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Ellen kicking. Hal again to make
him STOP
Common Gossip
And some say he's lit out for
Italy with Cecilia Lansing.
mo. Cecelia's in town. Ellen
said quickly.
Rosemary gave little qnivcring
sigh She could have stood it, she
could stand anything now. but it
was comforting. somehow. to think
he didn't go right back to Ceeelia.
There was long. throbbing ST.
Ience. Hal went on rubbing his
shin-Ellen had given him a really
vicious kick-and Ellen lit Gig,
arctic and waited-waited for
Rosemary TO talk.
They were such true friends.
And she was so alone With no.
body. TO talk to. She opened her
mouth to tell them. to tell them
about Whitney, but she couldn't.
It was no use. the words wouldn't
come.
Did you send him away? Ellen
asked finally, in a strained. hushed
tone.
Rosemary nodded. She got up
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Wild Parties Deadly Bootleg Liquor Passionate Caresses
Of Rum Crazed Youth Are Related in a Frank
Manner By Miss Livingston

; and stood looking out of the win
dow onto the roof with the clothes
lines on it, next door.
Hal threw his cigarette away.
do you know what / think? ]
think the sooner Rosemary gets
to bed and rests the better she'll
be. You were planning to stay
here weren't you, Rosemary"
II hadn't thought just want.
ed to come-to see your
We'll. that's all right, I'll go
over and bunk in with Vic. Say.
give me your keys. TIL run over
to the apartment and get any.
thing you want before / go.
eyes, perhaps there's some
mail or something" Ellen said.
II ought to go with you,
Rosemary faltered. She ought TO
go-she'd have to do it some
time
= I'm go with you tomorrow
Hal offered. '.But you don't
want to go tonight-it's too
late.
He came back in half an hour.
bringing the suitcase she had
asked for.
And was there any mail?"
: Mop 'long-Ill be getting
on to Vic,s."
Hal dumped down the stair;
Ellen whistled as she washed tut
a pair OF stockings in the BATH.
room: Rosemary stood Al alone
in the cluttered. untidy living
room.
She hadn't really expected
Sloan would write. And still
when he read OF her trouble
when he read II all In the papers.
wouldn't he WANT to write ard
say something? Some little word
of comfort. even If he didn't love
her any more-just for old times
sake? It hurt. to think he wasn't
big enough-for that.
Oh well-it was all over now.
There was no path back. She
was one OF the unlucky ones. that
was all
She squared her shoulders and
and went over to the suitcase
Hal had left on the chair. Her
cQat-the one she had worn that
nigllt-Was on top.
She lifted 1t gingerly. Oh, 1t
was going 10 be SO. hard to 90 On
$50 hard.
Something ratified in the pocket.
Paper. The letter from Phil she
had never opened.
Rosemary sat down on the
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get q job, twas just the first one
/ that was 50 difficult to get.
There were seven bookshops ii
town, and Rosemary tried them
all.
IT you had only come around
Christmas I could have used YOU
but January Is 30 dun. old Mr.
Gherkin. at re Old Book shop.
said.
He was the only one who was
cordial. but then he never read
the Papers. and nobody ever COS
siped with him. lie was too deal.
The others weren't regretful.
They were cold and stiffIipped.
No. no one needed help 1t the
present.
And when she was gone there
was tittering and little whispers
in the corners.
Wen, you wouldn't think she'd
have to work
heard he even gave. her one
of his polo ponies NY chuIn used
to see her riding IN the park.
lima CINE!
Doesn't she look awfuIg
wonder e she really killed that
woman il sounded to me kind
Of as IL they hushed 1t up'
That settles the book stores,
Rosemary thought when she had
made the round and no one had
wanted her. She put up her
hand and threw back her Shout
.ders braveiy. But there are lots
of other places. I'm stenogra-
pher. I can work allywhere!
She looked down AZ her hands.
white and slender ST can work!
won't starve. Let people be
nasty don't care It'll show
me who my real friends are
Her real friends Hal
and Ellen = and who else2
Phil? 'Bue he doesn't know.
He'll find out when he gets here
Sund why tOmorrow's Sunday
Eli know tomorrow.
Without realizing where her
feet were carr ying her she huE4
ried To the flat IL never vas
such 4 long way home.
no Be Continued Tomorrow
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UNIQUE CAKE
RECIPE
1 BIRTHDAY cake is absolutely

