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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-02-23, Page 63?AGE SIX WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES door It is after SYNOPSIS ■When the wealthy foster parents of Marjorie Wetherill both die she finds a letter telling that she has a twin sister, that she was adopted when her own parents couldn’t afford to sup­ port both of them and that her real name is Dorothy Gay, Alone in the world, but with a fortune of her own, she considers looking up her own family whom she has never seen. A neighbor, Evan Bower, tries to argue her out of it and tells her he loves her and asks her to marry him. She pro­ mises to think it over but decides first io see her family. She goes to their address, finds that they are destitute, have sold all of their furniture, have no coal, her mother is sick and her father has no job. Her sister treats her like an enemy and resents her of­ fer of help, but finally, after many ex­ planations, agrees to take money to buy coal and food in order to save her mother’s life, -U “But it isn’t her money now! mine! And I am going to look my family. We are going to do it to­ gether! Quick! Tell me where to go, and I’ll have the fixings here in short •order.” “It’s two blocks down, and a block io the right. Brown’s Coal Yard. But there’s a bill for twenty-three dollars. They won’t send any coal till it’s paid. Here! Take back the money!” She held out the roll of bills half reluctantly, looking at it with a sort of fierce wistfulness. “No,” said Marjorie. “You keep that. I'Ve more in my purse. You might have some need for it while I’m gone. Don’t worry, I’ll find my way. But say, what shall I call you? I can’t exactly go around calling my own-sis­ ter ‘Miss Gay/ can I? And you know I never knew your name.” The other girl stared. “You. don’t mean they never told you your own sister’s name? Well, that certainly is funny! I’m Elizabeth —they call me Betty.” Her voice was a trifle ’-warmer. “That’s a pretty name. Betty Gay? 1 like* it. And—I’m Dorothy — isn’t that it? The letter told me that,” “Yes, but they call you Marjorie!” Betty's ‘ voice was ' suddenly hard ■again. “Well, I couldn’t help that either,” grinned Marjorie. "Say,, suppose you Stop having grudges a while.” Betty suddenly softened again and almost smiled, and Marjorie saw that her eyes wefc really lovely when she smiled. “I’m sorry!” said Betty. “I guess I’ve been pretty poisonous to you. But maybe if you had been here and Seen your people you loved suffer, you’d .be poisonous too.” “I’m sure I should!” said Marjorie with a sudden quick setting of her lips. “I’m quite sure I would feel just as you feel. And now let’s forget it till we get this place comfortable for you all.” Marjorie turned and put her hand out to open the door, but before she quite touched it someone fumbled at the knob from the outside, the door was suddenly flung open with a bang letting in a rush of cold air, and some­ one stumbled into the hall bearing a heavy burden. Marjorie stepped back startled, Staring at the tall man carrying a heavy sack of coal upon his back and another of small pieces of wood in his arms. But Betty rushed forward and put up her arms to take one bag from him. “Oh, Father!” she cried, “where have you been? How did you get it?” And then, giving him a quick search­ ing look4, “Where is your overcoat, Father? Oh, you didn’t sell your ov­ ercoat, did you? Your nice overcoat? Oh, Father, you are sick!” “It couldn't be helped, Betty,” said the man in a hoarse voice. “I had to get this house warm somehow for your mother. I couldn’t let her freeze to death!” There was something warm and tender in his voice that brought the tears to Marjorie’s eves and a great rush of love for her un­ known father to her heart. Then tfie man suddenly dropped the bag from his back to the floor, put his hands up to his head with a be­ wildered look, and staggered over to And she vanished through the into the kitchen, Marjorie saw there was a door from the little parlor where she stood and opening it she followed and found her sister as she brought back the water. "I’ll get him something to eat right away,” she whispered. “Is there a res­ taurant or any place nearby where they have food?” “Only the drugstore. You can get a bottle of milk. Yes, bring it back quick.” Marjorie ran down the uneven little sidewalk, breathless with the thought of her father sitting there in the bare ugly house, cold and hungry, dizzy with faintness, and her mother, no telling how sick upstairs!