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Chapter 25 MOON OF DELIGHT

Steve's place was on the road to New Orleans, at the end of a long pier. The supper which was to have been served on the verandah was laid in one great room be- cause ot the threatening clouds. It was a room of many windows and deep, low window seats.
 Almost filling one end was the chimney place where tonight a log fire blazed, lighting the room even without the lanterns that swung from the beams.
 The long table was arranged with bowls of crackers and condiments.
 Gumbo simmered in the tripod on the fire, and Steve in the cor her was chopping up salad of cabbage and red peppers. Outside the wind swirled and dashed against the windows. Inside it was glowing warm, and filled with the smell of the gumbo and the pep pers, and surreptitious steamy smell of oysters and hot bread.
 Most of the crowd were there when Adrian and his group arrived -Bettina Byrnes and Rod Stevens; a pale girl in gold hoop earrings and chamois jumper-Emmy Jean, they called her; Bobby Cranshaw and Doreen Larkin, tall athletic girl in blue sweater. Emmy Jean had come with a boy named Berry whom Juanita remembered from the Comus Ball. Berry had been a goblin that night, and for Jua- nita, a goblin he would always be.
 Phyllis Carver, vivid blonde, stood near the fire in green rid ing suit, beside her a man with dark unhappy eyes, while on the window seat alone Juanita saw the girl she had seen twice before once beside Eric Ledbetter at Di- vitt's, and again at the Comus Ball. All in black tonight, Juanita knew that beneath her tight little cloche was a red, wind-blown bob. She sat smoking, sleepy eyed, look ing out on the gray sea.
 "Naida, you know Juanita.' Bet tina Byrnes took it for granted they had met. Naida's smile was sweet and sleepy.
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"She never looked at me-" said Kirk. And never spoke to me. All I ever got was a flower she gave Nelly"
 You would say that" groaned Phyllis.
 Fitz came back from the phono- graph, pulling Laurie out of her chair. They began to dance, dart ing about, mad as moths.
 Shall we dancer" Adrian asked Juanita. She shook her head. Kirk laid his hand over hers in the shad- ow of the table.
 Feel all right?" he asked
 You aren't drinking your wine, z Adrian remarked, and poured it into her coffee.
 Now look at the mess you've made" said Doreen Larkin on Kirk's other side. Come on, Kirk. Dance" And she caught Kirk's hand. His other hand gave Jua- nitas fingers a quick pressure. She watched him through the haze of cigarette smoke, dancing with Do- reen.
 Sure you won't dancer" Adrian asked again.
 Again she shook her head. Adrian went off with Bettina Emmy Jean came from the other side of the table and took Adrian's vacant chair. Phyllis called from the tables foot.
 You the host now, Emmy Jean? Order some more wine.'
 The wine appeared Scarcely aware of what she saw, Juanita watched the marquesa raise her glass. The msrquesa was laughing necessarily. Every one of the men had brought her cigar They lay in a pile before her The marquesa was playing with them, drinking, laughing.
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SYNOPSIS: Juanita BaSara is not engaged to Spaniard, as the marquesa has told Ma dame Fcuche and Nelly Belaisc. But Nelly is surprised when her grandson, Kirk, tells her that he is to marry Juanita, whom they know as Senorita Flores guest in Nelly's Biloxi home. It is no coincidence that thefts have taken place in the New Orleans homes where the mar quesa and Juanita have visit ed, but the girl knows nothing of the marqucsa's complicity. Nevertheless, Ju m ita has confession to make to Kirk. He is awaiting her in the library when Adrian FOuche, another admirer, tells him she is en- gagged to nObleman. Adrian's presence prevents her keeping the appointment, and, as they start fer Adrian's party, Kirk senses that she is glad of it.
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Nothing proves anything, Fitz darling" the lady agreed amiably. But given Eric and wild woman whom he's undoubtedly dippy over; given Eric gone and the wild wom- an gone"
 Who's Moon O. Delight?" Jua- nita asked.
