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LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1917
Making character for oneself woman's exchange hints on fashion's fancii
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I CHARACTER OR REPUTATION-
WHICH MEANS MORE TO YOU?
'Most of Us Possessed of Three Distinct Sides.
The Person We Are, the One We Would Be and
the One We Would Have Others Think Us
QJOME one has ery aptly said that
- "reputation In what men and women
think of usj character Is what wo really
nre." Which holds the more Important
place In jour own life?
A girl 1 Know enlarged on this the
ether day by romatklng tersely that
"most of us are possessed of three dis
tinct selves the self wo think wo lire,
that which wo would hae other people
think us nnd nur real self."
She has the faculty of "hitting the nail
on the head." Whether wo admit It or
not, there Is a side of our natures we at
wa.vs rewno for others Perhaps the
Character is so effectually assumed that
Vyvettes
Sing n song o' roses, three on a
crown. Another on a flying Rtrand,
firmly tacked down.
Sy -O-Hfpr
THE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE
Letters and questions lubmittrd to this department must be written on one side of
the paper and signed with the name ol the writer. Special qwrles like those given
below are invited. It is understood that the editor does not necessarily indorse the
sentiments expressed. All communications for this department should be addressed
as JoUols: TUB WOMAN'S liXCIIAMlK, Evening Ledge", Philadelphia, ra.
TODAY'S
1, tVnin necessary to keen a dlah of food and
lee Is not obtainable, whet can he eobstltutesIT
2. Tan anything be done to mneld hntter to
a-eeten It?
8. What Is (he beel way to dry curtains
she house?
In
ANSWERS TO YESTERDAY'S INQUIRIES
1. Tanned rooda are tainted If the bottom of
the ran bnlgf.
2, If thero U danger of a nig shrinking It
ahonld ho tarked to the floor when drying nfter
being scriiblxsl and when drying It will tie
stretched In plaoe.
S. A Terr hot oven la usually required for
pastry. To test It place, n spoonful of flour In
the oven, This ahonld brown In ono mlnute'a
time.
To Fasten Buttons
To the Fditor 0 IComan s Page:
Dear Madam I am always Interested tn your
Woman s Exchange and tarn sndln what t
think Is a serviceable hint to many mothers, or
any others who are obliged to sew buttons on
rnnttantb I await ths BviMsu I.tDoas
eagerly each evening When sewing- on buttons
lay a pin across tho button and mw over It
When ready to fasten, draw tho pin out and
twist tho thread around and around tho button
before taking tho thread through to the wrong
aide 10 finish off, Buttons rarely coma off when
treated thusly. BMZAHK1 If F. a
Thank you. Miss O , for your little hint
Steel Shoe Buckles
To the Fditor of it'omnn a Pagt:
Dear Madam Will vou pirns tell ms aa soon
aa possible In your Woman's Kxchange column
of tho Kvcslso I..ZPC.ER what to use and how
to clean steel shoo buckles that haro becomo
dull and a trifle rusty from the seashore damp
neaa? (Mrs ) J It. I..
You might try dipping them In the fo.
lowing solution: One-half pound sulphuric
acid Into which one ounce of zinc oxide has
been dissolved, added tn one-half gallon of
water and finally one-quarter pound nltrla
acid. The quantities may be proportion
ately diminished.
Restoring Freshness of Plumes
tTo the Editor of Woman's Pag:
Dear Madam Can ou tatl mo how I can
elsan ostrich tips which have becomo faded and
oiled? They are pale blue, INQUIRER
Try mixing; a tittle blue oil paint with
gasoline until you obtain the desired shade
Then dip your plumes into clear gasoline,
nd when they emerge clean dip them Into
the tinted bath. Hang them in the air and
when dry shake well.
To Clean White Slippers
To the Editor of tComan'a Pag'
Dear Madam I am aw dally reader of lour
column and I have guinc from II much valu
able Information. Ta there anything that I can
use to clean white satin sltapera at homo And
alao what remedy will remoTO dandruff from
tho hair? J U I.I A DI
If the slippers are not very much soiled
rubbing ,them with fresh, bread will remove
marks. If, however, this la not effective,
they can be cleaned with gasoline
Your second question was answered In
last evening's paper In another letter.
