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by
GERTRUDE GELBIN
CHAPTER ONE
The Marriage Myth
3/largot Sherwood idly turned the
ring encircling the third finger of
her left hand, and sighed,
""The things I've done for my
career!" she murmured.
She glanced down at the Hing.
It was certainly a. wedding band.
It gave her office staff the right
to address her as "Mrs. Merrick."
)t gave her friends the privilege
et introducing her as "Mrs. Mer-
rick." It gave her father and sub -
deb sister Vicky the fun of discus-
sing their hi -law Tom Merrick.
The only odd part of the whole
matter lay In the fact that there
was no Tony IMerricic -- nor had
there ever been. The wedding ring,
the Mrs. before Margot Sherwood's
name and the Merrick after it, the
eery husband himself were all fig-
ments of her imagination. "Job in-
surance," she called them.
She had invented Tony during
her South American trip. He was
the brainchild conceived upon the
day she had received a cablegram
telling her she'd been made editor
of "Smart," the biggest woman's
fashion magazine in the eouutry.
It was the job of a lifetime and
she was the girl to handle it. Mrs.
'Hassell, wife of "Snlart's" publisher
was the fly in the ointment. Mrs.
Russell- brooked no feminine edi-
tor's on her hull nd's maer ziues.
She knew him too well. He had a
wandering eye and a wandering
heart—especially for editors • who
were young and beautiful. pialgot
was both -- but definitely.
And so. Margot. Sherwood solved
the problem by inventing a hus-
band.
There were explanations, of
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moiled t,1 } eti lrn-
"Why dot! c you took
.where you're going!"
•"I'1n. finished," he said grimly,
`"I'm !!trough, - 1 write no mere
letters, No more anything. Lawy-
ers — Betedives --•- 111•seriptions --
why they corral send •ul to jail!" -
It had taken all her wit and
wiles to placate him.
Yes, indeed. Today had 'been a
(lay of dais,
;Margot g''lauced op at her clock,
Ii was time to shut up shop. Every-
one else had gone holtle. Site should
do the same thing. Somehow, she
•
lingered on. It was decidedly more
peaceful to 'sit quietly in her o1',
nate office surrounded by her doz-e
en silent phones than .10 face the
evening.
She had promised Philip Booth
he could visit her. That Would put
the finishing touch to the clay
Phil was a dear; she liked him
better than anybody else she knew.
But why slid he have to be a lawy-
er? Why did he have to be in love
with her? Why.did he have to in-
sist everytime they were together
that she ]et him handle her'
divorce? She sighed. She might as.
well face the music.
She arrived home to find Phil.-
waiting for her. His mood was
distinctly glowering.
"Phil," she protested wearily,
"would you stop being in a mood
for just o•ne minute? I've had such
a day."
"I'm not in a mood," ho retorted. .
"I just feel puzzled about the whole -
thing."
"Can't Understand It Myself" •
'What's so puzzling?" she de -
man den.
"I still can't understand how
You could have married that Tony
Merrick."'
"Sometimes I can't understand it
myself," she parried. "But there I
was -- alone• -in Rio—in April---"
"It was romantic, I suppose," he
conceded grudgingly.
"Madly romantic!" she answer-
ed. "It was raining—the spring rain
—turning the pavements hive. I
adore rain—"
"I detest it." he snorted. "It gives
me head colds"
"Let's forget it then," she said
quickly.
'But you couldn't hav=e been in
course. If she'd married Tony ;flier -
rack in South America, why had
she returned alone one week after
her wedding?
"Tony and I were under the spell
of April in Rio — or moonlight —
of the blue, blue rain of Spring.
And then — well — then we dis-
covered it was all a terrible mis-
take. Someday, perhaps we shalt
try again. Someday we may Iearn
to know each other. Or els•c -- or
else someday we, shall find we
must part forever in divorce . . "
That was ,her explanation at
home. IIer friends and family re-
spected her grief.
"Mr. Merrick's business keeps
him in South America. He travels
constantly. Brazil — Argentina —
Peru --- always, he travels. It's ter-
rible,. Neither of us know when we
shall be together again..."
That was her explanation at the
office. And it worked.°
Outside herself, only old August,
who'd known her since her first
job, knew the truth about Tony.
August wrote the wild love Tetters
she supposedly received from her
traveling husband.
Margot picked one of them up
from her desk. She frowned. Old
(fussy was slipping. ITe'd put a
Brazil stamp on an envelope post-
marked Cuba. That :was just nue
of the things that had made this
particular day a nightmare.
ITughie Wheeler had done his bit
to provide. her with a. had halt
hour.
"Ilugltie!" she Sc,lidetl through
the phone when he called. "Have
you been Stringing again?"
"I Cer'tll'ly have. pal." he answer-
ed huppily. "I'm relebrat.in' — I
jus' got my divorce — my final
decree --• an' 1 wan' you to get a
divorce. loo see? 'N' then 1 don'
care who you marry s'long as it's
111p--_„
"you're impulsive," she pretest-
ed.
