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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-03-14, Page 3it ~ /� if2✓U6tr 41;'. ,r `c�rer�r4 � ri 4 if CHAPTER VIT,—(Cont'd.) 'The only bother with the mange; ment,' Ito added, loolchig serious "1s that it takes your 'time. Oughtn't yea to be at Julion's this morning? She bad forgotten about Julien s. Yet for the last two years it had been the very centre of her own individual Rife. Now the crowded studio, the smell of turpentine, the odd cosmo- politan gathering of fellow studeihts, the little pangs following the bitter eritieisres of the master, receded into the background until they became as a. dream of long ago. "I don't think I shall over go to Juliens again," she answered.. "But look here—that won't do," he objected "If Pin to interfere with your plans--" "it i n t that, Monte," she assured him, "Ever since I! came back this last time, 1 knew. I didn't belong there. When Aunt Kitty was alive it was all the opportunity I had; but now---" !She paused, "Well?" "I laws my hands full with you un- til you get out again," erre answered lightly. That',-, what I object to," he said. "If being engaged is going to pin you down, then I don't think you ought to be engorged"; You've had enough of that in your life." The curious feature of her present position was that she had no sense of being • pinned down, She hacl thought of this in the night. She had never felt freer in her life, With- in a few hours of her engagement she had been nblc to do exactly what; she wieh,•d to do without a single quahn of conscience. She had been able to come here and look after him in this emergency. She would have done this anyway, but she knew how Dlarceilie and his assistant and even ;wire Duval would have made her pay for her act—an act based upon nothing but decent loyalty and honest responsibility, Raised eyebrows— gossip in the air—covert smiles—the ',thole detestable atmosphere of In- trigue with which they. would have surrounded her, had vanished. as - by a spell before the magic word fiancee. She was breathing air like that upon the Mountain -tops: It was sweet Did-cicuii and bracing. "Monte," she said, "I'm doing at this moment just exactly what I want to do; and you can't understand what 0 treat that is, because you've always chyle just exactly as yon wanted. I'm stir° I'mn entirely selfish about this, because--hecause I'nh not making any eiacrifico. You can't understand that, 'either, Monte,—so please 'don't try. I think we'd better not talk any more about: it. 'Can't -we 'jug let it go on as it is a little while?" ""It suits me, smiled Monte. "So maybe I'm se i, too" "Maybe;" the nodded. "Nov I'll see about your breakfast. The doctor told me just what you must have." So she lventout—Moving away like avision in dainty white across the room and but the door. A few minutes Utter she was back again With a vase of red hoses. which she arranged upon the table where ho coiner see them: - CHAPTER VIII. Monte's recovery was rapid—in Many ways more rapid than. he desir- ed. In a few days Nurse Duval dis- anpeared,_and in a few days more Monte was able -to caress himself with the help of the hotel valet, and sit by the window while. Marjory read to him, Half the time he gave no Beed to what she was reading, but that did not detract from his pleasure in the slightest. He liked the sound of her voice, and liked the idea of sitting opposite her. Her eyes werealways interesting when she read., For', then slie•forgot about them and let them have their own any now to 'light with a,smile, now to darken with disapproval, and sometimes to grow very tender, as the story the happened to be reading dictated. This was luxury such as Monte had never known, and for more than ten years now he had ordered' of the world its choicest in the way of luxury. No one at his club, .on the boat, or at Davos—not even Edhart—had giv- en him this: this being the somewhat Vague word he used' to describe what he was now enjoying as Marjory sat by the window reading to him. It had nothing- to do,.with being read •aloud to.. He could at any time have summoned a valet to do that, and in' 1 %wish there ywas a Walker House n every little .town I wish there was a WALKER HOUSE Iryevery little town; Then I could travel merrily, And always sit me down At night in peace and comfort, Happier than king with crown, If there wag just one 'Walker House In` every little town. I wisli there was a WALKER HOUSE In each place where I go. The comforts of my dear old home While on the road I'd know. The meals—the Cheerful Service, too, Would leave no cause to frown, If there was just 0110 Walker House In every little town, The Walker House Thb;louse of ?"oYollfo Goo. Wright Plbnty E, M. Carroll five minutes wou d have felt 1 ke throwing the book—any book --•-at, the valet's head. It• rad nothing to do ' with the mare last that sho' was a woman. Nurse Et van could not have token her placo, Kind as she had been, he was heartily bored with her before she left. It would seem, then, that in some mysterious way he derived his pleas- ure from Marjory