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1935 NEA Service, inc.
SYNOPSIS
RUTH WOODSON, i9 years old,
an orphan, leaves Brooklyn for
the mid -west by bus, seeking a
job. Unable to pay her fare, she
is put off the bus in a small town
just as a storm is breaking, She
seeks shelter at an old stone house
with a blue door and faints from
hunger.
PENNY, the old housekeeper,
opens the door. Ruth is carried
upstairs by the old woman, as-
sisted by JOHN 1VIcNEILL, a
young man from next door. The
old woman mistakes Ruth for EL-
AINE CHALMERS, whose grand-
father built the house. Ruth docs
not deny I;hil. 'She resolves to quit
the old house next day but be-
comesinterested in John.
Elaine, meanwhile, at Gray -
castle College, vows in a sorority
meeting to win the love of her
first sweetheart, John McNeill.
Though "almost engaged" to an
Annapolis man, to a famous or-
chestra leader, and to the wealthy
TEDDY VAN HARRINGTON, El -
eine decides to capture another
heart. She writes John McNeill,
telling hint she plans to visit
Worthville and hopes to renew
their friendship. Lacking a stamp,
the letter lies on her desk unmail-
ed.
Penny tells Ruth that the next
day will be her 75th birthday and
pleads with her to make a two -
weeks' visit. Ruth recklessly con-
qen ts,
CHAPTER XI
When Ruth wakened on her sec-
ond morning in the quiet old
Hunter mansion she did so with-
out any feeling of guilt or remorse.
Having made her decision to re-
main she resolved to enjoy her
stay to the fullest. The stage was
set for a fortnight which she had
every reason to believe would •he
the happiest of her life.
Trite,: there was the possibility
of Elaine Chalmers appearing on
the scene, but this was remote.
The girl had, of course, written
Penns' that she was arriving "in
a few weeks," Penny's eyes had
harrdly deceived her on that point.
"I'll be gone," thought Ruth,
"pith a week or two to spare. I'll
have had my little masquerade,
and no harm done—unless maybe
to my own heart! I'll leave a note
behind 1ne, asking forgiveness. And
that's all there'll be to that."
That other cloud on the. hori-
zon, Penny's "queerness," Ruth
dismis:ted also. Aside from the mat-
ter of the blue door, Penny seem-
ed normal and reliable. Ruth had
enough natural curiosity to wore'-
der about the old woman's strange
regard for her freshly -painted
door, but intuition warned her not
to pry. Good guests never turn
detective.
For a Buggy Ride'
Someone- was whistling on the
lawn outside. Ruth hoped sine
knew who it was.
Wrapping herself .in the bath-
robe that Penny had lent her. she
ventured across the room and
peeped out. John McNeil wrs
there, looking up at her window.
He called out Ceremoniously;
"The McNeill heir greets• the
Chahnors-Hunter-Deal heiress and
invites her for a buggy ride at a
this evening."
iUith clutched the Clumsy robe
at her neck and drew. nearer. "Iso
they still use buggies. in Ohio?"
she asked soberly.
"Eight -cylinder otitis, mostly.
Wilst go, fair maid? Or wouldst
choose to languish itt thy ratty
tower""
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Ruth called, "I'll go, ui .course,
idiot. But make it a country road,.
I don't feel like Meeting people.
I'm here for a rest."
"So that's what you're here
for," John McNeill replied cryp-
tically. "I've been waiting for you
to tell me."
"Well," she said, "now you
know!" She recklessly blew hint
a kiss and withdrew, her heart
pounding foolishly; Presently she
beard hint drive away.
* a,
Happy Birthday
Ruth, dressing, wished that she
had a gift for Penny's 75th birth-
day.
"Imagine- not being able to buy
her anything," she thought regret-
fully. "Not even narcissus bulbs,
like the ones I got CRusin Bessie."
