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Zurich Herald, 1940-08-08, Page 3SERIAL STORY INTO THE SUNSET By Jackson Gregory .rrnQ..m� SYNAPSIS Barry Haverii leaves his Texas home to see the country, meets a man who has just been shot who turns out to be a cousin of his, Jesse Conroy. Barry helps take care of his wounds and Jesse gives Barry his gun, a very un- usual, one. When they part Barry leaves for home but finds the family is no longer there, When he is leaving he suddenly comes across a dead man who turns out to be his brother Robert. CHAPTER III HE knew it was Robert the in- stant he glimpsed the sprawling form. even before he looked, for any face, and he knew too that'he was dead. So it was a burning - eyed, blanched -faced, tragic boy who burst in upon the Humph- ' rep,. saying. thickly as they star- ed «t.him: "He's dead. Robert, he's dead. Somebody killed him, Who? I wana to know who? You tell me, Tex Humphreys!!" Molly went back with him and Tex to where the body lay, a Molly who Was all melting black eyes from which the tears stream- ed unceasingly. Tex sat a long while on his heels, then looked straight up ,in- to Barry's hardened face, "He rode off this way Late yes- tiddy," he said, speaking softly an drawlingly. "'Somebody bush- what-iked hint. Stood right over yaner. by that big tree. Shot him dean through the haid." He got up and moved about, toe kine for signs. "Here's where he :ood, Barry. He was afoot; didn't have any hoss. An' Robert did; he was ridin' my Coaly. 11'Iy bei boss, my Mex saddle an' bridle—a11 gone! Somebody might im }'be thought he was wo'th lain' for that outfit; somebody' afoot that wanted a hoss real bad; somebody mebbe the law was after." "Vie c'n follow the tracks," said Karry. "We c'n see which way he rode off." Little Wiser Tex agreed in all heartiness. They hastened back to Humph- rey's ranch for horses. They put in a dogged, determined day, and in the end turned back little wis- er than when they started. That night Barry shook his head at Tex Hutnphrey's invita- tion to stay, and turned under the stars toward his own place. He walked half the night be - :fore he rolled exhausted into his blanket and slept. When he awoke he .was so stiff and sore that he could scarcely stand; he had less use for a horse than ever before, and t,swed he would never fork another. In a pink dawn with a chill mountain wind blowing he breal'fa•stet1 and rolled his pack and went 011. It was almost a day's trip, north and west, to the spot where he hr:d watched the two border e' essbreeds engaged in their primitive gold -gleaning o p e r- ation'. D:hvn in the ravine he set his rine aside. pulled off his worn boots, rolled up his overalls and went to work. He didn't have a pz.n as the others had, but he din have big strong capable hands. He found a sandy place between two rig rocks, scooped up a lot of ;he wet sand and smeared it out 11,in and smooth on top of the flatter boulder. Then he be- g'an picking through it, disturb - lag 1:ar'ticles with a horny finger- r.nii, seeking the soft reddish pel- lcts. Two Elegant Bags `text morning he tried higher upstream. For hours he mounted, trying. in all sorts of places. Be- fore noon he found a pothole un- der water at the lower encs of a pool. He spent about two hours at that hole, thinking that he • might as well clean it out while Lc v.as at it; he could find an- other next time. Then figuring that the must have about all the Role he would need for the things he .carted in town, he started back cabinward. Hardly started, he stopped and looked back, un- decided. He'd want to get a lot of shells for his new six-gun, a terrible lot of 'ern; he wondered whether he had gold enough. The next morning he set out. It was a long walk to Tylerville; ftIA .T SAN .AEN I I ii �1 sING Gf fAi„ 7 Jesse had told hint it must be thirty -forty mile. Tylerville, a ragged and crook- ed cow town, sprawled in what bad been .once known as Cotton- wood Flats. When a buckboard came dash- ing around a far corner in an enormous cloud of dust, he drew back against a wall as though afraid of being run down, even on a sidewalk. Then, seeing it close as it 'shot on by, he was impressed by its elegance. Two. sleek, beautiful, matched bays with floating silver manes drew it; an imposing figure of a man drove it, a handsome big blond man. At his side was a little girl; she looked very little indeed be- side the plan's imposing bulk, and - about all that Barry could make of her as she went past was that she too wore blue and that she • had a big white hat from which blue ribbons streamed, and that she was laughing. In The Restaurant Men clumped along the side- walk, most of them dusty and in high -heeled boots with• dragging spurts, With big hats, the brims pushed back, and with flapping, open vests. He stopped fascinated before a window full of things to make his mouth water; some of thein looked almost too pretty. to eat. Barry went in. At one side was a counter, at the other a series of small tables with low partitions jutting out from the wall to sep- arate them. He sat down and when a waiter came said, after drawing a long breath: "I want