in inally Saw the Point By H. IRVING KING 13 (Copyright) OSEPH SCARBOROUGH was rath- or of the opinion that Minerva Fairbanks had “thrown him down,” but he was not quite sure. He had known her, it seemed to him, for al- ways; and for some time he had been taking it for granted that he should some day ask her to be his wife—and she would accept. But then came that dashing Martin Van Beekman around and Joe began to think that he had taken too much for granted. Whatever a "man of the Van Beekman was that most engaging personality, talked flu- ently and dressed perfectly. Joe, on the other hand, while refreshingly wholesome, was not much of a con- versationalist, and sartorially left much to be desired. Van Beekman He had a Fairbanks home, and the giris— Minerva and ber younger sister Susan —found him, as Sue expressed It, “‘per- fectly fascinating.” When Joe hap- pened to be calling at the same time Van Beekman was, it was as much as he could do to get In a word edgeways; and when he did, his best a damper on the company. Minnie, after one of these attempts of Joe's, would look at him doubtfully for a of “wit, wisdom and allegory” with Van Beekman, Sue that Van Beekman admired. But Minnie appeared to be much fonder of Van Beekman's soclety than her gister. Joe ventured to expostulate, in a blundering way, with Minerva; only to be told that she did not know trol her actions, Joe, engaged.” ending with: “Why, did not seize it, and it was two hours after that he thought of what he ought to have sald. When he did think of it he resolved to go to Min- nie and have a “straight-out talk” with her. But when he arrived at the Fairbanks home that everlasting Van Jeekman was there, and went away leaving unsald what had come to say. He would keep away from the Fairbanks house and “let "em go it,” he thought. “Who knew any- thing about that Van Beekman fellow? He was an adventurer—Joe was will- ing to bet on it—esd was trying to capture an heiress.” Joe kept his resolution of stention for a whole week, and then called upon “the Fairbanks girls” with the usual unsatisfactory results. Sasan talked to him and tried to cheer him up, but Minerva kept chatting away with Van Beekman, only giving Joe a curious look now and then, which he could not in the least understand the import of, and why don’t you talk? ter with you lately?” “Nothing,” said took his leave. he he ab- fo once i WW ha it's the mas at- Joe, and presently Now Minerva and Susan Fairb were orphans. They had no nes lations and their father had left both very well off. Joe felt like ing to Van Beekman: “If it's a fortune you are after, why take and let But it wouldn't make any difference if I did, thought Joe. Minnie ig so much the prettier. As a matter of fact she was nowhere near as good looking as Susan—but in Joe's eyes she was far superior. Things dragged along in this man- ner for some time. Joe began to lose weight. “He don’t eat enough to keep a canary alive,” his fond mother de- clared, Then one day, surprise, Van Beekman called upon Joe at the office of the little yarn mill which Joe had inherited from his fa- ther and the business of which he was rapidly extending. Quite an Iimpor- tant person was Joe in the community ~financially. He received Van Beek- man rather coldly amd asked what he could do for him, “You probably have noticed,” sald the suave Van Beekman, “my atten- tions to the beautiful Miss Fairbanks.” “1 have,” glowered Joe, “I have, and allow me to tell you that I have not seen them with pleasure, Who are anks ir re- them say- ne rely don’ t vou Sue my Minnie alone? tiest girl in town? credentials?” What are your you,” replied Van Beekman. “You may look me up in Bradstreet’s, and here are letters, documents and ref. erences which I think will satisfy you.” Joe looked at the documents and he looked at Bradstreet's. “Humph,” sald he, “seems to be all right. But what have I got to do with it? “Why,” returned Van Beekman, “when I told Mids Fairbanks that her sister Susan and myself had come to an understanding, and requested her consent to our marriage, as head of the family, she said that she and you had been long engaged and were soon to be married and, therefore, as her husband, you would be the real head of the family, and were the one to be consulted.” “Oh, 1 see, yes, certainly, of course,” gasped Joe. “Your credentinls are perfectly satisfactory, sir, I congratu- late you.” Then he put on his hat and went right up to see Minerva, What he suid to her neither of them ever told, But they were married a month be. fore Susan and Van Beekman were, KITCHEN TABLE IS PRIZE WINNER Hard Work and Ingenuity Used in Building Device. (Prepared by the United Htates Department of Agriculture.) with three small chil the kitchen Virginia, Left a widow, dren, a mother entered contest in Albemarle county, All only $3.70, most of which was spent One of the best things she was to construct this kitchen table, with a very little help a carpenter, out of old lumber found around the place. The rack for tins of supplies Is set way from the leaving a suffi the free end, the high stool is placed, for cakes and preparing other The remainder of the table be- used for giving the in the same way alcove Is used. Hanging is a rack for such utensils as the egg beater, canning tongs, and so on, elent work space at is Albemarle County (Virginia) Table in Farm Kitchen, i i a country store. The table, stool and tins were all painted white, The pho- tograph was taken by the United Btates Department Agriculture. of Economical Meat Dishes Recommended for Table Here dishes States Ham steak, and