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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-06-09, Page 2By ANNE AUSTIN. SYNOPSIS. "Bonnie." Dundee. former member of Hamilton's homicide squad, now attach- ed to the District Attur3 . y''s dilate, is surprised when he sends that Penny Crain, 17istriet Attorney's secretary, is Alumnae Bridge given le by Juanita. Selina. CHAPTER L—(Cont'd.) Dundee lowered the paper dad star- ed at the profile of District Attorney Sanderson's private secretary. So she was a "society girl," a " Forsyte" girl! Was that the reason, perhaps, why she had been eo thorny with him, a mere "dick"? Well, he wasn't just a "dick" any longer. He was a Special Investigator.... A "society girl," playing at work... . But there was more, and he read on: "As is well known, the 'girls' have tbeir 'hen -fight' bridge -luncheon every Saturday afternoon from the first of October to the fest of June, and a bridge -dinner, in which mere men are graciously included, every Wednesday evening during the season. Mr. and Mrs. Tracey A. Miles are scheduled as neat Wednesday's host and host- ess." "I take off my hat to your 'society editress,'" Dundee commented with false cheerfulness, when he had laid the paper back upon Penny's desk. "She -makes half a column of this one item alone in which must be a meager Saturday bunch of 'Society Notes,' then writes it all over again, in the past tense, for an equally meager Monday column... , Like bridge, Miss Crain?" * Penny snatched up the paper and crushed it into her wastebasket. "I do! And I like my old friends, even if I am not able, financially, ao keep up with them, . . If that's why you've suddenly decided to stop being—com- rades." "Please forgive me again, Penny," he begged gently. "Yoi. thought I was a 'society girl,' playing at work," she accused him as accurately as if she had read his mind. "I'm not! I was born into that crowd and I still belong to it,. because all of them are my real friends, but get this into your thick Scotch -Irish head, Mr. Dundee!—I'rn working because I have to, and—and because I love it, too, and because I want to learn 4,o make enough before I'm many years older to give mother some of the things she's missing so dreadfully since --- Since my father failed and -and ran away." "Ran away?" Dundee echoed in- credulously. How could any man le- sert a daughter like this! "Yes, ran away!" she repeated fiercely. "I might as well tell you myself. Plenty of others will be will ing to, as soon as they know you are —my friend... As I told you, lay father—I used to call him Dad"—and leer voice broke—"my father went bankrupt, but before the courts knew', It he had sent some securities to a ---'i to a woman in New York, and when he—left us, he went to her, because lie left mother a note saying so. His defrauded creditors here have tried to —to catch him, but they haven't-- Very gently Bonnie Dundee took the healthful lb° ..•• Bich in calcium, phosphorus aana body-building vitamins. It is the most highly concentrated evince of highest quality protein known. For a balanced diet, in- clude Kraft cbcesc with every meal. j lb. packages or sliced front the famous 5 ib. loaf. Look for the name "Kraft" as the only positive identification of the genuine, Made to Canada tomenevetwiteeneterereeteeireatiteWsirsietesiell '3 ISSUE No. small hand that was distractedly rumpling the brown waves which swept back from the widow's -peak which made her forehead eo irresist- ible. It lay fluttering in his bigger palm for a moment, then snatched itself away. "I won't have you feeling yeery for me!" she cried angrily. "Who, owns your --the Primrose Meadows—house now? Mrs; Selina?" he asked. "'The lovely Nita'?" Her voice was scornful. "No. She rents it from Judge Hugo Marshall—or is supposed to pay him rent," she added with a trace of malice. "Hugo is an old darling, but he is fearfully weak where pretty women are concerned. Nita Selim had known Hugo in New York—somehow—and as soon as Lois —Mrs. Dunlap, 1 mean—had got Nita of the train, the stranger in our midst hied herself to Hugo's office and he's been tagging after her ever since. . Though most of the Hien in our crowd are as bad or worse than poor old Hugo. How Karen keeps on look- ing so blissfully happy—" "Karen?" Dundee interrupted. "Mrs. Hugo Marshall," she explain - ,ad impatiently. ''Karen made her de- but a year ago this last winter—a darling of a girl. Judge Marshall— retired judge, you know—had been proposing to the, prettiest girl in each season's crop of debs for the past 20 years, and Hugo must have been the most nonplussed 'perennial bachelor' who ever led a grand march when Karen snapped him