a hunk of choc'late cake and a hunk of the white cake that's yellow inside and some Body water." He had disposed of perhaps half of the chocolate cake and two-thirds of the white one, when he saw the big blond man and the little girl come in; they went to a table next to his but were hidden, when they sat down, by . the partition. The waiter ahnost ran to serve them. Barry wolfed down the rest of his cake and caught the waiter's eye. "I didn't bring any real money along," he said, keeping his voice down. "You can take the prig out of this." (To Be Continued) Five "Dn'ts" For Children Mayor LaGuardia, of New York Gives Advice on How to Hold Vacation Accident Toll to Minimum Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, of New York City, appealed last week to parents to co-operate with the Pol- ice Department in a special drive to reduce traffic accidents to child- ren to an all-time low. He said par- ents could help by supervising the play time of their children and see- ing that they used the city's parks, pdaygrounds, swimming pools, ar- eas and play streets. ADULTS SHOULD SUPERVISE PLAY "In addition I hope they will im- press upon their children the five vacation 'don'ts' listed by the Pol- ice Department on the basis of its study of, the common causes of ac- cidents." said the Mayor. The "don'ts" follow: "1. Don't play games in the road- way. '2, Don't bitch on trucks, cars or other vehicles. "3. Don't weave in and out of traffic while riding your bicycle. "4. Don't ride on the handlebars. "5, Don't peas red lights." New Pinafore And Jumpers They'll Be Conspicuous On The Campus in the Fall Pinafores are moving up into the front row again for class days this fal1. \Ve note the first pinafores to appear are not ruffled and that the style that looks quite new for cam- pus is the pleated pinafore, though the flared and dirndl -skirted style over dress or blouse is given a new look of being in lightweight wool- len in solid color contrast shades or combination of classic sports pat- tern with solid color. "School house" red with green or navy contrast is smart in these. Just where a pinat'ore style stops and a jumper style begins is in these days a little difficult to decide when jumper dresses that do not fasten down the back are nevertlhe• ,less spoken of as pinafores. We do merely mention this to emphasize the fact that the pinafore fashion has started interest fu kindred fash- ions and that jumper dresses conn* under this head and are spoken of Ain. full favor. Black And Brown For Autumn Wear Wine, Crean, Blue and Beige Will Also Be Popular • Every year about this time, the fashion industry goes into a huddle to decide what colors shall be good for fall. High-powered executives meet, look at swatches, argue, make big speeches, call in artists and dye ex- perts. Finally, they make a solemn an- nouncement. Black and Brown will- be illbe good for fall. Wine and green and blue and beige will be good, too. The I.T. S. National Retail DrY Goods Association has just made such an announcement at New York, endorsing these very colors for next fall. It took a committee of 16 to select them. To a woman who has nothing to; do with fashions except as a shop- per, it all looks pretty silly. Black, of course. Brown, of course. What else would they pick for fall? The reason for the fuss is that there are so many shades of each color — even of black. From many browns the committee this year has selected two of the best — a nutria shade and a mink shade. So with other colors. Precise shades are se- lected, then the committee issues color cards to retailers, manufact- urers and designer's, for their guid- ance in assembling your fall ward- robe. DIFFERENCES IN SHADE To you as a shopper, this care- ful attention to color means that if you buy a teal blue coat, you'll be able to find a teal blue hat to match it. It means that if you want bright brown accessories to go well with your green wool frock, you'll be able to find gloves, shoes, hat. and bag in approximately the same shade of brown. Home Hints ints Potatoes and carrots should be scrubbed, not peeled. Vegetable peelings, green tops, outside leaves of greens should never be thrown away, but simmered to make vege- table stock. Water in which you cook your vegetables should be add- ed to stock -pet or used to make a gravy. Bones and carcases should be gently simmered for six hours, and the liquor used as a foundation for soup. Grass -stains will yield to glycer- ine, spread over the patch, left for an hour or two, and then washed off with warm water, rinsing sever- al times and using soap gently if really bad. Mud -stains are best soaked off in cold water, warm wa- ter seems to set then more. You can make a useful clothes - dryer from an old umbrella. Strip off the cover, enamel the framework white, and hang up on a hook in the ceiling over your cooker or range. You then have a splendid dryer or airer after which a large number of small things, such as collars and handkerchiefs, and it can be folded up when not in use. Vacations Prevent Child Delinquency Boys and girls still believe in being good around Christmas, but the summer months show less juvenile delinquency than any other period of the year, reports Juvenile Judge Eugene Madden of Denver. "With the conning of vacations children get so mush varied activity that they don't have time to get into trouble," he said. T A By SADIE B. CHAMBERS "FOOD FOR HEALTH" Last week I spoke of the merit of the publication, Food For Health, published by the Can- adian Medical Association. Col.