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CHAPTER I
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“There are two whole columns on
Jthe disarmament couference—all fig-
ures, and quotations, and simply tre-
mendous big words,” sald Ginger Ella
in a discouraged tone. *Oh, here's a
little bit of a column about the Elks’
May day fete and beauty pageant.”
She settled herself to read with a
smug little flounce of eagerness.
“You may skip that,” said her fa.
ther. “We know all about the beauty
pageant.”
His daughter sighed resignedly. *I
suppose you want Lloyd George and
the Communists, although it does not
look very churchy to me.”
She read patiently, in a ow clear
volce, paragraph after paragraph, sit
ting on the couch beside the reading
tamp, little, eager and slim—with
eyes that just would wander, despite
her best and most daughterly inten-
tions, from the stupid newsprint to
the simply fascinating goings-on In
the opposite corner of the wide room,
where Marjory, the pretty twin, love-
tier than any picture, stood on a low
stool, like a goddess lifted up, with
her bevy of worshipers at her feet,
while down on thelr knees before her,
were Miriam, the brainy twin, and
Helen, who was quite old and engaged
to be married, and Aliss Jenking—
clipping stray threads here and there,
tucking, patting and pulling, in a vain
endeavor to add greater charm to her
girlish beauty.
ut although Ginger’'s eyes would
wander, the memory of her father,
sitting still and limp, so patient, In
the biz chalr at her side, his kind
eyes closely handaged, quickly brought
her own straying orbs hack to the
onerons news. By rights, it was
Miriam's job to read the papers to
her ather, But Miriam, being na
twin to Marjory, would natn
to assist in preparing her to win the
Elks’ olub beauty prize.
“*And this in spite
warning of [President
the United
aturally wish
the frank
that
any
of
Coolldge
States will regard
such move with extreme disfavor,
finished Ginger, with a flourish
“Here's a paragraph on Mussolini and
God. In my opinion it would look a
tot smarter if you teok that lace off
the shoulders entirely. Oh, excuse |
she, father, I'm so sorry. Here'sa para
graph on Mellon cutting the tax
melon—three hundred billions, no mil
fions— Well, it doesn’t Interest
either way. Oh, here's a lovely write
up of the buffet supper that is to be |
served at the club fete at ten
o'clog k—houilion, chicken
tomato
Reverend Mr.
gently. He might
father but
us
Elks’
sandwiches,
asplo—
Tolliver smiled indul
nur see, but what
feel the wandering
eyes nnd the truant thoughts of a six
teen-year-old daughter
a beauty pageant.
“I*ut the paper up
full of news. Suppose
bright-eyes for me, instead, and
me what Is going on over there,
all that snipping of sel
ing and ah-ing.”
“Oh, father!" Ginger doubled her
self up rapturously, enfolding both
her slim knees in her arms “Oh.
father, it Is glorious! Marjory—hon
estiy, father, Marjory 18 so pretty it
doesn’t seem possible, Miss Jenkins
is down the floor with five pins In
her
over
it—"
Miss Jenkir
ered
“The
had
fle,
ing
could
on
the eve of |
Ellen.
you play
I'm
tittle
tell
with
ssors, and oh
now,
on
mouth, and her dress pulled up.
her knees to keep from solling
3, with guilty haste, cov:
ding members.
weren't her best
Hore tops jut |
Just the same,
lot, you
the offer
oneg—they
saw a silk ruf
iru're really miss
know.” continged |
wickedly ‘You'd better take
tive pins out of your mouth,
Jenky dear, if you're going to gasp
that"
Only Ellen da
spinster “Jenky.”
only In her
ments,
a Ging
ago, at
that Miss
intimate
household,
And upon
other charges,
quite a
Crinigzer
those
like
red to call the sedate
and even she did It
more {irrepressible mo
when she was most thorooghly
er Ella. It wns sixteen years
birth of this same Kllen,
Jenkins had firs: come into
contact with the parsonage
then In another pastorate.
their later
she
the
transference to
had arranged her
smnll matters and followed after them
living her own life, keeping her own
small home, teaching in the primary
schools for a livelihood, but keeping
in close and helpful touch with the
Tolliver family, to which, In its en
firety, she had given all the stored-up
of her lonely heart, With Helen
with the twins, she remained to
end firm and unyielding. jut
she was from the heginning surpris
ingly pliable In the bands of the
wheedlegome Ellen,
“Well,” went on, “she Is
wearing Helen's engagement ring, and
Miss Jenkins’ old gold chain. Eddy's
mother her a perfectly spiffy
tnce handkerchief, and she has on my
silk-to-thetop stockings that Mra
Morris gave me.”
