Zurich Herald, 1939-12-28, Page 7Pl . Y 7E ) OR
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Ruth Woodson stooped to pick
up a rod maple • leaf from the
ground and realized that fall had
conte,
• "Fall and no job yet?" Well,
what could she expect when she'd
not had a.'business eouvse, or •any
special training.? She'd heard
countless stories of girls like her-
self walking their shoes thin, and
not getting. anywhere. "And it's
• no idle tale, my gill," she mur-
inured to herself as she stepped
on a pebble and felt its sharp
prod against.the sole of leer foot.
"These oboes have got to be half -
soled soon, or I'll have'stone`bruis-
esa
The shoe;3 were trim enough to
look at, however, and covered a
shapely, well -arched foot. Nor
were her feet the only points •of
inverest which the 'girl possessed.
She had a slendepr, nicely poised
bony and a face that made a
passer-by. want to stop and look
again. Not because of any start-
ling beauty, but because of an in-
ner radiance and a piquancy of
expression that she wore. The.
eyes were dark and. nicely lash-
ed. The nair was della and wav-•
ing. The ,nose was short and
straight, the chin square, end be-
tween the two was a month that
was too wide, like a smell boy's,
but alluringly shaped. Today a
brave dash of lipstick caused the
mouth to match exactly hi color
the gay, blood -red leaf .which she
had just fastened in the lapel of
her suit,
"liclp Wanted, Female"
Ruth sat .clown on a park 'bench
and opened the newspaper she had
bought an the corner. She turned
to the column that said "Help
Wanted, Female." She saw there
was nothing new there—nothing
she had already followed up or
eliminated as out of her range.
With a sharp little sigh she laid
the paper down and , let her
thoughts rine riot...: "I can't af-
ford leach today. Thirty cents
saved is 30 cents made... I must
go to one of the 10 -cent stores
and buy narcissus bulbs for Cous-
in Bessie's tirthday...."
Cousin Bessie, of the impend-
ing birthday, was the widowed
relative -with whom Ruth lived in
a small,. artistic and very erowded
flat in Brooklyn. Mrs. L owrence
read menuscripts for a, tottering
publishing house in New York and
was very poorly aid indeed.• With
this inaderltiate salary she, sup-
ported herself, au• 18 -year-old
daughter, and a 16 -year-old son.
For some months now she had,
been .supporting Ruth Woodson as
well, at least as far as food and
shelter were concerned. It was
'this thought that made Ruth a
little, desperate when she had time
to think about it, as she was doing
now.
Running Out of Aunts
Ruth had been "passed around"
snice her fourth birthday. George
Woodson, her father, had gone to
his brave death just before the
Armistice. Eleanor Woodson had
eventually followed him, as she
had told him she would do. It
took long months of grieving as-
sisted by nervous exhaustion and
pneumonia to turn the trick, bet
in the end she had died with a
• triumphant smile on her face'and
i feeling of release in her. heart.
a,
e-was off to find her lover.
The child, Ruth, and George's
insurance went to Great-aunt Sar-
ah Woodson, who accepted them
as a sacred trust and a terrible
burden. Great-aunt Sarah lived
several years..to do her duty by
Ruth before. dying and passing her
An to another. great-aunt whom
°Ain't Matilda." At Aunt Matilda's-
death the child's' real ti1oubles be-
Inevorypotmiland
half pound pack-
age of Lirstpn'a Tea
there aro valuable
cdup one. Savo
these carefully.
thoy are exchange.
able for beautiful
Wm. Rogers and
Son Silvcrplute.
Write now for pre -
Intim booklet to
Thos. J. Lipton
Lieited, Lipton
Building, Toronto.
