‘THEIR
ARDENT
ADMIRER
(® by D. J. Walsh.)
HE MISSES RUSSELL llved.In
a lovely old house surrounded
by an Iron fence with scrolled
gateways. The house and the
ladies had come Into being at that
period when exclusion was the thing.
Very proper, very sedate, but, secret
ly, very romantic were the Misses
Russell. They would have died be-
fore they let any one know that the
wonderful electric, victrola played
anything but sacred music and grand
opera. Alone with the aid of the soft-
est needle they reveled in jazz and
that order of music which may be col-
lectively designated under one title—
“Oh, come, my sheik, to my waiting
arms!” It was the same with their
literature. The bookcases were filled
with classics, the library table
groaned beneath weighty reviews, but
behind a cushion was kept the
naughty novel that made Emilie and
Minette forget that they were waxing
old and must behave accordingly.
In their youth they had been con-
sidered too proud for the young men
who might have taken a fancy to
them, for their parents had been of
the high-nosed order. And when the
time came when they might have
chosen for themselves nobody wanted
them. So they had arrived at middie
life unmarried, but teeming with a
desire for the one thing that had been
withheld from them-——romance.
“My dear,” Emilie said to Minnette
one morning just after Bessie, their
ugly but efficient maid, had placed
their breakfast before them. “I notice
that our new neighbors have arrived
next door. I can see from where [ sit
that the shades are up and people
moving about. There! They are just
coming into the dining room for
breakfast.”
Minnette turned to look and saw
through the large double windows of
the nearby house two men sitting op-
posite each other at the table and be-
ing awaited upon by a third man who
was evidently a servant,
“Oh, my dear!" Minnette breathed.
“Just look at that young man! He
\s perfectly handsome.”
Discreetly screened by their lace
windows the two women gazed at their
next-door neighbors. The young man
was handsome In a stunning black-
and-white way. He seemed full of
vigor, too, for he talked a great deal
with many gestures, Smilingly his
companion listened. This other man
might have been the father of the
first, for he was plain and white-
haired and looked uninteresting. ‘I'he
servant, too, was elderly and plain.
But the Misses Russell were only at-
tracted by the delightful younger
man,
“We must make their acquaintance
~invite them over to dinner,”
nette said.
“Poor things, without a woman In
the house! I think I will have Bessie
take them a tin of her incomparable
biscuit for their lunch,” murmured
Emilie.
Bessie was reluctant to present the
biscuit but at last she was persuaded
to do so by Emilie’s bestowing upon
her the gift of an old gown she had
found that morning in the bureau
drawer—landsdowne, eighteen feet
around, and of a gorgeous crimson
color. It was a relic of younger days,
and Emilie thought that it might be
dyed into suitability for her hand
maiden, but Bessie loved red.
She returned with a courteous mes-
sage of thanks from the older men.
So far, good.
For a long time the Misses Russell
had been wondering who would rent
the vacant house next door, which was
to be let furnished. Mrs. Tucker, who
owned It, had lost her husband and
gone to live with a married daughter.
The house was very cozy and the
Misses Russell had been certain that
only nice people could afford to live
there, but people with children or
dogs—or depredating cats! The fact
that the household was of the gentle-
manly, unoffensive kind predisposed
them in favor of their new neighbor,
That afternoon as Miss Emilie was
weeding her garden she heard a slight
cough and saw the handsome new
neighbor smiling at her over the
fence. He had a gift of red roses for
her and when, rather fluttered, she
entered into conversation with him he
immediately took her into his conti
dence. His name was Harold Fred.
erick Delaney, and he was writing a
book entitled “Metaphysical Aspects
of the Universe.” He was interested
In the Einstein theory of relativity,
and thought that the extensive use of
explosives in the last war had made
our planet change poles. So deep was
he and with-all so charming that
Emilie lost her head as well as her
heart Immediately,
The next morning Minnette had x
similar experience, only she received
white roses instead of red. The con-
versation was along the same lines
and she literally fell for Harold Fred-
erick head over heels,
An invitation to dinner followed
and the Misses Russell had the time
of their life feeding their darling. Mr,
Bowker, whom Harold called Unele
Hop, they didn’t like at all, But Har.
old filled their eyes,
The weather was beautiful and
never had the Misses Russell spent so
much time in their garden. No soon-
er did they appear than Harold ap-
‘peared also. He sat with them on
the bench and talked about his book
and love. He had wonderful ideas
about love, and sometimes he illus.
trated his theories by gently pressing
the hand of eliher lady.
