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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-03-26, Page 2THL riME&ADVOCATE Have Bloom for the Flower Show Premium List for 1936 MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO TWO CHOICES CHOICE 1—'25 Asparagus—Heavy 2 war roots THURSDAY, MARCH SYNOPSIS'. . . .A luxurious five- mouth cruise around the world aboard the “Marenia” brings to­ gether a group of passengers for adventure, romantic, entertaining . . , and tragic ... Like in “Grand Hotel” these passengers offer a study in human actions and reactions which unconsciously have their souls . , . These char­ acters are aboard the ship: Mac­ duff, dour Scotchman, single, of middle age; Miss Mudge, school teacher, spending the savings of twenty years: Angela, faithful wife of Lovat, gigolo; Dick Charl­ ton, first officer; Clare, a person of experience; Joan, a dissipated flapper; jenny, run-away wife and Peter; Captain Baring, master of the ship . . . and his soul. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY her thoughts back to the present. “I’m seeing myself as a small and selfish, worm, in fact, I’m seeig my­ self as I am." Peter could detect the fright in her voice. He laughed at her, “Morbid again! I wish you wouldn’t analyse yourself so much. You know, if you keep it up, I shall regard you as a little egotist. W-cmnen all are, or very little egotist. Women all are, or they wouldn’t they that twhat they do mat- tres so much.” He leaned over her absorbed face and kissed it to a healthy glow. “Be gay, my child, and forget about your­ self,” he implored her, beginning, and you this. Let’s go out shipmates. They’re rible. “We’re only mustn’t feel like and look at our sure, to be ter- TH IR I) INSTALL 1ENT Miss Mudge seeimed uncertain of herself and shot a birdlike glance along the table, but no one was pay­ ing any attention, except to push her out of the way. felt the pressure of bodies her, Miss Mudge took hold of her­ self and produced a handful of coun­ ters from her bag. She’d show Monte Carlo. Macdu-ff wandered how long she had been playing the game. He could see from the expression on her face that she had decided her counters were as good as anyone else’s. picked her distributed wheel spun, a puckered, myopic gaze. The coun­ ters disappeared with amazing speed and left no trace. -Miss Mudge -div­ ed into her purse, then shook her head. Her gray straw hat was slip­ ping over one ear from all the push­ ing and shoving, hut she seemed in hilarious spirits, excited by her sur­ roundings. She suddenly spied Macduff and resognized him 'for soime one from Marenia. That was enough for her. In a moment she was standing in front of him, twinkling owlishly through her glasses. “Just think, I’ve been losing all my money,” she announced, as if that were an everyday occurrence in her life. “Well, what of it?" said Macduff, ungraciously. “Oh, I beg your pardon.” Miss Mudge stepped back and he felt impelled to make grumy amends “Do you want have a car." She looked for a moment, “That would be kind of you, said. j Miss Mudge’s elation faded as soon ! as her cagin door was closed. . sat on the edge otf" her 'bed and won- ? dered if it had been so clever -of her, i after all, to have lost forty of her | five hundred precious dollars. (She hadn’t intended to stake more than I a quarter at a time, But she had won j five dollars at the start, and that j had seemed so exciting that she ■ had gone -on and on to ruin. “You’re a fool, Alice Mudge,” she told her­ self, severely. “You save and scrimp for years and years, and then you , spend twenty-five dollars at Madiera for a Spanish shawl, and lose forty dollars at Monte Carlo as were an heiress. From now on she be economical. Too money was gone and beginning the cruise. Miss Mudge took out her and proceeded to record her iimpres-. sions of the day. The Marenia was easing out of the harbour and the lights were flicker­ ing like a forest of lighted candles. The coast line was slowly engulfed in the night, and the boat began to toss in a Mediterranean storm. In a, stateroom amidships on C. deck, i Jenny and Peter Rumford were un-| packing their things, jenny stopped i every few minutes to look a little tremuously at Peter, whose atten­ tion was all on what he was doing. “Well, we’re, off.” His voice had a note of relief. “Perhaps you won’t worry so much now, Jonny. Theres nothing like the lift of a ship’s an­ chor to lighten the heart.” Jenny moved to his side and slip­ ped her hand beneath his chin. Her voice was beseeching. “Peter! You’ll never let me regret what I’ve done. You’ll never let me dowu-ki ot now, after what I’ve done.” She mung to hiun, panic in her voice, “Angel!” said Peter in his most convincing tones. “I shouldn’t... bo running away with you if I weren’t prepared to spend the rest of my life in making you happy J’' He tightened bis hold head drooped over hers, were lulled and her heart sudden melody, She >010800 her eyes and sank limply in the ■circle of his arms. She dimply remembered the starved (months o£ her marriage, and the hatred she had for her husband TiSore was nothing? to regret where ho was eon corned. Her baby was an­ other matter. “Darling,” ha saki, 'tyhat are yon (Miwking of?” a lotM Pater/' She it^ged As soon as she around