tony gives her the ring that had been his mother's engagement ring | she breaks down and tells him about Derrick. He makes no comment, but the day passes without any word him. Merry's Cassie great to visit, have too. in un- in to next from GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XVII | When Merry woke up |morning she felt as if dreadful were going to happen. Sho |was heavy and and un- happy—filled with a sense of fore- | bodin | Then | Nothing had happened already! lleft her. He was thro | She sat up "1 bed Dlindly at glinting NOW the next something depressed remembered. happen. It Tony had with her. drowsy and window through at her ror. Her and tear- purplish she to suddenly was going gh starir the { dizzy, with it. Then she lown reflection |face was still stained, and there marks under her eyes. “Before I'd cry about any {Jinny's shrill * little voice, |from the bed on the other side lthe room, startled her. At |Jinny has nt when it [came to her sisters’ love affairs. |And she ready talk them lover at all t'mes, with an engaging | frankness. | “How do 2" Merry floor &nd r bedroom me. I heard you cnormous tle vour sleep e sunshine looked in the n swollen were man!” coming of second-si wis to been stepping out nnder the “You vou know T've erying asked on the {Eed for | didn’t No. swered achin: her see Jinny yawn tongue an- | with an her 1i pink “You were when 1 last that showed and her shining {sntvelling in came home | night.” She from movies d went nost v paused | fully, “What 1 know ' twenty, falls in | ANTHONY GAINES, a |Locke houschold. fifteen, | THE PETTER (Lllustrated aad Copyrighted by Johnson Features, Inc., 1819 Broadway, New York City) | ever since she was [Mérry knew that she would never But this time she feels sure (stir from her room until she had | Merry and her |do the other thing! He's not your |and come over. of keeping it she by “tenderloin” of the steak whenever there was steak to eat in the What she wanted she got by an |YOU almost fiendish persistency. | said an nswer to her question. cked her minl for"some sort of answer to give her. “Oh,” she said at last, with her head to one side, “Tony got peeved because I rode over to Helen's " ¢ with Derrick Jones the other night. | = And he got pceved because I had paint on my face the night after- ward. He's so straight-laced, Cassie.” “He looks it,” Cassie answered. |,/ Don’t let him start trying to run your life for you, Merry If he| what you do, let him | She 1 | | | par Ito doesn’t like |do kind, anywa “Perhaps not,” when she had gone own room, “but I wish kind of girl, instead I am.” She told herself that couldn't possibly hate her the way hated herself, these days. The | soupd of Derrick Jones' auto- mobile horn tooting in the drive- way made her half sick. She| wouldn't even go out on the front porch to sit, at night, hecause she afraid that he might see her | for last thought Merry back into he I were hisq of the kind you tior Jilt Tony she ver. Mor to was Thursday passed. Friday and Saturday came and went. And still’'no word from Gaines! With his ring dangling from neck by its cord, Merrg went silent- Iy about her work in Lillie Dale's |tho Tony | mar her [der Leauty shop. task las Onl side: little -shop. The clean and making lephone appointments wasn't S0 sy as Lillic had described it. Put the shop was a place with its white chairs to do in the and | goor lately. stopped coming here, acting like the Battle Cry of Free |dom, or something. What ails you “I suppose I'm has stopped coming admitted the truth, quietly. suddenly ter, with a light in her eyes. not may make done. through vy “This Merry, |stared out at “Oh, There was always plenty of Work iying guc enly, “I may “HER answered. “1" your friend Morley's nothing for me to wave flags over, know."” Ana| Cassic looked hurt. just unbearably cross i, “you're Ever sinc he turned I'm she said. ill conside: me. I still ha Don't be a ty. “He's thrown and thrown yvou down hard. any mistok you want him wale In iary, ed up a the w he' ur CHAPTE You'll Kaufman of rley meet any you to back minute! n for you, too! the the legs from nghtfully. well,” here at wish T y I wear. cheerful | g turned a rnfully as it la you! Can't you head just spoil me