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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1937-07-08, Page 6Orange Pekoe 1IIt tend' i Fancying !:erseif in love with Peter McCann, son of Judge McCann, Sheila Carscadden met him secretly in an unused room of a, library in. Nese York. Then she learned from the boy that he loved- her, but was to marry another girl, Gertrude Keane. When they started to leave, the door was locked. While trying to escape, they encountered two men, bootlegger gangsters, who, fearing Sheila and Peter know too much, kid-' napped them. When they were re- leased two days later, Sheila's family was skeptical of her story. Her brother, Joe, produced a telegram, which read:— "Peter and I married here.—Sheila." She had begged the gangsters to assure her family of her safety and this telegram was the re- sult. When she denied they were married, her family was shoehed. Sheila had just declared she would leave her home forever when Frank McCann, Peter's elder brother, ap- peared. He explained that he and Joe had given a marriage announce- ment to the newspapers as the best way out of a difficult situation. The ' next day Judge and Mrs. McCann proposed that Peter and Sheila marry. Sheila runs away and gets a job as a waitress at an Atlantic City hotel, and Frank McCann ap- pears suddenly and persuades her to fly back to New York with him. The plane crashes. 111RISH By KATHLEEN HLEEN NORRIS ;`. Mamie and two younger maids were running back and forth, in and out of a large, adjoining dressing - room, with sheets, tables, electric - light extensions. Someone had light- ed a fire, someone else had drawn the shades, someone was standing • now with a tray and a steaming cup beside the bed, somebody else had ice in a bowl and was murmuring about "comprisses." An elderly woman, majest'c and assured of demeanor, and identified as "Gramma," had established her- self in a great wing chair, near enough to the bed for a clear view of all proceedings; Judge McCann stood at the foot, his graying, black curly hair rumpled, his face grave and pale, his eyes for his son only. There were others beside Sheila and her mother; the big luxurious room was full of movement. The doctor, having finished a quick examination ofher shoulder, drew Sheila toward the bed. "No harm done here, Frank. She wrenched her shoulder and scratched one side of her face." "Not broken?" Frank asked erly. "Nothing broken." "We're going now," Sheila, beside the bed, said timidly. "I hope they won't hurt you, Frank." H's eyes were beginning to burn brightly with fever; he caught at her hand. She looked shabby, tired, sick; there were great rings • about her eyes; her lashes were stuck together ht long points. Her hat had been lost in the crash, and her soft coppery hair was uncovered in the evening lamp -light. Frank remembered that she had not wanted to fly home; she had said she was afraid of it, and ho had made her do it! Remorse surged in his heart. There was something about this poor little luckless. thing that had appealed to him in the very- beginning of their acquaiiitance; it was stronger than ever now. "I'in ;glad, if anything had to hap- pen, it happened to me!" he said. "It was my fault, Mom, you mustn't blame this oh:ld. She's bean—" He tried to smile, but he was weak and in pain; tho tears came .instead. "She's been wonderful," he said, eag- "Down in Atlantic City, all this time. I knew it. Her own mother didn't know it.. SIie's such a scary little thing, Pop; she didn't want to come home to face you all. I talked her into it," He looked. up at her through histy eyes, managing a sickly smile. `We didn't know our adven- ture was going to end like this, did we, Sheila?" he said. "We won't say that," Judge Mc- Cann said. When she heard his voice Sheila's heart sank within her, for it sounded as if Frank might be dy- ing—Frank might be dying— "God knows me hear'rt's.brike wit' the trouble me an' mine have brought on.ye, sir!" Sheila's mother was say- ing, as they all went out into the hall. "But I know her -there isn't a bad bone in her body!" "Mrs. Carscadden—" Mrs. Mc- Cann said in a whisper. Her face was ghastly. "We luiew nothing of this," she began again. "My son Frank has always been—we've ,de- pended on him!" she finished faintly. "You mustn't break, Mamma! th,judge said. But he looked brok- en `himself. "Is he so sick?" Sheila faltered, bursting into tears. No one paid any attention to her. Judge McCann, always grave and kindly, addressed Sheila's mother: "Mrs. Carscadden, as soon as the boy is out of the woods I'll get in touch with you." Sheila's mother appeared not to be listening. "He said it. But I don't belave it!" she said, in a dull, stricken tone. "Nor I, either," the Judge agreed. "There's some explanation—" "No -no -no, he'd never do that!" Mrs. McCann said in her soft, eager voice. "He peer — they never thought that *as all!" , "Well, well, well," the Judge said, "we'll straighten it all out. God's ways are not our ways. And the young people today are not what we used to be!" "Indeed, you're right about that!" said Sheila's mother. They were working their way downstairs; Sheila and Joe, and their mother, and the senior McCanns and various other unidentified per- sons, servants, cousins; aunts. Among these Sheila had confused- ly noticed, from the beginning, a pretty, black-eyed girl is a clack red suit trimmed with black fur, and a dark red hat. If she had tried to identify this girl at all she might have placed her