New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1928, Page 12

Love’s Awakening o...% "fl'! By Adele Garrison LilMan's Courage Fails Her in the My ruse was almost too success: ful, 1 had planned to make Lillian forget her foolish worry over Mari- on's association Carolyn Brixton by reminding her that she had an interview scheduled when the young people's stepfather, Samuel Brixton, and that I \\llhe-l,‘ to tell her some things I had learn- ed of Charles Owen, Mr. Brixton's half-brother. 1 expected that she would be startled into attention to the thing she had been dreading but I did not expect to see her put her Liand to her throat at my reminder while one shiver after another rip- pled ov shaking with a chill. I saw that this ques hers concerning Samuel Brixton had (obbed her of poise, almost of sahity., | Ieft her defenseless against whatever scheme he might have hidden be- hind his proffer to return the money, which He had obtaincd through ruse from Marion's father, Tom Mor- ton, Katherine was right, site must not be left alone for an instant’wi cither Brixton, or his half-brother; Charles Owen. One of us must be with her. She evidenfly had nerved hersen up the night hefore to greet thel Brixtons and keep her promise that her old friend Helen Brixton should not suspect the shuddering aversion which was hers for the man who had heen associated with Marion father. But the strain had been too much | for her, and as T watched the long, uncontrollable shudders go over her body I doubted whether she could go through with the interview which was the reason for the Drixton's visit. With the realization that my cus | was silence, I held her firmly until the paroxysm had passed. slipped my arm and walking with her to the libra put her upon the couch and covered her warmly. Buster Bear At Bay By Thornton W. Burgess Beware of those you bring to bay; “They're primed and ready for the fray. —Buster Bear. Bear Buster W worried. He w every jump. Behind him several dogs were barking on his trail and their voices grew louder and loua- er. Of course, this meant that they were gaining. Buster was growing more and more tired. He had start- ed that long run on a full stomach And running on a full stomach is bad for anyone. Now he was short of breath, tired and most uncom- fortable. What to do he didn’t know, 50 he just kept on running. Nearer and nearer and sounded the voices of They were getting very much excit- ed. Suddenly, one of them burst out of the brush behind Buster and, bounding ferward, scraped atsBus- | ter’s leg. Buster stopped rithning. He' whirled about, so as to face those dogs. He was at bay. That means that he had reached the point where he could no longer run, because if he did these dogs would jump on him from behind. The time h:m come when he must turn and fight. | Buster*Bear forgot now that he badly nearer with Ronald and | r her body as if she werc r ohsession of | Jofer hees heel Then 1| around her walst, | these dogs. | | (Copyright 1928, by T. was tired and out of breath. He was | simply angry. He was very angry in- deed. His rather 1l eyes glowed | red. A dog came within reach. Like a flash one of Buster's great paws shot out and knocked that dog heels over head. How he did yellt But that was only one dog, and | there were five others. They were all | around him, velping and barking and making short r es at him fo try to pull him down, Buster got his hack fo a tree. That prevented any dog from getting directly behind him. Tt was a big tree, If he should climb it, he would bhe out of reach of those dogs. He wanted to elimb it. Yes, sir, anted to climhb it The dogs conldatifollow him fhero. “But if thoze hunters are follow- ing.” thought Buster, T don’t want fo be up in any That is just where they would like to liav Tt would ke it very casy to shoot me with the No T'm not going fo cl tree. nor any other tree, T do you like that?" This last was to one of the which had he was picking whinin ¥ three legs tree v ternit sir, ventured You see, It had canght him fairly = tree another and nipped on whirled 1ike 2 was out of 1o those himself noise. He and his s ¢ » pleasant to hior fact quite nnplea Such a noisc dogs were making' wild folk within hurried to sec as near as they dared