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Zurich Herald, 1938-01-06, Page 21 ` out of a station like as if he was a •Storm let loose, I shall know you next time I see you, Pll bet a sove- reign to a penny on that, and if I cane make you miss a train I shall reckon we're square," The collector, satisfied. t'hot' his services at the barrier were no long- er needed, retired to his little":office, and made ready for going off duty, Guard Chaukley walked slowly up. the platform towards the engine, and i looked casually into one or two of Jos , the compartments as he passed.' •• "What a privilege it is to be a hu- man being," he mused; `and of, all human beings a railway guard,press, There's glory in such a. post as that, and responsibility'tl'at can't be measured. If I. cared„too go to sleep in enyevam 'what mightn't happen?” The guard paused for an instant in his walk, and stroked his beard. "Ah," he resumed, setting :. ,forth again, "that's the word `-jellified. We might be jellified. All this ,in iss of humanity - though there -isn't much of it to -night - and all these costly and elegant carriages would be smashed into a heap and done to a shapeless jelly. And - but the three minutes' grace is nearly up, and I mustn't dawdle. Just a word with the driver, and a peep into the .compartments as I come back, to see that all's right." Guard Chaukley hurried forward, and true to his principle of doing one thing at a time, made etrai,ght for the "Empress" w,,thout looking at a single carriage. A Pushing Stranger While he exchanged a few com- mon -place remarks with the driver, an individual rushed breathlesslyy in- to the little booking -hall. The window of the ticket office was closed, and the clerk, who had assumed that there would be no other passengers for the North, was stretching himself upon a table to prepare for the tenth and last chap- ter of a shilling shocker. A sound like ,thunder on the little shutter caused the clerk to rolI, rath- er than jump, off his table, and stag- ger towards the window. "Well!" he snapped, raising the shutter. "First, single, for Braynor-quick" said the man at the window, -imperi- ously, "Seven and ten," said the clerk, throwing the bit of pasteboard down. The passenger took from his pock- et a half sovereign and. pushedit to- wards the young man in the .office.. "Two and two change," sal the clerk, wrathfully: "arid nett i ie you want a ticket don't try and smash the place up." For a moment the passenger star- ed as if dumbfounded, then he cried, "You insolent scoundrel, you dog, if I weren't in a hurry to catch ' the train I'd - I'd - I'd strangle you!" (To be continued.) — by Walder Wood -" I "You look as if you'd do all that," retorted the clerk, quite undisturbed "You look as if you'd do all that," by the threat, "and a lot more if you could." 'Fon - you—" "Oh," interposed the young man; "stow all that till next journey. If you don't want to miss this train, look alive." "This insolence to a first-class pas- senger is unheard-of!" exclaimed the traveller. "Why do you cone here with your thundering rows and your murderous language?" demanded the clerk. "-Because you're a ruffianly fel- low,," burst eat the passenger, swing- ing a handbag with a threatening a:r, "a low, common scoundrel" The young pian, smiling with in- effable satisfaction, as one who knew ,he had the victory, abruptly closed the discussion by remarking, "Ta, ta; pleasant journey - go and sleep it off." With this he returned to his table and his book, and the passenger, with angry rnurinueings, hurried towards the train. The collector was on the point of leaving the station for home, and had forgotten his little encounter two or three minutes before at the barrier. Seeing a passenger on the look out for a compartment, and the guard being with the driver, out of sight, the collector opened a door with much alacrity, and the passenger. stepped, in. ".Here," he said, "take that." "Thank you, sir," replied the col- lector, pocketing the shilling which the passenger had given him, "By heaven!" exclaimed the new- comer, flinging his bag upon the floor of the compartment, and to all evaeearances forgetting that he was not alone, "I would strangle the fel- low if I had the same chance as— What are you staring at?" he add- ed, watching hint in amazement. "Nothing," stammered the official, "I thought you was callin', that's all." "I wasn't calling," snarled the ill- tempered traveller, "and I don't want anything except to be let alone." With this he flung himself into the far corner., and looked so fiercely at the collector that he retreated without another word. The collector did not immediately leave the station, but continued to gaze upon the train until it had start- ed and got quite out of sight. "Whew!" he exclaimed. "That's a queer lot. Whatever makes me think I've been dreaming or that I've seen that fellow before? Dibble," he addressed himself, "don't you forget this, for something may hang on it." "Well, so long," said the guard, preparing to return to his van after his chat with the chiver of the "Em- press." "So long; I must just have a peep at