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The St. Charles herald., 1922-05-27

his interests were beginning to ex-
pand. met him frequently tn the
next few years. and we became close
friends"
Sheriff. broke of and stared an in
slant down at the rug. Alan bent
forward; he made no interruption but
only watched Sheriff. attentively.
Between 1885, when I first met him,
and 1895, Corvet laid the foundation OF
great success; his boats seemed lucky,
men liked to work for him. and he
got the best shippers and crews. There
was saying that In storm Corvet
ship never asked help; 1t gave It;
certainly In twenty years no Corvet
ship had suffered serious disaster.
Corvet was not yet rich, but unless
accident or undue competition inter-
vened, he was certain to become 80.
Then something happened"
Sheriff. looked away at evident loss
how to describe It
ITO the shipsr Alan asked him.
"No; to him. In 1895, for no ap-
parent reason, great change came
over him."
"In 1887"
"That was the year."
Alan bent forward, his heart throb-
bing In his throat "That was also
the year when I was brought and left
with the Weltons In Kansas" he said.
Sheriff. did not speak for moment.
II thought" he said finally. ut must
have been about that time; but you
did not tell my daughter the exact
date"
"What kind Of change came over
him that Year, Alan asked.
Sherxill gazed down at the rug, then
at Alan, then past him. "A change
in his way Of living" he replied. "The
Corvet line Of boats went on, ex-
panded; interests were acquired In
other lines; and Corvet and those
allied with him swiftly grew rich. But
in all this great development for
which Corvet's genius and ability had
laid the foundation, Corvet himself
ceased to take active part. He took
into partnership. about year later,
Henry Spearman, young man who
had been merely mate on one Of his
ships. This proved subsequently to
have been a good business move. for
Spearman had tremendous energy,
daring, and enterprise; and no doubt
Corvet had recognized these qualities
| in him before Others did. Since then
| he has been ostensibly and publicly
the head Of the concern, but he has
left the management almost entirely
to Spearman. The personal change
| to Corvet at that time II harder Tor
me to describe to you"
Sheriff. halted, his eyes dark with
thought, his lips pressed closely to.
gether; Alan waited.
"When I saw Corvet again, IN the
summer Of p8-I had been South dur
ing the latter part Of the winter and
East through the spring. was i'm
pressed by the vague but to me.
alarming change In him. ! was re
minded, ! recall, Of q friend I had
had in college who had thought he was
| In perfect health and had gone to an
examiner for life insurance and had
been refused. and was trying to deny
| to himself and others that anything
could be the matter. But with Corvet
| / knew the trouble was not physical
The next year his wife left him."
saThe year OFF Alan asked.
'.That was 1897. There was nc
question Of their understanding and
affection up 70 the very time she se
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fOT ASbUOot sW0uNy sSaeS " ~b
'Your Father, ~ Have Told You,
Lived In That House Practically
Alone"
cision. He went up the stairs and on
the second floor he went to q front
room and knocked. Alan's voice told
him to come in. Sheriff. went IN and.
when he had made sure that the serv-
ant was not with Alan, he closed the
door carefully behind him.
Then he turned back to Alan, and
for an instant stood indecisive as
though he did not know how to begin
what he wanted to say. As he glanced
down at a key he took from his pocket,
his indecision seemed to receive d.
reetion and inspiration from it; and
he put 1t down on Alan's dresser.
1--WE brought you," he said evenly,
''the key to your house."
Alan gazed at him. bewildered. THE
key to my houser'
ITO the house on Astor street, !"
Sheriff. confirmed. "Your father deed
ed the house and its furniture and all
its contents to you the day before he
disappeared. have not the deed
here; it came into my hands the day
before yesterday at the same time l
rot possession Of the pictures which
might-or might not, for all I knew
then-be you. I have the deed down.
town and will give it to you. The
house is yours in fee simple, given
you BY your father, not beQueathed to
you by him to become your property
after his death. He meant by that, ]
think, even more than the mere &C.
acknowledgement that he is your father" "
Sheriff. walked to the window and
stood as though looking out, but his
eyes were blank with thought.
"For almost twenty years." he said
"your father, as l have told you, lived
In that house practically alone; dur
ing all those years q shadow Of some
sort was over him. / don't know at
all, Alan, what that shadow was. But
it is certain that whatever it was that
had changed him from the man he
| was when first knew him eliminated
three days ago when he wrote to you
II may be that the consequences Of his
writing to you were such that, afteI
he had sent the letter, he could moi
bring himself to face them and so hai
merely gone away. In that
case, as we stand here talking, he II
still alive. On the other hand, hit
writing you may have precipitated
something that know nothing OF. In
either case, II he has left anywhere
any evidence of what 1t is that changed
and oppressed him for all these years
or If there is any evidence Of what
has happened to him now, 1t will b.
found in his house."
Sheriff. turned back to Alan. 1T !.
for you-not me, Alan," he said simply
ito make that search. have though
seriously about it, this last half hour
and have decided that is as he would
want it-perhaps as he did want it
to be. He could have told me what hi!
trouble was any time in these twent!
| years. If he had been willing shoult
know but he never did. Your fntheE
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The Sense Of Perfection.

