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Zurich Herald, 1923-10-25, Page 2is the Preto az°i n Hour IRRIS-BURLAND = .(Cont'd•) Doctors policemen Trehorn, Sir put down the. tray' on a table, went to the big lacquer: ward- robe, and took out the fur coat. An Hee() expression oe. relief came iptg Ruth's eyes. At any rate the woman had not removed the coat for other eyeees •yseer But whoa had sl(egone to the ward- robe and why had she gone to the wardrobe? ti Fletcher brought forward the coat and laid it on the bed and answered. the tluestions before Ruth had asked them. ?'You win reineraber, my lady," she said, "that you asked me :a few :days ago to take more care of your lady- _.., ship's furs;' and. •-knowing that you n0 ' re; t and most ci til c U an, tem, sold teal!" — Try it. out the House "HERE'S THE PIN." and d "Mother," — id little Herbert, "will you please pin"my collar tight? Here's the pin." Sure enough, in his small hand he grasped a large safety pin with which to more closely confine the collar of his play coat, �h what a dear thoughtful Yz , child," exclaimed an acquaintance. "I think you have the most helpful chil- dren T ever saw. Ahuos't any boy twice Herbert's age would expect mother to get the pin, herself.' "Well," admitted Mrs. Briggs, "it was seeing just how helpless many children -and adults as well—are that made me determined to try and teach my children to be self-reliant. "I began with Linda as soon as she could toddle. `Bring mother your, mit- tens and we will go for a walk.' `Bring your warm eoat and we will take a ride., "One day Linda came to me with her buttonless little • play jacket. 'B'oke,' she announced. `Where is the button?' I inquired. 'Go get mother the button` and we will sew it on again.' In a moment she was back with the button. "I placed a workbasket where the dhildren could reach it and they, be- gan bringing me necessary repairs— thread, blunt scissors, needlecase; and the like. They quickly learned where to get wrapping paper, twine and paper bags. "I believe this training is teaching the children to be more patient and thoughtful. Many times I have watch- ed them when a " toy broke or same article of clothing gave out. Instead of casting it impatiently aside or run- ning to me for help; they almost in- variably look it over ,thoughtfully. 'We'll have to have;hanemer and nails, Linda,' Herbert will: announce. get them.' Or, "Mother can sew that ' trip etlrer� 4 e;'li�l.d 1r- en mil, .""t �er"r "Just now this is a great help to me. But I believe that in the future it will be the:children who will reap the reward." MOTHER .AND THE STREET. "I can never, never ask anyone to come and .see me here!" Evelyn de- clared chokingly. • Donald looked queerly at his sister; then he glanced down the street and. whistled under his breath. It was not a pleasant outlook. The houses looked as if theynever had been cared for. Nearly all had cheap lace curtains that varied in shade from what Don- ald called "pale dirt" to 'iron gray.. Each house had a yard, but • most of the yards were bare, and the chief use of the fences seemed to be -to hold all the torn papers that blew' down the street. "So far as I can judge," Donald de- clared, "this neighborhood needs moth - ex.'s garden about as much as any place very well 'could." "Mother's garden!" Evelyn echoed. "You don't mean mothers going to have a garden in this place!" "she certainly is 1 "replied Donald. "What's more, the ,game of, mother and mother's garden will be worth watch- ing. Better fall into line, Evelyn;, you'll miss heaps of fun if you don't." "Fun'." Evelyn retorted scornfully. It didn't seem that anyone could go in and out of a yard several times a day and not see what was happening in it; yet Evelyn went in and out and saw nothing new. Once or twice, to be sure, she noticed Donald digging up a border or seeding bare spots, but she went by quickly without specially re-. marking what he was doing. Once or twice too she caught her mother talk- ing over the feece to one of the neigh- bors, but each time Evelyn went straight into the house, • One Saturday when she was dowel - town shopping she returned earlier than she had expected. At the corner of the street she stopped; something seemed to catch 'at her heart: Had there been an accident? The yard in front of her house was full of people. When she became calmer she saw that they were nearly all children,, and that Pach was holding a purple or yellow ane. . n, y "Chestnut Street Dooryard. Associa- tion! Notice ally differenee, vis?" She turned at the sound of her. brother's voice. Donald put his band under her elbow. "It's time this blind streak passed, young woman. Now walk up AUTOMOBILE SCHOOL One of the Best Equipped in Ontarid. We hove First Cass Instructors to inetie you a ?teal Expert. Nitrite or see ei eaten, till. Queen St. E., Toronto.' • ISSUE No. 42—'23. • went to the theatre lest night