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The Seaforth News, 1930-03-06, Page 2Salada Orange Pekoe Blend gives greatest satisfaction P0 IF la ORANGE 11/1H. t TV! A 'Fresh from the garden& e51 rt 1 Thc Stcp on the Stairs By ISABEL OSTRANDER BEGIN HERE TODAY Detective. Sergeant John Bary is spending the evening with his friend, Prof. Semyonov, in the latter's 'rooms on the fifth floor of a New York apart- ment house. ,A revolver shot 's heard from below and then hurrying foot steps on the stairs. They rush down- stairs and in the studio apartmenon the third Axle discover the occupant, a beautiful woman, lying dead on the floor in front cr an unfinished por- trait. A bullet .has just pierced her breast. GO ON WITH THE STORY Sergeant Barry made no comment but gently dropping the limp, warm head back upon the rug he rose and started a swift, comprehensiv search of the apartmens. From just behind him over his shoulder a large reflector threw the powerful light whose re- fracted rays had penetrated even into the outer hall; back of the easel and at one side where the artist could ob- tain the best view of it stood a small, improvised model throne with three steps and a section of balustrade, and back of it again the drawn shades The latter advanced with aggres- sive authority which- suffered a sud- den change. "What's been .going on here? I heard a shot and I've been pounding below till this young gentleman here let me in! Oh, you're hero, Sergeant Barry! This is my regular beat, sir, and thinking there was something un- usual—" "There is, Boyle." Barry nodded grimly to the policeman. "In that studio yonder there's a woman lying shot through the heart!" "A woman!" The young man in the dinner coat repeatd with a gasp, "Not Miriam Vane! It's impossible!" Fie rushed past the group to the studio doorway, clung there for a mo- ment in wondleis horror, then eel - lapsed into the nearest chair, burying, his face in his hands. BoyTe was instantly all business. After a quick examination of the body he turned to Barry. "Would you mind telling me, Ser- geant—?" he began, but the other interrupted him. over a row of half -opened windows "Not in the least, although we know flapped in the little, hot breeze which very little. I was here unofficially, had sptung up with the passing of the threatened storm. A long table covered with scattered tubes of paint and brushes, a few plain chairs and many canvases bf visiting this old friend of mine, Mr. Sernyonov, who lives on the fifth floor —two above this—when we heard the shot and rushed down to investigate. There seems to be no one in the apart - various sizes stacked again the wets ment directly above this one, and 1 completed the furnishings of the took the responsibility of breaking in workmanlike studio, the ceiling of the door here because we could get which was one huge ekyligat Of glass, no reply to repeated knocking and the and the detective turned back into the light from the studio there streamed luxurious living room, his hand me- out under the sill into the outer hall. chanically searching for and finding You can see how brilliant it is; it the light switch in the wall. must be some special light for artists Instantly the soft glow of many low, opal -tinted lamps sprang into being and aevealed the sheer beauty of the arrangements of the room, but Sergeant Bern's eyes searched only for some sign of disorder that would indicate hurried flight, and finding none, he opened the door at the back. It led into a boudoir upholstered deli- cately in light blue and rose, and through that he passed into an ivory to paint by at night." "I'll have to report this at once to the station." Boyle, who had been listening attentively, nodded and turned to the professon. "Have you anything, sir, to add to what Sergeant Barry has told me?" Professor Semyonov pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Only that when we heard the sound of the shot and opened my door and gold bedroom and to the tiled, in- I fancied that I heard footsteps on maculate kitchenette beyonn, but no- the stairs below," where was there a sign of alien pres- Barry, whose eyes had turned to ence. that collapsed figure in the chair, "The icebox contains only butter thought that he saw a shudder sweep and cream, and that dress and hat over it as though an unseen hand upon the bed would indicate that Mre, had shaken the inert form, but he Vane had dined out," the professor observed. "Vane? Miriam Vane?" Barry wheeled suddenly. "Is that who she is, the artist who has created such a stir with her new type of portrait- ure among the celebrities?" "Yes. Her portraits are danger- ously near caricatures, for some per- verse impulse has seemed to guide her brush although so subtly that her clients themselves have rarely detect- ed that sardonically