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Awakening
HarrYs Face q Sfudu as Lillian Hands OUer the Telegram,
He Had Caused to Be Sent to Himself.
The Heuf Sfnrg AZ Q
Stendfdsf Woman
BY Adele Garrison

Your mother isn't a back-seat
driver at ALL" Mr.. Underwood told
him loftily. shes a ~connoisseur.
that's all. and OF course when she
has a chance 10 sit behind q real
artist instead Of the dub who usually
takes her"
Don't you dare insult me wife.
sir" Dicky exclaimed, extending
his hand dramatically toward me.
she's not a dub. and she always
drives my mother"
Because the dear old girl knows
better than TO risk her life with
YOU" his friend retorted. Lady
Fair. you know ! didn't mean you.
don't your"
.'Of course" l told him. laughing.
and then Lillian held up the tele-
gram.
This came while you were gone.
Harry" she said quietly. land /
orened IL az usual. III we had known
In which direction you we're going.
Madga and ! would have followed
you but as II was there was nothing
else 10 do but wait until you came
home. / do hope IL didn't require en-
immediate answer"
Harry Underwood's face was a
STUDY as Tie LOOK ITOm MS WIFE y
hand the telegram which we both
knew he had caused to be sent TO
himself that he might have an ex-
cuse to 90 to the city and leave
Marion and her mother to them.
selves for the resi- Of the girls vaca.
ton. He read II through. and then
asked sharply:
When did the boy come? What
did he say?"
HE came Just after you left"
Lillian said. and / caught an upward
movement OF Dicky's eyebrows which
I knew meant annoyance at the mes.
senger's stupidity. HE seemed "a
have IL mixed UP with another tele.
gram. an answer TO one you had sent
this morning. and which he evidently
figured he must deliver only 10 you
you know what 'Casabiancas on
the burning deck those messenger
are sometimes bur I finally per.
suaded him to let me have IT,"
Continued Tomorrow
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out OF here. What would Mrs. Wasp
want with me anyway"
why. TO bury along with her
egg" laughed Mama Ant. $50 when
her baby Wasp Matched IL would
have something 10 eat. I'm mighty
glad we were here TO help you. We
got all tangled in your house as we
came along and IL took US some time
10 get out or It. I hope we didn't
spoil your house entirely" ii
II don't care X you did" said Mrs.
Spider. breathing a sigh OF relief n
n was helped upon her six legs by
Daddy Ant I'm surely glad you
got out even IL i have to make "A
new house when ! get back. ! tell
you what III do. III not build down
so near the road again. Ill swing
my web up among the taller grasses
50 you folks won't get tangled in IL
any more. Maybe some day | can
help you out OF trouble. Thanks for
helping me-" They had been walk
ing along as they talked. Mama and
Daddy Ant had kept their eyes on
Mrs. Spider and neither one OF them
saw that they were walking right
into q great big puddle OF water until
they suddenly found themselves
struggling 10 get out Mrs. Spider
saw 2 puddle just In time to save
herself. She crawled on q weed thar
hung owe the water and from there
she dropped down a long slender
webby ladder and Mama and Daddy
Ant crawled up to safety.
We'll. n good turn deserves an
other" laughed Mrs. Spider. 'T'rn
glad ! was here to help you ont. 7
think i shall build q new house right
here. Maybe someone else will fall
In and then ! shall be here 10 help
them OUT" and Mrs. Spider set to
Work making q house. Mama
ana Daddy Ant thanked her FOR help
Ing them and. bidding her goodbye.
they hurried on home.
Copyright. 1928. Esuspspsr Fsstur, ssrv,s.. n.
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OIR WALTER RALEIGH. In his.

