GINGER
ELLA
v
by Ethel Hueston
Mlustrations by
Irwin Myers
Copyright, by Bobbs Merrill Ce,
WNU Service
STORY FROM THE START
In the usually quiet home of
Rev, Mr. Tolliver of Red Thrush.
fowa, 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
blindness, Ginger has tried In
many ways to add to the family's
slender Income, but she is not
discouraged. Marjory wins the
beauty prize, $50.00. She gives
the money to her father as part
of the expense necessary for the
treatment of his eyes by Chicago
specialists, Mr. Tolliver leaves
for Chicago with Miriam. Ginger
meets Alexander Murdock.
CHAPTER IlI—Continued
lB
Ginger sat motionless. Her slim
fingers froze about the handle of the
fittle gold cup. Presently she set it
down with a determination that spoke
volumes to the accustomed ears of
Marjory and Eddy Jackson,
“Let's go for a drive now,” she sald
coidiy. “Eddy, you've got to take
Marjory in front with sou. | want
Mr. Murdock to tell me all about the
—the groceries. [ think they are so
fascinating.”
“But | was prepared for you,” ob-
jected Eddy. *“I planned to give you
a driving lesson.”
It had long been Ginger's great de-
sire to learn to drive, but now, with
a sigh, she relinquished that beauti-
ful dream to save her lovely Marjory
from the machinations of this base
pretender. Around the world—as a
stoker, perhaps. Or working his way
from port to port by tLe sale of vege
tables.
Marjory slid into the front seat with
Eddy Jackson. Ginger triomphantly
drew Alexander Murdock In by her
side, and immediately set herself to
snubbing him. When occasionally, In
sheer youth and good spirits, she for.
got her annoyance and yielded to the
pleasure of the hour, she consoled
herself with the thought that at least
she had saved Marjory for the furure,
and they parted at the parsonage two
hours later merrily enough.
Three days passed before they had
news from Chicago. [t was not very
encouraging. There was noo improve
ment in Mr. Tolliver's condition. His
eyes were still clouded In the misty
fog. The doctors were pessimistic.
By all means he should remain at
hand for dally observation and treat.
ment, for an operation if It came to
that Bur in the meantime absolute
rest was imperative. He must have
entire freedom from nervous strain,
entire lack of worry and responsibility
Fresh alr, good food, mild exercise,
these were the tonics that by feeding
the body would strengthen his sight
of any nature whatsoever might pre
cipitate total and permanent blind.
ness,
In writing this sad news to her sis
ters, Miriam begged them to face ft
bravely, and to greet their father with
their gsual light good cheer,
“Be very cheerful,” she begged, “oh,
very. He doesn’t say anything, but he
looks so sad.”
The girls at home went (nto Imme
diate consultation. Ginger was first
to give expression to her thoughts.
Ginger was always first.
“There's just one thing about fr,”
she sald stoutly. “He's In for a good
long siege of It, and we must have
more money. You've got to let me go
to work.”
“What can you do, dear?” queried
Helen mildly. It was Helen's mild
ness that so maddened Ginger. How
could one expect to pull gloriously out
of a crisis without fire and flame and
flash? Helen was the sort to ask
what one could do, when obviously
one must do something!
“l don’t care what” cried Ginger,
passionately. “Anything. I'll scrub,
or take in washing, or go on the stage,
or anything.”
Helen considered gravely, Helen
was the sort to consider gravely in
such a moment,
“The twins must go to normal Just
As we have planned,” she decided at
last. “We have the future to consider,
as well as the present. 1 will simply
postpone my marriage for a year, and
apply for a school. Miss Jenkins will
come and stay here with you, Ginger.”
Ginger "flung herself upon her sis
ter's. neck. “Don’t do that” she
begged. “Oh, don't. It isn't fair.
Helen, for you to do all the giving up.”
Marjory, for her part, was ln favor
of abandoning the normal course,
\which required two years to nish, in
could be crowded into six months {if
necessary. But of that they knew
thelr father would disapprove. Stenog-
raphy-—private offices—male employers
--lovely girihood-- Impossible! Mr.
