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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1939-09-28, Page 6e rr .Varieties ruits Grovraj " Superior Types Forever Being • De`relopecl -- improvement • By' Brteeding In` cbnsideying irae.= es;16k a+- old,and. new tar ieties of fruits, the 'improvem:,ent :of 'fruits throiigh.•sei_. ection, of the best wild, seedlings; has been carried enter centuries . lay horticultural scientists, and will; continue as long,, as ''fruit is grown;: In;recent :times, improvement has ` -also been: sought by .breeding, and the, fact rem`atns that varieties ':of units in •use today.,Are .far s'u'per-. for inl quality,. to the esiginal.'wi'ld kinds I from 'thence they came.,. • Origlnal Witd Types '° , Mention of 1 Pew varieties .of fruits `*•n provokes •thei' criticism.' that there: are='already too,ma'ny,° varieties: As . a l:natter ; oi' fact ;'sa'ys• A., J. Manu, Dominion •Experiment= -•al•Station,, Summerland, 'B.C., the. •present ,list ,Of. accepted' gtandard varieties 'is`very limited.- Further l , s"ril ..' Mere, he :'quest -is not notes Ye, y tor, more varieties but for superior varieties. -Progress in the fruit in- . dustry..depends to a large extent on. the introduction of the latter. • McIntosh Red -Fifty,' Years i$uperior varieties may, be found • 'en- -chance sgedlin.gs„ as In the Mc- Intosh apple" and the..Alberta peach; or. s3013trd mutation,. such . as Turner •,Red Delicious 'appl^:. and' Fisher, .:peach; „or by controlled ' • crossing, :like, veteran -`peach' and • 'Jubilee sapple. Even. 'after ,a ,Arenas ising seedling or 'bud mutation. 3s found •it•'requlres years of testing under a''wide range of soil, clim- ate, and ,cultural conditions - before it,I can be accepted' 'as, a • proven standard variety. For instance,, it required 50 years to establish: the McIntosh' app e 'as a proven mercial' product.: ueen :Pay's ;Surprise Visit; riM Pain 'surprise ,. , to • the. a visit Paying a sur ri headquarters of the British Red Cross ' Society, Queen Elizabeth 'went equipped for any' eventual- ity. Like -a11 of her subjects these days, her ,majesty carried 'a gas, , " mask. It is in 'the bagg that' hangs kens her :shoulder. rr CIA k �, OR Ff, THE ,�A'IRT}6 HT' WRAPPER of , f t tBY MART N WHITE Copyright, 1937, ,NEA Service, Inca CAST OF CHARACTERS peated, aside, to Sergeant Dolan. PRISCILLA PIERCE- heroine, Then, ince the phone: "What?. Oh, Young woman .attorney. she Must be! ,• Are you quite 'AMYKERR CItIy's•roommate ': sure? Wait,: wait '• just a moment and murderer's victim.' , • " ' • JIM $ERRIGAN .• -. Cilly's,' 11 "It's 'Western, Unien," she said ante.' again. "The message has not been HARRY HUTC•H:INS•.- .Amy's. delivered: They, say} .there, is no Strange. visitor.. - Miss Harriet Kerr in Interlaken:'', SERGEANT, DOLAN--officer 'as" "What's that?" Sergeant :Dolan signed to solve the murder of Amy demanded 'sharply. '''Here, let me Kerr; • 'Last week; Gllly holds :another conference • with Insj�ec'tor Dolan. Then he reveals " that Amy : had'. 'hurled from the Nousetop!; 'CHAPTER VII' • • Per a .moment Cilly sat'" .;there, too -:stunned. to, move... '"Strangled!" she•• repeated: • That • ekpiained the wild • shriek' she • had heard before . the '.fall, .the shrill terrorizing cry. which had weaken •ed'to an agonized gasp as' therope choked 'off her' breath.;"Strangled. ;But 'why?; Why. would 'any'ane • do. . that to limy t" , • Dolan shrugged.. " :"Because someone . wanted to • get .her out .of,, the .way, of•'course, Someone wanted: •tq, be 'sure' she was 'dead. He •didn't take a chance' • on strangulation alone.. It was too -dark up tlrere.to be sure he'd done • ,..the job thorough'ly.'Or'perhaps :he was in ; a hurry. So: he. threw her • •• over the roof. If'.the ' clbthes'line • had not 'killed' her, the five=story fall surely would." ' •. "HoW did-you-irno-w? _ "Doctor: found evidence of' , the strangulation this'. morning: He also noticed some of the hemp ' •• from an ordinarypiece' of roi}e still ;on thebody. It•hed been hidden by her hair- last night." • "I can't believe 'IC!" Cilly "•mur-. muyedr "I- simply can't believe that anybody would' *ant poor, Amy Kerr out of the 'way, It's. too ter - ,riblet''. - • ' "Novi. you see," Dolan went. on; ' "'why: we're "trying, to check up on her past, on 'her friend's. and' 'ac- quaintances; We need just 'one lit- tle clews to put us on .the right'. : , track." Circumstantial Clews, One little clew! Cilly's heart had' skipped a beat.' She thought of the' newspaper• clipping•, so close with- ' "in :reach of 'Sergeant Dolan's X-ray .. eyes. She remegrbered .suddenly it was in, the vase on .the desk. Of• Jim's postcard, hiding• so careless- ly under her pillow,. 