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South Seas •Motif•
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n' Belicht:
Jewelllr„g, To Wear
tlUf ..
•!>w .G4d)► Gay .RIIags '
I'ribted cotto sn and linens and:
'rayons in exotic 'designs of the _
flora and fauna of. the. Santh,;Seas;
in the most vivid `, colorings, are
used pr . beach frocks,,. for shorts,
for coolie jackets, and full blouses
worn with wide slacks . (that 'just ,
,escape being• a divided .skirt) In a
bright, plain,'•eoler:or in. tile -shades
• et beach sand, or ' lav:a dust: The
,. same gay .Printed .designs ,are also %
seen ••in full -skirted clay and even
ug, grewn'n.., •
.. Barbari aneessorieis : necklaces.
•� . •, . ,. 'ism
-''teeth,' wooden beans, tarnished
b'rnss, and coB.Rer • wide belts of the'
crudest embroidery,: found .'beach'
',baskets of woven reeds. with .sand-
ale to, match; Nide-brimmed hats
with spindly steeple-crotvns oaf •the. •
round "coolie" shapes. with a knot:.
of sea�weed• an the top :add to the.,
Tahitian atmosphere of ,the French
•seaside' :resorts.' • ..
tPlain • or. printed cottons, linens, ,
"end s'haii.tungi have .supplanted the
. silk'materials for the .country frock.. •
• ..Ftall skirts. wasp -waists and little,
short, puffed, S:leeves.. characterize ,
...these costumes and when. one adds,
'
a wide;brimnaed hat of linen, pique
or strata , With a bright ribbon tied '•
around the cro•.vra with "streamers"
at the back, the effect is decidedly
festive.. : • ' •
.War Not Expected
This-` Saintlier`
,
TR Y T,.T.
ii!tisa 6 oeng o of ackTarn atftte • Frs,hboling water
• Al er6 nihrrtss attain (iquic in 0*2 uattcnha)ntrr wfiliehot,.dd 1to9f cups
it anger andjuicce o 2 teohs, 9bainedl skit until sugar is dissolved; Mcontainer:
with cold water. Do not allow tea to cool ,before adding cold water or,. liquid
will become cloudy, S.n,c with chipped, ice:' The above makes 7 tall glasses:
p':,
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( wats,
HaveCn
Attractive for Lounsift At
Draped, shi4waiet; and baique
tops associated with volunttnous
'0skirts, . give opportunity for' gullet .
details which often suggest • period .
costumes in hostess costumes. Ma.;r
teriais are at hand also with which
period and national, styles . can be
further. underscored; A case in.
point is the "Seventeenth Century,
New .Antsterdam" housecoat, Whose
picturesque'lines,; .kerchief ' yoke;
and s•ilver''battens ,' are 'ktielightfully :
Dutch and whose.•cotten ptint,co
According. to' 'Lord Bea ierbrook, t
". Canadian -born British . newspaper
publisher, there, will be no war in;
• Europe thissumnger, 'Arriving in
Quebec, .Lord' Beaverbrook declar
ed, • "If I' thought there would be,
1'should not be here
• Smart Women
• -Fight Wiltirt Heat
Heat Won't Get You If You.
.Just Watch Out
There are •ways of keeping up apr ,
pearances—in spite of wilting heat
waves. For example, the smart wo-
man 'remembers to: `
LET freshly ,applied lipstick set
Poor a moment or two; afterward
blotting it with a piece of cleansing
tissue before moistening lips., :This
keeps ,the color from 4running and
smearing- no matte'* how oily the
ltp'stick or hot the day. ,
USE an !anti-perspirant under the
arms at least twice a week. Furth-
ermore, she keeps an anti-perspir- '
ant powder handy, too, and dusts
it on •her, feet about once a week.
BRUSH her hair every night
with a clean hairbrush. This re-
moves excess 'oil and 'perspiration
odor as well'as falling dandruff and
the'day'aaccumulation of dust.
THINK twice• before ordering a
late summer dress that.is lavishly
finished with white touches. Unless
she is sure that she will have both
time and the inclination to keep
the white touches immaculately
• white, she buys'a plain dress and
wears smart, cool -looking jewelry.
wit
h it
• GET.suretner shoes for street •
wear a 'half, size larger than those
she wore last winter. Feet usually
swell slightly during • hot months,
and aching toes and arches make
any hot day seem twice as het.
POT on a clean Blip every second
morning and to wear thin silk pan-
ties, under hef girdle.
