ONLY
A STRIP OF
CARDBOARD
rece eseas
By RUSSELL P. ASKUE
{i by Short Story Pub. Co.)
EAUTY is not always a quality
inherent. The barren hill is
ugly till glorified by the resplen-
dent rays of the setting sun.
The crude decoration on a meal ticket,
viewed through the eyes of hunger, be-
comes’ artistic, beautiful (one might
even say tasteful, and be guiltless of
anticlimax). Dost thou worship the
god of chance, then to thee the spots
on a poker chip as fair as the freckles
on the cheek of thy beloved. Dost
thou enjoy church soclals—then art
thou unlike Jack Smith.
Mr. Smith was In the bathtub,
splashing vigorously and whistling.
The night before he had sat up until
one with Professor Gucker's “Hypo
thetical Nebular Analysis” and a
pony; tonight he was planning to en-
Joy Harvey J. O'Higgins and a pipe.
Wherefore he whistled while he
splashed. And pink teas and ladies’
sewing circles and church soclals were
far from his thoughts.
There came a rap at the door and a
voice called his name. It was the
voice of Mrs. Thompson, mother of
his roommate, and it bade him be
quiet a minute. “We want you to
come to the church tonight,” it sald;
“we're giving a little entertainment,
and—"
“0 shucks!” he muttered, and be-
gan to splash more loudly than ever,
But the voice, undaunted, waited pa-
tiently for comparative silence, and
continued :
“I have tickets for you and George;
here's yours, I'm going to put it under
the door.”
“But, Mrs. Thompson, I really—O,
all right, I'll go, of course. I suppose
you'd keep me in here all night if I
didn’t promise.”
“That's a nice boy;
want to come; of course I would If
you didn't promise; now remember,
dear.” And the voice of Mrs. Thomp-
son hurried away, while Jack, too de-
I knew you'd
up with a wet hand studied it with
disfavor. He also made some very
unkind remarks concerning it, finally
throwing it into a corner.
Yet it was only a little strip of
cardboard with nine very proper
words neatly printed thereon:
MONTHLY SOCIAL
f
THE LADIES AID SOCIETY
Admit One
To an ear accustomed to the Eng
lish which thrives in Ohlo the variety
cultivated In New England is amus-
ish Isles is funny. But the luxuriant
native growth of the sunny Southland
is charming. .
Miss Dorothy Tyler was from the
South, and the words of her mouth
were quaint and delightful. She stood
in the lecture room of a church In
admiring circle of men. During a lull
in the conversation she found herself
looking up into the steady blue eyes
of an athletic young
someone mumble an introduction.
during process the gentleman's
name became hopelessly lost,
asked him for it.
He Lent toward her and
her very solemnly—"Jack Smith.”
The girl threw back her
Wwughed, a wonderful laugh of
pressible merriment ; a laugh that rose
exultantly from a sweet murmur to an
ecstatic crescendo-——the very spirit of
animated musie.
“Really, Mr.
the
Sa she
Smith, you must for
sive me” she said, touching her hand-
kerchief to her mirth-dimmed eyes;
“but it was so funny, the way you sald
your name, You were so serious
about it."
“I'm usually considered funny when
I try to he serious. And of course
I'm pgerious upon the question of
names, But I'm giad you were laugh-
ing at me instead of at ‘Smith.'"™
“But perhaps I wasn't," she an-
swered. “Anyway, ‘what's In a
name? ”
“That all depends. In mine there
seems to be rich material for the wag-
ging of tongues of a thousand Jesters.
And the thousandth man expects me
to laugh at his aged joke-—old as the
honest name itself.”