Tolliver had clung to his gentle old-
fashioned ideas in spite of the chang-
ing times,
Ginger gazed at Marjory despalr-
ingly. “Oh, Margle, 1 should think
Jou could do something. The world
Just overflowing with millionalres—
praying every night for pretty wives
--and you just wearing out bere in
Red Thrush.”
Marjory carefully inspected a pink
forefinger, questioning the shape of a
nail, “Well, I'm willing,” she gs-
sented, generously. “Trot one out.”
Later In the afternoon as Eddy
Jackson was passing in his small car,
Ginger signaled him to stop and ran
out to the curb.
“Something terrible Is going on In
this house,” she sald, gloomlly., “Fa.
ther is ro better, and he is pretty dis-
couraged. And Helen is golng to post.
pone her wedding, and it will just
make him sick.”
Eddy turned the key in the car.
stilling the engine. “That requires
silent meditation,” he sald slowly
“What do you think ubout it?”
“l think it Is terrible. I think It
will break his heart"
They talked a while, and then he
walked with ber slowly up the flag-
stone path.
“Helen?” he called into the open
door, and when she came out, he mo-
tioned her to Join them in the vine
shadéd corner by the hammock, *]
Lo lly
“—
Mev ul
“Ginger Tells Me That You Think of
Postponing Your Wedding, Helen”
want to mix in other people's bus!
ness, and put my fingers In other peo
ples’ ple, and paddie other people's
canoes and everything” be warned
her.
“Do you?
sou, Eddy.”
“l am changing.
that you think of postponing your
wedding, Helen. We talked it over.
and she and | think"
Ginger sat up In *Le hammock and
tooked very Important. This was
showing some deference to her opin
fons. She tried to mirror In her
small piquant face unutierable depths
of wisdom,
“She and | agree that It would be
the worst thing that could happen.”
“Eddy, do you not see how impos
sible it is for me to leave home when
father needs me? Horace will under
stand. He will be glad to do his share
in belping out.”
“1 am not thinking of Horace. |}
am thioking of your father. The doe
tors say he must have complete mental
rest. Do you think be can be happy
and serenely quiet, when be knows
that you are sacrificing your dearest
aims and plans on his account? Will
not every touch of your hand and sound
of your voice be a reproach to him?”
“Oh, Eddy, 1 couldnt bear to go
away and be happy by myself, with
father and the giris—" Quick tears
flooded her quiet eyes.
“Yes, 1 am sure, Helen, you would
be happler to stay at home, and work,
and sacrifice yourself. Bm you fa-
ther's bappiness is the thing that
counts right now. Look at It this
way, Helen. 1 think—and Ginger
agrees with me"
“Indeed 1 do,” sald Ginger stoutly.
“We think you should go ahead as
if this little setback amounts to noth
ing. Make light of it. Go on with
your wedding. Helen, don’t you see,
that if you teach school you will be
awdy, out of town, tied up with your
That is not quite lke
Ginger tells me
right here at hand, ready to help.
Your time will be your own. You can
help Ginger, help your father, and he
will aot realize what you are doing
for him, If necessary, ygu and Horace
part of the time, But don't add to
your father's burden the knowledge
that he is stedling a year of his daugh-
ter’'s happiness. I dare say he Is sick
at heart, this very moment, dreading
to come home and have you tell him,
sweetly, that your happiness has been
burned on the altar of daughterly
duty.”
Helen studied him seriously. “You
are a wise, wise boy,” she sald gently.
“And | think you are right. 1 could
help more, that Is true, if | were here
in Red Thrush,
grieve him bitterly to have us change
our plans. | could come every day
and help them.”
“And they could cull on me in a
pinch"
“But Ginger is a such a child. So
much responsibility—"
“Responsibility never hurt anybody.
You had it when you were young, and
it did you no harm. And Ginger Is
oot a child. She Is growing up.”
Ginger stood up with =a
hauteur. “Ellen Is grown up now, if
you ask me,
me, | shall go upstairs.
very important work to do.”
On Friday afternoon,
that smelled sweetly of wild roses, to
three girls whose ight glad
gave no hint of the paln with which
they had watched nis approach, head
lowered, shoulders suzging dispirited
ly, his arm limp beneath
hand.
laughter, thelr caresses, thelr welcom
ing delight, his shoulders straightened
presently, the tired lines io his face
gave way tu those of pleasure, and
soon his laughter Juined thairs,
“1 can’t take off the glasses just yet,
you see,” be sald nuskily., “Still In
the fog, as you might say.”
