COUPEE DOE
i ONEOF
MRS. BUCKLY’S}
BOARDERS |
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CEEOOCOIERERNEODEOEERE® oO
(© by D, J. Walsh.)
HEN old Doctor Buckly died
he left a wife who was all-
ing and whom he had mar-
ried late in life and a daungh-
ter, Madge, who was twenty and just
out of high school. He also left a
big, rambling house set In fair-sized
grounds and several books full of ac
counts which would hardly pay for
the trouble they would take to try to
collect. His last sickness and death
used up nearly all the ready money
there had been, and as Mrs. Buckly,
who was wont to defer to her hus-
band in everything, was not much of
an asset for a young girl to lean on,
poor Madge found herself facing a
situation which was almost appalling.
OO
whenever she found herself just on
the point of giving up she would look
at her delicate little mother and
gather fresh courage. Surely she, a
great girl of twenty, ought to be able
to wrest a living for out of a
world which hitherto had only turned
its friendly side to her. For days
two
finally decided to keep boarders.
The following week a neat appear-
ing and well-worded little notice ap-
peared In the weekly Tattler, an-
nouncing that in one week Mrs. Imo-
gene Buckly would open her home to
a few paying guests. Rates might be
had on making personal application at
the Buckly home evenings.
Needless to say, a house so attrac-
tively and conveniently situated as
the old Buckly house was to the
business section of the town was soon
booked to its fullest capacity. And
such a cleaning and arranging as
went on the few days before the
house was opened! Everything was
beaten, dusted and scrubbed until
not an atom of dust could be found
in the whole place. Madge was busy
supervising the cleaning, smudges of
dirt appeared on her pretty nose and
great callouses burned on her hands,
which hitherto had never done any-
thing mere arduous than play golf or
wield a tennis racket. Needless to
say, Mrs. Buckly spent the greater
part of her time sitting in her room
weakly bemoaning the past glory of
her fallen estate. Yet loyalty to her
brave little daughter prevented one
word passing her lips to anyone save
Madge.
A month later the household had
quite fallen into a dally routine which
might have run smoothly If it had
not, been for the little daily differ-
ences and jealousies which were sure
to arise between some of the boarders.
There was Miss Pitkin, for instance,
who taught school and who had, In
quite crabbed in. her disposition.
watched the other boarders
Madge to see whether Madge or her
mother showed any favoritism. If,
instance, Mrs. Jedkins, who sat on
Pitkin's right, seemed to have been
helped to a little better portion of
roast or chicken than she had, or if
Miss Clawsen, who was head of spock
at Wooley's department store,
mite more whipped cream on
piece of shortcake Madge was accused
of partiality. And Miss Pitkin would
sulk. At times Madge found the wom-
en quite difficult to manage. Always
some one complaining of lack of
towels or that certaln ones had held
the bathrooms longer than the stipu-
lated twenty minutes which was al
lotted to each boarder for the morn.
ing bath.
Madge grew quite distracted at
times when she was commanded to be
on three floors at once, but she al-
ways sighed with satisfaction when
the weekly balance was struck and
she saw she was somewhat ahead
financially.
The men she found were more rea-
sonable, They almost never com
plained. They were seldom in the
house longer than to eat their meals
and sleep. Madge was several weeks
learning about her man boarders, find
then caught only bits of what was
passing between the women, who
big parlor.
Thus matters went on for weeks
until one day a plainly dressed, little,
old woman sought board at the
“Buckly,” as Madge had named her
boarding house, The little old woman
came beautifully recommended by a
former boarder as to character, but
nothing was said as to her circum-
gtances. She took the best room .n
the house, which happened to be va-
cant, and settled herself to be com-
fortable. She was no trouble at all,
she did not mix with the other board
ers save to pass friendly greetings,
and she even cared for her room ex
cept for the weekly cleaning. Madge
found her quite refreshing and soon
tearned to love her dearly. And as
for Mra. Buckly and Mrs. Herron, as
the little old lady, called herself, they
struck up a friendship which was very
agreeable to both Madge and her
mother, who found little enjoyment in
the other boarders’ society. It also
gave Madge more time to attend: to
her duties, as she felt more free to
ive her mother with their new
Yo Before the coming of Mrs.
