GINGER
ELLA
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by Ethel Hueston
Mlustrations by
Irwin Myers
Copyright, by Bebba Merrill Co,
WNU Service
STORY FROM THE START
—
In the usually quiet home of
Rev. Mr. Tolliver of Red Thrush,
Iowa, his motherless daughters,
Helen, Miriam and Ellen—"Gin«
ger Ella"-—are busy "grooming"
their sister Marjory for partici.
pation in the “beauty pageant”
that evening. With Eddy Jack-
son, prosperous young farmer,
her escort, Marjory leaves for
the anticipated triumph. Over.
work has affected Mr. Tolliver's
eyes to the point of threatened
bitndness, Ginger has tried In
many ways to add to the family's
slender income, but she is not
discouraged.
CHAPTER II—Continued
wines
In ner arms were roses, heaps of
roses, soft-petaled and fragrant. Mar
Jory's face was flushed, her eyes were
twin stars, her red lips tremulous with
sheer delight. Eddy Jackson bore
trophies of her conquest, a great lov-
ing cup, pleces of silk und lace, shim-
mery silver, golden chains, But in her
own hand Marjory heid a small purple
box that bore the prize, fifty dollars
in gold.
“It —was—unanimous,”
mered, with shy pride.
The two evildoers above, rapt,
speechless and spellbound, had forgot:
ten their mischief as they crept to the
stairs, wooiseless, without breathing
hearing every word—sharing every
heartbeat, softly, softly, down the top
step, the next and the nest. nearer
and nearer, irresistibly drawn by the
currents of joy that surged through
the shabby parsonage.
Helen kissed her sister rapturously,
and Horace Langley, flinging peda
gogical dignity to he winds, clasped
her in a boisterous embrace.
“This is my sister lieclen—and I'ro
fessor Langley. Helen, this is—every
body,” Marjory Introduced, almost in
coherently. “Where are the girls?
Where's father?”
“Angels,” cried Eddy Jackson. gaz
ing suddenly up to the curve of the
circular staircase. “Or are the god
desses coming down from Olympus to
gaze upon. and envy, Beauty? He
poigted dramatically to the stairs
where Ginger Ella, with Miriam fast
on her heels, erouched in quivering ex
citement, the wedding gown forgotten
forgotten, too, the veiling curtain, the
canvas gloves, the flappy mules.
“Ginger—run!” cried Miriam,
sickening realization.
But Ginger. trapped. wns not one
to fiy before confusion. She proceeded
calmly down the stairs, even strut
ting a iittle.
“1 didn’t hurt it a bit, Helen,” she
reassured her sister. *“It'3—oh, just
a—a rehearsal”
“Why. it's little Cindereila—Jjust got
a fall from ber pumpkin” chortled
Eddy Jackson, and a ukulele caught
its cue and whined into the wedding
march,
But Ginger turned away from them,
scornfully. a bit too scornfully, for one
of the flapping mules. too large for
her, slid from her slender foot. Gin
ger. as she felt it slipping, In sudden
consternation, hesitated for the barest
fraction of a second It was too long
Eddy Jackson saw and seized it, and
ran to kneel mockingly at ber unslip
pered foot,
“Cinderella, the prince returns your
glass slipper.”
In the midst of thelr merry laugh
ter, the ukulele's sudden hush silenced
them.
“See here, somebody ought to Intro
duce me.” protested the player, plain
tively. “You forget I'm a stranger—
I wasnt even nviied.” His eyes wan
dered to the bottom viep of the clircy
lar staircase where Mirlam sat just
as she had dropped in that first shock
Ing moment, still. rapt and breathless
“On, 1 forgot,” apologized Edd
Jackson. “Everybody's supposed to
know everybody In Led Thrush. This
is our old friend Tub Andrews. He
went to school with ua when he was
a kid but they moved to Detrolt, and
now he's come back to help run the
First National bank. Janitor, arent
you, Tub?"
“Assistant Janitor,” sald Tub An
drews pleasantly. “But next week
they are going to promote me to
stump-licker. Pleased to meet you.’
