SH
n
Hecneonuenssesneranscunes
Called Him
“Mr. Providence”
—"
By MARTHA WILLIAMS
0 ne fy
ugh 1933, by MoClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
to sell? Green stuf,
anything? I'm here
said it—b-u-y, buy,”
pausing at the gate
outside the locust-set yard. Locusts
meant old residents, generally with
Hone gardens. Gardens he must dis
cover If this fine adventure was not to
draw blunk, His estate was disinher-
“Any truck
fruit, flowers,
buy. Yo, |
Liston chanted,
31]
asset 8 lusty, hard-headed belief in
himself. Additionally he had Black
Hawk and the shabby tralning sulky,
an almost , in that no money had
passed, from the blacksmith some
wiles back.
vl
Bik
viding was out of the question. Liston
did not mind. By ‘the time his excel
lent walking boots were worn out who
knew he might be able to step in bet-
ler ones,
~ulking
HOw
in acations;: thus he
to ease and spare himself; also
to feed righ
i immediate future——a hearty fellow
little cash soon eats up his cap
minds his
i
aed
uniess he eve,
handful
removed
Liston plu
lush, ter
f i
A TH
great
ple: Eriass,
and
hea:
ie crumbling
Bate,
and
said:
We've
you saw
YOoice
Providence,
than
have
ever
been a-won-
however we'd
igerin
I'to buy
mg
to
“But 1 like so
1d
ways."
flung back
Mr. Provi
The nume ma)
being
well
dence I'm gl: I came.
work both
“1 bope It
comin’,” the
does, so on
wy
you'll keep
girl answered eagerly,
reckon you can buy on
you pay Miss 'Riah this first
She'd credit you right off only
1 can’t let her.
most credit
after
time,
low who got a whole wagon-load of
came back
_marm.'"
“At least I'll not deo
laughed. “Now, pretty
the most taking thing
morning 7?
“Depends on where you're
It it's the mill settlement,
even te say
that.”
lady,
in
Liston
what's
stock this
year cucumbers In brine, and bags of
smoked sausage,” the girl sald “But
for town—early peaches. Only a few
tell you Such
to Chieago.
a shame they
There
bushel ;
can't be
shipped they'd
bring ten here
can't much more than give them away
by pocketfuls.” ;
“Can 1
asked eagerly.
he was al
low-headed
dollars a we
see them—please?” Liston
pod most
thrifty
at once between
young
were and
truly wonderful pink.
creamy-skinned peaches, big
fist. The trees
foreword to orchard in
At edge a white house,
weathered to soft gray,
treating comrade
his admiring
faughed
work-
trees whose
bending boughs
dotted
flushed,
ger than
blotched
with
his were the
an
farthest
high tilt}
its
as though en
fon. Al
the girl
our own
she
its protect
exclamateon
proudly : “All
mine and Miss 'Riah's”
“Except the spray- could
do that, too—Iif only we had a ma-
chine.”
“Looks like witch work to me,”
ton flung back.
said. we
Lis-
“Why, our orchard"
checking suddenly and biting his lips.
He forgetting that he had
nothing beyond what was in hand. It
would bave been disgraceful to teil
this daughter of the soil of the gar-
deners and underlings who kept the
hig Liston grounds in order—for a
round price, The girl ran on: “1
hope you want all the real ripe ones
was
~=they do if we leave
about a peck—walit!
Will that be too
dare risk?”
“Depends on
them. Just
I'll get a basket.
many--moren you
the price,” Liston re.
turned. “It's fifty cents—at the tree”
the girl sald, darting away. In five
minutes between them they had the
new splint basket slightly heaped,
“All but two ripe ones” the girl
cried See 'em-—up in the tiptop.
Shake that big lamb, hard. I'll hold
tuy apron to catch them—and you may
eat one while 1 eat the other”
Liston obeyed, but, peach in hand,
sald ;
“Thanky, ma'am, but I'll keep mine
for luncheon ; may be too busy to hunt
anything else.”