A BIRTHDAY cake is absolutely
"A necessary to the proper cele-
bration of a birthday. A unique
and surprising cake may be made
of ice cream with little trouble.
Enough chocolate Or vanilla ice
cream to- fin your favorite cake
pan should be ordered, and an
extra pint OF some coiored flavor.
such as strawberry or peach. The
cake pan or large mold is filled
with the chocolate or vanilla cream
and repacked in ice and salt.
The strawberry or peach cream
is remolded in little rose molds il
procurable or may be shaped into
the little individual molds used
for geiatine desserts. When these
are placed around the top of the
cake" the effect is that of an
elaborate birthday cake, particu-
larly IL whipped cream. squeezed
through a pastry tube, forms cur.
ly-cues over the ice cream.
Or il a simpler cake" is de-
sired the cream turned out of the
cake pan and covered with pow
dered nuts and bits of candied
cherries gives just the effect of a
nut cake.
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SELECTING
COVERS
Nov is indeed the time to take

Nov is indeed the time to take
= stock OF the linen and make
up the lists of what is needed in
blankets.
You will find that this years
display of bedding will show
some remarkable and very lovely
color effects. This is particularly
true in the newly developed cot.
ton blanket. which now appears in
delicate shades of many colors
from which blanket may be Sc
lected to match the color scheme
of the walls and hangings of the
bedroom. A process of double
cloth weaving and special napring
has given the cotton blanket a
luxuriously soft, fluffy appear
ance, and due to the air caught
and held in the weave and in the
fluffy nap the new cotton blan-
ket has much greater warmth
and is much lighter than it's pre-.
decessor of a former day. Be
cause Of it's color, lightness and
warmth the cotton blanket may
be selected in the place of the
former cotton comforter as an
extra covering or in the place of
the usual bed blanket.
Beautifully all-wool blankets and
down puffs are the real luxuries
of bed covering. 1t is the nature
of the wool fiber to be very elias
tic; therefore in the weaving and
spinning of wool each fibre
springs back from it's neighbor,
causing a tiny air chamber to be
formed between fibers 1t is these
tiny chambers of stfl air which
make the blanket or any other
wool material comparatively light
in weight and warm. If these lit
tie chambers of still air are forced
out Of a. blanket. as when blan-
ket mats or packs down in laund.
ering. then the blankets will feel
heavy and will have lost warmth.
In selecting a blanket. therefore.
choose one that feels rather
spongy. slightly wiry, light in
weight and has a deep fuzz or
mapped surface.
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G6FTlEIE coffee's boiling over!?' Hal
snatehed it off the stove.
Ellen scooped the chilli con earne
out of the pasteboard carton. and
cut thick slices of warm French
bread.
"of course this is the biggest
thing that could happen to Nina"
Ellen said. passing sliced toma-
toes TO Rosemary It's an ill
wind that blows nobody good.
And think what a blessing for
Cuylerr'
In her worry and shame. Rose
mary had hardly realized that.
She frightened now Job. it is.
isn't it? Dear old Nina-I am
90 glad for her. had them
cable her. I suppose Cuyler
got the news from his lawyers.
but I wanted to tell Nina my
self. hadn't thought how
much it would mean to her.
Why-they can be marriedr
They could be married. Mar
ried. And she thought Of Sloan
Whitney tragicaIly Nina could
be married thank good
ness sometimes love was real
... sometimes it didn't fool you
.sOh. by the way. Mr.. Whit ey
paid his bill
Ellen fla sfIed look of abso-
lutte contempt at Hal. Tact?
The man didn't know there was
such, a thing. Have some more
tomatoes. she cried, trying to
steer Rosemary away from the
painful subject.
But Rosemary didn't even hear
her. She was leaning forward.
her lips Darted. her eyes starry.
"He did! Oh. knew he would
knew It.
Hal looked embarrassed. well,
don't know much about it,
he said. ssAll / know is Ora
ham got his money through some
lawyer. and they say Whitney S
offices have been closed and
his polo ponies are up for sale.
Quite a lot of talk over it-you
know, he had some of the fin.
est in the country.
But where is he?"
II don't know. That's the funny
part. He's disappeared clean as a
whistle. Some say he went
Halls face took on a stricken
look. He reached down and rub.
bed his wounded shin, which Ellen
had kicked under the table.
Rosemary almost smiled. Poor
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butter and egg man IIa! ha!
Tell him his name is mud.
Love and kisses,
PHIL.
ooh, Rosemary, don't cry sor'
Ellen came back, trailing wet
stockings, and the little wash
board. Please don 'tyyou'H make
yourself sick. You looked SO
bright and brave at dinner
it bad news, dear?''
Tgb Late
Rosemary cracked the letter
into q little bail in her hands.
Her tears fell on 1t, blotting the
ink. ut would have been good
news once. she said, but It
came too late.
She went to work in the morning
a little white ghost Of the old
Rosemary. Good morning. she
said TREMENDOUSLY when Mr.. Gra-
ham came In.
Oh good morning." he said,
starting as IL she had really been
Il ghost, and hurried away to his
desk. He opened his mail wish a
tremendous chatter OF paper knife
and rubber stamps and shears.
And when It was al opened and
there was nothing more to keep
him at the desk he came over to
where Rosemary stood near the
door.
I'm sorry" he said, but can't
have you here after all that. Miss
Merton. Not that it makes aly diff
ference to me. you understand.
Personally. I'm deeply sorry for
you. But have my customers
and my business to think Of
Funny-she hadn t really expect
ed to be fired! Ellen and Hal had
been so natural treated her as II
nothing had happened she had al
most forgotten that other people
wouldn't {.
I'm paying you right up to the
end Of the month, he said, mag.
nificently. "but you can leave right
away"
EtiH she hesitated. squeezing the
little blue book she had In her
hands.
1T would be- well to 90 right
away, before anyone comes hi. "
he said. And III take that vol
ume easy to break a binding that
way"
Rosemary handed him the book.
She went to her desk ard took out
the little black notebook that she
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Stressing Age Factor In Msanity

