New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1926, Page 12

Quicksands of Love Adele Garrison’s New Phase of Revelations of a Wife—— The Fourth-Floor Lodger Looms up There was something provokingly droll in Lillian's tones as she voiced the supposition that Mrs. Baker, our queer old lodger upon the fourth floor, was acting as hostess in some cabaret, Katherine and 1 laughed heartlly at the conceit, but Lillian only smiled a bit mechanically, and then dismissed Mrs. Baker with the crisp comment: “Whatever she's up to, it's a mercy she's not bothering Mary any more.” But I had an in- tuitive little feeling that she had not finished in her own mind with the subject of the fourth-floor lodger, and that she had her ticketed d tucked away for future reference. Her next words were accompanied with vicious thump: upon the cushion nearest her. “I'm going to give Phil Veritzen a slice of my mind if it's the last thing I ever do. He's simply killing that girl. How about you, Madge? Is he piling you up with work in the same fashion?"” Mary Under Strain “He has a fair appetite for work @elivered,” T told he Towever, my shoulders are broader and older than Mary's. But may I remind you that it is my pet cushion you are thumping, not Veritzen's head ?"” “I wish it were,” she retorted grimly. “I might be able to pound some sense into it. I think I shall ©ohoke him and pound his head against the wall, when I get hold of him.” “If yowre going to tackle Mr. Verltzen on Mary's account,” Kath- erine interposed quictly, my advice would be, ‘don't’ ot yet awhile, i NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, Rrok anyway. You see,” with a depre- cating little smile, “I've been in training myselt, in a different pro- tession, and there is nothing more fatal to a young probationer's pros- peets than to have some relative or triend protest at the rigld regime and harc work to which she is sub- jected, It simply fsn't done, that is all. ¥rom all you and Madge have told Mr. Veritzen is far more of a stickler for his own way | of managing things than the greatest martinet of a hospital head in ex- istence.” Lillian Speaks Her Mind “There's sense in your spiel, Kat- | rina,” Lillian said. “But if the kid's breaking down—"" She isn't,” Katherine answered decidedly. “She's only going through what the nurses do, when they're getting used to the wor! and routine of their training. It's mighty tough at first, and they all fall asleep wherever they happen to be. But after awhile they get seasoned, and then they're ell right. “Well,” Lillian sald reluctantly, Il keep my hands off, of course, if you girls say so. But remember ' any minute you think she's really breaking under the strain, you send me an § O &, and I'll be a little Mabel with my face against the pane.” “We'll be mighty glad to call on you,” I assured her. “Do you know our tea is all cold. I'll have Katie | bring some more boiling water, and then let's talk of nothing more strenuous than the mew hats for a | | ! ¥ by Newspaper | Feature Service, Inc. | Bammy Jay Is Sorry for the Young Trees By Thornton W. Burgess No greater wonder than a tree Has ever been, or e'er will be. —Old Mother Nature Did you ever stop to think how true this is? A secd is tucked away in the brown earth. From it springs & tiny plant, but the earth, the air, the rain and the sunshine to build from it & great towering tree. really only one form of building. Tt 1s wonderful beyond anything that man has ever done or ever can do. That is why it seefs such a dreadtul thing to cut a great tree, unless it is very neccssary. Sammy Jay had something of this fecling as he watched Farmer Brown’s Boy cutting ung spruce tree and young hemlock trees there in the Green Forest. It didn't seem at all right to Sammy. He couldn’t understand it at all, and he felt, oh, 80 sorry for those young trees. He wondered why Farmer Brown's Boy | was cutting them. For once in his life he wished he could understand his language. At first Sammy was tempted to scream “Thief ! Thief! Thiet!” and let all-the other little people in the Green Forest know what was going | on. But he knew that screaming *“Thief! Thief!” would do no good. He knew that all the screaming in the world wouldn't cause Farmer Brown’s Boy to stop. So he held his tongue and watched. After Farmer