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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1933-05-04, Page 6THE W'IN GHAM A.D`VANC$ MireliingtOXI Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established 1340. Risks taken on all class of insur e at reasonable rates, Head Office, Guelph, Ont. NER COSENS, Agent, Wiagliam J. W. BUSFIEIELD 13arriater, Solicitor, Notary: Etc. Money to Loan Office, --Meyer Block, Wingham: Successor to. Dudley Holmes R. S. I-IETHERINGTON BARRISTER And SOLICITOR Office: Morton Block. Telephone No. 66, J. H. CRAWFORD $arrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Successor to R. Vanstone Wingham Ontario DR. G. I -I. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store. DR. A. W. IRWIN DENTIST — X-RAY -Office, McDonald Block, Wingham. DR, G. W. HOWSON DENTIST Office over J, U. McKay's Store. SYNOPSIS One bleak November day Joyce. Ashton, poor stenographer, was in a skidding taxicab in . Chicago. ' Next thing she remembered was two years later when she woke one morning in California, with a wedding, ring on hand, and a pleasant young man, ad- dressing her as Frills, telling her to be careful after her fall from her horse of the day before. Her hus- band was Neil Packard, rich fruit packer. Confused and troubled, she tried to find out more about herself and from letters : in her desk found that she had been a heartless, frivol- ous young woman and had become involved in a serious affair with a man named Maitland. Later, when he came to see her, he was hurt and surprised when she tried to repulse. him, but he finally' left her. man named . Maitland. She decided that at all costs she would end it, but she found Maitland hard to manage. Her troubles were further complicat- ed when she read a letter referring to a baby—was it hers? — that the writer, Sophie, thought Frills ought. to have with her. Much to the sur- prise of Sam, in her husband's em ploy, she asked for a dog, and he got her one. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Before Joyce addressed and stamp- ed the brown envelope, it occurred to her that she might write a few words ` . W. COLBORNE, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Medical Representative D. S. C. R. Successor to Dr. W. R. Hambly Phan 54 PRC '( ,.n- .r.,. ^7' 1^nitmY Thursday May 4th, 1933 care what any one thinks? Frills. the oldest woman in the party. Her Joyce was a little doubtful, when white hair, bobbed and marcelled she finished, about whether she had with such careful skill` that is quite not written more than was wise. She rated, the dignity of being called a sealed up the letter, however, and. then went downstairs to look for Same to post it. Sam listened with casual politeness to her; explanation of her appearance. "I had a. telegram from Mr. Pack- ard asking me to mail him some pap- ers he left behind by mistake, and I wondered if you could get themto the post office for me? I'm sorry to coiffure, made a most becoming soft frame for her still excellent complex- ion, The four men were commonplace enough. Charlie Bates was ,a bach- elor, cheerful, unintelligent, dissipat- ed, addicted to the use of strong per- fume, Ed-Rawley, the "faithful Ed" of .Clarice's sarcastic comment, look- ed unhappy in this gathering. Ross disturb you this way but I think the Emery, who had gretted Frills so vo- up a light overcoat and Joyce in a 1 The noise and music downstairs daze slid, her :arms into it and drop- ped back into the low seat without stopping to consider .exactly what she was doing. In another moment they were roll-" ingdawn the drive and, out into the road. Maitland drove in silence, a tactful silence so welcome to Joyce in her lassitude that all her fear and ab- horrence of him melted into ' grate- fulness, Finally, 'I Il r, when they bad driven about ten minutes, Maitland asked softly, "Feel better, dear?" Yes, said. Joyce. He took his hand from the wheel and felt ,for hers. When he had it in his warm clasp, she let it stay. there, still too apathetic to care, "Who was there tonight?" he asked after a. -bit. - "Oh, Clarice and Ethel and Ross and Ed .. and Kate and Art and . and and Doc," replied Joyce drowsily, almost too tired to finish the long list. "Same old crew, all talking at once after they get a few drinks under their belts. Get damn' sick of their drivel,' don't you, Frills?" Suddenly the car swung abruptly to the left, drove in through the thick a ern are important and ought to,ciferously on her entrance proceeded. pp leave right off. Would you, mind?" to be the life and ;death: of the party. "Sure not!" replied Sam taking the The fourth man, strolling restlessly envelope. "I'll .hop into the btis and about the room trying to draw some- take it down." body into a game of poker was Art "Are Roxie and Marcia out?" Belmain.. a ' tree -shadowed "Yeah gone to the movies with "Say, folks, I'm going to buy you darkness ofnarrow, which carne up in a ruffled confusion of satinds continued for about five minutes longer and then with a suc- cession of sharp bangs of the front screen door closing she heard her