if you don’t go,” wailed C and tears actually stood in her eyes. is the very first What when he's bringing along this extra dangling she had that rose-colored organdy By Beatrice Burton Author of “Love Bound,” MAN” § |Gaines will call up while I'm away, 1 [do you B | 100king at her mother so thrilled party. It's m not “Merry,” she Gaines been e Tony * you've upset because he here,” Merry to her sis- going o the “After all, r himself engaged ve his ring.” fool,” said you Cassic down, e about it. What to do? Throw the Stentorian building at you, to make nd see what he's ords of the dic ted you, Merry get it IR XVIIT everything for ie, time that ever wanted family,” she has my went on shakily, “and it's a s now at will he think, out long slen- of the bed, misty rain her foot gray made as well go home, T guess. something to at it on na looked 1y spread out curtains, its glass shelves, and the {410 hoq heside her. closed the | woman! “lwith colorful deta half listened ! | sound of her voice, lilting up nndl lockec |the “f soon.” Jinny i they ) {come said. v | swered it, i i {ment n thought® siaizs that led from the front hal straight— telephone in the : waited breathlessly while Moms drip-drip of gossip flowed from Lillie's tongue all da “That woman!” she would say Merry, when a departing customer teady o A ‘that woman has been married and d three times! Now, let me [ ¢ about it, if I can get it Th: and she would tell the history, so far as she from heginning to end, ils. the time to her, livorc 11 you knew it, |“Th Merry only | cory Most but just the | of ing we'l. own in its cheerful way, Was €om- |oq,. came. A wet: gloomy [;.u The rain poured down in torrents | . daybreak until five in the The house seemed to je wrapped in gray fog, and it w s silent as the tomb. Since Dad's jeath, Moms had kept the piano Music, she said, gave her ots” lately. going to bu someone around start something shouted at Merry morning, as stringing rom \fterncon. | |of | into bitter this house | pretty | “I'm arer s if 1oesn't half of the kitchen middle in the dinner. laughed suddenly. cheerful sound that had her days. “Jiminy, | g the o he bite a in two | just for excite- |y a¢ n the best it 1t was | sat yeans for Merry first from Jinm, 1 feel “1 could v something, nent of it!"” While she he for same Wi plate the the she " an- was speaking, hall rang, and with she heard |" gave a| . EL man “Yes, I'll call her” Moms say, and her heart 1p. Surely, that was Tony, ng her at last! But it wasn Moms' voice In a up Ton called mo- | the ! Someone for [{y o Cassic ‘Cassie! Oh, that | uwhatis the asked Ca M especially with lthese days. | generously, on the bed Merry Moms' “Moms,” | voice, come [ Moms" |“I'ri not going to change into my when [mean, in front room Merry another man get out and come up m gave it a forefinge o, T 1ot 50 in it,”” she assie raised at’s the way when older men,” o younger a Why e all cutting our 1 look young, rned i: a min You can we and 1 heard he room ac she sz “you're goi downstairs n't you?" “I'm going to meet him, going to w r just voice = answered clothes just h Mr, Morley vou! He ecan |T am or he needn't stalked downstairs, he I must she my was Marrying Cassie!” ¢ h & keen gigsle ie slammed t five o'clock n's huge of the h rom the walk. you you're skirts, and reducing? gone, family certainly |it can to prevent me from marrying | Morley. money is window watched atter with it?"” sic. “T think it's lovely. scornf@ flip with | young and child- d, disdainful her evebrows want to look, going out answered. better. suppose sherten- So you she girl is the do ou our hair, of course, She went into her own room and ute with a brand- new pair of gray silk stockings. r the; ossed them down r open the door ross the hall aid, in her high ing to dress and to meet Morley, T'm but what I have on grimly. hands let me the way at all!” to shake Kaufman, see me see me Cassie, say all groancd “T must does you Jinny, what himed in her door. k Morley Kauf- black ‘town-car stopped ouse. of her bed- Morl Tony | Don't | up her | she said | |nis explained ! and | halfway up the stairs. She took Tony's ring from the folds of the hamdkerchief in her top dresser drawer, where she had hidden it, and hung it