go Rt very mear cxceptin of the hirds. And there w hurrying to the scene of the fight. There was the farmer v pigs had been stolen were several of bors. Each They knew by the sounds that ter Bear was at hay and r hurricd faster than « ed to got there while he for then there wonld Tu ficulty in shooting him. Tt flash doas Buster was ta the owling are mot they are as Buster and thosc All the other hearing distance the grest fight from his was- no dir looked hay “Keep perfectly still,” I com- manded with a purposeful rough- ness. “I'll be back in a minute.” I hurried to the kitchen, finding Katie just starting the kitchen fire. u haf breakfast already?” she aueried, her gaze trained suspicious- 1y upon the glasses and plates which had held the hot milk and sand- wiehes for Marion and Ronald. 1 wondered what she would have said if she had found the kitchen as it looked ‘When the buffet supper was over, _and thanked my particular little ,n& for the foresight which Mad led Katherine and me, with [ Mary's Rid to put things in order again | 0," 1 said, and explained briefiy who had used the glasses. T then poured some milk into a pan and put it over a burner of the gas stove, Katie ohuckling audibly over my |casual statement that Ronald and {Marioa had gone to sce the sunrisc o the ocean. “Dot feller he tumble hees head e so jin lof, ny id, and T was thank- Lillian was safely out of FMarion.” she s ful that carshot. “Don't say that where anyone cun hear you,” 1 admonished her. “Mrs. Un@lerwood wouldn't like it. Wi you please put some crackers on a plate and bring it to me with a tray and napkin?" v nodiggs,” Kaite said a “Who get hreakfast now? Somebhody else go sce sunrise fon ocean?" " I hit my lip to keep from !laughing outright. for Katie in a sullen mood is highly mirth provok- ing. “Mrs. Underwood doesn't feel well, has a chill and T want her to |drink some hot milk.” | “On! dot's cet!" Katie tossed her head krowingly. “Vell! eef she get cheel eferstime Marion go out mit a boy frendt, she goin' do some shakin' next few years." | (Continned Tomorrow.) Copyright, 1928, Newspaper Feature Service, Tne. s growing more worried with | | | He whirled about so as to face those dogs. very anuch as if Buster Bear were in 2 bad way—a very bad way. It |looked very much as it those dogs | would Jigld him there until the hun- tors could come up and kill him. W. Burgess) The next story: Breaks His Trail G_mg Your | B Chid G NS OF THE FATHERS By Mrs, Agnes Lyne are two Kinds of harsh dis- ciplinarians. One is the man or wo- man who actually thinks that “we | "Buster Bear ler. Once Overs pLUETH I‘I\I‘III‘ l’.}fi‘} _Ww m|l | | b i VARIETY This variety should prove question ‘nteresting. Nos. you a good start, HORIZONTAL 1. What is the chief industry the state of Arizona? What type too?” English coin Lead, iron, efe. Some. To exist. Tussily spruce. Deity. t learn to obey before we can command” and that “hreaking the | will” is the initial st of grace in | the building of a fine character. Sch o person is acting on his | convictions when he es arbitrary orders and infliets frequent punish- wient. He s the heir 1o worn out and a rubbish heap of 9 ideas which he has never 1 to examine. { en such parents way fo child guidance upon 1or find their | clinies come enlightened meth- 0ds 1 hooks they are to leari that fheir severe 2 s wrong and that they m it withour endangering ' 1 salvation Yet this harsh disciplinarian on | vineiple is a relatively rare pheno- non. By far the greater number ind mothers the ruital, bullying technique are vho. though they cxplain elves hy the same reasons as first group. are really finding 1 outlet for’ their own unfortunate motions, A itnde | an- ! their | ithers uging and to light | wits | i e sin comes father when s o ehild learned to fear repressed ang nt conld only ird those who Whe with the unli fathier, the pent childhood find a outlet in nnche his child in turn I a her passed from own 1 its exprescion i inferiors. | tinds him- | power of a ges of his own 60 evident | hild. Pe done in ses is little for those the grip o . tive character mechs likely to have msight hest insizht in th ard to change the h 10 vears. The parent to the harshne ts the most 1 such - 1ough, vorld it vx‘ el 