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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-02-23, Page 2Miss Ann Adam bakes her famous Muffins. with Magic Baking Powder "WI'ien selecting ingredients for my recipes," says Miss Ann Adam, cookery authority of the Canadian Home 'Journal, "1 consider three points -- economy, health value, and successful performance. "Magic Baking Powder meets them all. I use and approve Magic, because I know it is pure, and free from harmful ingredients, and be- cause experience has taught me that I can count upon successful results with Magic every time." Magic Baking Powder is used exclusively by the majority of cooks ery experts, dietitians, and house- wives throughout Canada. In fact, Magic outsells all other baking powders combined Magic Baking Pow- der has been home- testedaud approved by the Home Sery- rce Bureau of Cana- dian Homejournal, Toronto. Madsfn COM4$. !'CONTAINS NO ALVM." This state- ment on every tin is your guarantee thatMaglc Baking Powder is free from slum or any harmful ingredient. Miss Ann Adam's Reefpe foie Bran Muffins cup bran r.4 cup sugar ph cups flour In cup milk 1 teaspoon sett 1 egg 3 teaspoons Magic 1/2 cup meted Baking Powder shortening Mia the bran with the sifted fine drying gredients. Make a well in the centre and pour in the milk and well -beaten egg. With the fewest possible number of strokes, blend these ingredients and stir in the shortening. Half fill greased muf- fin pans and bake in a hot oven, 400° F., 15 to 20 minutes. A few chopped dates, lightly coated with some of the measured flour, may be added. FREE COOK BOOK—When you bake at home, the new Magic Cook Book will give you dozens of recipes for delicious baked . foods. Write .to Standard Brands Ltd., Fraser Ave. and Liberty St., Toronto, Ont. Motor Hints Tires Cause Wabbie There are times when front -wheel wobble is due to nothing more seri- ous than the state of tire pressures. If there is greater pressure in one tire than in the other, the result is likely to be tramping or shimmying of the front wheels. Moreover, unless tires are inflated to from three to five pounds above the normal Pres ,lure the same trouble will be en- countered when driving at higher than average speeds. When the Clutch Slips If it is because of grease or oil on she plates that the clutch slips at fairly high speeds, it can be told by the action of the clutch at lower rates of travel.' The lubricant on the plates will cause the clutch to grab and chatter when under load at iaw speed. Wear Does Its Worst It is when atmospheric tempera- tures are highest that wear has its worst effect upon tb.e efficient lubri- cation of the car. Under- such con- ditions any looseness in chassis bush- ings or bearings permits the leak- age of lubricant at a much more rapid rate. Lubrication periods should be more frequent. Remedies for Vapor Lock It .takes a redesign of the old fuel system really to solve the problem of vapor lock, or the formation of bub- bles in the gasoline lines which cuts elf the supply to the engine. By in- sulating the lines, however, the car e'vn.er may be able to minimize the effects of this trouble. Make the Rolling Test Owners of cars fitted with free- wheeling or automatic clutch control can give their automobiles the roll- ing teat very easily. It Is just a matter of coasting, noticing at the name time how easily the ear rolls. If it does not do as well at one time as another, general conditions be ling the same, It probably is a clue to poor lubrication or under -inflated tires, or, perhaps, to dragging brakes'. It is worth while to use the coast- ing interval to note the freedom with which the car moves. Wil! Prevent Wear Shutting off the ignition when go- ing down hill with the. car in gear allows gasoline to collect , in the combustion chamber and seep down into the crankcase, The oil thus' is washed from the cylinder walls. Leave the ignition on and let the gas burn. Market Day Within a maze of purple, Of tangerine and•red, I wander from tomatoes To lustrous cabbage -head. oose Shall I take home the scarlet, A .basketful of greens, Or shall my purse be emptied For pink and silver beans? A drift of fragrance weakens Original intent. . I see Madonna lilies And squander. every cent. —Katherine Ventres Welch, 1 Gypsy.. Balkan Village One Family Every one of the 1,000 inhabitants in a village in the wilds of Montenegro Las the. salve name, Vlahovitc:. The place sprang from a large "co-oper- ative family" of the patriarchal type once common throughout the Balkans. The people are now so distantly re- lated that they intermarry freely. In 1918 one of the inhabitants mur• dered his•mother-in-law, father-in-law and three sisters-in-law in order to inherit a large estate. He was tried before a people's court, set up by the Mayor of the village. The judge, the jury of twelve, the defendant, the pub- lic prosecutor, the counsel fo_ the de- fense, and the