- It was too dreadful! Arrived breathless at the diminut­ ive drugstore she found to her joy that they had a soda fountain and served soup or coffee with sandwich­ es. There was hot coffee and there was hot tomato soup, that is, it was not hot yet but the man said, he could heat them both in a jiffy. And he had just two thermos bottles’left. He had not had such a large order in weeks. While he was getting them ready.; Marjorie hurried across the street to the . grocery and bought two baskets big enough to carry her purchases, and also a dozen oranges, a loaf "Father! What is it!?” cried Betty, > the stairs. “Father! Oh, Father! What is it?” cried Betty, rushing over to him. “Oh, it’s nothing!” murmured the man with an effort. “Just a little diz­ zy, that’s all. I’ll be all right in a minute!” “You had no breakfast! That’s what makes it!” cried the girl in deep distress. That picture of her father sitting on the stairs, his head bowed in his hands, would stay she knew. “I’ll get you a Betty was saying, they haven’t turned off the water yet! with her always, drink of’water!” "Thank fortune, RANK AND TITLE MEAN NOTHING TO HIM "Ts it something nice to eat?” ask- Christmas Eve. ed Andrew Ashton Waller Hills, when he learned the King had treat- place and precedence of a barojiefs «d him a baronet. The honor was iu- Weil for his father, who diedJ The young baronetfe mother has been granted style, rank, Wid^W. of bread, a pound of butter and a pound of sliced ham. Back at the drugstore she added a quart full of milk to her other pur­ chases and started back to the house. Arrived at the house she found the front door unlatched, but her father was no longer sitting on the stairs, and she heard sounds from the cellar. Betty came hurrying up the cellar stairs as she came out of the kitchen, a long streak of.-soot on one white, cheek and her eyes wide and worried. “He would go down and start the fire,” she said in a distressed voice. “I couldn’t do anything with him.” Her voice was almost like a sob. “He al­ ways thinks a woman has to be wait­ ed on, but he’s had another dizzy spell and he’s sitting on the cellar stairs now. Did you get anything?” "Yes,” said Marjorie eagerly, "I brought hot soup and coffee, and here is some aromatic ammonia. Perhaps that will help two. And' here, I have' two hotqwater bags nice and hot. Take one down and put it on his lap. Haven’t you got a flannel or bit of old something to wrap it in? He ought to get warm right away,” “Oh, you’re great!” said Betty and the tears were rolling down her cheeks, tears of relief. She snatched a picked cup from the shelf and poured out coffee and with a hot-water bag under her arm hur­ ried down cellar again. Marjorie hunted around and found plates and more cups and a knife, and cut some slices of bread, buttering them and putting ham between them, When Betty came back upstairs she had a plateful pf nice sandwiches all ready for her, and a cup of coffee. “Take a swallow of this/’ said Mar­ jorie holding out a cup of coffee, take this sandwich in your hand, will be sick next if you don’t out.” Betty looked hungrily at the food. “But I must take something up to Mother, first/’ she said. “No, drink this first, quick. It won’t take you but a minute, and you can work better with something inside of you. Take this sandwich in your hand and carry a cup of something up to Mother. Which should it be? Coffee first, or soup, or isn’t she able for those? I’ve got'oranges here, I can fix her a glass of orange juice in no time?* "Oh, wonderfull” said Betty grate­ fully, her eyes filling with relieved tears again. ”L«-dcm’t know-^-what we would have done if you hadn't cornel” “There!” Never mind that now. Just drink a little more and then go up to Mother. As soon as she knows about me I caff help you care for her, I know how to take care of sick people. And now, shall I just slip out and have that coal sent up? You haven’t got enough to last long in those bags, and the house ought to get thorough­ ly warm and stay so. And while I’m out I’m going to order some grocer­ ies, Is the store I wept to the best, or is there a better one somewhere else?” “That’s the best near here, They’re all right, Ted will be home by and by perhaps and bring the things up for you,” « Betty with her sandwich in her hand went down cellar, and, hurried up again. “He’s eaten all the soup and is .eat­ ing his sandwich now, I think he feels better. So Betty flew away up the stairs, and back again in a moment, “She is still asleep,” she whispered. “Has she bad a doctor?” asked Marjorie. “No, she wouldn’t let' us. She said we hadn’t the money to pay him, But Father is almost crazy about it. I think we ought to have him come just once, anyway, don't you?” “I certainly do!” said Marjorie. “Where is he? I’ll get him before I do anything else,” Betty gave the name and address. “He’s supposed, to be a good doc­ tor. I guess his prices are rather high,” she said sorrowfully. “What difference does that make?” said Marjorie. “We want the best there is. I’ll send him as soon as I can, and you’d better make him pre­ scribe for Father too. I’ll tell him about it, and you make him. And, where do I talk to the gas people to get that gas turned on? We want to be able to cook some xeal dinner to­ night!” . # ‘‘Oh!” said Betty quick tears sting­ ing into her eyes. “You" are going to be wonderful, aren’t you!” “No/’ said Marjorie smiling, "I’m just going to be one of the family, and try to make up for lost time. Does the water bill need looking after, too? We can’t have that shut off. And what about electric light?” "Oh!” cried Betty softly, sinking down on the lower step of the stairs, "you’ll use all your money up!” “Well,” said Marjorie happily, "that’s what money is for, isn’t it? To be used up?” . “You’re really real, aren’t you?” said Betty, “I can scarcely believe it.” “What did you think I was, a spir­ it? Here, write those addresses quick, I want to get things started and get back to help.” She handed her sister a little note book and pencil from her handbag. “You’ll be sorry you ever came near us,” said . Betty ’sadly, “having to spend all this money and go all these errands,” “I’m already glad I came,” said Marjorie, “and if Mother and Father get well, and you don't get sick, I’d say I’m having the time of my life. It makes me .greatly happy to be able to help and ,1 only wish I’d known before that you had all this suffering. And me with plenty!" Then although she was almost choking with tears, she gave a bright smile and hurried away on her er­ rands. She betook herself to the drugstore where was a telephone booth and did the doctor; the coal, the gas, and elec­ tric light by telephone, and her crisp young voice, accustomed as* it was to giving orders that promptly obeyed, brought service at once, especially payment of the bill? was when the agent would call.. Then the groceries arrived and fill­ ed the shelves with stores. In the midst of.it Betty came down with round eyes of astonishment at the magic that had been wrought. The chill was partly gone from the house by this time, and Marjorie took off her fur coat and her smart little felt hat, and hung them in the almost empty hall closet, j "Now!” she said, "I’m ready for world Where do I put these things ?< Are there special places for them, or do I park them wherever I like?” i "Wherever you like!” said Betty throwing open the little pantry door and displaying a vista of empty shelves, "And there comes the coal!” said Marjorie. “You'll have to tell him: where to put that!” t \ Marjorie enjoyed putting away the things. Betty came up from the cellar and looked at her. '’"Well,” said in her sharp young voice that had a mingling of teats in its quality, "I suppose you must be pretty wonderful, and I’m crazy!” "Nothing wonderful about it! I’m Just an ordinary sister, Betty, that’s mighty hungry to be taken in and made one of you!” “Well, I should say you’d taken us in, if you asked me! I thought ■we’d reached the limit and tonight would see us alt well on our way out of this life, but. you've somehow brought us back again where we have to go on.” Suddenly Betty dropped down on a box by the kitchen door and putting her head down in her hands burst in­ to tears. Betty was worn out. (Continued Next Week)- CANADIAN SALMON PASTRIES Add a Note of Fun and Good Food to Your Every Day Dinners Whether you’re celebrating with a party or just doing a little something special for the family, here’s an in­ genious food trick. Done up like a letter, it packs all the good wishes and good food for your family and guests. Canadian Salmon Pastries 1 1-lb. can Canadian salmon Lemon juice Pastry Chill the.salmon in the tin and op­ en with a can opener that takes off both ends. Roll Jightly in wax paper and. slice with a sharp knife into four or six portions. Place each section— picking off any bits of skin—on a square of pastry. Sprinkle with a few drops of lemon juice and fold the pastry up envelope-fashion. Bak'e in a hot oven until the pastry is nicely browned and the salmon heated through. sauce and French Fried potatoes. » For a party your Salmon Letters may be prepared and re-heated. Make them tiny to eat in the hand for a bridge supper, and serve with a Steaming beverage and tiny cakes. For a very large party, make Sar­ dine Cigarettes the same way by chill­ ing the sardines and placing on ob­ long strips of pastry and rolling to look like cigarettes. And don’t target how good minia­ tures fishcakes, with a piece of lob­ ster hidden in their insides, ar'e.. Spear these with tooth picks and save dishes. ’ Serve with thick tomato EXPERTS NAME MILK THE FOOD OF FOODS In view of the millions of. gallons of milk produced in Canada every year, it seems incongruous that the consumption of "milk in the Dominion ' is only about two-thirds of a pint, writes Laura Pepper, in the bulletin "Milk—The Food of Foods/’ issued .by the Dominion Department of Ag­ riculture. This is partially explained by the fact that-many people may not thoroughly appreciate the important role this really indispensable food plays in nourishing the body. The present per capita consumption is .much lower than that recommended by reliable