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Famous Author Who
Never 'Wrote' a Word
"Literaly ltl'..b ''1 contains tie
much romance ee Ow log of any
I""„aticieht.3earitier." And the way in
whicit•'Sir Newniati Flower relates a'
.. •little of it in hie recently published
book of auuiui•ccnee.a "just :1s It
Happened" he:ers vut these words
of his to the full,
Sir Newman Fl, w er, until his re-
tirement from !tuskless, was for
many years a distineuislteil figure in
the hook pul>li:.bntg world Ills
tvorkittg days titre ete.nt in dealings
with and in the company of some
of the »tont fauu,us and colourfid
literary drat'.:ers of the last fifty
tear,, And his book is rich with
,utee,es e'ouceening then, '
"Give Me A Chancel"
There was Edge \\alleec, doyen
Uf turf:. er writ crt. Sir Newman once.
telcphored Wallace on behalf df a
friend to ask if the novelist would
write an 45,000 -Word serial, the first
instalment of which was required
within a week.
At Myst \Valuer refused. He wi:s
much o busy. Then he hesitated,
and Sir Newman hung on to the
telephc:'re wondering how he could
stilt pc -iiade Wallace to accept.
However, the writer got in his
word first.
"But I will tell you what I will
do," he said. "111 deliver the whole
85,000 word serial to you complete
• by midday next ,Monday."
This was a staggering suggestion:
It certainly took Sir Newntan's
breath away, In amazement he ask-
ed 'Wallece
sked'Vallece if he had got it already
written.,
ittten.,
"Good Lord!" cause the reply,
"Haven't begun to think of the plot
yet, Give nue a chance!!"
But the following 'Monday, true
to his word, the story was delivered
comjjiilete,
Edgar Wallace, of course, never
wrote.' a word of copy. He always
dictated.it into a dictaplione, and
this !vas probably the only way he
could have kept pace with the fast
action of his plots.
Two famous novels that still have
a large public are "Treasure Island"
and "'King Solomon's !fines," de-
spite the fact that they were written
so many years ago.
Both are• among the best adven-
ture yarns ever published, and it is
a strange fact that the birth of one
was inspired by the birth of the
other.
Stevenson originally called his
immortal pirate story "The Sea
Cools, or Treasure Island: "A Story
for Boys,"' But after he had sub-
mitted. the manuscript to the pub-
lishers,be took little interest in it.
There was a long delay before he
received a decision, and during that
time he never onceinquired about
It.
"Golden -minted Quid"
Then lie suddenly received a let.
ter of aceeptanee and a hundred .
Pounds_ on account He -was over -
toy etc' and wrote to his home that
e 1iat1 been offered "a hundred,
jingling, • tingling, golden -minted
quid.' ,_
So "Treaseue Island" started on
its long and. profitable Career.
However,- a young plan called
Rider Haggard read if, and he'
didn't think much of the story, His
brother did, and the two set 10
arguing about it.
The conclusion was that young
Rider Haggard bet his brother five
shillings that he could write a book
which was just'as good.
The bet was accepted and the
book commenced, most of it being
written on week -end train journeye
between Norwich and London. And
so "King Solomon's !fines' was
born—the child of "Treasure Ts -
land."
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rhe name of Seton Merriman
is not so well known as it was
fifty years ago, bit he was, for all
that, a popular writer of his day,
His real name was Hugh Stowell
Scott, but when ehe expressed the
wish to his father that Ire wanted
to be a writer he was scoffed at,
The elder Mr. Scott was a Lon-
don business man, and he put his
son into an office with the final
words: "I don't want to hear any
moreabout your deeirr,tn write
books." '
"All right, sir," hits, soe replied. i
"Yon won't." t;
The argument wee dosed Inc
ever, Toting Sentt`,wdtitc' nib'an
office and spent Iii"-"w'oilking-'dig's'•
a., a city clerk ,
And it was only in, the evens gt
that he found the tante to write hes;
stories, which in time wet. 'sold by'•
the hundred thousdnd. • "'
His father, however, was threat
reader, and one day, after reading
a novel the had tltorou+ghly'enjdjeett, •'
he held it ftp before 1tiS sons "Now,
if you could only write npiveis 6llee
that," rte said, "1 would wil)ingly,
have consented to the choice you
wished to stake reg ii cling" your f
profession."