Lemon Apple Pie
1
To ths Editor of lromos'a Paget
Dear .Madam To maka a dellrloua lamon
pie, grata ths rind and strain the Juloe of two
lemon!. Core, pare and chop fine one largo tart
apple. Pound one soft cracker very fine. Melt
two teaapoonfula of butter and mix the. cracker
enimbs. Mix ths lemon rind and julo with
rhopped apple and atlr with them two level cup
full of sugar. Deat two egg whltsa to atlffneas,
then beat both together. Beat these with tho
lemon, apple and sugar. Mix tho buttered
crumbs with all. Cover pla platea. put a broad
brim around thatr odgea and fill aa tarta with,
tho mixture. liake for twenty minutes, or until
the cruat la dona. Orange pie la made In ex
actly the same way, but with less augar,
BUUUIIBAN.
Cheese Sandwiches
To the Editor of Woman' Page:
Dear Madam These chssao aandwlehaa will
bo found good: Throe eggs, one cupful aweet or
sour cream, ono tableapoonfut butter, one tabla
apoonful sugar, few gralna cayenne pepper, one
". teaspoonful mustard, four tablespoonfuls finely
rhopped green or red peppsra. one teaspoonful
salt, threw tableapooufula mild vinegar, one
half pound American cream cheese.
.Heat ths eggs, add cream, butter. augr. cay.
enne pepper, mustard and aalt. Cook ever boil
ing water until thick. Cook vinegar and add It
to the cream mixture. Cook another minute.
Cream or crumble cheese and add chopped pep
pers and enough of the dreaalag to nuks the
mixture spread easily; IMrs.) B. C.
. ' vCot4 Salad Drewlng-
r the TtUor'ot Jfawion't Paget
Tiaar Mas The' following la rather easily
gaif- ' has Bvrta keeping qualities ao4 la
atlefaororhi. avpr: '
Two tablfJHMoaftils butter, three tablespoon
emit four. i teaapoonful mustard, ono tsa.
nrui aeix. iwo mnwunimi lueBr, oa-oai(
weak vuxaaar,' iwo wneie euo or inreo egg
TIM ! VI Me-afs IHin"
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even our Intimates bellove us to tie all
that we seam.
In fact, do you not think that by driv
ing haid enough one may actually
change one's eiy thoughts? This in
Itself Is fortunate If a certain standard
Is set up for us we can moio readily live
up to It than If nothing Is expected or
looked for by others
In nu Ideal fiituie existence we mat
perhaps all bo peifcctly honest with our
selves and with others Then thero will
be no cloaking nor dissembling of our
thoughts An Ideal stale perhaps- but
not possible under present conditions of
life. The woman who Is absolutely frank
la In danger of being consideied extreme
eccentric. Her life Is bound to be u series
of misunderstandings.
IV w of us will reeognl7e the plain, un
tarnished truth when we are face to faro
with It
The most tiuthful girl I know Is also
the most unpopular. She Is painfull,
blutallv truthful.
It Is ono thing to mold itijuilug an
other person's feelings by a hat inlets
evasion and quite mother to tell a de
llbeiate. ciuel, needless falsehood. The
latter is unfoigivuble; tho fonner quite
to be condoned at times.
Do ou not iigiee with me?
If you possess a pin It.inlcal conscience,
dilute It with n little tact. Tact nnd coui
tesj go hand In hand, for real courtesy
comes not so much from a cut-and-drled
knowledge of tho conventions n from a
kind heart. The girl who possesses these
qualities Is never unpopular nor does
she worrv about the reputation other
will give her.
INQUIRIES
1 I It good form for i girl to wear flower
which hare been sent to her hr ono man wbon
ha la xolnr out with another?
7 Mar a joune irlrl attend n frnternltr house
part? out of town tinaccttiupniilcd by a chaperon
If a chaprron "III be present at the house?
S. What
for ehoewT
la tho bt war to dlluto hlacklni
1, A man should near a black silk lion tie
with n Tuirdo coat.
2. ery hot water should not be used In sham
pooing white hslr, no It will hate a tendency to
turn It yellow,
S. Mhlle hair should not be dried In the sun.
Daily Cold Baths
To th Fditor of U'omtin s Page
.J?S" ,2'-i1,,.in-P" ? ""A1"?, the taking
of
-..., v. .'.in,, fitii in winierr uiui,li:.