guests depart, She listened to the cars drive off one after the other and then there was absolute quiet. The next morning a brilliant idea. occurred to Joyce, V'Jhy should she not pack a suitcase and run off alone to San Francisco for a week? She. sould stay at the Y. W. 0, A., where she would beunlikely to meet any of the Manzattita crowd, and there under an assumed name, she could learn to run an automobile and to ride horseback. She found about seventy-five doll- ars inbills and silver in the desk and in a handbag on the dressing table. With' courage newly -augmented by the excitement of her plan, she de- cided to cash a check in Manzanita. (Continued Next Week) their steadies," Sam grinned good- all a drink," exclaimed Ed, jumping road, then came out to an open space. naturedly. .up, "who's with, me? Frills is so and stopped quietly. "Oh, of course," she murmured, Maitland took his hand from hers smiling back at him and then added curiously, "What were you doing, Sam, when I interrupted you?" "Oh, digging at the same old stuff," replied Sam, as if she knew also what that meant. He ran his big brown hand through his hair. "Sometimes I think it's the bunk, gettingeducated by absent treatment: But I s'pose I might's well, do it as to play pool .or take some jane, to the movies." Joyce returned to the house full of thoughts of Sam, plugging away by Wrngharn to put in with it. Then, having come himself out there alone, and she for - to this conclusion, she found herself got for •a moment the problems of DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND ]I.R.C:S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Loud.)• PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated. Office adjoining residence next to :Anglican Church on Centre Street. Sunday by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity Phone 272. Hours, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. A. R. & F. E. DUVAL Licensed 'Drugless, Practitioners. Chiropractic and , Electra Therapy. Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic College, Toronto; and National Col- lege, Chicago. Out .of town and night calls res- ponded to. All business confidential. Phone 300. J. ALVIN FOX. Licensed Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC DRUGLESS THERAPY - RADIONIC EQUIPMENT Hours by Appointment. Phone 191. , Wingham. THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD r h knowledge of Farm Stock A thorough Phone 231, Wingham. It Will Pay You. to Have An. EXPERT AUCTIONEER to conduct your sale. See T. R. BENNETT At The Royal Service Station. Phone 174W. R. C. ARMSTRONG LIVE STOCK And GENERAL AUCTIONEER r3 tfti ilii "His kisses were on her neck, her eyes, her whole face." dismayingly unable to decide what to say. What sort of letter would Frills write to Neil? "I don't see how she'd have the face to write to him at all, when all she cared about his absence was the chance it gave her to go off with Maitland and his crowd," she thought disgustedly, "but just the same, since Joyce Ashton isn't going off with Mait, -I think she might- send a few words." She ended by writing: "Dear Neil: You can't hurt a solid ivory dome just by falling on it! But it seems to have knocked some of the pep out. of little Frills, and she's annoying the gang by cutting out some of the jazz. Laurine was : here this morning with a lot of good ad- vice, Ethel and Clarice this afternoon and while I was out, Paul and, Dot came, with Tess Farnsworth. Don't know why I've never wanted a dog before nor just why I want one now, but I'vejust acquired: a darling," she wrote hastily, "Sain got him for me, from the Marches on the Dry Creek Canyon : road. They're going to China and can't take Dickie. He is quite adorable, and when did I ever I small brown eyes. Kate Belniain was holier-than-thou tonight it scares me. I know something that'll put a little original sin into her!" "I'll come along and -help. you, Ed," offered Art. Then a diversion occurr- ed in the form of the arrival of two more men, One of them was Dr, El- lison, and the other a man of about the same age who was hailed as "Trace." Tracy Farnsworth was tan- ned like the rest. Everything about and his breath coming short and hur- hirn was neat, well -creased, and lin- ried. She was frightened and repell- maculate, and like his personality, in- ed. She must keep her head and get sipid. With the arrival of the cocktails the party took on a shriller air. "Say, doc, did you write a prescrip- tion for Frills after she did her leap for life the other ' day? demanded Clarice. "I did not," retorted the doctor, "what does she need it for, with Neil's supply still holding good?" "And Malt's," added: Kate with her loud laugh, "where's your' sweet pa- tootie tonight, dearie?" Joyce thus directly addressed, an- swered coldly, "How should I know." A second round of drinks followed and putting his arm around her shoulder bent over her. Maitland drew her suddenly closer to him and began kissing her, with the same intensity of that first em- brace in the living -room. His kisses were on her neck, her eyes, over