1. 'But''those weren't clews. They . couldn't be. There was just some- - thing. curiously "circumstantial about them. Something .which she must at all costa 'prevent•Sergeant Dolan from disco. wring; .She knew what circumstantial evidence,could do; she knew what it could do to.a 'perfectly innocent man. To Jim, even. •. "You haven't heard from New Hampshire, yet?" Dolan was asking her. "Net yet. I should, though' Amy's aunt must have my message by. this time." The• sergeant looked at his' oivn Watch. "Nine -forty," he said. "You ought to hear fpm her, soon." As if in response to their." own thoughts` the telephone on the .dank jangled. 'Cilly answered it.' • "Wesfrrn 'Union calling," she re - Highlights In Autumn Mode • . The swing skirt follows. through. Pleats are always in the picture. -0- • The "suit dress" is big; It gives the jacket 'a star role -either a bolero; a` fitted ty jie or loose boxy silhouette. Velveteen boleros with • plaid skirts and white 'shirtwaists are good. The ".return . of the "monkey jacket" appears in these. -o- Back fullness is the newest style • trend. In juvenile fashions it mist be featured in a controlled. way that suggests rather than .empha;'" sizes this Aherne. Best examples are princess frocks with', skirt full, ness at back;''d'iscr`eet arrange=. • ment of pleats at back; gathered or 'snioeked fullness from the waistline, a•t"hack; perky pe'plitms.' ,with back "kick" thus idea.• o-• - " Lingerie collars and cuffs' are. trarrerngliy, good. eyelet embroid- ered types bid for attention. Lace edging continues from spring Suc- cess. Lows of 'Valenciennes lace on 'velrteteen frocks aye'a new theme, as well as elaborate Venice+ take , it."' • '• • • He took the phone "from Ciily's . ' trembling hand; "Hello'!" he said authoritatively. "Can you 'give me year' Interlaken operator on this line :air=, Ciily liemumbled: "Small town.. The' operators kno* everybody: They can, tell. us where to find her Aunt Harriet . ,Hello Interlake en? New York police calling. ;Sent •a message • to Miss Harriet Kerr last night. Isn't sheat Interlaken? ,Where? •What's.• tha you say? • • 6 Cock -and -Bull --Story • He ''r'eplaced the phone on .'its hook,', and turned to •Cilly. "Well that's' a Tiot one," he' said. "What .is it?" "There. was a Miss Harriet: Kerr in Interlaken, .abut; sue ' died four years:, ago " Ciily's• eyes widened. "You' mean thereeisn't any Aunt'Harriet?" "Evidently riot: 'And' Miss Amy's 'been giving you 'a cock-and-bull story' about her relatives: Now why , I' ask you, why' did she have 'to do that?" . "I don't know," Cilly said wear- ily.' "I'm sure' 1 don't know. The - whole y thing-- gets more impossible - every minute. Whatever will• I do now' There aren't . any other re- latives, I'm sure. Amy never men-, 'tioned a soulexcept her Aunt Har • - riet'.".' ' I 'Looks' as if you'll have 'to just, •handle', the :funeral .yourself, I guess. Or letthe city do it" "Oh, no. • Not that! I can take care Of it I'll be glad t� do that-- • for Amy-"' It would be a , very simple fun-, (ral: Amy would' not have wanted it • otherwise. But Ciily, was sorry that there would .be so• fety people to say a last prayer otter the grave' of Amy. Just herself, perhaps. And Harry Hutchins." Maybe Mr. Ames,. for whom Amy w rked. • "That's a funny one, all right. If she spoke .so mu amuch about 'heru.nt, why didn't she tell you that she was dead. Where's she 'been. keep- ing herself for the past fotir years, eh? ,Guess I'll have to' do a little ,. checking up . in New .Hampshire." Dolan made .some 'more :'notes in the little black book. "Now about these young men who were