Herron, Mrs. Buckly, who was deli.
cate and could only attend to the
‘mending and repairing, kept much to
her room, and oftentimes, in conge
quence, found hersell very lonely,
One day Mrs. Herron called Madge
to her room and told her that she
had just recelved a letter from her
nephew, Tom West, who had been In
South America for his health and who
was now entirely recovered. He was
coming home and had taken a fine
situation in Elmhurst, She desired
that he might board at the Buckly
with her and wished Madge to ar-
range to take him. At first Madge
thought it would be Impossible, but
finally made the necessary arrange
ments, which would permit Mrs. Her-
ron to have her wish,
Madge met Tom West at dinner the
night he came. He was a fine young
fellow with dark eves and hair, and
a face so honest that one instinctively
felt drawn to him. He was most cour-
teous to all the boarders and most at-
tentive to his aunt, but as far as
Madge was concerned, she might just
as well have been a stick for ali the
notice he paid her. The rest of the
boarders soon absorbed him, the wom-
en hung on his every word,
when he related incident
taining to his recent travels.
Miss Pitkin ceased to watch
plates of the other boarders and kept
her eyes fastened In adoration on the
of Tom West.
This went on for several
when one day Mrs. Herron
ill. It happened to be a
there was much sickness
impossible to get a nurse
a notice, There
Madge to do but just Ider
added burden and assist Tom West In
caring for his aunt. This, of course,
threw them much together, and al
though Tom seemed grateful for all
that Madge was doipg for his aunt,
he still maintained a cool
until one morning as Madge
Mrs. Herron's room bearing a
upon which was placed a
breakfast for the Invalid, who
now well on the way to recovery, the
tray slipped out of her tired
especially
some pers
weeks,
time
and it
at so sl
was
shou
tray
A few
opened her
moments later when
close to hers.
darling,” he was saying
and over. “You have worn
out with many duties and
I can never, never forgive myself,
Surprise and joy brought the color
swiftly back to Madge's white
Tom West cared for her!
she hidden the secret
herself that she loved
her mother had not been aware
the struggle Madge was
to kill a love which she was sure
most untimely. Tom cared for
And his aunt did not
Madge could see that from
woman's smile,
bending
“My
80
almost
him that even
disapprove.
the
were
way
moon.
pretty
little
which
quietly married and on
South for an extended
Madge looked very happy and
in her dark traveling suit
close fitting hat. As the
turned to her husband and sald:
“Now, Tom, you sald as soon as we
were on board the train you
secret to tell me. Please tell me
“Well, my dear,” Tom said,
an adoring look, “I
you will agree with
pleasant one. First
just a poor clerk, And next
while we are away Aunt Abbey Her-
ron and your mother are going
clear out all the boarders and reno
vate a1 | refurnish the
now.”
think
of all, 1 am not
til everything Is spic and span.
all agreed that you have
enough to deserve a fine rest.”
jut, Tom,” Madge said in
zled little voice,
me so coolly if, as you
me at first sight?”
fair to you,” said Tom
“But honey, 1 am a rich
and my Aunt
earnistly.
Abbey has oodles
me and not my money.
own living long enough to be sure
that I had brains enough fo take
care of what 1 had.
like girls—and I didn’t
mtil 1 met
ness.”
And so
after,
they
Negro Waiters Given
Credit for Cake-Walk
The cakewalk was probably the
first negro dance destined to enjoy
large popularity. Its inception Is ac”
credited to the negro waiters of a
period now a part of history; waiters
who, at large barbecues that were
given in the South, balanced huge
trays to the accompaniment of rhyth-
mic steps, Always, peoples—from the
ancient Egyptians who performed In
credible feats of moving enormous
stones through synchronized move
ment of the galley-siaves who faced
storms with the persistent chorusing
of a “Yo-heave-ho ["—all peoples, con
fronted with work to do, have ap-
proached their tasks with a respon.