her whole. face. She could feel his heart hammering violently, her own situation. Just as she entered the living -room, a group of people carne in with a burst of talking and laughing . and took possession of the house. "You're my hotsy, I'm your totsy, everything is hotsy-totsy nowwww! sang a tall man with a bald head and jovial pink face. Joyce was seized in a rough em- brace by this hearty gentleman and kissed several tines before she could get away. Behind a veil of smoke, Frills ex- amined the separate members of the company. She was more relieved than otherwise that the free -and -easy manner of Frils' set demanded so lit- tle effort. Apparently nothing very definite was • expected of a hostess; everyone talked volubly and seemed entirely at home. Both Ethel and Clarice were present, now in dinner dresses and earrings. There were two other women, who turned out to be Tess Farnsworth and Kate Belmain. Tess was about thirty years old, a non-descript brunette with a strained look back of her Ability with special training en- able me to give you satisfaction. Ar- rangements made with W. J. Brown, Wingham; or direct to Teeswater. Phone 45r2-2. him to take her back to the house as quickly as possible. Perhaps her very resistance was what inflamed him so; perhaps her safety lay in letting him kiss her. She was so tired and it was so ut- terly futile to struggle against his superior strength. . Suddenly she relaxed her tense muscles and lay limp in his arms. The result of this, instead of cooling his ardor, 'seemed to fire him with new energy. The touch of his cold fingers on her flesh sent a shock of flaming rage and humilitiation. through Joyce. close on the first. The whole evening She struck violently at hint him and took on a confused, kaleidoscopic pulled his hand away with desparate quality that gave Joyce the feeling strength. "If you . . cared ... at all about me," she cried, her voice quivering in spite of her efforts to control it, "you'd know I'm .. that I haven't felt well since the accident, you'd do what I want, not just what you want Please take me home right away now . . ,, "Hell!" he exclaimed under his breath, "I don't get you at all, Frills. , . Well, all right, you're the boss." He released her, switched on the headlights and in a few moments had the engine running and the car 'turn- ed'.toward home. On the way back Joyce silently pondered what had happened. When they turned in at the Packard house they could hear the, sounds of the party still in. full 'swing. Maitland stopped the machine and said, "Want me. to come in with you, sweet?" "I don't want to see thein at all," she insisted, "why can't I go inby the kitchen?" "All right" agreed Maitland, "you go up that way and I'll sendthe gang home for. you." Maitland helped her out of the car and went with her around the back of the house. At the foot of the back- stairs, Maitland drew her to him, turned her face up and 'kissed her, but • this time very gently, "Good- night, darling." Joyce hurried up the stairs, through the hall and into the big bedroom which she locked with a sigh of pro- found relief. It seemed to her as if she had left its cool privacy years before, A HEALTH SERVICE or THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA A SQUARE MEAL The adjective ."square" is .generally used in a complimentary way. "A square meal" is a term which implies that the meal is satisfying. Food should be pleasant to the taste and, at the .same time, give a sense of satisfaction, or, if we prefer to des- cribe it as such—"A square meal." • When we recommend that a var- iety of foods be eaten, and that milk, vegetables and fruit be used daily, We are not suggesting that meals. should be less satisfying. Foods can be selected to give satisfaction and, ,at the same time, meet the needs of the body. We hear far too much about the particular value of this or that food with the result that there is a tend- ency to think of foods as falling into two classes, the good and the bad. There is no one food which is a perfect and complete food in the sense that it meets all our needs. Milk comes nearest to this ideal, but milk alone is not sufficient. In all foods, there is some value or some good, and it is by combining and us- ing a wide varietyy of foods that we secure what we need. It is not to be expected that every of being in a noisy, unreal nightmare, She did not like the spectacle of these uncultured men and :women drunken- ly in pursuit of a "good time." Would they never go 'home? Her head throbbed and she felt inexpress- ibly weary and revolted. Finally, watching her chance, she slipped out of the room just as a lively dance melody came in over the radio and: several couples leaped up and began to revolve rather unsteadily. Joyce escaped out of the front door to the quiet of the fragrant starlight. As she stumbled on the dark step she was suddenly caught in a strong em- brace. "Sweetheart, I had. to come again to see how you were," whispered Maitland softly. Joyce, overcome by her great weariness and disgust at the scene she had left, could not summon