numbers with care them defiantly. and she watched it * * The ship was en fete. Chinese lan­ terns swung on the after-deck, the orchestra played an old Viennese waltz and the sky was powdered with1 yellow stars four evenings later as the Marenia neared Stromboli. The moon hung low in the sky, like a golden guinea. It was an old story to Dick, leaning against smoking a cigarette and with cynical interest. His attention wandered * ed before, but she similed, said thank- you, and took a swallow. There wasn’t very much of it—such a little glass. It surely couldn’t go to her head. Suddenly she giggled and set down her glass. “What’s up?" Dick inquired. “•Ob', I was just thinking o'f Ohon­ to.” “What’s Ohonto?” “Ohonto, Wisconsin- come from." “It isn’t possible that you heard of Ohonto.” “Nice place?” “Very, I teach there, but ing a sabbatical year to world.” “I hope you won’t be disappoint­ ed" “Oh, no!" Miss Mudge’s voice was fervent. “It's (wonderful!’ The music had started up again, and his companion’s face averted ea­ ger signals across the table. He swung her to her feet and they danc­ ed again—a waltz this time. She clung to him more confidently now, and he sumiled down at her as if she were the only woman in the glitter­ ing salon. 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DENTIST Office^- CarliujOlock EXETI ...Closed Wednesday Afternoons Dr. H. H. COWEN, L.D.S^D.DS DENTAL Successor to the Office opposite'the Main Sti^j^^xeter Office 36w Telephones Closed Wednesday Afternoons SURGEON fate Dr cinsua. Office,It was once an English maxim that a young woman should never be married until she had spun her­ self a set of body, table and bed lin­ en, Hence the naune “spinster." Formerly the title “spinster” was given to unmarried women of the gentle classes, from a viscount’s daughter down, and often retained by them on their marriage, especial­ ly when the husband was not of the gentry. Nowadays, a spinster in the popular mind, is unmarried wo­ man, somewhat advanced in years. However, we tmay be allowed to say that all unmarried women in Canada, twenty years old and over, are spinsters. There are over 660,- 000 of them. There is one spinster for every three or four married wo­ men in the Dominion, or women who have 'been married. Twenty-six thousand of these married women are under twenty, and twenty of therm are under 15, most of these twenty are Indians. There are not so many spinsters as bachelors so it might be agreed that there is no dearth of husbands and that cannot be the cause of their spinsterhood. There are about one million bachelors in Canada who have passed their twentieth birth­ day, so numerically there are plenty of husbands available for all the spinsters, and plenty to spare. This information is taken from Census reports issued by the Domin­ ion Bureau of (Statistics. -te JOHN WARD /. CHIROPRACTIC, OSTEOPATHY, ELKICTRO-TIU^APY ^ULTRA­ VIOLET jprea^Snts phon: MAIN ST. “ dancing couples. He wasn’t interest­ ed in pretty girls at the imoment, but he supposed he had to dance. His ■glance came to rest on the little teacher from cabin 454. iShe was sit­ ting by herself in a (corner, envelop- _ loped in a -Spanish shawl, with pop- She toa large for ller size* i The handsome officer ' seen about the boat was [.her direction. i “Won’t you dance with me?” ask- j ed Dick, bowing formally ■ (She snatched at the fringe of her shawl and looked at him in confu­ sion. She (was much too nervous to rise to her feet. “Oh, do come on,” he urged her, “This is a good tnne.” A flock of nervous chasing one another Mudge’s sensitive face; thing propelled her to her feet. Miraculouly Miss Mudge’s step was suddenly in tune with the chief officer’s and he had her firmly clasp­ ed by the Spanish shawl, -whirling her around with such speed that she soon forgot about Ker feet. Her head swam with excitement and she caught a whiff of tobacco that made .her faint. She had never been clutched to a man’s chest like this before. and she shivered with joy. When the music ended, he led her back to a little table, She looked about with an elated air. , “What will you have to drink?" asked Dick, disentangling himself from the fringes of her shawl spying het pink chiffon dress neath. : Miss Mudge bushed. “Thank so much,” she said, drink, boner.” “A what?” “A White you know.” “Oh, I see. she had moving in over her. went Miss fears across then some- if you would much she was have to her only •of dairy and hid Her fears sang with Her head brushed his sleeve anjl be­ i I you ” she said, “but I never You see, 1’iin a White Rib- echoed Dick. Ribboner—teetotaller, Band of Hope.” He looked at her (With a rising gleam of interest. She was a really unique'—her spirit twinkled brightly through the faded shell of her flesh. It woud be fun to tease her a bit. “But you can’t possibly go round the world without having a drink.” he protested. “It wouldn’t be de­ cent, Let me order you something gentle that (won’t bite.” Miss Mudge was half-persuaded. Lights leaped in iter eyes: she nod­ ded her head. Dick decided to get her a creme de menthe. She sat very straight in her chair, with her hands folded nervously under her shawl. At times she shot timid glances at her (companion, not quite sure what he might be going to do next. Tho t drinks came and Dick toasted