visiting you last night,'.' • he. proceeded. "What canyou tell me , about them?" ' , can tell you about, Mr. Kerri- gan, because I, knowhim very well. The other young • man - 'Amy's friend I iiet for the first time last evening." . ' `y "Was Amy in love with,himn?" "Oh, I don't think sol" Ciliy'ans- wered quickly. She was notgoing to besmirch Amy's' memory by let- ting the .police think she was the . victim. of :a one-sided • love affair. And Harry Htuchi'ns, with half an eye on . Gloria Harrison and her • father's chain store's, would cer- tainiy,not admit .being in love with Andy, - , • A`•Nce Escort'' • "It was just a matter of Harry. as a niee escort," Cilly went en. "He's a good-looking young man, well-mannered, and Amy enjo'ed going out with him,, and she had no friends here' in the City, you see, and I suppose' that she was glad that 'Harry , took her to dinner and the theatre occasionally." ' "How long had she known .him? .Where.did she meat him?" "She knew hint before I met' her, f' Governments Profiteering, Restrictions Wartime . Pries sand • Trade - Board tat Ottawa Will Fix Watious , The `wartime Prices ,and .Trade Beard will have•power to seize .any' supply of food,,fuel or other ' nec- essary of life it deems to be '.'11A -IH. reasonably withheld; kora the Mars • ket,sf. aceo'Y'diptxhe: order -in - council e'reating the bear`•d ,Tabled°iia P-arliarnent•at Ottawa that, first week lit •the ;war•, the or, •:der-in-.counc>,1"'"Feiearly, •defines the powers of .the new non -profiteering ,board, establishes, regulations for sale,• supplies and distributions. Qf the necessaries .of w life,: and- ••an- tounces .i penally of up to,'$fr,000 fine or up' to•two' years' imprison- ment• for infraction of theregale. tions. Anti -hoarding regulations. of the board •will affect' the ordinary householder as ,well as his touneeo • .i wholesaler .and .manufacturer.„, "No personp shall accumulate' or • withhold fro*, .sale any necessary ” of. life beyond' an amount', thereof reasonably •required for the use or, consumption of his .household or • for'' the ordinary purposes of 'his business," the regulation declares.' • High Heels Are. Taboo For Work "High heels put more' wrinkles•: in •women's faces'' than 'bea'ity' op- •erators Can • take out,", 'says .Er. Eugene C. Rice of Washigton, •old= +;rsrt'i"nQ fot i the. I.J.S. He warned against: extreme shoe styles for lousiness or house-• work but approved •them for lim- ited -social *se. �6c • A dual-purpose sheep --- pro,„ dicing wool and mutton - h'as, been bred for small-fatm opera- tors by TJ.' S. federal sheep alists. wk\ levan on a fl ito nerdrvar. .tq' ere edthortu'd to allow von • $ 0 oh •►ay el&,hon toward z.tht..vuirehatfil„.PP 'a sew Cot@mat1t '-v.trret4–tfihiiiinit'sne SEE YOUR DEALER or * lte to in for death! , , THE COLEMAN+LAMP A STOVE CO:,' »ett. WO+327, Tornate.Ont. • . (6327) By SADIE' B. CHAMBERS TWO.PA:RTY CAKES •.` Vacation days are about' - over, `'the pantry shelves and alsp all, the. containers, ere about.taxed to ;the rlimi',t of their capacity. ' The busy' homemaker .`'turns' tq the other cooking, with a 'little' mere Serious i.planning. and thought. Desserts are, -departing from -tile fresh fruit • eon- cectien •to something different,and;" •cake plays a'`very- important 'part in this: .departure..I• am• very partial • to basic recipes,, for:light and dark. . cake, adding . variations by • icing and fillings -about, which I shall write you -later, but for this -once ..i here' are two very special ,favorites: They may, • fit in Or ..your pie- . Than.ksgiying preparations • JUBILEE CAKE' 4 cup butter 1 cup,sugar 2.. eggs: Two-thirds' cup milk • 2 cups ,cake .flour 3 teaspoons baking powder. . 24. teaspoon•.salt 1..teaspoon vanilla _' 1 • teaspoon almond . , • Cream butter until very soft,' and then gradually'•biend -in sugar, .and' cream nail- very fluffy. Add well - beaten egg yolks•and combine well. •Measthe the sifted'flour and resift with baking powder and salt. Add to'first Mistime alternately. with milk, • combining after each addi- tion of wet or dryingredien s, n lastly • add '.beaten egg whites 'and -"vanilla. Turn. into .. 