0 is thus re- of lis own phil t of his ehild vet there at is more ot n he tries to sav from similar treatment. conld hardly he a fight t} worth while. or |’ ouly too happy | 4 thus |2 More tractable. Bour. Guiden. Couple. To border on. To mend. Elmi. Spigot. An eye glass. Pertaining to the poics. Seventh notc in scale Enthusiast, Half an em Granted facts Careens. E To what type of race da peoples of northern belong? What color is cowardice? VERTICAL What poisonons snake peecially abundant in India? Native metal. Dad To eject, Pertaining to the kidn Stepped Pertaining to v 1 god Tnit associated e ings. Who was our tenth president? Leisure, Scoffed Vel Oned Chun Suall hotel Which is the hridit lite of the planct - The keynote Exclamiation of sorrov A little A tendon Sanskrit dialogur To increase in volume. he sea goddess Leucothea. asurc of arca. Morindin dye. WOODEN DISHPAN T little your chips dishes washing try using a Lowl instcad of a metal dishpan. sister or when hig llll%!ll/ I ' IIII%/ 4, | | \nvl 39 Worizontal will help to give of bird is a cocka- the “Lurops | ) with | Is es- | ms them, | nothing to write oeden chopping He Watches Me,’ QU ESTIONS 2 ne/n/R % puzle 16 [PTATMTPTHTLTETTTS] EEII ZEIX U] o XVIE] YLIEPER] IYIEIS 7 EEIIII//EE Ut RGN % QAREY% /IBIII Zj8l0] Al A [\ [MIAZZZ l [c] g ot Aohoo % [ElE[s[Ple[RTATIE]® ‘Women Win Book Honors: Male Writers Produce No Notable Work In 1928, The hook of lan -;,ulmn the {army of women writer Tt is Sigrid Undset coveted Nobel world’s best work. It is Zona Gale w the hest short story ry annual [\l‘ll‘\olll Tt is Kathleen Holland Brown who walks off with the $20.00w offered by the John Day Company and the Woman's Home Compan- ion. 5 of 1928 will brows of growing claims | the for tne prize contributes <. Hen- o to the This continued superiority of wo- men in the writing field is contin- uing to be a matter for «dne consid- erations. Looking wp down the Averiean field. for instance, it 1s difficult to find of fhe - ont- standing 1 who have shown presr recording. Wher n to prominence, {1 new names — such as Hemingway or Callaghan. The Booth Tarkington vintage has done little note—though the Tarkington * Adams” gave him a mokt digtin rating, Dreise has | heen Wtran, silent since “An American Tr * Only some very Lad some Russian sketches, which have aftracted at- tention largely thirough the plagi- iy charges hrought hy Dorothy Thompson. who is Sinclair Lewis® | new wife. What Lewis will have ito say after his European adven- ftu 1o seen, Cer- tainly travel sketehes were lhome about. to hold a candle Elinor Wylie, or iy T wen’s nanes have oy ar of Aliee tive verses an i his There to the is 1o onr writing of I 'hand in the *“And row, Miss Mangle will render ‘His Eye Is on the Sparrow, So I Know Elizabeth Madox Roberts, or Julia Peterkin, or Zona Galé, or any ot our better women writers. Sigrid Undset i», unhappily, not as well known to America as she should be. True, her books have Lieen coming from the Knopf presses for several seasons. And now and then this department has spoken of her enthusiastically — particularly when “The Axe” was released last spring. This, and her “Mistress of Husaby,” are the only works or Migs Undset we have read. But it 1s possible to obtain translations of “The Cross, “Jenny,” “The Master of Hestvikin” and . “The Bridal Wreath—all . of them . ‘Borzol hooks. The Nobel Prize is presented every four vears. The last winner was Ladislaw Reymont for his triology, “The Peasants.” The reward went to Sigrid Undset, we are told, for a threg-volume work, “Kristin Lav- ransdatter,” and for another triology which included the above mentioned books. Miss Undset is 46, and a native of Denmark. She was. one of three daughters of a Norwegian archae- ologist. For many years she as- sisted ‘her- ifather . ih : research—a fask that made it possible for he: to build up a vemarkable back- ground in Thistoric and sclentific matters Her struggle to achieve success as a writer was a bitter one. Thrown upon her, Own resources when her father died, she took a commercial course and supported herself as a secratary. She let no one know that she had written a book, and her employer was amaz- ed upon entering his office one morning to find a copy