"I'111 jus'as impulsive ars yott
Ilughie agreed joyously; "Din'
you go. to South America jet" for at
• vacation --- and ties - - zoom ---
you meet soemebody -- marry 'ern
in a flash 'n' conte hack without
'ens? You're impulsive anti. lbws •
why yeti calf get a fli'oi ('e, ton."
Divorce In The Otfing
Margot. laughed. "i haven't said
I'd get a divorce. Atter 011, Ilugliir,
T want to 880 Tony ft_st and 1
•won't even rind my elusive spouse
at the moment —"
"Ob, •we'll find your rltiMir1' sense
nlrighe" Unable promised,"I'll jus'
call my d: teetit'e 8gelirw -- they'll
call you you 1(11 'r W'her'e to
look ----they'll 'find Burt—then parr
got a (11VO('re. and ; nI 'n' mn'll hA
fixe d."
Merge' finished off the roll some-
how, Vivo. minutes later 0 Private
I7elac'tivo .'\geney p11011ed with tile
()Ms shot they'd been ltireel by
141'. Whcreler til tr',ltk dtnwn .lair.
Anthony Merrick, Could Mrs. Mer-
l'icic p1E,:t t dezetibe hien?
Margot got (1 eerihell 1110 handieet
pe:'sen wile happened to he old!
Amsted.
Iangoil" lot t'i((1 when hs'
vet:fail 1t, •at she hail done, _"Ytitl
deeer1bt d mei,"
"I )iacl 1..0 11 4,'alhe' 140)1.; 41'.aely,
i1101 il't 1?" "1'C tore'..tle`,i
"Well. ell. Ile never seems to stay in
one place long, IIe says; 'You're
the moon and the stars and every-
thing beautiful.' And down here he
writes: 'I adored you then., and
now in Spring, with the sunlight a
spray of golden coins and (them-
"
Collision With A Man
Burton, the family butter enter-
ed the room. Margo! looked up
from the letter. "Yes, Burton""
"Excuse ole, :piss Margot, but
ti0u:' secretary just phoned and
said to he sure and remind you to
be at the dock to meet. hiss Max-
well's ship in the morning
"Olt, yes. Thanks Burton." Me'1'-
gut. turned to Phil. "I'm sorry, Phil,
dear. But. I've had such a day —
and I must be at the office very
early so I can manage to get away
to the Pier on time -- and I'm so
tired. 117111 you excuse me?"
Phil was all apologies. He'd leave
at. once. He'd been a brute to biek-
er with her. Would she forgive
him? Margot promised she would
and with a. sigh of relief, saw him
to the door.
She be-gau her next day early;
but not early enough, she discov-
ered, as the clock swung around
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love with him," he insisted jell -
misty.
"T guess 1 nlu511 have been," she
replied.
He began pacing 111) and down
the room. "It's raining. It's Rio.
Yon meet somebody completely
outside your Own (world. A man
your family never evert heard of—
an undependable tool. if you were
in love lion' could ii have been
over so quickly?"
"It slopped raining," she answer-
ed simply.
"Wed! wily don't you get a°,di-
v(lrce?" .1iµ demaud'11- "Yon don't
love him."
She gesture(( helplessly. "1'halip.
1801'( you know That when at WO -
D1 en's nT Iowe with 11 depend-
able man. she's 0111 -.- but whet!
s1i4's out 411 love. with an anti,-
.pendable n(1411 site vial never 1-'11
whelt.sh e's going to he Inattain?
11':s one of the IlIsinrir m}',11.res!"
"'11'el1 he certainly d0'Pn'1 care
for you" be turner i1. „ tish 'd
"Oh, Int he does!" Jlare
111!iide !ler purse and drew ore rho
letter August hats written that day.
"1,i111011 to this 11 cam, in this
nlnruing Y^<nn il:azii• "
"Yen said be. 1 •os in
S/ow Burning
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to find her at her desk instead or
making for the Pier. She finally
(18511011 out of her office, rushed
into a call 8)1d arrived at the dock
still breathless. She ran on board
and niatle hurried inquiry for 1)et'k
C. '!'he. direetlons given her. were
lost in the confusion and brstle
of the crowds, She pushed her way
down a Hight of stairs and )oohed
Mt certainly up and 001\11 the (01'-
1'id0r. The letter's 4-(' nn a hell'
open deer islet her eye, .1-C was
Lorna Ma x2(4-11(4 statet'00111,
114i'got made for the door only
to collide headlong 1vit11 a Ian, 1vei1
dressed man turning the comer.
For a moment they stopp'('d short
aid glerel at each other.
"You might look where you're
going," site said. aneelly.
"1 Might say the same for yon."
he, snapped, T11(IL tipping his hitt
stift'ly, he ntedi' room for her to
pass.
(To 130 Continuer!)
Washing Woollies
The correct method of washing
is to dr.sitlwe some soap flakes
in boiling water, then add cold
11'atea' until y:.1 can comfortably
hear' your hands in the solution.