“l rather thought It would tuke
longer,” sald Helen sympathetically
“It would be foolish tv rush things"
“Dut it's really bad, father,”
put in Ginger gaily, “because | just
wish you could see the carryings-on in
this old house. Do you know what
Marjory bas on hand now?! A gro
cery clerk, father. And aot regular
groceries, either. Canned ones, The
Orange and Black. Maybe he will
give us a discount.”
Light laughter, light talk, which hid
the sadness beneath, but did not hide
the i1enderness, the pervading sym
pathy, the great gladness that thes
were five together, even (In thelr
SOrTow.
too
In the living room Ginger found
her three sisters. ilelen was mend
ing a frayed cuff for her fatber as
prosalcally as though In two weeks
she would not be a bride trembling at
the altar of her marriage Miriam
was straightening ap the desk with an
air of great distaste Marjory was
delicately powdering her pose, watch
ing the operation in the mirror of a
small metal case.
“Marjory, where did you
vanity 7" Ginger demanded
Marjory closed it bastily and put It
in her pocket. Dut Ginger was In
sistent,
“Marjory let me see that
That's brand-new, Where
get ity"
Marjory, thus driven, produced the
article and confessed to an extrav-
agance. She bad bought it. It had
cost her twenty-five cents. She had
bought it from Alice Ideman. And af
inst, thoroughly committed, she ex
plained in detall.
“It's really a very cute idea, Helen,
she sald volubly, boping by many
words to distract attention from the
money phase of the transaction, You
see, the compact costs a quarter.
Alice had to sell
each one of the four who bought, had
to promise to sell four more. Then
get that
vanity
did you
send her a solid sliver one.
lovely.”
“Did you promise to sell four?”
“Yea. | had to. And when | sell
them, | send my dollar to the com
silver one. Isn't &t u cute idea?
“It Is like the oid chair letter
iden"
“Exactly, Where you had to copy
the prayer"
“Or break the chain"
“And it goes on and on"
“All over the world.”
“Why, they'll sell thousands and
thousands of them.”
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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Long before the Irish taught us that
March 17 was St. Patrick's day, this
date was celebrated In England for
a very curious reason. In the Middle
nges it was regarded as the snniver
sary of the day upon which Noah
entered the ark. Noah's Ark day was
specially made the occasion for the
performance of the mystery play that
dramatized with considerable freedom
the Biblical record of the flood. In
this Noah's wife was always the prin.
cipal comic character, being depicted
as the typleal shrew,
The querrels between Noah and his
helpmate created great amusement for
the spectators, When the ark is ready
the lady stoutly refuses to go In un
less she may take some of her friends
along. The patriarch, however, will
not stand much nonsense, and when
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the time for embarkation comes he
dispaches his three sons to bring their
mother aboard, They find her with
her gossips in a tavern, and after
much rough by-play and broad com
edy they seize her and drag her to the
ark, Arrived there, she breaks out
68 an worse termagant than ever:
shrieking with rage, she sets about
beating her husband, much to the
diversion of the spectators of merry
England.~Manchester Guardian,
2 Beal. Beadlandad
, Ter TERT
wis Cm ——— a
Io a Nutshell
People never will get over being
surprised that chestnut burrs are not
as rough on the Inside as they are on
the outside,
The greatest burden in the world is
superstition, —22iiton.,
Late Paris Hats
Reveal Forehead
Brim Appears Only at Sides
and Does Not Interfere
With Large Collar.
With the high collars in vogue for
winter, there will be little opportu-
nity for Paris milliners to exploit the
brimmed hat this season, observes a
Paris fashion correspondent in the New
York World. Camille Roget is making
her autumn and winter models with
close, snug-fitting crowns, with the back
of the neck well covered but the fore-
head showing. If a brim appears at
all it is only on the sides, a soft and
craftily shaped affair that does not
war with a huge fur collar.
Plain panne velvet as well as em-
broidered panne I8 being much used.
Velvet and felt in one color are com-
bined, and kid and felt in lattice work
strips. In colors, millinery repeats the
street tones,” with much brown, beige
and black being shown.