He dropped down on the step beside
Mirlam. “Why didnt you go Inte
the beanty pageant nnd give your sis
ter a run for her complexion?”
“17° Miriam was shocked with
amazement, “She!”
“Sure. | was one of the Judges
Your sister had it easy, the way it
was. But If you had been against
her—well-~me~I'm one gentleman
who don't.”
. “Don't what? Miriam followed the
Jovinl young banker with some dit
culty, bur with interest, t
she stam
in
“Prefer 'em” He indicated the
golden Masjory with a light wave of
his ukulele, “They freckle on the
nose, and peel on the neck, and go
dark In streaks—their hair does. I'm
a blonde myself, | know all about ‘em.”
“I'm going to turn you all out now,”
called Marjory, with a smile that took
the sting from her light dismissal. *]
want to go upstairs and see my father,
and all my sisters have to come along.
You've been perfectly marvelous to
me— Eddy, you're an angel—"
“1 know I(t,” he agreed, briskly.
With much laughter, many ilght sal.
tles, a hundred gay words, the happy
group dispersed slowly.
“I'll come and take you for a ride
tomorrow,” sald Tub Andrews to
Miriam. “If you have not objection
to flivvers.”
“1 haven't. | like them”
“lI don't. I only drive them. About
eight, then”
And then, breathlessly, with Ginger
still in the forbidden gown and the
ridiculous curtain, the four girls ran
upstairs into thelr father's room and
flung themselves upon his bed, where
he sat erect, waiting, knowing they
Proceeded Calmly Down the
Stairs, Even Strutting a Little.
would come to him. Marjory dropped
on her knees beside the bed, and
buried her bright face in his shoulders
laughing, with tears in the laughter.
“Father—] got it. It was unan.
imous.™
“1 had a sort of a vague idea maybe
you got i," he sald, teasingly, but
with tender warmth, transferring her
from his shoulder to the curve of his
arm, where he held her closely. “It
Just seemed to me there eoulda’t pos
sibly be such a racket without some
prize to show for it.”
“Father, give me your hand.”
nto the outstretched palm
pressed tive small round pleces, gold
fifty dollars in all, and curled his
fingers tightly upen the treasure.
“Oh, my dear—" be began protest
ingly.
“Father, don't say a word. Why
Providence put on thal beauty pageant
~t0 give us the money for you to go
to Chiengo again. Oh, father, wo
knew you were just putting it off be
cause you coulda’t afford it! And
now you can. For your eyes darling.”
The silence that followed was so
slight as to be barely noticeable, and
his voice was only slightly husky ce
be said:
“You're a nice girl, Marjory. Ang
you are quite right—the eyes need
care, and | hadn't the money. It Is
a joy to take It from you-—ene of my
| girls. You're more trun good looking,
Marjory, you're just piain nice. You're
all nice. | wish they'd offer four
prizes the next time—the proceeds
would run the parsonage for a year.”
she
“Ginger, do run up and change your
dress. Mr. Andrews ls coming to take
me for a ride, and the very sight of
you would disgrace the parsonage.
tieWs in the bank. you know.”
“Mister who?" demanded Ginger,
“Mr. Andrews. , You know-the
young man who came with the crowd
last night--"
“To take who out driving?”
“Me. At least, he didn’t mention
anybody elise”
Ginger squared about In her chalr,
drew the rumpled smock enarefully
ahout her, crossed one knee over the
other, planting a deliberate elbow on
the topmost one and dropped an
amazed face In her palm, staring at
her sister,
“You don't menn— Bliriam, you cer
tainly do not mean— | must abso
lutely have misunderstood you-—-you
could not possibly intend to Intimate
that—that Andrews creature, called
Tub, as 1 remember, who twanged that
godless ukulele for three hours with.
out stopping-is coming to take you
out—alone-—in a car—for—for’ sentl
mental purposes? Tub Andrews! Fa.
ther, you will enjoy him. He con-
verses to the squeal of a ukulele,
Disgusting, father, simply disgusting.”
“They used to live here, father, and
then moved to Detroit. He went
through college, nnd now he has a
position in the First National bank.
The president, Mr. Mills, is his uncle.”