- tinning with the advice written therein I believe it is timely to mention this week, the "Shop- ping Hints" and "Cooking Hints," two topics which are of present day value to every thrifty house- wife who is interested in the health and economy of her -fam- ily. Those of you who are filing the writings of this column will have from last summer, my ar- ticle "Hints on vegetable cook- ing." Some is a repetition, but I wish to give the information ex- actly as printed in the book "Food For Health". SHOPPING HINTS 1. Use foods "in season" when the price is lowest. 2. When fresh vegetables are high in price, buy canned vege- tables, particularly tomatoes as they retain their total food value in canning. 3. Cheese may replace some of the milk or meat in ones diet. An ounce of Canadian cheese may be used in place of a glass of milk. 4. In buying the cheaper cuts of pleat, select those with little bone or waste. 5. Fcods in bulk usually are cheaper than those in packages. 6. When possible buy foods in large quantities to get price re- ductions. 7. Familiarize yourself with the meaning of "government grades" for food. COOKING HINTS 1. Use little water for cooking, except for strongly flavored vege- tables. 2. Save cooking water from vegetables, or liquid from canned vegetables and use as stock in soups. 3. Cook vegetables with skins on, if possible. Otherwise scrape or pare thinly. 4. Don't overcook vegetables. Such vegetables as green cabbage and spinach need only 8 to 10 minutes cooking. Red cabbage, potatoes, and root vegetables need 20 to 40 minutes. WEEKLY FOOD BUDGET To Insure Good Health For 2 Adults 1 Child. (Age 1 to 10 years). Food Amt. Per Week Milk 8 qts. Cheese 1 lb. Butter 2 lbs.. Approximate cost $1.75. Potatoes 10 lbs. Fresh vegetables 13 lbs. Dried vegetables 1 Ib. Fresh fruit 5 lbs. Dried fruit 2 lbs. Approximate cost $1.35. Meat or fish 4 lbs. Eggs 1 doz. Approximate cost OOc. Bread 7 loaves Flour and cereals 3 lbs. Approximate cost 80c. Other foods and flavorings cost about 50c. Daily cost per person 25 cts. T Children of Poor A Need A Holiday Women outnumbered men by 1,161,000 in England and Wales in the middle of 1038. CHILD'S CROSS-STITCH SAMPLER R tuk 54T v b .• tiyee s tri p 'When 4 ovr bath i a' roi ' Keep 0' white Shit iii ; byl ht Lik' tk rnSlitinf ,Ss in. 4 rjLfi Shouid b ii `- The next, 00u Soo w„ . v;d be tn' " 3ucky ono! 7.ti) 594 DESIGN NO. $84• This dainty cross-stitch motto is designed to keep that .adage fore» most in youthful mind;, and to instill the thought of consideration for others. Hot iron tranfor pattern No. 504 contains motto measuring about 131:3 ly 16 inches with complete instruc'cions, 'ro. r i.'.s1" 'th:s pattern, pend 15 cents in coin or stamps to Carol Ainmee, Ream 421, 73 West Adelaide Sts Toronto. Neighborhood Workers' As, sociation of Toronto Strives to Provide Outings in Coun• try For Thousands of Child. ren In addition to the ohildren and mothers sent each summer to Camp Bolton, the Neighborhood Workers' Association of Toronto, strives to.provide holidays for some 1,200 children who for various rea- sons cannot be sent to camp. Through the country home de- partment these children are sent to homes within a radius of 150 miles from Toronto. The Neighbor- hood Workers' Association pays all transportation costs' but no board is paid. Persons living in the coun- try who have room in their home for one or two ehildren generously co-operate with the N.W.A. by tak- ing city children for a two weeks' vacation period free of charge. N.W.A. PAYS TRANSPORTATION It is not expected that the hos- tess will lay out any elaborate plan of entertainment for the child. Any home that can offer a garden -- or a nearby green field (practically un- known to many children who live in the factory areas); three plain, nourishing meals a day, and a com- fortable bed, can be a happy holi- day spot. FOR TWO WEEKS' VACATION Letters of invitation should he addressed to the Neighborhood Yor- kers' Association, country home de- partment, 22 Wellesley Street, To- ronto. They should state clearly as to how many children are invited; the age and sex preferred, and give details of the best transportation route, and where the children will be met; also a letter of reference from the minister of their church. All children are medically exam- ined before leaving Toronto. Housek .ening Is A Business It Needn't Be Hard If You Go About It Properly Here are some hints for the in- experienced housewife. First of all, don't have anything in your house that is neither useful nor pleasing to your artistic sense. Don't buy more furniture at the beginning than you really need. The more you have the mare work to be done. You can always add later. Another thing, don't choose furniture that is