telt t per- haps your ladyship's beautiful pat might be rumpled, and those, -'cabs aren't always very nice, axe' they, niy lady? So when I came in toedraw up. the blinds this morning, my lady, 1 had a look at the Goat, and I'd'have taken it to my workroorn if it. hadn't been for the tear. I thou ht bet, ter ask your ladyship about tlet.'' It. was a reasonable explanation,.ancl it was quite true that Ruth lira (asked her maid to pay' more attention, to the furs. Ruth could only say, "Oil; that was very- nice and thoughtful of',:eou;-• Fletcher. But this tear --oh, " it is dreadful! I can't imagine how it;;hap- pened. I must have caught it �` ee no- thing. Sir Alexander would furl ous if he knew. One of the'•skins is, torn, Fletcher."' , "Yes, my lady," said the servant, Angering the sleeve of the cost. "I can see it better now there's more light. own the block and tell me what in the car either, I thought that you see. At heart Evelyn was a good sport. She admitted what she might have ad- mitted days before: almost all of the yards had been raked up; some had the beginnings of gardens, and herei and there clean white curtains were hanging behind freshly washed win -1 doors, At "That's after three months of living near mother!" said Donald . 1 "I -think," Evelyn said slowly, "I'll have, Lina Craig corner and see me' ;Sunday." Then she'. smiled. NEW USES FOR DOOR BUMPERS. Those wooden door bumpers that screw into the wall back of the door extending out three or four inches with a hard rubber tip at theend are Alexander Bradney, friends of Paula Herrington, the seevaut--these and others had pieced together the >tragic &tory of Paula's death. And yet, curi- ously enuugb, in: spite of the: awful nature of the ,tregedy,,,a dell, Mono - telly, the "possible resultof law and order and ceremony, lay heavy over, the proceedings like a pall. The greatest tragedy, of the greatest dramatist of the ' world would seem. lifeless ' if it were told by witnesses to a coroner and a jury. When the last witness bad said the last word, Answering the last question, the coroner. turned over his notes, cleared his throat, and looked at the I ury. "You have ' heard" the evidence, gentlemen," he said in a brisk, busi eesslike voice, "and it is now my duty to present it to you as clearly and con- cisely aspossible, so as to help you to come to a decision.. The medical evi- dence is plain enough. The : deceased was poisoned by cyanide of potassium, nand enough poison was found in the bottle of ',liqueur to have killed fifty. people. Death probably took place within a few minutes, and insensibil- ity might have occurred within the space of a single minute. The fact, therefore, that the deceased, who was alone in the fiat; did not cry out for help or run for assistance ;does not necessarily prove that she had taken the poison of her own free will or that she wished to be left alone to die. "Against the theory of suicide must be set the fact that the poison was in the bottle,- and not merely in the glass. Now a woman wishing to take her own life would not mit the poison -in a full useful for other than their original I could stitch it up"—she.;paused fora bottle, but would putit in the glass. purpose I moment—"so as no one: would notice She would not wish to endanger the afice of a racehorse• more scientifically tbut it 1 r' To -morrow, He wee going to be all that it mortal should be Tomorrow. No one should. be Binder or braver than he To -morrow. A friend who was troubled ,end weary he knew, Who'd be glad of a lift'°and who need- ed it, too; On hila he would call and .see what he cOu!.d do To -morrow. pace mornip'g• h'e stacked up the let- ters"he'd write Tomorrow. And thpuget'of. the folks, he would fill with delight To -morrow. It was too bad, indeed, he was busy to=day, Mid hadn't a minute to stop on "his way; , More time he 'se -mild :have to give others, he'd eay, To- norrow• The greatest of workers this man would have beep To -mai -row. wieteeseaseseteelgeeeseeeeteteeieseueselelell AftA universal custom iter " that benefits every- verb body Aids digtletion, ile l cleanses,* teeth, soothes the throat. The world would have knownhim had he ever seen Tomorrow. But the fact is he died and he faded, from view, And all that he left here when living was through Was a mountain of things lis intended to do To -morrow. —From "A Heap o' Living," by Edgar A. Guest. Blood Tells in the Race. Dr. Christian P. Neser, of Onderste- poort,. South Africa; declares he has found a way to determine the endur- Screwed into the bottom of the legswouldn't est:• Oh. lives of other people. an ordinarydining-chair trans: I.' Her fingers were thrust between the A,gamst the theory of murder, how - of silk lining and the leather of the:fur ever, we have set this -that this Trois forms it into a very acceptable high and she suddenly withdrew their , anci onous salt has a very bitter taste, and