Again she laughed, deliciously, mis-
chievously; which was exactly what
young Mr. Smith desired. By several
strategic maneuvers he had led her
to a seat, so that he might enjoy that
laugh all by himself. And the admir-
ing circle, not being able to exist with.
out a center, had broken up in confy-
sion. Other groups were also dispers-
ing, and the people were seating them.
gelves about the room, In preparation
for the formal entertainment of the
evening,
A stately blonde standing beside the
plano demonstrated her skill In the
manipulation of a high-power soprano
biplane, whose movements, however,
were somewhat hampered by the low:
ness of the ceiling. And then Mrs,
Thompson announced that the com-
pany would be further entertained
with some readings given by Miss Dor-
othy Tyler of Loulsville, Ky., who had
kindly consented, ete,
Miss Dorothy Tyler, with an amused
twinkle in her eye, observed the sur.
prise on the face of Mr. Jack Smith;
then arose In answer to the welcome
that greeted her,
And hehe forgot to be bored, for-
|
"
there was anyone but him-
self ‘listening to this bewitching,
black-halred beauty. Breathless, all
ears and eyes, he hung upon every
word, delighted In every gesture.
Again and again the girl responded
to enthusiastic encores, until finally
she begged for rest. “It's just dear
of you people to be so kind and ap-
preciative, but I'm most awfully tired
now. Please let this be the last one;
it's about Molly and Jimmy Baker, and
mamma has tucked them into thelr
two little beds and kissed them good
night. So you mustn't make any
noise when I get through, 'cause you
might disturb them."
And then she took the part of little
Molly, listening, in the dark bedroom ;
also of bold little Jimmy, frightening
Molly with a story of a big, flerce lion,
During the reading she cried out, in
the terror-stricken lisp of little Molly,
“Jimmy, Jimmy, what's that over In
the corner?’ Pausing an instant for
Jimmy's answer, her eyes fell upon
Mr. Smith, And so absorbed was he
that he hunched up his shoulders and
roared. His vocal effort was a good
imitation of the terrifying challenge
of the king of beasts. On a lonely
desert, or in a dark bedroom, it would
have inspired unspeakable dread; but
there, In the brightiy lighted church,
effect was otherwise,
Everybody heard the noise, and ev-
erybody roared—with laughter. Even
the girl's quick answer for Jimmy
could not save the situation. Poor
Jack! A burning crimson mounted
swiftly to his cheeks and enveloped
his ears. And ere the first poignant
pain of embarrassment had passed the
reading was ended. People on all
sides were rising to thelr feet, express
ing thelr pleasure in a storm of ap
plause.
Jack stood in misery by his chalr,
his legs begging him to run, his judg-
ment commanding him to remain. And
Thompson, a-grin with glee,
patted him on the back. "Oh, 1 say,
old man.” he laughed, “don’t look so
sheepish : you're a lion, you know.”
Then the girl, hurrying from the
platform through the
crowd, stood before him.
George
rescue when I was so sorely
need of something scarey,”
“It made- everything much
realistic.”
Mr. Smith was greatly relieved.
mighty of you to put
my
50
good
out
that
Let's go
feel
a—-beast of myself,
the steps; somehow | all
again"
And during the
the ice-cream-and-cake
program, they
the stars.
“Tonight,” sald he, "has been
happlest of my life. 1 wonder,”
added, thoughtfully, “if it Is the cus
tom in Louisville, Ky. for a girl to
interval
part
together
80,
of the
stood
the
a church social?
s * » . * * *
Beauty is not an inherent quality.
upon a shoestring or a
and then say, If thou darest,
that it is not beautiful
George Thompson had neyer thought
upon these things, and George
Why had Jack sat quietly
half hour, gaz
was
in his hand? And what was the some
He had fondled it: had
It close to his eyes, had contemplated
And now,
before the wondering gaze of George,
in bed,
cautiously,
George
Sms +
asleep
was
but
supposedly
he
leaning
over his
silently,
carefully forward, looked
roommate's shoulder. In Jack's hand
was something white. jut George
was more puzzled than ever.