Cousin Bessie! How unreal she
seemed now. Ruth counted back
—one, two, three nights ago the
Lawrences had loomed as colossal
figures in her life. Cousin Bessie's
home had sheltered her. Cecil';1
selfish little habits had angered
her. Letty's cold -as -steel jealousy
had driven her out into the inhos-
pitable streets to seek escape. And
now they seemed far away and
unimportant, like people in a
dream.
"I must write to Cousin Bessie,"
Ruth decided. "She'll worry about
me if she doesn't hear." And yet
she knew the worry would be mild.
In Bessie Lawrence's world of fan-
tastic manuscripts, nothing could
seem very strange, not even Ruth',
impulsive flight.
For a hopeful moment or two
Ruth considered asking the Law-
rences to send her clothes to her.
Then she dismissed the idea, re-
aliznig that she must wait until
she could receive them under her
own name. She thought regret-
fully of the things she so needed
and mtist do without. Flow rash
she had beento come off in such;
a headlong way!
Ruth went downstairs and,
while Penny- was bringing her
breakfast to the table, went into
the drawing room and raised the
lid of the old square piano which
she had polished the day before.
Running her fingers over the tink-
ling yellow keys she played "Hap-
py Birthday to You!" and sang
it precisely, using Penny's flame
in the refrain to retake it • persc n-
al.
The old woman came to the
door, coffee-pot in hand and beam-
ing with pleasure, "Mercy me,
Miss Elaine! I remember they us-
ed to sing that song at your birth-
day parties. And naw you're sing -
in' it special for me!"
Ruth smiled absently as she
rose from the piano and kisied
the old woman's withered cheek.
She said, "We used to sing ire(
Sunday School too, Penny." She
was thinking of the last time she
had heard it. The children in het
Sunday ,School Glass had sung it
on her 12th birthday and she was
supposed to respond by dropping
12 pennies into the class bank.
The cousin with whom she was liv-
ing the time had .failed to sup-
ply her with the meager hand-
ful of copper pieces which would
have saved her pride, and Ruth
had stood blushing, and pulling at
her handkerchief while the chileI-
ren .tared. . , . Shc' calve hack
from the past and smiled at the
attentive old woman.
Half Of Them. Yours
While Ruth was eating, Penny
brought tip the subject of clothes.
She said, "Miss Elaine, if you
don't want to Write back far your
clothes ---to school or home or
wherever you forgot and left 'ern
---there's sonethin' else, we' might
de about it. We might find yule
something in the steee'raom. 'That
box your mother sent; for Saint
Stephen's rnitinlage Batt; latit spring_
at Isere too late, The ladie.e were
right put out. knowing what g Cod
things yuur mother always sends.
Mum it .finally got here I dragged 1
it u!) to the stot'eronnl. Ti's not
keen opcncd."
"Oh!" said Ruth, lies eyes spat-
-suing. "Ino you suppose any of the •
clothes wduld fit me?"
"You mean are there any os:
yot.u` clothes in the box., Hiss El-
aine?" asked Penny, puzzled.
"Yes," answerod Ruth. See
would have to watch herself,
"Why, half of 'eln at least ie
yours, Lisa. Elaine, 1 mean it's al-
ways been that way. I{rinish off
your breakfast and we'll go up
and see what's there,"
Tht' "storeroom" proved to be
ons the Wad door. It was in t
state of riotous disorder, but the
smell of moth balls attested to
Penny's struggle to 'keep the. room
free of those particular pests. The
old weman pointed to an immense
carton of heavy cardboard, "That's
the box, Miss Elaine."
As she opened it, Ruth fell on
her knees with a ery of delight.
Penny said, "You'll recognize your
own clothes, Maybe they're a lit-
tle out of style, to your way of
thi nkin', but they'll do fine.'.'