giveness to co-ordination—a dance
mood-—but it remained for the negro
to dramatize this as the American
dance-expression,
Great Slave Lake
Great Slave lake lies in northwest:
ern Canada and ls the fourth larg
est body of fresh water in America,
Superior coming first, then Huron and
Michigan, It is 8% miles long and
00 miles at its widest part. It was
discovered and named by Samuel
Hearne during hig exploratory trip in
1771-2, when in search of the Arctic
const and copper deposits of the Cop
permine river, __
Dame Fashion
Smiles
By Grace Jewett Austin
Whoever made that old adage, “You
can't have your cake and eat it, too,”
was luckilys not
thinking aboul
dresses,
Dame Fashion
has heard wom-
en say that they
really didn't en-
Joy wearing a
dress for the
first time, but
that is so far
from her atti-
tude of mind
that she Is al-
Grace J. Austin. ways tempted to
take a grain of salt with the hearing.
now, isn't it just one of the
to starting
gown?
able give—that of
brand new
Now maybe that first-pleasure-feel
ing is where the “not eat and have”
comes in, for of course that first love-
ly thrill is gone with the original
wearing. But what Dame Fashion
was thinking about is that dresses
often give a steady pleasure to
until they are just “done
When we start off on that trip to
that we all drean abeut-—though how
in the world does one get a passport
familiar gown, and that is pre-
what every travel-direction
Be comfortable at the starting;
familiar clothes, and especially, fa-
miliar shoes,
Dame Fashion heard from a whole-
saler that men's wash suits and trou-
gers are promising a tremendous late
Talk
about the power of politics! Nothing
would convince Dame Fashion to dis.
believe that because thousands upon
thousands of men heard over the ra-
cisely
way men could be comfortable in the
heat of the Houston convention was
suits, Is the factor that
cide that what is good for Texas is
good for hot days in other parts of
the country.
And listen this! These same
“Long hur is being
taken Into consideration in the design
the crowns
to
back to allow for the hair”
What a Joy It is to say,
por
“I
After diligent study of advance
style pictures, Dame Fashion sald,
“I'hey may talk about their frills and
but these new dresses look
straight to me.” And now the
esale report comes, “The straight
line silhouette remains.”
The whole secret is, that onless we
are exceedingly young and charming,
the picture of our great-aunt, Jane
in the Civil war picture album,
if we adopt too many spreading skirts
(Es 1928, Western Newspaper Union)
Long Lines Flattering
Long lines are flattering to the aft.
er-fifty figure, says the Woman's Home
Companion, especially if it is inclined
to be a little heavy. In this frock the
cross-over front panels create this be.
coming effect in a simple easy man.
ner. The yoke and panels are cut in
one with the extra fullness gathered
to the yoke. The skirt has inverted
box plaits at either side of the front.
There are also two similar plaits in
the back of the skirt. The design (s
readily adapted to many types of ma.
terials. For early fall navy blue crepe
de chine Is suggested and for late
fall a lightweight woolen.
Moire Coats for Evening
Evening conts of moire are among
this season's pleasant surprises, Two
attractive ones seen recently were In
yellow and palest flesh pink, The yel.
low one reached only to the knees but
the pink «cont was full length,
Discarded Flous Bags
Make Suitcase Outfit
seasoned traveler betrays her- |
#¢lf by the way her suitcase 1s packed, |
The womin who 1s used to journeying |
hither and yon ¥nows just what to |
take and how to pack it so that at!
the end of the trip her clothes come
out fresh and unwrinkled, What could |
more useful, then, than the sult- |
ease outfit shown here? |
The set consists of a cover for |
blouses or frocks, a pair of shoe cases,
‘he
Cover for Frocks, Cases for
Gloves, Kerchiefs.
Shoes,
a rubber-lined washcloth and a
case for gloves or handkerchiefs, And
the entire set may be made for only
fifty cents! Two used flour bags, two
bolts of colored blas tape and a small
piece of gum rubber are the only ma-
terials required. The bags can be
had at a bakery for a few cents each.