prosecution, all were named Vlahovitch. The Inurderrr was condemned to death arid shot by efir ing party of three Vlahovitches, two GO them his own brothers, who • had also 'served on the jury which had condemned. him. The "I never hear you talk about your old college days." "Our elms didn't produce any- body big enough for the rest of ua to brag about." - �nllh OARDSBU1 pf CPly SYRI) N BRAND UORN 7r pure, wholesome, and economical table Syrup. Children love its delicious flavor. TUC CANADA STARCH CO. Liking)/ hfOlJ'irltE t Murder at E ridge Bit ANNE AUSTIN, Adds Zest to the Meal eal "SALAD SYNOPSIS.T EA "Fresh from the Gardens" Juanita. Se11m is murdered at bridge; four days later Dexter Sprague, her lov- er, is also murdered when he disappears mysteriously from an impromptu bridge party at the Tracey Miles home. Special Investigator Dundee, working on• the theory that Nita and Sprague were part- ners in blackmail, and that Nita had come down to elan -dip= after recogniz- ing someone in a, group picture, finds that the six original suspects in Nita's death had opportunity to kill Sprague also. All six could haven hidden the gun, after the murder, in, -a secret biding place in the guests'"' Closet in Nita's house. Nita's will anis'-tiie fact that she had Spragm contrive a h@ll near h• r bed to summon Lydia,. her maid: and heir, show she feared death. The police theory is that. Nita and cprague were killed by a New rork gunman. • CHAPTER XXXVIII. • "I'd give a good deal to know which of those two suggested that it would be a good idea to get married the first ,ng this morning, Dundee mused aloud, as he put down the second 'ex- tra' which The Hamiltol, Morning News had had occasion to issue that Ti urt:day. It was two o'clock, and Dundee sat. across the desk from Captain Strawn, in his former chiof's office in -police headquarters, The first extra had screamed in its biggest head type: SECOND.. MILIDGE DUMMY MURDER! and had carried, in detail, Captain Strawn's comforting theory that Dex- ter Sprague's ertswhile fiierds bad again been made the victims of a New York gunman's fiendish'•cieveruese in committing his murder unCer circum- stances which would inevitably in- velve Hamilton's most highly respect- ed and socially prominent citizens in the police investigation. But the second extra had a more romantic streamer headline: HAM - MOND WEDDING DELAYS MUR- DER QUIZ. The story beneath a series of small- er headlines began: "At the very moment -9.05 o'clock this morning—when Celia Hunt, Maid. in the Tracey Miles home in. the Brentwood district of Hamilton, was screaming. the news of her discovery of -the dead body of Dexter Sprague, New York motion picture director, in what is known as the 'trophy roosii,' Miss. Polly Beale ar d Mr C:ive:Hanrl-. mond were: applying: for a marriage, license in the Municipal Bullt.ixigthe "At 9.30, when Mi'es Beale and lir., Hammond ware exehanging their vows in the rectory of St. Paul's Epis- copal Church, of which both bride and groom have been members since child- hood, Captain John Strawn of the homicide squad was listening to Tra- cey Miles' account of the strange dis- appearance of Dextee Sprague from the impromptu bridge game, after he had announced his intention of taking advantage of the fact that he was 'dummy' to telephone for a taxi, "And at 10 o'clock, when the new I.Vlrs. Hammond called hoz home to break the news of her mr-rriage to her aunt, Mrs: Amelia Beale, the bride was in turn acquainted with the news of Sprague's murder and the fact that both she and her husband were wanted at the Miles home for ques- tioning by the police, since both had been guests of Mr. and Mrs. Miles last night, although Mr. Hammond did not arrive until about 11 o'clock." There follow ed a revision of the murder story as it appeared in the first extra, with additional details supplied by Strawn, and with a line drawing of the scene of the crime--- thc trophy room itself and the forked driveway with its tall yew hedges, A dotted line illustrated Strawn's theory of Sprague's, plan to elude the mur- derer who had followed him to the Miles home. Because of the curved or" site had made an appointment to sweep of the driveway toward the meet Sprague there, on the promise of paying the hush money he had de- manded. Naturally he or she—and I'll say 'he' from now on, for the sake of convenience—had no intention of being seen entering that room. The tbridge game was suggested by Judge Marshall at :Doll. There was plenty of •time for the rendezvous to be made with Sprague. As I see it, the mur- derer told Sprague to excuse himself from the gain when he became dum- my, and to go to the trophy room and wait there until the murderer had a chance to slip away and appear be- neath the window. Sprague had been promised that, when . he raised the screen at a whispered request,. a roll of bills would be handed to him, but —he received a bullet instead."' "And *Lich one of your six