Jane is showing a lovely brimless
feathers lying perfectly flat. Another
black panne with a single long ostrich
plume falling from the back and half
Several Important houses are reviv-
Ing Interest in the turned-up, front
brim. Suzanne Talbot shows several
this mode, usually in
brim faced with as
The softness of the fur is
enough to neutralize the
exposure of the face which
the
flattering
ruthless
attractive
are of
Several hats for restau
rant wear unlined net, with
four-inch deep plaiting about the face
Off-the.Face Hat; Trimming Extends
Out at the Side.
‘
and neck. Some
fabric, cleverly cut on the
worn with a tiny-—and,
ing—eye veil
made of metal
and
oh so flatter
are
edges,
the half football shape, with straight
tops. One has a side closing of a kid
clover leaf trimmed with tiny nal
heads. Another smart bag has a line
of nail heads slong the edges and
decorating the stiff handle. A prac
tical bag for the shopper, and a hand
some one, too, Is of black leather with
tiny pencil passing through the clasp
On the side of this bag Is a pocket in-
to which fits a small memo pad
Worth is showing a striking
eminently practical bag
and
of alligator
on the outside for holding rouge, pow-
der, lipstick, comb and a mirror of
Carrying
these necessities on the outside of the
bag makes (ts Interior especially
roomy. This house is also showing
some smart new umbrellas, short and
heavy, with shepherd crook
ous skins, One crook Is
pointed with lapis lazull
delicately
Unusual Treatment for
New Autumn Umbrellas
Umbrellas this season show close
the use of colors and borders. More
resulting. One consists of wide strips
of varying widths, in plain or fancy
effects, covering the center to about
six Inches from the edge of the um-
brella, where the selvage repeats in
miniature some part of the center pat-
tern. In some, also, the selvage is
left plain.
Colors for the fall models give the
lead to navy blue, then brown and
black with white or gray to go with
the new gray tweeds. Purple, red and
green follow, and a new combination
is being made of two shades of gray.
Most of the new umbrellas are
about 20 inches in length; they are
considered more graceful, easier to
carry, and more serviceable when
made this size,
Lightweight Woolens on
Fashion Card for Fall
Nothing seems likely to outshine
the lightweight, loosely woven wool.
ens for fall sports wear. The skirts
are straight but have ample fullness
provided Ly gores or plaits stitched
down for part of thelr length, The
Jackets are of the double-breasted
type and the belts, collars and cuffs
receive special attention, for the orna
mentation of the costume Is largely
confined to those accessories,
Mothers will be relieved to know
that “flapper” fashions are passe! It
is now chie to be girdled, to wear
stockings and to affect skirts for the
street that reach half way between
the knee and the calf of the leg.
“We can't hope to have our house
really attractive,” sald the charming
young mother of three delightful and
well-mannered youngsters, “until the
children grow up. Then, John says,
we can refurnish and I can indulge my
love of coles.” It Is a familiar excuse,
offered to offset the disappointment
one feels on entering the obviously
uninteresting home of 8 woman whose
ny and charm would lead one fo
expect a house that would reflect these
qualities, And It is an excuse which
fs offered with the assurance that
there is no questioning Its validity.
Yet 1 do. Without hesitation 1 am
frank to say that the belief that one's
desires for aftractive interiors must
he curbed nntil the children are falr-
ly grown up Is a fallacy.
Training your child to
rectly has more to do with his devel-
opment than most parents realize. It
seems a very simple matter, but when
one stops to consider that bow legs,
knock knees and other serious phys.
{eal defects are often caused by faulty
walking, one becomes aware of the
importance of walking correctly.
walk cor
Mothers used to sing: “Hush, he
quiet as a mouse, There's a haby in
the house.” Nowadays these lines are
seldom heard Parents have not out-
the premises and to converse In whis-
pers, but they belleve Infants
selves to
This is a
to life. But why
and girls to react
necessary noise? Most
do It graciously.
expect young
adults
{ made a nursery-rhyme quilt on which
{ined in various colors. This 1s brought
love to match jingles to pictures”
Here are some questions you
want to ask yourself with
sour adolescent daughter: Is
weight for helght and
Just below normal? Are her heart and
any sugar or albumin? Is the red col
oring matter hemoglobin) in
blood above 85 per cent?
