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Zurich Herald, 1940-02-15, Page 7They Make Delicious Tea L EA BAGS LuE DooR r <' 0 ig35 hIGA Service, inc. SYNOPSIS RUTH WOODSON, 19 years old, an orphan, takes a bus for the mid -west to find a job. Un - 'able to pay her fare, she is put off the bus in a small town, just xs a storm is breaking. Ruth seeks shelter in an old stone house with blue door, and faints from hung- er as PENNY, the old house- keeper, opens the door. Ruth is carried upstairs by the old woman and a young man nam- ed JOHN McNEILL. The old wo- man mistakes Ruth for ELAINE +CHALMERS, whose grandfather built the house. Elaine, metitiwhile, at Craycastle College, vows in a sorority meeting to win the love of her first sweetheart, John Mc- Neill. Ruth resolves to quit the old house next day, but when John McNeill invites himself to dinner she decides. to put off her de-' parture. CHAPTER X It was old Penny's "Goodnight" to her that .made Ruth decide to stay longer, after all, The night was cool and Ruth had just blown out her candle and pulled a blank- et tip to her chin when the door of the room opened and the old wo- man came in. She said, "1 just came to say goodnight, Miss Elaine, and to tell you something. Tomorrow's my birthday—" "Really, Penny?" "Yes, Miss Elaine. P11 be I5. That's a kind of milestone in a body's life. It'll be good to have you here with sae. I wouldn't want to spend a day like that alone." Ruth stared through the dark- ness, and the sound of Penny's words became a wish fulfillment in her mind. She thought, "1 ought to stay with her, poor thing! Of. course 1 ought!" Then her natural honesty asserted itself and site faced her motives. "But I want to stay anyway. I'm happy here. There's comfortable shelter and good food—and there's Join]. Mc- Neill next door." Suddenly her decision was made. She would stay on—in the vern- acular—just as long as "the stay- ing was good." She said, "Well. Leaders in s;Rod . • , coaches, athletes and trainers • • . advise boys entering the realm of sport 4e lei Crown Brand dally For that astte gets Enid energy which help to Wim Send for Crown Brand "Book of Middles'; "Book of Magic and Tricks', Hooka on Hockey, Football, Baseball, Athletics: also coloured ,Crowd Brant Motto ALL trXUIB Send a Crown Brand tabci tor cash item, Address; The Canada Start tiompany Limited, Petit, B, •Eli Wellington St L„ Toronto Off CANAHrkSTARCH COMPANY LIMIYED Penny, it's an •occasion, isn't it? I'll save the `happy birthday' till tomorrow -and we'll make a day of it i" "Yes, Miss Elaine," replied Penny, greatly pleased, "You're sweeter than you used to be. I like to have you with me. Couldn't you somehow make. it a longer visit?" "How long?" asked Ruth experi- mentally. "Your letter said a week, Miss Elaine. Couldn't you double it?" "Maybe," replied Ruth reckless- ly. Her eyes looked through, the darkness toward the house !text door. "Yes, Penny, we'll call it two weeks—" Her mind was say- ing, "It's "a risk!" Her heart "was replying, "But it's worth it!" She was in love with John McNeill. * * 0' The Most Desirable Elaine Chalmers was entertain - of Wales, 1 suppose, Or Robert Mont'g'omery," Elaine remained sweet. "No," she answered, "Just from Teddy Van ]Harrington." Both she and Hortense knew that for their party tinier x'oquisements the Van Har- rington scion was the most desir- able of men. The deb's delight. The deb's mother's ultimate goal, Teddy was just 23 and, thanks to a dozen high-powered tutors, now possessed a sheepskin from Har - yard and a reputation for brains in addition to his immense wealth. Within the last five years his fath- er's trusty checkbook had rescued Teddy from three scheming actres- ses and a night club hostess. When Teddy announced himself engag- ed to Elaine Chalmers, Higate Deal's domineering, level -hearted stepdaughter who had money of her own, the elder Van Harring- ton swore with relief. He figured the marriage might last five or sic years, with any lucic at all, and in that time Teddy would grow up. Elaine was considerably older at 20 than was Teddy at 28. She had already' decided to marry him, but because she did not love him in the least she subconsciously de-' tided to make as many men miser- able as