There were two et!ening dress-
es en top. One was shell -pink vel-
vet, the other was creator -Colored
lace, "Oh -h!" breathed Ruth, and
held them.up in front of her. The
velvet, she saw, was Cut with a
deep back decollate. The lace frock
had puffed sleeves, a tiny round
collar and brilliant buttons down
the front of the tight bodice, It
was torn a bit in the flounce, but
half an hour with a careful needle
would ,restore it. Ruth caressed
the pretty things with .tt'embliug
band.
• "Here'sa coat," said Penny,
dragging out a woolen garment.
and casting it aside. "You don't
need that—"
"Don't I!" said. Ruth in .a'tight
v cies. She saw that it was a: blue
winter sport suit with three-quar
ter lengtl-mcoat and a round, triek
ily cut, gray fur collar. In the
box were two contrasting skirts
to go with it and several smart
sweaters. The sweaters needed one
ly a. tender dousing in soap flakes
and a few skillful stitches to make
then perfect again. "Handmade!!"
Ruth thought rapturously.
Some New Clothes
Penny said, "I reckon it's warm-
er than the suit you've got with
you. This pretty weather wen't
hardly last."
"I can 'use it nicely," Ruth said
quietly.
"That's good," Penny replied,
They explored sleeper. There was
a winter coat of black material,
•
Duchesses Trap
Best - Dressed
Wives of Windsor, Kent Tie at The
Head of the World's Mot
Nattily Turned -out Women
The 10 best -dressed women to-
day, Paris dressmakers voted last
week, are led by the Duchesses
of Kent and Windsor anci include
for the first time, Queen Eliz-
abeth.
$1,000,000 WARDROBE EACH
Wotten, the dressmakers clecid-
ed in the annual poll, are better
dressed •this season than at any
time since 'Cleopatra, despite the
war. The 10 chosen best dressed
all- have wardrobes plus furs and
jewelry worth more than $1,000,-
000 each, The war, of course, in-
creased the cost of distinctive
dressing.
The,; dressmakers voted these
women the 10 best dressed:
1. The Duchesses of Kent and
Windsor, tied.
3. Mme Antenor Patina, the
South American "tin princess,"
wife of the heir to one of the five
richest Men in the world, who is
the daughter of the Duke and
Duchess De Durcal.
. 4. Mrs. Doris Duke Cromwell,
"richest girl in the world," who
entered the list cn the basis of
the wardrobe she ordered by At-
lantic Clipper when her husband
became United States minister to
Canada.
5, Began. Aga Khan,
0. Mrs. Gilbert Miller, wife of
the New York theatrical producer.
7. Baronne Eugene' De Roths-
child.
8. Mrs. Harrison Williams of
New York,
9. Countess Barbara Hutton Re-
ventlow, heiress to the "five-and-
dime" 1r‘'oo1wcrth fortune.
10. Queen Elizabeth.
To -Day's Popular Design
By Carol Aires
CROCHETED TABLECLOTH
Jur sheer .elegance, it w:.uld be difficult to find a crocheted cloth to
surpass this one. Each square bolds an unusually graceful daisy design
and the whole cloth is bordered in a lovely formal pattern."
Although only simple filet crochet is used throughout, the finished pro-
duct is unusually rich -looking.
The pattern -includes material lesuirements, stitch guides, design chats
and full instructions for finishing.
To order this design, write your mane and address 011 a pic.'e of paper
and send with Fifteen Cents (150) ni coin of stamps to Carol. Aimee,
Room 421, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto.
conservatively, cat and coilaied
with black fox, which Ruth per-
suaded Penny to take as her otvn.
There was nothing else, however,
that the old woman Wanted shire
she always wore "plain black,"
she Faicl, and had a 'chest full "t
things, already that site bad accum-
ulated ;from "Miss Gwen's boxes."