chair for the child not yet , large held a small piece of broken twig be- it et once 'produces a feeling of burn - enough to use a chair of usual height.' tween her finger and thumb. ing heat in the throat. ` It also has Soine housewives prefer such an ar-I "It pricked me," she said ",,izidit a strong odor of almonds. .Anyone rangement to the usual high stool for must haye been that as did it, my' sipping this liqueur would at once no— working at a table or sink since- the lady." , tice that something was wrong with it, back of the chair offers extra support Ruth needed all her self control as'" though not perhaps so '.readily as if she replied sharply, "Nonsent- the poison had: been mixed with any to the worker. � cher!" and held out her hand other form of spirit. "Noyeau itself is In the same way a low work table I She examined the twig as though it made from the kernels of peaches and can be successfully raised so as to had been some curiosity`from„a; mu- contains • a . small amount of prussic prevent unnecessary stooping. If the m.• seuIt was no mare than ail inch acid'. And you must take this feet into bumpers are stained or painted to cor- l in length, but it was -stout and it, had consideration, that there may have respond with the article with which' a rough sort of point. It was; not a beer' an intention to disguise the taste they are used their appearance 'is, thorn. If she had been pitched into of the poison as"n uch as possible, and, thorny hedge she would not :have °of course, you must consider the Pies - good, for at a casual glance a visitor; a mi ht likelysupposecome' off so' lightly. sibility of the deceased having' gulped been g that they had "It must have been there .far `ages, dov✓n: a large quantity of the liqueur table put place when the chair or t Fletcher,” :'she' said. "How could I in a single mouthful: made. possibly have toreteey coat last night A person intending to commit sui- t If the sink is SO low as to be incon-, on; :a twig like that?" ' cide would hardly have, troubled to venient for dishwashing fasten four ofe,•>'"I cannot say, my lacy," the tervant select this particiY.ar. liqueur. I' deed, the bumpers to a s ua "e frame or answered.s ;iffiy,-" but d don't 4 illi it "you Must bear in mind that consider-, platform as a stp.nd upon' which to can have:.;been there very long; ^my able trouble was taken over the pre - lace the dish an. hi ke a; lady, becaitthO- the ,mood is quit• ,evil Pa- of this-- fatal, liquid. 'Cyanide P n. 1? s ma s d _:» ail fix ti . . .+�*-: tsslxt :,'iot.ee , ,;stm'rIN?. ,air* rt17--f e'e'ettee" :"e'le t el'tee .:. 'd •. '... d 'i y ,soluble e that will `a cal strongly to the care Ruta Bradney : could stand ti more. cold alcohdl, and whoever prepared the Pp g y of''this It was <almost lik _^-a cross -mixture must have heated the liqueur. ful housekee • er the rubber tips will; q housekeeper,examination. Khat a woman! With i A woman about to take her own hfe" not mar the enamel sink. I the.: eyes of a lynx. Nothing had would not be Very likely to do any- Yet another use for them, was found escaped her notice., thing of the sort, even` if she had the when the ldndergarten set became too! "Well, it doesn't` matter, Fletcher," knowledge. She would haveut the low for the children to work at et' she. saidewitii a smile. "The coat"is poisonous salt into water, which h dis- , comfort while the adult size table and torn, and there's an end to it. You'd solves it easily.:' better stitch it up 1101V and I'll take it That, gentlemen, I think, is all I chairs were still uncomfortably high. down to, the furrier's myself. I' shall need sayabout:the medical evidence Bumpers proved to raise the low tablesde ce in and chairs to just a suitable lei ht have to see the lame about it this case, except that the deceased g The servant placed the tray outside must have taken the poison between 9.30, the hour. at which Sir Alexander Bradney left the flat, and 10:20, the time of the maid's return. Indeed, we can narrow down the period to half an hour -from 9.$0 to 10 o'clock—for.. the deceased showed no signs of life at:. 10.20. for the youngsters. A SIMPLE, PRACTICAL HOUSE FROCK. the door and returned for the coat. "I'll take it to my room, my lady," she said, "and bring it back in Bale an hour. Your ladyship can rely on .me to do the best I can for you.'