around her neck by its black ribbon. Then she went downstairs. “You don't suppose that Tony 2" she asked doubtfully, | with shad- owy troubled ‘eyes. “How do ~ know what he'll do? I'm not a mind reader!” snapped | Moms, “and you girls never tell me a thing about your affairs. You've never given me your cqn- |fidence, any of you! You've never asked my advice about things— if you had you wouldn't be going out now wi that fat lummox!” She jerked her head in the direc- tion of M leys car and Bill Ers- kine. “Oh, { Moms,” |into_the “w harmless said, and once more, enough, went out he's Merry rain going?” asked car slid smbothly street. She ~ was front seat with Mor- windshield mirror Merry could see her ac ight with happiness as she turped it to the man beside her. “Where do you want to go, Bill?” Morley called over his shoulder. Bill gave fat chuckle and winked at Merry. lere are we Cassic as the |down the wet |sitting in the {ley. In the Tove her, where I go, so long Merry," replied. mind over Lit- | “I don't care las T go with “I'm just losing my ;ll“ Sister here,” He beamed at her, pink face like the sun. Tt was impossible for Merry to dislike him. He called her Little Sister and said she was the pret- thing that hed ever been in- vented. “Yon win the prize in my beauty show!"™ he declared. “You win the mothhall earrings and the non-refillable cigaret u He tried to put her, but Merry put and pushed it away. Naughty, naughty,” she smiling at him with her | fringed eyes. “Mustn’t do Mama spank.” But she what she id, for all {speech “Ever beeng out to the miral inn on the Dover road Morley asked, presently, and said he neyer had. “You seem to forget t T live ir vour fair city,” he re him. “How could T get a chance to find the Blue Admiral Inn? It was nst good luck that T happened on Little Sister, but now that T've d her TN be here often. How it, Little § i “Cfome whenever oft m you «-n ed, and her dimples b he his round tiest arm around up her hand his ‘al said, | o deeply that. | mu::m! I light | her Blue Ad- | Bin2" | Bil: }” | fa i %1. D lo it don't inded D yout ster you ecan, and ? Marry ap- |y deepened as as sW in stone. Tnn,” times was like Admiral “how many with Tony! her heart Blre was thinking, T've been there sighed softly. “Why so pensive, Little the cheerful voice of Bill in upon her dark must be getting hungry. that whenever a girl thinking ‘er, Morley! But | forom skine thoughts. T've looks about My broke rou noticed iritual food. she's Step on gal's hungry.” But Merry was anything but hungry. r She b touched the cHicken | t dinner the Blue Admiral Inn rely 1hat |is so justly famous for, | ory potato salad meal | bread, Duzin Bill she part of the not_notice little and talled less. He |t interested in his food that |t no aftention for anything |r ate as a glutton furious! dinner!” he set his dessert before face was turkey-red and | ¢ pssy from too much food. |t He pushed the plate away with elbow. “Never eat pastry,” he “too fattening. large black cigar from [a of his vest and bit the viciously, It struck atched him do it. something its pink fat. the fir: Erskine did that ate 50 had H and Some wi His was said, when | f He took a {the pocket lend from it Merry, as she thaty there was about his face, under Perhaps it was the look in his | |eves that were set too close to- { or in the twist of his it gethe Pleating {ion includes at least | features this use it center it |spotted fabric tie at make a frock of navy blue faille, | Select cruel | new beets, 4 sardines, FASHIONS By Sally Milgrim is a Smart Feature Simple #rocks for Daytime Use,| One of the smartest notes clothes for the current season is t se of various kinds of pleatin {I'rocks for business and frocks pleast re are charming with pleat| kirts and fluttering collars, one kind of pleating but often t nd three are used on the sai gown. The knowing woman of fag one 1at type in her wardrobe. The ‘rock in the adjoining sket] charming ornameng Chic for town or coun follows the mode of sever nd trimness. Made of navy bl aille it is short and of slend nes. The bodice is long and {} are bound with a broad ligued banl of faille. The sh{ verskirt ends several inches abi he hem of the frock. In the fr is pleated in