only raised about half an inch from the ground — this will mean you'll have to shift it every time you clean, or grovel on your bands and knees. ON TURNING OUT A ROOM Now for the job 0! turning out a room. Sounds simple — but how many new housewives know just how to set about it. First brush thoroughly all small upholstered chairs and put them and other eas- ily carried things out of the room. Then thoroughly brush all the lar- ger upholstered furniture and cover with dust sheets. After that sweep the floor. If you have a large car- pet which cannot be taken up eas- ily, sweep the carpet first. Then leave the room for a while to allow the dust to settle. Return and dust every article in the room, clean the window ledges, top of the door and skirtings, also picture rails. Take down the pictures, dust and re- place. Polish floor surrounds. Use furniture polish twice a year after washing off the old polish with vinegar and water. Floors, ot course, need polishing more often— a lot depends upon the kind of floor and the amount of traffic over it. Finally replace small furniture. Salvage T', Make Blankets Women's Institute Passes .Along Thrifty Idea to Others There's another bit of economy that can be added to the salvaging nearly every ,nue is doing these days. Rather than discard old socks, sweaters, bathing suits and muter- wear, nderwear, in fact anything that has a particle of wool in it, save the gar- ment for making blankets. Scarborough Junction (Ont.) We - mens Institute passes along the idea to other clubs who want to have warm blankets made at a re- duced price. FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN By sending twelve pounds of the woollen scraps to the Northern Textiles Company at Chesley, Ont - aria, a bed cover can be made for $3.00, a saving of $1.25, suggests the Scarborough Junction branch president, Mrs. A. C, Redpath. Spe- cial comtorters in while, cream or pastel shades require the same am- ount of remnants, twelve pounds, and are woven for $4 instead of the usual $5.50. As a beginning in having blast kets made, the group has had three completed. One was sent overseas for British evacuee children and the remaining, two are being kept for wherever they will do the most good --• for reinesse ehildren or fa- milies in need. Id 1 ENJOY ITS GENUINE MINT ,„ FLAVOR o- * Every day millions find' real enjoyment in the cooling, long-lasting flavor of WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT GUM— blended from fresh garden mint. It's good for you, too-- • helps keep teeth. bright and attractive. Dentists recommend it. Designed Foe Home Harm.ny Curtains and Draperies Both Should Relate to Room's Col- our Scheme Windows should not only be de- corative and attractive by them- selves, hemselves, but should also harmonize with the entire room. Curtains and draperies serve a variety of purposes; they may also temper the light, soften the glass and woodwork, bring color and soft- ness to the room and windows, and frame interesting views, give a feel- ing of privacy, and shut out unat- tractive views. Colored curtains and draperies should relate to the color of the wall; patterned curtains and drap- eries should contain something of the wall color. A pattern that has from four to six colors may be re= peated elsewhere in the room and it may establish a color scheme. For a room without much pat- tern on the wall paper, or in books and hanging pictures, patterned curtains or draperies give friendli- ness and interest. TWO ROOMS MATCHING • Plain -colored curtains or draper- ies may match the color of plain walls, may harmonize with them, or may repeat some important col- our in a figured wall and at the same time harmonize with the rug and other furnishings. Twa rooms may be in harmony if the curtains are the same gen- eral color in both rooms, even though patterned in one room and plaits in the oilier. ritish oen Doing Without Give Up Luxuries As Result of Naw War Budget — "Just Make Do" Slogan As Regards Clothes and Cosmetics British women must "make do." Cosmetics, silk stockings, house- hold goods, kettles, clothes — all the things women in pre-war days thought essential — have been all ruthlessly cut for the duration ot the war.in Britain. And no hoarding either, Each must do her fair share of going without. PRODUCE FEW NON- ESSENTL'1Ls The objeot of the new order is to make more goods available for the building up of export trade, to re- lease workers and new materials for more important war work. Thousands of men and women are engaged on the production of nos -essentials and they will be all switched over as rapidly as pos- sible to war work. In consequence the humble art- icles of household ware that have been treated roughly when. plenty more were available will be respect- ed now that they cannot be replac- ed. Women will have to economize on their cosmetics, and coats and dresses will have to be "made over" and do for another season. r 1DDLE-AtGE OMEN (HiS ADtVICE1t Thousands of women go spilling thru "trying times" with Lydia B. Pinkiham's Vegetable Compound—famous for over figimp ars in re- lieving f defunc- tional troubles. Try !t! ISSUE 32—'40 is D