"Crimson Gulch isn't improving as
fast as thought it would"
.sThe town is kind O. held back by
pride and patriotism" replied Cactus
Joe. ANYBODY who'd venture to mint
that Crimson Gulch needs any I'M
provements would Immediately be so
nnnopular that he'd lose his influence"
The St. Charles herald., 1922-05-27

"A long as l live that l found sucn NJ NJ
derf,,I &c .Sis medicine for my troubles. "IMlS.
IN CHARLES A. MERIT, Kutztown, re-:
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Time improves everything but won.
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beginning!
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HlnkQaIIl . NSRSSo.
table Compound. 1t
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me. My baby is al.
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and is the picture OF
health. She walked
ateleven months and
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He Who Begins.

"He who begins and does not nm
ish." runs an old proverb. loses his
labor" The truth of this frequent
ly applies to the housewife. If you
make up your mind, for instance,
that you ought to and will keep
household accounts and then keep
them for two or three weeks and
abandon the enterprise. you are los
ing the labor spent In the first weeks
when you kept the accounts faith
fully. You have not kept them long
enough to gain any benefit thereby.
You have simply thrown away the
time you spent at the outset.
See, il you exercise great care IN
the preparation of your children
foods to see that they are properly
then, through weariness, are careless
in the preparation of one dish, you
may be throwing away all the labor
expended.
il you clean part of room thor.
oughly. but do not rid the room OF
the time spent in the partial clean
ing.
If you take out some of the weeds
from your garden, but not all, you
will be giving the weeds that remain
an opportunity to grow stronger and
If you keep your temper all day
under trying conditions and then
explode" after the days work is
done, you have wasted all the nerv-
Gus energy that was required to keep
your temper in leash during the early
hours. You have lost any chance OF
winning recognition as person OF
pleasant disposition. You might just
as well haye gone along scolding and
complaining all day long.
If you wash clothes ever so care
fully, rubbing out all the stains and
streakS. rinse them through two or
three waters, blue them with care
and then hang them on the line with
Indifferent care-you have lost all
your labor in washing them so clean.
For clothes badly hung out to dry
drag on the ground. II the lines are
not carefully cleaned the clothes
show where they have touched them.
You must keep up your pains until
the end of the day II you don't want
to throw away the labor of the morn
ing.
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EFFICIENT HOUSEKEEPING
BY LAURA KIRKMAN.

powder, and one -half teaspoon each
of salt and ground cinnamon. Now
make another mixture consisting Of:
One beaten egg. One-half cup or
milk. and one heaping tablespoon Of
melted butter. Stir the -four mixture
into this, mix we'll. turn into but
tered pan, then sprinkle on top a
generous mixture of mixed cinnamon
a1d sugar. Bake about fifteen min
utes in a hot oven. This is good
either warm or cold"
Mock Honey.-(Mrs Z. b. Take
one pound of graduated sugar and
one pint of buttermilk and boil these
together for two hours. After the
first hour it begins to turn yellow
and when done it is the color of
peanut butter"
Jam Pudding.-"Spread slices of
stale bread with butter then spread
them thickly with preserves or jam.
Beat one egg with one-half cup of
sugar and pour this over the bread
slices. Then add enough milk to
cover the contents of the dish. Bake
for two hours in slow oven. Serve
with cream or plain milk"
Answer to Mrs. d. regret that !
cannot print in this column your let
ter recommending the product you
mention, as you requested me to do.
You see that would be Advertising
and / cannot do that in my column.
But / thank you for your interest,
bust the same.
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Two Good Supper Menus.