revealing touch or two, but the critics have raved about her genius." The professor turned. "It is evident that we are too late here, for this kitchenette door leading into the outer hall is bolted from the inside; but someone is com- ing." Someone had indeed arrived. They hastened back to the living room to find standing just within the doorway a young man in a dinner coat with wildl: rumpled hair, and a policeman in uniform. !WRIGLEY'S is good company 'on any tdp. 1 It's delicious flavor adds zest and enjoyment. The sugar sup- plies pep and energy when the dayseems long. In short it's good and good for you. After Every Mea cx 1t oweasserrn...ttmecacerurcticare.alea ISSUE No, 8--'30 said nothing as the policeman paused at the screened telephone en the table to inquire: "Could you say, sir, whether those footsteps were going up or down?" "Not definitely," the professor hesi- tated. "One would suppose naturally Hut they were descending to escape by way of the street and yet it seem- ed to me that they were coining up, although we met no one!" He paused. Framed in the hall doorway there had appeared a tall, middle-aged man clad in a tattered dressing goven, with a lean, smooth - shaven, irascible face upon which astonishment struggled with resent- ment, "What's been going on here, offi- cer?" he demanded. "I'm Griswold on the floor above. Who's been pound- ing on my door fit to wake the dead?" CHAPTER II. "There's been murder going on, sir," Officer Boyle retorted grimly. "So it was pounding you heard?" "That was I," Professor Sernyonov remarked with dignity. "I stopped on - he way down at this person's door but received no response." "And sour name's Griswo'dr the policeman prevented an evidently heated rejoinder by his sharp ques- tion, "Henry Griswold, end I know no- thing whatever about any murder!" declared the newcomer. "I do not care to be embroiled in any such—" "You're here, and you'll stay, sir, till we hear frorn'headquarters," Boyle replied significantly. "So you're on the fourth floor and this gentleman here on the fifth." He indicated the professor with marked courtesy ia deference to the sergeant, and thers turned to the young man in the .ehair.. "You have the apartment on the sees end floor, sir, just ever the :hop?" The young man noddea without lift- ing his head and replied with muffled tones: "Yes. My name is Gordor Ladd. I —I heard you making that racket, ly, giving number and size of such Love, when true, faithful, and well you know, 'and went down to the en- rittMens as you want. Enclose 20c in fixed, Is eminently the sanctifying el. trance and let you in." "And that's all that lives in this it carefully) for each number, and stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap ment of human life; without it, the, soul eannot reach Its fullest height br house?" Boyle looked from ,one to address your order to Wilson Pattern holineee.—Ruskin, another of them but his gaze finally Service, 78 West Adelaide St., Toronto, -----4------- fastned uponthe peofessor and the "League Council Takes Three Steps latter replied; Check Falling Hair with Minard'a, • to Cement Peace," Coacrete steps? "A lady lilies on the- top floor, the' Why Does one above mine. I do not know • her. Of the shop I can tell you nc;thing, but there is a janitor or superintendent Who -occupies the basement, although I have never found him there, when When the baby cries without visible Ise. is wanted for sudden repairs or cause, the parents become eoncerio other emergencies. There are no other ed, and the puzzling question arises: occupants of the building, to My is the child ill? Has he a pain svhieh knowledge," he can not tel us about? It is with theee momentoue ques- tions that a children's specialist, Dr. Plusser, deal itt a most interesting way. In a- reeent pamphlet, published Itt Germany. Tee purely pathological The Baby Cry? "Thanks, sir." Bayle turned again to the telephone and the municipal machinery of investigation into the death of Miriam Vane was set in MO- -Hon.. "wow/ p,oyle squared his shouldere Part le intended for specialists, but in with. a satisfied air/ "I'll get whet the Cheaters that deal with the mind dope I can. ask you, sergeant, to of the child and Itis relation to the See that these three gentlemen stay in this; room. Doiet let one, of them put a finger on the corpse, either!" He added the last in a hoarse whis- per that must have been plainly aud- ible to the entire group, for even the young man in the hair, overcome with horror as he appeared, ehuddered. and as the policeman started up the stairway with a heavy tread he raised a hagard face. "It can't be!" he muttered as if to himself. "Not Miriam! I must be going mad!" "So it's Miriam Vane, the woman painter, thht's been murdered, as that Renee officer said?" Griswold