Brown’s Boy had cut half a dozen of these young trees, Sammy discovered something. He cocked his head on one side and studled and studied and studied. He flow over to another tree where he Globe Clothing House Luxite Silk Hose For Women Fuil Fashioned Silk makes an acceptable and ap- propriate gift for any woman. $1.45 3 pr. $4.25 Globe Clothing Cor. Main and W. Main Sts. New Britain and there is nothing | You see, growth s | { | | “I'm sorry for those young trees,” | Brown’s Boy is doing it on that ac- | ever find out is by being patient and said Sammy to himself could get a different view, ain he studied. “I'm so sorry for these trees,” said Sammy to himself, “‘that have been cut. I certainly am. But | I belleve it is going to be a good thing for those other trces that haven't been cut. Yes, sir, I believe it is going to be a good thing for| those other trees that haven't heen cut. They will have more room to spread out and grow. They will grow faster and bigger and be stronger. Now I wonder if Farmer and young count. I wonder if that is why he | spent 80 much time over here look- | ing around before he began cutting | those trees. And T wonder what he is going to do with those trees he | has cut. I suppose the only way I'll | watching."” Meanwhile Farmer Brown's Boy | was whistling as he worked. He | was very careful as he cut each| young tree to see that it fell where | it would not injure any other young tree, After a while he began talk- to himself, as he had no one else [to talk to. ‘It certainly does hurt | to cut a tree. These are beautiful | young trecs and I don't like to cut them. But if I should let them grow {they would no longer be beautiful trees. They would crowd each oth- ler so that all their beauty would be lost. A lot of them would die after a while, They would be starved | | for sunlight and afr. But by cutting | | these out now, before they have be- gun to be too much crowded, T shall | be giving the others a chance. The | Green Norest beautiful for losing thesa young trees Yes, sir, there no doubt about it. 1t T came in here and took all the | [ i { ‘ | |same time tk | he. | {of t young trees growing up here, that| would be another matter. But T have plcked out only those trees which will make the Green Forest better for losing. I am actually helping the trees that are left, and at the youngz trees e BO- | ing to givo great joy." mer Brown's Boy then d saw g him. Farmer Brow nki nned. “Hello, Sammy,” £ald | “I enppose you are wondering what all this is about. 1 suspect you are thinking all sorts of gs about me beeause T a | these trees. But if you knew | I know, you would know t 1 am adding to the happiness | the Great World.” 192 looked Sammy Jay | (Copyright, The next stor. | ments which i leum Your Health How to Keep It— Causes of Iliness BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine ‘Wherever there are men who are none too careful about the hygienic character of their surroundings can be found the little insect Cimex lec- | tularius, more familiarly known as the bedbug. It has no wings, but its body is quite flat and it conceals itself easi- ly in the marrowest chinks and cracks of the bed and the walls. The bite of the bedbu | complished b four thread-like fila- | .lde over cach other with an alternating motion and pierce the skin. Then it sucks blood | through its beak. much more Irritated by the Dbites than are others. These people will have swelling and inflammation aft- er the attack When the houscholder decides to climinate this insect he should real- ize that bedbug pow can not get at the eggs and the bugs concealed in narrow chinks. Scalding. water or soapsuds kill them but may also ruin furniture, Yerhaps best o® ull is the use of a liberal amount of gasoline, ben- ziney Kerosene ¢ any other petro- ™ in connection with which, however, there Is always the poss bility of fire. Fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas is effectual, but can be used only with great caution. The bedbug has a peuwiiar odor, produced by certain glands. Other- wise he seems to do no partleular harm since he never has been defi- nitely connected with the transmis- sion of disease, though often sus- | pected. The presence of this inscct around a bedroom offends the sense of cleznliness and if many of his fami- Iy are along they can produce in- FASHIONS By Sally Milgrim Some people are will the Smart Simplicity of Line and a Restrained Use of Ornament Are Featurcs of the New Felt Hats. If you are considering & new street hat, select a model character- | |ized by simplicity in both line and |trimming. The smartest models are notable for their lack of elaborate |ornament, as well as for their ad- herence to the close-fitting cloche- type of contour. Felt and velours are the two lead- |ing materials for the tailored type lot street hat. The trimmings are mostly grosgrain or leather bands trimmed ‘th a bit of decorative ornament in key with the tailored Ph.