PA.
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MISS
MARY’S
CHOICE
By H. M. EGBERT
(Copyright by W. GQ.
$C ! What do you think!
iy HB has come from our
soldier!” exclaimed little
Miss Mary Penfield, almost
dancing—if such a term could be ap-
pled to such a dignified person as
Miss Mary was—into the living room.
“Your soldier, my dear Mary!” an-
swered her elderly sister, raising one
finger reprovingly.
The Misses Penfleld were quite well-
to-do, and quite alone In the world
Miss Lizzle was forty, if she was a
day, Miss Mary confessed to thirty-
two, but even the sweetest of wor
may be pardoned for deducting a year
or so after passing the thirtieth mile-
stone, They were the only daughters,
the only children of “Square” Penfield
of Bodminton, New England. Once
family had played a prominent part in
New “Engl and's public life; but with
the growth of the industrial
and the fading out of the old ways of
life they had become
isolated. After
they were more or less “hermit
Miss Mary ruefully declared.
All the village respected
maiden
seemed an anachronism, a
other times in the hustling ¢«
times of the Twentieth
Two months before Miss Mary,
subseribed to 1ewspaper
containing a good deal of Haracs n
ter, had seen an advertisen
It stated that
quarter, would
tobacco, a box
cigarettes for soldier In
trenches in Belgium. The
name was to be placed upon the pa
age.
“I'd like to send a
of the poor fellows,” said M
“But wouldn't it
ward, my dear?’
Miss Lizzie
“Not in of
swered Miss Mary.
With
ladles
terprise, and
forward to
ing
upon the cover,
And now
parked
Chapman.)
}
the
system
more and more
thelr father's death
wo
ladles, ey
survival of
ymmercial
cen tury .
who
an English
or
nound
Poul 3
shilling,
hase a
matches and
one
sender's
for
Mary.
for-
prudent
shilling
one
baa
Fa
Ties}
Lue
be a
inquired
time war,
embark
the nam
letter had come.
red sign:
aw,”
delight thr down the
backs. A sO Nene the
with in
“My Dea
thank you very
lightful gift. You
pleasure such
here,
thought
thinkir
box
trenct
lows
shrapiel ; :
ply repaid
have given
your nam
had
“Wi
inquired Miss
Cop. Rich:
The two es examined he sign
ture “Why, it is his rank—
corporal, of course,” sald Miss Mary
“He must be able
to have corporal.
kiow, are very
lish army. A
become a cor
“But it Is sad to think of
abandoned to the habit of
answered Miss Lizzie, “However
ought we to write back to him, my
dear?”
“Would-
ter?” asked the
“We shall never see him,
haps a letter would
And
shot.”
“Oh, no!”
horror,
After a long talk
write Corp. Richard
letter, to preserve
rd rton.”
ladl
carefully
quite a respect
made a
strict In the
man
been
they
1 ee
drinking
could
poral.”
the
tobacco
would it be proper,
other,
and per-
cheer
then, the poor fellow
exclaimed Miss
they deeclded
Barton a
proprieties, It
to
the
irreverent laugh. It dealt with all
the small talk of the village, for to
the two maiden ladles Bodminton was
the world in miniature, From that
they passed to earnest inquiries as to
the corporal's health. Then in re-
strained, but very fervent language,
they expressed the hope that he was
not given to worldly ways. The let-
ter closed with an earnest request for
his worldly and spiritual welfare,
It was seven weeks before this let-
ter reached the reciplent, then ly-
ing In the base hospital recovering
from a wound,
by a fragment of a
fng his company to the attack, and
he would never lead again, because
a tendon in his leg had been severed
and “Corp. Richard Barton” must go
Hmping through life thenceforward.
True, the limp was not a very pro
nounced one, hardly visible, In facet,
when the soldier walked, but it is
one thing to walk across a drawing
room floor and quite another to charge
a line of trenches at full speed across
parbed-wire entanglements, laden with
one's accoutrements,
A second letter reached the two
ladies In due course. Miss Mary, who
was romantically Inclined, opened It
in the presence of her sister with a
thrill of deliclous wickedness. Miss
Lizgle, however, was inclined to think
that Miss Mary had been a little Indls-
erect, She intended to tell her that
shell while lead-
in her opinion the
must be brought to a close.
But as the ladles read it they
at each other in dismay.
“He has been wounded!”
Mary, tremulously. "The
hope it Is not a
“He says it will prevent his
Migs Mary
read farther on.
what
as she
Lizzie,
announced,
“And-—Oh,
does he will take the opportunity to
pay a call upon who were so
kind to him!"
The letter fluttered out of her hands
sat down In a chair breath-
those
less,
“Mary!” sald her sister
“this Is what comes of
a flirtation with a strange man!"
“Sister gasped Miss Mary. “How
such a dreadful thing?
me even to think
severely,
carrying on
can you say
“A soldler—~just a
continued her
“You know, my dear,"
“the lower
not like they
wanything.
common cor-
reprov-
went
classes In
are here,
Perhaps
sister,
she
relenting,
are
The man may be
he Is a drinker!”