my people, and see that they're all right." "So Iong, guard." responded the driver. "Fino fellow, that, jack," he added to his mate, as he watched for a moment the retreating figure. "He's such a big intellect." "He's got a big 'cad,'' observed the mate, feeling called upon to say something. "The two don't allus go together, Jack," said the driver. "But he's a real clever chap, an' so pleasant in his talk. He allus talks about tee passengers as 'my people.' " "That's becoss they're in his charge," said the driver's spate. DO YOU FEEL SLUGGISH? Maybe y need nnoro bile When you reel you haven't a friend in the world and life is not worth a ret cent ',- that's - that's tfre time your flyer is getting you down. Don't fall for it. Make your liver behave. Tanol Tablets will do the lob. They act directly on the liver, stimulating the !lvei'i pproduetion of bile, Comprising a spe'''w bi.'d bf eertsln laxatives, 'Panni tablelne tde small proportion of calomel, irrsba,.y the most effective liver stimulant known. in a day or two your ,leer Is at eerie again as well as ever and you feel at .free. d, with the etiic, wi.e eerld, All dryggietit hays 'Ta,.ol T& fel The Blinds Drawn "Or it may be," said the driver, "it may be becoss he's no childer of his own, and so may be disposed to look on things more liberal -minded like than I do, with eight to provide for. A big family makes a deal o' difference that way, I've noticed." The driver's mate, being a Bach- elor, and feeling that it would be un- wise to hazard an opinion on so dif- ficult a subject, asked if it wasn't about time to start. The guard walked briskly past the first three carriages, glancing into each. At the fourth he paused for a moment tb ask the gentleman he had pushed into it on leaving Lon- don how he had fared on the jour- ney. "Don't you find yourself niore comfortable here, sir," he inquired, "than if you'd got into that cramp- ed little corridor?" • "I find myself all right," said the passenger, "no thanks to the officials of this line; and I shall find myself much better if folks will mind their own business and spare me the trou- ble of answering foolish questions." "What an uncommonly churlish passenger," murmured the guard, as he resumed his little tour of inspec- tion. "As far as he's concerned, adopt the good old saying - 'Let sleeping dogs lie.'" `Seventeen -sixty - here we are," he said, a moment later. "This is Mr. Bryden's compartment. Why, what on earth has he been doing! The blinds drawnt That's a thing I never knew him to do before!" The guard twisted his head until his neck ached with the effort to gain a glimpse of the interior of the com- partment; but so well did the blinds fit that all his endeavours were use- less. He tapped the window softly, but there was no answer. "Mr. Bryden," he said, first in a low voice, then in louder tones, Mr. Bryden•" Still there was no answer. "He's asleep," said the guard at last, "and I haven't time to look in just now - we must be off. He's drawn the blinds so as to be undis- turbed. He's an extraordinary little chap - ah! that's it, he's pulled then down because of the scare he got a week since. I'll enter his compart- ment when we get to Braynor, and chaff him about,it," The guard blew his whistle shrilly, the "Empress" gave a sharp, short answer, the lights on the platform were Lowered at the same instant, and the guard gracefully swung him- self into his van as the 9-15 rumbled on its journey. CHAPTER III. WHAT BEFELL AT MORNINGTON The 9-15 steamed into Mornington fore the time, and Guard Chaukley left his van for a turn upon the plat- form. ' "It cramps a man's legs to sit so long a time," he muttered, "and it nearly shakes the life out of his body to travel unsteadily. I'll just slip up and see how the 'Empress' is, and glance at Mr. Bryden's compart- ment." The platform was deserted, except for the presence of a few porters and a couple of passengers who were leisurely making ready to enter a third-class compartment. Ore passenger only left the train, and passed the ticket collector at the berrier. A Iamp at the gate burned dimly, and showed indistinctly the figure of a powerfully -built roan. The traveller thrust his ticket into the official's hand, and in his hurry to get past knocked him with some for -e against the gate -post. "I bog pardon," growled the pas- senger, as he disappeared. Next :line I See You "Yot, ?gig -whiskered idiot, look where you're going," muttered the collector, rubbing his elbow tenderly. "If you were rushing to catch a train there'd be some excuse- for your throw'eg folks about like that, but wore s no exer,se for a fellow to dash Issue No. 2 -•-'38 il Red Heads Can Wear Most Hues There used to be a prejudice against, certain colors on people with red hair, but we are coming to understand how gorgeous this coloring is with many once -forbidden hues. Of course, no hair is really red; it is carrot, or cop- per, or russet, or titian, but not red. The general effect any special shade conveys is enormously modified by, the skin and e;, -es that accompany it, so one would have to write at great length in order to lay