The girl nodded, saying Joyously :
“And T'll make you a sandwich and
put in a little cheesecuke—If you like
It; maybe you'll sell some for us.”
Liston left in a daze after paying a
dollar for the peaches and putting all
but the price of feed and stabling into
garden stuff. Fate must love adven-
turers. Inside of five hours he had
sold out clean, and sat In roadside
shade reckoning triple gains, Also
tie had laid the foundation of a new
wsiness—lald It true and square,
une woman had all but cried oyer not
getting ull the peuches. To paeify
her he had promised nest morning's
hasketfn! exclusively hers. Others
had asked Wim to come regularly. As
for the mill folk, they had all but
mobbed him, so joyous was their hun-
ger for green stuff, :
¥
“And I'll give to ‘em —fresh and
fine,” he cried half aloud, “Poor
things, They deserve better than the
town.” Then came the great ldea—
why not lodge with Miss 'Riah and her
enchanting helper--now that he knew
he could pay, he had fear to name
the plun-—which two hours later went
through with bells on. He was to
everybody Mr. Providence—and fitted
himself admirably into this unfamiliar
groove, It was joy to help with things
—in the garden, the kitchen, where
Miss 'Riah made good Everlina's
boasts. Liston made a clamorous
market for her offerings—but agreed
with her it was unwise to call in out
“It's your touch does It."
sald oracularly. “Nobody can
that—and nobody would pay
"
he
Over It, mid-August, came a thick,
“The of
and scads of it
cakes and the plum cake, in wait for
New Year—with w afers, pound cake,
beaten blscult—and any other
trimmings Miss 'Riah might think
tasty. Price? Never name it. Strang
ith and
up to spend it. Things must
twelve next
Miss
best evervthing—and scads
was real lousy w money
burnin’
come
Could
shouted
by o'clock
they
yes
make jt?
over I
hurried to begin puff paste and
beaten bilset hefore
midnight next
morning
In resul
JAston's
slept
dawn
or
an
Liston
to the
carried
dot
with
the big or
and found
father,
willful daugh
face to face his
his stepmather, and her
ter been hidden
whom Liston had
warry, whether or
1d
Providence.”
no,
ited loudly: “Here's
Thus the family
fug
acquired
frown,
in
1@ rIBAwWay,
Miggs hs sho
our Mr,
knew by what tive was
trade,
but
of
y
name the
less his
tried
sheltered,
per
no
Liston hard to
ghite
himself |
patting him on the back, ing. al
most biubber! it's like
dead.”
it's
you had risen frown the
“1 have, dad.” sald Liston, wringing
the paternal hand, his eyes misty and
in his
selfish cub,
something
throat, “1
Hard work kas, 1
ginning of &# man
and the
have helped jit-—-"
“H-m. Is there a Mrs. Providence?"
futher asked,
His stepdaughter frowned darkly,
and her mother cast up her eyes,
groaning. Liston, standing his straight-
ert, gazing eye to eye with his parent,
sald almost devoutly: “Not yet, but
be as she says. Let me show
you to ker before I ask the question.
It may help”
Whether or no he did was never
settled. But he married Everlina with
full paternal blessings. What the in.
wis a graceful,
hope, made the be.
of You
good pedple
ne,
must
who
come See
the
DRYING RACK FOR CLOTHES
Can Be Made From an Old Frame
Hinged to a Wall—Porch Baskets
Made From Brown Paper.