her. “Happy days on the Marenia!” ho , sai <L 4 Mxdge had never beetj toast- she let deflated bag that evening “I do hope you keep your cows in pasture,” said Mrs. Newlywed, as she paid the milkimtan. “Yes, madam," replied the milk­ man “of course we keep them in a pasture.” “I’m so glad! I’ve, been told that pasteurized milk is'much the best.” a EXETER vis- ARTHUR WEBERj LICENSED AUOT1OWER For Huron and MiOfesex FARM SALES AJ^ECIALTY PRICE'S <E$&ABLE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Phone 57-13 Dashwood R. R. No. 1, DASHWOOD neg- chif- five where he had left her, or should she slip back to her quiet place by the wall, The chief officer was danc­ ing now with Miss Foster. Her love­ ly arms were twined around his neck. Nevertheless, he remembered Miss Mudge, sitting- alone in her corner, and tossed her a scarlet bal­ loon. She held it aloft for a moment and smiled at hiun. Then out the air and put the bauble in the black satin Agatha had given her for wear. Her (first souvenir! Clare, an enticing Cleopatra, was still dancing with Lovat, a Spanish grandee. Angela watched them over her creme de menthe frappe. She :jjould see that her husband’s fingers were deeply sunk in an exquisite back. At last he relinquished his partner and moved smoothly towards her. “How about turning in, Angela? You’re looking tired.” His voice was solicitous. She was suddenly ravag­ ed under her make-up. “I am, rather Dancing at sea makes one very- tired—the strong air I think, and the bumpy deck.” “But you’ve scarcely danced at all, Angela,” said Lovat, a little crossly. “Yes, but I feel those things, Lo­ vat darling.” She went below and unhooked her period costuunie. 'She took off her tpowdered wig, but it was scarcely whiter than the smooth hair beneath it. Turning her back on Lovat, she slipped into the loveliest of her ligees, black lace over apricot fon, “You’l be gone from me in days,” she told him. “I wonder if you will miss me when you are back in England.” “I .shall simply be lost without you,” he assured her. “Ah, Lovat,” Angela’s voice was a sigh. “How I shall miss you!, Be­ sides, I shall be five months older when 1 come back.” “You’ll alwaye be the saline to me,” he said, and stooped to kiss her hand. She leaned over his head and her lips brushed the dark lacjuer of his hair. The mirror re­ vealed the widening path that stretched between them. Angela turned from the sight of his youth. “Whatever happens, I shall still adore you,” she said. Lovat studied her as she lay on the pillow—the tenderness of her mouth her sensitive nose, the way her hair swept back from her ears, but the mask of age was set as she- lay in tho semblance of sleep. He slipped into his dressing-gown and sat with 0 book under tho Shad­ ed light. Half an hour passed and he scarcely moved. At last he was sure of her regular breathing and tho re­ laxed look of her .face. She muU bo GREENWAY (Crowded out last week) Mrs. Fred Mason, of London, ited Mrs. J. Hotson, last week. Mrs. R. Belling entertained sever­ al 'friends and relatives to a quilting last ‘week. Mr. Lawrence Pollock installed a new radio last week. Miss Vera Isaac has been home with an attack of the measles. Mr. and (Mrs. J. H, Hotson visited her brother Mr. Fred Gratton at Grand Bend. He is suffering from a broken leg. Mrs. Annie Hicks and Miss Doris Hicks have gone to spend time in London. Miss Adahi McGregor is at hoimie here convalescing from operation for appendicitis. Wood bees have opened the on beginning with one for Messrs. Lyle and Carmen Woodburn. Mr. E. McPherson’s friends will be pleased to learn he is so far recov­ ered as to have tapped some maple trees last week and also was able to attend the neighbor’s wood bee and help the work along with his usual good cheer. Miss Noble spent the week-end with Mrs, Kene-nth Roick. Mrs. Ed. Mason has, returned to her homo after a weeks’ visit with her daughter Mrs. Toll, London. Mr, Dawson Woodburn, of Toron­ to, spent the week-end at his home here. He found no difficulty in getting through with his car until north, of Parkhill. Mrs, W. T. Ulens, Mr. W. J. Brown and Mrs. Albert Smithers are on the sick list. We wish them a speedy recovery. Mr. J. McGregor Sr. had a had fall on Saturday and is suffering con­ siderable pain. Billy/ Keown, who ran a darning needle in his foot recently had it suc­ cessfully removed at the hospital last week. IMiss Mary McGregor, of London, is supplying ’for her sister Miss A. McGregor. Recently the Harmony Class met at Mr. Milton Pollock’s with a good attendamce considering the weather. Mrs, Lawrence 'Curts presided over the program which ebnsisted of Bible and notes a paper Br ophoy and Mo- Roll call of a mis- Ref resit- hour j FRANK TAYLOR ,, LICENSED;;AUCTIO^^R' For Huron and Middlesex FARM SALA SPECIALTY Prices Reasonable -rind Satisfaction Gu'aj^iReed EXETER P. O. or RING 138 some seas-Seems Reasonable A teacher asked his pupils if any one could give him an example of “stabilized industry.” “Horse-racing, sir,” replied a hoy. Cedar Chests/” AND NEW FURNITU^fe DASHW ens, etc PLANING MILL Also furnitur/T remodellrfJ We take ord binet work t order. kinds of ca- at the USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Iiead Office, Farquhar, Ont. W. H. 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