And now strange feelings began to
possess both women, Minnette thought
that if it was not for Emilie she
might be so happy with Harold, and
Emilie believed that Minnette stood
in her way. lLiach had lost all sense
of perspective, Each saw In Harold
only the ideal of her dreams, the cul-
mination of every hope and longing.
Each loved him, and each was jealous
of the other,
This jealousy grew and grew until
it began to Interfere with their lives,
Minnette urged Emilie to go visiting.
Emilie urged Minnette to take a va-
cation at a popular resort. Minnette
sneered at Emilie’s nose and Emilie
sneered at Minnette's eyebrows. They
ceased to enjoy their food, their mu-
sic, their friends and their home, As
for Bessie her life was made miser-
able between them,
The alr was scented with secrets,
Emilie had found a tempting poem
nestling among the roses Harold gave
her, Minnette had heard him sigh as
ie gazed into her eyes,
Ultimately so much excitement
proved too much for Mionnette and
one morning she could not rise for a
sick headache. She suffered all the
more because she knew that Emilie
was enjoying Harold alone In the gar-
den,
At last she crept down pale and
wretched to meet her triumphant
rival. No. Harold had not inquired
for her. “He cares only for me,” Em-
ilie might have added.
This was too much for Minnette and
she returned to bed. It was three days
before she could arise. Meanwhile,
Emilie tripped on the foolish high
heels she had recently adopted and so |
Jarred herself in falling that she |
could not leave her room for the same |
length of time, As for she |
would neither receive Harold nor car- |
ry messages for him, i
Pale and sorry, the sisters were sit. |
ting together In their living room on |
the first evening they were able to be
downstairs when Mr. Bowker entered.
“I have come to bid you farewell,” |
he said In a dignified manner. “We |
are leaving on the ten o'clock train.
The time has come when [ can no
longer manage my charge, and hls
guardians have ordered him placed in
a hospital for an operation.”
“Your charge?’ gasped Minnette,
“Harold. Itisa very sad case. He
was injured in a football scrimmage.
a blow on the head and he has not
been rational since. But they think
by removing a plece of the skull—"
There was more, but neither lady
heard it. They endured, however, un-
til Mr, Bowker departed.
“Well,” Bessie sald ag she came In
to throw another stick on the fire,
“we are going to be rid of that luna-
tic next door. I'm clear out of pa.
tience with his earryings on. Making
love to me with his roses and poetry!”
“To you!” Emilie whispered.
snorted.
Bessie
Jessie
Triumphs of Science
Increase Life's Span
the claim is made that our
scientists are about to fight the germ
that causes consumption with a rem-
edy furnished by the bacillus Itself.
In other words, from the poison It
puts into the blood, which the scien-
tists at Berkeley say they have dis-
covered and isolated, they hope to
make a serum that will repeat the
triumphs won in other fields. This
gives point to the recent assurance
that the span of life is growing far
beyond the threescore and ten for
merly allotted us. Indeed, we are
told that the meager few who reach
the century mark are but the advance
guard of the multitude to reach and
pass far beyond that record in the
near future. To the triumphs already
won, in case the first redoubt has
been carried by some invading dis-
ease, must be added the greater tri-
umphs of preventive medicine. The
report of the Rockefeller foundation
acquaints us with a wonderful work
they have accomplished in that di-
rection, not only in this country, but
all over the world. The dry pages of
the usual report turn out to be an in-
spiring booklet of great deeds accom-
plished. Here as elsewhere an ounce
of prevention is better than a pound
of cure. All workers engaged In
making broad the pathway of health
and longevity-—and they are to be
found everywhere now-—insist that
optimism, cheerfulness, throwing off
worry and fear as you would a dis-
carded garment, and the cultivation
of the right mental attitude toward
disease is of the utmost Importance.