Has it
ean
out
the
ever occurred to you that
make a dryingrack fer
a frame hinged to a
base and fastened by
When not in use it ean
be pushed up agninst the wall out of
and with a small
screw-eye. Has it ever oe
you
clothes
wall
of
at
cords above?
way
and
curred to you:
held there
That you can make attractive porch
of brewn
strig 8,
baskets out wrapping paper
1 nt soaked in warm water,
Any
Rerves
twisted and
over-and-
the par
wires with
which radiates
weaving
First w
form a
pose,
paper
enough
fo base
Paint, shellne
and they
They can be used as hanging holders
flowers or containers for magna
zines,
That you can make a wall candle
summer cabin of a
and
become
stalin bas-
out
an inexpensive brass curtain-rod
Punch a hole between the two
Then affix a large pine cone te the hot-
tape,
That you can make a sewing-chalr
out of an armless rocker by putting
pockets at the side which are hidden
by ruffles of cretonne? The cover of
the footstool tomes off, revealing a
sewing-box. The stool Is also dressed
in ruffles to match the chair.
That the end of an apple-crate will
make an attractive bread-board it
planed down te a smooth finish?
handie of a plain breadknife can
enameled and decorated In some
Magazine,
——— oom—
Couldn't Stand That.
“You've decided not to marry her?”
“Yes.”
“What's the reason?” a
“She plays too good,a game of goM.”
“I don’t see why that should held
you back. She Is a beautiful girl and
would make a charming wife.”
“Muay be, but I've come to the cone
clusion that 1 don’t want to be known
at the club as one of the golfers whose
wife ean trim them.”
Mother Answers a Hard One,
Miss W, N. reports this conversa.
tion;
Walter (three years old) Mamma,
when God first sent me to you, how
did you know It was me?
Mother—Well, dear; 1 Just knew
God womldn’'t send me anybody else
when I wanted you so much.-~Bostes
Transcript. :
Tailored Gown Is |
Fashion F vo
———————————
Color Variation Is One of
Season’s Offerings in
Trim Frocks.
i
em———— {
The fall season brings the lure of |
new fashions into the limelight. We
begin our shophing tour with avidity,
says a prominent fashion writer, but
In the host of things displayed, we |
should not overlook the features!
will mark our attire as new or |
passe when the first flush of the sea-
One note that seems to predominate |
the will rule the
vogue Is the tallored effect. Not the
prim, mannish tweeds whieh charac-
terized the flapper last year, but filmy
silks stitched und banded into an In
models which
which we clung so desperately, de
inst begun to
We could not relinquish |
the men
decided to offer It
it altogether, so wise who
make our
with a
It
fashions
little color variation,
may have Its neckline, skirt bot. |
and with bands’
of color, and the color may be selected
from
sleeves touched
scurlet,
Ruther
brililant
we shall
for the
more wear,
the of
clothes for fall, one Is inclined to be
HHeve that shiple of the
younger girl have been artfully devel
the of i
oman Tt delightfully
which every
offered in slik.
Sometimes there 18 a lace trimming,
very embroidered motif
the center or glide of the blouse
not infrequently printed
are fo
of the midds
The
in vogue
those shades like lemon,
blue,
extreme
powder violet or jade,
an contrast, but the
hue Is used so sparingly that
find i an beginning
colored formal
ji
afteactive
frocks of
Looking across panorama
the modes
oped to meet needs the more
mature w Ose
plain sallor blouses
schoolgirl loves
are
often an at
and
fabrics
slinple lines
the
used disguise the
straight-line frock will
Yet there will be
its trimming that
the
season
remain
SO many
shall
foundational
We may trim
changes In we
scarcely recognize
silhouette this
it In the tallored fashion of bands
clever stitchery. geometric plalts or
strips of seif-mnterial, or we may se
lect the line with the lavish
embellishment of lace and ribbon or |
georgette ruffling. And the straight
line may find its grace in elrcular side
panels, which dip slightly below the
normal skirt length
New weaves, heavy and light mate.
rials and the soft fabrics for after
noon and evening wear are scheduled
to hold sway,
grime
Smart Sports Hat of
Tan Felt Is Popular
This chic sports hat of tan felt ie
trimmed with quills of brown velvet,
|
Remain Through Winter |
With the advent of autumn, sum |
mer covers om chinirs and couches are
ordinarily removed by most house
keepers. If one wishes to keep them
on through the winter, however, as is
ture is a bit worn, a note of color and |
newness may be achievéd by shorten
around the bottoms a box-plalted frill
of sixdnch ribbon, Cushions sade of
these frills
lar room seem new.