“Simply disgusting,” reiterated Gin
ger,
In his heart, Mr. Tolliver was In.
clined to agree with her. He had
found life very pleasant In the old
days, with the Interest of every
daughter centered exclusively in the
parsonage confines, the five of them as
one mind and spirit. But now, what
with Helen and Horace, Marjory and
a townful of admirers, and now
Miriam and this new young man with
the ukulele, his sigh rivaled Ginger's
own,
There was still the strained. high
tension In his bandaged eyes, still the
vague sensation of a firm band cir
cling his brow. [It seemed a shameful
thing to him, In his gentle orthodoxy.
that he should chafe at the tem
porary resiriction upon him. He had
so much, was denied so little. Even
Paul had suffered his thorn In the
flesh. His great yearning for restora.
tion was almost unchristian, certainly
unscriptural. He hag sald that to
Ginger a few weeks before.
“Yes,” she had agreed pleasantly,
“but awfully human.”
Particularly, he desired
before the formal dedication of the
new church. It was a great accom
plishment for Red Thrush,
them to see the grateful joy
He sometimes
willing
the heart's emotions
felt that he wonld be
day he could meet nis people face tn
face, his eves reading their eyes, and
all reflecting thelr gratitude for the
realization of thelr hopes,
In many ways, his misfortune had
come at a critical time for min
ister, The building of a new church
designing of a new parsonage, dis
posal of the old property, all entalled
a great deal of careful fAguring Int
wns hard to figure finances through
the of committees nnd hoards
and danghters Approximately two
thousand dalinre was still gnnledged
on the chareh debt it hnd heen his
that on Sahhath of the
dedication, his of thelr own
free will, shonld make fp that amount
calling the ehurch a free choreh, oon
Thrush
the
eves
dream the
people,
secrated to the service of led
encumbrance. lle sighed =»
tittle,
The day of rest, In a parsonage
affords scant leisure for sisterly re
criminations, and was forced
to forego her plan to subject Miriam
to a hitter
sentiment in general iy ninethirny
the girls were on hand for Sunday
school, leaving thelr father the entire
house for a half hour of slient medi
tation and prayer in the Interval
while the classes were reassembling
for dismissal Miriam ran across to
wilk with nim the short distance to
the church, where he usually eon
ducted a brief review of the lesson
Ginger
grilling on the subject of
formal
there was
morning worship, where, as
no pew system in Red
with their especial friends. From a
corner far back on the right side
Ginger's heart went out tenderly, as
it did every Sunday morning. to her
father, She used to say the pulpit
wos becoming to him Against the
dark wood, he seemed very tall. vers
pale, almost radiant. His volce seemed
gentler, yet somehow more Incisively
penetrating, since his blindness.
“Poor dear,” she thought compas
slonately, for she followed the ser
mon but intermittently, and usually
consecrated the hour to her
thoughts, “1 dare say If the heathen
are right, and we really do reinear
nate in this world, | was fathers
mother the ing! time. | feel like 5
mother to him now, he's such a lamb.’
Sunday afternoon in the parsonage
was given up to quiet recreation
Helen went out with Horsee. Mar
jory, too, went out, with anyone whe
asked her, strolling, driving. or call
ing, sometimes with Miriam in the
party, sometimes not. Ginger usually
retired to her attic studio
(TO BE CONTINUED)
A middle-aged spinster married a
widower, who had lost his first wife
after a marriage of 15 years,
The spinster, who lived for yenrs
with her aged mother, was brought
up in the spirit of Immaculate house
keeping. An old-fashioned house
keeper, the mother excelled In cook.
ing and her daughter kept fairly well
in her footsteps.
Yet, despite her efforts and her skill
in culinary arts, the new bride never
succeeded In quite satisfying her hus
band.
“It’s fine, Sadie,” he told her often,
“but there Is Just something amiss
My poor Mary could give the food a
flavor I never find anywhere else. |
don't know. just how she did it.”
Then came a day when bouseclean
A BAA ANI
inz kept Sadie on her toes all day. In
a rush to have everything clean and
in order by the time her hubby ar
rived, she forgot to look nfter the
meal, When she remembered, It was
too late. There wus & burned meal.