\r'\r‘tl‘r of the shape. Sketched today are two remark- |ably smart felt models that illus- Will really he more |trate the new tendencles in line and | “spej trimming. The hat in the uppe sketch 1s gray. trimmed with a gray suede band edged with a row of crochet steel heads and ornamented with steel rosettes. Below {8 a high-crowned of rose felt featuring a gold 1 band embroidercd in wool On one side of the crown is a decp. inverted pleat. The high crown of the hat in the | shapt up |1ower sketch is finished with a deep are | inverted pleat. Both shapes trimmed with leather har Copyright, 1926 (10 [5) NEA SEi WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE To the home of Prof and Mollle Elwell in Camdenville, Ind. one {night in October of 1898, comes | Martha Dalton. a nurse, bearing with her a woman who had fainted | on the train on which Martha had been traveling. Elwell 1is an artist. He has a son, Jim, aged 5. Late that night | twin girls are born to the woman, {who dies without revealing her identity. The Elwells adopt the girls. U The story then moves forward 18 years. The twins, now growing to | beautiful womanHood, have been named Margaret and Elizabeth and nicknamed Rusty and Betty. America enters the World War and Jim Elwell enlists. Two nights | before he leaves he discovers that one of the twins loves him and that he loves her. He tells his mother this but he does not tell [ner which twin it s, as he wants | her to love both of the twins equal- Iy while he is away. | | The day before he takes the girls to Chicago good time. Whilo in the room of a hot with them, Jim is | violently surprised when a waiter drops a note on th table written 'y a w distance away. NOW BEGIN " CHAPTEP, X and Betty { Jim for a dining | leaves ted their | Jim? and don't you finish nted to know u\'! denly had | Rusty | question. Betty said, reading it , whether Jim blind. Jim picked up the paper, drew a | deep breath and re; aloud: “Dear Mr. Elwell 1 ho | thing very important to tell you and | your girt friends. It pertains to the @iamond ring one of the girls is wearing. In all my life 1 have onl secn one ring like that. I recogniz it as the one I last saw wi very dear friend of mine ,twenty years ago. If the th you will come to the reception par- | Jo. on the third floor 1 shall explain turther. Yours sinc. I “Well, T'll be damned, “For heavens' sake, Jim,” Rusty burst forth, unab! to control he voice, ‘“what is it—can't you tell ou know as much as I do,” he tol ! her quietly He held the paper ou d the two girls hitched their chairs together with one accord as the fing of both clutched the my: and their lips moved the words. ength on the Vho is Nin Again they there 1 both. ers rested at ey, Jim?"* yoke in concert and ation in the vo of their Jim had lady they never had vidently ds of whom Jim Elwell was the brief of that perturbed never saw her before. She sat that over there,” and he jerk his thumb toward the place just vacated by the woman, adding, “She got up and went right out after the waiter left the note here. Betty then picked *he note up a_ .in and once more r it through in a low tone just audible to the other two. “She 3 ave mother!” Rusty ex 4, and the eyes of both girls v big as the wonderful possibili underlying this prospect began to grip them. “Oh, Jim, is it-—do you think it could be—be true?” faltered Betty in a voice grown suddenly small and wocful. Both girls were looking at him, a world of agonized entreaty in their eyes as if they feit he could tell them whether this strange wo- |man held the key to that mystery | of their birth that had lain dormant for more than eighteen years. i says she recognized