39tO
LIPTOK'S
Ek
• RED ORANGE ' YELLt1W
1101 • LABEL • :LABEL
Sorvice, •nc.
gan. ,,.ria ..as tea ye..ra old
and, as she naively er,.preeee
ed it at the time, she had
"rim Ont of aa11,tS." She hod
also aean out of money, for the
two old Iaatcs between than had
invested the little competence un-
soundly: e
nsoundly..,
Ruth via i then Passed about
among sayer'al cousins of her par-
ents' with more speed than facts
A child of less character Might
•have been brokers in spirit and
have become a self-pityi'rg, shrink -
Mg little introvert, Or she might
have developed into a pushing; ob-
noxious little aggressive,snatch-
ing advantage where she might.
Bub Rath Woodson did 'neither.
As her body grew straight and
true, so did her naturally sunny
disposition. The knowledge that
she was a moneyless orphan whom
no . one needed diel not embitter
her. It nzily made her a little
more to atchi'.'uL and Well-mannered
than Most children. She learned
to squeeze into corners, as it
were, and, to make, herself useful
when she could.
When. Muth finished high school
in the little upstate "town where
she bad grown 'up, there was no
job availablefol her, so she came
to New York to the 'one relative
who re mined untried --Cousin
Bessie Lawrence. The cbusins in
Worthvtlle waved her off with fin-
ality and ill -concealed relief, for
they had broods of their own and
they regarded ituth as "a prob-
lem." The girl had an excess of
high spirits and a taste for ad-
venture which upset and annoyed
them,
Cousin Bessie, to whom Ruth
had come so eagerly that day two.
summers ago, was kindness itself.
Unfortunately, she was also in-
efficient and impractical. She had
spoiled her own two children be-
yond reason, and she dashed from
home to office every day, and
back again, like a rabbit pursued
by hounds—the hounds of work
and debt and possible failure.
A Smooth Approach
Bessie Lawrence managed to
give Ruth the wrong advice at ev-
ery turn. Instead of arranging for
the girl to borrow money for a
short and thorough business
course or for some vcoational
training, she allowed her to take
temporary. jobs for which she was
unsuited and which soon "peter-
ed out, e caving Ruth discourag-
ed Ana*
iscourag-ed-and* dismayed. •Foe weeksensw;
she had nothings at all to do.: The
dwindling change in her pocket-
book was. there because she had
been able to reline a coat for a
woman in the apartment above
there.
Ruth got up from the bench to
go and noticed that a figure' was
standing in front of her. It was
an exceedingly well-dressed man,
not old, not young. He was look-
ing at her; and as she looked at
him he took off his 1 -tat cotu•te-
ously.
He said, "I'm on any way to, •a
late lunch at the Casino. I. won-
der if' you will join me?"
The casualness of the attack'in>-
pressed Ruth more than any man-
euvering on his part would have
done. She looked at him. with in-
terest and found him to be rather
handsome and impressive. He
Might even be a gentleman. She
thought, "I'm hungry. Why, not?
Besides, it's an: adveriture. Irn
agine being asked to the°_ Casino,
just like that!" =She's neater; been
inside the doors, of course.
The man. said, "Girls who look
Iike Claudette Colbert expect to
be admired by strangers netural-
Ruth again felt a prick of ad-
miration for his cleverness. She
knew there was a haunting re-
. semblance to Colbert's face in her
own. This observing Haan niigltt
be entertaining. Certainly he was
flattering. And then, struggling
up from some, deeper . conscious-
ness of her mind, there came this
warning, like a• little bell in some
far • away teiopie garden'
"Wrong things begin this •way.
Careful,. Ruth! You're about to
be picked up! Once done, it gets
easier and ,easier!"
Stnile of Dismissal
She • looked at the man for a
,eneinefrta coolly. Then she said to
'him, "I 'hope you'll. enjoy your
'lunch. Don't ,let 'nee detain you."
He : smiled guardedly. "I'm
sorry," he replied. "Now and then
one 'tries the wrong girl. No of-
fense., I. hope?"
"lone Fit all.' Slutlt told hurt.
"Aird thaii:k;you for `saying i look
like Claudette." she smiled as she
turned and left him, but it; was a
clear—out ;,mile of dismissal.