drew his dressing gown closer about his lean form. "I should like to knew, sir, why you banged on my door and dragged me into it?" He turned • irascibly to the profes- sor, win shook back his mane of bushy white hair and smiled with suave urbanity. "My dear friend, the sound of the shot came front below my rooms some- where and my friend and I could not tell whether it came from seism apart- ment or this one." "I can tell when I hear a fiddle play- ing at ungodly hours over my head whether it conies from above or the top floor!" the other retorted. "I move down here, away from my club, and nay office, and my bankers in order to get peace and quiet and I land in this sort of thing!" A scream, shrill tut subdued by distance floated down to them at this juncture and the professor murmured in an aside to Barry: "Evidently your excellent friend of the police has broken the news of the tragedy none too diplomatically to my neighbor in the skylight apartment!" (To be continued.) Basque Model Attracts Junior WO% Its Moulded,Ripline and Flaring Skirt By ANNETTE An interesting rayon printed crepe in deep lawn Veen and lighter tones that is simple, smart mad wearable for the growing min of 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. It's a dress that is very inexpensive and very easy to make. ' It has a two-piece skirt, that is gathered and stitched to bodice that is long -waisted and slightly moulded throsgh the hips, with deep scalloped outline at front. The long rather fit- ted sleeves have turn -down flared cuffs. It's a splendid dress for classroom that appears so entirely small; after school hours to go calling or shopping with mother. You'll also like Style No. 202 in navy blue wool crepe with tiny red bone buttons at either side 11 bodice at front with matching shade red silk crepe linen in a red euffs, that lends French chic. • Geometric print in cotton broad- cloth, wool challis print, crepe de chine, pastel linen, wool jersess and featherweight novelty woolens/ appro- priate. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plain - Millennia -lent, Dr, Plusser conveys a multitude or thoughts and suggee. thine of interest not only to parents hat to teachers and psychologists also, We, quote from a review by Gottfried Stiamly iu the Illustrirte Zeitung (Leipzig) as follows: 'First of all, the question is raised: Provided the child continues, to cry, clew MU under all ,eircumstancee mean ffiscomMrt or iliuess? "By no means. We forget only too easily that .crying is the infant's only possible expression—the only vent for his frequently overbubbling teniperament, snaking his individual. ItY—urely this expeessian Is justified' even at this' age—known to his fam- ily. "And when the baby thrives, Is. rosy and strong, sleeps soundly and shows the proper increase in weight, in that case we have to deal with a high-spirited child, a 'distinct per- sonality,' who makes his existence known in a different way from a child with an ordinary temperament. More- over, the health-% child displays everywhere a certain inclination to- ward perseverance, just as,' at a later age, he never wearies of listen- ing again and again to the same fairy- tales and the same jokes, so he per. ^fists in his 'crying concert' until his supply of vocal power is exhausted." Of course, we are reminded that one should be cautious in judging such a "squaling baby." Whenever the crying becomes spasmodic—when the facial expression of the child and kis Psychic attitude during, the • crying - spell indicate cliscomtort—the con- tinuous crying Is not to be consider- ed merely as a surplus of energy. And when the scales and the thermo- meter—the most reliable health -me- ters at this period of life—suggest possible malnutrition and illness, then it requires all of the physician's art to ascertain the cause, which oc- casionally Is concealed: "But besideeventual physical ail- ments, the psychic" attitude of the child, the 'milieu,' in which lie lives, must be had in mind to a much larger extent than 'heretofore. The entire medical science of our time is in- fluenced more deeply by psychic cur- rents than it was a few decades. ago. The misunderstood child takes up,a great deal of space in Dr. Flusser's pamphlet—the child without peace as a sheltering atmosphere and without a certain loving understanding as an indispensable basis of development. "A momentous question: Shall one let the baby cry until he stops of his own accord? No! The baby of the family is entitled to solicitous loving treatment. He wants love and ten- derness, he wants to he mothered and demands this right just as a young animal seeks to obtain a caress. "The Infant who is 'quietly sooth- ed' whenever he cries develops into a child that Is calm and contented and not cross and ill-bred, as one would frequently