HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-09-21, Page 2411-00-4-11. The Humble Carrot Romantic Story
Has a. Past Of "Lost Girl"
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BY J. R. WILMOT
SYNOPSIS.
At a London dance club Molly Car-
stairs meets Roger Darling who prom-
ises to get her a job. The following
Morning MellY is stopped by a police-
man and taken to the police station
where she is identified by a Mr. and
Mrs. SilVer as their missing niece. That
night at the Silver home she discovers
she Is being used as a decoy in a gamb-
ling house. The Silvers next t"Il Molly
that Major Carstairs, her father, is re-
turning from India. A further crisis
develops when Molly rur.s inroger Bar -
ling leaving Paul Silver's study where
there has been a quarrel. Molly meets
her supposed father and they take a fiat
in town. Roger meets Major Carstairs
and the Major invites him to dinner.
CHAPTER XX.
Molly Carstairs felt that she was,
for the moment, making a success of
life. She dropped with ridiculous ease
into the role which she had been forc-
ed to play, yet nevertheless she was
thankful that Major Carstairs had
pomparatively few friends in London.
When a man has been absent from
England the length of time the Major
had, it was only to be expected that
there should have been some crumb-
ling of the cement of friendship.
For this the girl was devoutly
thankful. When it was all over and
done with, when the exposure had been
made complete, she would have to drop
back once again into that nonentity
that had been her lot before this
amazing thing had happened. In all
probability she would be forced again
to seek her livelihood in London, and
the fewer friends she made during the
course of her masquerade, the easier
it would be. Shkhad no desire to see
herself pointed out as "that impos-
tor" who had tricked a man into the
belief that she was his daughter.
So when the Major returned home
and intimated that he had invited Sir
Hugo and a young man to dine with
them at The Trocadero that night,
Molly was none too well pleased. And
when she had asked the name of the
young man and had been told that his
name was Barling—Roger Barling—
it took every ounce of her self-control
to prevent Major Carstairs from no-
ticing the panic that had leapt in her
brain at the mention of the name.
But curing the afternoon she grew
calmer, and after a pleasant after-
noon tea in the lounge, the panic had
passed away altogether and had left
in its place a sensation of pleasurable
and quite exciting anticipation.
Molly knew that the ordeal before
her would be one in which she must
have all her wits about her. She had
not forgotten that memorable after-
noon when he had "cut" her as he had
emerged from Paul Silver's "office."
He had been surprised to see her
there; she knew that, but she had been
nevertheless not a little hurt at his
-iVarner. :kid in that iliWnigt she felt
that she would be justified in causing
him some small amount of discomfort
himself. She knew that she would be
the very last person he 'would ever
anticipate seeing; and to learn that
she was Major Carstairs' daughter
would probably complete his emotion-
al rout.
They drove together in a taxi -cab
to the Trocadero, and Major Caeetairs.
kept telling himself that Molly looked
even more attractive than he had eve:
seen her look before.
Roger Barling arrived ten minutes
before the appointed hour and sat
down in the lounge with an illustrat-
ed magazine to await their arrival.
But the magazine did not interest him.
His mind had sobered somewhat from
its turmoil and he scanned the en-
trance eagerly.
At, last he saw them—at least he
recognized the Major. One could
have picked out that straight military
figure anywhere, but the girl beside
him with the deep blue ermine -edged
cloak had her face slightly averted.
But as they crossed the lounge Roger
wanted to dive behind the pages of his
periodical, for he could see her face
now. It was his Molly Carstairs.
Melly greeted Roger Barling with
one of her sweetest sullies, but there
was no hint of 'recognition in her eyes
as he bowed before her. Ile was tell-
ing himself that there was something
;subtly different about her—something
more sophisticated than there had
been on that occasion at The Cygnet.
She had greater pose; her laugh had
more assurance, and Major Carstairs
was quite obviously exceedingly proud
of her.