five kn| The sides are box ple: gown on. leats. about an inch wide. A shor! cape collar of brig lue polka dots on white is caug about the throat and hangs tie fas a smile, o Tiny pieces of f the wrists e long narrow sleeves, Bright blue polka dots on whi gay collar on this sm: in front. Copyright, 1926 (EFS) | Menas for the Fami, BY SISTER Breakfast—Stewed prunes, eal, thin cream, poached eggs oast, milk, coffce, Luncheon — Jellied bouillon, s rye bread, gin MARY milk, tea. Dinner—Veal birds, scalloped atoes, new onions in cream oust, prunes and cream cheese sa aspberry dumplings, whole wh eats— | bread, milk, coffee. Wihen stewing prunes for bre ast cook enough more for tho sall the finest to use with cheese and only boil th minutes after soaking o ream wenty night. This savory potato salad will quite us acceptable for a picnic paj lome luncheon Savory Potato Salad Two cups diced new potatoes, easpoon grated onién, three sim 3 hard coo 2 tablespoons minced pars cup cooked salad dressing. Remove skin and bones from s . sprinkle with lemon juice s the “If you please,” this thin Jimmy Skunk “Ob, that?” said 1 dead starfish, I'll Tive and She was flushed, parkling, and |}, " she couldn't figufe out jus lovely as a rose in her beruffled | oho 0"t hint of cruelty lay. But |dress when she came into the sit- ;i "0 thore unmistakablys ting room five minutes later. | When the end of his clear wa From the minute she appeared |, 150 jo tyrned himself in his between the curtains of the door-|,,. i o 1a¢ he could look straight way, the eves of Morley Kauf- | "\t T man's friend mever left her fora " LpifY q L e e a |second. dream,” he told her in a Jow, hus- At all times Merry - was - Well | " oie0 0 folded his arms on |worth looking at, but today X~ |in. tap10 and leaned closer to her. {citément had painted her cheeks | "y Thictoves Cunder their puffy {and the damp weather had made {50 " rgioned themselves on the |her hair curl all over her head g ¢ op her dress. Merry looked Isilky ringlets that were pure gold | oCo (i, ony's ring had in lamp light. |swung out from the top of her Her voire was a little breathless i 5i00 4,0 was hanging against as she sald, “How do you do?" |y .\ o oolored frills. te Morley Kautman. “What do you wear vour rings While she was shaking hands |, 40ng for2" Bill Erskine asked, “The |1t he should come while she Was |yith him she deqjded ‘hat she dld-| 3L e " ol e b oo me heart rattling the window last |gone— n't like him, and never was OINK . {o1)ine me you're secertly mar- k the file into one |~ “\Well, hurry up and say ‘ves' OF |t5 jike him. He held her hand too | o, What's that you're |no'l cried Cassie impatiently. “T lyong, pressed it too hard, and |“3r that vour meek?” she loan't stand here all day! Morley's looked at her as if he were in love |, it an. | Vegetable Compound closer to sce for herself what [on the wire |with her. ey et R the gleam of pearl and gold was. “I'll go," Merry heard herseif an- [ She turned away from him to | Annie Kwinski of 526 let “A ring!” she eried, her eyes 'gwer breathlessly. |tge man he had brought with him, Milwaukee, Wis, WriteS jqening, “And what a beautiful | Arterward she wondered if she ana blushed deeply under the | that she became 1y (ning i( it Where on earth [would have gone if Cassie had't |steady gaze from his blue eyes. o wesk SATUD, 413 you get 117" hurried her the way she did. | Bill' Erskine was short and stout. (“‘f:n,,,‘f ’:%_,fis‘fi “It was Tony She had no particular wish to if1e smiled most of the time. and do tar. Hous ring Merr with Cassie and the two men. |fine laughing wrinkles sprayed v“"i work, She saw ' 0 s something to do— |from the corners of his eyes (\Ym o T T, Cusae to bresk the gray mo-|mouth, He had a seutation for| E. Pinkham's derstand this the day. being the life of the party, wher- Vegetable Com- If Tony Gaines Merry It was three o'clock by the time |gver he went. Before he left vhr:' ment had ithe dishes were washed and put |pguse that afternoon, he was call- pound in the @n ] Merry the laway. Half past {hree by the time [jno Mps. Locke “Moms. Mr. for whooping cough are infancy and (i (pie» she 1 age. More than fifty per eent |30 gionneq jof all deaths from whooping cough |\t ave