up.... Loved him—actually! And they've been blissfully happy ever since A baby boy three months old," she con- cluded in her laconic style. Then, ashamed: "I don't know why I'ni gas- siping like this"' "Because you can't find another blessed scrap of work to dc, you little efficiency fiend," Dundee laughed. "Come on! Gossip some more. My Maginty case will wait till afternoon to be mulled over while you're losing your hard-earned salary at bridge with rich women," "We don't play for high stakes," she corrected him. "Just a twentieth of a cent a point, though contract can run into money even at that. The winnings all go to the Forsyte Seho- arship Fund. On Wednesday even- ings the crowd plays far higher stakes —a tenth—and winners keepers. Therefore I can't afford to go, unless I' sink soiow as to let my escort pay my losses—which I sometimes do," she confessed, her brawn head low for a moment. "Is this Mrs. Pete,. Dunlap a deep- Losoined club woman, who ,,tarts Movements?" he asked, more to brim her out of her depression than any- thing else. "Bigger and Better Ba- bies Movements, and Homes for .Fal len Girls, and Little Theatre Move- ments?" The brown head flung itself up sharply, and the brown eyes harden- ed into bright pennies aagin. "Lois is the sweetest, finest, most comfort- able woman in Hamilton, and I adore her—as does everyone else, Peter Dun- lap hardly more than the rest of us. She is interested in a Little Theatre for Hamilton, but she won't manage it. That's why she got hold of Nita Selina. Lois will simply put up bar- rels of money, without missing there, and give a grand job to a little Broad- way gold-digger. Funny thing is, she really delights in Nita. Thinks she's sweet and has never had a real chance." "And what do you think?" Dundee asked softly. "Oh—I suppose I'm a cat, but I can see through her so clearly. Not that she's bad; she's simply an oppor- ' Hist. She's awfully sweet and def- erential and 'frank' with women, but with men—well, she simply tucks her head so that the black curls fall for- ward enchantingly, gives then one istful smile out of her big eyes that are like black pansies and—the clink of slave chains! . , Now go on and think I'ni catty, which I suppose I am!" Bonnie Dundee grinned at her re- assuringly, Not orfhim to explain that practically all woirien and many men found themselves "gossiping" when he Ied them on adroitly for rea- sons of his own. Which helped maize him the excellent detective he was, of course. "So all the men in your crowd hive fallen for Nita Seiim, have they?" "Practically all, in varying degrees, except Peter Dunlap, who has never looked at another woman since he was lucky enough to get Lois, and 'Clive: Hamm ond, who's engaged to Polly Beale," Penny answered reluctantly, her color high. "Including your young man?" "I haven't a 'young pian,' in the sense of being engaged," Penner reg torted, then added honestly, "1 have been letting Ralph Hammond --that's Clive's brother, you know—take ane about a geed deal. ...Ralph and Cline have plenty of money," she de- nended Herself hastily. "They are architects, Clive being the head of the A Sharp -Shooter Grace Chun, Chinese girl, is the ontstandfug member of the Uni- versity of Hawaii's rifle team. She often gets a perfect 100. And competes by telegraph with .Americon students. firm and Ralph, who hasn't been oat of college so long, a junior partner. It was the Hammond firm that drew up the plans for my father's Primrose Meadows Addition houses. He had our house built as a sort of show- place, you know, so that prospective builders out there could see how art- istic a home could be put up for a moderate sum of money. But he didn't quite finish even that—left half the gabled top storey unfinished, and Nita has been teasing Hugo to finish it up for her. It looks," she added with a shrug, "as if Nita will get what she wants --as usuel." "And Ralph has acquired a set of slave chains?" Dundee suggested, -with just the slightest note of sym- pathy. "And how!" Penny assured him grimly. "A simile as out of date as my clothes are going to be if I don't get some new ones soon. Not that the crowd minds what I wear," she added Ioyally. "I could dress up in a window drape—" "And be just as charming as you are in that grand new party dress you have on now," Dundee finished for her gallantly. "New'."Penny snorted and turned back to Tier desk in a futile effort to find something left undone. ' eet "Dundee ignored the rebuff. "How many sucker;:—I inean, how many gentlemen with moderate incomes actually built in Primrose Meadows?" "You are inquisitive, aren't you? . None! Our house, or rather the one Nita Selina is living in