He wanted to be brazen and suggest
that he was certain they had met be-
fore, but he could not bring himself
to the point of saying so. Besides, he
argued, "obviously she doesn't with
to remember that affair, and I'd bet-
ter respect her wishes for the moment,
but I'm going to find out something be-
• fore the night's through, or my name's
not Roger Barling,"
At dinner Roger found himself with
Molly on his right hand and facing
Major Carstairs. It was a jolly little
meal and if Roger had imagined it
Would have been characterized by some
trestraint, he was doomed to disap-
pointment Molly chattered away with
an inconsequential air which puzzled
:Roger not a little, while Sir Hugo
and the Major appeared to be continu-
ing their reminiscences which had
been begin at lunch.
strains of the dance band in an ad-
joining room reached them, Major
Carstairs suggested that perhaps
Molly would like to dance. It was a
nicely -toned hint and Roger took it.
EN, since he had seen her entering
the place an hour before he had long-
ed to get her alone. He wanted very
much to tear aside the veil of mystery
that seemed to surround hev.
So they danced, and to Molly mem-
ories came back of the first dance she
had had with Roger Barling at The
Cygnet Club. During the fox trot
neither spoke as if by tacit consent,
but when it had finished and Roger
had led her away to a discreetly se-
cluded caner and lowered her into a
deep basketwork chair under the
palms, he turned to her from his own
chair and asked:
Long before the Christian era the
merits of the carrot as a medicinal
plant were recognized. As the inhabi-
tants of the old world gave up nomad
life and settled down to rear plants,
the carrot was one of the first to come
under cultivation. Theophrastus, the
Greek philosopher, in 320 B.O., men-
tions a plant which he calls Stafylines,
but it is not certain whether he meant
carrot, parsnip, or some other related
plant. Whether the purple carrot was
known still- earlier it is impossible to
say, but Theophrastus is the first
author, of whom there is record, to
use the Dame Stafylines.
The first author who distinguished
carrots from parsnips was the Greek
medical writer and surgeon, Dioscor-
ides, who on his many travels during
the continuous wars of his time, had
the opportunity of seeing and describ-
ing a large number of medicinal
plants. He uses the name Stafylines
for the carrot and elafobosken for the
parsnip. In the original Greek, the
word Stafylines means resembling the
grape, and so remarkable is the des-
eription given.by Dioscorides that
there can be no doubt the violet or
purple carrot is being referred to.,
While the white -fleshed carrot seems
to be the only type apart from the
purple that was known in the early
ages, the yellow carrot seems to have
been the most common from the end
of the Middle Ages to the beginning
of the eighteenth century. The red
carrot is mentioned for the first time
"Why is it, Miss Carstairs, that
you appear to be making it seem that
we have never met before?"
The girl flashed him a curious
glance; then her lips formed a smile.
"Have we?" she countexed, inno-
cently.
"You know quite well we have," he
told her, with a. trace of anger in his
tone. "What does it all mean? When
we met at The Cygnet you told me
that you hadn't a relative in the
whole wide world; that you were out
of a job, and you agreed. to let me
help you. Now I discover that first
of all you are the niece of a man
named Silver and tonight you are
Major Carstairs' daughter. If I am
wrong, I hope you -will correct me."
Molly listened to the accusation
fearfully. From the first moment she
had met Roger Barling she had di-
vined that he was a persistent, ob-
stinate young man, else she would
never have dreamed of telling him
her troubles. But now there was more
than, a hint of suspicion in his mind
and she realized that at all costs
she must place him on firm round—
give him no cause to suspect her.
For a moment she was silent, cud-
gelling her brains for a story that
would ring tolerably true. Then in-
spiration came to her aid. She smiled.
It was a smile of adequate under-
standing of the young man's perplex-
ities that made him feel suddenly
conscious of the possession of an ine
feriority omplex.
"It is quite true what you say,",
she smilingly as -Aired him. "E'Very
word is quite true. If you ask Major
Carstairs he will tell you that I am
still suffering from loss of memory;
that there are a great many thIngs
in my life I cannot clearly recall:
"The day after I met you at The
Cygnet I was stopped by a policeman
who told me el was 'wanted.' I was
taken to a 'Police station and Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Silver came to claim their
lost niece. So you see at the time I
suet you I had no recollection of my
real identity. I was suffering from a
loss of memory. That would account
for any story I might unwittingly
have told you. To all intents and
purposes that night I was what I rep-
resented myself to be—s, lonely young
woman with no one to care for her.