Where disease claims one victim,
worry and fear claim a score.
We are living in a wonderful age
in fact, we are just beginning to live
as the Creator intended us to. It has
required untold centuries for man to
gain his present vantage ground. He
is just beginning to assume his right-
ful authority over the many Ills to
which flesh Is heir. We will learn to
grow old gracefully when double our
present tale of years has run ifs
course. And we will need these add-
ed years to gain even a passable
knowledge of the wonders and beau-
ties and mysteries; the, at present,
little-known forces of the universe in
which we have been placed.—Los
Angeles Times.
His Trouble
Cashier—You don't look well Intely!
Butter Clerk—No; I enn't sleep at
night on account of lung treuble.
Cashier—Nonsense ; your lungs are
all right.
Butter Clerk—Yes, mine are; the
trouble is with the ba y's.
Now
Chic Fall Frocks
for School Girls
Youthful and Smart Cos-
tume of Vital Importance
to Young Miss.
The problem of clothes for school
girls is one of the most important
matters that faces the average house-
hold each autumn, for being well
dressed at school Is half of be-
ing happy. The average girl finds it
a very comfortable feeling to know
that she looks right, and a misery to
wear a dress she feels Is even Just
a little wrong.
Being exactly right is not easy. A
mere belt may spoil the whole effect
these days when smartness counts for
more than prettiness. Yet the smart-
er the clothes the more simple the
Hnes, which means that dresses, even
woolen are easy now to make,
It is just a matter of the
right pattern, one appropriate for the
wéarer's nge and type,
The dresses shown
chosen for the school wardrobe by
Jane Warren Wells of the fashion
staff of Farm and Fireside Magazine.
They are youthful, they are smart, and
the girl who wears them will feel
well-dressed for almost any occasion,
In choosing the material Miss Wells
finds that the new fall fabrics have
“honest dignity.” There are plain
tones of warm brown and tan, dull red
and navy blue, even black, The new-
est prints are small and of geometrl-
eal design chiefly, They seem to be
a little more pronounced than the de-
signs of yet are
subdued enough appropriate for
Ones,
choosing
herewith were
early spring,
to be
they
Among the woolens and fine cottons,
checks and plaids abound. The fine
woolens have many interesting weaves
that add to their attractiveness, esp
for the tailored dress. Plain
flannels and kashas promise even
greater popularity for the fall than
they had during the spring.
Accessories are of course a part of
every costume, and a most Important
part they play in the business of be-
ing well dressed. This fall, no mat-
1
Two Charming Dresses Designed Es.
pecially for School Wear.
ter what accessories you buy-—shoes,
hat, bag or hose-—consider they are
to be unusual in their simplicity.
Nothing else counts so much.
In footwear, tan, light brown and
black kid shoes have promised to be
favored for conservative wear, These
are really new because they have
been out of fashion for two seasons,
now.
Stockings have taken on a little
darker tone for fall, They are just
faintly lighter in color than the dress
itself, except of course where the
dress Is very dark, then the stockings
may be two shades lighter. Sheer
stockings are worn for evening with
the old yet once again new satin slip-
per. Satin Is gaining favor over dress
slippers of other types.
The slip-on glove, as simple as It
can be made, is the order of the day.
Wash chamois and lisle are appropri-
ate for school wear, the heavier kid
slip-on for hard service.
The small hat continues popular,
yet many hats boast a small, flatter.
ing brim. The small antelope purse
with shell or narrow metal top is chie
and interesting and plenty large
enough. For evening a shawl is the
most attractive wrap the college girl
can have.
Crystal beads seem to be the latest
fashion but the younger girls are still
showing their preferences for pearls.
Umbrella Compartment
in Under-the-Arm Bag
Parig, which 1s so used to rainy
weather, has thought up another clever
way of carrying the Indispensable um-
brella, or “en cas” as they eall the
short combination umbreila-parasol
which accompanies the Parisienne dur.
ing the months when rain is to be ex-
pected. This time the “en cas" occu-
ples one compartment in a double bag
intended to be carried under the arm.