For it was only a
cardboard, with nine
neatly thereon.
words
Scoter’s Ideal Digestion
The digestive processes of the scot-
ers are thorough and
capable of crushing the moliusks on
the halfshell but the whole,
being restricted to a diet of oysters
stony jackets—and then reflect upon
before one's astounded stomach
solved the problem. The scoter has
no reluctance and not a single regret.
teeth of gravel, which attacks this
hard fare, Is so violently potént that
holes are speedily eaten through the
shell, until the hapless mollusk is
riddled and its flesh attacked and ab-
sorbed,
Neither Beginning Nor End
Voting in person for Oxford univer.
sity election has sometimes had its
amusing side. In the famous election
in which Gathorne Hardy ousted Glad
stone from’ the university membership
there was a high debate over one vote
given by a graduate that was weak in
aspirates, He voted in this# form:
“Glad—1 mean ‘Ardy.” Gladstone's
supporters claimed the vote, “Oh, pe,"
sald the others, “he never finished
Gladstone I” “That may be” was the
retort, “but he never began Hardy.”
Woman Does Man's Work
Mrs. Florence Merriman of Port
land, Maine, is probably the only wom-
an stevedore in the country, She says
she can handle as much freight as
any man. She is also mate and cook
on a vessel, and In addition belps at
any other task while at sea.
(Eg. 1926, Western Newspaper Union.)
The garden still is green
And the green trees around,
But the winds are roaring overhead
And branches strew the ground,
And today on the garden pool
Floated an autumn leaf;
How rush the seasons, rush the years,
And oh, how life is brief.
Richard Watson Gilder,
WHOLESOME FOODS
Sour cream Is not enough prized.
By keeping a little on hand from day
to day one may have
delicious cakes without
butter, salad Jressings,
cookies, doughnuts and
various other dishes
which will appeal to all
appetites,
One will have to use
Judgement In regard to
the amount of cream
used as it will vary with its richness,
The following ly a doughnut recipe
and found to be the “best ever” [If
thé directions are carefully followed
the cakes will be rich without soaking
tender and very moist,
keep without drying out,
Best-Ever Doughnuts.—Beat
eges inp an aluminum bowl, add
and two-thirds cupfuls of sugar and
two
one
then add a half teaspoonful of
Simple Trimmings
Rounded Crown and Sup-
ple Brim Add Chic to
Milady’s Hat.
Glve your eyes a chance to show If
you want to achieve the new chie that
is Paris. Remember that the correct
poise of 4 hat these days 18 not over
the right or left eye, however rakishly
attractive that may be, Nor Is 1t
correct to wear the chapeau too far
back on the head ss If perched upon
n peg, Not even a Reboux can’ ap
pear smart In such a position, Hats
made, says the Parisian modiste,
to wear in a logical position upon the
hed,
Fit
that
ure
and
distinguish
line are the two qualities
the hat of the Par
islenne, She never buys it In 15 min.
utes and then walks out
Getting a hat Is a serious matter. and
means at two fittings of the
form before the little band of ribbon,
or trifle of trimming It
to carefully placed, That's
of the secret, The great Reboux
seriously
wearing it
legst
whatever
have,
part
| tnkes
is
Is
this that you
could not buy a hat in her celebrated
| shop on the Roo de In
heing fitted at least twice A
hrond brimmed hat Is
vour head, and before your eves
mirror--it Is
After thar
all 50
Paix
pianced upon
-¥ OU
ways face ga cat and
enmed 10 fit exactly the
well dissolved In it; then
cupful of rich thick sour cream, so
thick that a spoon when dipped into It
will stay well heaped with the cream.
Powdered mace or grated
makes the best flavor,
seems to be an appropriate flavor for
doughnuts, and never, if you must use
vanilla, commonly
called vanillin: It spolls the flavor of
any food. Now the aluminum dish Is
set directly on the Ice after Just enough
flour has been added to make a thick
mixture still stir with the
spoon, The secret of moist, tender and
use the substitute
that will
altogether delicious doughnuts Is te
cut them as moist as possible, The
chilling process makes them easy to
handle with no more four,
quickly, have the fat just right
knife, they will not lose their
shape; being soft they hard to
handle, This makes three dozen dough-
puts cut in the usun! size,
Sour Cream Dressing for Salads.