But now, of course, you will see that
things have changed. I wasn't -wholly
without relations even though I iraag-
ined I was at the time."
Rogc. listened to the explanation
eagerly. It certainly rang true. Ile
had hearcl.of people losing their mem-
ories and being utterly unable to
"place" themselves or events that had
happened. But there was one puz-
zling feature to the case, and that
was Major Carstairs.
"But how about your father?
Hadn't you remembered him?"
She shook her pretty head, sadly.
"I didn't know anything about him
until Mrs. Silver told me he was re-
turning home from India."
"I'm sorry," he apologized, "more
sorry than you know. I've behaved
abominably. I had made up my mind
that you had deceived me. It was a
bitter blow to my pride and to my
assesment of character.. When I saw
you that day at 'Lawn House'
well, I didn't know what to think. I'd
had rather a nasty passage with Sil-
ver and I wasn't quite myeelf. Be-
sides I'd left a note i'or you at the
address in Chelsea and....well, I
thought you might have answered it."
This was a shock for Molly. Paul
Silvee had told her that there had
been iso message left for her.
"I never had your letter," she told
him quietly. "You see I've never
been back to Chelsea since that day
I set out and was taken into custody."
"Things are certainly a lot clearer
now," he .told her brightly. "Shall
we have this dance?"
Molly nodded happily and the next
moment -when she felt his arm around
her she forgot the ache which was in
her heart. •• °
(To be continued,)
Wedding bells will soon provide a
Lappy ending to the strange •. Ander-
ings of a beautiful 22 -year-old girl,
She is to marry the lover for whom
she left her parents in Southend, Eng-
land, who had only recently found her
after 20 years.
This is the romantic story of Theo -
dere Argurios, who has just been offi-
cially betrothed before a priest in
Belgrade.
A FOUNDLING.
Theodora was a foundling living
with her adopted father in Belgrade,
and knowing nothing of her par-
entage.
Last year she was claimed as his
daughter by George Argurios, arGreek
furrier naturalized as a British sub-
ject, who said that she was lost in
Belgrade 20 years ago le the turmoil
of the first Balkan war.
Despite the protests of her adopted
father Theodora could not resist her
desire to see her mothee. She came
to England.
She .met her mother, Mr. Argurios'
Welsh wife, at Southend, but found
that she could not understand a word
of what her brothers and sisters said
to her.
Nevertheless, she was happy with
her family, and soon learned to speak
Erglish.
CALL OF LOVE.
Now, after eight months,
back in Belgrade.
"I love my mother," she says. "I
love England. I am sad to leave the
in 1471 by Pettus de Crescentis, and family I have only just found. But
latter in. 1692 in an English publica- I love Belgrade also,
tion by 3. Parkinson, a red variety is
'especially recommended by the authoe.
Mention is also made of long .and
short types of carrots and light and
deep colored yellow varieties. A hun-
dred years later, in 1740, a Geeman
writer refers to different varieties
both with regard to color, shape and
time of matuvity. It is estimated that
the varieties Champion, Rhinsk, Sur-
rey and. James were put on the market
some time between 1840 and 1860.
The violet or purple carrot, which
maintained its existence from the
earlier ages, throughout the Middle
Ages and up to the beginning of.the
19th century, has entirely disappeared
after more than 2,000 years of Culti-
vation of which we are cogpizant. The
present day cultivated types of carrots
all appear to have descended from a
variety which can be found growing
wild. in most districts of Europe, and
the Western parts of Asia.
she is
Experimental Votes For
Women in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep`iblic.
—President Trujillo promised the wo-
men's orga,nization,.. Accion Fexqiista
Nacional, he would conduct experi;
ments in the.ciiming 1934 elections un-
der which women would be permitted
to cast "experimental votes." If they
respond to the voting privileges, con-
stitutional reforms will be sought.