The following two supper menus are
composed of dishes for which some of
my reader friends have sent me their
tried and true" recipes.
Sliced Cold Meat With Mustard Sauce
Tea Southern Corn Bread
Stuffed Baked Apples
Mustard Sauce for Any Kind of Cold
Meat-"One teaspoon of dry, ground
mustard two teaspoons of flour. one
quarter cup of graduated sugar,
pinch Of salt, and dash or white
gether then wet to a paste with vine
gar. Pour on n little boiling water
mot putting the mixture over the
fire) to thicken the flour, and stir TIL
quite thick. If too thick, thin with
sweet or sour cream to the con-
sistency of salad dressing. serve WIN
the meat.
Southern Corn Rread.-(Mrs. A. 3D.
Pour one quart of boiling hot water
over one pint of Indian meal and ADD
pinch of salt and one tablespoon OF
butter; let stand till cold. then beat
into it the yolks of three eggs, and
the three whites beaten separately,
till very stiff Bake forty minutes in
a medium hot oven. A quart of not
milk. instead of the quart of water, is
an Improvement.
STUFFED Baked Apples.-"Boil to-
sugar or corn strip and one cup OF
water. Core the apples and fill the
hole with either chopped nuts and
chopped raisins Cor simply the chop
ped faisins alone); sprinkle the apples
with ground cinnamon, and pour the
strip over all. Bake, after sticking
the apples with fork (to let steam
escape}. In a slow oven.'
Spanish Rico
Cinnamon Cake Mock Honey
Cocoa Jam Pudding
Spanish Rice.-"Put one pound of
beef Ground steak is the best cut to
use in this way) through the meat
grinder, and cook this chopped beef
in a very little water. with one me-
dunn sized chopped onion added to
it. until the meat changes color. Then
add to the pan one cup of cooked
rice, one pint of canned tomatoes
and salt and pepper to suit taste. Mix
all we'll together and turn into
baking dish or casserole. Sprinkle the
Top with either bread or cracker
crumbs. dot with small pieces of
butter. and bake for one hour in a
hot oven.''
Cinnamon Cake-"Mix and sift to-
gether one-half cup of sugar. one cup
of flour, three teaspoons of baking
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Brides Will Be Brides

night" ne said. Man has turned in
tribe. About time we cleared out
boys. and gave Merry a chance to get
her beauty sieep-got some sort OF
Yong Lindsay laughed foolishiy
stick around. Leila-Lelia, where'd
you go?-Leila and l will take mother
ILL run to her house and mink you
up stinger-Leils a lovely singer
The elder Biaisden eyed the fair
widow quizically.
able to drive yourself home, LeilA?"
he asked. ironically.
Leila shrugged.
Are you the neighborhood curfew
ringer? she asked.
laughed. "And Cecily happens to be
our guest Better run along, Leila,
Merriam looks a bit fagged-good
evening. Susan" he added, courteous
ly. as she appeared din, in the rS Doorway =,
answered sedately. I've washed
your bottles and mixers. Mrs Ora
ham," she said pointedly. Il thought
you'd want them now you were go
ing" .,
Leila drawled.
Jerry will stick them in" Thorne
was affability itself. But he stood
his ground firmly. Under his steady
gaze Leila's eyes shifted uneasIly.
She lurched Just the tiniest bit as she
walked toward the hammock.
Good night; my dear To-, she he IS said ID
Merriam did not answer her. She
was holding both hands to her ach-
ing throat. trying to keep from
screaming Historically.
Blaisdell was at Mallory's side now.
Get John upstairs and under a
cold shower right away" he COM
manded soto voce. Susan will tend
to Mrs. Lindsay. If you have any
trouble with John. Susan knows how
to help you" Aloud he called a
cheerful good night. He gave his
briefly. He waved a comforting hand
toward Merriam. who managed to
keep her chin up until the two cars
, had departed and Mallory had shut
the bathroom door on the protesting
John. Then her bronze head tum-
bied low into the hammock cushions.
"Oh, Susan Sue!" she sobbed. SHE
kept going back to her house for more
drinks and more drinks. no matter
what said! She just did it to spite
me. Oh, Susan. she j-just l-loved
g-getting th-them d-drunk"
IneFe, now, SuSdu ITleu 10 CUM
fort her. Don't call 1t such a low
down name, ma'am. Why. I was
thinking as I came down the road
that I never did see three nicer. more
gentlemanly, more orderly cases OF
intoxication in all my life! 1 almost
hated to stop it, They were carrying
1t beautiful! I'm proud of the lot
Of EN-"
Another episode of this story In to-
m0rrOw'a star.
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over to the Old Orchard and at once
began to examine those new houses.
Mrs. Bully found them even better
than she had expected. well move
into this one at once" said she, and
without wasting any time began to
carry straw and dead grass into that
house. She even flew over to her nest
to met material to take into that new
house.
OF course. the other birds in the
Old Orchard discovered right away
what was going on and there was an
indignation meeting. Bully and Mrs.
and their neighbors told them SO. But
this didn't make the least bit of diff
ference to Bully and Mrs. Bully.
They went right on with their work
just the same. You know Bully dear
~ loves to fight and he was quite
ready and willing that his neighbors
should try to make trouble for him.
But the other birds had learned
by experience that it was useless to
fight with Bully and So they con-
tented themselves with calling Mr.,
and Mrs. Bully bad names and telling
Bully and Mrs. Bully kept right on
with their work and presently they
had a nest in that new house.
Now the new house was one that
Farmer Browns Boy had put up
especially for Skinner the Swallow,
who had not yet arrived. The very
day that I;ully and Mrs. Bully finish
ed th"ir nest Farmer Browns Boy
went over to the Old Orchard to see
what houses had been taken. When
he discovered Bully and Mrs. Bully a
frown darkened his freckled face.
"Hello." he exclaimed. This won't
do. This won't do at all. You have
no business over in the Old Orchard
That house wasn't intended for YOU.
None of these houses are for you.
1 hate to do it, but I'll have to put
you OUT
Then Farmer Browns Boy ooened
the bottom Of that house and pulled
out the nest of Bully and Mrs. Bully
while they shrieked and scoldeG and
made a terrible fuss. OF course, their
neighbors hurried to see what was
going on. and great was the re-
joicing.
Twice more Bully and Mrs. Bully
started a nest in one of those houses
and each time the nest was pulled
out by Farmer Browns Boy. At
last they gave up and went lack
behind the blind on Farmer Browns
house.
"Thank goodness" cried Jenny
Wren.
Copyright, 1922, by T. ". Bursess)
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Susan Sue Stops It!
~ sAN SUE B1xBY, aged