The top compartment has the usual
fittings, purse, vanity case, mirror,
card case and so forth, and directly
beneath this is another pocket which
accommodates the very short umbrella
whose silk matches the leather of the
bag. This unusual novelty comes In
various colors and in the finest quality
of ecrase leather,
Coats, Sports Jackets
for Girls’ School Wear
For an eager youngster, says the
Woman's Home Companion, half the
fun of starting off to school is to ap-
pear in a suitable up-to.date new out.
fit. Either the full-length coat of a
small-patterned plaid designed for a
girl from eight to sixteen years, or
the collariess sports jacket of jersey
or flannel! for the fourteen to eighteen.
year-old girl would be both practical
and smart for fall. For the lining,
revers, collar and cuffs of the plaid
coat a plain harmonizing kasha, cash-
mere or flannel is suggested. The
darker-toned binding and cuffs of the
sports jacket may be either jersey or
flannel.
Washable Bags Among
Season’s Accessories
In leather Imports
guaranteed to wash, ‘Those of lizard,
alligator and ecrase gre finished in
such a manner that they can survive
a moderately severe scrubbing. Wash:
able also are the white bags,
oped In German chalk beads,
are for evening wear, A new note in
bead bags is the oriental patterning
which has quite supplanted In popular
favor abroad the usual floral designs.
These oriental patterns some.
like miniature prayer
coloring is vivid and
bizarre, and then the bag will have a
mounting gold, Inset with
precious or Imitation stones
patterned
one
finds bags
devel.
These
look
of semi.
One of
gayly in reds,
greens,
mounting encrusted with imi.
tation rubies, emeralds and sapphires,
Most of these bags, however, co
combinations of the
one features a
bags, while
for they will harmonize
shades
of
pastel
variety
the
are
colors,
practical,
wily
CORY,
single color ever could
For dressy are the liz
bags in pastel hues,
celves a
opalescent
wear
ard-skin
treatment which gives It
effect and adds Immeas-
urably to the beauty and effectiveness
of the pastel tone.
of this type was
geometric
skin,
One stunning bag
in gold lizard with
lines and insets of gold kid
The model was also de
silver. These bags of a
square shape are seen in the pastel
tones so much in demand for evening
wear, and since they harmonize with
evening footgear, also developed in
pale-colored lizard, carry out the en
semble effect which continues to be
good.
For sports wear a smart bag Is of a
woolen fabric much resembling flan
nel. There is a hint of Scotch plaid-
ing against a beige background. The
mounting is of the same fabrie and
the catch is of brown composition
much of the shape and =ize of a lip.
stick. Also for less formal wear are
the always good antelope bags with
shell or composition mountings.
same
Peach-Colored Velvet
for Fall Evening Wear
Alice Bernard of Paris Is making a
lovely frock of gold-brocaded flame,
plaited from neck to hem, without a
bit of trimming save a jade-green vel.
vet girdle which ties in a huge bow
at the side. Another comes in mauve
chiffon, the skirt composed of a se.
ries of jabotlike cascides of shaded
mauve, A simple frock of gold lace Is
made over a pink satin slip and an ex.
quisite beaded gown in pale pink has
a long, straight bolero bodice and
plain, slightly full skirt covered with
a small all-over pattern in pink beads
like the inside of a seashell,
One of the autumn models of eve
ning gowns comes in peach-colored
velvet with a deep pointed overskirt,
edged with a wide band of fluffy yel
wow fur, which seems to mean the re.
turn of this kind of trimming for
evening wear this winter.
A yt
Stamped, Hand-Stenciled
Apron Ready for Needle
An irresistible ready-made cottage
apron that is stamped and hand-sten
ciled for embroidery on unbleached
muslin will surely tempt you to get
out your needle to complete it with
the required simple but colorful
stitches, Together with sufficient
floss for the embroidery work, this
charming apron costs only a small
sum, and so Interesting and easy is
the task that you will most likely
want to make several as gifis for
your friends.
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(EB), 1927, Western Newspaper Union.)
“The happy life may be poor in
externals, It may have many re-
strictions, and many privations
but, if it enshrines the pure in
heart, the power of loving, serv-
ing, and sacrificing, it is beautiful
in contrast to the worldly life of
pleasure that finds no peace or
rest in the soul itself, only puerile
activity like that of a cloud of
insects that will die and leave no
trace of the great interest of the
world.”