structiVe emotional endowment,
speedily develops an unconscious
appreciation of what his father
and mother ought to be. The
less they live up to this ideal
the sooner will he have to dis.
tinguish between the ideal and
the real, and the earlier he does
this before a certain age the
crater is the handicap placed on
his development.
When the child goes to school
fresh factor is introduced in
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MELT IN THE
MOUTH
NOR Mutton Chops Champyal

NOR Mutton Chops Champyal
L lon" chose rather small ones.
Brown in fat and arrange in a
shallow baking dish. Cover with
layer of potatoes finely-minced
and mixed with slices of onions
Drowned in butter. Add also "a
few slices of Gruyere cheese.
Moisten all with a good bouili'
and after having let boil up lei
the dish simmer so that~the meat
will be well-cooked.
When the owner of a yacht is
absent from his vessel, small
blue flag is flown on the star
board side Of the spreader.
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floor with the thin. cracking let.
ter in her hands.
After. a while she opened it.
1t was q short letter. Pills
letters were always short.
Ny Dearest Girl Well, i got
to thinking. and this writing to
your best girl Il the bunk. So /
told the. boss / wanted d two
weeks vacation and SIS raise,
because I was going to get mar
ried. and he said o. X. So don't
make me out a liar. Isexpect TO
see you Sunday. Wait till you
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MEN TAKE TO
STRIPES

T7MULATING the women. men i
- fashions seem to BIZ points
ing stripeWard.
Pencil stripes are undergoing d
marked reVfv particularly
among men who wish to stiFnu-
late sIenderuess. Autumn lounge
suits Of blue unfinished wossted
are set off with white pencil
stripes lending apparent height to
the figure. The stripes may be
spaced half an inch, tlnree-uuar-
tiers or even an inch apart.
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Science Topics