NIR WALTER RALEIGH. In his
celebrated gesture Of spreading
~ his cloak beneath Queen Eliza
beth's feet, was not more courtly in
appearance or manner than was
Harry Underwood as he helped
Mother Graham from the new car.
Then. with her hand resting upon his
arm. he brought her across the lawn
and up the steps TO the veranda
door. Katherine close behind him.
and Dicky. with Junior perched upon
his shoulder. bringing UP the rear
Are you tired. Mother Graham7"
MIR. Underwood asked solicitously as
they came inside the door Shall i
nelp you upstairs?"
II enjoyed 1t too much 70 be tired"
she told him with enthusiasm. her
cheeks family pink. her eyes bright
as a young girls. i know or no n
who has a greater capacity for whole
souled enjoyment Of pleasures than
has my mother-in-law when she can
conquer her captiousness long enough
to set her free from its inhibition.
But i think I will go upstairs"
Let me help you" Katherine said.
slipping into place by her side and
deity drawing her hand through her
own arm. Junior and | are going
to have a nap before dinner. and !
think you'd enjoy one o
Mother Graham considered the
question gravely. standing hesitant.
with her hand upon katherine's arm.
Il think that is a very good idea
she said judicially at last. THANK
you so much. Mr.. Underwood. for an
extremely pleasant drive"
She made her slow progress up the
stairs with the air OF a ~conquering
general returning amid the plaudits
OF his followers. Dicky and Harry
stood literally at attention until she
had disappeared from view. then they
came over TO Lillian and me.
Behold the champion diplomat Of
the age" Dicky intoned softly.
Mother Is probably by and large the
best-or the worst-back-seat driver
in the country. but this bird man.
aged TO keep the boat sailing along
with never q yeep out OF her."
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Do not be upset. therefore. II you
find your unfulfilled wishes are nu-
merous or inSistent.
Try 10 fulfill them II you can. to
be sure. but don't be utterly dis
couraged If you fail.
Everybody fails somehow In this
particular.
Nobody a possibly have every.
thing his desires demand.
Art and religion. however. will
help you.
Choose wisely for your particular
needs.
You viii surely make yourself
more content II you try. through
substitution. TO fulfill your unful.
filled desires.
You will enrich your life.
Your mind will feel that IL has
accomplished. and that II has lived.
You will find hal reality as II
actually exists. IS not so had after
all. when you can counterfeit some
OF ITS devastating effects through
these e OF wish fulfillment
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Minute Journeys
By TEMPLE MANNING
Famous Marriage "Snithy" at Gretna Green Still Attracts
Romantic Couples.
Famous Marriage

RETNA GREEN is famed In
- song and story as the scene
for runaway marriages. Until
a law vas passed in 1856. a man and
a woman could be married In Scot.
land merely by signifying. In the
presence Of witnesses. that they de-
sired to be man and wife. The cele-
orant did not have to be ordained to
perform the ceremony" However.
as a rule. n person. generally the
blacksmith. had the monopoly. using
his w form OF service. and regis
tering the names OF the happy
couples.
Even though the Marriage Law OF
Scotland now states that couples
may not be married unless one OF
the parties has been a resident for
twenty-one days before the cere-
mony. many couples still like the
romantic idea Of being married at
Gretna Green. and almost every
week sees a marriage performed al
the celebrated blacksmith's shop.
But even II you do not wish to get
married. IL would be worth your
while TO the border and visit
the village. The old smithy In a
museum as well as a marriage
bureau. and many interesting relics
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OF force n muscular
action. the slowly acting digestive
processes. the chemical deficiencies
OF the digestive fluids-all these COM
b.ne to create what may be a dan
gerous condition. In the stomach OF
such a person food is not cared for
as II should be.
The active. exercising. muscle
using. deep-breathing person can d.
gest almost anything that does not
bite him first. as a friend OF mine
says. The chemistry Of such a body
harmonizes " I b its muscular
power. Digestive processes are
equal to caring for almost any sort
OF a meal.
But our friends who walk little
and exercise little, who are tied 10
their desks or work tables. who
never play in the open. who neglect
to do all those simple things that
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wishes would be gratified as a COM
pensation for earthly disappoint.
ments and a. a reward for good be-
havior. Even to this day the re-
ligions or savage peoples reveal
these characteristics plainly.
The creative arts came into being
as another step forward in the graft.
fication or desires that were seldom,
II ever. fulfulled to the entire salts
faction or their possessor.
Thus we have novels. stories.
plays and poetry that deal with love
primarily-the usual unfulfilled wish,
AT least In some measure. Also they
treat OF adventure. romance and
other urges hat we cannot wholly
satisfy.
Also there are paintings and sculp-
ture representing racial and indi-
vidual ideas OF beauty and perfection
which we all crave.
Lastly. we have music. which rep
resents Ia a highly symbolic form
emotional values and emotional
housings which all OF US crave 70 ex-
press but cannot.
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hand rubbing, or possibly only
the accessories-the colorfuI
Sandwich glass. handmade rugs,
and quaint paintings. With
any one of these things as a be-
ginning, d delightful early
American room can be evolved.
and to il can be added the great
essentials of modern comfort
Reproducing Old Pieces.
The four-poster bed with is
curved tester top. the desk, the
highboy. the butterfly table-all
reproduce the feeling Of the old
pieces. The bed. desk. table and
chairs r especially good if in
proportion. This furniture can
be had in either walnut or
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The Home Kitchen
BY IEANNETTE YOIINC NnRTnN
Rice Puddings, in Variety.