USE only the lightest, freshest
perfume during hot daytime hours.
More 'often than not, she wears a
scented eo'logne•,or a'favorite toilet
water during the , day, saving per-
fume for evening title, ,
INCLUDE several washable dreg•
ses in her. w ar•.droberiatrd to- ••keen
everything, washable' or not, abso-
lutely clean and carefully pressed.
• 11 you look cool, you generally . feet
cool. The smith girls know this.
If some delicate •material • has
been torn, it may be easily mend i
e,i by placing the torn part; with -a
new piece beneath it, in an, em-
bi•iridei y heep. The hoop holds 'aft
firmly and makes the delicate dar-
ning of the tear Much easier,
BY. MARIQI V3/N'ITE CoP.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
PRISCILLA PIERCE—heroine,.
young' woman attorney. ' .
• AMY!'! K•E'RR-Cilly's roommate
and murderer's victim.
• HARRY HUT•CHINS —•Amy's
strange visitor.
SERGEANT DOLAN-officer As-
signed to solve the, mul;,der of Amy
Kerr. '
•
Last week: • Alone in.her apart-'
ment, after midnight, Cilly hedonics
increasingly. ,alarmed` . when Amy
fajls to return from , the rooftop.
• She • recalls it would" be , terrifying
up there in the darkness!
CHAPTER II
Lonely:Silence of the Roof
Cilly'd been . up there once :tier-.
self to get .a .coat, she had had'
hanging out''ail'day to air..•
You ran up the five • flights 61
Stairs—that was all :right, for there.
were
•
•
in 10.years airmail letters sent
from England have increased from
half a'mill.ion' .to„100 million ' a
. ; year;
.,from'there .on.it was No -Man's -
Land: You' wet up the other half -
flight to r the' roof, and' pushed the
heavy iron}' deaf -Out. As you step-
, ped out onto' the roof, that door
'swungshut .behi-nd you with a bang,
—a loud terrifying bang against the
lonely silence'On the roof. .
Cilly was a; courageous soul,' but ,••
'She had shuddered that, first black
moment after the door slammed:'be.
hind her. There was'nothing ahead
but dark emptiness. The • clothes-'
line was just a few'steps beyond,
the doorway, but in the darkness. it
seemed a'mile. away. . '
You, picked your ,taps •carefully;•
expecting. shy, moment to trip aver '
the. raised platform 'ender the lines.
---you • held' Your hand out in .front
so that. you 'wouldn't' Walk ' blindly
into , radio • aerials. At every step'
you stunibled over a clothespin• or.
. a piece of• rope. •
'There were' the 'tall stacks, too:
two from the furnace, and one from,
the incinerator which belched fire
and -brimstone- hito-the--black.air,
above. At everystey, you wonder -
red just who or what lurked behind
thenest step. Not anything. human
of, course. You .knew that. .
'It you, met anyone on the rodf, it
would be poor old Mr.•Johnson, the
superintendent; dragged from • his
•bed to check un on someone's aer-
.,ial. And Mr. Johnson was a harm-
less soul.
But you didn't think of ,Mr. John-
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son as' you stepped out toward the
, clothesline, You thought 61 Dracula.
and,at every step you expected to
'see' him before you,. his. black cape
spread, out',batlike, :ready to enfold •
you. You thought of. Dracula, ;and.
quickened your steps, So that you
stumbled, and as you stumbled you,
'felt the monster upon you..
You remembered •all .the stories
you ever read about ghosts that •
rise in'graveyards, at midnight: You
remembered them all in the 10 or
20 seconds it took to cross from the
heavy iron door. to .the clothesline.
'And because those 10 seconds 'Nat
• seemed like 10 long, dreary ,years.
you . hurried' as fast as•. ever you,
could; you grabbed that dress Or
coat down from the line with .small
regard` for flying clothespins; and
you fairly flew back to the big, '
heavy door, lest, Mr. Johnson come
up and lock. it for the night, and
leave you'out in that•intense black
--'c' 41 .,.,.nom„�; C, + _
Cally Is Annoyed
Thirty seconds it ,took, at the
most, to rush over to' that clothes
line and hack. Feu • didn't: linger.
Ciihv hadn't:lingered, and Lilly was
as brave as, •the average. Even :a
t e
• little, re`•brave than Amy. Amy
Would not' come.' home alone even-
ings. when ' Cilly had to - work .'late.