If a leng narrow table graces the
thered by adding a table runner made
Use Better Judgment
in Wearing’ Hosiery
“Women are showing more judgment
than formerly In the buying and wear.
ing of hose,” says an hosiery experi.
"When they buy silk hose, they buy
either the sheer chiffon for wear with
fraglie frocks, or those with a heavy
‘rover’ to go with heavier rich gowns
For general wear they are buying,
more and more, the best cotton and
liale hose, ey buy either the hose
that are fitted by a seam or those that
are shaped In the weaving without a
senm, either of which fits the ankle
and does not wrinkle. They are learn
ing to distinguish the different varie
tien of hose by the texture of the
mnkle and of the calf which in a stock
L
Dressy Chiffon Frock
for Warm Afterncons
For the sunny afternoons of autumn
days this very dressy frock of dove-
gray chiffon, tfimmed with chinchilla
bands, makes a most appropriate cos-
tume.
Shell Earrings Worn
by Stylish Dressers
Tortolse shell, ighly valued
the ugo, is an
astie revival, shell
rings siourt-
ness, York
Times The handsomest ones are
carved, made of several rings nd
drops, and very long, almost touching
the shoulder. The most costly fans in
ostrich, lace or marabou, have sticks
of and the chicest things,
cigarette cases and holders, vanity
cases, clasps, combs and bracelets, are
fashioned of this new material. Tor-
toise shell Is not Inexpensive, and one
gi 1 in
ong enjoying eniivus;-
and tortoise eur
last word In
the New
the
BUYS A
ure
very
writer in
tortolse,
cessfully imitated.
The wrist watch has been demoted
to the ranks of utility, and is no
longer regarded ss an ormament, no
matter how elaborately it Is set. It Is
now the fashion to wear g tiny time
plece, jeweled, it may be. like a locket,
on a fine neck chain, One charming
design In platinum encircled with wee
1
MARY GRAHAM B
COPTRLHT #5 WiSTIAN lw Farin holm som"
THE HOSPITAL BIRD
“A little Jerry,”
$a,
girl named
us IH In a hospital ehe
he was
ral
sat
sitting
hours
up Jn a
every dq
up in bed every
(ny for seve
“B¥he had chair for a
and one
in Lier
now
while she was sitting up
i
{
flew in window. Jerry
would be
WHE
the bird
i 10 him
voloe,
“*1 don't know your name so | shall
id, The
perched upon the back
he turned
ferry and putting h
Ken to ang
is head on one side
Hirped ttle greeting
dear little
Jerry
{ttle
that
IS nn
with | mann
“You must
he wi
have been a pet bird
flew out of an open
ind then lost your way, Jerry
Vi you
f
continue
chirped again as
though to agree.
if you're hungry,’ Jerry
“Once more the bird chirped and
as though
he
nice supper,
to say would ng and so perbaps
earn a
“Jerry put some bread crus
and put
ay from her on
ihe on a
the saucer
a bu
ie bird flew
hoon
over to the bureau,
ind walcel Jerry
clionely,
“ “Won't .
you have some supper?
asked Jerry,
“And the le bird
answer to her question
the bread crumbs,
tise
iis
in
of
as though
tried some
He seemed
and hold
would
crumbs on her hand
out to see if he
her hand
come and eat
And sure enough
did. He did not seem to be frightened
all In fact he acted as though it
i
inum chain Anether locket wawh is
the strands braided. Nothing could be
combination of ornament,and service,
Bracelets are the rage, and
are bringing from the
case the guaintest old bits, most
thers being wide and impoictant looking
women
ig to wear several slender bracelets
om one arm. Usually one circiet is set
in colored stones, and the others, worn
and below the eo! set in
Armlets,
ahove the elbow,
little Imagination
abave or, are
worn half way
are also affected, and
& required to foresee
i f
Saracen Embroidery.