possible. This complex, ac- centuated .by the activities of her insidious college sorority and ab- etted by her piquant beauty, made her, a formidable female. The year before she had been acclaimed the season's most successful debutante, and she was not one to let her reputation wither on the vine. She now had in tow the famous or- chestra, leader whose dance music was considered "divine" by her' set; she still went about escorted "o -Days Popular Design By Carol . , .mes DEBUTANTE BABY EVENING JACKET When your workroom finished this lovely dress -up jacket we visualized it going to parties over the smartest frocks. Everyone is wearing them -- they're sash a pretty, practical vogue. This one was made of a lighter - than -angora wool in a heavenly blue shade with tiny matching buttons and loops down the front. The pattern includes directions for knitting the jacket in sizes 32, 34, 36 and 38, material requirements and all directions for finishing. To order this design, write your name and address on a piece of paper and send with 15 cents in coin or stamps to Carol Aianes, Room 421, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto, ing her best friend, Hortense Stokesbury. They were cutting English, - since neither cared .for Chaucer, and were making tea in Elaine's sitting room at Gray - castle, The room was not orderly. Hor- tense, wishing to occupy the chaise lounge, had to remove a pink satin corset, Hemingway's latest novel, and a bunch of letters held togeth- er with a rubber band, • Fingering the letters with inter- est before laying them down, Hor- tense remarked, "Froin the Prince "MIDDLE ACE" WOMEN Tbouriands go tbru this "trying time" by taking I'inkhani's.-well known for helping femalefunc- tioartl troubles. Try vt1 LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND by five or six attentive young males. Whenever she appeared in town from college the stock of the younger debs fell several points. ,,1' * She Was Fond of Him Perhaps the only thing Elaine Chalmers did which her heart real- ly dictated was when she went down to Annapolis now and then and told a certain serious first- classnlan between dances that she loved him feverishly in spite of the fact that she was going to marry someone else. It thrilled her to hear ' this. young naval officer threaten to end his life if she should do this. And yet it hurt her, too, for she was fond of hien. Den- nis Davis, older and leas brilliant than most of his Classmates, was not an especially good "catch," His :fancily had lost their modest fortune. He had no "pull" in the ' navy. Elaine often wandered why ,lie bothered with him at all. She ilk are PRFMIUMS $etter?' In RITE •s.or.�.. RX ,.,J. ... rFL4iC11 , CIZI iii' AND iR;ESH" only knew she would rather be' kissed by him 'than by any other • man • on earth: And that was the way things stood -with Elaine Chalmers at the Moment she was handing her best 'friend and dearest enemy, Ilor- tense Stokesbury, a cup of tea •that ()debar afternoon at Gray - castle. "What about your plans for the 'Ohio c'aanpaign?" asked Hortense casually. Still Lives Next Door • "I've put things 'in motion,"' Elaine told her. "1 wrote to the old caretaker—Penny, we call her --and told her I wanted to conte on for a week's rest. I haven't written to. the victim himself." "Can't you ask him on here for a house party instead of going ou;; there?" suggested Hortense. "I've considered that," Elaine answered, "but I don't think I could swing it. This chap must be all of 24 years old now and is probably tied to a job. In a let- - .ter Penny wrote my mother last year, she mentioned that he stilt lives next door with his mother, so I guess he isn't married. His moth- er and mine were childhood friends." "What's he like?" inquired Hor- tense, struggling with anchovy paste and a cracker. ..."Try to remember that I haw- en't seen him since I was a child," Elaine answered crossly, "and that I was too young to be very • thick with him. He's apt to be at- tractive. The virile type. He al- ways liked boys better than girls, I recall, 1 must cure him of that." "Oh," said Hortense, lighting a cigarette. She saw that Elaine wished to close the subject. "Isn't that a pimple on your nose, dar- ling?" "I hardly think so," Elaine