clown rules,: but the writer knoc-s a girl with brilliant carrot -colored hair and blue eyes who is marvelous in pink. "Red" hair should be played up, not down. Blues and greens, mahogany and rust, black, grey and white create luminous ef- fects. It is frequently stated that blondes should not wear yellow. This theory, however, is contrary to fact, and the creative designers of costume.; have always known the value of yellow with this coloring, Worth office said, " •'ljbat Is so beautiful as blondes in sunshine! Therefore, I love to dress them in 'yel- low." In this case it is the lustrous fabrics, such as satin, which are par-. ticularly enchanting. Of con se there are blondes and blondes and the sal- low skin may rebel against yellow, but the clear, creamy blonde With honey - colored hail' is never lovelier than "in sunshine", WHEN you feel out -of - sorts, when you've no appetite, or stom- ach gives trouble, with gas or acid. indigestion, why not try Dr. Pier'ce's Golden Medical Discov- -ls,si. ery? If you want to put on healthy flesh—this is the tonin for you. Read what Mrs, Frank LaMothe, 27 North St., St. Catharines, Ont., Saidt I had no appetite, was underweight, didn't sleep well at night and alter eating I tdl feted a good bit with acid indigestion and gas, Dr. fierce s Golden Medical Dieco,ery Soon had me feeling better again. M ap- petite improved, my digestion rat. better and I was much Stronger It i 1 000 blood tonic. Sold by.drdggistd. st t • en Fashions Recipes Economical Winter Cakes It's quite a headache for the con- scientious housewife, during the win- ter months, to give her family good things to eat and economize at the same time. Many foods go up in jiiie _and there -Melly extra enter- tain i4'g to de homes. Eggs, which are ea o many dishes, Five to be to igly because of tBe tremendous ,,p in price during he winter. After the men of the household have the fried eggs for breakfast that they insist upon, there are not many left to do a week's baking with. For that reason, we have selected two cakes, one that calls for only one egg and the other two eggs. These are both delicious cakes and give no hint of their eco- nomical background when made with fresh eggs, fresh butter and the fin- est cake flour. You can make a de- licious cake with one or two eggs but you can't make it with a poor grade of flour. These recipes demand the finest milled cake flour in order to en- sure success. One -Egg Cake 2 cups sifted cake flour. 2 teaspoons baking powder. Ye teaspoon salt. 4 tablespoons butter or other short- ening. 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, unbeaten. % cup milk. 1 teaspoon vanilla. Sift flour once, measure, add bak- ing' powder and salt, and sift together three times. Cream butter thorough- ly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat very thoroughly. Add flan!, alternately with milk, a small amount at a time. Beat after each addition until smooth. Add flavour- ing-. Bake in two greased 9 -inch layer pawls in, moderate oven (375 deg. F.) 25 minutes. Spread chocolate butter frosting between the layers and on top and sides of cake: This cake may also be baked in greased pan, 8x8x2 inches, in moderate oven (360 deg. F.) 50 minutes, or in greased cup- cake pans in moderate oven (875 deg. F.) 20 minutes, or until done. Makes 2 dozen cup cakes, Chocolate Butter Frosting 4 tablespoons butter. 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar. /,i teaspoon vanilla. 1%, squares unsweetened chocolate, melted. 4 teaspoons milk, Cream butter, add 1 cup sugar, and cream together thoroughly. Add va- nilla and chocolate. Add remaining sugar gradually, beating well after each addition. Thin with milk until of right consistency to spread. Makes enough frosting to cover top and sides of 8x8x2 inch cake. The two egg cake is just as simple as the one -egg, but somewhat richer. Favourite Two -Egg Cake 214 cups sifted cake flour. 21/, teaspoons baking powder. x teaspoon salt. % cup butter or other shortening. 1 cup sugar. 2 eggs, well beaten. i'/4 cup milk. 1 teaspoon vanilla. Sift Hour once, measure, add bak- ing powder and salt, and sift togeth- er three times. Cream butter thor- oughly, add sugar gradually,' and cream together until Iight and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add flour, alternately with milk, a small aniousit at a time. Beat after each addition until smooth. Add vanilla. Bake in two well -greased nine -inch layer pans in moderate oven (375 deg. F.) 25 minutes. Spread Maraschino Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. This cake may also be baked in greased pan, 8x8x2 inches, in moderate oven (350 deg. F.) g0 minutes. Maraschino Frosting 2 egg whites, unbeaten. 1% cups sugar. Dash of salt. 1/4 cup of maraschino cherry juice. 1 teaspoon lemon juice. 1 tablespoon water. 