Saracen embroidery, widely utilized
frocks today, consists
of interesting little scrolls and
into a haphazard
This embroidery
arranged in a cuirass effect
and back of the bodice.
day-time
on
chiefly
sort of pattern. in
usually
the same. Any darkening of the fabric
has been fitted after it came off the
machine and cannot be trusted to keep
”
Charming for Kiddies
Few things indicate more decidedly
than the
charming clothes created for the mod
ern child, They are colorful and ex-
quicite, simple and smart and, above
Perhaps
the most Jisvinctive feature of these
wee frocks and coats Is their Indi
viduality.
It does not take Jong for a mother
to decide just what particular color Is
becoming to her smnll daughter and
whether her type calls for frills and
raffles or for an almost exaggerated
siimaese and nck of ornamentation,
Length of Dress Will
Not Affect Shoe Mode
It used to be sald that when long
skirts returned boots «vould come back.
But we are resizing today that the
em of the skirt his comparatively
nothing to do with the type of shoe
worn, sald a shoe man. The beauty
and symmetry of the shoe will gov.
ern, no matter what skirt length 's de
termined,
So the manufacturer tells the shoe
merchant to be calm on any fashion
forecast that has to do with the length
of skirts, The muker of dresses, to be
sure, has hie worries over the length
of skirts, hut for fine footwenr the eall
always will be for trimpess, harmony
and Sm riness,
sait and pepper and vinegar and ofl
for the bird,
the bird ste the piece of lettuce from
ber fingers and when he hefl finished
he perched himself upon Jerry's first
finger. holding on with his little claws
“Then he a peck at Jerry's
finger as thesgh to say, ‘1 could eat 8
litte more, young lady!
“And Jerry took the hint
“She gave him some more lettuce and
gave
crumbs and he ate those,
cake
Sure Enough He Did.
saucer and not only ¢id the bird drink
some water but he took a little shower
bath, too,
“How Jerry did mugh. ‘Of course’
she said, ‘it isn't usual to bathe in
one's drinking saucer but maybe you
give you.
“And anyway 1
manners are excellent.
think
You
your bird
haven't
to enjoy your supper.’ '
“Jerry finished her supper and pretty
soon a nurse came In 10 take her tray.
‘Oh, I've a little visitor, cried Jerry.
‘and 1 feel so much better already.
You can’t imaging how he has cheered
me up. Oh, ever and ever so much.
“Yes, I can’ the nurse said, ‘for
von look so much better already-—los
better than you did an hour ago, In
fact’,
"The bird did not seem frightened
by the nurse although he flew hack to
the chair where he had first perched
himself,
“And then he began to sing. Such a
magnificent song as he did sing. Oh,
it was a wonderful song. nnd how Jerry
did enjoy it.
“Well, the bird became a hospital
ped. He had a cage given to him but
he was allowed out when all the win:
dows were closed, for if he flew out of
a window again he might not be so
lucky in finding 80 pleasant a home as
the hospital, It was filled with such’
nice children and Jerry said before
she left that she only wished his own.
er knew that, he was happy and giving
happiness to a hospital filled with
children,”
Dropping.
“How's the riding school going. old
man?”