now, is the only house on what used to be a big farm.. . Why?" "I was just wondering," Dundee said softly, almost absent-mindedly, "why the 'lovely Nita' chose so isolat- ed a place in which to live. when Hamilton has rather a large number of 'For Rent' signs out just now.. By the way, know what time it 1s now? ... Twenty to one. Get your hat on, young woman. I'na going to drive you out to Breakaway Inn." "Ycee're noti I'm going to take a No "dost as good" oil says lubrication expert In every line of endeavor there is always a leader—and countless fol- lowers. The field of household lub- rication is no exception. Unfor- tunately the general public .doesn't always appreciate the difference be- tween the real thing and the "just as gond"—but household experts do.. They know an oil intended for general ]sou Behold Iubrication should clean and protect as well as lubri- cate. 3 -in -One Oil sloes these three things, because it is a scientific compound of three high grade pro- ducts---anlmal, mineral and vege- table oils, It is distinctly in a class by itself, 3 -in -One costs more to make than ordinary oil, but Iess to use. If you want the best possible service from your sewing machine, vacuum clean- er, lawn mower, washer, electric fan and other household devices, in- sist on the old reliable 3d eeeine Oil. At good stores everywhere. For yoln protection, look for the trade meek ° 3-in.One" printed in Red on every package. Women Drivers By Al -BERT EPWARq W1GGAr$1 in "Sorry But Yeu'.re Wrong About lt" Can women drive automobiles as safely as men? An extremely im- portant investigation bas recently been carried out on this problem by Alorris i. Biteles, Assistant Profes- sor of Industrial Psychology at the University of Penuylvania, with the aid of Helen M. Gardner. Results of earlier investigations, which seemed Highly favorable to women,. were first reviewed by Professor Viteles and his assistant, For in- stance, figures from the District of Columbia for 1027 showed that wo- men, constituting 15 percent of the licenced operators, had only six per- cent of the non-fatal accidents and only a little over two percent of the fatal accidents. In San Francisco a study of 1000 fatal accidents show- ed that whereas women held 20 per- cent of the driving licenses, they were responsible for less than five percent of these fatalities, Among similar studies, one from Connecti- cut. for 1027 showed that 20 percent of the licenses were held by women, but they hail less than ten percent of the accidents. Of such figures Professor Viteles says: "First, *tlie evidence fails to include a comparison of accidents per mile of driving. It is safe to assume that the average number of miles covered by male operators is considerably in excess of the aver- age covered by women. Second, it seems probable that on the whole men operate wade; more unsatisfac- tory driving conditions than do wo- men. A greater proportion drive in heavier traffic and in stormy weath- er. Third, only male drivers oper- ate trucks and other heavy vehicles. Fourth, it is possible that the me- chanical condition of machines driv- en by women is, on the average, bet- ter than those driven by men. It seems true that second-hand cars are more often bought and operated by men." Clearly, then, eoncla.sions drawn from the type of investigation previ- ously quoted are bound to be worth- less. If you find that 100 men drivers kill ten people and 100 wo- men kill five, you are no wiser than more fantastic their shapes, their before. If the men drive 1000 miles winding bays, their straggling capes, to every 100 miles driven by the wo- men, the women have only 1/10 as promontories, and peninsulas. It is man• chances to kill a person. It The 40th Anniversary q� 1 ALADA! T 265 For. 40 y ars S L ►.''j A. has giv , ',n the fay 1': est fin .A linty in teas Present prices are the lowest t `, 15 years. "Land of a Thousand Lakes" The .Surpassing charm of Finland lies in her lakeland scenery. It is unique and iincomparable. Nowhere else in Europe have woodlands and water been so inextricably interwoven with one another. Nowhere else do ire find suck endless variety in the com- binations and contrasts of land and water, trees, rocks, and skies. The ramifications of the lakes, the indenta- tions of the land, the multiplicity of islands are almost inconceivable. They are the respair of the geographer, as the stars in the Milky Way must be the despair of the astronomer... . The voyager on the Saima Lake is in the position of one who cannot see the wood for the trees. .He ;annul see the lake for the islands. It seems as if ono were sailing up a broad river with numerous creeks and tributaries. The