That Is a matter each one must solve for
herself Cold baths are exceedingly stimu
lating, ar.u If a girl has sufficient ltalltv
the morning plunge Is a splendid thing
There are some persons, however, who can
not withstand the shook of a cold bath in
winter A good half-vvay measure Is the
tepid shower. The water can he allowed to
run first tepid then sllghtlv colder, hut not
Ire cold This, followed bv a brisk rub
will get up the clirulatlon In my opinion,
it Is not wise to begin taking cold baths
In the middle of winter If jou begin
during -warm weather and keep up the dally
bath you will And that In the fall, as the
days grow colder, you have become hard
ened to It and there Is no appreciable shock
Would Win Him Back
To th Editor of Woman 8 Pao
Dear Madam I am a young girl of twenty
three A tew years ago I kept company with a
young man. He asked mo aeverul times to
marry him but I refused I told him that I
never would get married A few weeks later he
went to a different city and never wrote to me.
Do you think It was because I refused to marry
him that he went away? I love him still How
can I get him to come back and let him know
that I did not mean what I said?
A HEADER.
Tou were ery foolish to refuse the young
man In the first place I cannot see now
what you can do to bring him back.
In Love at Sixteen
To the Editor of lVomon'a 'noe'
Dear Madam I am a oung iclrl sixteen years
of ago and am In love with a young man two
years my senior. I have only been in hta com
pany three times Ho Is very good looking
would you please give me some advice an 10
how I could meet him more DOROTHY
If the young man Is attracted to you he
will allow no chance to escape to see you.
Plans for Party
To the Editor of Woman' fJaoe
Dear Madam I want to glvo a party for my
daughter, who ta fifteen )eara old Is It better
to give euoh a party In tho afternoon or even
Ing? I would llko to entertain the boys and
girls principally by dancing My daughter does
eomo little dancee Quite wellt would It do to
entertain the sueste In tble way, and la there
any kind of dancing outside of tho usual tax
trot, waltx, one-atep etc., for all to Join In?
la silk or satin suitable for a frock for my
daughter? (lira ) p. D. H.
For boys and girls ranging In age- from
fourteen to sixteen or seventeen I would
give the dance from half past 6 until half
past 10. Start the evening with the regu
lation fox-trot, waltz and one-step, and Just
before supper (which I would reive at 8
o'clock) your daughter might dance one or
two solo dances. After supper have a
cotillon, You can purchase a number of
pretty and Inexpensive favors for this and
ask two of the boys among your guests to
lead. I-et Ave couples dance first, then at
the change of partners each boy and girl
goes to the table for a favor, which he or
she presents to another boy or girl and the
ten couples danco until a given signal, when
they form some pretty figure, previously ar
ranged by the boys leading the cotillon or
german, aa It Is culled. There are any num
ber of figures lady's chair, cracking Uie
whip, driving with ribbon reins, etc In
this way the evening will pass quickly and
the young persons will have a delightful
time. A girl loves to count her partners by
the number of favors she takes home from
a dance.'
For a girl of fifteen a frook or some soft.
white material, such as fine voile, handker
ohlef linen, georgette crepe or organdie Is
more suitable than a silk, satin or tulle.
Fine tucks and a little lace make pretty
trimming.
For .Formal Affairs
To the Editor of Woman's Pag:
Veer Madam Is It necessary to servo cake
when eclairs, ladr locks or cream puffs are used
a a dessert course! Are finger bowls used for
formal dingers I r ANXIOUS,
Cake Is so much on the order of French
baatry. It Html usually too much of a good
tkfcbf asrv It a wll.. Cake goe. better
NEW JERSEY CRANBERRY KING'S DAUGHTER
PRODUCES SUPER-BLUEBERRIES AT WHITESBOG
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Miss Elizabeth C. White Busily Engaged in Swelling Girth of Fillin' for
Pie Crust Expert on Propagation by Seed and Cuttings Co-operates
With Uncle Sam in Fruit Eugenics Enterprise
I.