as one of Frank's younger sisters; he had three besides Veronica, she knew, or she might have supposed her to be a concerned, pretty cousin. But as a matter of fact the group had been so large, and so mixed, and the babel of voices and the general movement so dis- tracting, that Sheila, although she had distinctly observed this girl, had wasted no thought whatever upon her identity. But now, in the lower hall, the girl suddenly took the centre of the stage by arresting them all, with a quick imperative word to the judge. (To Be Continued) BLA.CKI/EADS Don't squeeze blackheads dissolve them. Get two ounces of peroxine powder from any drug store and rub gently with wet, hot cloth over the blackheads. They simply dissolve and disappear by this safe and sure method. Have a Hollywood complexion, - Ladies Send us your name, and receive absolutely FREE, sample of our llighest Quality,_Hospital Sani- tary Napkins. Hygeia Products, London, Ontario. Chickens Turn T� Gold Digging Large Nugget Found in Cr OP dna Bird To Be Eaten CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E:T., --Just about 50 years ago a report that gold had been discovered in the shore sands inthe vicinity of West Point, F. E, 1., created considerable ..excite- ment throughout the Maritime Prov- inces. A big boost inland values of the locality whore the gold was said to Have existed oourred, but the gold did not "pan out" to expectations and, the excitement abated. The value of farms in the vicinity reverted back to normal prices of good farm lands. But now real gold has been found Not long ago while one of the house- hold of Neil Boulter of West Point was preparing a fowl for the table a large nugget of almost pure gold was found in the crop of the bird. Mr. Boulter's nephew, Howard Living- stone was present when the gold was found. After he returned home he told his mother of the circumstances and ex- pressed xpressed wonderment as to where the gold could have come from. His mo- ther then related the following: "When my grandfather Boulter came from England;- he settled where Neil now lives. He had some gold coins which were kept in a corner cupboard. These disappeared but were afterwards found by the grand- daughter to whom they were then gi- ven. She rolled them up and again put thein in the cupboard. Some 40 years ago they finally disappeared. It isbelieved they were gathered up with waste paper and thrown into.the• stove and later the melted gold was taken out with the ashes and Neil,' Bouler's hen's have become gold dig- gers." Getting: a Tan • 'doctor's advice. Gradual exposure to • the sun'e rays rather than a •quick tan should be the guiding rule on the fust clay of vas axon, It is only xuitural that the most will be made of the holidays but they should be made a time for re- eesatiou rather than an ordeal by lire. Tins is especially pertinent ad- vice to those holidaying by lake or liver, 'for sun rays are reflected off grater with extraordinary burning flower. Ginger ger and Fred Are "Knock -Kneed" PASAD NA, Calif. -Ginger Rog- ers and Z'recl Astaire both are knock-kneed! The California Osteopathic Associ- ation was told it was one of the secrets of their dancing success. "Their dexterity, or the grace of ballet and esthetic artists like Theo- ' dors Kosloff or Fanchon Wolfe," said Dr. William F. Madsen, of Pasadena, "is due to the' fact that they are knock-kneed. "In fact, one could make the startling assertion the best dancers are knock-kneed. The anatomy of the pelvis, thighs, knees and legs put these members in a knock=kneed position when they properly support weight." No one has been known to consult his physcian before acquiring a fast suntan, but many have had to do so later. A deep bronze will shortly be the=, Most popular shade and it will be` sought heedlessly by many. Doctors say a bad case of sunburn is more, than skin deep and that its i11 effects, are lasting. We do not know the medical terms covering these results,': but, in ordinary language, suntan': makes you worse than miserable. Its prevention hardly requires, a: Recipe For Safety The lunatics—whether their lunacy is due to speed mania or congenial carelessness or sheer incompetei ge, should be removed from the high- ways. How can this be done? There are several methods. Eye- sight tests and driving tests would weird out the incompetents. Those who have proven themselves reckless can be removed • by suspending their licenses. And a proportion of those who have persistently got into acci- dents but ,have not collided with the law can be discouraged by the insur- ance companies. If every driver had to show an insurance policy before being allowed on the highway, it would simplify the process of making the highways safe.—The Vancouver Province. •The circus has just signed a labor agreement. The week's greatest in- stance' 'of exhaustion was the case of the union man delegated to picket the man on the flying trapeze.