banks on either side are so close that the pebble, on the shore and the flowers and ferns among the trees can be distinguished. The tinkle of cow- bells and the voices of haymakers'Yiont sweetly over the water. Mile after mile the vessel proceeds, threading its way through the winding channels, and never an open !eke view is to Le seen. One must examine a large scale asap in order to realize that this is indeed the great Saima, and that what seem to be the river banks are but innumerable small islands. The further north we go the more numerous the islands become, the ne+ sufficient to say they are scattered over the lake; they art splashed. They, seem to have been burst open aad1 spread out in shreds and tatters. They, close in upon the vessel on every sidee but ever as it steams ahead a way, seems to open up. It would be impose sible to find the fairway through this labyrinth were it not carefully mark-, ed out by beacoi.s. Always there is in, sight some whitewashed cairn ofd stone's or mark upon the cliff by which the helmsman steers. At times the channel is so narrow that it has to be' completely staked off by long white poles.. . As the sun sinks still lower a tender. radiance invests the scene. The sky flushes a delicate rose -leaf pink, with faint wisps of opal cloud floating in it. The forest has not lost its colors, but the tones have been softened, the greens have become olive, the shadows: have become fainter. Everything is clear and distinct, but the whole lan,l scape seems to have become as impal- pable mparpable as a dream. It is as if at any, moment a ripple might pass through the scene, and it would sudelen]y crumple up and vanish away. The waters He spread like a ghcet of opal- escent glass. So still are they that one can see the ripple caused by an ineect's wings. The tranquil calm of the Northern simmer night settles aowr upon the earth. The only sounds' that break the silence are thi rattle of the screw and the wash of the, steamer rushing along the island shores: A Maceallran Scott, in "Through Finland." is just by such loose thinking that tats the women involved naturally practically all popular notions arise have 110 damage charge against the and cost humanity so much in lite. vehicle operated by titem. This is property, and happiness. possibly carne out by the fact that Dr. Viteles and Miss Gardner the proportion of accidents follow - were fortunate in having available ed by claims is smaller in the case very exact data on a large group of of women than of men." men and women taxicab -drivers in Summing up his investigation, Pro - a large eastern city, covering a year fessor ViteIes says: "Tlie figures ob of operation. The women may have rained in this comparison favor the been slightly favored by the fact that point of view that the present gen- only new cabs were issued to them. oration of women drivers is more The men may have been slightly susceptible to accidents than the favored bye the tact that the wo- present 'generation of men drivers" men did not drive at night. It is a The extant to wlriek this Is 'lie re popular notion that city driving at suit of relative iv inexperlen ed indrive night is more hazaiaous than day ing, of ofa differ - driving, but the investigators found once in susceptibility to accidents in the higher accident rate during the traffic, cannot be finally determined day, though the night accidents were from the present data. The fact, more serious. The women were however, that a sampling of women also given the easier districts, and suffer more accidents than a some - had a great deal of additional train- what similar sampling of Hien is ing after being hired. clearly established." The total number of miles driven I think this investigation does by the men was 28,431,719. Their establish clearly that women have total number of accidents was 7311. as few accidents as they have, not This means they had practically one because they are superior drivers, accident for every 4000 Hailes, but because they usually drive =- The women drove a total of 343; chines in better repair, do not drive 979 miles. They had 268 accidents, in alI sorts of rough weather, and do or one accident for every 1303 miles. not drive buses, trucks and heavy Since the men had to drive 4000 machines. Consequently in groes miles to have an accident, you can state statistics they show up far see that when women are driving more favorably than they deserve. under approximately the same con - drivers put the same number of women ditlons with the same kind of ma- drivers an the highway as men in chine it is about three times as clan - is same types of machines, and it gerous to ride with a woman as