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Fordwich Record, 1935-03-06, Page 3-walked past the open door of the old bar in Florian. It was empty, be- cause it was the middle of the af- ternoon and libertymen were not yet ashore. Bloggs, being an officer's servant, was privileged. He might be on duty. From outside, as he passed, the bar looked much the same as when he had last seen it ten years be- fore. A little dingier, perhaps; but Maltese bars don't look their best in the afternoon. He wondered anxiously who was running it. Aunty, so they said, had been dead for some years. She hail been no ornament, but the "Good Fairy" could never be quite the same without her. Bloggs remembered her as a treble-chinned, peroxide female whose person bulged indiscriminate- ly, and who ruled the "Good Fariy" with an arm like roast pork and a voice like a trapped cockerel. As he passed the door undecidedly for the seventh time, he took stock of the large, gilt figure of the Good Fairy herself, who stood beside the bar, poised stiffly on one leg in an attitude intended to convey at the same time blessing upon the patrons and guardianship of the bar's de- thrUnt. Is her right hand she carried the remains of a wand, which had lost several inches since Bloggs had last seen it, and her left arm was out- stretched. On her plinth was still painted, in Aunty's crude lettering, "Good Fairy No Wink," which was -Aunty's cryptic way of pointing out that the Good Fairy, representing herself, kept her eyes well open and never failed to notice the smallest lapse from good order and navy discipline. The Good Fairy's gold paint was not what it had been. It was peeling in places. And her nose showed signs of having been made the target for occasional bottles. Bloggs, assuring himself that there was no patrol within sight, pushed his cap to the back of his head and unfastened the top hook of his tunic. He slapped his swagger-cane against the red .stripe on 'his right trouser- leg -in impatience at his indecision. "Aunty's dead an' goon," he kept telling himself, "It's ten year ago, an' nobody won't knoW me." But Carmelo might still be 'there, and if he tried to explain to her what hap- pened ten years ago, he'd find him- self in a pretty pot-mess! That was the whole trolible., if only he knew for certain what had happened on that last evening he had spent at the "Good Fairy," just before his 'ship had left Malta to pay off, it would he easier to decide what to do now. Carmelo was Aunty's niece. She was young, very pretty, always laughing, and to add to her many other attractions the "Good Fairy" was to go to her on Aunty's death. Half the sailors who frequented the "Good Fairy" fell In love with her. For some reason which he never himself understood, it was Bloggs who was the favoureu one in the competition for her hand. He would not hove described- himself as much of a one for the ladies, but he fell heavily for Carmelo. Encouraged by her smil6, he poured out his ove one evening just before his ship was due to sail for England to pay off. To his intense surprise she accepted him, and he went back on board in a state of bewildered ecstasy. He told nobody of his fortune except his particular chum, Able Seamen Alf Tapp. Alf knew all about the etiquette of get- ting engaged, having got engaged himself at least once a commission since he first went to sea_ Alf advised him about the ring, and told him that Aunty would have to be tackled. However, there was a tot of the bulldog breed about Boggs, and he wasn't a man to be frightened out of his new-found bliss by the hor- rors of an interview with Aunty. On the contrary, he decided to get it over as soon as possible. Normally he would have been watch aboard the next -day, and he told Carmelo not to expect him un- til the day after. But the thought the prospect of the dreaded inter- view churning -up his stomach, was too much. He managed to get a substitute for duty and put in for a turn of leave out of watch. First of all he explored Strada Mercanti, where Alf had told him of a man who sold jewellery of ob- scure history. One could get good value for one's money, and who could tell whether a ring was new or second-hand? He found one with- in his means which he flattered him- self was striking and urnusual. Its stones were set in the shape of a heart- He pocketed the treasure and made for the "Good Fariy-." Carmelo wasn't- there. He told himself that, of course, she wasn't expecting hint, but she was bound to come in soon. He decided to