In he .h and -10 she bought a
chocolate bar when she selected
Cousin l3essic's narcissus bulbs,
The bar wa' hes.' lunch, and she
carne out of the store nibbling it.
It tasted heavenly, She had sold.
no 'part of herself to obtain it,
not raven leer pride,
(To Be Continued)
Christmas Trees
Profitable Crop.
'Ge'tilus is no veapectet ef. Cann-
ily trees,"-•--Ilerrdrik W. Vast Leon
Orderly .Cutting And Market-
ing Each Year Provides A
Worthwh.ae Occupation for;
Canadian Farmer
Canada's growing Christmas tree
trade offers ito serious threat to
the forests,. according to -the Dom-
inion Forest Service, Department
of Mines and Resources, Ottawa:
Baca year about six million (Milt-
mass trees ase cut in Canada. bet
under proper management the$t)
could be produced in perpetuity ori
an area of less than two .hinideea,,
srluare miles
rudiseriniinate aria wasteful mil-
tlmds used by some treedealeira
are condemned. but the orderly'
cutting and marketing of the a?i.
nual Christmas true crop ptov ides
the basds for a legitimate. and ore.
fit.ablo industry. About one minion
Cht•istraes trees etre used annually
in Canadian Ironies, and five rail-
lion are shipped to ' the unrtei
SLata.s.
Six Million,A Year
Formerly young trees for the
Christmas trade were secured with
litte or no dllfidelty from the wood-
lands or pastures situated within
convenient distance of towns. vil-
lages and other shipping entree
tb.roagbottt Eastern Canada, par-
ticularly .in„Quebec and the Mart,
time Proviudes. Within . the past
few years, However, a scarcity of
suitable trees has been; e periene-
” ed in some localities with the re-
suit, that manly Farr ars are noti.-.1.
growing Christmas trees oar manag-
ed plantations.
Motor Sales Are
up For Month:
Sales of new motor vehicles in
Canada during October were '4.-
060 units retailing at $7,911,522
compared with 6,516 units which
sold for $7,161,483 in ` the cor-
responding month last year,, the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics re-
poets.
Passenger car sales numbered
5,850 units with a retail value of
$6,428,869, compared with 5,392
worth $5,824,172 in October'alist
year.
CHEERY PRINCESS
HOUSEFROCK•
By Anne Adams
PATTERN 4171
It's buoyantly ,youthful . re-
freshingly gay vastly bacons-
.
ing .and so "practeial that you
can't Edge Without it, ' It1 other
words,. it's Anne Adams' new
Housedress, Pattern 4171—just
what you steed for sensible "look
Your best" home wear.. The prin-
cess lines.tlsat curve so engagingly
at the shoulders mold your figure
to slim perfection. And see' the
prettily .scalloped neckline. Best
feature of all is that decorative,
full-length buttoning that opens up
:flat for easy ironing and closes in
ar flat second for easy donning;
Use the acconrpaitying Sewing Ilia
structor for a speedy Job.
Pattern 4111 is available in
Misses' and women's sizes 1.4, 16
18, 20, 32, 84, 3d, 38, 40, 42 and
44. Size 16 takes 411a yards 36
inch fabric.
Send TWENTY Cents (20c) in
coins (stamps cannot be accept-
ed) for this Anne Adapts pattern.
Write -plainly SIZE, NAME;, AD-
DRESS
D -DRESS and STYLE NUi1Ii3ltd
Send your 'order to Anne Ad -
SIPS, RCI 42r, 71 We:,1 Adelaide
1 St. Toronto,
GREETINGS TO ALL!