HVHE maker OF the first rice pud-.
ding never achieved historical
fame. but its everlasting fame
speaks for itself. A INT once
thought she would u down the his
tory OF rice pudding and started in
Connecticut. but after finding twenty
different recipes OF early Colonial
fame. each claiming to be the orgi-
NAL" she CAV W in despair. We
content ourselves with h kind
mother used to make" but offer
our recipe gleanings to other food
adventures.
Thankful Beecher's Pudding
lin 1890.
Boil a cupful OF rice. after washing
Il wewll, in four cupfuls OF water.
Cover ten minutes, then and
cook until all the moisture is taken
UP. Add a half cupful OF sugar. a
tablespoonful OF butter. a quarter
teaspoonful OF salt. a cupful OF
seeded raisins. a grating OF nutmeg.
the rind OF half a lemon and a quart
OF whole milk. Turn into a buttered
milk crock and bake a light brown.
II the pudding dries down toe much
add another half pint OF milk before
II browns.
Thankful's Great-Grand daughters
Pudding Q690).
Wash and boil a cupful OF rice IN
three cupfuls OF water. add a salt
spoonful Of butter and the same OF
salt. Cover and cook ten minutes.
tilt the cover and cook until all the
water has been taken UP. shaking the
skillet often TO keep IL from catch
ing to the bottom. Add a heaping
tablespoonful OF butter. a cupful OF
sugar. a teaspoonful OF vanilla, a
quarter cupful OF washed currants.
and a cupful OF seeded raisins. Add
a quart OF milk. urn into a buttered
pudding dish and bake a delicate
brown. Serve hot or cold.
Janet K~ittredge's Recipe lin 1861.
Wash and boil a cupful Of rice in
four cupfuls OF water. cover and
cook fifteen minutes. ncove and
cook until all the water has been alb
sorbed. Add a heaping sa~ltspoonful
OF salt. q tablespoonful Of butter. a
cupful and q half OF stewed dried
apples, and a quart Of whole milk.
Crate a little nutmeg over the top.
turn into q buttered pudding crock
and bake. Eat with cream.
Janet's Granddaughter Recipe
tin lS9Ol.
Wash and boil a cupful OF rice in
three cupfuls OF water. adding a salt
spoonful OF salt and a tiny little lump
of butter. Cover and cook fifteen
minutes and ncove to dry and abb
sorb the water. When slightly cool
ada a tablespoonful OF soft butter. a
half cupful OF sugar. a OF grated
pineapple. and a half pint bottle Of
cream whipped stiffly. Add the
stiffly beaten white Of an egg and
turn into the freezer and freeze 10
the consistency OF sherbet. Serve
with whipped rea Or chocolate
sauce.
Martha Child's Reduction Pudding
lin 1880.
Put a scant half cupful OF rice into
n buttered pudding dish with a quart
OF milk, a saltspoonful OF salt. a
tablespoonful OF butter and a cupful
az sugar. Add a t~easpoonful OF
vanilla and a little grating Of nut
Let stand for half an hour.
then put into moderate ven and stir
very often while the rice swells and
begins to cook. Keep stirring and.
as the rice takes UP the milk. add
another pint that has been heated.
and as II gets creamy add another
cupful OF hot cream. Stir often so
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11
BY ROYAL s. COPELAND, NJ. ID.
United States Senator from New York.
Former Commissioner OF Health. NeD York City.

n N a novel | read the other day was an in
~teresting bit of conversation. Two of the
characters were discussing the death of q
prominent financial man. One said of the de-
ceased:
They used to call him a thinking machine
down in the street. Made a fortune in chemicals,
but he didn't know enough about chemistry to
avoid fermentation. That's what stopped his
heart He was the human yeast cake"
This is the layman's way of describing the
causes of a death from what is usually called
acute Indigestion" The fermentation in the
organs produced enough pressure on
the heart to paralyze its action. The broker had
indeed contributed to an effect that was not un.
like the action of yeast on the bread dough.
This was the novelist's breezy way of re.
cording in fiction what Is too common q thing
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GOODNIGHT
STORIES