Large acreages of land in Eastern
Canada are he need cf lime and can
be made to produce more profitably
by its use.
"I had to come because—more than
everything else—I love my Slavko."
Slavko Gorgitcle for whom Theo-
dora has left her parents and home,
is a 25 -year-old Yugoslay. When
Theodora so unexpectedly left for
England he was broken-hearted.
Letters followed, however. The love
which had existed =avowed for three
years was disclosed and a wedding
was erranged.
Mr. Argurios went with Theodora
to Belgrade, and was present at the
official betrothal. He Will also be at
the -.7ed ding.
And Theodora has promised her
mother that their first holiday after
the marriage shall be spent at South-
end.
111110,moolms......a
Letters of Queen Viet
London Press
.11e.
ria
Publishes Correspondence Between WQ-
man Ruler and Gladstone
about this Bridge, having three weeks
ago—nearly--been asked by Mr. Glad.'
stone since the Queen could not open'
the Bridge and Viaduct the fatigue of
the Whole thing being much too great,'
and a day commencing in the heat be-.
Ing impossible could the Queen on ree
turning from Balmoral in the autumn
drive to the Bridge? She replied that
she could not promise but that if she
could she would—but that it could not
be before the Gth of Nov:—and cer-
tainly not in Oct: And quite a short
ceremony without any luncheon any-.
where.
"The Queen and Mr. Gladstone, 1845-
1879," Letters edited With a comment-
ary by Philip Guedalla, receives ex-
tended notice in the London press. One
reviewer says:
"It is an astonishing drama that is
unfolded in this correspondence be-
tween the' middle-aged Queen Victoria
and the middle-aged Gladstone. The
most human and engrossing part of
the correspondence is that in which
Gladstone tries to persuade the Queen
to do her duty as a queen and she with
a superabundance of underlined words
explains that she is too broken and ill
to do her duty as a Queen.
"It was probably because of Glad -
stone's well-meaning efforts that he
ceased to be one of the Queen's most
cherished advisers and became her pet
aversion. She obviously never felt the
same towards him. again after his
dogged attempts to coax her out of her
retirement to open the newly -built
Blackfriars Bridge.
Letters to Gladstone
'"Her withdrawal from the public
gaze after the death of Prince Albert
was something with which everyone
could sympathize. Her letter about
her dead husband, written to Gladstone
in 1862, is the sincere utterance ofit
broken heart:
"'The Queen struggles and works ---
and will devote herself to ,cle what her
precious husband wished—and desired
and time to do her duty to the last
hour of her life—but her faithful Ser-
vant and kind friends must not deceive
themselves by thinking that ber efforts
will carry her on;—for the constant
longing—and pining, the void and suf-
fering do never leave her day or night
—accompanied by the great amount of
work and responsibility which weighs
alone upon her is telling very visibly
upon her health and strength; she gets
much weaker—her health worse and
her nerves terribly shattered, -
"'The Queen is much surprised at
being again teazed and tormented
Gems from Life's Scrap -book
Punctuality
"Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an
appointment is an act of clear dis-
honesty."—Horace Mann.
"Regularity is unity; unity is God-
like"—ltichter.
"In the figurative transmission from
the divine thought to the human, dili-
gence, promptness, and perseverance
are likened •to 'the cattle upon a thou-
sand hills'."—Mary Baker EdtlY.
"Punctuality is the stern virtue of
men of busbies's, and the graceful
Courtesy of princes."—Bulmer Lytton.
"If I have made an appointment'
with you, I owe you punctuality. I have
no right to throw away your time, if I
do my own."—Cecil.
"I have always been a quarter of an
hour before my time, and it has made
a man of me."—Lord Nelson.