Add a tablespoonful of any good salad
dressing to a cupful of thick sour
mix until well blended, add
such seasonings as onion julce, red pep-
per or any chopped green pepper and
onion with a bit of fresh red pepper.
With
vary it to suit any salad. For cucum-
of vinegar: also for
80
are
Sour Cream Cake Filling.—Cook to.
gether one cupful each of sour cream
and brown sugar; when thick, add one
cupful of hickory nut meats and beat
stiff enough to spread on the
Add any flavoring desired;
maple is especially good with this 811.
Beasonable Foods
Oysters are now coming into the
and should be served ocrs-
fonally by those
who enjoy them.
An oyster in
a simple dish to
prepare, but it is
too frequently
poorly made and
served. Oysters
should be careful.
ly looked over to remove any bits of
shell, then put under the tap and
The liquor should
always be reserved and used. but care
fully strained. The amount of oysters
stow
fish, Enough should be used to give
who care jittle for the oyster.
Drop the oysters into the strained
ter to cook the oysters
edges curl. Remove them
tureen, adding plenty of
salt and pepper to taste,
until their
fo the soup
butter
milk, pour
over the oysters and serve at once
make them tough and too little will
make them most unpalatable. Serve
at once with crisp oyster crackers,
Grilled Oysters. —Put a large plece
of butter into a hot pan; when smok-
them a sauce made by using the liquor
from the oysters, thickened with flour
and butter well blended. Season with
worcestershire sauce, salt and cayenne
and serve on buttered toast,
Fried Oysters. Drain ana wipe the
oysters dry, roll In cracker crumbs
searoned with salt and pepper,
into egg which has been beaten with
an tablespoonful of milk, then dip
again into cracker crumbs. Fry quick.
ly in deep fat; drain on paper ns fast
as taken up. Serve very hot with
parsiey and lemon, f
Colonial Cabbage~Shred a hard
head of cabbage which has been al-
lowed to crisp In cold water. Drain
well and add sweet cream, using
snongh to moisten the cabbage, a few
tablespoonfuls of sugar. a little salt,
and just enough vinegar to give zest
to the dressing,
Grated earrot, chopped celery with
a few minced nuts, mized with a good
salnd dressing wakes a good salud or
sandwich filling.
Nersie Moy wert.
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A Dainty Model viet and Ameri.
can Beauty Velvet.
brim is cut
pnd fina the
Nor | ' & 0
bousx,
¢
trimming is
nctice peculiar
; the leading
ollowing that example
Av rt
that Is attaining
placed
to Re
ery Sins autumn hat
in Paris
advance
vogue
Chiffon Coat Motif Is
Elaborated in Beige
putumn
For
td
early the chiffon oat
is being siaborated in beige
wn and ashes of
le nlm
orately.,
the new
excliusl
especialls the
or insertions
pts are vorn with
wt Trimmed
wide
f
with lace
these o~ se
plain dresses to
part
best
for the most
to the
style Is chiefly
monde”
the
display
only to
wraps advantage
intended for
and
the
“femme de “chaperon™
dressmaker recognizes. The “jeune
fille.” on the other hand, is being kept
principally, for her coat, to black chif.
fon, tucked, the sleeves heavy
rording. Very effective over brilliant.
ly colored dresses,
White Relieves Frock
Made of Somber Black
f
The all-black frock for
wear seems to be fading from the pic-
ture. Above is shown a charming
flannel introduced in the wide sleeves,
collar and pockets,
the hat of velveteen or velvet
of these
pastel
. Marthe
Regnier shows many hats in
the loveliest of
green, bois du
example They
crowns and two
that are withont
and one-half
tones—pnle
f
ior
# upple rounded
rose and mauve,
have
or three-inch
after one
inches from the
|
arim.