AM not to call her the Iuther Hurb.inK
of the TCa"t nnd I nm not to snv that the
monster blue or huckleberries that she has
succeeded In piodtieliiR nre as large ai
plums, but iinlUo fiom those two limita
tions I have full permission to "tell all'
about the remarkable woik that a le
markablo woman in the quietest sort of
way has luen pursuing for the lat fix
eats
Vhen tho time rotnes and It does not
seem to be so nu fully far nvvu) that we
shall not lmvo to si arch for the fruit In
our hucklebrn pies as one would for u
four-leaf clover In 11 patch of thtee leaf
er. when the lilut berries dished up to 111
01110 devvv Btmimti morning resemble in
hlze, no, no not plums, but simply green
Knges, or dnnivuns, lit us say, we shnll
hae Miss niirabeth C. White, daughter of
Joseph White, iranberry klnK, wlioe plan
tation, "Whltesboff." near Now Lisbon, Is
ono of tho largest In New Jersey, to thank
for tho privilege
Alrendv b npplvlng eugenic principles
to tho blueberry Miss White has dc cloned
a berry thrce-qutrlers of an inch In diame
ter She has dun nn of them preserved In
nlcohol nnd ncies nnd acres of her fathers
land laid out with planta that In a few
more jears. if her prospects are realized
will bear fruit even mote plutocratic, oven
more rotund, than any she has jet
achieved
IIIR1JD BY U.VCLi: SAM
liocognlzlng tho Important work sho has
dono In blueberrv culture nnd the knowl
edge of the subject she possesses, tho De
partment of Agriculture has rented land
from the firm of Joseph White, Inc , of
which her father will tell jou Hllzabcth
Is the most daring member, ana placa
under her direct supervision the Govern
ment trial grounds for blueberry culture
She Is tho solo caretaker of this experi
mental plantation In the matter of what
is to be, planted what plants crossed, what
materials cuttings and seed sent to
Washington for development there, sho
alone Is tho Judge
In her charming home at New Lisbon
nnd when jou see her there seated by the
fireside her surplice blouse caught nt the
throat Tvlth a beautiful cameo, you can
not Imagine her trekking through miles
nnd miles of swamp and bog for the one
wild blueberry bush out of a thousand that
will serve her purpose she ran show you
dozens of llttlo Jars all containing samples
of super-bluehcrrles, beirles which through
arduous cultivation hao gained and gained
HOUSEHOLD HELPS
Five Unusual
EVEN so simple a dish as the plebeian
potato salad onn bo made In many ways
besides the common one coating the sliced
cold potatoes with a dressing made of two
small minced onions, one tablespoonful of
minced paisley and a French dressing, Hore
is a recipe for making French potato salad:
Four cold boiled potatoes, twelve large
stoned olives, two hard boiled eggs, three
tablespoonfuls of olive oil, one tablespoonful
of vinegar, one-half cupful of mayonnaise.
Dice the potatoes, olives and eggs Mix
together and season with enough salt, pep
per, olive oil and vinegar, Tut on Ice or In
a cold place for about one hour Before
serving mix In the mayonnaise and garnish
with halved olives or sliced olive rings.
Another potato salad Is made by dicing
potatoes, seasoning with salt and pepper,
and then pouring over It the following dress
ing One-half teaspoonful of onion Juice, one
tablespoonful of minced capers, two table
spoonfuls of melted butter, one tablespoon
ful of lemon Juice.-
Allow the salad to chill and before serv
ing add majonnalse. Garnish with rings of
egg whites and parsley.
.Another delicious cold salad can be made
with cold peas even If they are only left
over peas1
Tour hard-boiled eggs, one cupful of
oooked green peas, four tablespoonfuls of
melted butter, salt, paprika.
Cut eggs lengthwise and remove yolks
carefully so as not to spoil shape of egg
cases. Crumble the egg yolks In the melted
butter, add seasoning and the cold peas.
Season the tnsldes of the whites with salt
THE CHEERFUL CHERUB
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been ,30 ill j
I lv&d to "take sucK
fc-vfbl atuFF.
My family wivrj worried
tooi .