herself. But, if so then she had gone farther than all those who made rt their life -work to see that man was comfortable; for they satisfied only existing wants, while she created a new one. When- ever' she left the room he was con- scious . of this want. Yet, when Monte faced the issue squarely and asked himself if this were not a symptom of being in love, he answered it as fairly as he could. out of an experience that covered Chic Warren's prenuptial brain -storms; a Mose observation of several dozen honeymoon couples on shipboard, to say nothing of many incipient cases which started there; and, finally, the case of Teddy Hamilton. Monte liked to consider himself thoroughly normal in everything. As far as he had any theory of life, it was based upon the wisdom of keep- ing cool—of keeping normal. To -get the utmost out of every dpy, this was necessary. It was not the man who drank too much who enjoyed his wino: it was the man who drank little, That was true of everything, If Hamilton had only kept his head—well, after all, Monte was indebted to Hamilton for not having kept his head. Monte was not in love: that was certain, Marjory was not in love: that also was certain. This was why he was able to light his cigarette, lean back his head on the pillow she arranged, and diift into' a state of dreamy content acs she reud to him, 'I'hls happy .aarrangenitlntmiglht go ,onfSorever • exeilpt thali,,,in the course of Cline, ltie shoulder was bound to heal. And then—he knew well enough that old.Aamo Soeiety was even at the and of these first ten days beginning to fidget. IIe knew that Marjory knew it, too, It began the day Dr, Mar- oelltn advised him to take a walk in the: Champs Elysees; He knew that, with every passing day that he came out into the sun- shine, these same oople were manage in ' to make''Marjory s position more and more delicate. It became in- creaeingly less comfortable for her and for Itim when they returned to the hotel, Therefore he was not greatly sur- prised when she remarked one morn ing:-- "Monte, I've been thinking over where I shall go, and I've about de- cided to go to Etois." "When?" he asked, "Very soon—before the end of the week, anyway." "But loop: herein he protested, "What am I going to do?" "I don't know,' she smiled, "But one thing is certain; you can't play sick very much longer." "The doctor says it will be another two weeks before my arm'is out of the sling." "Even so, the rest of you is well. There isn't much excuse for my bring- ing in your breakfasts, Monte," Do :you mind doing it?" "Who is to tie on this silk handker- chief?" He wore a blank silk hand- kerchief over his bandages, which she always- adjusted for him. She met hie oyea a moment, and smiled again, "I'm going to Etois," she said, "I think I shall get a little villa there and stay all summer." "Then," he declared, "I think I shall go to Etois myself." "I'rn afraid you mustn't." "But the doctor says I mustn't play golf for six months. What do you think I'm going to do with myself un- til then?" "There's all the rest of the world," she suggested. HOUSEHOLD WORDS What would you do if you found a rent its a couspieuous part of your raincoat? Lay the coat on a flat surface so that the torn parts fit._'perfoetly to -1 gother anis lay adhesive' plaster over tho torn place on the wrong side of the goods. Press together with the fingers and let dry. A tiny hole in coat, cloak or trousers may be mend- ed in the sane way with platter of a similar color. Kid gloves and um -1 brollas are better repaired thus than darned. How may you prevent the moisture from a potted plant marking the var- nished table on which it stands? Place under it a square pane of glass, hidden . by a paper or linen doily. What would you do to render palat- able the morning cup of hot water prescribed by your doctor? Add a little celery -seed and a pinch 1 of salt and transform it into a delicate 1 bouillon. Some persons prefer a dash of lemon juice. How would you take the shine from black garments? Rub the spots with pieces of raw potato. What Would you do for the child whose tender heels aro always blister- ed by new shoes? Place over the heel a square of surgeon's plaster, This prevents fries ton of the skin by the constant rub- bing of the shoe and is a `sure prel'en- tive of blistered heels. When you need the whites of eggs only in cooking how may you pre- serve the yolks? Make a small hole in the shells, let the whites run out. Wet a tiny paper square in the white and seal the hole. The yolks may thus be kept fresh for several days. IIow would you make a good mus- tard plaster? Mix the mustard with white of egg instead of half flour. This will never blister and the Wester is lighter and more comfortable. Do you know the "best way" to clean stone steps, stone window sills and kitchen utensils that have become discolored? Get a nickel's worth of sandpaper, coarse and fine. Use the coarse grade on sills and steps. The fine is excel- lent for cleaning almost everything TO THE WISE, round the kitchen. Is it necessary to dicard your win- dow shades that are soiled or