of her first book hidden in a desk. Later she married a Norwegian painter, and iives today in an ancient house with her husband and four children. The O. Henry short story prize awards, while interesting in their range of subjects and variety, seem- ed to something less than in- spired. The first prize for a *lons yshorl story” went to Walter Durant, paper correspondent, who u!ed Russia as his background, As a writer stationed in Russia during trying times, Durant had ample op- portunity to lay in materjal. His tale, “The Parrot,” seemed to us worthy more because of character interplay than plot importance. It scemed fo us a negligible story otherwise. Tt seemed that Edwara O'Brien; in making his annual book selection, used much better Judgment in using a story by Mor- ley Callaghan, one of the year's important finds. The O. Henry Committee seems unaware of his existence. But they'll probably “find” him in a year or two. The Zona Gale “short-shere prize” award suited us per- 1t was said that the judges Dorothy Parker’s Teléphone Call,” which O'Brien Tn the O'Brien book we also recommend Edwin Seav. or's «ketch, “The Jew,” and Loms Bromfisld's “The Cat That Lived at the Ritz. The third O. Henry ner is Marjory Donglas® culiar Treasure of Kings. Perhaps, to strike a perfect bal- ance, both books sl\ould be rcad. fectly. considered sketeh, A nses prize win- “The Pe- By Jeonlt | paper towels on kitchen much work |can be saved. Use them to wipg | up spilled grease, fo clean up stove, to put on the tablé' befére pecling vegetables, and to wipe your hands on. Decorative rhinestone and mar- caite coms very good for | evening. for Milady who aspires to long hair. They have patent fastencrs, in some instances, fin- stead of teeth so they ean be at- tached to short hair. Million Could Not Buy - HappmmForRldthlrl And Now the Romance of Catberine Barker, Famous: Is Wrecked On Rocks of Divorce. Here is & rave portrait of Mrs, Cathevine Barker Spaulding, who has filed suit for divorce against as “the richest girl in the world,” Howard H. Spaulding, Jv,, wealthy ‘| picture of the young couple, taken at Michigan City, Ind, Dec. 6 — The woman who used to be called “the richest little girl in the world” has discovered once more that $30,- 000,000 is no insurance against une happiness. Catherine Barker whom the newspapers of 15 years ago called “America’'s Bertha Krupp,” has filed suit for divorce in ' Chicago against Howard H. Spaulding, Jr., well-to-do Chi- cago clubman and lumberman, to whom she was married in 1915, 8he accuses him of drunkenness, saying that he has been hapitually a heavy drinker for two vears. Although she was born into conditions secemingly as fortunate as a girl could ask, this heiress has had a life clouded several times by trouble, Is Left an Orphan It was in 1896 that Catherine Barker was born, only child of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Barker. Barker was the head of the big Haskell & Barker Car Company plant here, and was extremely wealthy. As a child, Catherine had every- thing that wealth could bring. She made a number of trips to Eu- rope before she had reached her ‘teens, had private tutors to give her her lessons, spent her sum- Spaulding, her parents — at their summer mansion -at Harbor Peint, Mich,, on picturesque Little Traverse Bay. One would have said that life was bound to be very good to her. But it was not. When she was 14, attending .a private school at Detroit, she was called home to the death bed of her mother. Bix anonths after her mother died her father also died, She was an or- phan — worth a great fortune, to be sure,” but a lonely little girl, nevertheless, The sudden deaths of her par- ents made the girl a prominent newspaper figure for some time. Reporters besieged the Barker home here; columns were wri tn about the ‘poor little rich girl,” Ker daily schedule of getting up.; eating. studving, playing ana1 going to bed was carefnlly jotted and interviews were ocea- ly gtanted. Estate Grows to $50,000,000 . Under the guardianship of the late James R. Forga banker, and a trustee of the Barker estate, she passed her childhood. Under the terms of her father's will she govld not gét possession of the principal of the Until her 21st birthday .she income of $60.000 a ycar: from the aye of 31 to 26 the income was $150.