She 'didn't like to be alone in the.
apartment. She said 'so:
No, Amy wasn't the sort to fin-'
ger in the terrifying blackness of
the '.root aloneat midnight -not if,
siio•wece alone `: ; ”-
Then Amy '.wasn't alone. It was
all poppycpck about' Wanting to air
her blue dress: Amy was going 'up'.
• on thereef to meet 'someone. Who?
Harry Hutchins had left 10 min- •
utes. earlier than Jim. Amy could
have walked down to the' vestibule
• if she wanted to be alone with him.
And gibes Jima few minutes to
eay goodnight to her•, Lilly.
T'But Any had waved Harry out '
with a . nonchaylant air, and she had
waited- around_with. Jim:and._Ciily.
• She didn't' even excuse herself and
pretend. that she was .going'to bed.
She just waited \around ,until Jim
left, and then she immediately ,got
the bright idea of taking her blue
dress up 'on the .roof. '
. If she had wanted to go up 'there
so badly, she'd have said'to Harry
• "dome up on the roof for a minute
with me, will you? I want to air a
dress.". That would be the natural.
thingto do, , instead of waiting
around for Jim to leave, and follow-
ing him out. •
Cilli was annoyed at Amy.
:Annoyed and not a little hurt. They.
• •had gotten lalong'so happily -togeth-
er. Up until tonight, Amy had never:.•
shown any trace of selfishness •or
pettiness.. Lilly had ,'really loved
her. Was Amy. at last. showing her
true color§?
'Ugly Sua'
apicion
Cilly walked wearily over to the
bed and removed the spread. There
was no sense sitting up'all night to
worry about it. If Jim really cared
'for her, he'd be back. And if he did
not; well, it was certainly much
better. to find 'him out before she
married him. Much better. •She was
nota .foolish schoolgirl. She could
face tt disappointment sensibly.
And quite sensibly. Was ever a wo-
man in love sensible, She wonder -
She brushed aside. a tear savage-
ly, and jumped into her twin bed.
Twelve -twenty,
the tiny cloak on
the vanity. said.. •
Let Any stay 'up there all' night
it she ,wanted to. Let Amy take Jim
Kerrigan if she wanted to , . - Cilly
was going to sleep.
But of course she didn't. As soon
as her head 'touched the pillow, she
nay that she wouldn't get to sleep .
for hours. When you're unhappy,
Sleep: doesn't come tinmetiiately to
slip you quietly into oblivion. You
.have to smooth out your thoughts
first. You have to banish.ugly sus.
picions, anti bitterness, and Jeal-
oust'.
Cilly tried to 'do that., She hon-
, •estly did try to realise that Amy '
was a dear, that she was honest
and fair and altogether too kind-
• hearted to hurt •anyone, Besides Cil-
ly told herself sternly: "You're a
pretty poor sort of• girl to build tip
sun a case against Jinn the very
first time another' girl. looks at hitt.'
What a,jealous,'nagging wife you'll
be!
• •Then, 'Sibite. su dohly, 'she reatik
ell what had happened. She realiz-
ed, how•'utterly silly she had been.
It Was all so very simple. `The big,
black door hid slammed' shut vt9hile,
Atny was hanging 'up :her dress.
Sunday was, Mr. Johnson's day oft,
but ,he always returned. about mid-
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Issue, No. 34 * '39
By SADIE B, CHAMBERS
iait. one visits the market and the
store, or su0v03y8 .one's garden in
these .fleeting• -hummer . days it
would seem thitt naturals staging a
race, so quickly do.' the fruit and' •,!
vegetable crops come and go. Soon
the "piekiing days" will be in full,.
tions offered are• legion.
'"Nine Day Pickle" is synonymous;
with Wattles ..these days and after.
. tilting many last• year I ; concooted
the following: ;recipe¢ fon 'myself, I
am handing it on to you hoping..,
that you will not Only enjoy mak-
ing,it but also. find it delicious. The
other recipes listed are,also, favor-
ites of my_ household. •
NINE DAY PICKLE
2. quarts large cucumbers
2: quarts white pickling onions
2 , quarts cider vinegar
4 lbs. white sugar
1 oz. cinnamon buds
buds
1 'oz. Allspice buds
2 red: peppers'
1 oz. whole cloves.
Preparation of: Onions: '
Onions and cucumbers are pre -
Y •
firms.:the idea.. The gypsy /louse:
-Coat has had a great vogue, but is:
believed. to he on the . way.. ••m t.