—Ii. L Phillips, in New York Sun. Charcoal Gasoline For Outlying Areas VANCOUVER. — Charcoal will probably replace .gasoline as fuel for motor trucks and stationary engines in outlying Canadian districts within a few years, John H. Jenkins of the Dominion Forest Products Labora- tories here predicted. As Mr. Jenkins described to Can- adian Chemical Association delegates experiments which showed gasoline - powered vehicles •rost twice as much to run as those operated by charcoal, . a stationary charcoal unit stood on the convention floor to . demonstrate his points. Mr. Jenkins' based his address on practical results obtained by research workers in the federal laboratories wli.o followed the lead of European i cultists in developing "producer - gas" equipment: •These workers had learned, he said, that it cost 57 cents to move a ton 100 miles with a truck run by gaso• line and, that the same quit, e i i - ped with chore -Oil bnrn©v, did Dee job for only 24 cents. Calculations were based on Van- couver average gasoline price of 30 cents a gallon, and delivered charcoal price of $20 a ton. Mayfair Says Unique Quilt Blocks DESIGN NO. 5006 What homemaker has an over -supply of patchwork quilts? She niay have an abundance but never enough! -- Here we offer four of our most attractive designs, Crazy Ann - Sunbonnet Baby - Scottie - Rose and Sunflower. A quilt of any of these designs would be attractive for any bedroom and simple to make. IOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plainly, giving number and size of pattern wanted. Enclose 20 cents in stamps (coin preferred), vyrap it carefully and address your order to Mayfair Pattern Service, Room 421, 73 Adelaide Street West, Toronto. New Chicago i ticket Is Breaking Windows (From the Rinne, N.Y., Sentinel) In Chicago the president and several employees of a glass com- pany, a union agent and a number of glaziers have been undergoing police examination in connection with what is declared to have been a widely organized window breaking racket. During the last two years no less than $500,000 in window panes, large and small and of various qualities, is said to . have been affeeted by the scheme. Hoodlums, crooked insurance DAEI'-Y'S OWN • SOAP • ltre A+4w ea eo[a m. Issue No. 28—'37 D-2 Dd &157®ON The Home Corner By ELEANOR DALE a+.w'i�fisi�S• "Cherry Ripe, Cherry Red" There's no resisting the appeal of luscious, ripe cherries! And when plump, red, juicy cherries are trans- formed into jelly for use during the winter, there is nothing in your cup- . board shelves that will be more thoroughly appreciated and enjoyed. There are many different `ways to use cherry jelly, either in making attrac- tive: desserts or in dressing up plain dishes. This recipe gives a jelly that goes particularly well with meat be- cause of the tartness. Every housewife can now carry over the summer time flavor of this fruit into the winter by making her cherry jelly by the short boil method. You use fully ripened fruit, in order to 'get the fullest flavor and color and none of it is wasted by long boiling. Cherry Jelly (Any kind except wild or choke- cherry) 31/4 cups (1 3-4 lbs.) juice 7 cups (3 lbs.) sugar - 1 bottle fruit pectin. To prepare juice, stem and crush about 3 pounds fully ripe sour cher- ries. Do not pit. Add Ve cup water, bring to a boil, cover and sihnmer 10 minutes. Place fruit in jelly cloth or bag and squeeze out juice. Measure sugar and juice into large saucepan and mix. Bring to a boil over hottest fire and at once add fruit pectin, stirring constantly. Then bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard one-half minute. Remove from fire, skim, pour quickly. Paraffin hot jelly at once. Makes about. 10 eight -ounce glasses. Date Nut Loaf And here's an excellent recipe of this old favorite. An ideal cake for the picnic box since it retains its moisture. men and glass manufacturers are al- leged by the public prosecutor to be - involved. The "hoodlums" apparently were employed to go around with air' rifles and other means for breaking windows. Where the panes were large they took pains to break only a corner; the glazier on being em- ployed by the owner of the property —or possibly the insurance men -- would remove the pane carefully so that it might be cutup for replacing smaller panes likewise deliberately shattered. As yet there has bee no court pro- cedure to prove the allegations, and experience has shown tha9 the esti- Mates of "rackets" are someti1nies. greatly exaggerated. Nevertheless, such a scheme obviously is not rni- practical, and the news from Chicago may explain similar heavy breakages reported from other cities. Of course, window glass' has been the prey of email boys ever since it. was invented. Hitherto it never was suspected that they needed the least incentive•, but now we have the tip' from Chicago, possibly such an angle should be considered in the next "epidemic" of window-sniatiling, •3 cups sifted cake flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 3-4 teaspoon salt ! Ye cup brown sugar, firmly packed' Y cup chopped walnut pleats 1 cup finely cut dates 1 egg, well beaten 3-4 cup milk 4 tablespoons melted butter or Other shortening. Sift flour once, measure, add bak- ing powder and salt, and sift again. Add sugar and mix well. • Add nuts and dates. Combine eggs, milk, and; shortening; add to flour mixture ands blend. Bake in greased loaf pan, 8 x 4 x 3 inches, in moderate oven (350 Deg. F.) 1 hour, or until done. Uncrowned Kings A Tribute to Sir Robert Borden Above the petty things That nock and mar this glorious life,, They walk our ways, the Uncrowned Kings, Freed from earth's strain and strife. Like mighty mountain peaks Above the mists and fogs below, Their feet upon our humble streets, Them heads in Heaven's glow. The vision splendid leads To deeds that make an hour sublime, To lifting wings toward sun -lit. throne, Unheeding place or time. Their helping hands have pressed Against the world's slow-moving' gate; Done daring deeds—endured life's test !Inez-med.—have conquered fate. • —Dorothy Sproule.