For five days, the modest Tolliver
household had simply fermented with
excitement over the Elks’ May day
fete and beauty pageant. The Tol
livers, without exception, knew that
Marjory was absolutely the prettiest
thing in the Middle West. Many other
residents of Red Thrush, lowa, real
ized it also. But just prettiness wns
not enough to win this beauty prize
One required an admission ticket, The
Elks’ club was staging the event for
the benefit of its various charities,
and the admission was two dollars
ove
and
the
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and a haif—including favors for the
ladies, an elaborate buffet supper at
ten e¢'clock, and participation In the
beauty pageant. In spite of thelr con-
fidence in Marjory's outstanding
beauty, two dollars and a halt for
admission to a May day fete did not
fall within the scope of a parsonag
budget.
jut
over
them.
On the twenty-fifth day of April,
Eddy Jackson walked up the narrow
flagstone path to the parsonage. Mar.
jory was lying In the hammock, fast
asleep, her magazine fallen to the
floor at her side. Eddy Jackson, com-
ing thus upon beauty unaware, was
stricken momentarily dumb In ls
presence, and stared at her In such
rapt that Marjory awakened ip
some confusion,
Alargie,
he good falry who watches
youthful beauty did not fall
awe
“Gee, but you're easy to
look at)” sald admiringly. “Why
don't you go after the EIKs' prize?
It's fifty dollars (in geld. And there's
be
“Oh, Father, It Is Glorious! Mar.
jory—Honestly, Father, Marjory Is
So Pretty It Doesn't Seem Possible.”
fowa
ock with
not a girl in
same b
a
can walk In
you. Why,
wouldao't let anybody else
ith sou.
dollar on It,
the
Lasseter
judge, 1
Same contest w
Fou a
me out .of
Go
and
beauty
on, try it, bet
Jou can pay
prize.”
“Heavens, Fddy, what would the
members say If father salled down to
Elks’ club to enter his daughter
in the beauty pageant?”
Eddy squared his shoulders
right, I'll do it myseil
go Ir the tic
And he turned hir
marched str:
path, entirely
come
the
"Al
You and I'll
kets right now.”
nself about and
down the fagstone
forgetting that he had
with a message from his mother
in a household whose Hfoancial
limits were as circumscribed as those
of the parsonage, the EIks' club
beauly pageant was an event of no
mean Import. The prize itself was
fifty dollars in gold, and there were
additional trophies.
Even Mr. Tolliver, despite his seem
ing indifference, warmed slightly to
the charm of fifty dollars in gold
Marjory slowly revolved for final
approval,
“There—I[t is pérfect—another touch
wonld too much.”
Reverend Mr. Tolliver stood up, and
put his hand. “Come here, Mar
gle. Let me see If my pretty twin is
pretty as | think.”
She crossed to him quickly, a little
pain rising In the white throat with
the thought of his helplessness, quick
mist clouding the lovely eyes. His
hand gently followed the gold lace at
her shoulder, fondled the soft curve
of her hair, lingered the slender chain
“It Is not just prettiness, my child,”
he said affectionately, “You are frag
rant, nnd wholesome, and sweet. That
is sour beauty. You don't need art)
icial adorning. Your loveliness ls
like a flowers—unaffected, unas
sumed, just born there ™
Marjory, freed from his hand, moved
get
be
out
as
Dame Fashion
Smiles
By Grace Jewett Austin
sinuously
preening
about before the mirrors
herself pleasantly to thelr
flattering reflections, and to the more
flattering eyes of her sisters,
Ginger giggled. “Father, you ought
to see her. [leally you ought, She Is
so unaffected right now-—just like a
flower turning to the sun.”
The low siren of a motor sounded
outside. A flash of light leaped to
Marjory's eyes, a quick flush to her
cheeks,
“It's Eddy,” she whispered. “Sit
down everybody, and look natural
Don't stand about—gaping-—"
Suiting action to her words, Mar
jory dropped gracefully into a chali
and toyed with the golden chain with
an alr of utmost Indifference. The
others, quickly, with more or less ol
grace, draped themselves about the
all and to the door, burying herself ip
the detalls of the huffet supper.