The stamplagz is not difficult to re
move if one will soak it In kerosene
or cover it with lard for a few hours
and then wash out in luke warm wa-
ter,
To make the blouse take 8
piece of the material a yard long and
the width of the suitcase, usually
about 22 inches. Bind this with the
tape all the way round. The sides are
left open, The ties are stitched In
the center along one edge of the case
and slipped through loops placed
inches down on the other
side. This makes them adjustable,
The shoe cases hold one shoe each.
They are made out of two pieces of
goods, cut as shown in the illustra-
tion. The larger is 17 Inches long, the
smaller, 12. The width across the top |
of the opening Is 6% After
the shoe Is in, fold down the top and
the ends and tie them behind
washcloth case is made of a
of the flour bag material 6x10
inches, and Is lined with gum rubber.
The button and loop buttonhole or
the snap fastener should be put on be-
fore the lining and cover are bound
together with the tape.
A strip of .the material 8x12 will
make a handkerchief case 5x8. For a
gift, it is thoughtful to pout in a tiny
pocket on the ipside to hold a small
sachet.
case
cover,
inches,
Cross
The
strip
Watch Food Values in
Selecting Family's Diet |
Every woman knows that when the
mark something happens to the ap-
rest of the year,
The thought.
ful menumaker, therefore, plans her
summer meals to include much lighter
food-—plenty of crisp, appetizing sal-
But there is one danger that should
against in planning the
ideal hot weather regimen. That is
in mot getting sufficient real nourish.
Valuable and necessary as veg-
etables are for their minerals and
body building materials that
children need to keep on growing and
adults need to keep up their usual
program of activities, A considerable
amount of the enervation and lassitude
which people feel after a heat wave of
several days could probably be traced
to their attempting to live solely on
light foods,
One way of solving the hot weather
food problem Is to omit heavy foods,
such as beans, much meat, gravies,
potatoes and heavy puddings, replac-
ing them with foods which are light
but which also contain the same body
building qualities of the heavier foods,
This means drinking plenty of fresh
milk and also eating abundantly of
foods containing skim milk solids,
bread, cake, cheese, cookies and lee
cream,
Skim milk solids are milk with the
fats and the water removed, They con.
tain all the minerals and vitamines of
the whole milk except that which is
supplied in eating butter, They are
rich in bone and tooth building min.
eral salts, Their protein is a rich
gource of muscle and tissue building
material, while the lactose In skim
milk solids is particularly valuable
for keeping the Intestinal tract in a
healthy condition.
Cheese and Ice cream naturally con-
tain the skim milk solids, The slight
effort which it takes to see that the
bread and other bakery goods pur
chased for the family are made with
skim milk solids will be rewarded by
increased health and vitality during
the trying months,
Nervousness,
Neuralgia,
Wel send a generou
Dr. Miles Medical
Big League Not E:
Buck ledfern of
White Sox is rookie
hink the big league
brush,
“1 could
the Ro
i
the Chicago
one who doesn't
is ns ensy
burn ‘em up down In
uthern Texas
different
and
“but It's
here,
there
$ays,
{t's tough, 1
is to it
Redfern
the
up
sp here, That's all
"
much
far
Goesn t
big fown.
(port Notes
still
Jones above
the golfing
. * +
Bobby
with
remains
par world,
A decathl
ion is any
en athletic
events,
Up a screen
of
com
Such
binat
as pt
on
iting
door,
ad *® -
Members of the New York boxing
have to attend every fight
a job—it's a punishment.
*
Mr.
but he
his me
certainly ca
ing Ney As an ne could come
and live.
0»
A Philadeiph
name of Firpo. He is
Firpo a junior lightweight
wen quite a sensation.
. * -
taken the
(Kid)
has
ia boxer has
Joe
who
“Fifteen minutes after pulling on a
wrote the sarcas-
the prominent knitting
made my first hole in
tic golfer
concern,
one.”
io
wy
® * @
Our lot,
paving
ancestors were a
sometimes as much eight
hear Jenny Lind sing, in-
stead of forty to watch heavyweights
waltz.
queer
as
fo
- * -
To De Mar, marathoner,
goes wonor of being the veteran
of America’s 1928 Olympic team. He
is the only survivor of the 1912 brig
ade.