the replied rather helplessly. Immediately, though, he got to the point of the matter. “Your mother | was wearing the ring the night she rou know, the niznt you two were born. Reckon the best thing we can do is to go up to the parlor und have 2 talk with her. What do you | Naturally, what they said was a | quick and unanimous consent to his proposal. Whercupen Jim Elwell beckoned to the iter, And in the excitement of the moment he forgotten all his tremors size of the chi | ticed it as the w of him. The bi whether Jim shrugged. “Damfino," and definite young man. known our 1it in front $6.20, and cd this shious” or othc , he f; He had presence of mind, however, to leave the eighty cents for the walter. The girls preceded Jim out of the big dining room, a sed the table occur and Cohen, tioned gentl having left the girls |a moment at a time |stay in the moved to comr “Somethin’s got “Notice the to say. s never re than their was ‘em excited,” he way thelr eyes poppin’? And notice their | cheeks? Brother, that ain't paint!" In passing, one of the girls mo- | mentarily let her gaze focus on Mr 1\\'1«(«"r5. Perha it*was the bizarre | checks of his screamdng suit | compellingly drew her attention. | Perhaps it was mere abstraction. At lans rate, the gentieman, alm | overcome, flushed and smiled at her {and the girl 7\ stily turned her head | Mr Wate \nl the post 1e remark { you're carryin’ too much wei | The other scowled and bit and his confu- sfon was such that he ted to drink from the finger bowl | “You go to hell!” he obse testily to his plea partner, that rved The woman who had signed her- | self Nina Kingsley was alone in the | reception parlor when Betty |and Jim entered, and evidently waiting for them The nner of her greeting, st ued sured, proclaimed her instantly as s well versed in the ways of society and the world. was *I hoped you would come,” she | Jim Elwell was studying the woman | | moved the DECEMBER 21, 1926. ) hreads % Clifiord LWebbeErnest Lynn Wonderingly, said quictly and Jim Elwell's awk- wardness vanished. She motioned for them to sit down. “You were surpr when you read my no when the three were of course, he began ted on a 4\1\(1 she had taken 'hc ch Jim acknowlec been, The lady smiled I am, don't you? You Jim Elwell reluctantly was forced both for himself companions that none of them had ever seen or heard of the lady until that afternoon, a con brought from her a low laugh and a faint grimace. uch was f she remarked in bitterne > am 1, a star t has been n} more or le liantly in the theatrical firma- 1t for twel yet—oh 3 s finish- ed shoul, anc graceful and, Rusty and I at once concluded, decidedly r cent of the grand French had read about. “We'll let it go at that," Kingsley went on. “And no she smiled en: “your are no doubt anxious to know what I me I had the ter fetch you. ng—" she indicated the dis —*1 recognized the Nina and of its odd etting,” s o went on, : the only one Kind she had ever scen, it had been designed for a specific purpose. But was a of its " Rusty began ks flushed, her eyes nt. tell us—" , her che shinir Nina Kingsley checked her, “For- glve me. You must be anxious to know it al Jat once. The ring and at the words the twins :d eage ave it to—to a friend of 1 an actress agement Afterward star ver dear ring was returned to him . You—you knew our father!” | exclaimed Betty in a trembling know he Rusty bent forward breathlessly. “I knew your father, yes, but not your mother—that is, not personally. T saw her but once,” the woman re- plied with just a tinge of coldness in her voice. “Your father was tiance of —er— my f) met the lady he after your mother.” Rusty sank back keenly disappointed leaning forward, gripped th of the divan with a tense clutch of “And our father,” she hat was his name?" the woman, lightly. “Why, was Guite a eville world and was in her But N the vau His name s disappointing. !n 1"t V"vm\' I ever heard,” said. 1 brief silence. Then the actress held out her hand toward Betty, “Would you allow me to ex- amine the ring for a moment? Per- haps I'll be able to show you some- thing you've never yet seen.” Wondering with picion of cy, g just a hesit Betty re- ring from her finger and lald it in the woman's oxxtalx'etch(*tl hand. As the ring touched Nina Kingsley trem a red flush sprang to her cheeks. In