you in the United States decur In chil- [t 51 dren under one year of age. and | apy thank more than 95 per indchilanend] 2 ni s ; lunder five vears of et ol | others should he extremely care- "0 a0 LB SR ¥ ot ful to keep the child of pre-school | gy o 4iqig S e away from whooping cough ey o The accompanying chart illus- ;o B TS 00 i trates the rvise and fall in the I o e waves of whooping cough, the | 7V, PN F figures based en 100.000 population, |~ R come |let stand fifteen minutes. Dice bd and cover with 2 tablespoons vine 1:1"(1 1-2 teaspoon sugar. Let st |fifteen minutes. Chop whites of e |and put volks through ricer. Spi |Kle potatoes with grated onion, {beets drained from vinegar, § |dines flaked in small pieces, € {and salad dressing. Stir lightly w |a fork to mix and chill for one h; jon ice. Serve on crisp lettuce |minced parsley sprinkled over top. It pickled beets are at hand t can be used conveniently. An mayonnaise will have a tendenc: separate during the chilling, sg tart well seasoned cooked dress is suggested. Then came the sound of Cassie's slippered fect on the stairs. | Five minutes later she into the kitchen. was Morley in the important it. she alwdys used when to do spoke of the Marvelous Morley, vack it |Jinny called him. send it back to | “He wants me to drive out into hated to do that. [the country for supper tonlght, keep it for |she went on, sitting on the edge that hie [of the table and nibbling a raw a day in the hope replicd | = | would for it, himself. And |string bean. “He has a man friend town, and he | in that hope, she tied it around her |here from out of neck on a piece of hlack ribbon wondered if yowd like to go along Cassie came into the room while {{o make a foursome, Merry." MIDDLE G she was doing if, to borrow a nail- | For a second Merry hesitated. Her thoughts flew to Tony Gaines. 0ld came over fo it, coniing to you, “Oh, that's a show you somc exclaimed trying | Gaines [you on {he phon | doing with that ring top dravier walked to leave my top Merry at opened said ones by you RS Kaufman," | voice she as cott Jinny Locke Danny. tell mic innoce ish vou Te. coldly. Sh she think I'm so know a fish when T idea of trying to tell 1 fish! 1 guess you must Jimmy Skunk. T guess you trying have fun with to Do you that [ do not sce know wit one? The me oug that this i3 be joking, just *“1 shall be looking for Jimmy you ave to me kind,” I what T meant and | 1 1 don't s but it 1live DERDS he Jimmy, beach. and said fish, ater n it is fish there 1 pest really is a swims ir off. t \ and it s “Pooh! ™ seen file 1 wind night side, tying called the ere yo don t broke mine,” she said. was and 1 hold around here much over looked very hard at Jinmy | vou say so, it | frying 10 I | Pratse Lydia E. l;inkham'a suppose if stu d e how thing marsh, head and as she tucked dress. che shook her ne vously he ring inside her “Only engaged,” answered, giving him a sidewise glance, “but the ring's too big for my fin ger, and so T wear it this way— [like a locket." gain Bill Frskine gave that chuckle of his “And who's the lucky wantcl to know. the like nd at Come up Place things ever underst: came for on to see t v o Jimmy. Mrs, Avenue, FAIRY-VISITORS \ ¢&YOH! How dark it is!™ Betty whispered. d ‘Oooo! Yes!” answered Billie.| Just then Mother turned on the lights. “Billie,” Betlyd said softly, ¢ | ¥ ¥ 4 1 thought I heard a tiny scam- “That's some more of my busi- 1 he & said Merry, pertly. And he perioe: D“”’l‘mfl‘ & with heavy laughter, . Fairtes ‘eaid Billte. “Z?.hw; Mcrpy didn’t Jaugh with b e P don't like the electric Tights, I is going to vollite vord of s best to be fat, mother” o | “He 1dn't believe vy a {go Nazy At best it w | man?’ he tarc conldn't un- | something notony of around But mooning very Pass it for you angry, and 1 did not utter a sound. The idea of that ¥ old man telling me that poor Miss | by trying Cleaver's suiclde was goifig to make ; mediately paper and sa y A 5 - th 4 to her husband, house for the last day or two. as lthe Sunday paper was folded on | fyery time he ”“:“" :"" that. |y o0 She sat, looking around the i 41 Wl try that ¢ had? Also. why hadn't Merry the living room table, and the sofa |y\joms frowned, but he took no mo- |, ¢’ "o