Boys in schooIroom equipped
with special window pares which
admitted Ultraviolet rays, were
found, after months experiment,
to have gained three pounds in
weight and one-half inch in height
in comparison with boys In rooms
where ultraviolet rays were ex-
Cluded.
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see your old man in his new
suit. have got my eye on .
house, it is pink stucco. Pretty
slick. Wen, it is getting late.
and / have to do two mems work
IL I want to get aNay. I have
gotten ahead here, and no mis-.
take. We will both be sitting
pretty, honey.
II would have written before,
but held off on. account Of the
raise. Mother wrote that MiIlie
told her had rival, some big
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the personaIity@ OF the teacher
and the combined personality or
the collective OF his school
fellow, which in turn win depend
largely on the influence of the
teacher.
The period of first sexual ma.
turity, called adolescence, is for
most people time of excessive
stress The reproductive appara-
tus comes into activity and the
reproductive instinct presses hard
on the mind. demanding express.
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n o II need, all
ways remen.
Der the indi.
vidual element
in the eQua-
ton.
The charac-
teristics Of the
individual OBJ.
ject Of inter.
est, especially
t h e elements
of age and de-
Velopment. are
first to be
taken into ac-
count.
r G m e mber
that the first
d e m a n d s of
society nnnn
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HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
TO Mend China

Ordinary flake white oil paint
is excellent for mending china
and will withstand hot water.
Fill up the cracks from the in
side with white. paint, and when
dry rub little colored paint 10
match the pottery over the at
fected surface. 1t now holds
water and the cracks are practi-
cally invisible. The paint takes
a long time to dry in the first
instance.
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Manner b
The Story Thus Far

Rosemary Merton independence of her family
quits college following with Philip Eames nghbOr
hood Cering bookstore she meets Larry
artist Whitney, of the world, by whom she is
fascinated with Nina employed in the same
store Stanley Cuyler old friend OF her
dead father and married Rosemary given the use OF her
interviews Rosemary c9ernin Nina Clarke and then shadows
Rosemary. encounters whitney after
an enlargement he marry her. but asks
to go abroad She time to think Whit
the roof ROsemars apart
faints hurt in falling Whitney nurses her She
discovers he is drinking habualy and breaks with him. He dis
appears Cuyer installing Rosemary for Nina menaes her
with a revolver and drops dead of apOplexy.
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Two Smart College Frocks
Reptbshed By Special Arrangement with Good

JERSEY Is still the
smartest and most
durable material for
school ana business.
It stays fresh and
trim longer than
M o 8 t materials.
cleans beautifully.
and, best Of all. it
retains its shape.
The dress at the left
Ii Of green jersey
with crepe de chine
collar, cuffs and yes
4 - E q
tee. 1t is & slim,
one piece N cd e
trinity beIted and has
two pockets.
Another practical
college or business
frock Is that at tho
right. The material,
frisca, Is very new
and very smart.
This model is partic.
ularly distinguished
In ty ! g. It is
trimmed with the
frisca and covered
buttons Of the ma
terial. The side
pIeats add chic to
the skirt.
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Tasty Tarts

A TASTY filling for tarts can
"A be made by stewing a pound
OF rhubarb with quarter of a
pound of stoned and quartered
ralsin, sweetened 10 taste.
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s Hzaaaa

the individual are made through
parents and nurses, and their in.
fluence should lay the foundations
of self-controI.
Every child, through his in.
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By Chas. A. L. Reed, MD
Former President Of the American
Medical Association

TN AN endeavor to modify
4 social conditions and thereby
to lessen the occurrence of men.
tai disease. whether mild or pro-
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Diving in a Church

WHEN of 6O0pound clock weights of ST. Paus Cathedral
w in Calcutta the bottom the clock deepsea
divers had to be ropes hosting the
weight in place.
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A Money! olcip0 Scheme

NAN in London income Of SIS year by
= going about with chse and Of
alphabetical stamps ndexng telephone directories st 50
volume.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-12-30
DUXBURY.