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By M'LISS
without losing any
In size
ll.ivoi
of their fine
"I have always been Intciesled III blue
bell y uilture," she told me, lemaikllig
also that Hoston has derteed that om
doesn't call them hurKlebeiiles unless thev
are of lnfeiior quality "As 11 girl It was
my delight to nrcompiinv m father to the
bog lie taught mo tn stand with mv batk
to tho sun. and look in my own shadow to
get the beat light In vvhlrh to tee nnd ad
mire tho developing buds 01 berries, how
to distinguish the inanv Injurious Inseits
nnd their work, anil uiogulo when the
bogs vvero too wet or too dry
rATIUJH'.S HAL
"Ho would explain to mo his extensions
and Improvements, and In general inndo me
.1 tomrado In tho business, nnd when he
was engaged Tvlth work In which I could
not follow I wnudered about getting ac
ciualnlcd with the beautiful wild bop tlovveis
or sampling the fruits on tiio hucl.lebciry
busliOH which grow In such profusion on
the dams and margins of the bogs
"rather and I often discussed the possi
bilities of cultivating the swamp huckleber
ries, but after spending hours sampling the
fruit on hush after bush; finding the bel
lies on ono too sour for our tuste, on an
other rather lint and Insipid, on a third
too small to bother with and so on for
many plants nnd finding only nn occasional
bush on which tho good-sized berries had
a most di llclous flavor 'peach ' fathet
called It wc decided that unless we could
have only these bebt plants we did not
wnnt to bavo any
"We know that to have a plantation of
any sire and of tho quality wo desired It
would bo necessary In some way, to propa
gate In quantity fiom a few fine plants
We had a ngue Inipref-slon that It was con
sldeied Impossible to stait hueklebeny
plants from slips and cuttings nnd, feeling
unable to cope with this problem, we did
nothing for a long time
"Then In 1911 a bulletin on "Blueberry
Culture" by rredemk V Covllle, was is
sued by tho Department of Agriculture I
sent for tills nnd found It fascinating read
ing It gave me an entlrelv new lew of
my old filends and pioved that theio was
a cateful scientific worker who hail nlreodj
mado vory considerable progress In propa
gating blueberry plants; the very man
whose help we needed I wrote tho depart
ment, offorlng to co-opernte The offer was
accepted and tl was the hegfnnlng"
Despite tho fact that Miss White has
given six years to the work, she Is too gen-
Vegetable Salads
and pepper, and place a spoonful of the
yolk and peas mixture In each one. Serve
on lettuce leaves and cover with mayon
naise dressing.
Incidentally, the cooked green peas,
served cold with a plain Trench dressing
on lettuce leaves, liavo a delicious flavor,
and mrJce an unexpectedly good salad,
Beans, too, make a good salad;
One cupful of cooked kidney beans, one
cupful of finely hhredded cabbage, one
shredded sweet green pepper.
Mix the beans, tabbago and pepper to
gether; pile on lettuce leaves and cover
with a French dressing.
Here Is a combined fruit and vegetable
salad that looks elaborate and attractive
enough for company occasions'
Two red peppers, small, two green pep
pen, small, ono cupful of grapefruit pulp,
one cupful dloed apples, one-half cupful
of walnut meats, one cupful of mayonnaise
dressing.
ltemove the stem and seeds.. from the
peppers and arrange the red and green al
ternately on lettuce leaves. Fill the cases
with pulp of grapefruit, apples and broken
walnut meats, to which two tablespoonfuls
of Die mayonnaise have been added. Dot
the top of each pepper, after filling, with
a covering of mayonnaise, Servo very cold.
. (Copjrlaht.)
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Mlsa Elis-nbcth C. White, daughter and
successor to the "Cratiberiy King," and
some of the blueberries sho has sue-
cceMcd in raising on her farm.
eious to take all the credit for what 1ns
been accomplished nnd foi the still greater
sui'kss that is likely to come to her
"I am but the field worker" she said.
M j. father has provided the mono), with
out which the experiment would have been
impossible, and Mr Covlllo Is tho scientist "
Miss White Is something of a scientist
liciMlf, but, womanlike, her bushes ate not
called by mere technical names. They aro
patents and children to her
"tt'otl bavo a erv' superior race," I told
her, "If wo could opplv tliu same principle
to tho culture of humanity that you do to
blueberries "
"But wo can't" sho said flatly, "because
humans huvo brains and Initiative and blue
berries haven't."
ni;KUNDS I'lNIIYS
"But, speaking of humans," sho warned
mo "dun t jou darn write an article about
my bluebeiry expctinients without giving
duo e I edit to tho I'lne)B, a much-maligned
people You hac lien id many stories doubt
less spread by selfish, notoriety seeking in
veatigatois, greatly cxnggctating their bad
points, but ono must know them When one
knows them It Is not difficult to find their
exceptionally good traits. In every town,
small or large. In every district, ou will
find an Immoral, dishonest set This mav
be true of tho l'incy people also, but that
set Is er), ery small.