Varied menus ,to, help all,year,
Is what have:'tried•to: giveyou °here;
May Christmas`joy and peace lie with you
For the old yeas~' encd'.and the year that is rteW
.I -IRI TIVIAS DINNER
CRANI3ERRY'COCK`1=AIL' •
ROAST TURKEY OYSTER STUFFING
RICER POTATOES 13U'TTERED PEAS AND CARROTS
' (nixed)
GIBLET GRAVY''
CHRISTMAS SALAD
CELERY ;HEARTS (filled with cream cheese) OLIVES
PARKER HOUSE ROLLS
,PLUM PUDDING (Holiday Sauce)
COFFEE
RAISINS
CRANBERRY COCKTAIL
4 cups cranberries
4 cups water,
2 cups sugar (granulated)
Wash and pick aver the cranber-
ries. Cook with the water until
they pop and the skins are all re-
leased. S t. ain through a cloth. • Re-
turn to heat and boil ten minutes;
Ldd sugar, boil five minutes. Put
away to cb111. Have ready a prepar-
ed grapefruit and 3 oranges. Peel
the fruit, break in quarters and re-
move all white and segments, —
there is a knack in removing this
with thumb and finger) ; then cut
fruit in uniform small pieces.
Sprinklo with fruit sugar and chill.
When ready to serve put orange
and grapefruit mixture in sherbet
glasses and add about cup of
cranberry juice to each glass. Add
to centre a, green cherry. This am -
Mint will serve six.
CHRISTMAS SALAD
package lime jelly powder
ly cups boiling water
ISG, cup cider vinegar
6 cloves
1 cep granulated sugar
1 cup chemic' or grated red ap-
-pee:.(leaving. peel on) --
• cup chopped pecans ar wali'tuts
?a cup chopped pimento and eel-
ery each.
MINTS
SALTED ALMONDS
Boll together the sugar, vinegar,
and cloves, until the mixture
threads. Remove the cloves. 9.dd
the boiling water to the jelly pow-
der, stirring until dissolved; then
add the sugar, vinegar, cloves mix-
ture. Chill when partially set; add
the nuts, apple, celery and pimen-
to. Place in loaf .pan to mould. And
when ready. to serve cut in oblongs
to resemble a parcel. Add garnish
of pimento bow, and serve with sal-
ad dressing.
PLUM, PUDDING
1 cup elates
T lb. raisins
cup orange, •-•lion and citron
peel, mixed
114 cup brown sugar
3 eggs, well beaten
aa, cup sweet milk
11 cups sifted bread menubs
114 ceps flour
2 teaspoons bakiirg powder
1/9, teaspoon salt
11/4 cups- chapped ,suet
y/,, teaspoeu ginger and °levee
teaspoon Cinnamon and nut-
meg.
• Wash and prepare fruit, chop-
ping the dates: dredge with a little
flour. Dry bread, roll and sift for
crumbs. Cream butter and sugar,
add the eggs and the suet next. Sift
the flour, spices and salt. Add the
dry ingredients alternately with
the milk. Add the fruit and peel
last, mixing all very thoroughly.
Steam for 31,a hours, Servos 8.
HOLIDAY SA' 'E
3 cup's brown sugar (rolledto be
sure no lumps remain)
1 cup 'butter
3 tablespoons cream
% teaspoon rose flavoring
Two-thirds teaspoon vanilla
Two-thirds teaspoon strawberry
flavoring
Red and ga_en regetablecolor•
ing
Cream butter, add sugar, egeaxu
well; then add the cream mixing
thoroughly. Divide into thirds. To
one-third, add rose flavoring and' a
touch of green flavoring. To an-
other, add vanilla, and to the third
add strawberry flavoring and it
speck of red coloring. This mixture
must be moulded and an ideal
mould is the oblong glass butter
cover, which holds a ppitrld. First
pack in the green layer, then the
pink and ein`A•uy the `wh1,te,, Store in
refrigerator or in a very cold
place, and when ready to serve, cut
in slices.
People Today
Are Hungry
For Laughs
Stictcrr. Moore, Comedian, De-
clares Humans Are Trying to
Keep Their Balance By En-
couraging A Sense of Hu-
mor
Victor Moore, who soon will
celebrate his 64th birthday anni-
versary and his 50th year in the
theatre believes that the people
are. more laugh-Intngry now than
they have ever been in his .long
career as:.a comedian.