Best wishes for a happy and pros.
porous New Year to the Askov Amer.
lean and all its readers.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. WATSON and child
rem enjoyed the Christmas program
in Danforth last Thursday evening.
A very nice program was given by
the Collins school children Friday
night. 1t was enjoyed by all who
were there.
The school children are enjoying
their two weeks vacation.
Mrs. L. Anderson and children and
H o. Hanstad spent Christmas day
at the R. J. Shute home. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Matson and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Matson
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Matson and son and Mr.. and Mrs
Bdmunds and daughter spent Christ
mas day at the Nels Matson home.
Nels Matson spent a couple of days
in the Cities last week. -..- .-u
Arthur and Carl Knutson were I'd
from Minneapolis and spent Christ
mas at the home of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. o. Knutson.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Bently of Keene
and Mrs A. M. Anderson were Sun
day callers at the J. Ludwig home.
Mrs. Glienke and Mr.. A. M. Ander-
son are on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schmidt re-
turned from Spring Valley where they
had been visiting for several weeks.
They were accompanied home BY
their daughter, Bernice who has been
In the hospital at Rochester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Lampson were
callers at the J. Ludwig home Sun
day evening.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-12-30
LAST RITES HELD FOR
MRS. JOHN BEST

The following regarding the
death of a Pine county pioneer
residing at Friesland, is taken
from the Hinckley News of Dec.
%:
Mrs. John Best wife of John Best,
former resident and pioneer of Pine
county, passed from this life Decem-
Der 13, 1926, at the home of her
daughter and son-in-law, MIR. and
Mrs. Arthur Berg at Friesland, after
short illness from pneumonia.
Mrs. Mary Best, nee DenZer, was
born in Milwaukee, Wis, April IL,
1859, and spent her early years in
Pierce county, Wis. After her mar
rage to John Best in 1884, they moved
to Pine county at which time the
country was wilderness. The home
Of the family two miles southeast
Of Hinckley, was blessed with four
children-three girls and one boy.
The two older children, a boy and a
girl, died in infancy.
In the spring of 1910, Mr.. and
Mrs. Best and daughters, Alice and
Agnes, removed from Hinekley to
Litchfeld. When Mrs. Arthur Berg
(Alice) and Mr.. Berg moved to Fries
land five years ago the parents &C
companied them
For the past two years the deceased
mother had been in failing health
and was an invalid the past eight
months.
The funeral was held from the
Friesland church Dec 16, 1926, and
interment was made in the Swedish
cemetery in the family lot where
| the remains of the parents, brothers,
| and sisters Of Mr.. Best have reposed
since the great Hinckley fire of 1894.
Mrs. Best leaves to mourn her loss
her daughters, Mrs Nelson and Mrs.
Berg, her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Best, and host
of old friends.
The community will join in extend
ing sympathy to the bereayed ones
at their great loss.
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CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH

I'VE preach Christ and Him cru
Gifted" Begin the New Year right,
Begin. it in the House of the Lord.
New Years services will be held in
the evening Of New Years Day at s
O'Clock. The theological student,
Mr.. E. Wenger, will preach the SER
mon. If you have no church-home
Christ Lutheran church invites you
to come and worship with them A
hearty welcome awaits you. The
Ladies' Aid Society will meet at the
home of Mrs Fred Semerau on JAN
uary 9TH All the ladies should be
present for the annual election of
officers will take place at this time.
The confirmation class will meet in
the afternoon of the same day at $3.50.
E B. Glade, Pastor.
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FRIESLAND

James Zwiers who is employed In
St. Paul. arrived Friday for the usual
holiday visit with his home folks, the
VIM Zwiers family.
The grades of the Friesland school
put on a very delightful program last
Thursday evening. after which Santa
Claus performed his duties and the
ladies Of the community served coffee
Although the weather was most dis
agreeable, there was a good crowd.
The teachers, Miss Loken and Miss
Nieboer, deserve the credit for the
splendid work they are doing here in
the school
Christ Best of Hinckley, came up
Sunday to spend the day with his
brother, John Best, who is III at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Berg.
Mrs. N. A Wicklund of Rush City.
is the guest of her son. Gust Wick
lund and family.
Miss Nina Reynolds, teacher of the
Bass Lake school, is spending her two
weeks of holiday vacation with her
parents, MIR. and Mrs Geo. Reynolds
Hannah Oakland came home Thurs
day evening from Willow River where
she is teaching.
Mrs. Eva O'deen and children were
in Hinckley Sunday and Monday Wis
iting with friends and relatives
Louis Enderle was home from Two
Harbors to spend Christmas with his
family.
Josie and Mae Eccles returned Sun
day night to their work in St. Paul
after a two days visit with their
folks, the Sam Eccles family.
Mrs. A F. Garner was shopping
in the Cities one day last week.