en- ough strength to struggle. She felt tired and terribly alone. All she was conscious of at the moment was that Maitlandis cheek against hers was cool and sober, that his breath held no reek . of, liquor on it. He did not try to take advantage of her yielding rnood. He simply held her quietly, and Joyce, whose head had been spining from the heat and the noise, leaned against hurl with her eyes shut and murmured: "O'h, I can't stand them, they're all drunk .. I want some air ..." "Get itt my car and we'll take a run," said Maitland promptly. He led her to his machine which was only a few steps off, "Here, put this on, you'll be cold if you don't." He held housewife will be familiar with the food values of every kind of food,. and she does not require to be in or- der to supply the family with an ade- quate ands satisfactory diet. Indeed, all she needs to know is that the day's meals should include vegetables; fruit milk and milk pro- ducts; meats, fish and eggs; cereals; and sugar. Breakfast will consist of cereal, toast, fruit and milk; dinner of meat or fish, potatoes, vegetables, and dessert of fruit, custard or plain pudding; supper of a hot dish of soup, eggs, or escalloped' fish; tomato, or cabbage; cheese; or a salad of vege- tables or fruit, on days when a salad is not served at dinner; fruit and milk. These are merely suggestions; the items•may be varied, but it is by using suchmenus' that the needed variety is secured, and a sufficiency of all essential foods obtained. The responsibility rests with the housewife for it is she who plans the meals for the family, and upon her success depends whether or not each member' of the family secures the foods' that are needed for the main- tenance of a healthy body, Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College Street, Toron- to, will be answered personally by letter. she you hams. RHEOT'TISM Get some tablets of Aspirin and take, them freely until you are entirely - free from pain. These tablets of Aspirin cannot. hurt you. They do not depress the heart: And they have been proven twice as effective as salicylates in relief of rheumatic pain at ang stage. Don't gothrough another season of suffering from rheumatism, or any neuritic pain. Don't suffer need- lessly from neuralgia, neuritis, or other conditions which Aspirin will relieve so surely and so swiftly. ASPIRIN HURON PRESBYTERIAL (Continued from Page Three) taught in India, and: that now the. doors are open, the workers ready, and all that is needed is more givings. Miss Duff gave a challenging ad- dress on Temperance work. She said that England spends more on drink in one year that she has on minions in 100 years. In speaking of what women are doing inother women are doing in other countries, she said that girls in Japan not only pledge not to drink intoxicating li- quors, but that they will not marry- any arryany young man who does. She said the women of India came out of their homes and stood in front ofthe li- quor shops as a protest. They were arrested -others came—they were ar- rested, and still others came. She asked how many Canadian Christian women would do as much. She ask- ed that they stand behind the scien- tific temperance course that is taught in the schools every year. She said that the aim of "wets" is a million new drinkers in every generation. Let us aim to have every youth a to- tal abstainer, she said. The following officers were elected for the coming year: Past president. Mrs. W. P. ;Lane; president, Mrs. Gardiner; vice-presidents, Mrs, Stra- chan, North Section; Mrs. McKenzie,. Centre Section; Mrs; G. Lane, West Section; Mrs. McDonnell, `South Sec- tion; recording secretary, Miss Mary Milne; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Greer; treasurer, Miss. Annie Fergu- son; Christian Stewardship and fin- ance secretary; Mrs. Andrew; Y. W. and Circle secretary, Mrs. G. Lay- ton; C. G. I. T. secretary, Mrs. Con- nor; Mission r Band secretary, Mrs. Weliwood; Associate Helpers' secre- tary, Mrs. Gouldie; Supply secretary,: Mrs. Colclough; Stranger's secretary,. Mrs: Laidlaw; Literature secretary,. Miss Lawrence; Missionary Monthly secretary, Mrs. Wightman; : Temper- ance secretary, Mrs. Moorehouse;- press secretary, Murray; auditors, Miss Lawrence and Mrs. IfcKenzie; Nominating Committee, Mrs. Well - wood, Mrs. McKenzie; Mrs. Gilles- pie, Whitechurch; Mrs. Laviner, of Lucknow; Mrs. Christie, Exeter;, Mrs.' Pickard, Clinton; Mrs. E, Hawking, of Roy's Church. The following delegates were ap- pointed to attend the Conference Branch in London—Mrs. Way, Ford wich; Miss Macllwain, Smith's Hill;: Mrs. A. Gardiner, of Thames Road;: Mrs, Pickard, of Clinton; Miss Mar- garet Forrest, llgmondville. "I think Uncle Jack, is going " to take us for a drive." "You'd better go upstairs and wash your face." "Willie: "Hadn't we better find out for sure, mother?" THE THOMAS E. SMALL FAMILY NEXT DOOR LICENSED AUCTIONEER 20 Years' Experience in Farm Stock and Implements. Moderate Prices. Phone 331. SINGER SEWING MACHINES Neecl.ies and RepOrs A. J. 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