USAN SUE BIXBY, aged fifty
eight, walked heavily up the
~ back porch steps and into the
kitchen of the Pumpkin Shell
at II o'clock on a June evening. At
S o'clock she had left 1t in immacu.
late order. She did not mind the un-
stacked. unwashed dishes, Susan had
been trained to parties, but she did
eye with disapproval two large cock
tail shakers and a pair Of giant sized
thermos bottles that were parked on
top of the refrigerator.
From the screened porch came
the mingled noise of singing, the
shuffiing of feet and clapping OF
hands. Susan turned off the pantry
lights and started into the dimly
lighted porch.
Young John Lindsay, swaying un-
certainly, was shouting that he loved
the ladies, the lovely ladies'" while
the Blaisdell boys accompanied him
with two twanging ukuleles. And the
fair Leila Graham, who was sitting on a
table. banged her heels and snapped her
fingers in loud obbligato.
Huddled in her hammock cushions
Merriam Lindsay watched them
silently. And. stationed beside her
in a stiff-backed chair. sat Arthur
Mallory, his arms grimly folded.
Cecily Leland was pouring more
drinks into a trayful Of glasses with
hands that were none too steady.
Louder and louder rose Johns song.
Leila jumped from the table.
Let's dance the rest of it," she
said. holding out her arms to her
host.
Five minutes later. Mallory. NOV
ing across the pantry to get a glass
of water for Merriam. heard Susan
Sues lowered voice at the telephone
IT'S sorry I am to be an old tat
but it's sorrier I'd be II anything
happened to anybody. The lads are
all right in a way. sir. but neither
of them should be driving a car even
a quarter Of a mile. And Miss Merry
Is almost In tears to see Mister John
as nobody ever saw. him before, sir
It's Mrs. Graham's doing-it's her
kitchen--if you'd just happen in like
before anything goes wrong. Mister
Thorne."
Mallory drew a long sigh OF relief
Neither his nor Merrlam's efforts to
stop the mad revel had been Of the
slightest avail. But a few moments
later. when the headlights of Blais-
the music and the dance stopped
abruptly.
Thorne Blaisdell sauntered easily up
the path.
"'Lo folks" he called. casually.
There was almost a sob in Mer-
RAMS voice as she greeted him.
= White-haired and rudy, very hand
some in his evening toys. he paused
deliberately to light his cigar
Club dinner was rather a bore to-
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Aabastne . For Sale in Washington at the Following Stores

Union Hdve. L E1ec. Supplies, s2ls
II St. NV.
Capital Shoe Findings Co., es7 T st.
cavansrh Z Ksndrick. 327l Il St.
NV. and 3411 II St.
Kentucky Hdwe. Co.. 324l II Ct: NV.
walsh Bros, $3.50 18th 81: NV,
L. s. ouackenbush. 3263 u 6t. NV.
Craven & Co.. 1919 Pa. Ave. NV.
P. GeIdblatt. 1923 e; Aye: NV "
Parker H. Sweet. 18th and II SITS.
Chevy Chase Supply Co., $3.50 Conn.
west End Hardware Co.. ais4 Pa.
7. ". Hunt 4 Co., 1915 H st. NV.
Geo. II. Ysatmsn. ia6 til 81. s.w.
4. schneider. No III ST: s.W.
Geo; "; Hsat, 81 !, u Z. g. s.w.
VIM. Nushaks, 1919 Nichols Ave.
AnacoStia.
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Molasses Pie.