carrots; tables, chuck romst, and apples, swissed Many people do are some economical by the of Agriculture: sauerkraut, peas, recommended Department and lamb stew beef pot hocks with shank with vege pork round know not that fore. mals are usually much cheaper and far more palatable than hindquarter uts from animals of inferior breeding. nr which have not been well fattened ————————— | Recipe for Preparing Cream of sploach soup Is from either spinach cooked for this purpose or from left-over spinach, u quart of milk to heat in the double boller with a slice of onion From half to one cupful of cooked spinach will be enough to combine with this amount of milk, Whether the previously the soup, saved and used with it. Some of the valuable mineral constituents of the spinach are dissolved In this liquor. Wash the spinach thoroughly, chop It and put it in a saucepan with one or two tablespoonfuls of hot water— just enough to keep It from scorching until the leaves are wilted and the spinach liquor develops. Salt It lightly. In about 10 minutes the spinach will be done. Mince it very fine or press it through a strainer and add It to the hot milk. Melt two tabiespoonfuls of butter und blend with two tablespoon- fuls of flour. Pour a little of the hot mixture on the flour and but ter and add gradually to the soup Season to taste, remove the slice of onion, and serve. If you prefer more onion flavor, mince the onion and cook it in the melted butter belore adding the flour, then add the hot milk with the spinach. spinach or at the was prepared time of making Lifting Laundry Water Makes Wash Day Hardest Lifting laundry water in and out of portable tubs makes wash day the hardest of all In many rural homes, The latest publication on home laun dering issued by the United States De partment of Agriculture contains a hint for reducing this task to a minl- mum. Pipe the water to the tubs by means of a flexible rubber if possible, and by all means siphon off the waste water with a hose when ready empty the tubs, To make such a siphon, fill a short length of the hose with water, close the ends and Io vert it, placing one end under the sur face of the water and the other at a lower level, Open without removing the shorter end from under the surface of the water. A faucet into the end of the wash boiler facilitates hose, to soldered Curing and Fermentation Applied to Vegetable: is a distinction between “fermentation” treated There ing” and vegetables “cur as applied te brine. Curing vegetables in changes which undergo in brine by which brine of the ing as a result of osmosis largely takes the vegetable with result in cellular structure relates to the action of in changing the sugai vegetable Jjuiees Inte products, In 2 bae hited and the proce fermentation In ¢ strong brine (10 per cent) piace inives, changes on teria the ba of acids and other weak brine (5 terin are not inn Is Inrgeliy no certain content end per cent or less) Lit] moderately both prox In a strong brine (15 per cent or over) bacteria inhibited entirely esses go on abont equally ure and the proc ess Is almost a salt curing of Agriculture.) This is a sweet potato year. The United States Department of Agricul. ‘ure says that in many localities sweet are cheaper to buy than So this is a good season (o pave sweet potatoes often on the Have them baked, bolled, fried, mashed or stuffed. Use them, If you ike, in pfe, much as you use pumpkin or squash. Here are several good recipes to add to those you have: Candied Sweet Potatoes. Select six medium-sized sweet pota. toes, uniform In size If possible. Par. tially cook the unpeeled sweet pota- toes In boiling water. Cool and skig. Cut in halves lengthwise, or in three pieces if the potatoes are large. Put in a greased baking dish large enough for just one layer, not packing too closely. Make a sipup by boiling one ecupful of corn sirup, one-quarter tea- spoonful salt, two tablespoonfuls or more of butter and one-half cupful of brown sugar, Sweet Potatoes With Apples. f sweet potatoes, 3 tablespoons but. or about a pound. ter t apples. Cold water, 4% cup sugar. into slices, sugar over each layer, also dots o! butter. until the apples and potatoes are soft Baked Stuffed Sweet Potatoes. Bake six medium-sized sweet pota wise. Scoop out the luside and seasor it with salt, pepper and butter, and moisten with milk or cream, Mast and beat until light, Refill the skin with the seasoned potatoes and browt in the oven. Sweet Potato Puff with Marshmallows To two cupfuls of hot riced swee! potatoes add three tablespoonfuls o butter, one-half teaspoonful salt, pep per nnd one-half cupful of hot milk Beat well, Then beat two eggs sep arately, add yolks to the potatoe mix ture, cut and fold in the stiffly beater whites. Place the mixture in a but tered brking dish and place a layer of marshuallows close together over the top and brown In @ slow oven. WHY CHANGE? A friend of ours complains that the coal he gets nowadays isn't what it used to be or what it should be for the cost. We are reminded of the story of an Inventor who went to a coal dealer and sald: "I ha something that you'll want, something new-——a substitute that you can sel] at half price” “Shucks!" returned the coal man “Haven't we got one already that we sell at full price? —Transeript, REJECTED ve coal Edward—Could salary? Mary eat we marry on my Just next nhout, day. but I'd want to the old Habits Cling Husband-—Why new ald never answers when Irate founded is it that con we ring the bel His Wife (placidiy)-—-1 better be exacting at Horace, The girl i tell be employed don’t think