wrinkl- ed at the bottom? No, they may be made over by re- moving them from the rollers, turn- ing them upside down and, with a loose machine stitch, hemming the other ends. Run the sticks through , 1 "Are you going to b'''eak our en- gagement, then?" "It has served lis purpose, hasn't It?" she asked. . "Up to nowt" he admitted. "But yosay it cant go any farther,' "No, 1Vlonte; The next suggestion that leaped into Monte's mind was obvious en- ough, yet ho panted' a moment before voicing it. Perhaps even then he would not have found the courage had he not been rather panic-stricken. He had exactly the same feeling, when he thought of her in Etoie, that he had when he thought of Edhart in Para- discs, It started as resentment, but ended in a slate -gray loneliness, "Marjory," he said, "didn't I ask you to marl's me?" She nodded. "That was necessary in order that we might be engaged," she reminded him. "Exactly," he agreed, "Now there seems to be only one way that we may keep right on being engaged." "I don't see that, Mcnrte," she ans- wered. "We may keep on being en- gaged as long as we, please, may n't we?" "It seems not. That is, there isn't much sense in it if it won't let me go to Etois with you." "0f course you can't do that." "And yet," he ' said, "if we were married I could go, couldn't I?" "Why—er--yes," she faltered; "I suppose so." "Then, he said, "why don't we get married?" She did not turn away her head. She lifted her dark eyes to his, "Just what do yeti mean, Monte?" she demanded. "I mean," he said uneasily, "that we should get married just so that we can go on—as we have been these last ten days, Really, we'll still only be engaged, but no one need know that. Besides, no one will care, if we're married." He gained confidence as he went on, though he was somewhat afraid of the wonder in her .eyes. "People don't care anything more about you after you're married," he said. "They just let you drop as if you were done for. It's a queer thing, but they do, Why, if we were mar- ried we could sit hero all day and no one would give us a second glance. We could have breakfast together as often as we wished, and n0 one would care a hang. I've seen it done. We could go to Etois together, and I could pay for half the villa and you could pay for half. You can bring Marie, and we can stay as long as we wish withoet having any one turn an eye." He was growing enthusiastic now. (To he continued.) these, attach the pull -cords, then tack': the worn: ends to the rollers and set up again. - How can you mala ice cream with= out a :freezer? Use the fireless cooker. Pyepere in the usual way and pack in the cook- er. Use more salt than usual and pound the ice fine, After one hour, beat thoroughly. Three beatings will make ft beautifully smooth. • If your scissors are dun how can you sharpen them quickly and easily? Cut the neck of a bottle with the scissors as if you were trying to cut the neck Off. What would you do to protect your garden seed while germinating if you were troubled with moles and mice? Preparatory to plantings, soak the seed -for twenty-four hours in one quart of Water to which one table- spoon of turpentine has been added. Have you an economical idea for mopping your hardwood floors? Saturate the ordinary fibre mop with crude lemon oil, Partly dry and it is ready for use. This oil costs only from ten to fifteen cents a quart and is recognized 'as one of the best treatments for hardwood. • Ilave you an easy method of darn- ing largo holes in stockings? Baste, on the wrong side, a patch of netting of the same color as stock- ing. Turn and darn on the right side. When baby sits et the table how may you protect the tablecloth With- out the use of the unsightly tray? Use a large piece of plate glass with beveled edges. A square of white oil cloth is also neat and use- ful for tits purpose. How would you freekhn a faded car- pet? Take it up, beat well and brtish. Spread it face clown on the lawn, When it is fastened down again,' -rub well into it with a clean floor cloth,, a mixture of hot water and lithe pjnt of vinegar. ' School Luncheons. It takes time to pack school luncheons, but it ie time well spent; and after the boys and girls are grower and out in the world, mothers look back on this as one of their pleasantest duties. If the children are at school all day, they must have substantial food, which should be carefully prepared and packed. Luncheon kits of fibre may be purchased, but a basket is about the best choice, as 11 does not retain food odors. Keep on hand a supply of paper napkins and waxed paper. Provide an aluminum cup and spoon ;,nd, if possible, a thermos bottle to hold hot soup or cocoa, In satisfying the craving for sweets,. provide things which have food value, , Raisins, figs, dates and prunes are e.x- cellent for this purpose. Se is a bit of maple sugar or sweet chocolate, Buy the best prunes, wash through several waters, spread out on a plat- ter to dry, then put away in a tin box and they will be ready for use. Raisins, figs and dates may be bought in packages. Hot, nourishing soup in the thermos bottle, bread and butter sanctw`iches, an orange and a cake of sweet choco- late combine to make a wholesome. and satisfactory, luncheon to carry to school. Sandwiches should be wrapped in waxed paper, and the crust left on the bread, for it is good for the chil- dren's teeth. Whenever possible, put in frosh fruit—apples, oranges and bananas are wholesome and carry well. Cookies (not too rich) or bread and jolly are better for little "tummies" than. pie or • doughnuts. Vary the luncheons from day to day, for something which comes as a stir - prise will be doubly welcome, HE *GM LIME our t11LLs CO Un�1a OVERNEISEI TA DARE RiNCVJHEAT FLOUR y . 