Thoy helped mo wondei fully In finding
cholco plants with which to begin my ex
pel Imunts on Ihey know the bogs as we
know tho stieets of our natlvo city and I
offeted money prizes for the kinds of berries
1 wauled Tho t)ped directions that T gave
them, when I provided them with gauges for
measuring vvero of little use, because of
their 1 icU of training But of natlvo In
telligence they havo a plenty
'Thev uie not a feeble-minded people
When we get Into tho woods and swamps,
It Is I, despite the fact that 1 have been
raised In them, who nm the one who must
read haltingly and with Imperfect under
standing nnd must rely Impllclty on my
l'lney guide.
nuNixnxs ok thi: woods
"I have never ceased to wonder how thev
do It. Wo will leave some little traveled
woodland load for a less tiavcled path and
then wo will wandei around In some path
less thicket where nil the bushes look alike
to me, then my guide will sa), 'That thero
bush where that big berry come from was
light around heie, that'H the tree It was
near thero It Is now' and presto thero Is
the prize bush "
This retiring modest woman, whose
"thees ' and ' thous" addressed to tho mem
bei of her own family proclaim her a
momber of the. Society of Friends, declares
that she herself Is a l'lney having been
born and raised in the district. IBut If she
Is, she Is perhaps the only Plney on record
who Is a member of the Daughters of the
American devolution and of the Now Jer
sey Horticultural Society Her maternal
grandfather, James A FenwIcU, was the
pioneer In cranberiy horticulture, and by his
experimentations did much to raise that in
ilustry to its present eminence In the State
of New Jeisey She, It would seem, It a
chip of the old block, If there over was one.
There's a higK
standard of butter
making up at
Meridale Farms
'which means that
every pound of
MERIDALE
BUTTER
(must be pure,'
clean, sweet and
fresh. That every
pound must be a
full pound. That
everything must
be clean and sani
tary. That every
worker must up
hold this standard,
so that Meridale
Butter will always
be the "uncom
m o'n 1 y good
butter."
AYER&McKINNEY
(Makers of tll . . ,.
Meridale) Philadelphia
' Bell Phone, Market 1741
Keystone Phooe, Mala 1713
Lookor the "Mtrloll"
wapptr-air-tttM, rfuif. and
tjttr-proofat ytur tnttn.
gwiP
MY MARRIED LIFE
By ADELE GARRISON
How Madge "Managed" Dicky's Mother
jiTTOW do you do, Margalet?'
said my
Xi mother-In law almost genially
"Oood evening," I managed to articulate,
but It was hard woik, for 1 was so aston
ished at her attitude
Dlckv had told mo that my mother-in-law
had recovered from her 111 humor and that I
was to treat her as If nothing had hap
pened, but I was not prepared for the. matter-of-fact
friendliness with which she Ig
nored all the exciting events of the evening
She even mado no conmient upon Katie's
piesence or the undignified banter between
Dlckv and the girl Yet 1 knew that a ehoit
time before bIio had discharged Katie for
her rudeness to Dicky about my departure
Dicky sprang up his tut e a study of
smasement and chagrin He knew that
his mother had heard Ills raillery of Katie
and the embarrassment of the knowledge
showed In his face
I may hae flattered myself, but I
thought I also read In hla e)cs that he did
not exactly relish tho presence of even
his mother In these first moments of our
reconciliation
But he bowed to her In the courtly fash
Ion that cndcais Dlckv to all elderly wom
en and drew u chair for her
' Come on, mother," ho said "I know
vou will Join us I'll bet the smell of tho
coffee awoke )ou 1 never knew )ou to fall
lo scent a cup of good coffee an) where In
our vlclnllv "
Ills mother smiled faintly. "Yes" she
admitted "I did smell the coffee and I
felt that I simply must havo a cup"
" am so glad It Is leadv." I said cor
dlall) "Let me get it Tot ou right away"
Dlckv tluew mo a mischievous glance
Uolng'to tell Katlo that she won be eaten
alive?" he queried with an audacious Blance
at his mottiei
I felt my knees shaking at his temerity.