Ruth found an exciting dress of
dark blue crepe which she felt
sure had been Elaine's. It had a
monk's hood collar, a silk cope
belt and the most .wickedly Mime
iltg sleeves imaginable. There wa:•
the faint odor of an exotic per•-
funte clinging to it. , . . Ruth
F4
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LARGEST VARIITY GFIOWN
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thought, "I'll wear this for
John.--" and her heart skipped
three beats.
in the bottom of the box were
a few piece, of lingerie, several
small felt hats, au evening coat of
brown velvet, and three pairs orf
,hoes. "This ]s' lucky, too," said
lRuth, The gold evening slippets
were hardly scuffed at all; the
walking oxfords were worn but•
still shapely the. severe blarh
Pumps; (-minus one buckle, but
otherwise perfect) were all a girl'e
heart could desire. Their size, sir
double A. did not dismay .stunt;
her own trite foot was only slig;•h,-
ly shorter.
"Penny," site. said, gathering up
her chosen clothes as Cinderella
might have done before the ball,
"let charity fall where
"What say, Miss Elaine?" a:,k,
rd- Penny, getting up stiffly. 'But
already she had forgotten the
girl's queerly spoken words. "'This
room heed 'tidying up," she re-
marked. ''I hope you won't tell
Your stepfather how I let things
go. I don't want to be pensioned
off." Again that look of appro.
heusion----and something e 1 sir,
t'ould it be craft?
J:ttth. was inc lutppy to Wnndn'.
-(Te Be Continued)
Terrible Twins
A figit broke out between ivy()
3S -teal' -old identical twins, Tom
and Arthur Trimble, when To so
c'5110(1 Arthur "fish fncc," Police,
unable 10 tell thein apart, arrest-
ed the pair.
Fashion Flashes
New coat shoulders are gener-
ally more natural.
More brown will be worn for'
sports this year,
—0--
' Gray prints are being shown on
paler gray grounds.
...,0—
The jacket dress remains peren-
iaily popular.
---0—
Aecesseries emphasize gold jeer.
elry, bags and slippers.
—0—
A very new street silhouette 1.e
rather narrow with "lampshade
hips'• in the form of a short flay-
ed tunic.
—0—
Pastel pinks and blues, and flow-
er yellows, predominate in the mix-
ture tweeds for sports. Soft red,
gray, black with brown mixtures
and navy are sponsored for town
wear.
—0—
A black and white cross -barred
crips hard worsted forms a good-
looking suit, with Dap pockets on
jacket and skirt, the latter with
box pleats from the pockets; the
buttons are silver metal and a
white pique collar finished the
neckline.
—0—
Checks for the juvenile are
- shown in a black and white check-
ed woollen coat with black braid
and gray pearl buttons.
—o_ •
An everyday blouse couples the
use of checked gingham with the
long-sleeved shirt that has adjust-
able neckline.
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The most dramatic fashion idea
which has flashed across the At-
lantic from these openings is the
dinner dreso which by artful con-
triving Sebiapare]li turns into a
street length costume. It's a trick
which is not only a brilliant solu-
tion for the dinner guests caught
in an air raid but has perfectly
good "occasion importance" i'or
certain situations of life on thio
continent.
—0—
The .spring showing of lingerie
is more feminine than ever, stress-
ing sheer silks like double chiffon
both plain and printed.
Wool Lingerie
Paris Favorite
New Gossamer Fabrics Make Big
Appeal in Wartime Winter
Wool lingerie was among the
most luxurious tiffs created by
Paris couturiers for the holiday
season. It filled a great numbef
of the intriguing packages opened
by pretty Drench -women.
W001. MOUSSELINES
The new French wool lingerie
is glamorous in the extreme. Says
M. 'Bodice, who. is responsible for
many of the fabrics which make
new "inside fashions," "Nothing
is so delicious to the touch as Cash -
mire wool." And be proves it by
bringing out wool mousselines soft-
er than the finest silk chiffons;
wool cheesecloth Hand-woven like
the Cretan women's veil, vapor-
ous as tulle and infinitely more
supple; Cashmere flannel, velvety
as a kitten's coat, than which
there is nothing more velvets'. u)r-
less it is a mouse's.