wait for her. He wanted to see her and give her the ring before he tackled Aunty. So he sot down under the Fairy, where he had poured out his heart the night before, and wrapped himself in dreams of love. But in spite of himself the vision of that scene to come with Aunty insisted upon filling his thoughts and, as he put it to Alf afterwards, it fair gave him the jumps. A little Dutch courage was neces- sary. He decided agamst the usual bottles of synthetic beer, because he didn't want the smell of beer to spoil the effect of the presentation of the ring. He would drink something sweet and innocuous. He didn't know much about port wine, but he knew that both ladies and officers drank it, so it must be all right. He or- dered a bottle. When he had finished it, Carmelo still hadn't come in. He felt that Aunty was going to be easy. But he couldn't just sit there, right un- der Aunty's nose, doing soothing, specially as the bar was filling up. So he ordered another bottle. That was all that was really clear about the evening. Next morning, when his appear- ance before the captain on a charge of having been absent over leave had partly cleared his misty brain, he began to realize that he must have fouled his yard-arm pretty badly. He had very little notion of where he had spent the night. He had no notion at all of what had happened to either Carmelo or the ring. All he knew was that he was under stoppage of seven days' pay and leave and the ship sailed for England in four days. "And there we are!" he groaned to Alf. "Where are we?" Under the persuasive promptings of Alf, however, he thought he could remember a bit more. And it wasn't cheering. "I section it was like this 'ere," he said. "That there port wine must 'a' bin doped, 'cos - only 'ad two bottles. Before I finished the second the place was lookin' loves-Is,. Just like fairyland, an' full o' fairies. Even Aunty seemed like a fairy. "She look at me that sweet, I reckoned that was my chance to tackle 'er. Look like she couldn't say no to nobody, she did." Bloggs buried his aching head in his hands. "It's all comic' back to me," he went on. "I know wot I done. I got all matey with Aunty. She was that sweet to me I reckon I got all mixed up.. I says all the things to Aunty wet I'd thought of to say to Carmelo, an' 1 give 'er the ring!" "Lumme l" giggled Alf. "Laugh, would yer?" growled Bloggs. " 'Ere am I, me leaf stop- ped till after we sail, an' engaged to Aunty. Can't you 'elp a chum?" "Woteher want me to do?" laugh- ed Alf. "Marry Aunty for you?" "Look 'ere," suggested Bloggs. "Couldn't you go ant see Aunty an' explain, or put 'er off of me so she won't want to eiarry me, or some- think?" 'Then she won't let Casmela mar- ry you neither — if Carmelo still wants to," objected Alf. "There's oils thing. You can't marry the both of em. It ain't right. But I'll see wet I can do." "Aunty's dead an' gon," thought Bloggs again. "But Carmelo , . . I wonder if she'd understand it was only that there doped port wine.' Strengthened by the possibility, he marched into the "Good Fairy," strode boldly up to the bar one rapped on it with a half-crown. There came a muffled curse from the room behind, followed by shuf- fling footsteps. A man in shirt- sleeves appeared. For the best part of a minute the two stared at each other. "Alf Tapp!" cried Bloggs at last. "Wot the — are you doin' 'ere?" It was a weary, emaciated Alf. e spoke in a whisper. "Steady, chum. You'll wake 'er "Wake 'oo up?" asked Bloggs. A piercing screech issued from somewhere behind. "Alf! Alf! What you do? I know. You do nussnik. Always you do nussink but gossip. Alf!" . Aunty's voice! But Aunty was dead and gone, so they said. "Cumin', dear, cumin'," soothed Alf. "I was only just ." "You no business only just," screamed the unseen female. She bounced in. A large, middle-aged woman, fat and ugly. The image of Aunty, only younger. "Carmelo!" groaned Bloggs, star- ing at her spell-bound, horrified. Carmelo looked at Bloggs, and opened her mouth to scream. Then her fat hands shot up to her face. "You!" she gasped. "You dare come back after 'ow you treat me! Alf! Put this marine out! Put 'tin out. You 'ear me?" She disappeared, and noisy sobs issued from behind. "Now, you thievin' slab o' gash" said Bloggs, quietly. "Perhaps you'll_ tell me wot your wife's doin' wear- in' my ring!" Alf seemed to shrivel up. He looked pathetically across the bar at Bloggs. "I done the dirty on you, shum," he confessed. "You never give the ring to Aunty at all." He pointed up at the reined hand of the Good Fairy. "There's where I found the ring. That there's the Aunty-Fairy wot you proposed to!" Bloggs stared at the Good Fairy. A strip of gold paint, peeling from her forehead, flapped one eye in the breeze from the open door. "Good Fairy no wink," he mut- tered. "Not 'arf!" Men, as well as women, are often- er led by their hearts than their understandings. The way to the heart is through the senses; please their eyes and ears, and the work is half done.