.' "Thank you so much, Fletclter. • I. really• don't know what T should' do wit out yeti," t Now with regard to,the other eve. T maid left the room andeleuth deuce, it is a matter for regret that closed her eyes. ' The light from the Mr. John Merrington is unable to be present. As you have heard, Mr. Mer rington; met with a motor accident on his way to stay with hie friend, Mr. Ardington, at Dedbury. Mr. Merring- ton has not only lost his memory, but according to the latest report, lies in a critical conditionwat'the house of Dr. Trehorn. We have listened to a state - window seemedto hurt theme She concentrated her thoughts ora Fletcher. The woman had . been in her service for five years—a thoroughly reliable, honest, and pleasant woman. How was it that Fletcher had seemed=yell, just a little different this morning -not quite so pleaiant, perhaps? Surely Fletcher would not imagine that her Ment made by one of the best' brain mistress had not gone to the theatre. specialists in London to •the effect that One can tear one's fur coat an ethere possibly Mr. Merrington will never re - if one is careless enough. But that, cover his memory of , a certain period twig! How sharp of Fletcher to have in his life, and I may say that I have found it—how wonderful of Fletcher been guided by that statement in my to notice that, it had keen recently decision not to adjourn the in uest in broken off some shrub or tree! the hope of getting Mr. Merriington's "I must burn the hat,"•said Ruth to had been lit an hour previously and' evidence." herself. .She looked at the fire `that (To be continued.) was now burning brightly. It had been lit more for its comfortable ap- pearance than for warmth, for the whole house was kept at an even. temperature of 65 degrees by central heating. But for once the fire would justify the extravagance Ruth slipped out of bed, locked the 18551 iu door, and ;opened the drawer ;where .. she had placed the hat. But the hat had vanished, ' Ruth stared blankly at the place where it should, have been. No longer had ehe any doubt about Fletcher: No one else 44 r4. This model has convenient could have taken the hat, and :Flet- cher had said nothing whatever about pockets, inserted at the joining of it• waist and skirt. The lines . are simple t Ruth searched everywhere, but still and the style is easy to develop. Cre- she could not find the hat• Fletcher tonne and unbleached muslin are here had simply removed it. And she, Ruth, combined. Crepe in two colors would could not ring the bell and ask Fist - also be attractive. cher about it, The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes" She unlocked -the door and crept82-44; Extra. Large, 46-48 iaches bust terran If at Small 34-36; Medium 35-40; Large, back into bed. She was shaking with Hoped' to, at band had coxae into; the room she prab- 'Measure. A Medium size requires 5 ably would have confessed everything. She—" clow will you treat xne after One material 2are married ? yards of o t 3 inches ewe ys�r wide, , But later on, when she. had had her or, lei yards of plain material for the bath and had dressed herself, refusing He—"Weil, just an often as I do now, waist portions and belt, and 3k/a,' of to allow Fletcher to.,ltelp lier, she re- I hope." figured material. The width at the viewed the situation mare ealmly. She' e. foot is 2 e yards, e saw what it would mean to John Mer- Women's Tool. Pattern mailed to any address on rington if she told ,the triol.\ Engine -Drivel' "The reason we aro kept waiting here, ma'am, Is because the engine has broken down, 'i have receipt of 15c in silver or stamps, by the Wilson Publishing 'Co., 78 West Adelaide Street. Allow two weeks for receipt of pattern. Tlie' United Staten annually gives away 65 million packages of vegetable and flower seeds. Mln,rd's Li Heels Cuts. CHAPTER 'VIII, All day the coroner's court had been examined it, and If I only „had the crowded, and the atmosphere in it was proper tools I could fix It in half an thick and stale. It was cold outside, hour." and a dense moisture clung to the win- dows. T-iour After hour witnesses had Helpful Old Lady --"Hero's a hair. come forward,, given their evidence, Pin. answered questions, and vanished into it obscurity again, Niinard'e Liniment, to, Dandruff. • than has hitherto been possible. He iln;cle that the red blood cor- puseles in the ,animal •fncreas+e as its ability to stand hard ,train increases, so that, other- things• being equal, the horse with- the-higheat blood point has the best chance of winning. Horses used in ordinary work, states Dr. Never, have only 23 per cent. of red . corpuscles in their blood, while horses trained for the course often have as much as 52 per cent. • ed corpuscles are oxygen carriers and when a horse has' many of them he can run longer and faster, because his muscles can draw on a 'large re- serve of oxygen, and he therefore does not tire ea quickly.; • A STITCH IN TIME. When you want an extra snap to repair a garment, do you have trouble in'finding tops and bottoms that fit? A friend of; minehas an idea that eaves muc trouble.. ; When she has : hr�.., a stray' "snap she ioes not throw it into a drawer loose. She has 'a small card about the size of a post card through which she punches a hole with a card punch, stiletto, • or anything handy. Then she puts the bottom of the snap on one side of the card and the top on the other and snaps them together. 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