9 inch (two) „ well greased pans, and bake in a Laura Wheeler Offe.rs •Newest Vogue In , Initials' CORR. wag, NEEDLECRAFT SERVICE, INC. ' INITIALS ' : . 'PATTERN. 2274 These dehorative initials are equally}j effective in• satin, button -hole; seed stitch or cutwomk. Pattern 2274'contains a transfer pattern of two 1% inch and one' 1.1 inch alphabet; illustration of stitches Send'twenty cents in coins '(stamps cannot be accepted) 'for this pattern to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., • 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Write. plainly Pattern Number, your Name and Address: • • ides I believe. On business man- agement and. economies." - "What's the `re me of the gaper ' he's with?" ' "He's not with • any paper. H,e • free lances:" • ' "There's 'no money in that, , is, there?" Cy shrugged ill shru ed her shoulders,I. . don't really know what his,, work is worth. He seemed tohave money. He always took AMY to nice plac- es.. Perhaps he has money of his own. After all, sergeant, I only met , him once." Sergeant Dolan's ; shrewd eyes narrowed: ' ' "And you don't like 'him," "I didn't say that at all:" "You don't - sound very 'enthus- iastic about him." "Possibly i didn't like the way be played bridge," Cilly . offered. "But certa'dily I have no reason either .to like di dislike him." "I 'see, Don't think he measured •up to this friend of yours, Mr, Ker- rigan. Ts that 'it? What's his busi•. ,tress?" , - "He's the New York representa- tive of a Chicago publication, 'The Mid.West Review.•'. He has a email office 'at 19 West 42tid." • 1 What Time He; Got In? • The' sergeant made a 'note of that. ' . "Have yea gotten in ,torch with tho young met yet?"' he, asked. "No, I ,haven't." Cilly hesitated. *`Jim is out of town. I don't know, exactly where. He mentioned to us --•'•i-ttritieratood that Amy--ni•et•-,h1-m---s0nlething about._. -it last night,". She wondered why she lied se de- liberately. •- 'Date he go out of town ..as a regular thing?" • "Oh, yes. He covers .the entire • quite 'informally o.. a train, in the dining car. They Were both coming to New York and so they jest net- ural.ly 'grew to be friends." ''Hute'hii},s • frim, out' of town too "No 1. thTi►irhe'S _'li e '"'ln ltes-4 "' York, on and- off, for many years. He has ,a great many 'friends in the city." . ."Wh'at does he db for a- living?" "He' writes. Trade journal art: • , t. 1 i11 1:111` X11 , �1 � ''• "V(rhj+ haven't you told Hutch- ins?' Seems . he'd. be interested; clo'n'e •you.think' so?" Lilly nodded. "1 meant to phone hien the first thing this . morning, on, it\ a1\• t1 moderate oven about 25 lainutes .until 'a golden or light brown. Alightly before using. • CHOCOLA IGIitiCa, V,ii,squares unsweetened chocolate las ,tablespoons butter ' - 3 .tablespoons 'sifted' Icing" sugar 3 teaspoon salt eup whole milk coos sifted icing sugar q;4•nvt,N•,n.a.�vs.e.e�-tt-a-�..n,-+'Pgr',71'N^n; Out up chocolate and melt 'over hat vya•ter. Remove from heat and :.add butter; then 'cream, in first •, ;measure Of icing sugar. 'Add salt-. and, hot milk, then stir in sifted. ic- ing , s-ing,. sager •until -mixture is .thick :;enough to spread, Add vanilla and beat •very fluffy. . MOCHA .CREAM' FILL.I.N•G •. 2, •tablespoong, pastry flour t 2 talllespeene• cornstarch ' t 'Tare-thirdss ..cup granulated su- L � gar • ` ,teaspoon salt 11/4 .cups 'milk • • •' • "• ,2 squares' unsweetened chocolate 1 beaten egg•yoik' • ' • teaspoon vanilla ' •Combine the ;dry ingredients scald.together thoroughly. • ,Then , togeth the milk -and chocolate and heat 1. s'moot'h. Stir scalded: Milk 'into the flour,' mixture. Cook over , boiling. water stirring until -smoothly thick- teed,' until no raw flavor remains. Stir into beaten egg,yolk and place • over -boiling 'waters -again until .egg thickens. Remove :from heat • and add '/a teaspoon . vanilla. Cool • it REFRESHING COCONUT,CAKE Qpe-third cup •butter '1. ciip.'fine•ly, granulated sugar , 2 eggs 2, cups' cake f1o.0 1 cup hard wheat flour' . • , One-third teaspoon salt 24 teaspoons baking powder • Two-thirds cup, -milk • --d a •i?la 0 1 teaspoon.'lemon flavoring Cream butter, and blend in sugar gradually unt•ilsvei'Y light. Add wtill