'stens or corm ets(' 9e le?. Ws01( PACKED. INTREAL, a;ANAoA SPKCIA4APPOS4114.lT ' Kts MAaserY Tncld+is.., �•, Food ControlCornerAntonin ante' for•l ,sli stogy OF A MMI alin a.FYttwotr r ietnreet Weelllewertrr 2a501 During the, next ;Luau' or five months ah „ i f Oi aao;i olasaraeaten wafting*stint? wa Xe . rrzFt6, , Write or itY l~aii food conservation on this continent, and among their own people must ho! almost the sale hope of the Allied na tions in Europe and of friendly nen• trans. No effort that can be made by the people of North America ran add any considerable amount of new food to tlhe'tiveliablc supplies before. next fall Stocks are dangerously depleted, particularly in the ease of cereale and meats. The problem is to "stretch" these supplies 'ver the in- terval until this year's crops are liar-- vested. While preparing for in- creeaed production, we must also do 001' utmost to help our Allies over the next few menthe when starvation will be threatening them dangerously. Official information, much of it eon- fidential, received during the past few days emphasizes the scarcity of sup- plies of cereals and meats and the necessity of avoiding at all costs en- croachment upon the supplies for the armies. In Great Britain, in France, in Italy, the people are alive to the situation. They know something of what the next few months will mean, Their spirit was expressed by Lord Charles Beresford the other day when he said: "We are tightening our belts and we are going to win." A recent cable from London stated that the present moat ration in Great Britain is not more than one- half of the amount to which the peo- ple have been accustomed. .Accom- panied as this is by the restrictions on the consumption of bread it cannot but entail physical loss and privation, Canadians too, must tighten their belts and help the Allies to win. Use should bo made on this continent of every available substitute for wheat, beef and pork. Upon our food ser- vice depends the very lives of. thous- ands of women and -children in the Al- lied countries. io res WHO CAME BACK 1a. 74e li! �L TlarvirT.xiH snataa Ay1'lecr,i, i}nz.,.x„its:.t eo s ad ao rs,fzege street, Toro:ita, oat, ,9'1'IlAN(ll7 CARTER OF LI1;1J'P,s God's Acres, COI EN GLAND, From a first-class war -story, "This Iced Planet,” by h just learned a l,(autiful ..thinz that we had not 'known before. It seem= that the French Govot•nmrnt has as- signed to the British, ownership for all time of the soil occupied by British graves in France. Could anything be. more-approprisatc, ,more touching, more magnificent? In time perhaps+ France will be studded, toai with the graves of American soldiers, Can anyone doubt, that henceforth for call' world purposes Britain, France and the United States will be bound to- gether in an indissoluble friendship? W. J; ',eke, we have a ' - De'prived of His C'oantmsadon,.fie hose Leave it to Parker o,-•cescurrens ascemm=rxwarz- oma 1TI3' postman and expressman will bring Parker service right to your home. We pay carriage one way. Whatever you send—whether it be household draperies or the most deli- cate fabrics—will be speedily returned to their original freshness, When you think of cleaning or dyeing think of PAR-KER.'sa A most helpful booklet of suggestions will be mailed on request. Parker's Dye Works. Limited Cleaners and Byers 791 Yonge St. Toronto es TANDARO 48 - xy SPRING WHEAT FLOUR la or - HIS is the WAR FLOUR of, the OG.IL- VIE MILLS—a loyal product to con- serve Canada's resout._es and, at the same time, give the public the best possible flour that can be milled according to the Government standard. This War Flour is excellent in quality and flavor—but it is slightly darker in color than "ROYAL HOUSEHOLD" to which you have been accustomed. It is just as haul for us to give up milling "ROYAL HOUSEHOLD" as it will be for you to forego your favorite brand; but our "STANDARD" Flour will nevertheless make delicious bread, rolls, biscuits, cake, pies and pastry. If you have any difficulty—just drop us a line; we have a staff of expert chemists and bakers, whose experience is at your service. Just as soon as the Food Controller will allow us to mill "ROYAL HOUSEHOLD" again, we will tell you of this happy fact. In the meantime, the new regulations—being in the best interests of the British Empire --demand the whole-hearte'd support of the Millers and the. Public. Certain stores and dealers have stocks of "ROY,:., UOUS ,,, BOLI➢" ron hand, In order 'to avoid any confusion •or mix.. .._ understanding, all "STANDARD" "FLOUR wit .be plainly branded:as, such WheYi''all your "ROYAL HOUSEHOLD" is gone, make sure of getting the next best grade by ordering NIL E 98 Grocers everywhere have it, ---don't forget to stipulate "OGILVIE'S." It will be your surest guarantee of the highest grade obtainable. The OG1LVIE FLOUR MILLS Co., Li t d Montreal Fort William — Winnipeg — Medicine Hat. Daily Capacity, Q ,000 Barrels � The Largest Millers in the British Empire Again Prom Private to His Former Rank, ' "I. iehit,,Go1,•England relinquishes his cammiseion, the King having. no fer- 11101, use for his seevicee," was the curt announcement that appeared. 