authorities who have made a study of nutrition. The Technical Commission of the Health Committee of the League of Nations recommends the daily use of 750 grams of milk (about 1% pint) for children 1 to 2 years of' age, and » Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established 1840. Risks taken on all classes of insiir- ance at reasonable rates. Head Office, Guelph, Ont. ABNER COSENS,. ’ Agept Wihgham. Thurs., February, 23rd, 1939- As these features appear, clip and file for future . use. .'Each story deals with a different food. Each statement a fact, Each recipe a tested tasty. The orange is one of opr year- round fruits. When the Navel, or winter orange begins to disappear from the market, the Valencia or summer orange takes its place. The Valencia, or summer orange, is supposed to have originated in the Azores. Under California climatic conditions this fruit ripens from April to November and sup­ plies millions of homes with their summer fruit punches and morning orange juice. Few foods are as valuable in the diet as the orange, It has a de­ cided alkaline reaction when taken into the system and thus tends to counteract the acid reaction of many common and healthful goods, , Furthermore, the orange is rich in Vitamins A, B and C. With hot Weather upon us, you may be interested in the fact that decent experiments have shown that exposure to high temperature will cause as much as a fifty per cent loss in Vitamin C from the body tissues. As lowered Vitamin C reserves go hand-in-hand with the tired feeling we get when the weather is sizzling hot, the follow­ ing recipes are suggested as beverages that are more than delicious hot weather drinks: 1,000 grams (about 1 4|5 pint) for children up to 14 years of age. The Commission also emphasizes the fact that milk should form a conspicuous element of the diet at all ages. Milk is the best foundation on which to build meals for both child­ ren and adults. A daily allowance of a pint and a half to one quart for each child, particularly during years of most rapid growth, will supply the re­ quired calcium, as well as appreciable amounts of protein, vitamins, and othM er growth-promoting factors. A pint of milk daily is beneficial to adults, not merely for its caloric contribution but for its properties essential to the maintenance of health. Milk is one of the so-called "pro­ tective foods” which are valuable chiefly for their mineral, vitamin, and high quality protein contents. It ranks first among foods/ because it furnishes more of the essentials of the ■ . ............. Dr. W. A. McKibbon, B.A. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Located at the Office of the Late Dr, H. W. Colbome. Office Phone 54. "and You Iodic were always courteous since full promised Hollywood Parade (Serves 30) 1 quart orange juice 1 quart orange sherbet I quart vanilla Ice cream 1 quart chilled ginger ale Beat orange juice, sherbet an<t ice cream' with whirl type bbater until well mixed. Add ginger ale- Stir and serve at once. Patio Cooler . . 2 cups boiling water v 8 teaspoons jasmine tea cups sugar cups orange juice > lVa 5 _ 1 cup lemon juice 2 quarts of ice water, ginger ale ‘ 1 or charged water quart orange sherbet Orange slices fqr garnish., Pour boiling water over tea. Steep 5 minutes. Strain and dis­ solve sugar in warm liquid. Cool, Add chilled fruit juices. Just before serving, add ice water or carbon­ ated beverage. Garnish with orange slices. Float sherbet on top, (Makes 1 gallon — fills an ordinary punch bowl — 30 small punch glass servings.) diet than any other food. In other words, no other food can be substi­ tuted for it. The bulletin, which may be obtained free on application from, the Publicity and Extension Division,. Dominion Department of Agriculture,. Ottawa, deals in a concise manner with the most important facts, such as- the value of milk in the diet, milk ini various forms, care of milk from pro^ ducer to consumer, consumption and uses of milk, together with many re­ cipes for soups and chowders, lunch­ eons and suppers, cream sauces, milk drinks, and milk dishes for convales­ cents. “The pleasures of the world are de­ ceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking: them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them, and they make us- despair in losing them.”—Mme. De Lambert. HARRY FRYFOGLE Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director Furniture and Funeral Service Ambulance Service. • 5 Phones: Day 109W. Night 109J. i 1 '■ • DR. R. L. STEWART PHYSICIAN Telephone 29. J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor,, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan. Office ■— Meyer Block, Wingham THOMAS FELLS ' AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A Thorough Knowledge of Farm Stock. Phone 231, Wingham. Dr. Robt. C. REDMOND M.R.C.S. (England) L.R.C.P. 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