make mothers believe. The child that realizes the futility of his crying, and for that reason is silent, may well be compared to a woman who earns to relinquish love because it is not offered to her; but to relin- quish does not mean to be contented. "It Is well known that we ourselves become nervous in the company of a nervous person. So it seems but nas tural that the infant should succumb to the same influence. As We know, our domestic animals are extremely sensitive to the frame of mind of man. The horse becomes 'jerky' and ners vous, and the dog, too, grows to be shy and fidgety, in a troubled envi- ronment, The same may be observed in the smallest infants, who are just as little able fully to understand their environment. —Whenever the baby is nervous and 'finds no peace,' a cons Meting evironment is frequently to blame. The child senses that peo- ple around him are impatient, cross or nervous, and he himself becomes neuropathic, nervous, and morose, "It is obvious that the modern type of mother in whom varied diversions, sport, recklessness, and flirtation are at variance with a mother's duties, must endanger the ecatillbrium of the child. Sueh conflicts in the child's environment may also be caused by social conditions. Hunger, misenY, and unsolved se ic problems cause in- directly, through neurasthenia of the grown-up people, restlessness and psychic uneasiness of the baby. 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She will not stay—she prefers the unex- pected; she will keep her secrets and her tantalizing charm with them, and when you think you have caught at last some of her illusive grace, she will send you back to shrouded figures and blank house -fronts. ' You must be content to wait, and perhaps some day, when you find her walking in her gardens in the cool of the evening, she will take a whim to stop and speak to you and you will go away fascinated by her courteous words and her exquisite hospitality. For it is in her gardens that she is most h' self—they share her charm, they are as unexpected as she. 'Con- ceive on every side such a landscape . . . a grey and featurless plain, over which the dust-cloude rise- andfall, build themselves into mighty columns, and sink back again among the stones at the bidding of the hot and fitful winds; prickly, low -growing plans for all vegetation, leafless, with a foliage of thorns; white patches of ,alb, on which the sunlight glitters; a fringe of barren mountains on the horizon . . Yet in this desolation lurks the mock- ing beauty of the East, A little water and the desert breaks into flowers, bowers of cool shade spring up in the midst of dust and glare,' radiant stretches of soft color gleam in that grey expanse. Your heart leaps as you pass_through the gateway in the mud wall; so sharp is the contrast, that you may stand with one foot in an arid wilderness and the other in a shadowy, flowery paradise. Under the broad thick leaves of the plane - trees tiny streams murmur, fountains splash with a sweet fresh sound, white rose bushes drop their fragrant petals into tanks, lying deep and still like patches of concentrated shadow. The indescribable charm of a Persian gar- den is keenly present to the Persians themselves—the "strip of herbage strewn, which just divides the desert from the sown," an endlessly beautiful parable. Their poets sing the praise of gardens in exquisite verses, and call their books by their names.—From "Persian Picturer." by Gertrude Bell. "What do you h n c of a girl who would break her promise?" "I should have to know what the promise was." Mercy Wilt thou draw the nature of the gods? Draw near them, then, in being merci- ful: Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. —Shakespeare. Judging by the alimony they got, some of these gross widows make hay while the sun shines. Nowadays, people take Aspirin for many little aches and pains, and as often as they encounter any pain. Why not? It is a proven anti- dote for pain. It 'winks! And Aspirin tablets are also. lutely harmless. You have the medical profession's word for that; they do not depress the heart. Soa don't let Et cold "run its course." Don't wait for a head.. ache to "wear of." Or regard neuralgia, neuritis, or even rheum- atism as something you must en- dure. Only a physician can cope with the cause of such pain, but you ean always turn to an Aepkb • tablet for relief. Aspirin is always available, and it never fails to help. Familiarize yourself with its many uses, and avoid a lot of needless suffering. 