111 the bender' Gazette of December 11, ,No g)yater disgrace than that in- volved in such an announcement can befall a soldier in war time. At this point in the Austrian or tbo German army the.d.isgraced officer would have a revolver thrust into his hand and would he conducted to some secluded spot, there to shoot himself. In England they have a more vindic- tive method. The London Gazette, the daily official list that circulates in every division brigade, battalion and company of the. British army and is printed in all the leading newspapers, rosy 1* Mead by the whole welds The disg2aee is public property. dint f'oh:tuna'te'lyy Ilbe s'caixate lis slkart-lhlvetf. Elba story sif Celt I land passed rapidly into the limbo of the forgotten. Nearly four years elapsed. Then, early in January of the present year, the London Gazette printed the an- nouncement that "Edward Parker England has been reinstated to the rani: of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery." • The restoration to honor was pub- licly announced on the very day that Cbl. England was discharged from the army a disabled private. Itis rein- statement, in the cold phraseology of the Casette, .was in "consequence of this devotion to duty and gallantry in the field while in the ranks of the Devonshire Regiment." Beginning Over Agan. • The story that was crowded into those four years has only been equal-: led on one previous occasion in the re,' cords of the British Army. Edward. England, came of a fighting stock: Three 01 his brothers were _soldiers,: and uli .triose laid down.their•lives for theft country. Theonly authentic re-' cord of the affair is given by a sur- viving brother, who is tha rector of the,, church in a small village in Sussex. During the retreat from Mons, when Col. England .was in command of a munition column, a staff officer gallop- ed up with the information that the colurnh was iii danger of being sur- rounded.. Col. England's chief thought was for the safety ofhit men. and it was with this object 10 view that he ordered certain portions of the trans- o port to be abandoned. In the confu sion more was cast astray than li knew of and, though the column wo through, retribution was demcinde' when the loss was counted. Physically for thetime being Col England was a broken man,,and fo weeks he was in hospital but as, soar as he was fit 110 joined the Army Ser; vice Corps as an ordinary private; giv ing his age as 40, although he,', we. then over '50. Transferred to:,th' South African Horse, he fought it Africa and later went to France witl the Devons, Here he took part in than: tights, bearinghimself like the brav roan the Ding has now declared him t be. } 0t'l? DEBT TO CIIEMSS'$ t. It is the Real Basis of Human Indus try, Saye Vii eeturery,,,_ In the course of a recent address o chemistry, before the Franklin Init tuts, I)r, A"iierttonr.+'':'"CusYihan sa that the general public has begun,, understagststke feet thaiWehemistr' the real) ,iii„ of � attain inclustr, Either directly or indirectly, chemitti as applied to industry affects the got c i$W and Wi 'ihenrrgi r'O..alyfciv1li r d'"lions' The clothes we wear, the food `!a eat;-t1,ha.,utgnsils -NOV) whiellpwe :p' pare it, the materials of constrnctic with whjch,.we are Doused and ;a transported' frond "pt'ace to place, Itt medicines on which we depend in }:t1 struggle 'with- disease and deadl -a all, in one way or another, the produ of chemical, .industries, , lt. i,"tTieinistiv thb±has mach~ ff: p Bible to produce iron and steel o%"` enormous scale that ,inal m e it ellen t th0 Eeit1SI0s' tt tW/ rill t t'rorn;; smellniitr.t se ci ioa i.` tihausahi beautiful colorss air iiges, ` inedin andhigh explosives. The redrsi parasol of a summer beach and the x wound of war have e a common prig in that black, sticky macs. It is chemistry that has perfect that wonderful structural mater' Portland cement, that enables re to mould his building stone in t place he wants it so that in a hours it attains the condition of so ity and durability that bclongu to ro laid down and 86lid11110d in the co of geological epochs. Man become creator when he learns to apply principles and science of cih:nnistry the materials that surround hint. wits out lists of soocis and or them without delay. Got the see Many late callers at the seed ole will go away disappointed and so persons who order by mail later the season,