Miss Mary
had
But as the
the aslon
before.
weeks went by and
rose to oce as
she never done
noth-
more was heard about
Miss Lizzle's fears gradual
subsided. As for Miss Mary,
utburst nevep
n, and if she secretly kept a
ner of her heart
Riel Barton
roma
since he
she had mentioned
as a sort of sl
it was the
common to
well, around
harm
less
widen
two. And so the weeks into
month an th
{
" “Miss Ma
slipped
en
ry, there Is a gentlems
'
par! walting to see you,
ained the mald
Miss Lizzie looked at Miss Mary as
two 1
* she sald, “perhaps it wor
y
for me to see this Corporal
time Miss Ma
» she was alrea
g her hair!
he hrust
h Miss Mary
at the
,
looked
more
scovered
the captain had made a
lar discovery with regard to her
And for Miss Lizzie In-
in that romantic speculation
had discouraged In her
very sim
sls
once
ged
she 80
was visiting
connected with a
The captain
on business
rich old property
America
certain
which he owned not
away. This left ample
opportunity for subsequent visits, and
before the time for his return ar-
ived he had persuaded Miss Mary to
make the trip
under his name,
“And Miss Lizzie must pany
on our honeymoon,” he insisted.
“You see, it was pretty hard to make
decision, because I have always
many miles
accom
you know.”
And that delighted Miss Lizzie just
as much as though she had be-
Heved it.
Banks Hold Millions
claimed in banks More than $12,000.
000 of this is in banks of the eight
largest cities of the United States,
according to an article In
between
those of New York alone
enormous sum as $15,000000
strange, until you analyze the
situation The big cause Is bad arith.
metic,” the article explains, “next is
poor memory and next to that, death
and disappearance, The proportion
of this money finally claimed 1s less
than 50 per cent, and the expense
and time of attempting to locate de
positors or their heirs is a source of
constant trouble to the banks.”
Yet, what does it matter, the article
asks, If a paltry £15000,000 Is over.
looked In a country that has bank
dgposits totaling $48,000,000,000, of
which $40,000,000,000 is deposited In
national and savings banks and trust
companies?
seem
Skirts Are Long, |
Short or Medium
Fall Offerings Show Designs |
That Are Suited to Mi-
lady's Personality.
Skirts, It is now predicted in some
quarters, are to be longer! It is
not certain how much longer, nor
Just when the new style will be gen-
established, But straws blow-
Ing in the wind, observes a fashion |
correspondent in the New York Times, |
point to the models lately
by French couturlers, by artists this
of the water and by the word
of fashionable Americans returning |
early from abroad that the extreme- |
ly short skirt, having become
mon,” is now to be
order to give It “class,
At Intervals In the evolution
fashions irs In
changes revolutionary,
movel,
anything
originality of
ves the Impression
presented
“eome- |
lengthened in
"
i
of :
senson
inno
Not
there
that
vations that
that there
under the
treatment which gi
of novelty. These
sometimes at long
following closely one
feature after
gradually establish
worked out by the
Inte we go along
loss
unt! we
the styles
mono{eny—until fresh Id
manded and the modiste recelves her
Inspirat’an to create
HK nee.-Length Skirts,
Ocenslenally
a sensation, ns
frock, Egyptian patterns and
appes one
are
are
Is In dress
sun, but
absolutely
illustrations come
intervels, some
upon the
feature
vals
content with th am things
become them and
copled and repeated to
ideas rre de
anew,
innovation creates
when the
sleeve.
less bodices made appearance
were done to
all
is the knee-leg
end
Latest of
ing
which
varied, On
critics
helr
of proportion,
between a large hesd,
full extra length
abbrevinted skirt. By
according to
shocks
styles
the object
the whole
entitled to
ons
adverse
attention on
are
claim of good taste, As
there is
point |
an incongruity
features
bodice
# pry 41
ure
length, often
and the
tion,
we
skirts,
rds,
short
and
our sta
associate knees with yout
with the child face, and the
is top
heavy an
Also, |
*
L
pet the
of oy : uld be widels
weloon keenest interest is
felt in
different
season
ymparison
The models
present a great number of real new
features
of the fall fashi
and establish some
de esigns
his London-Parls
fine sense of the order
of things Is evident In
models from this house, ef
length of skirt,
ful slim figure
low the knee, and the skirt
an older woman, or
avolrdupols, longer,
Five Inches Off the Floor.
Madeleine Vionnet is eutting
marks designs. A
and fithess |
the Intest |
peclally In
that for a
being short,
made for
of
one
gome
the floor, Jeanne Lanvin,
clallzes in the robe de style, has been
compromising somewhat with the
mode of the day by lifting the wide
skirt of her “period” gown, In
some of the advance models In eve
ning dress that have been received
on this slde. So whichever way the
style sways and whatever the stand
ard thet will be formally established,
that for the moment appears to be an
individual and skirts will be
for a time both long, short and med!-
um in length, and each be still cou-
sidered fashionable,
It Is In the general architecture of
the fall costumes that the coming
emphasized, Taken one
who spe
cholee,
yles are
Black Velvet and White Linen With
Band Trimmings.
ineas™ ia
attached
is butte
of the terial
osale, flowers, godet
some of
shown
what may be d«
the
at
backs
tive models yet
ne
half
of the middle it
square goods, Grthered
along edge
be attached as an apron
gle drapery caught with an
cascading at o side
on the knee, and drawn
back to be ceught again one
side of the back, forming a Jabot
that drops in a point below the hem
of the skirt.