WAYS WITH TAPIOCA
——
precinted as a dessert. It is especially
inviting when com-
bined with fruit of
various kinds,
Apple Tapioca. —
Take one-half cup-
ful of the minute
taploca,
teaspoonful of salt
and a cupful
sugar with three
cupfuls of boiling water, Cook until
When Tec. burnin up the
miles—every work.
a
temperatures—there’s at
leastone thing Iknow won't
it into a well-greased baking dish and
cover the top with peeled and quar-
tered apples, jake until the apples
are done. Serve hot or cold with sugar
and cream,
Peach Tapiocca.—Use a half dozen or
more of fresh ripe peaches or canned
ones, sprinkle with sugar to sweeten,
then stand one hour, To one cupful
of tapioca add three of
bolling water, one-half cupful of sugar
and one-half teaspoonful of salt, Cook
until the tapioca is transparent. The
peach juice from the can may be used
in the cooking. Line a mold with the
peaches, fill with the tapioca and bake
thirty minutes, Serve with cream.
Tapioca Rabbit—{Cut fine one cup-
ful of rich cheese, add it to a pint of
milk, half teaspoonful of salt, a
teaspoonful of mustard, dash of red
pepper-atd two tablespoon fuls of min-
nte until thick In a
double boiler and just before serving
add a well beaten Serve on
toast or crackers,
cupfuls
one
tapioca, Cook
Sd
ene.
Tapioca Custard —Sonk
of a ul of tapioca hour in
cold water, drain and add four cup-
fuls milk and in a
double boiler for half an haur. Beat
three eges slightly, add one-half eup.
ful of sugar, teaspoonful of sal
and pour on gradually the hot mix-
ture. Turn into a buttered baking
dish, add a tablespoonful of bulter and
thirty minutes in a slow oven,
Maple Tapicca~If the maple
or sugar is at hand that is best,
wise one-fourth cupful of brown sugar
with one-half teaspooutul of
flavoring : add one
salt and pour on
two-thirds
{ upf one
of scalded cook
one
sirup
other.
maple
ful of
gradualiy the follow-
boiling water
cupful of tapioca
Cook in a double
ten minutes and
id with sugar and cream.
Pickiin® Time.
surprising how
milf teaspoon
3
which
been
to
has
one-half
added,
It is the
add
quickly
filled by
ing a
8 few
jelly or preserves
and conserve as
the fruit is In sea-
son Ex
likes a
Inscious
shelves gre
glasses
eryone
tender
glice of
watermelon
le and it shonld be
wintér months,
prepared for the
and cut into neat slices,
water to cover,
until the rind Is tender so
pierces easily with a toothpick,
that it
Drain
sugar, a little vinegar, and a bag of
when boiling hot drop in the
watermelon and cook until clear.
Place the rind in jars and boil down
the sirup until quite thick, then pour
boiling hot over the pickles and seal.
Many prefer the ripe cucumber for
sweet pickles, Treat them in the same
way.
spices;
tomatoes chopped fine,
onions also chopped,
eight large
three quarts of
seed, one tablespoonful each of cloves,
allspice, mace, celery seed and two
pounds of granulated sugar,
tomatoes and oniong stand over night
sprinkled with salt. Drain
until tender.
Olive Oil Pickles Take one hun-
ing the peeling on them,
three pints of small onions also sliced
thin, three ounces of mustard seed,
one ounce of celery seed, one ounce of
white pepper and two scant cupfuls
of olive oil. Add one and two-thirds
cupfuls of salt to the cucumbers and
tet stand three hours, Let the sliced
onions stand in cold water three hours,
Drain well and mix the onions, ofl
and cucumbers with the spices. Put
into jars and fill the jars with good
vinegar. Keep in a cold place. Good
in ten days.
Mint Vinegar.—Put into a quart jar
enough fresh mint carefully washed
10 fill it loosely, fill up with vinegar
and let stand well covered three
weeks, Strain, bottle and cork. Such
vinegar will keep for years. Tarra.
gon, chervil, or any other herb may
be used in the same manner,
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