re- plied, stealing a worried look in the mirror. "I've just been won- dering, Hortense, why you don't diet. Your figure ;was gorgeous last year--" A Letter To John With this exchange of civilities the two friends kissed and part- ed. A few moments later Elaine sat down at her desk and wrote the following letter which Hor- tense's questions had inspired: "Dear John McNeill: Here's a letter from 'the pesky brat' (you mice called me that!) who used to admire you so extravagantly— thne out here while you look for any name at end of letter- - "The idea is this. I'm at college at Graycastle now and ani plen- a ning,to rub off during fall vaca- tion for a visit to mother's old home Which used to be, and 1 hope still is, the house next door to yo'i. I hacl such fun there when I was a kid that I've always wanted to go back, Just a whim, but I can't semis to get away from it. I sup- pose it will be a disappointing visit since we can never recapture the old childhood spirit, but at least I'm going to attempt it. It would help a lot to find one fam- iliar face there besides Penny'e. Iia short, when I .arrive will you come through the althea hedge and greet inc in the old garden? l'd adore seeing you again and talk., ing over old times. You'll find me aged though not decrepit, "Otherwise the same Elaine Chalmers. "P. S. (Of course there would have to be one). Do you remember how you turned out the entire neighbourhood to look for your Eagle Scout badge? Well, I had stolen it for purely sentimental reasons. I bid it in the old globe in thelibrary. Maybe it's still 'there. E. C. (unrepentant)." When she had addressed the en- velope she looked through her desk ::for a stamp, failed to find it, awore softly and lighted a cig- aret. Presently slie noticed the time, picked up her Italian grain - mar and sauntered out to her next class. The letter to John llci\eill %vas to lie on her desk for few days unnoticed, Until Fate was ready :for it. • (To Be Continued) Claims Praise All -Important — Reformatory HeadSays Interest Saves Girls From Serious Missteps • Make a woman feel important and you will see a reformation, says Dr, Miriam 'Van Watem, sup. erintende'nt of . the Framingham (Mass,) state reformatory, She says many girls sentenced for Mines night have been "sea'. ed" if someone had taken an in- terest in them and developed their natural talents. So little apprece iation did some of her "students" get, i,iiss Van Waters says, that most or them are unaware of any talent they might have. l;ven if a girl is on the burddr- line of wrouy, :she can lie saved from serious missteps if sonieon`: take: an interest in her, n'eorct- ing to Mies Van Via ei ISSUE Nb. 7 --'40 Whooping Cough Greatest Killer Of Children Dr. H. 8, Cushing Says Drug • Has Not' Been Found to Cure Disease Kills More Than All Others Combined 14Lo1'e children die in Canada el whooping -cough than of scarlet fever, diphtheria and infantile pay. alysis combined, points out Lir. H. 13. Cushing, formerly Bead of the department of paediatrics; ac ' s at IfcGill University and an inter-• nationally famous authority- on diseases of children, in a study which he has completed on the subject of whooping -cough. LEADS INFECTIOUS DISEASES' "Last year over 15,000 children died of whooping -cough in North America alone," he states. "More died of whooping -cough in Can- ada than of any other acute in. :fci'tious disease." The cause of whooping -cough, Dr. Cushing says, has been dis- covered to be a minute bacillus which is found in the larynx and air -passages of sufferers. Much can be done to relieve the suf- ferers, he states, "but no specific drug or serum has so fax' been found to shorten the course of the disease." Two important advances in the past few years give promise of cutting appreciably the mortality rate. One, he points out, has been the discovery of sulphapyridine which "is effective In most of the cases of pneumonia complicating whooping -cough. The other luta been the development of vaccines of increased potency." • Household Don'ts Don't relegate favorite china to the top shelf just because it is cracked or chipped; a little china cement and careful mending will make it almost as good as new. 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