Ashamedly she watched her hushana
taste the food. But how surprised
was she, when he exclatinéd:
“Now, Sadie, that's really fine. It
has that delightful flavor which dis.
tinguished Mary's cooking. "=Fhilu-
delplila Public Ledger,
Islands and Canals
Amsterdam is cut by canals Inte 90
islands.
Flatter a man If you want him te
have lmplicit faith In your Judgment.
i
Elaborate Blouse
to Have Revival
Satins, Lames, Flat Crepes
Are Most Prominent Ma-
terials Used.
The elaborate afternoon blouse,
which has been a languishing fashion
If there ever was one, Is in for a re-
vival that must be highly encouraging
to those heads of blonse departments
who have been working in obscurity
for years, writes a fashion corre-
spondent In the New York World.
These unhappy women have had, it
is true, their high moments when
customers of the afternoon bridge-
playing cult drove up and chose a
little gold cloth model, size 42. Bur
the majority of smart women have re.
stricted their blouse buying to those
simple affairs of crepe or jersey which
might rightly be worn with the severe
tailleur.
We are being shown elaborate
blouses Intended for wear with sturdy
tweed sults and som= even more over:
whelming models meant to accom
pany broadcloth suits and separate
skirts of satin or velvet. Most of
these are made so that they may be
worn either outside the skirt or tucked
inside the yoke, according to the fancy
of the wearer,
The majority of the elaborate
blouses are of satin, whieh has come
into its own once more and will also
be used for the lowly runabout dress.
There are many lames shown in the
most formal of afternoon tea ensem
Clouse of Deep Capucine Crepe and
One of Jersey.
bles and a few affairs of flat crepe
often in bright to be worn
the classic talllvar or with the
omnipresent tweed snit. For country
the plain jersey
shades,
hlouse
Littl» of the elaboration of the new
or to any skittish irregularity of de
There are many self. appliques
beloved] by
Vionnet, and the shirring and tucking
which you will be nvartily tired of
hearing discussed during the fall sea
son is an important factor in blouse
thie. There are a number of satin
on severely tailored
lines which suddenly go frivolous be.
low the waist and develop deeply
shirred hip ‘bands, at a point which
would bave been ‘way uptown last
year.
With velvet skirts, satin. tame and
chiffon blouses will ali be worn, many
of them appearing with a summery
sleevelessness, The underprinted
lames and lame chiffons which will
make many of the most stunning eve.
ning gowns of the winter will also be
stitched up nlong the selvedge.
Separate skirts Jo not promise to
show any outstanding difference from
those which are sold as a part of the
ensemble. The heavy tweeds will
probably have pressed godets and
plaits; most of those on sale have
yokes for the benefit of women who
have approved the tuckdn vogue. A
few circular models have appenred,
but they are rarely consistent in this
matter. Many of them have fint backs
with a circular front or side fullness,
Thin tweed and Jersey are shown for
sports skirts, and for those formal
afternoon functions which are heralded
by engraved Invitations, satin or
transparent velvet wil! continue to be
worn, "
Combine Chiffon, Velvet
in Chic Dancing Frock
Newer than the wsilehiffon dane.
ing frock is that combining two vastly
different fabrics, chiffon and velvet.
Touches of velvet are very handsome
on this filmy material especially when
used In panel form te hold shirrings
at the waistline and to emphasize the
new length in the siitonette. Trans
parent velvet adds its glistening note
in self color to chiffon frocks in white,
black, Nght biwe and several shades
of pluk.
Time Is the thing we need most in
the morning, but we cannot have It
unless we get the family to bed early
the night before. I know you're
groaning with me, Children—~big ones
or little ones—never want to go to
bed. Was there ever a more baffling
problem than this? Its solution de-
mands three qualities—determination,
firmness and co-operation,
This generation is fast becoming a
race of sun worshippers. Adults must
have their coats of tan for cosmetic
purposes, children must have thelr
sun baths for the health and vigor
which the ultra-violet rays impart
This 1s as it should be but there are
Inherent dangers in sudden prolonged
exposure to the hot rays of the sun.