Put in the garments and si meze
them ,gently in the soapsuds. Re-
peat process, then rinse them in
another hotel of suds, then rinse
them in. plenty of hot water of
the same temperature as the
washing water, fold each gar-
ment quite straight, pass through
the wringer, and lay on a Turkish
towel. Hang slut each garlllent:
as it is rinsed, as it spoils them
to lie about wet,
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By SADIE 13. CHAMBERS
Between - Season
Recipes
One of the things confronting.
the homemaker at this season of
the year is the empty shelves in
the fruit cupboards — and many
empty jars. One naturally turns
to marmalade as a method of solv-
ing this problem. I have been
asked to repeat my grapefruit,
orange and lemon recipe and
feel that this is the place to do
it.
Grapefruit, Orange and Lemon
Marmalade
The first thing of importance
is the choosing of the fruit. Do
not think that fruit, which you
have had in the house for some-
time, (unless kept with the great-
est care) or fruit you do not
think just right for table use will
be fine for marmalade. 11 you
are to have success with your
marmalade venture it must be
made f1'onl the very best selec-
tion of fruit. That is one rea-
son why I have stated I prefer
making this marmalade at Christ-
mas time, for the stores then
seem to offer a better selection
of fruit.
3 oranges
3 lemons
3 grapefruit
Extract juice from fruit; pare
all white membrane from peels• of
fruit. Then with a very sharp
knife cut into thin strips of uni-
form size the peel. You may
put part through the food chop-
per which may not give quite
such an attractive appearance,
but has the same flavor and will
jell just the same. Place juice
and prepared peel all in an earth-
enware container and add 3
times the water to juice and
peel. Allow this to remain over-
night. The next morning bring
to boiling point and boil hard for
twenty minutes. Remove from
heat and place again in earthen-
ware container and leave until
the following day. Before plac-
ing on heat, measure; and for
each cupful oa plica and peel,
measure one cup of sugar. Place
the sugar where at will keep warm;
place liquid mixture on heat and
allow to conte to buil, Then boil
hard for 11 I11111l1'1'. Next stir
in sugar gradually• stirring until
all is dissolved. Allow to boil
and not simmer mail, whet, -drop-
ping from the spoim a thread is
shun; Place in jelly glasses,
cover with paraffin. !tore in
dry cool place,
Peanut Butter Macaroons
Many delightful retires come
to us suggesting the Cereals, pea-
nut butter. etc. 'Cry this maca-
roon for your nett party.
2 egg whites
s, cup sugar
1a. teaapnn almond extract
cup peanut butter
2 '0111 oven -popped rice
echo!,
Beat egg whit cs 114th1 stiff, but
g.1 t dry, Fold in s (gat', flavcr-
ing and pealIlit hatter. Add
oven -popped t t e. -'0) 081, stirring
only enough to combine. Drop
from teaspoon onto %well greased
baking sheet; bake in moderate
oven 20 min. Yields 1?•;z dozen
macaroons, 21 incites in dia-
meter,
'bets ('h:ullbet'e o.eleamts personal
4o((Crs from interested (earners. She
is plr tse,1 to rereice 4nga1es(ions
el) rooks rot' her e(rluntn, and Is
1.1en fealty t0 listen to your "Oct
lu (.%es. " Ilequest' for reeinCs ar
aaceitll Means are in order. Address
;tont letters to "Miss Sallie 11. Clonal.
hors, .::4 West Adelaide Street, 1'0-
roof o." Send stomped. sell. -addresser]
en% elope if Son wish 8 tests.
Missing Memory
In Albany, the New York Bur-
eau of Motor Vehicles got a let-
ter from a Indy who wanted a
low license number because her
memory was had. She forgot to
sign her name,
Choose Colors To
Match A Costume
Rouge and Lipstick Should
Be Selected Carefully, For
• Vivid. Contrast
Lips and cheeks are tinted ie
bright red shades this winter to
harmonize with the new fashion
colors and to make a vivid eon-
trast to the light pastel ensemble
being shown. Complexions should
be smooth and clear as a water
lily and soft in texture as a flow-
er petal. Coiffeurs are high,
sculptured yet definitely indi-
vidualized to fI.it.ttu the facial
contour.
HARMONIZING SHADES
10017 the fashionable- brown :8101
brown -red costume shades, a rich
warm shade of lipstick is recom-
mended, which contains under-
tones of brown and russet. A,
pure bright red is prescribed for
the high fashion blues; a sporting
phlk for ;Teens and black; rasp-
berry for wines, greys and ultra
smart taupes; red velvet fel' pur-
ples and beiges; and Colife
otiae.0for
r
brilliant hues now
on ski trails.
"Weaker Sex"
Said. Stronger
Do !nen live longer than wo-
men? Dr. Arthur B. Elliott, of
Chicago, says no. Scotching the
old -age theory about the "surviv-
al of the sexes," Dr. Elliott told
members ,,f the Michigan State
Medical Society at a convention
that women are Ices emotion-
ally intense than men and conse-
quently have a better chance of
su'rcival.
"Women live longer and a high-
er preeenage die of causes not
connected with their blood pies -
sure," said Dr. Elliott.
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VESSIN
ETTER
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THERE'S trouble-free baking
in store for you when you
use Calumet Baking Port'de.r. Thu
use less and its double leavening
action—during mixing and in the even
—assures better results. Easy -or ening, -
won't -spill container, with handy
measuring device under the lid.
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