and
frocks of
face sre very smart with
the same tone These
are trimmed with nothing
# band of narrow ribbon
Everyone is
the
monlistes
more than
watching with interest
attempt of Paris
rowned
cerinin fashionable
some of the
to revive the hist
directoire whieh
women
Hebout oe the
are now wearing
' tenders In this move.
ment, The squarecrowned toque is
included In
Suzanne
the
Talbot
ry us
cntegory,
has made a
Eg
women
num-
her of yv¢ sual
for {:
resemble
in form and
{ or delicate crepe
pian toques
These
Egyptian
nade of
shionable toques
the ancient head
i dress gre
They
ith gold floral motifs and
f= covered with
colled gold braid
Frocks Disappointing,
Paris Writer Asserts
So far evening frocks on display or
{| even in prospect at most of the salons
are disappointing, says a Paris fashion
| correspondent in the New York Time
frankly There
for bizarre. Most
16
& return to
shaped back, which
{| Some are ugly
striving the
will be sx
rey hear that we are
threatened with
OW r
3
Hays all
the exces.
sively
the ugliest feature h
natomy. A. mode ti
ful
+ host offect.
in front, new
tendency to
’
wonr
women oar
the evening
-
narrow.
still
{ dresses show a
ws the
They severely
piam at the top, all the trimming be-
| ing on the bottom of the skirt, where
nt at the theater, and even
at table In a dancing club, it cannot
be seen at all, Many of them are a
frank return to the shaded-rainbow
idea, and these are all pale at the top
and darker at the hottom. Even their
creators admit that they will have ro
offer some alternative to them later.
and
are mostly
ness acs chost,
sleeveless
are
dinners,
Milady's New Belts Are
Narrow and Decorative
The new belts are narrow, confining
hemseives to the widths between one
ind two Inches. However, the fact
| that there is little of them in no way
interferes with the trend toward orna-
‘mentation, and these narrow strips
are replete with trimming. They may
have a bead or clip edge, or If the
center Is to be trimmed they some
(times have pinked edges with a bit
of cut work,
Hand painting is noted on many of
the fall belts, Some of these have
| matching pocket ornaments, and col
ilars and cuffs. These us a rule, are
{ suede, each object bearing a clusier
{ of brilliant flowers.
Pencil blue is one of the favored
helt colors. Others are green, brown
and purple, with black patent forming
imuny of the children’s belts,
A belt of two colors has edges and
tabs of tan leather, while the body of
{ the belt is red kid. The tan tabs end
in arrow points, Which slip through
Straws in Fashion's Wind
What could be more appropriate
for wear with one of the new knit.
ted outer coats than the Istest nov.
sity In headgear, knitted straw. The
finely plaited strands of which these
Parisian hats are composed, are
knitted into shape and offer the same
Leontrast In effect that the knitted
fabrics do to woven cloth, Whether
the vogue for these hats will last or
not is a question, but for the moment
they are the rag> because of thelr
ariginnlity,
ssn
eyelets of the kid. The buckle on this
1% inch belt is metal,
The ring type fastening
is favored, There also are metal and
covered buckles shown, Nall-head and
silverspot effects adorn muny of the
suede models, and one belt with pinked
edge hax gilt all around
Overlays of color frequently rim
the models of gold and silver, as well
ag comprising the body of belts where
the gilded leather is used as ornamen-
tation,
with snaps
Small Women's Dresses
Are Given Attention
Of late one has heard a great deal
about the little woman and her dresses.