“Rotten! Puplis falling off every
day.’ i
-
munity,
‘Building
| WOOD CAUSE OF HIGH RENT
4 ——
Disappearance of Forests
sponsible for Tremendous
in Cost of Building.
bulit
Held Ke.
increase
The
| wood,
the and his
| handlipg it, and in primit
today
savage if shel
according 10 the availabl
material
human habitat!
of trees, limbs
exist, almost p
¥
| of civil
rived
ation of the wood
re
shortage of homes
“It instinctive
wood because of (is
i. Uso
and
durability and because the in hus
been handed
As long
man
down through the ages
as wood is plentiful und cheap
use it to of
othier materials because of the perfect
will the exciusion
{ service wood renders
“In this country the common
build
can afford
4
;
people
homes of wool as &
When
thay
them
beyond the purchasing pow
Average person, the cost of
home becomes prohibitive to the ma-
lority of people,
“The ecpnsumption of wood usually
expands with the development of civil.
ization. But the people of the United
States today are eonsur the same
amount of timber they did in 1870 for
the reason that our forests are unable
to" meet the normal demar yf the
country This is one of
the chief rea.
i hortave f %
ie shortage o §
The co
of wood In this country t
sons for 1}
thousands of homes
clining because the price ha:
ing up The rise in
ryt es
I
chiefly to the lnction of
re
virgin tin
“Lumber
peanle
ber {s almost
is essential,
common
marble palaces. but the
pends on wood for a home of his own
Whenever the price of wood restricts
home bhuliding. the average man Is
forced to rent at painful rates. which
fs 8 more expensive way to provide a
domicile for himself and family.”
LIGHTS IN THE DINING ROOM
Home.-Maker Can Reduce the Glare by
Using Piece af Silk
Cloth.
poor 11
How often Is the home-maker per
| plexed befause of the central lighting
arrangement of the living or dining
room? Especially true is this where
the fixture is one of the indirect light.
ing type, with a globe that
ing to be pleasant.
Silk with either a white ar very |
is too glar-
igha
colored background and all-over design
will werk magica! wenders In
| Ing this glare
When making your selection
er it be floral, oriental, paisley
of the many other designs,
choose a silk that will
color scheme of your room
dominating hue In
should harmonize with
orations
Cut your silk zbout one inch
| an around than the actus!
| ment of the inverted globe wt
| to cover Draw a double gr
i string along the edge of the «ilk
| ing a small margin of ma
the gathering string to the
| Now place the silk over the ins
i globe. Draw both ends of
{ering string tight and
soften.
wheth-
or any
alwars
the
The pre
i
bear ont
your lampshade
the other dee
wider
meas
Outer edge,
erted
the gath.
tie them
Rear Wall Echoes.
“Villages have their hack-Tence pns.
sips.” says a New Yorker “The city
has its rear walls of apartmem
houses, which are (n every way as of.
fective as sharptongwed busv-bodies
in spreading seighborhood news. In
shimmer when the windows are open
these walls aot as sounding boards
and transmit an smazing amount of
information,
“Unlike the village gossip. a rear
wall tells the simple truth. never
stretching it; but the truth is often
bad enough. [I had supposed. that the
couple in the flat below mine were a
most respectable palr, but now the
windows are open and the reser wall is
at work, and | know from certain
clicking sounds that a'poker game Is
ronning there day and night ?
“Above me dwell another pair who
in public seem devoted to each other.
The rear wall tells another story,
Scraps of conversation » to ue that
cause us to feel like phoning for the
police to prevent homicide. The volee
of our janitor, five floers below. comes
up to our windows with starting dis.
tinetness,. We know just what he
thinks of us,
“Somewhere In ons house are a pal
of newlyweds. They do not know how
thelr turtle-dove cooilg i= Broadcast
by that rear wall, It is well for thelr
peace of mind that they don't.
Growing a Foot a Day.
Driting a long drouth in spring in
Mauritius a singuli¢ epectacle, amid
the stretches of dying and desiccated
plants, was preseniéd by the white
flowers of giant d'or stems, which
sprang up on the nonitaine and over
the waste lands with amazing speed.
At the time of flowering. shafts as
thick as a man's arm shot ap from
the heart of the plants. grew from
12 to 18 inches in 24 hours. and
reached a height of 30 feet. A cluster
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