"Especially: the kids," :he- said in
.an interview. They want to laugh
and are not much concerned
about what they are laughing at.
Iiia, the older folks are. pretty
much the same Way; a Iot of them
seein to be liking more kinds • of
humor.
""Psychologists have got very
profound over this, but it doesn't
strike hieas's: especially involved.
The world, has worked itself `i11to
another ,mess, and human beings
are trying to keep then' balance
by cultivating a sense fo humor."
"Same .01d Ingredients"
hive decades• in show business
have.teught Mr. Moore that there's
nothing new in oomedY.
"We've dressed up the, old ma-
terial fit to kill and - produced
some gorgeotis Mountings, but the
'same old ingredients are 'still
there and always will be," he
said.
Weather Signs
Mostly "Boloney"
Just because' squirrels store ex-
tra large quantities of nuts and
horses grow thick coats, it does.
not mean that a severe winter
may . be expected, Dan, McCowan,
l3a ff naturalist, said when he ar-
rd at Winnipeg last week on
a lechers tour.
"That's a fallacy," the natural-
ist declared when asked if the
a
• ?•e
storing of nuts by squirrels was
sign of it cold winter. "The squir-
rel does not hibernate but; sleeps
intermittently. The milder the
winter, the oftener he wakes' up
and ants. Tho colder the winter
the ntore he sticks to sleephig and
the less food he eats,.
Strange Medicine
If you had a headache you
would think twice before going
to your chemist and asking him
to mix you a potion of frogs' legs
and powdered skulls. But that is
the sort of remedy the healers of
past ages used to recommend to
their patients. As recently as 1716
a book of "receipts" was publish-
ed in Britain, giving infallible
remedies for all manner of ail-
ments. Among thein are these
sti ange cures;—.
Against Deafness: •Ants' eggs,
mixed with onion juice, to be ap-
plied in the ear.
Colic: A live •duck, frog or
sucking dog applied to the part
"draweth all the evil to itself and
.dietn." '
Fever: A cataplasm of snails,
bruised in 'their shells, applied to
the forehead.
Paralysis: Anoint the affected
parts With an ointment made with
earthworms.
Sleeplessness: Living creatures
applied to the head.
Her Small House
She hes so little it .her house' of
that which money buys;
Plain things are there, but Oh, she
is so strangely :'beauty-
wise,.
She hides the old worn wood of
chairs with bright paint
smoothly spread;
Her table is an orange fln.nle,
A dull blue is her bed,
Her'sin.ail yard yields for love of
her,,
Her Tittle orchard bends beneath
its load of scarlet fruit,
The birds are all her friends.
She brings arm -loads of '.glory in
to brighten every rowels
A bowl of fruit, star-spangled
there, and here .a• mass of
bloom,
And her small house is lovelier
WithGod's paint and her own,
Than almost any other house
That have ever known,
---Grace Nool Crowell.
"
GOOSE AND • wet(
FEATHERS ISS 1. ��/yANTED
fltahest Prices rata.
I„1ro dlnte Itcmittitnee
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Greens Fool Hens
Into Spring Laying
Weather note: Winter seems to
have skipped entirely the poultry
house at the University of Tenn-
essee.
Dr. Paul W, Allen, bacteriol-
ogy.professor, disclosed -an experi-
ment in which hens were fed suc-
culent green vegetables "to fool
them into thinking spring has
come."
The hens fell for it, put off
their customary winter strike
against egg laying. Dr. Allen said
they produced 50 per cent more
eggs than birds on normal ra-
tions.
Rabbits vse Snakes
Shoppers who had stopped to.
watch the antics of several rab-
bits in the window of a pet store
at Hull, England, were horrified
to see snakes escape from the
next partition and steal among
the rabbits. But a rabbit osivinr.
ed one of the snakes, and tyre rest
slid back to their own "den" a+i
fast as they could.
In New York, John Stiloti was
called • the '"•meanest man in New
York" by Magistrate Henry H.
Curran and was sent to the work«
house for three months. He stole
a baby carriage.
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