—Chesterfield. "Noiseless" Plane Made Engine Uses Gasoline, Fuel Oil, Castor Oil Or Alcohol New York.—An airplane engine that , is nearly silent, weighs little and opus ates indiscriminately on gasoline, alcohol, light fuel or castor oil, was the achievement announced recently by William Harper, Jr. Harper, N.E. Motor Company bead, designed, built and flew one of his first monoplanes in 1908, He declar- ed his new engine, almost ready for marketing, crania be heard mere than 100 feet away. A radical de- portiere, it uses its exhaust gases to ilicr‘ase supercharges, making muf- fling. possible without loss of power. Thin 'also adapts It to high speed, high altitude flying, low fuel con- sumption, and fuel less refined than gasoline, he said. The new engine was developed at Harper's Brooklyn plant. Recent tests were made at Pratt Institute labora- tories. Trial engines, Harper said, have been of only 100 horsepower, weight 100 pounds, He said this In- dicated the full-sized engine will be remarkably light, as the ratio of power to weight increases with the aloe of a motor. He believes the ex- haustimpereharged engine will make 300 miles an hour flights "common- place" at higher altitudes than have so far been practicable. Harper described the engine as a six-cylinder, two stroke, opposed cyl- inder type, valveless in the ordinary sense. It utilizes its own exhaust pressure through by-pass chambers and under test has consumed as low as half a pound of fuel an hour for each brake horsepower, CHINCHILLAS Small Rodents Are Worth Their Weight in Gold; Extremely Hare New York.—They may look like a de luxe edition of an abbreviated rabbit, and they are scared to death, but they are the hit of the interna- tional trade fair. They are literally worth their weight in gold—a pair of chinchill- as, the small South American rod- ents that carry on their backs the most valuable fur on earth. They are so rare in North America that even the average fur dealer has never seen one alive. There are a The New Year seems to be rather bound up with the arrival of babies, so it seems timely to look over sense statistics and tell parents just about what to expect of the new arrival. Some difference is to be expected naturally. All babies do not develop alike according to standardized pat- tern, but the following figures will corrrespond pretty closely to the little tricks expected of the latest corner. 2 to 3 weeks—Eyes held fixed on stationary objects. 3 to 4 -weeks—Eyes turned back and forth from one object to another. 4 to, 5 weeks—Eyes follow slowly a moving object or person. TRIES TO SIT UP 7 to 8 weeks—Baby can see at a greater distance. 1st week—Baby uses his lips al- most from birth. 7th week—Lips and tongue used for exploring. 7 to 8 weeks—Head is held up or an attempt is made to do so. 8 to 9 weeks—Back is stronger and straighter and he can look around when held up. 10 to 12 weeks--Some effort is made to get body in sitting position. 20 to 24 weeks—May be sitting alone. FINDS HAND AND FEET 8 to 9 weeks—He touches his hands together. 9 to 10 weeks--Voluntarily , puts his hand to his mouth. 12 weeks — Begins to suck his thumb. 12 weeks—Also feels objects with Isis hands without looking. 16 to 19 weeks—Reaching and grasping developed awkwardly. 20 to 22 weeks—Looks at objects before putting into his mouth. 26 weeks—Picks up objects delibers couple of hundred pairs in this coun- try in breeding farms. South American countries have' laws againtt their exportation and all the chinchillas in the United States are descended from two pane smuggled out of Bolivia twelve years ago by a mining engineer. The price tag on the two furry guests of honor at the exposition in Grand Central Palace this week reads $1,000 each. The skins bring $100 each, about $2 a square inch. There was considerable excitement when the chinchillas were introduc- ed to the public. Camera flash- lights frightened them and the pub- lic didn't interest them. They looked as if they wished they were back in Bolivia. Mrs. Chinchilla