with is sofa to assume that women are at least twice as likely as men to cause accidents. Women in general undergo much less stringent sleetcion than these particular taxicab drivers. Tlie same may be said of men. lint this study certainly suggests tbat women should not only be more carefuliy selected than they are, but should also be more carefully trained titan men, before they are allowed to drive. a man at the wheel. These investigations also calcu- lated the ratio of male and female accidents for every $1000 collected in taxi fares. The women had 5.06 accidents for every $1000, whereas the men had 1,44 accidents for every $1000, which means that the women had nearly 3% times as many accidents per $1000. Another comparison of great in- terest was the relative cost in claims n aces resulting from the for da b male and female accidents. This part of the investigation was not se conclusive because the figures cov- ered only one month; but the com- parison is extremely suggestive and in it the women carie off much more favorably than the men. The re- like this?" her husband asked. suit showed that the cost of accid- "I've been round to all the servant ents per thousand miles was $2.63 agencies in the district trying to find for women and $5.77 for men, or maids," she replied. over twice as much. In the words "Were you successful?" he asked. of the investigators,. "these last "'nes," she replied, brightening a named results suggest that the acci- little. "In engaged three" dents in which women are involved "Three?" he echoed, aghast, "But, are on the whole less serious than my dear, you must be out of your those in which men are involved. mind,' This is in favor of a common opin- "No, dear," she sighed. 'I'm quite ion that women, through over•cauti- all right. You see, one conies to- ousness, cause accidents on the part morrow, one on the tenth and an - et feilow_drivers. In such actioother on the sixteenth." RESERVES. Mrs, Suburbs looked worn out and unhappy. She had abviously been hav- ing a tiring day. "What have you been doing to get bus. One runs from the Square right past the Inn," she told him firmly. And just as firmly Dundee eseorted her out of the almost deserted, rather dirty old courthouse to where his brand new sports roadster was await- ing them it the parking space devot- ed to the motors of those who •ffi- ! ciaily served %Iamilton county. (To be continued,) Six Known Vitamins Six vitamins have been discovered and labeled. Probably there are at Ieast three more. A list of the keewn vitamins, with their properties, fol- lows: Vitamin A.—Without this fat-soluhiq factor, animals fail to grow; sterility!' results; xerophthalmia, a disease of the eye, is produced; resistance to bac-. terial infection is lowered, especially, to that associated with colds, pnett' meillaandl.effilations of the reslrlr.itore' apparatus. The vitamin is found in; fish -liver and animal -liver oils, Metter egg-yolk fat and many vegetables.' Vitamin 11. --This is called the anti neuritic vitamin. In England it le de- signated as 111. Look of It reside; in loss of appetite and weight, in nervons- ne.ss and irritability and even in para- lytic seizures. The vitamin is ,aorne- times designated by the letter F. It is found in cereals, nuts, seeds, many, vegetables, yeast, egg-yoik, ki.laees, brains and sweetbreads. Vitaniia tit' is the British tlesfgnution for oer 'Vita- min G. Vitamin G,---Thie is the lemons' scurvy preventive. It 1s conte:nett in.• fresh fruits and vegetables. Vitamin D.—Unless children oat food cunta=acing this vitamin their bone acre enable to calcify GI' hieudem Pickets is the result. Exposure: to sun- light or ultraviolet rays or the c,it'ing of food which has been irradiated by ultraviolet light prevents rickets. Vitamin E.—'this is the anti-steriJ.ity vitamin essential in animal reproeluc- ton. Most vegetable oils and green vegetables contain it. Vitamin F. --This designation is no longer used by American bIaeheni1'ts, Vitamin G.—This is known in Eng- land as 112. A deficiency of this vitte min results in soreness of the eyes and mouth and in a disease much Hite pellagra. I ggs, milk, yeast and wino other footle rontaln this vitamin. 1 spy, caddy, ilia you cet..r ::'>c worse golf player than I?" "No, but then, sir, I've only been caddying five years." Success The talent of success is doing what, you can do well, and doing well what- ever ha •ever you do. ---Longfellow. The Largest Stock in Canada and the Best Selection Rose Bushes, Flowering Shrubs, Evergreens, Climbing Vines, Gladiolus Bulbs; Boxwoods. everything to Beautify Your Hoene—Sale Now Seine res t eV 11 S E BLOOR ST., Cor of ST: GEORGE ST., TORONTO