eyes burned an odd light as n twisting the jewel in her her hand, The twins were leaning forward in their seats, watching her tensely. more, | d worn by Betty and, besides, | nd our mother—did you | | dishes are saved if the | ! of meats can be used. | tablespoon minced The soup suggested in the lunch- ' eon menu is extremely hearty. Homemade noodles must be used, so the rule for noodles as well as the filling 18 given. This is an excellent way to use the meat from the soup bone. Noodle Balls One egg, 1 tablespoon milk, 1-2 teaspoon sally 1 cup flour (about) Beat egg slightly with milk. Mix and sift tlour .and salt and stir into | bowl or moulding board. Knead on lightly floured molding board and roll very thin. Cut in oblong shaped ' pieces about two inches wide and four inches long. FKill with meat mixture and fold noodle paste to completely cover meat. Dampen | edges with a little cold water and press firmly. Drop Mto boiling beef broth and boil fifbeers minutes. Serve in broth or on a plagter garnished | vith parsley as preferrod. Luncheon balls are served in the soup, and this is really the best way. Meat Filkng One and 1-2 cups finely chopped meat, 1-8 teaspoon onion juiee, 1 parsiey, 1 egg. milk. The amount of salt nceded must b determined by the amount used in cooking the meat. The mixture should be well seasoned, Onion juice is used in place of minaed onion be- cause the juice flavors quickly. Com- bine meat, seasoning amd unbeaten egg. Mix thoroughly and add a few tablespoons of milk. enough to make moist enongh to hold together. Any kind of meat or combination If left over, | roast meats need to be usad up and | [ | | Betty Removed The Ring From Her Finger tently, a puzzled frown knitting his somchow this woman wes just a little too much for him. It was all yery mysterious, the writing of ("r' note, the woma: now her obn S ie fingered the ring. She would bear w thinking. If she was up to me whereby she hoped to get away vith the d nond—well, he'd stop that, all right. She wouldn't get away with it. And vet, he thought, ht she not be perfectly honest? M 1t it not be that this woman was to provide them with the clew that the Elwells had been cighteen years and mo: A question was on his lips. John K. Danvers—where was he mnow? But he did not voice it. To his amazement, Nina Kingsley, who had heen holding the ring all this time and who now scemed to have recov- ered her usual calm, turned slightly in her chair and then held the ring up close to her eyes and toward the slectric light. Suddenly a little of surprise escaped her and she turned back to her watchful audi- en forchead, it “He changed the pictures,” she unced briefly. “Look!" (To Be Continued) What mystery dpes the ring con- n? In the next chapter Nina gsley tells the twins of their father. an: Menus for the Family BY SISTER MARY Breakfast — Grape juice, cereal, thin cream, creamed eggs on toast, graham muffins, milk, coffee, Luncheon Beef broth with noodle balls, hearts of celery, brown bread and butter sandwiches, milk, tea. Dinner Broiled porterhouse steak, mashed potatoes, creamed on- ions, quince salad, chocolate marsh- mallow roll, bran bread, millk, coffee. sm— Don’t Let Dad Feel Neglected— If he doesn’t hang up his own Xmas hosieiy, why don’t you hang up a few pair of all- wool socks for him? | Or, maybe, some neckties, a Le.xutxlu! bathrobe, or per- haps shirts or handkerchiefs or a muffler? The earlier you shop the better the selection. You will find here a wonderful array of gifts to choose from. Tomikowski | & Dawson 361 MAIN ST. Opposite Myrtle St. g for for M “on | no soup stock s at hand boiling salted water can take the place of the stock. In this event, the balls must be served on a platter garnish- ed with parsley. Copyright, 19 WON'T ACC! A Service, Inc. PT CUT and Worcester Street Car Boston Men Vote Against Pay Reduction, § (»Th Framingham, Mass., Dec. 21 (P cester Street Rallway Company vote cd unanimausly pesterday not to ace cept a proposed temporary ten pers cent reduction in wages, according to announcement by officials night. The result of the balloiing will be presented by Receiver { Franklin T. Miller, tomorrow an” it | is antipipated that conferences will then e called to straighten out le situation. 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