When
or thelr
point, n
RUSRSIDE REame
noisy
danger
children too
quarrels reach
mother can often
which
lieves the situation.
the got
the
invariably re
with C." “eup,™ *
" pp
Ing.” “cap.”
For example,
ete. Then the guesses be
chooses the new word to be guessed
Even the tiny tots will try to join In
the game and quarrels are forgotten.
Beret Is Prominent in
Fall Millinery Modes
not lost sight of the beret as one of
the most aliuring types of hats to
complete costumes of the new mode
These tiny chapeaux masquerading as
berets have a feiching drape to the
manner. Berets of a dressy mien are
belting ribbon, in soleil and in chenille
Shawl Collar and Wide
Sleeves Are Featured
One of the popular models in fall
coats. It is of cocoadyed squirrel,
showing the skins worked in a diag
onal style and featuring the large
shaw! collar and widecuffed sleeves
The Right Way to
Redye Fine Silks
Textile makers al
ways use special
dyes for silk or wool,
They know that is
the best way. The
makers of Diamond
Dyes are the first to
+ enable home dyers to
follow this plan.
’
. of your more valuable articles of
, silk or wool, try the special Dia
mond Dyes in the Blue Package.
They will give these materials
clearer, more brilliant colors than
any “all-purpose” dye. And they
| are just as easy to use as ordinary
dyes. Like the white package Dia-
mond Dyes, these dyes contain an
abundance of the highest quality
anilines. The blue package dyes
silk or wool only; the white pack-
age dyes, or tints, any material.
Either package; 15¢, drugstores.
This Fast Age
Dr, ‘Ell Moschowitz, an
New York scientist,
Journal of the American Medical As-
sociation, declares that most of us
live two lives now as compared with
those of an earlier generation. “A
man who attains the of fifty
today,” he says, “has In reality lived
one hundred years, as years were for-
merly reckoned; and judging by the
deluge of Inventions aimed at
swifter methods of accomplishments,
the prospect of the Individual of the
future is that he will be an old man
in experience before adolescence
bas begun”
eminent
writing in the
age
even
his
Classifies 256,000 Stars
About 32000 observations of varl-
able siars were sent to the Harvard
observatory in a single year by 100
One of the monumental
of work there, Nature
g& been Miss Annie J. Can-
256.000
according to their various types,
lines. This
expert ability of the
and Miss Cannon has
lent of many honors.
ohservers,
BAVE
sification of over
neans of thelr spectral
juires
the recip
Some Fine Forest Land
The outstanding forest in New Eng-
White Mountain National
During 17 since 1011,
the federal government has purchased
land in the White mountains,
It has acquired now 514.000 acres, or
503 Much of it is in
Magazine,
land is the
Years,
forest
square miles,
forest, says Nature
was never used,
No Brains
“She means well, but she doesn't
use very much judgment.”
“No, she wanted the blind
we passed a flashlight
better to around at
Enquirer.
to buy
#0 he
S00 get
could
Two new Diesel rall cars have beea
placed in service on a Swiss railway
line which hag many curves and rises
1.204 feet in ¢ ance of 16 miles,
Without Poison
A New Exterminator that
Wont Kill Livestock, Poultry,
Dogs, Cats, cr even Baby Chicks
K-R-0 can be used about the home barn or poultry
yard with abwolutesafety as it contains po deadly
K-R-O is made of Squill, as recom
mended by U, 8 Dept. of Agriculture, under
strength. Two cans killed 578 rats st Arkansas
Guarantee.
Insist upon K-.-R.-O, the original Squill exter.
minstor. All drupgists, se: Largesise (four times
os much) $2.00. Direct if dealer cannot supply
vou. K-R-O Co., Springlield, O.
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and be on my feet
too socn because
my husband was
fll. After his death
I was in such a
weakened and run-
down condition
that nothing
seemed to help me.
I am starting the
fourth bottle of
} Lydia BE. Pinkham's
; i Vegetable Com-
pound and feel a
great deal , 1 am much stronger
and don't get so tired out when I wash
or work hard. 1 do housekeeping and
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the Vegetable Compound as a tone. I
am willing to answer any letters I re.
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