we'd 00 first, sm at a telephone Case of the Docs! First Pugllis I'm hard, 1 Second Pugill “Th, 1 investigate boxing gloves investigating ber ones am’ huh! After y with my our anatom there'll be your anatom A Parist “Sarah lac course.” “I you nxked the “§ bel that.” amimos mean sal ammoniac? druggist someting jeve it is replied the lady stiffly Improved With Age Hewitt il a lie Well, miy in its Infancy George Washington not te Jowett statesmanship in his time, Not 7 hat Way Peopl ¢ are saying Not! ir was that He me Khe fed you mart becan The no money rea son myself, Real Courage Maxine—You can say what you like sbout Reggie! He's brave, Velma-—-How so? Maxine—He keeps a pet squirrel ANYWAY SUFFICIENT FOR HIM “Son! You left yesterday, How was it you said noth- ing to me?” “1 said good-by, sir!” Mother's Tip Friend--1 suppose you cook what Young Bride-—No:; mother put me that. 1 started housekeeping with the under standing that he is to like what I cook, A Skeptic Murdock—What did Mr. Dubb after missing his seventh putt? Joyce-—~Took out hig tape measure and measured the ball, then the diam- eter of the hale. A Liberal Parent: “What did her father give her when they were married?” “He gave her permission to return home after three quarrels and sepa. rations, but stipulated that after more than three they would have to arrange thelr reconcilintions elsewhere.” Quite the Reverse Patlent—1 can’t afford to be sick. Specialist--Is your business so prof. Itable? Patient—No ; yours la, do 1 1 secssmntiollissis, samen. A Tonle for Sickly + Hours Plants. This Superior Plant Food Is guar. when used according to in on each can to vigorous growth on all ferns, bulb plants, lawns, vines and trees, A contalng 600 and dol- treatments, a 12% gallons sent postpaid New Bruns RR, New Can A5¢. Trial package Department Adv, Spirit of Progress Famed for its canals and gondo’as Veulee Ix harkening to call of progress, It is planned to unite five munes with the city hy which electric If city officials ill mean that the actically the for sight nge-old ihe other bridge be thi Fy om over Ont would operated, approve plan it w trolley will mm replace recing gondola, except g. Cts and then ‘em as much as you please, Get your fa first an distort Mark you Twain, DON'T COUGH! Huntington, W. Va.—"'Several years ago | caught a severe cold that caused me to have a chronic cough. 1 got so terribly rundown everybody thought I was going into a decline. 1 took Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and my cough disappeared and | grew strong and well, “Ouite recently 1 developed another cough, 1 also had some stomach trouble, I took the ‘Golden Medical Discovery’ egain and it stopped my cough, relieved me of the stomach distress, built up my blood—in fact, built me up all over oe made me strong.'"— Rachel Elkins, 1831 7th Ave. All dealers. Large bottles, liquid $1.35; Tablets $1.35 and 65¢. Write Dr. Pierce, Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y., for free medical advice, Send 10¢ if you wish a trial package of the tablets. Mrs. Pre. Invalids’ W. N. U, BALTIMORE, NO, 4.1927. Many a man fon has none, who declares his opin- At 85 Front Btreet, Old Town, Maine, Mr. Morgan lives with his big and happy family. Here in Old Town he was born 58 years ago, and his 240 Ibs. of virile manhood typifies the hardy stock of the Maine woods folk. “What I went through for four months.” he said, “] never want to endure again. My stomach seemed to go back on me altogether. First | ol indigestion, sour stomach and bad taste in my mouth. Then came attacks of heartburn and dizzy spells, I practically quitea ting, for the shght~ est morsel of food caused palpi! ation of the heart and difficult breathing “Walking became a painful ordeal and 1 couldn't sleep at all. I had to tighten in my belt and just cree sround the house. As a result of all these conditions | became cranky and irritable; my nerves were jumpy and 1 had spells of deep depression “1 tried ull kinds of remedies with- out success. Even Tanlac at first didn’t seem to help much. But after the SOOO d Fae attle an arked improvement Ali the distressing conditions gradually disa peared i and I began to recover my los weight Now I'm 240 lbs and work bard everyday, walking long distances with ease. I'm a new man. What Fm telling you about Tanlec is no i noljoed Particulars, Plcase I'm a seif-made man Are you boa Dave Raral glzing? sting or Wise other side Ing at ascertain what of the | men irdie belor conclusions hearsay evidence; I say this from ex« perience.” Do vou wonder that over 52 milhon bottles of this great natural tone remedy have been sold? Thousands of citizens in every state of the Union have had experiences similar to that of Mr. Morgan. If you're rundown from overwork, worry or neglect, start building your way back to normaley today. Get a tnal bottle of Tanlae fron ur druggist. It is nat own re medy Jade from herbs, and barks, srding to the fan vo ure's : roots yous Tanlac form 2 Sugar Raised in Alaska Of under Alaska railread a refinery Ar planted Headache Neuralgia Colds Pain Lumbago Rheumatism Safe” “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets A New One Nursge—Have { Worse-~No, but I've driven most every other kind of car. MOTHER Fletcher s Castoria is a pleasant, harm- less Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, espe- | Sleeping Sickness Cure | After injecting a specially prepared | mixture containing gold and silver, a | London doctor reports a cure of a se av vere case of sleeping Slekness.
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