- 000, and since then it has been around $2,000,000 annually, Eince her father's death the value of the estate has grown from $30,000.- 000 to $50.000,000, 1t was in 1915 that she married Spaulding. He was prominent in Chicago socte the son of the iate Howard H. Spaulding: he was a4 Yale graduatc, a former foot- hall playver and a member of some of Chicago's most exclusive clubs. The wedding ceremony took place at the girl's summer home at Har- bor Point, and 400 of Chicago's socially eclite attended the bril- liant ceremony. Immediately afterward the young couple left on .a choneyimoon trip that took them arodnd fhe world: Since then the two spent much time abroad. Spaulding was a lieutenant in the American army during the World War; after the war they made their home princi- pally in Chicago, although they | maintained the magnificent Bar- | ker mansion here. Have No Chidren Some time ago rumors current among their friends mers — when not traveling with known Chicago clubman. Below, is an okl the time of their m-rrl-ze Just as they left for their round-the-world honcymoon. .... .. differences and disagreements be- tween the two, bhut these were be- lieved to have been settled satis- factorily, and the filing of the di- vorce petition came as a sWrprise even to close acquaintances. They have no children. Mrs. Spaulding’s his lifetime, was philanthropy, and Mrs. ing followed in his giving large cums projects here = and Three years ago her won her the papal decoration of Matron of the Military Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Menus of the Family BY LOUISE BENNETT WEAVER Menus for a Day Breakfast Stewed Prunes Cornmeal Mush and Milk Buftered Toast, Coffee Luncheon Vegetable Soup Crackers Apple Sauce Oatmeal Cookies Tea Dinner (For Company) Roast Veal and’ Browned Potatoes Creamed Caulifiower Bread Strawberry Jam Winter Salad Fruit Salad Dressing Lemon Sherbet Yellow Cake and Butterscotch I'rosting Coftee father, known during for his Spauld- footsteps, {o various elsewhere. benefactions l 'fil"- i Winter Salnd, Serving Eight 2 cups diced £ pples. 3 eupa diced celery. 1 cup diced pineapple. 1 cup diced marshmalows. 1-3 cup nut mbats, broken. 1-4 teaspoon salt. 2,3 eup mlad dressing. Mfx half the dressing with the rest of the {ngredients. - Serve in cups of crigp lettuce leaves and top with the: repraining @ressing. Dresaing for Fruit falads . y‘u 4 tablespoons flour. wugsr. 1 n pOOD pepper. 1-4 tea- 2-3 cup vin. spoon dry mustard. 1 tablespoon egar. 1-2 cup water, butter. ‘Beat the egg yolks and add the flour, sugar, salt, pepper and mus- tard. Mix well und add the vinegar and water. Cook in a double boil- er and stir frequently untll the dressing thickens. Add the butter. Mix well and pour into a jar, which has been rinsed out of cold water. Cool and cover and store in the ice box. Yellow Cake 1-2 cuf fat. 1 1-3 cups sugar. 1 teaspoon vanilis, 3 egg yolka 1-4 teaspoon salt. 1 cup water, 3 cups pastry flour. 3 (teaspoons baking powder. 3 egg whites, stiffly beaten. Cream the fat and sugar for twe minutes. Add the vanilla, egg yolks, salt, water, pastry flour and the baking powder. Beat for two minutes. [old in the stiffly beaten egg whites and pour into two layer cake pans, which have been fitted with waxed paper. Bake in a mod- crate oven for 26 minutes. Cool and frost. Butterscotch ¢ cups dark brown suga 2-3 cup water. 3 tablespoons butter. 1 teaspoon vanilla. 1-2 cup nuts '(these may be omitted). Mix the sugar, water ahd butter, Cook over a moderate fire, stirring frequently until a soft ball forms, when a portion is tested in cold water. Set aside for 20 minutes, Add the nuts and frost the top, be- tween the layers and the sides of the cake. Leftover biscuit, or rolls, may be split and toasted and will serve nice- ly for breakfast or luncheon. Leftover canned fruit juices may be used for baking apples. The various fruit flavors blend with apple flavor. QUICK SUPPER Creamed sardines and hard-boil- cd eggs make 4 tasty and easily prepared supper dish. Either serve the mixture on toast or put in a baking dish and brown the top in the broiling oven. 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