tried to bite a model when the young lady posed with her. It is expected that close to 100,000 people will view the animals during the week the fair is open. The ex- hibit is devoted to the showing of the latest commercial developments. When they have firmly fixed -in the mind who and what they are they will very often find that the cringing, fearful attitude has been crowded out in much the same man- ner as light pushes back darkness. Having gained an inner confidence a man may still lack the force to express it outwardly, courageously. In similar mental moods man may be confident in his own mind that he can lift two hundred pounds of sand. However, when he has actual- ly done it he isn't afraid to tackle any two hundred pound sack of sand, no matter who is looking. Then he has confirmed courageous- confidence. But, how can he get to do it? Easy! By practicing at every opportunity on twenty-five pounds of sand and then fifty and then an hundred and then an hundred and fifty and finally on the two hundred. If he never toasters the two bun- 59 ately, often with one hand and puts into mouth, 8 to 9 weeks—Begins to push hard with his feet. 12 weeks—This pushing develops into jumping if he is supported. 14 weeks—"Rhythmic " jumping develops or a sort of dance. SOUNDS HAVE MEANING 1 to 8 days—Reaction to loud rounds. 4 weeks—Attention paid to dis- tinct sounds. 7 weeks—Child will often stop eat- ing to listen to diverting noise. 7 weeks—He smiles in response to a voice and nodding head. 12 to 13 weeks—Will turns to look for a sound. 16 to 17 weeks—Experiments with making sounds himself. 21 weeks--Laughs at quick noise such as clapping hands. SIGNS OF EMOTION 1 to 6 weeks—Cries and struggles if held too closely, 12 to 16 weeks — Probably will show some fear on seeing strangers. - 12 to 16 weeks—May cry and stif- fen if he wants to sit up. 12 to 16 weeks—Will laugh aloud if played with and rumpled gently. And now comes the momentous question. When will Baby recognize you? The experts say that at 12 or 13 weeks there is undoubted rec- ognition of faces. It comes sometimes before that. Don't worry if your baby does not fit to a pattern. Give him time. But it is interesting to know what to look for. When the New Year's baby is six months old, by next June or July, these are some of the thins his' mother may expect of him. Or rather beginning then and observing his mental development through the rest of the year. PRAISES SPANKING Wallop When Angry For Best Effect, Author-Mother Says In Lecture - New York. — Sound spankings, preferably administered in a burst of anger, still constitute the best form of child-training in the studied opinion of Mrs. John S. Reilly, soc- ially prominent author and lecturer. Herself the mother of seven, Mrs. Reilly asserted she had examined the dicta of modern pychologists and child experts and found them want- ing. Without liberal spanking, Mrs. Reilly said, children grow into "brats." "There is no age limit. Spanking is a good idea because it keeps children in touch with reality." He fancies himself enlightened, be- cause he sees the deficiencies of others; he is ignorant because he has never reflected on his own. — Halves. dyed he will come much nearer doing so than as though he had not fol- lowed this method. The ,aine method will do much in the matter of developing untried confidence into confirmed courage- ous-confidence. One should .begin the developing process by doing and saying things of which he is only a little bit afraid. When he has ac- customed himself to that he should tackle with a greater appreciation of his own ability something of which he has always been quite afraid and se on up the climb to mastery whes he will easily address himself and abilities to things and conditions of which he was once positively fearful. The confident-courageous attitude, like muscle power, develops through use.—WinchesteePress. 58 GOOD FAIRY • By SHAUGH COURTENAY For the sixth time Marine Bloggs of waiting on board all day, with When Baby Starts to Do Tricks And Act His Age Interesting Schedule For New Parents Forecasts Average Infant's Development Life Begiiss Life begins at 67 in_ the opinion of 31 s. James Polk Mc- Carthy, who has been elected President of the McCarthy Real Estate Company, of Los Angeles, Cal, at that age. She has been in the real estate business since 1888. Mrs. McCarthy is a relative of the Presi- dent James K. Polk. S'MATTER POP? BY C. M. PAYNE (Copyright, 1933, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)