Some children are sick for days as
the result of a single sun bath. Grad-
ual exposure of the body to the direct
rays of the sun should be a part of
every child's program,
An intensive two years’ study of
crime and the motion picture has been
made by Dr. Joseph I. Holmes, of the
department of psychology at Colum-
bla university. He believes his studies
prove the actual unimportance of the
film as a producer of young delin-
quents. “The movies provide an outlet
for the romantic imagination rather
than jeopardizing our emotional sta-
bility,” declares Dr. Holmes,
—
The common cause of digestive dim.
culties is excess acid. Soda cannot
alter this condition, and it burns the
stomach, Something that will neu
tralize the acidity is the sensible
thing to take, That is why physicians
tell the public to use Phillips Milk of
Magnesia,
One spoonful of this delightful prep-
| aration can neutralize many times its
| volume In acid, It acts instantly; re.
| lef is quick, and very apparent. All
gas Is dispelled; all sourness is soon
gone; the whole system is sweetened,
{| Do try this perfect anti-acld, and re-
| member it is just as good for children,
| too, and pleasant for them to take.
| Any drug store has the genuine, pre-
| scriptional product.
velit field, Long Island.
der is the mother of two children but
feels this is no reason for keeping her
feet on the ground. Mrs
has for the past eight years operated
an automobile sales agency In Lynch.
burg and is taking flying lessons be.
well as automobiles,
college girl's is
This Is one of the few fads
that has remained to become a useful
and is such &
wardrobe
“slicker.
colorful
habit. There
Kilicker, old
rubbers do every bit ss well
a thousand times more con
und
and are
hat
venient,
—
Teachers
ity ered
earn gniver
is In a number of colleges hy
are able fo
the whys and herefores of
choo] children and
back into th
i They
by expe.
i the
whose problems
wrestled
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5 have
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JOTOER
vi ¥y some child
ren
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vihers lle and steal
can’t get along with
rachers and their fellow
they miss thelr lessons and
beliind, and many
gpecial topless taken
Information on
puplis,
why
¢
left
are
are
whys
the
olher
up
the
in
list
classes,
obtained free from the national com
mittee of visiting teachers
Fortieth street, New York city.
Chinese Inspiration Is
Noted in Gay Pajamas
All the world is wearing pajamas
there days and not only in the boudoir,
for the modern variety is much too at.
tractive and too bascoming to be sec
narrowly confined, says the Woman's
Home Companion. The pajamas il.
luetrated altost their Chinese inspira.
tien in bold floral cpray embroidered
across the dhoulders and fitted so neat.
ly into the divided front and slocves.
The little leaf border around the bat.
tom of the trousers is espacially ap.
pealing. Made in brick.-red flat crepe
combined with black crepe back satire
they are ever so gay and yet prac
tical, too. The embroidery is done in
a coarse flat ctileh and the coloring,
two shades of purple with green and
black and a touch of gold makes a
sublie harmony with the blouse,
The Lamp and the Book
The Viscountess Astor, about to sail
for her English home, talked to a re-
book that had failed
“It was such a good book, too,” she
d. “its almost
k that the American reading pub
Mrs. Smith
to buy a book' Mrs
porter about a
failure makes you
is like
“T'm
he astonished Mrs.
Smith explained. ‘John
has given me a fim dandy reading-
lamp, and now I simply must have a
book." ™
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Autumn
Eleven-yearold Jimmie's sense of
humor is just budding, and at times
shows rapid growth, as when driving
through southern Indiana recently he
gaw the many roadside stands of wa-
termelons and cantaloupes, and maid:
“I know now why they say “The
melon colic days have come, the sad-
dest of the year! "—Indianapolis
News,
Sound Accurately Recorded
Transmission of light beams, through
a fabric film wpon which positive
gound images are recorded, has re-
sulted, the inventor of the process
gays, in the reproduction of sounds
without distortion. Projecting the light
through the fabric medinm for the
purpose of translating sound Images
into musical or vocal sounds may be
conducted either with or without mo-
tion pictures, says Popular Mechanics
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