Woolens Attract Attention.
We know In a general
is to be the style this fall and w
left
skirt
the
end
ne of the
around
toward
line
what
inter,
way
creators We
millar with the vogue of satin, molre
and velvet, and there is scarcely a
thrill to be got out of these when
they are already shown in both dress
The things that appesl
are the woolens, conspicuously broad
cloth, in plain, novelty, lustrous and
dull finish: cashmeres, and unusual
velvet, named metal, speckled, rep
tilllan and leather, high glaze, fancy
and printed velvet,
The reptilllan patterns are [lus
trated In gold and silver lame, and
there are in this wealth of fabrics
velvet embossed on metal grounds
decree, are already fa-
Model
With New Cape Back.
Lines are
simplicity yet
of unusual distinction,
different, tending to
last few years In either the spring
or autumn styles, and the silhouette
is different, ell In the direction of
more artistic creations.
The short skirt ls emphasized be.
enuse the question has been debated
for months past, and the styles, both
French and American, advance as
many different suggestions as there
are designers of dress. Redfern, dean
of the profession, who, with the con-
sciousness of secure prestige, opened
his doors early and wide, expresses his
feeling In the metter of skirtdength
and other detalls In models that are
conspicuous for thelr style—extreme,
ings and tracerles In sliver and glit
on richly colored backgrounds. Among
the beautiful weaves In woolens from
Americen looms are suede cloth,
broadcloth, camel's halr,
plain and plald; fleece-faced woolens,
and many mannish mixtures and
Scotch plaids. Reps and napped
cloths are excellent, and flannels are
to he used a lot for sports clothes,
An schlevement of American weav.
ers Is the new mohalr,
the original alpaca as is velours from
horsehair and the material that is
a sensation among the modistes who
are always eager for novelty In me.
terial,
supple, loosely woven yet firm, light,
but having a substantial “body,” and
wrinkle-proof. Also, it may be washed
(The KITCHEN |
CABINET
Union )
(EZ), 1926, Western Newspaper
be who call them
our friends;
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To make our half a whole,
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SBEASONABLE DISHES
One learns a new method of serv-
ing chop suey every few days, The
followin = is a
to
a larger
good one
for
number:
Chop
Mince
serve
Suey.
the cooked
pound of
bunches
veal
of ¢
asoning to taste
of rice,
ment, add a
tongue ;
Boll
drain and n
can of
* EWeet Pept
pln
frit
into a gran] te
two
with
chopped,
of garlic ang 1
cloves,
pour over
and tl
veal,
stock
and
serve hot,
Another. —Take
cubes,
round steg
with plenty of sue
pound of the meat:
and add half as 1
equal bulk of co
brown
nuch
lery Ie,
with water and simmer for two ho
on the back of the stove, with
hot bolled rice,
Cabbage With Oysters —Select
heavy head of
slice off the top snd sce
Serve
seasoned,
small cabbage, cut
'
celiter ¢
Shred
an
dress |
§
" tw
arefully,
the
salad
Bird. —Veul
cabbage
A Veal
known
to prepa
thin slice
slices If
rants it
The Ever Ready Fru,
ana is alwi
reased «
ries for
sized ban:
overs
come additic
Baked In
banana makes a
platter of steak,
it will, with a
entre or
Fruit Salad.
hananas cut Ir
Or gerve
good sauce,
dessert
Mix
ito smal
ind oranges
when ready
dressir
GEES, one
juice, three tablespo
two or three
and one teaspoonful alt
over hot water until thick, beating
with an egg beater to make the dress
ing light and fluffy. Add the bes
whites and cupful of whipped
cream, and serve,
Banana Charlotte Russe.
layer of lemon gelatin Jelly into a
wet mold, When firm line the sides
of the mold with lady fingers or sweet
wafers, Make a custard of the
of three eggs, one cupful of milk, one
half cupful of sugar and one te apo Won
ful of vanilla Add one and half
teaspoonfuls of gelatin dissolved in
half a cupful of hot milk, add
two cupfuls of banana put through a
glove and the whites of the eg
en stiff, with one cupful
cream, Pour into a
Serve with a garnish
and sliced bananas.
Banana and Peach Compote. Wash
water
tablespoonfuls of honey
Cook
iten
one
Pour =a
yolks
strain,
#4 beat
of whip;
mold and
of lemon
sovid
y
cool
Jelly
cover
cook
Rub
over night
until ten
and
day der,
the pulp of six bananas put through
A measuring cup kept in the flour
and one In the sugar is
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