He Never Knew
The book was by his •on, •pttb
fished under a nom -de -plume.
But the young man said nothing,
The differences between he and
his father on this posit • had been
settled years previously,'*
And the father died in rluc course
not icntowiitg that his son wase the`"
author of many of the books he had
SO enjoyed twariilia', •, ,,,. k.
So much intervet ha. b.cn ;..1.1011.11.
in that Slimming Ust--"tile ail
eight pounds in )u<t, tut) days'--
wltirit 1 p.essed siting to you Iasi
week that 1 thought you i tight
like to Mew t of the net ai experience
of a friend of Mune $ht e by no
means plump nr c' ubby, bent felt
that site might le hotter for shed -
dims a few pounds , she gave the
Diet a trial cast Situtday and Stie-
day.
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Thu: result? A toe, of i 1, COI five
and six pounds. She says her
bathroom kale isn't aceurate
enough to tell to the ounce. but she
knows that it was. more than fire
pounds. \Viten 1 reeked her if site
had stuck to the un -tractions re-
ligiously, site teld me that instead
of eating the le•oit d steak at 'nid-
dtU", as the Diet says, sit:' had it
in the. evening. Meybe tit• t "st:itch"
accounted for the wl i lc eight
pounds not vanishing.
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The Oyster Ba • Su the Gratid
Ceetrai 'I'crntinai is ,,a1 of New
York's most noted eating place.
Just recently the iu utaecrucnt re-
leased, for thefirst time, its long -
famous recipe for Oyster Stew. But
before I go into details, just a
word of warning, 1)U ".alOr
OVFRCOOK OYSTERS is a rule•
that should never i.,e ignored. For
a stew they should be cooked only
till the edges curl Next in impor-
tance is the rule that the milk,
or cream, should not be allowed to
boil. Instead, the stew should be
served just as it is at the point o{
hailing.
OYSTER STEW WITH CREAM
GRAND CENTRAL STYLE
Place in a deep pan a dash of
Worcestershire sauce, paprika, cel-
ery salt, and a pat of butter, Add
seven freshly opened oysters and
a half cup of oyster liquor and
cook until oysters' edges curl. Add
one cup of cream and bring to
boiling point. Pour in bowl and top
with paprika and another pat of
butter.
You will notice that this recipe
is for one bowl only. That's because
the experts usually make only that
quantity at one time, serving it
piping hot and then making the
next bowlful. As to that—well,you
can Use yourown judgment,
For those who do not like quite
such a rich stew, this is another
method of preparing this tooth-
some dish.
OYSTER STEW
Melt 4 cup of butter in a sauce-
pan and add one pint of oysters
that have been drained. Cook three
minutes or until the oysters curl.
Add one quart milk, 1' teaspoons
salt, one teaspoon paprika, and a
dash of pepper, Bring to boiling
point and serve immediately.
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Novel ways.., of cooking potatoes
are always \celcome to most house-
wives, and possibly this one may
be 'new to you..
TOASTED POTATOES
8 medium potatoes
r/, cup butter
1 egg, beaten
154 cups cracker crumbs
1 teaspoon salt
34 teaspoon pepper
Method: Pare potatoes; wash and.
dry well; brush wide soft butter,-'
roll iu cracker crumbs; dip in beaten
egg: roll in cracker crumbs again.
Put in greased , it sc role, acid sang,
anti pepper, chit tenth butte' Covet'
wd hake` for oats. hour in a 475.
degree oven.
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For those who like whole Wheat
bread --and their number seems to'
he steadily increasing --here's a
1 t iation which I'm sure you'll
enjoy.