“You see, father,” she hissed scorn
fully. “You see? The whole family
is man-mad, simply man-mad. Ex
cept yon and me. Disgusting, that's
what it is, simply disgusting. Nat
ural ns a flower—hnmph! Yoo
see the flowers flying off thelr stalks
when a boyfriend
breezes In”
‘'Lo everybody,” called Eddy's
pleasant from the plazza
“Door’'s open-—['m coming
evening, Mr. Tolliver,
Good evening. Miss
Marge, | pity the judges.
hope they live to deliver the prize”
“Why, Ed how nice you look)
sald Helen warmly.
“Yes, thanks, | gsuppose 1
white carnation wns other's idea
I feel just Ike a hanker. She
it is not often a mere hay
chance to step out with a Blue
su she led gp. Hello,
bumble
valee
rood how are
sou?
Gee,
ay.
do
and
rube farmer
Ins A
dol me
had not so much
from the paper.
her eyes i
“Oh, hello, Eddy,”
Put this
’
sald coldly
art
she
on her ps
principle
for the man-mna
afMic
fond of
: coldness wae
nerely assumed on
er «disgust
her sisters were
she was
which
her heart,
“Oh, you're all right,
That's a relief. |
suddenly siruck
are
thought you'd
you?
heen
dumb and—er
uh He floundered nwkwardly away
from the tender su! of blindness
“It must time start,” sald
Helen, clock. She
had told Professor Lang!
eht-thirt
until eig
Red
cnliers In
determined tn do her starerty
deat,
”"
fect
to
the
be
her eyes on
it To cnme
for
ey nf
honr
inte
Thrush, hat she was
Fon
duty to
Marjory before abandoning herself to
personal
“Yen, |
“It seems they
the door, n ight, hink.
pleasure.
think it 18" agr
the
eed Eddy.
ties a1
if should
carry home
beau
have hrought a truck to
izes, but"
“Oh, nonsens
“You know | haven't
world, against all
and all those
“Huh
under
the pr
e" Inughed Marjory.
a cha in the
those lovely girls
gowns —"
nce
lovely
sniffed Ginger
her hreath
scornfully,
“You'd never think
we'd spent that fifty dollars—Iin our
minds—five days ago"
The girls followed them to the door
as they went smiling admiration
ot Marjors—nadmiration, encourage
ment and hope
“Shall | bring sou a sandwich In
my Ginger? Or would you
rather have an aspic? Eddy called
to her.
Ginger ignored him
The th is stood
the doorway until, with a last farewell
of the siren, the car disappeared down
the quiet shady street,
“A nice boy,” said Helen quletly.
Jut with a full view of the living
room before her, her quietness vane
ished. “This is a sight” she
sald briskly. “Ginger, get the broom,
and dust up that rog. Miriam, put
awny the thread and things”
“But what difference—this
night" protested Ginger.
“Horace will be here in ten minutes
Now straighten up for me, won't you,
while 1 run up and straighten my-
self 1”
“Most disgusting thing | ever saw,
Man-mad. Simply man-mad. The
whole gang of them. She uoesn't
care If you sit In a dusty chair, fa.
ther—she doesn't cate If Miss Jenkins
has to look at a messy table and an
untidy rug—she doesn’t care If Ml
riam and | have to wesociate with her
when her nose Is shiny, but a man!
Oh, no!”
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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pocket,
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place
In the days of the Greek gods and
goddesses, the peony first Came to the
world's attention, Leto, Apollo's moth:
er, was the one to Introduce It. Apol
lo was known as the god of healing
and his son, Aesculapius, was the god
of medicine.
It seems that a pupil of Aesculaplus
named Paecon was the physician of the
gods, and to him Leto first gave the
plant which he employed to cure
Pluto of a wound received at the
hands of Hercules during the Trojan
war.
The fact that his pupil could sur
pass him in effecting such a cure made
Aesculapius angry, with the result he
attempted to kill Paeon, but Pluto, In
debted to Paeon for his own life, res
cued the physician of Mount Olympus
from deatl by changing him into the
plant that had saved his life. Until
this day that plant bears Paeon’s name
and Is known to us as the peony.