sus- pects have you picked oh?" Strawn asked sarcastically. "That's just the trouble. There ate still six," Dundee acknowledged, "After Sprague's disappearance, every ola3 of the six was absent from the porch at one time or another. . , Na, by George! There are seven suspects n,owl X was about to forget Peter Dunlap, who admits he was alone ori a fishing trip when Nita was murder- ed and who left the porch last night to go to the Iibrary, as sours as Spra- gue arrived! ...A.s for the original IIainr: Polly Reale took a walk about ISSUE, Na, 7---'33, • than a year, with no apparent reason fax a long engagement. , . As for any having a single-track mind, Cap- tain, what about you? I have six possible suspects,, all of whose names I know and you hdve only ore—whose mune you do not know and whose mo- tive you can only guess at, while 1 have a perfectly good motive that might fit any one of my six—black. mail l" ,'Is that so?" Strewn grcwled. "I'm not forgetting that Nita Selina banked 510,000 cash after she got to Hamil- ton. My real theory now that Sprague has been killed is that Nita and Spras gue had cooked up some sort of racket and that when Nita got the chance to come to Handl-ten with Mrs. Dunlap she jumped at it, and she and Sprague sprung their racket, whatever it was, either just before or just after Nita. left New York, 'Probably it was Nita's tip-off and Sprague did the actual dirty work ,himself, which explains that telegram Nita sent hien April 24, just three days after she got to Ham- ilton." Strawn reached for the letter. "See: 'Everything Jake so far, but would feel safer you here—' " "Yes, I remember the'wording quite well," interrupted Dundee. "Let me go on," continued Strawn. "Nita meant she would feel . safer about Sprague if he was here in Ham- ilton, too. But the guy they double- crossed in New York got on their. trail. Sprague followed Nita's advice and got here on. Sunday, April 27, and on Monday, April 28th, Nita banked the first $5,000. Don't you see it, boy? We've checked up on Sprague pretty thoroughly. He didn't have a bank book, either on' his body on in his room, and every bank in town de- nies he had an account' with. them.." "If that theory is correct, it makes' Nita Selim a pretty low character," D.:ndee mused aloud. "Not only did she kick him out as a lover, but she double-crossed him as her partner in crime by willing the whole wad to Lydia Carr." "Well," Strawn. exclaimed, "that's my theory, end I think it explains everything. Their victim in New York simply hired a gunman, or came down here himself." "A very plausible theoay, and one which, in general, the whole city of Hamilton has been familia: with since the night Nita was murdered," Dun- dee remarked significantly. "Wha do you mean?" Strawn de- manded. "It's waterproof; ain't it? Doc Price says the bullet—and a .42 calibre one at that—entered Sprague's body lust below the breastbone and traveled an upward course till ;t struck the extreme right side of the heart. The bullet entered exactly where it would have to, if. the mur- derer was crouching under the win- dow while Sprague was raising the screen. And we have Carraway's re- port that it was Sprague's finger- prints on those nickel -plated things you have to press together to make the screen roll up or down. Further- more, I haven't a doubt in the world that the ballistic expert in Chicago will report that the bullet was fired from the sante gun that killed Nita." "Neither have I," Dundee agreed. "But what I meant was thae you had obligingly furnished the murderer who fits my theory with a theory he —or she—would not have upset for the world! ... Listen! I'm willing to grant that Sprague was shot front the outside, through the window, when Sprague raised the screen. But there our theories part c.mpany. I believe that the murderer was a guest in the Miles home last night, that he main entrance of the house, the tall hedge was less than two feel- from the window with tl`Ie partly opened screen, "Captain Strawn's theory," read the text below the Iarge drawing, "is that Sprague had good cause to fear that he was being followed on his way to the Miles holnef-that he tele- phoned for a taxi to wait ter him at the foot of the hill, and that he plan- ned to leave the Miles house by 'ivay of the trophy room window, so that • his lurking pursuer might have no knowledge of his departure. The drawing shows that his proposed flight would -have been protected by hedges until he reached the wooded slope of the hill, provided his Nemesis was lurking in the opposite hedge across the driveway, where he could observe every departure from the Miles home." "You've sure got a single-track mind, boy," Strawn chuckled "So you think those two got married in such a hurry this morning because the law says a husband or a wife can't be made to testify against 'he other?" "Possibly," Dundee grinned, unruf- fled, "But there is another possibility »--which is why i should like to know who ,suggested this sudden wedding. 