• Close -fitting baisqua • tops R are . be: '
Coining,particularly when 'cut' in•
acute angles.
a . Hostess,.Type •
More elaborate and well-suited to
informal dinners at .borne, even
when iguests-are present, are 'hos-
tess ensembles.;:.They are most fre-
quently cptiineSed of two units;' an
underdress dr very expansive petti-
coat, .Worn with a contrasted outer
robe, cut in dlrectoire, redingote, or
polonaise .fashion- •
"This is a nialwoild.. But there
is *some' method- in the madness."
—Walter Lippmann.
•
Laura 'Wheeler Quilt
pared separately, ''eel the 'Oniolls 11; :E Ll,C 10 U S « . .
allowing 1% cups salt .to two _cup- *r
oda.
' �
ate let qtand boiling w r atad to d , : y ° REFS,'ES�';Nt
.Drain, let ateud,.in •clean• water for •
:three days.,
Preparation of Cucumbers:
1'091' and cut in .uniform. places '
the cucumbers, removing seeds.. Let
stand in salt and water 3 days and'
Balt• in, same proportion as onions.
After the three days' drain and al-
low -10 stand in clear water three:
days, drain again, place in kettle,
cover Well, with water, and planner
for two hours. Add, while simmer- .
ing. a Piece of alum about the size•
of a walnut. The last half hour add '
the onions: Make a syrup of vine- '
gar and sugar as' given 'above pour-
ing, 'over cucumbers and ontens
•
4
:in alternate layers: Drain the' syrup
.,off three different-motn,ings re-
heating each time. The ,citinamon,
and allsplcd is .added. to • the syrup.' •
the cloves and ,peppers (prepared •
'and cut in small pieces) are .placed
in the. jars . with the layers of on."'
ions and cucumbers.
, FRUIT RELISH'
12 tomatoes
4 dapples •-
4 pears
4 peilches
1 cup pitted plains
3 'cups vinegar '
2•red peppers •
1 green pepper •
.'3 .cupfuls sugar
1 stick cinnamon • ..
% tablespoon whole cloves
1 tablespoon mixed setae
tablespoon. salt
• Boil all together• for two and a
half. hours. This recipe will,' make
• about ,4 pts. •
C'OR•N•'RELtSH
12•ears,corn . •
% cabbage
2 large onions •.
1 green pepper
t 1 (•••,'• v
. :; cups vinegar (eider) , .
1'1/e .cups •sugar •
% . cup flour
tablei'poons salt '
y/.. teaspoon mustard • -
ose-eighth: spoon cayenne
126, teaspt pn..turneric ' •
• Cook corn• and remove front cob.
Chop cabbage, .onions, green pepper
and celery and combine with cont.
Place 'all the vegetables in. ,a
kettle and copibine with the vine-.
gar
Mix flour, sugar, and'alt the;spic-
es and combine with' enough .cold
vinegar to blend .smoothly. • •
Combine with vegetables„ and
vinegar in kettle, 'bring to. the boil-
'fug point and cook slowly. for 40
minutes.
Pour in hot sterile jars,.and seal
at once.,
;DUTQI' WINDMIL,L– ` PATTERN 2230
'Tteib.`141ATERIALS—TWO PATTERN PIECES
This old time favorite, Dutch Windmill, soeasily r tade,,is a lovely colo-
nial pattern. Pattern 2230 contains accurate, pattern pieces; diagram
of block; instructions for making; yardaage chart; diagram of. quilt.
Send twenty cents in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern
to' the Wilson Needlecraft Dept., 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Write
plainly patternnumber, your name and address. •
night and made the regular rounds
of the house. He had locked,.Amy
out!
Allthis time'that she had !been
painting a devil in her imagination,
Amy hid been up on that terrifying
roof alotte — locked out! '
Lilly jumped out of bed, slipped
on her shoes without her stockings,
and took ,her coat out•of the closet..
She'd go right up and. 'unlatch the.
door. Poor Amy ...
Cilly stopped, clutching the coat
•in her 'hands. Her heart turned to
ice in her breast. For the still night
air was suddenly shattered by s •
wild, terrifying cry the deathly,
agonized ery of a human being.
Shrill and high-pitched, it.'pierc
ed the midnight quiet for an etern-
al second, then died down to a reap-
ing, choking murmur. A moinent of
silence followed — a silence so in-
tense that, it could be felt in every
nerve.'