WHOLE WHEAT FIG BREAD
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons cane or beet
sugar
1r/ quarts whole wheat flour
1 quart lukewarm water
1 cup fig.
1;4 quarts white flour
1 package or 1 yeast calve '
i_ cup molasses
Method: Dissolve yeast :tint sugar
in lukewarm water. Add sifted white
Nine to make sponge, and beat
well, Cover and let rise until double
in Bulk (about one and one-half
hours).
Next sed soft butter. molasses,
salt, whole wheat flow' rttd figs
(which have been finely chopped),
Knead ten minutes and place in a
how] to rise again.
Mold into loaves and place in
greased baking pans. Cover and
let rise again until double its size
(about an hour)).
When light, bake in a hot 0vH1
for about 15 minutes at 400 dee
grecs: then reduce heat to about
350 degrees and hake 45 minutes.
longest
Here's another bread which
doesn't take so touch time or
trouble to prepare but is very frac
eatiug•just the saute,
BROWN SUGAR 'NUT BREAD
1 tablespoon shortening
1 egg
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups milk •
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
f cop nutmeats
4 cups flour
Method: C:reaut shortening, add
sugar, then beaten egg and milk,
Sift in the dry ingredients and
add to first mixture.
I,et rise one-half hour. Bake 45
to 60 minutes in a moderate oven.
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Now, to finish up for this week,
here is a dessert idea len sure your
folks will think is just about right.
You, too, for that matter.
CHERRY DESSERT
Drain juice from a No. 2 can of
t'ed, pitted, sour: cherries, To this
add a little red colouring, two
tablespoons lldwardsburg corn-
starch and two-thirds cup sugar.
Boil until thick and add the cherries.
Pour into a 9x12 -inch buttered pan
and spread with the following
dough;
13/4 cups sifted .flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg
54. teaspoon soda
TA teaspoon salt
Va cup lard - .
54 cup cane or beet sugar
f, cup bran flakes
1 tablespoon grated orange rind
.14 cup orange juice
?/ cup milk
Method: Cream lard and sugar,
Add egg and beat. Add bran attd
orange rind. Alternately add liquid
and dry ingredients. Bake 35 min-
utes at 375 degrees. Serve warm.
Six_to eight servings.
IIesiding Skyward --Its nose pointed steatgliup, a British
(,logter Meteor twin -jet fighter climbs taptclly` during in'111eu
Vets over iitgland. Rated at , O0 1us .iii
Meteor is no:rlt• t1Tow bAl+''s .standar f>frhtel : The 'sitholktte .t
rjgltt j "'kilrllother Meteor from which the picture was taken.
Lowy=hangtug clouds, lower left, show the plane's perpendicular
angle,
"DEAR ANNA I1l1(ST; 1 ant only
28, and 1'tn a nervous wreck, I
have two children, and all I do is
take care of
them, I can al-
most never go
anywhere, in
the six years
we've been mar-
ried, n1y hus-
band has only
given me a dol-
lar or two at a
time,
"I am afraid to ask hint for
110118y.
'Z had quite a bit myself when
we married, but I gave it all to him
to pay his deltis. Now I have noth-
ing,
My husband is not a drinking
man, But all he wants to do is to
stay honte't I don't want to run
around, all I want is to get•outonce
111 a while. And I'm afraid to go.
"Who do glen change so after•.
marriage?
"BEWILDERED WIFE,"
ABUSE OF POWER
* The possession of power often
* leads to its misuse.
• When your husband was court-
* itig you, nothing was good enough
* for you. He wan devoted, assidu-
* ons in his attentions, promised
* everything, You, being in love,
* believed it all.
* When he filially wort you, he
* tools advantage of yotir helpless-
* ness. He knew (and knows to-
* day) you are completely depend-
* eat on !tint. Instead of remem-
* bering his vows to cherish you,
* he keeps you under his thumb.
* He locks you in the house with
* two children to look after; having
* taken everything you had, now
* he withholds the little stoney that
* might provide diversions which
* keep a 'wife young and contented.