The little woman is a type by herself
just as the large stout woman ig, and
when she has hot been able to find
suitable size and style in the women's
department, which has been frequent.
ly, she has had to have recourse to
the misses’ department, where, with
some alterations, she got a certain
amount of satisfaction. Now, how.
ever, both buyers and manufacturers
are waking up to the fact that there
are a great many such women and
that they need to be taken care of;
that If they are going to cater to ev.
ery section of the ready-to-wear trade,
they must make garments specially
suited to this figore. Several Hanae
facturers are specializing in them, ac.
cording to a trade publication, »
These models are thicker through
the shoulders than misses’ sizes; the
sleeve Is shorter and large: In the
upper part; they are thicker through
the hip, and shorter in the skirt, The
tritmom will be adupted to the fig.
ure just they are In stout models
ALONG
LIFE’S TRAIL
FEARS ECR A RARER REE RRERRR RS
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of Illinois.
% he % ie
HRT rT TrrrrrrrTrrTy
(E 1938, Western Newspsper Union.)
MONEY AND SUCCESS
HAD 8 letter from
ago which
tle. Brown and |
and for twenty-five
heen
frown
interested
not long
not o it
LOPE Her,
me
were hoys
years or #0 he
living Indian at the
head of a school for boys. It is not a
sinecure which he has, for the work is
strenuous und the pay proportionally
small. It Is only through rigid econ-
that
aomestic shi
ins
in southern
omy Brown Is able to keep his
The work that he
work
for
cone
does Is missle
in the truest sense of the
all i
to his
forlorn, tl
gorts al
shore
8 mts
paren
i
habits bave fallen into
and, out of 1
He
often
Hino
hose
in make men nas
gements, he
the
upon the
ime, co
of strength
depend-
Tes
form
characters and honest
work
Far
friend
into the interior of Asin anoth
er of my bovhood Is working
Chinese government, further
fro
ing transportation projects,
huild
helping to
rallroands, and giving that coun.
try the benefit of thirty years or more
rallroad engineer
He is
year
getting not less than $H50.000 a
for the he is doing, and
friend of
had
11 ing
iting
third
farm, He has
is p
He in
has succeed.
had real
247 tap
or has sny one
ase before a of
whom | was talking
asked the question.
RTOuUp
“You pot Oo get
the
Rr X = the
kale, or you
one of them
that talks. The
thousand could do
good than el the other
This n wmry stuff doesn’t
haven't succeeded much,’
guserted “t's money
with the fifty
more
$+)
er of
onary it making
“and
good as
slows argued
are better than raliroads
are. Even the farn
ing people
“Which was the greatest success?
one asked me,
“1 can't
now that money al
er was teach-
best to lye™
“bur |
ne dpes not spell
ize a
he
ething
answered,
(One
Yim x s
BvYe so
ust rea worthy
coedled
lone son
wr the wi
rid as well
» of these three men is doing t
WINTER
CHILL in the air when 1
woke this morning. A sharp wind
at my window, and
outside | could see the bare branches
of the elm tree outlined against
sky. 1 drew the blankets
was
te
isd
the
over my
Winter was coming on.
As I went to my office after break.
fast the air was full of blackbirds
fiying hither and thither, chattering
and excited as a group of women gos
siping about their neighbors. They
were organizing their forces for flight,
they were going South,
coming on,
My neighbor across the street was
getting in a belated supply of fuel and
I could hear the coal rattling down
the chute into his cellar. Up in the
walnut tree the squirrels were bus,
They had gnawed 2 hole through one
of the columns i my pergola, and
they were uring the hollow space as
a storehouse for their winter supplies.
I know very well that was where my
crocus bulbs would find lodging if 1
did not give them protection, The
squirrels, too, were getting ready, for
winter,
It is strange how few of us make
sreparation for the winter of oll age
We play ¢ good deal through the
springtime of youth; we take 1°
Lightly during the summer, and evea
when aviimn comes with its quiet
Celusion that winter Is still far away
Wwe make little preparation for the
migration,
I had a letter from John Ward =
few days ago--a pitiful letter in =
way telling of old age anl poverty,
and these two coming together sre
“People ought to get ready for old
age.” he sald, “1 can see now how |
wasted a rood deal of time. how 1}
spent money thoughtlessly, how | was
Dever cated
without resources, and too
loss, old
No mutter how beautiful
pring
We should propere for ja,