1% teaspoons light corn syrup. Place all the ingredients in the up- per part of a double boiler. Beat with rotary egg beater until it is thoroughly mixed. Place over rapid- ly boiling water, beat constantly with rotary beater while the frosting cooks for 7 minutes or until it will stand in peaks. Then remove from fire and beat until thick enough to spread. Fold in 20 maraschino cher- ries cut in eighths. Carefree Comfortable Knit mouse* 2 15 Carefree Comfortable Knit Blouse by Mayfair Delicate seed -stitch is used for this pullover with 1Dve1y accents. Openwork marks the graceful raglan shoulders and edges the unusual bib effect. Pearl shoulder buttons at neckline and tie belt above the ribbed peplum are nice details. In a soft shade of yarn, this mod.eI serves as a charming blouse for any occasion. Send 15 cents in stamps, postal note or coins to Wilson Needlework Dept, 78 West Adelaide Street, Toronto. Print name and address plainly, Child Must Sleep To Develop Well Children who go to bed unwillingly, at a reasonable hour, or who sleep too little, have not been trained properly. If you accustom a child to a regular bedtime from infancy, you not Dilly help his chances for normal develop- ment of body and mind, but also you simplify your own problems of child management. Long hours of sound sleep are one of the essentials for a child's mental and physical development. The night rest depends largely upon how the day has been spent. An exciting day without a nap inay leave a child liter- ally too tired to sleep. Especially should°the end or the day he free front excitement. The halt hour before bed- time should be devoted to quiet pleas- ures without thumping, exciting gamer* or stories. A child w,jlo goes to bed tranquilly is likely to sleep well and to be easy to manage the next day. Clashes between parents and child are often due to the fact that the child is worn out from lack of sleep. If your child is well developed, if he has firm muscles, sturdy body, erect posture, a clear skin, clear eyes without circles under them, a happy disposition, and a good appetite, he is probably getting the right kind and amount of sleep, The British motor car and airplane industry provides employment for 250,000 persons, an increase of 77,- 400 since 1928. Square anile population in the Uni- ted States is densest at Washington, D.C., which has more than 7,000 pe- sons to the square mile, II THE SHELTON HOT'EL'S "Added " Attractions Tho Shelton's added attrac- tions bring it out of the average hotel class. A swimming? Pooh gymna- sium, solarium, library are here for YOUR enjoyment As for your room, it Is quiet, tastefully decorated, It's one of the mostpleasant rooms you could find in any hotel. And The Shelton's loco ion is ideal... on the edge of tete Grand Central 'zone. Rates! $3 per day single SHEITON HOTEl LEXINGTON AVE., o14911•t ST. NEW YORK syc 4hoIogy �rATids, Human "Tither" Charles Hester, whose head started ticking when a shell burst beside him during the World War, has learned the cure of his strange ailment vir- tually is a matter of practice. The Shawnee, Okla„ "head ticker" was at Hines Hospital, Chicago; for three weeks. During that tithe several specialists ,in oral and cranial disor- ders have studied his peculiar afflic- tion. The sound of the ticking, audible a few inches from Hester's ear, travels through the eustachian tube to the middle ear and is caused by the pala- tal muscles, said a specialist. Sound Heard By Others "The movement is caused by an action that should not be termed vol- untary, because we do not know that he wants to do it," explained the phy- sician, "But he can control it. He is capable of -starting and stopping the ticking at will. "It is a hysterical sort of thing, and through psychological treatment at the hands of his own physician it may be possible for him to overcome the trouble." The specialist said the ticking in Hester's head occurs when his con- scious mind is off guard a moment, and that unlike a person with a mus- cular tick he can control it. Hester's head ticking was stopped temporarily by passing a tube through the nose to the throat, which held the palate so lie couldn't make it click, The 43 -year-old war veteran was urged by physicians to hope that psy- chological treatments will and the ticking, and try not to worry about the eccentric ailment. Items Popular In Grandma's Day Are Conning Rack — Ear - Muffs and Id ttens The feminine younger generation has gone "sensible" in wearing ap- parel. Tt is their mothers and grand- lnothers, who still think they must freeze in sheer this-and-thats to be fashionable. Their college-age daughters have gone in for such items as: Ear -muffs, hoods, mittens, wool socks, •galoshes, flannel night gowns, long-sleeved and high -neck cotton pa. jamas and woolen heavies. Some of the latter axe in the red. Silk and wool underwear in the knee length variety in colors -red, green, blue, yellow - are favored by the younger generation for winter sports. It was observed co-eds crowded the counters in department stores where long-sleeved and high neck light- weight flannel gowns -softie with tiny rose -bud patterns -and ski -suit pajam- as were being sold. Their mothers were at other counters buying sleeve- less, backless gowns. Ica a buys a new guaranteed REMINGTON PORTABLE TYPEWRITER with all essential features FREE- CARRYING CASE TOUCH TYPING INSTRUCTOR Write - Remington Rand .Limited torunto