I fullv expected that his mother would bo
deeply offended, nnd that the whole miser
able business of the evening would bo
bi ought up again Hut to my surprise, she
slmplv sqilled, and said to me, in a tone
distinctly conllal
'Thank vou lhat Is ery kind of you"
I hurried to the kitchen to find Katie
sobbing In a chair In a corner with her
apron thrown over her head I pulled the
apron from her face and gave her a llttlo
shake
"Do stop this nonsene, Katie," I said
firmly "Nothing Is going to happen to
)OU '
"Oh, Missis flraham, dear MUsIs Oraham,
jou mean I no have to go awav?"
NO "WAITINO" lUXJI'IUKD
"Of course not, Kntle." I answered, "but
you must remember not, to answer Mr
Uraham's nonsense and to control yourself
better Now pour a cup of coffee for Mrs.
Graham quickly nnd I will take It In to
her"
Katie Jumped as If sho had been shot
"Ain't dot a shame?' sho asUed of tho air.
"My madam doing my work and mo cry
ing llko one llttlo fool "
hho poured the cotfee and brought It to
me
"You want me to brine It In?" she asked
anxiously. .
"No thank you, Katie," I answered "You
look too upset (lo and bathe jour face and
smooth our hair Then when I ring the I
bell jou will be able to come In " j
I brought the coffee back Into the dining
room and placed It nt tho side of mv I
mother-in-law's plate Then I brought tho
cream and sugar to her.
"How many lumps?' I asked the sugar
tongs poised In my hand The remark
was an honest effort to show her attention,
but my mothor-ln-Iaw appealed to thlnlc it
affectation
"I can wait on myself, thank you" sho
said abrupt!), taking the tongs from me.
I felt repulsed again, as I had when I
first met her But Dicky saved the situa
tion "Mother hates to be waited upon," he
said to me half apologetically "Kverjbody
who Is around her learns that lesson booner
or later "
"Yes," his mother assented, looking at ma
with a friendliness that took the sting out
of her previous action, "I dlsllko Intensely
to hate any one save a servant wait upon
me "
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"Do oit feel up to going slghtsetlr,.-,
morrow, mother?" Dicky asked after tiail.
flOCiru un uuin uuuiiiiiuiij.
Ills mother considered the question.
"Why. )es, I think I shall beahla i.
part of the" day," she said. "Can you ,p
Clio " t .-
"Oh, no, I cant go," Dicky said hiihi,1
"I ve ant n rush order on hand, but Viif
has nothing else to do She'll trot J3
urntiml " ,w
He did not even have the grace tos.,,
ns he thus umllv disposed of my tlma wit?
out Inquiring whether or not It woaI(
convenient fm mo to go Inwardly I i?
sentrd his dl'coiirtcs) but I made no ill.
All minor annovances faded Into obllrS
In the experiences 1 had gone throuth omT
lug the day "'
Trust nno woman to read anotkn
thoughts ' ' Vl
'Perhaps it Is not convenient for Ku.
gaiet to go either," my mother-in-law !
ti ttlflo stiffly ""
1 hastened to reassure her
' Indeed I shall be very glad to atom,'
piny )ou," I said heartily In WaUtri
was amazed that sho had consented to i&
cept in) cuirt
Dicky beamed upon us both with tuci
evident pleasure In our amity thatmylmj
warmed tovvaid .hhn
'The thought of the coming trip apptini
to put Mis tliaham Into high good humtt
She chatted briskly with Dicky. Althourt
sho did not Ignoro me, )et their talk smut.
nllv was of fnmllv affairs, for which I wti
tiilly grateful Dlckv had no chine (J
observe what I was eating, and I mnm
to make a pretense of taking food thatti
reality would havo been Impossible for (J
to swallow
When Mrs Oraham finally went to l
loom Dicky came around back of my chilr
and drew my head to his shoulder.
'KIccpv, sweetheart?" he said Undirtr
"You must bo more tired than I am, M
I feol as though I could sleep till tht W
mont day "
But long after Dicky was asleep I uj
with e)cs wide, open at his side, not dart
to move for fear I would disturb him
H was the first hour I had had to m
own thoughts during all the strenuous ei
To mv dlsmav I found that my Joy ont
my reconciliation with Dicky wag almo
overthadowed by grief at Jack's unhappl.
nts
I Ioo Dicky with an emotion that lift)
different fiom Vhe slsterlv affection I kui
alua.) given to Jack But until sleep a)
last mercifully closed my e)ellds thsre u
but one Image before my eyes, tht tat
stein fate of the man who was going total
war, my brother-cousin, Jack
'Copj right )
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