Gining room, thinking . X B < SRERBR AR medicine and ses shown' the ring to anyonc? And |cushions plumped up, and the house |tice of it. Her coldness at parting | 5 c G (Fo " 30 qanced on hereDi‘:: .’;‘:“h;“m':hfir:’;:l:,: - il it will help me.” She says she by was she wearing it iround | put into its usual order, was lost upon him, too. . " lihe smooth floor with Tony. How away visiting?” Betty asked 7 B4 . took bottles and is feeling much her neck instead of on the thirg Then erry went upstairs to get He pulled Merry arm through lmany times the Lad sat: 8t/ ghot |ienciradiv: aGll'l of Today better, inzer of her left hand where if 'qressed. ‘That was somgthing 10 (his, and together they ran down | = o0 0 Fg Boo er, holding Uk o thay i fost o ham. Mrs. Mattie Adams, who lives in clonged. Tt was all quite beyond {do, too. Something to keep her |to the car. s thands under the tablecloth, smil- the light comes on!” Billie said. Downing Street, Brewton . Ala, Cassie, mind frr Tony Gaines— to keep When they w all settled in . 070, "och other with the utter Mus TODY I8 INSOL N e o AL o writee as follows: “A friend recom- ‘You and Tony have had a |herself from wondering what he [jis comfortable depths, Merry sud- plec.ure of being together! 49 konie. Had the desiobd’ e¥est | prin i . ,’:y o how mended Lydia B. Pinkham's Vege- umpus. thoush. haven't you?" she |wagi@oing, and what he was think- |qenly thought of something f:glvl< Suddenly the man beside her At thi b et niot 1 e SR | e e e knew how table Compound and since taking it sked, locking straight at her sis- |ing lshe had forgetten to bring with [ GO ERE L s chalr and get up age—i i Qo il : e o {‘ ‘,‘]‘ 1‘ s I ‘,‘l 1 | fea] like @ dl.flr\vnm woman or's nnhappy little face as she began to sing she brushed $por, she said. - trom the table. . ) i Tot ‘.,“ ‘m‘,‘u‘ L & L r: e had made i ',w Iss Cleaver With her children grown up, the .poke air and dampened it with the “Don’t be gone long." Bill Frs- “Well, shall we start back?” he | NEW e R R : Rluss Kip: THOMHAR - ! of - middle-aged woman finds time to do Merry nodded and slipped the fcomb o make it curl. And her |uine called out fo her as 8lgi o5 @y gipps getting the A L ,; "1“«‘ hat hottle virly whe ng.;ghe would ta the things she never had time to do vl ring ingide her kimono, ginging was part of her program of |qashed back to the house, “I can’t |t - sitting here.” SRS . her made me ant to before—read the new books, see the She knew that there Was no use fkeeping up her spirits, too—gs a [bear to Jet you out of my sight!™ |0, "o Fay 4™ “hng stinl pouring Ticket G ,‘\ o x‘ “‘ i : He JOiehd o) L :‘FW i R hr,r g!anldch‘,‘mrcn" in trying fo get rid of Cassic when |child will sing in the dark because “I dom't «.re much for him!™{ o T op went out to. Morley The It o T S hink he was going to - take ai active part in church and cqie was trying 1o find out some- it is afratd it will ery if it doesn't [Moms snorted, ovening the door {Z e ¥ T store, ) we 1at ho He mneed not think ¢ affairs T irom P thing that sho wanted to know for Merry, “He's the freshest Thank goodness that's over!" Co, R |sing | “What are you going fo wear |asked Cassie, appearing in the bed- | like an ad for aside by the' younger eet, she finds That {8, Merry said to herself. settling into a corner of the wide leather seat. Byt the evening was not yet over —not by a long drivg heme! “ lthing T ever met In my lifel Call- ing me ‘Mams'! Den't Jet him eut up any didoes with you, Merry Locke! You hear what T say? And you get home early, mind! “Yes, Moms,W answered Merry, think 1 a full, rich life of her own that it her health is good. . Thousands of women past fifty, e had made a mistake 3 ,,1' m,,‘? z.; ,,,',. ",', m cay they owe@heir health to Lydia started on another track, ' D Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. to al- to do. 1 this and (agsie had of getting wanted, largest bedroom |room door. looking softest bed, the [cold eream. e fop of the cream | Merry shrugged her shoulders. coffee, and the| "What difference does it make?" voman the worse T hegan get or it going over onything she how She had the the house, ent clothes, her morning understand didn‘t most some hin alized I in (TO BE CONTINUED)