Clarence
the
* * *
Due to the excitement of making a
hole-in-one on the golf course at Elge-
mont, N. J., Paul T. Bloodsworth, aged
twenty-eight, of Hornell, N. XY. fell
over dead.
» - *
William C. Vogt, expert angler and
champion caster, can snap a pipe
from the mouth of a person fifty feet
away with a bassfly attached to a
fly line and rod
. = *
Oh! East is East and West is West,
and it is noted in Helen Wills' new
book that the word “nut,” as applied
means
Members of the Indianapolis Gun
club have an unwritten tradition that
conditions.
. & »
Retired four years ago, the thor
oughbred hatf-miler Doctor Kelly, sald
to be twenty-eight years old, Is still
demonstrating Father Time has not
robbed him of all of his speed,
.- % »
Jack Caywood, heavyweight boxer
of Fort Crook, Neb, claims the long:
pst reach of any fighter in his class
His reach is 81 Inches, just an Inch
ghort of that of the former heavy
weight champion, Jess Willard,
. "oe
Johnny Farrell, golf champ, set »
mark for the future to shoot at on
the new Hillendale course In Balti
more. The score was 00,
weather
‘.
DIAMOND
\PICK-UPE
Piteh
the Louis:
ft tia ndod
er Deberry with
a4 rece
-
are baseball writers who
the American ieague
they ki walk-awis
There
refer to
when ow itis a
Winston- Sal
has
Piedmont
nholz, third
Indians
league
baseman, he Cleveland
Speaker hit J for
opped out
then
in a
ten
he 300
SCARONS
class and
string of eight
returned for a
row.
for
resigr
Ray
the
hority
not
wonders ths
om plist
Chal
ght members
teams,
.
basebal
VArious
The Federal
the city
acres and the
10 06%) 4
of
spectator
ng arden "nl
iriey Hargreaves
don mask and mit.
ahl
ig 20Ie 5
Outfield
been purchase wv the
Americans fram the
West Texas lea
Dorman
Tyler clul
gue
Bloo
ta Moline
purchas
Jay Sig
from Indians
Anders
.
Big
in the minors this
terial which is not al
ajor league
worth-
ready
club.
while
owned some In
Edson tele
graph operator at grounds
has never been known arrive at
the ball field without rubbers and um
brella
Brewster,
the
veteran
Polo
to
* * L
left-hander of the
Boston College team, signed with the
Joston Red Sox, less than 24 hours
after graduating and joined the team
at once,
John J.
O'Shea,
» » *
It Jake Flowers, the
maintains his precent batting and
fielding pace for the Robins, Manager
Robinkon’s second base problem will
solved.
ex-Cardinal,
be
* - ,
Joe Hornung, onetime star oud
fielder of the National lergue, has sn
old baseball on which is inscribed,
July 16, 1878. Forest City, 8; Te
cumseh, 0”
* *
Dazzy Vance, the Brookiyn star,
has no rival as a strikeout artist. He
has led the National league in this
department for the last six years and
probably will lead again this year.
» * .
base, Margare{
Gigolo led her team, the Blanford
Che, to victory in the Vermilion
county (Indiana) division of the Amer
ican national baseball tournament,
*. 0s»
Rube Parnham of the Balti
more club won 33 games and 20 of
them came in a row. Socks Selbedl,
veferan with Reading, 1s trying to rus
up a big total this year with 15 al
ready in,
Playing second
In 1023
Tha Philadelphia Athletics hold the
highest and lowest team batting ver
age ever ~ompiled In a world series
They made the former with B17 aver
age in 1010 and the latter with »
162 average in 1905,
- - .
It Ig a far cry from the old-time
musical denble-play combination,
such as Tinker to Evans to Chance,
to the Brooklyn trio, Bancroft to
Riconda to Bissonette, or Durocher
to Lazzeri to Gehrig,
. 8s 0»
Nick Alrock claims to have made
more putouts In one season than any
other pitcher. He made 49 with the
White Sox In 1004, 3