* He sacrifices you'to his selfish,
* lazy habits—;and keeps you in
* such fear that you ,dare not
* breathe a word of complaint.
* Yet men boast of being good
* sports! It is pretty sickening, isn't
* it?
* As ,your husband's wife, you
* are entitled to proper support, and
some allowance, however small,
Eat It And Have It Too—Nine hundred pounds of cake costing
$675—H'er'e baked at Visalia, to celebrate the 25th anniversary
of the city's Tions Club. A_ ladder was needed to -cut the calve
which contained 400 pounds of sugar, 5 gallons of mills, 60
dozen eggs and 5 pounds of salt among other ingredients.
They Make Money
Out Of Pebbles
Up to $1000 a ton is being paid
by firsts overseas—and some in
iingland — for specially selected
pebbles from a stretch of Devon
beach near Seaton.
Holidaymakers, local schoolchil-
dren atut beachcombers have been
earning about $15 a week picking
up the pebbles for a small local
firm which sells pebbles and •flints
all over the world. But not every
pebble on the beach is the kind the
firm wants.
They seek a special type which
is hard and without flaws or holes
for use for various materials in the
paint, varnish, dyes, plastics and
pottery industries. Before some
pebble -pickers go to the beach they
are told exactly what to look for.
The pebbles are graded, sorted and
dispatched to America, the Argen-
tine, Canada, Australia, New Zea-
land, and India,
,Some locat women have beets bur-
tying through their housework in
tine morning and going to the beach
in the afternoon with a perambul-
ator to collect pebbles, In a single
day one might earn as little as 50c
—or as much as $5.00, according
to how lucky she is in picking up
the right pebbles.
One man earned nearly $30. A
youth of eighteen picked up $20
worth of the right pebbles in a
week. The pebbles vary in size
from 5 in, to 3/16 M. 'in diameter.
About 700 of the larger type and
700,000 of the smaller type Snake
up a ton.
At a• birthday party a young lady
began singing "The autumn days
have conte, ten thousand leaves are
falling. . ." Sita started on too
high a pitch . screamed and
stopped at "ten :thousand."
An auctioneer who was present
exclaimed: "Try starting het' at five
thousand!"
1 ST.
•
* to spend as you please, This at-
* rangement would give you a iiftl
s, it Would provide a change now
* and then from the weary routine
* of your duties. If yotir husband
* refuses to get a baby-sitter now
* and then and take you out hint-
* self, why shouldn't he look after
* the children an evening 01' so a
* week, anti let you Zi5it your
* wontott friends, or take cue of
* thein to'a movie?
* TenHinz lspirit is
*, deterllioratiltintg, your mourind gro'tving:
* dull, your interest in everything
* diminishing. If this keeps up,
* you will be old before your aloe
* —or break down—and either
* would cost him money. Besides,
* without some change, it will grow'
* harder through the years to
* an intelligent mother and make
• sure the children have normal,
* happy surroundings,
* Gather up your courage and
* present your ease. Appeal to your'
* husband's: sense of. justitit5Tell
* him how much you want tb ad-
* mire and love hien, to exchange
* these fears for real companion-
* ship between you two.
* Maybe he will stake up. Outer
15 husbands have,
It' your husband treats you like is
child instead of a partner, appeal to
his sense of fairness. Anne Hirst
wilt give you sound argument's to
use. Write her at Box 1, 123
Eighteenth Street, New Toronto,
Ont,
DIDN'T TRUST THEM
A man was about to be tried is
court for stealing an automobile.
After the charge had been' stated
the judge turned to the prisoner and.
said:
"You can have your choice of
leaving Your case tried by toe, or
by a jury of your peers."
"What's peers??" asked the pris-
oner.
"Peels are your equals," replied
the judge. "They arc igen of your
own class—your own Idled."
"You can try this case by your-
self," replied the prisoner. "I ain't
gonna be tried by 110 automobita
thieves."
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