beaten• egg yolks and.,combine well. Measure sifted flour and resift: it with baking powder• anii 'salt.' Add to.'first mixture alternately with milk combining atter 'each ., addi- tion; Fold in ' egg whites : beaten stiffly, but :not dry. •' Bake in ' well,: greased ' cake pans (three) in at moderately hot oven 26• minutes. Cover with seven minute icing and sprinkle well with , fine •,shredded • coconut.. ' e d me. but N rs. Co rbett. awakened oken t And you arrived .as, soon as I .had. finished dressing." Dolan reached for the phone. "I will tell him. What's the •number, do you know?" ' "Here It is," Ci11y, pointed to a tiny phone pad on the desk. "Ma rl- ' borough Hotel. Endicott .5-0980 " Killed at 12:20' ' Sergeant . Dolan. dialed the num-. ber. "Hello, Marlborough•? Let me talk 'to Mr. Hutchins, will you.? 011, say, wait a minute,. Give me the desk. Hello. This is the police, Ser- geant Dolan talking. Special inves- tigation. Can you tell me what'. Time I1utchins got inlast night - Harry Hutchins? What's that? . , Wait a minute, let me get that number : ,:. Yeh, Thanjcs. All right • now connect me with him, Will you phase." Clily waited while Sergeant Do- ran told Harry about Amy's tragic death. She noticed that he did n'ot mention the fact of her being 'mur- dered. He did net ask Cilly if wanted to speak to Harry: He fin- ishexi speaking and ' replaced • the "Looks as if. Hutchins is O,K.,"• he said, "Desk cllerk didn't %see' him -collie in hitt night,' naturallj he was off' ditty - but, the're's a re- co,rt of a phone call he inade at 12:20. He mu¢t. have gone right home if he left here' at 11:30. ; It takes 7, good 40 minutes on the subway oder to the Marlborough, • You're sure it Was 11:34 when they i'ef?" C111•y , nodded. •"Exactly: BY the banjo clock there.' ' He looked in his black book once again. "Twelve twenty,, 'That's , just about the time 1Vlis's Kerr /was k11-• s r. 12'.O„ r{+�ilasSilserr =that -fie fait clock' on the ,. vanity • said 11:20 when she had 'first gone to bed. And they always kept that clock a few minutes fast. '(To Be Contifnued) , , +lt. Your Household, Problems ' Have you fussy. ,eaters in your family? Do you have •trouble providing a varied, and interest- ing menu? Do your cakes fall? Then write, enclosinga stamp- ed, self-addressed envelope to Miss Sadie B. Chambers, care of HtItia-paper nd he will-endea your to Solve i'our problems. Sandal Is Oldest "Form Of 'Footgear. Dates From Ancient Times — But Roman Occupation of England • Brought With. It New Fashions •In Footwear The most ancient form •of foot-' covering is the sandal, writes Beat- rice R. Coole, in, the British • We - Men's Magazine, but sandals have never been particularly well suited to the cold, ' northern `,climate of Britain. The mn of early eBri- tain soon- geserted the primitive sandal forte more practical shoe made of leather. The type of Shoe worn in earliest , times was made of hide, With•.or without the skin, and of 'the si#nplest design. The sole end the uppers were. made- . .a11 in one, piece; the shoe was Pull- ed •over !the foot and draive. up sound .the ankle tike a purse. Shoes of this }rind were practical and Were appropriate with the simple. gowns that women wore in those days. ° • At the time of the occupation of England by the Romans, with' their higher standard . of Civilization, ;some •Of the fashions worn• by Ro- man matrons were soon introdue- • ed into England: Dress underwent • little change, but often shoes of an elaborate type were worn. The Ro- mans themselves had always been fond of costly• shoes, and their,. , tastes remained unchanged when they came to England. . Wore, Them Gaily Colored • Anglo-Saxon ladies ,favored sin- ¢lp footwear. Their shoes were made of soft leather, close -fitting• and naturally' shaped to the foot. Enjoy y : the genuine ,peppermint flavor of DOUBLEMINT GUM! - Get some today!.' Illustrations of• •footwear of this period are rare;' and V for' the "`ceiy= " tortes. falipwing the best tvidence ._ orwhat was actually worn comes from' tombs and' old chu'reh brasses: Women's shoes ''appear to have ren usually black. 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