Obviously, wool lingerie weu;d
be is welcolnc gift to l?arisicnne
who are suffering from the partic-
ularly sketchy beating oi' houeee
in wartime. Blur it must be re-
membered that wool is the favor-
ite fabrie of the tropia and its
new variants have a chamoleou ad-
aptability which makes thein as
comfortable in "hot houses"
cold ones.
Victorian Era
in Furniture
Is Back Again But Without
The Dust -Catching "Ginger
Bread" of Old
'i'be tin Schen ecutre rubles 111
the h011118 of nor best malities
wore Skirt;: 10 (,tl the dawn (1 a se -
rival.
tt Olhel' wurde a set:eats] \s eem.-
tau era in.' fllrnitIlre i8 just a:•nuad
1bt: corner,
'`'here's strong interest itr furtli
Lure of the seat centers as a w•itole,
esperiatic that fu nsc on this con:
liu0111 111 the civil rear period.
Antrim designers have taken !.Le
uld American pIOCO , and while
(seeping their characteristics acte+ristics of tine
hare rut down the size - modes.,
apartment 11011808 are smatter thin;
`.Pose in old. plantation llamas
and trimmed off a lot of ilnst•cateh-
itl' "ginger bteod,"
Cameo bark t h'lirs. sofa:,, lust
tike 111e our oil w Melt grandma sat
when grandpa -'pupped the m1('1-
11011." pedestal tables with rias
fsr•l, oars 0 venire table with a fluid •
e81 ;11111081 floor-ttlllchiug oto\r•t
r1t^1'N 1.$:1111 hits of filo 11e`i't ir,'11,1.
Shepbt'rd i'llet]t e'ru>+s-btu'. :uitl
1)tr11t3d's 10t111 aro plertit'tliluse wood
pnperne in hla''k 1111d white r;rhril's
for Spring.
CIGARETTE PAPERS
NONE FINER MADE
HEALTH
TOMS
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DIETARY MEASURE
Here is a measuring stick for
your meals:
Milk—One pint to one quart for
children, half a pint to one pint
for adults per day.
Vegetables—Potatoes daily, two
,others if possible, one raw.
Fruit—One serving, more if pos-
sible per day.
Cereal—At least half should he
whole: grain.
Meat or Fish—Once daily. or
cheese, beans or peas.
Eggs --Several times a week for
children especially.
Fats—Two or three tablespoons
per day.
Sugar—Two or three table-
spoons per day.
Water—Four to eight glasses
per day.
For a raw vegetable cut carrots
or turnip, into match sticks. They
are quite in style. Chopped uu-
peeled apple anti cabbage make a
good salad.
T.E. RATE DOWN
.Dominion Government figures
for 1938 c'redit Saskatchewan
with having only 28.8 deaths from
tuberculosis per 100,000 people.
Canada's average was 54.6. If the
low rate for Saskatehewan had ap-
plied to all Canada in 1938 there
would have been only 3233 deaths
instead of the actual number of
0122.
When it is considered that the
Canadian rate is only one quarter
of what it was at the turn of the
century, an achievement o. which
this country may he prondS those
wl o are specializing. in the, figli?..
against tuberculosis 'may well feel
justified in working toward the ab-
jective of securing a Dominion a;
erage equal to Saskatchewan's.
Proposes Tag Idea
For Lost Children
The policeman's life may net be
a happy one, but Chief A. S. .Bi-
gaouette of Quebec thinks the has
an idea which might lessen the
troubles of his fellow officers.
'.l'he chief told newspapermen
last week that young children who
become lost while playing on the
eity streets often are brought in-
to precincts where officers haee
great difficulty in finding a clee.
to their identity.
.As a solution to the prohlctn,
Eigaouette said he was thinking
of Suggesting to parents that
tire; put identification tags of
some kind on the clothing of ail
young children allowed on tt1P
streets unattended.
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