6kMMY goodnessr" exciaimes
I'M Ma Mama "a. Ant T.. a !. y. -, sss she.
her dress and began pulling and tug
glng mt Daddy Ant. who was stll
caught in the spiders net. There
you are" as she pulled Daddy Ant
free from the net. My! That was q
narrow escape"
II thought we were gone that time.
my dear" Daddy Ant said. kissing
his good wife. They'll catch
me walking with my eyes shut again.
I can tell you"
Let's just be grateful. the master
OF the house wasn't ut home" said
Mama Ant. "If Mr.. or Mrs. Spider
had been there. they would have
mad short work or u.s. and TAX
ing hold OF her husbands arm
Mama Ant and Daddy Ant started
for home as fast rs they could 20.
They hadn't gone very far when
they heard someone crying ut the
side OF he road. and Mama Ant ran
over to see who WAS In troubls.
There at the side OF the path. partly
wrapped in a webby cloth, lay the
very Spider who owned the house
Mama ard Daddy Ant had just left.
"Oh, please. help me. Mama Ant"
Mrs. Spider sobbed.+ Mrs. Wasp has
thrown this net over me and was
dragging me home with her when a
bird gobbled her up. Lucky for me.
he didn't see ms and eat me too.
But can't get this sticky stuff from
my legs What do you suppose she
wanted with me? Goodness. I wish
! Cnly had one leg. then there would
not be so many TO get tangled up
III never try to catch an ant again
IL you'n help me out. Really. 7
WON'T
BY this time Daddy Ant had run
up TO Mama Ants side and. learning
the III OF the tears. he and Mama
Ant began at once to get Mrs. Spi-
der out OF the net.
Funny how everyone IL after
everyone else" unused Daddy Ant.
And l suppose when we free you.
Wen have to run for Jul lives or you
will eat us up
Indeed, l won't cat you" promised
Mrs. Spider. IF you'll only ret me
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II does not make a crust on top until
Il Is just the right creamy con-
sistency, then let IL lightly crust
over and take from the oven. Serve
very cold. Start the pudding in a
large pudding dish. one that is rather
deep.
Martha's Daughters Pudding
lin 1910.
Boil a cupful OF rice In three cup
fuls OF water. adding a saltspoonful
OF salt and a small lump OF butter.
The butter keeps the rice from stick
ing. When boiled and dried off.
cook covered for fifteen minutes.
and uncovered 10 finish and dry off.
Make a good pudding sauce not too
thick. place rice and cut up fresh
peaches In layers in buttered pud.
ding dish. putting pudding sauce be-
tween layers and over the top. Rake
q delicate brown
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hIEk shantung. self striped.
provides the attractive medium
for this simple sports dress.
which emulates the two-piece sports
frock in its construction Square
necxed yoke-inset describes the up
per dress section. from which a
belted bodice depends. Pearl buttons
and pointed trimming. carried out
even a the edges OF the skirt pleats.
complete an extremely smart cos.
tune.
Heavy linen slippers. dyed a
matching pink. q smart pink felt
hat and a necklace and earrings OF
tinted sports pearls would lend good
style 70 the ensemble.
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For Friday, Oct. IL.
By GENEVIEvE KEMBLE