Complete fertilizers are sold ac-
cording to formulae, An example of
one of these is 2-12-6 (two-tevelve-
six) mixtere. This, ineans that such
a mixture contains 2 per cent, nitro-
gen, 12 per cent, available phosphorie
acid, and 6 per cat, of water soluble
when the meal was over and the potash,
Two Champions Meet
Priino Carnera arrived 'in Los Angeles the other day and was
greeted by Jack Dempsey, He is here to make bis film debut in 0
picture now in. production at Vollywood,
"'Pray make this very positive.'
Another Extract
"Again, when she was asked to open
Parliament, she wrote:
"'Atter much repeated sehre suf-
fering which has weakened and shaken
her very much and which obliges her
to take the very greatest care when
she goes out, like sitting backwards
when she drives and covering her face
and hands with endless wraps—besides
avoiding excitement and fatigue—it
would be madness to expose herself to
the fatigue of a journey up in this
severe weather and to the great agita-
tion and excitement of going to open
Parliament, and above all to the total-
ly unavoidable exposure to cold drafts
and heat!'
'She was averse to the idea of wo-
men entering the medical profession
(and M this Gladstone agreed).
"'The Queen is glad that the Gov-
ernment will support Br. Bouverie's
motion—but she feels that the danger
as regards the subject she attended to
be so very serious that she is deter-
mined for the salvation of the young
women of this country—and their res-.
cue from immorality to do everything
she can to put a check to it.—She
wishes Mr. Gladstone would send for
and see Sir William Jenner, who can
tell him what an awful idea this is—ol
allowing young girls and young men to
enter the dissecting room together'."
The Neighbor
Time was when I was very small,
And ill in bed I lay,
A kindly neighbor used to call
Who lived across the way.
Into my room, it seemed to me,
She tripped on fairy feet
And whispered, oh so cheerily:
"Here's something good to eat."
So strangely is the mind imprea'sed,
That neighbor seemed to me
Of all good folks the very beat
That I should ever see.
For cookies from her pantry shelf,
A dish of raspberry jam
Or brotli which she had made herself
All grateful still I am.
Why should I think of her today?
Well that I scarcely know.
But one like her went 'cross the way
With tray in hand, and so
I watched her hasten to a door
And guessed perhaps that she
Was taking jam and cookies for
Some child resembling me.
Beneath the linen, spotless white,
I knew was something. ,tweet
To tempt a sick child's appetite.
And driving clown the street
Thought X in life there's much that's
good
Despite the wrong man tells;
in every little neighborhood
Some kindly woman dwells.
—Barrie Examiner,
'Straight -Line Clothes
Shown in Paris
Straight-line clothes, which here-
tofore have received scant notice,
have made their debut in Paris in
a varied winter style picture when
Lanvin displayed a new, clean-cut
straight silhouette.
The most outstanding models were
wool -eiisembles with three-quarter
length coats hanging loose in the
back and flaring out slightly from
the figure.
They were collared to broaden the
shoulder line and often were hand-
-led down the front with furs suds as
beaver, astrakhan and Indian lamb.
The chief colors were light green,
bright green, gray,, navy bine and
black.
Hats Were small and featured high -
crowned felt 'with. 'narrow brims
=1 rolled up on one side and down on
• the other, and the fabric toques ris-
ing to a high point in the-. back.
• They were worn pulled well over 'Owl
forehead.
Horse -riding is so much in favour le
Gt. Britain that there are said to
500 schools now teaching
"Wouldn't you like to have do
gift of speech like some of dese
orators?"
"Say, Pete, I allus wisht 1 wuz
ono of dem after -dinners' speakers,
Question of Custody
of Child in Divorce
In a recent case in Edmonton, Al-
berta,, the judge, dealing in general
fashion with a question of paramount
importance to women—the custody
of the child in a divorce case, said:,
"All orders dealing with custodA
are subject to change at any time
whether expressly made so or not;
if the , circumstances or conclitioni,
have changed. The fact that ti
mother has been found guilty of adul.i
tery has itt many eases in our own
courts not been tveated necessarily as
bar to her being given custody,
and in no case that I can recall have
1. as a judge, refused a guilty wife
access to her children. In all cases
the paramount principle which th(
court must act 'upon is the welfard
of the child"
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