Line two pie plates with pastry.
Beat up one whole egg and three
yolks. add one-half cup of brown
sugar one-half cup of butter, two
tablespoons of corn -four, one cup
of molasses. one cup of milk. a pinch
of baking soda and one teaspoon of
vanilla extract. Mix we'll and pour
into the prepared pie plates and bake
to golden brown in a moderate
oven. Beat up three egg whites, add
two tablespoons of white sugar, beat
again and spread on top of the pie.
Put in the oven until brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-19
Corn and Celery Fritters.

Open a can of corn and empty it
into a bowl. Measure half a cup for
the fritters and reserve the rest for
cream of corn soup. chop the corn
and add to it one well-beaten egg.
half cup of chopped celery. one
fourth cup of -four, a pinch of bak-
ing powder and salt and pepper to
taste. Drop by spoonfuls into hot
fat. brown well. drain and serve with
tomato catSup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-19

I. Miller. 2l2s 18th St. NV.
Watkins & Whitney, 1905 18th St.
NV.
Becker Paint q Glass Co., 1899 Wis.
consin Ave. NV.
Union Hardware Co.. el3 eth st. NV.
Geo. W. Levy & Bro, l017 7th st.
fsadore Small. 7ls 7th st. NV.
National Hardware Co., 1922 7th st.
W. z. Winston, asls 18th St. NV.
E. E. Richardson. 22l2 18th St. INV.
Atlantic Hdwe. & Paint Co., 2ol4 18th
:. II. Kst.. 1918 18th St. NV.
Sam Ritzenberg. 1924 18th St. NV.
J. B. Jones. 1877 It'll St. NV.
W. F. Andrews, 1904 18th St: NV.
II. Colman 4 Son. 1919 It'll St. NV.
G. B. Thompson, 34l3 Ca. Ave. NV.
8. n. Lsndy q Son, 1884 Georgia Ave.
B. Handel, ssss Georgia Ave-. NV.
J. o. Beard, 5eos Georgia Ave. NV.
B. Kruger, 2olo 18th St. NV.
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Bran Bread With Prunes.

Put into a bowl two cups of bran
ard one cup of chopped cooked
pruneS Add one cup of barley -four
and one cup Of white -four sifted
with one-half cup of brown sugar or
grated maple sugar, one-half
teaspoon Of salt and one teaspoon of
soda. Add two cups of sour milk or
cream, mix well, turn into a creased
bread pan and bake in a moderate
oven for one hour and twenty
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NJ; Pls.saat Hdys. Co., slss Mt.
/. p. Dinowitzer, $50 Pa. Ave. NV,
s. u1lman, IT'S You st.. NV.
]. Harry Gill, $40 B. I. Ave. NV.
VIM. J. Callahan. Sill N Gan. o..
D. Del vscehio, 18th and n Sts. NE,
Charles II. Clark. sll II Vt. N.E...
Weber's Store. eth and Nd. Ave. NE.
n. Goldstein. 903-e06 II st, NE.
George A. Emmons. 207 Pa. Ave. Sc,
Hoeh's Hardware Co., 10th and 8. c.
Ave. Sc.
e; rs, n. Casper 1913 NJ 9. Ave,
Dixie Hardware Co., 2o4 srd st. Sc.
Naiman's Hardware 4 Auto supply,
9Th st. and Mass. Ave. NV,
n. B. Flynn. 6S1 Pa. Ave. BE,
B. D.. Esrnshaw Z Bro; 1soo.ea Il
L. 4. Pincus, COS Pa. Ave-. Sc,
". 4. Gross, rs Sth 81. BE,
J. ". swinsls. 1913 3 St. NE.
Il. Fsttsrmln, TOT II 81. HE.
Columbia Hardware Co., $50 Ga,
Ave. INV. y
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To Prevent the 0dor of Vegetables
From Permeating the House.

The odor Of strong and smelling
vegetables such as cabbage. cauIi-
flower. etc. is very disagreeable when
it .permeates the whole house. Here
is way I have found Of preventing
this annoyance. Put q slice of stale
bread into a piece of clean cloth.
Drop 1t into the pot containing the
vegetable to be cooked. The bread
seems to absorb the odors.
THE HOUSEWIFE.