A THOUGH the planetary con-
"A figurations In a large measure
promise new developments in
certain directions. with a modicum OF
liveliness. vet there Is danger from
il-considered action. tumultuous con
duct and sudden and ill-advised
changes. journeys or removals. The
descriptive and disintegrating augu-
ries are strongly operative and may
only be offset by calmness and
proper elaboration OF pending issues.
Shun all hasty acts. contention and
impetuosity.
Those whose birthday II Is may
look for a year OF possibly sudden
and not entirely welcome change or
removal. or abruptly pr~ecipitated
travel. These may bring aevesse
conditions. accompanied by conten.
ton and strife. with many hazardous
aspects to the affairs. Calmness and
suitability are enjoined. A child born
on this day may have a stirring and
eventful career, which may be rem.
dered unfortunate by a proclivity TO
tumultuous and rash action. unless
trained in infancy 70 self-control and
general constraint OF behavior.
What mighty contests rise from
friridl things.-Pope.
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ferent sizes r placed where
convenience dictates-in front
Of the bureau, by the bedside.
and in front Of the fireplace.
We find modern comfort in
this room in the easy chair by
the fireplace. the desk. the posi-.
ton Of the bed-not facing win
dows where the light wakes you
up. but facing into the room.
The highboy is convenient, with
its many drawers for holding
clothes. AT the opposite end of
the room is a commodious
bureau with a mirror above il.
A lowboy Ia table with three
drawers) is used here as a table
between the bed and window.
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maple. For the room pictured,
we used maple because the soft
finish, which initiates and sug-
gests the antique, blends nicely
with our color scheme: warm,
gray-yellow walls. cream wood
work. brown floors, draperies
with green ground and tiny red
flowers, with an accent of the
red in the pipings. and a glazed
chintz slip cover for the wing
chair. The window curtains with
their simple, full valances. like
the bed curtains, are looped
back with red tie-backs.
Use of Braided Rugs.
Over a plain brown rug, or a
bare floor, braided rugs Of diff
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TOT Play, Tor love, for understanding-any OF
hope. Our ambitions remain thwarted. We
In adulthood our yearnings are never graft.
he'd IN every way. We waut. this and that. We
hope Our ambitions remain thwarted- We
never seem to get exactly or everything we want
Art has been built up on the principle of
unfulflled wishes.
ings felt their own limitations. They realized
from the very beginning that what one wishes
and what one gets are entirely different PROPOSE.
tons.
In olden days mans mind, motivated by his
own unfulflled wishes, created all sorts of gods
whom he invested with limitless powers and
whom he worshiped in order that they might
grant him the fulhllment of his desires.
Next man began to perpetuate in some per-
figures carved in stone-these inlapininrs
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add richness TO the blood and
strength TO the muscles-these are
the people we call "sedentary' in
their habits. All such are In danger
OF attacks OF indigestion. An un,
usually severe attack. accompanied
by a lot OF gas formation. may prove
fatal.
We must have desk workers. We
could not get along without dress.
makers and milliners. Without
tailors and harnessmakers nan and
beast would go undraped. Almost
every trade In the world can be
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z ANNIE LAURIE:

~ am very much IN love with
a certain young man and ! know
he loves me. We are planning on
being married Is soon as our finan-
cial circumstances will permit
Now this Is my problem. Every
one says that insanity In heredi.
tary. Several OF the brothers OF
this young mans father are weak
minded. Although his father Is
all right do you think there's a
chance OF our children being
affected7 There IS also consump-
ton in both his family and mine.
7 have never discussed these
things with him, nevertheless they
have worried me q great ceal.
Shall I break the engagement or
marry the young man? Please do
not ask me to give him up as he Is
more than life to me. Answer this
as soon as possible. please. Thank
you. WORRIED
WORRIED: | think the best thing
w TO do Is to talk the matter over
quite frankly with your fiance,
Worried. Then you should go TO a
physician who can tel you better
than can l as to the course you
should follow.
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BY HELEN kOUES,
Director. Good Housekeeping
Studio.

tBy Special Arrangement with GOod
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1881
IN an early American house,
in a modern adaptation of
such a house. or in an apart
ment, it is possible to create a
comfortable bedroom with a
distinct early American feeling.
II you have a desire to make
such a room, you probably have
something TO serve as a nucleus
"a lovely mantel, or one or
two good pieces of furniture,
with the mellow tones that are
only acquired with years of
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Some Odd Facts

Seawead Is a common article OF
food In the Pacific islands.
I. a ship sinks below the surface
OF the sea at ali. II will go 10 the
bottom.
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No one will be more pro-
foundry sad than he who laugh.
too much. Richter
The elder the abuse the more
sacred IL In. -VoItrire
Reason is the life of the law;
nay, the common law itself i
nothing else but reason.
Coke.
All may do rhaf has by |,
oeen Zone Young.
Night hath q thousand eyes.
-Lyly.
We almost aiiDays get bored
those Lrhom Ue bore.
La Rochefoucoufd.
Let n man practise the pro
fession which he best knows.
Cicero.
Desire OF greatness In On coI-
80 So. Dryden.
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ARTS A CRAFTY
DESIRES
Let Novels. Plays, Poetry, Which Treat with
Adventure and Romance, Substitute for Urges
Which You Cannot Wholly Satisfy.
By DIR. LOUIS E. BISCH
Eminent Psucholooisk.

HVERY man, woman and child, without exception. harbors at
N least one unfulfned wish Most of us have a hundred or more.
In childhood there N MANY loncinps n res for .ovs
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IN reality I recall the sudden death, years ago, OF a famous Wall
Street man His untmely departure was caused just this way.
Men and women who are living what W e call "sedentary lives"
cannot make payrooms Of their stomachs. The low vitality. the lack