The history of the peony In China
and Japan is of a sentimental nature,
Fittingly enough, the words “Sho Yo,”
meaning “Most Beautiful,” were ap
plied to the herbaceous peony, while
the tree peony held sway as the "King
of Flowers."—Kansas City Star,
Has Its Uses
“The appendix is the only part of
the human body that is of no use”
says a writer, For the medical pro
fession, however, It is a very profit
able sideline,
It is certainly as hard to solve as
the riddle of the sphinx to know how
long the skirts of
women wild be In
the late fall and
winter, To look
at the crisp, up-to-
diate effect of a
company of wom-
en in gowns Just
belcw the knee, it
does not seem pos-
sible that women
are going to allow
either
of
themselves
to put on
that subtly unbe.
length which old-time folk
1y,” or the genuinely ham.
pering gowns which come down to the
ankle,
those
Grace J. Austin,
coming
called “drozz
Recent showing In New
American
called a
wis
York of an
view of what
“smart autumn costume,
not inch longer
than those we have grown accustomed
everywhere, It was of the
'n known as “spectator sports”
of tweed, with a
designer's he
*
precisely one
to seeing
Jacket
lengtl { game goods,
ngth of the yet given a
the elbow,
of beaver fur.
tuck-in t
blouse, finished wit}
ndkerchief
red hue, Vel
nid > 3
axing thu
The loose,
¢
scarf, was of
vet blouses
ir appearance,
Fashion was given of
seemed t
iment.
ther, from
gained more practical
column than from
comj young
1lifornin,
jon ean remember
own (with a polonaise !)
ther wore when she her.
ars old. And
trimmed with silk
crepe dresses thi
swish
touch of the flutt
of anything
appropriate to women !
iat brings to mind that
and
ansparent,”
to
course
came airy announced
#0 satin crepe
hter form,
be kne
itself a lig and
hooses Lo
I's skin
sper Unie
, 1929, Western Newsy
to Match With Blouse
le:
Showing one of the fall ensemble
costumes with a polka-dot lining that
matches the blouse and the navy blue
skirt made of the material of the coat.
The noveliy of this costume is in be.
ing able to wear the lining inside out
or outside in,
Two Charming Hats of
Felt for Autumn Wear
The upper model Is a closefitting
trimmed with stitching, The
lower one is a winsome hat for sports
wear, [It is of tan felt, trimmed with
brown ribbon,
Colors and Fabrics on
+ Fashion List for r Fall
terest ©
the
and
«Nn
WOOLENS — Tweeds
art tut have changed
iy woven, Spongy
heavy and
tweed, basket
weeds, feather and
twoeeds
with nud
Tect much seen,
FORMAL WOOLENS--Some
dressier than tweed wil
] semi-lust
broadcloth
be
geen.
as silks
at 3 ol tweeds,
a sheer will be
used for frocks,
SILK8—~Daytime
ilks have heavy
Fiat crepe
with a dull finish and plain or
patterned panne vel will lead.
For evening, silks are either stiff or
supple a« type of dress,
Plain or satin, printed crepes
and sating, moire, taffetas and panne
velvets are the favored mediums
jersey and
fille core pe
gatin
veils
cording to the
crepe
Two Juches ‘o Be Added
to Skirts, Says Paris
Whether the American woman of
fashion will follow the edicts of Paris
modistes wherever they lead is a mat-
ter that 1s seriously concerning New
York's interpreters of the mode these
days. For Paris says skirts are com-
ing down in the autumn!
The drop will not be radical-—just
an experiment with the knee line.
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J
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FAMILY DOCTOR
MADE MILLIONS OF
FRIENDS
of autumn models, Marjorie Howard,
European fashion editor of Harper's
Bazar, writes:
“While evening skirts remain long,
or long in spots, daytime ones are try-
ing hard to come down in the world
also. Lelong, Louisebounlanger, Patou,
Jane Regny, Goupy, all are bringing
them down about two inches,
“For formal afternoon gowns, long
points or dipping backs are often
shown, especially In thin materials.
One might say that the more formal
the occasion, the longer the skirt.”
Uncovered Forehead to
Have
trend for the uncovered forehead
would carry over Into fall in the hat
collections? It seems that it will, and
many of the very newest models are
of the forehead or the entire forehead
reverled In some manner,
4 Hilts
Fifteen years after his graduation,
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| single prescription, which now, after
forty years, is still making friends.
Today Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin
they're
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energy.
Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is
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gently effective for women and chil-
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