Then there• was a dull thud ,out.
side Lilly's bedroom window •-'- a
heavy, swift thud, as if something
had fallen a long way .
• In an instant, CiIly was at the
,window, and as she looked out, she
forgot the six-foot drop to the
• ground, she forgot that she was
clad only
a ams, shes.'
o
s' and
in pajamas
She, jumped quickly; she kneltbe-
'side that cru's`hed, broken figure
that had come hurtling from the
roof:
• 'Amy!" she cried.. "Amy!"
But Amy Kerr was beyond all
hearing.
• Vaguely, Citiyc was conscious of
windows being raised along the
street, of heads: craning out, inquir-
ing the trouble. She looked down at
sted, broken body that had
only a few minutes ago been a trivia -
1Y, lively girl. Atny still clutched
the blue dress in one hand. The
other hand, clenched in the terror
of death, slowly relaxed; a slip of
newspaper fluttered to the ground. •
Lilly picked, it up, unthinking, and
tucked it into her pajama pocket.
(To Be Continued)
Fashion Flashes
The smart swim suit has
matching beach coat.
—0—
Nubby fabrics, hops4king, spun
rayons, twills and crashes are re-
gistered in slacks suits, With extra
tops highlighting the tropical in-
spired patterned shirt, cotton
sweaters and sweat shirts.
The. new "Queen's purple" • is
rapidly growing • ' in popularity.
Red and white blouses in gingham,
dotted Swiss and organdie; char-
treuse . also powder blue and dusty
pink,are all favorites for summer.
—0—
White sharkskin is tremendous-
ly important this• summer'for fitted
jacket 'blouses, usually collarless,
to be ensembles' with a gored.
skirt or worn separately with a
contrasting skirt or over dark dres-
ses; classic sport' shirts for slacks
ey shirts; brief "sugar,coats"; din-
ner skirts.
• "Raised" patterns will be good
in autanin .woollen fabrics togeth-
er with multi -colored flecks in
worsteds.
Fish hooks give, bad wounds be-
cause the barba prevent'the hooks
from being drawn but. Handle
them 'carefully and keep them
stuck in a cork. •
'
DOES taste, good in a pipe!"
HANElY SEAL -TIGHT POUCH t'9' 5c
-iia-LBS.."1-014TOPI IN._.4o
skop'acked in Pocket Tires
!co ac
GROWN IN SUNNY SOUTHERN ONIAPIO
•i
Your Household.
Problems
Have you fussy eaters ip your
family? Do you have trouble
providing varied and interest-
ing menu? Do your cakes fall?
Then.. write, enclosing a stamp-
ed, self-addressed envelope •to
Miss Sadie'B. Chambers, care of
this paper,; and she will endea-
vour to solve your ,problems:
"Any ordinarily ,intelligent man
can • understand, but it . needs wis- •
don to use understanding."—Earl
Baldwin.
Enjoy
the genuine
peppermint flavor of
DOUBLEMiNT GUM! -
Got sonic today!
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"Contrariness" ---Phase lin.
Child's Growth
• What is bften mistaken for per-
verseness in a small child is sim-
ply his unwillingness to .'imitat'e
any longer.
At first, when he is toddling
foe n , •r Work.
he will gleefully copy, everything
she does.' He "telephones", .calla
people by 'the names she .gives•
them and copy -cats her very tone.
of voice.. Then gradually he loses
the thrill of it, This is because he fa
getting into the constructive stage
`and that means the development
ofimagination witfi•:a vengeance..
All is grist'to'his now, and he
resents any interference withirf-•
ventieni What he does is his'oWn •
idea, right or wrong. .He does nit
Stop
stop• tothink of that.
A wise mother will allow or it
as much as possible. ' She w til .not
become impatient `� when Jimmy
won't copy the boat she has drawn,
but instead, makes. a cross and
calls it a man. In . this child's
pride' and stubborn newborn ego,
he rather glorifies' in discarding
suggestion.
These Things Give
Yeti A Hca a�cbe.' .
British Medical Association•lead=
ers compared notes at .'a meeting;
in Aberdeen, Scotland, and came
• to the conclusion that such things
as `unwanted visitors cause head-
aches more .often than 'do actual
lrhysical disorders. Other. head-
accha 'causes: Lendvoices, the •pros-
pect of unpleasant ' tasks, dislike
of other people,depression, worry, '
insomnia; and . insults. '
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