'TRADE MARK RECL. Lawn inspection A careful inspection of the lawn is advisable as soon as the frost collies ir's out of the ground. The past winter hoe been particularly severe on win- tering grase and clover, some of the o'oldost weaker occuring where there was little cover of snow. As a result there has been a good deal of freezing and thawing which alternately eon - trading and releasing the top layer of the soil breaks oft many fine roots and thus, kills the •grase and clover. To correct this condition it is advis. • able to go over the lawn in early, Flaring with a heavy roller or pounds er. Bare and thin spots should geb some seed and plenty of it. Sprink- ling this over a late snowfall is good plan, especially when the snow is melting and will disappear in a few -hours. The seed will work down into, the soil and germinate in a fesv days. Protecting Plants . This is the hardest season of the yoar on perennial plants. just now when the sun is mounting higher and becoming warmer climbers and shrub- bery on the south side of the houses particularly, are liable to start bring- ing sap up from the roots. After sun» down there is an abrupt drop in tem- perature and this sap may freeze and burst the tiny cells inside the stems. This damage is not noticed until later on when but weakly :sprouts are sent out or perhaps none at all. On the shady side of the house -there is lest/ danger' but it is well in every case to make sure that roses, ivy and sbrub- bery are well covered around. the roots. The perennial border too may, need some attention in this connec- tion. Straw, old flower stoat:, leaves and snow make the best cover. Plant Sweet Peas Early Sweet peas should be planted just as sopa as one can work up the ground. These will come along ia first-class shape no matter what the weather following is like. It is best to dig a trench about a foot or so deep. Place a layer or rich soil or rotted leaves or manure in the bot- tom, eovering it with about six inches of fine loam. In this, plant the sweet peas about three inches deep and an sas inch apart. The rains will gradually fill in the trench and the plants will develop a very deep root growth as result which will protect them against summer droughts. Get the very best seed possible and try some special shades. After the peas have come up an inch or so thin out to four inches apart and supply brush work, strings or poultry netting at least thirty inches high. for the vines to climb on. Wire netting is the least desirable for this purpose as it is liable to injure the growing plants. Suitable Vegetables While varieties of vegetables are very important, in these days of care- fully prepared seed catalogues which only list the best and most suitable for growing under Ontario conditions, cul- ture is even more important, It must be remembered that few but the most suitable varieties of garden vegetables have survived and if one is carafe] to make his alleles from an Ontario cata- logue which only lists Government ap- proved varieties, half the battle is won. The other hall will also be wort if the land lo well prepared, cultivated thoroughly during the growing season and some quickly available fertilizer applied to hasten maturity. This is the secret of tender vegetables as the more quickly they are grown the higher quality they will be, The fol- lowing list of varieties is recommend- ed: Asparagus—Washington, satisfacs tory from the standpoint of disease re- sistance and a good cropper. Beans— Pencil Box Wax, Round Pot Kidney Wax, Stringless Green Pod, with Ken- tucky Wonder Wax and Kentucky Green Pod as pole sorts, Beets—Plat Egyptian Early and Detroit Dark Red later. Cabbage—Golden Aere, as a round -headed first early, followed by Copenhagen Market and Enkhuizen Glory as mid-season, with short stem Danish Ballhead for winter storage. Caullflower—Early Snowball and Ear- ly Dwarf Erfurt. Carrots—Chantenay and Danvers. Corn—of the early 'va- pieties Cory Golden Bantaia, Early Malsolm and Crosby are recommend- ed, with Stowell's Evergreen for later use. Cucurabere — Improved White Spins and Davis Perfect. Celery— Golden Plume or Wonderful White Plume which Is good f or winter keep. ing, Lettuce—Grand Rapids is, one ot the most popular leaf varieties, with Now York and Hanson where a. head sort 18 wanted. Muskmelons—Mont- real Market, Rockyford and Hacken- sack are all good varieties, as well as Hearts of Gold, Miller's Cream or Osage, Bender Surprise and Einerald Gem, Onion—Yellow Globe Danvers, Red Weathersfield, Prize Taker, Yel- low Globe and Red Globe. Peas— Thonme Laxton, Blue Bantam, Grad - us, Little Marvels Laxton Progress and of course, American Wonder, Parsnip Crown. Radish -- Scarlet Turui,p White Tip, Flinch Breakfast and Scarlet Globe. Spinach—Blooms- dale and New Zealand. SWiss Chard --this vegetable is used as a spinach while the fleshy stein may be cooked as asparagus. It is available in white or red stem, Tomatoes—sCanaclia,n as first early, followed by Jack's Early, jewel, Llyingstone'e Globe, Earliana, John Baer, Bonny Best is one of the best forcing sorts, ss.