1 mein that we can't overlook the ptssibility that these two murdere. made either the bride or the groom feel perfectly safe in going en with the marriage. Polly Beale and Olive Hazneri:d had been engaged for more • 503 the grounds; Flora 112iies went up- stairs to hunt for Karen Marshall, ar . was gone more than••t;n minutes; Drake went to the dining room to get the refreshments, and no crle can say exactly how ow long he was gore; Judge Marshall went up to get hie wife, and had time to snake a. little trip on the side; Janet Raymond, walked over from. her home, and passed that very window, arriving after Sprague had disappeared; and, finally, Clive Harn- mond arrived alpne in his car, which be parked within a few feet of that window. This morning he gets mar- ried—" "A telegram,, sae I" interrupted a plainclothesman who had entered. Strawn snatched at it, read it, then exulted: "Read this, boy! I guess this settles the business!" (To be continued.) For Canadian Musicians The Radio Commission has taken a step in the right direction in ar- ranging for the broadcasting of, Can- adian symphony orchestras. There are several of these scattered over the Dominion, and they are all cap- able of providing programs that are well worth hearing. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has already been broadcast on several occasions, and the music it has presented has been of a high calibre so far as in- terpretation is concerned, while the selections have been representative of the. best composers. The Toronto Symphony and the Montreal Or- chestras have been heard 'regionally, but are now to be put "on the air" by the Radio Commission for the whole Dominion to hear, in addition to various Canadian bands. This will have the double result of providing employment for a body of men who have suffered perhaps more severely than most from the depres- sion. --since they are . professional people whose training has not fitted then': for any other work—and of af- fording every part of, the Dominion an opportunity of hearing what musicians in other parts are doing. The cultural.Porces of such a broad- cast are 'obviously real, and it is only necessary to regard the achieve- ments of such. cities as . Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York in. this 'direction to realize that our leading cities may easily >ye helped to play a similar part inthe cultural life of the Canadian people.—MO1i- *treal Daily- Star, Detroit Population 1,495,392 Detroit.—The population of Detroit on January 1 was 1,495,392,' accord- ing to an estimate based on figures obtained by the Board of Education. The boarcl estimated the population at 1,463,741 a year ago• "I have no family for many years and now my family is my American. public."—Antonio Scotts. Calendar A florist's window is a far More fascinating calendar Than this, on which the •months are shown In sober letters, and I own I'd rather mark a season's flight By tulips or a pot of white. - Hyacinths than depend on dates. Patient indeed is he who waits For time to tell that accurate hour When April sun invites the flower, What matter if I am a bit Early! These windows can outwit Cold weatlrer and the sluggish seed. Here's all the calendar I need!' Spring comes the day when I behold Forsythia and acacia -gold; I read good omens in the frills Of these undaunted daffodils. Say, if you please, that I ignore Signs of old winter at the door, That what I feast my sight on here Accords not wisely with the year; Admonish me to face the stern • Warning of wind, and somehow learn To set my clock back, still I'll go My own way, knowing what I know! The simplest flower that blooms can bring Harbingers of eternal spring! Leslie Nelson Jennings. Liverpool Order Fleet of FleavyoOil Motor Buses Liverpool, Eng.—A beet of heavy - oil motor omnibuses to supplant pres- ent gasoline -driven vehicles is being purchased by the Birkenhead Cor- poration for its. public transport ser- vice. More than 500,000 gallons of petrol have hitherto been used in a year.• Exhaustive experiments over a period of six months showed that the fuel charges of the petrol -engined buses, at present gasoline prices, are al- • most six times greater than those of heavy -nil vehicles. Throw TF That COLD Some men and women fight colds all winter long. Others enjoy the protection. of Aspirin. A tablet in time, and 1get no further. If a old h the first symptoms of a cold C as caught you unaware, keep on with Aspirin until the cold is gone. Aspirin can't harm you. It does not depress the heart. If your throat is sore, dissolve several tablets in water and gargle. You will get instant relief. There's danger in a cold that hangs on for days. To say nothi> g of the pain and discomfort Aspirin might have spared you! All druggists; with proven directions for colds, headaches, neuralgia, neuritis, rheumatism. ASPIRIN TRADE -MARK IMO., IN CANADA ii" Er