 The question was low, but it came in a pause of the talk while Fitz was changing a record. Naida Preston heard it and answered, lighting cigarette:
 Moon of Delight is horse. Just won the handicap
 Everybody laughed. "Naida's game all right" Adrian said to Bettina Byrnes on his left. To Juanita he replied, Moon of Delight is the name Eric Ledbetter gave to the girl"
 Kirk spoke up. "Juanita has never been to Divitt's," he said.
 That SOP" from Adrian. There's Turkish girl there who has never told her name. So Eric christened her Moon of Delight. Suits her too. Wouldn't you say so, Rod?"
 How do I know?" said Rod.
 Turkish, nothing" said Bettina on Rods right ''I'll bet she grew up right there in French Town. Eric told me she spoke to him in a mixture of Spanish and English" i"
 That was the night I lost my ten,' said Phyllis, who was drink ing with Dick Preston now. Eric went out after her one night at Divitt's, bet us he wouldn't come back-and he didn't"
 Ask Adrian what the Moon speaks" cried Emmy Jean. Does she make love in English, Adrian?"
 "Ask any of the men," said Do- reen Larkin. Ask Kirk"
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mOOnof DELIGHT huManau1ezRe HouAzos1A

T do now sine ssld, giving Ju- anita her little hand which crumpl- ed up afterwards like a fern, and she went on gazing at the sea, wrapped in the midst of her own smoke A lean chap with glasses whom every one called Trigger, drifted over to iSaida, being pre- scented to Juanita on the way
 Laura Byrnes, twin to Bettina, came later, a rakish lad in tow. Fitzgerald his name was. Every body received him with joy. He had been a sultan that night at Comus, and Juanita had danced with him. Fitz for Juanita was sultan still. Rod Stevens was a pirate. Ana Bobby Cranshaw was a tom-cat with a bell. It was too bad. But this was the masquerade, not Con- us.
 Fitz turned on the radio, eliciting thereby such static that a flock of banshees might have been passing over the house. Radios no good this evening"" said Steve. Its go- ing to rain
 Steve, fat and round, waited on his guests himself, assisted by a black boy in a white coat, who stopped now and then to look ait ier the pot of drip coffee on the coals. and who brought them riv- CT shrimp and crab gumbo from the tripod, while Steve took from the treat bricked-in ovens at the chim- ney sides long pans of pompano and oysters baked in the shells.
 Fitz had left the radio on, static being. he said, so much more spon- taneous than ordinary programs. The guests were whooping them eelves to be heard above it.
 Turn it off" said the girl with the sleepy eyes to Steve, watching as he obeyed. She smoked nervous ly, jabbing out one cigarette to light another. Wines had appeared from somewhere and she began to drink, manifesting gradual fev- erish sparkle.
 "Who is she?" Juanita asked Kirk, who sat on her right.
 "Naida Preston" he answered. That's her husband, next to the marquesa."
 Next to the marquesa sat the dark man with the unhappy eyes. He lifted his glass as Juanita looked, and the marquesa lifted hers. Juanita had never seen the marquesa drink before.
 Fritz had started the photograph, since he couldn't have the radio.
 Flows Eric?" somebody asked him as he took his seat.
 Fltz didn't know. Eric was to have been home by the tenth, but the tenth had come and gone.
 Must find the Moon of Delight rather fascinating" remarked Phyl- lis Carver, the blonde girl in the green riding suit. She sat at the tables end opposite Adrian.
 Who says he's gone with the Moon?" asked Fitz.
 ,"Who says he's noG?" demanded Didn't I lose ten dollars on her?"
 t'Still bowling about your ten" Fitz remarked That don't prove he's with her now"
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Moon of Delight ., Divitt's. And only yesterday Divitt's had been like dream to Juanita. Only this morning she had suddenly thought, T had almost forgotten there was such a place"
 But now it all came back to her Eric Ledbetter his bet with Phyllis that he would see the Moon-as they called her-and wouldn't come back. So that was what they thought about her when he didn't. Perhaps Kirk thought so too.
 .CCopyright, Dodd, Mead and Co)
 Tangled TO m II eS. Juanita
 learns tomorrow that others are
 mixed up too. Then Kirk's ques-
 tion,
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DOUGLAS NEVIS
DELEGATE WILL WORK FOR BRIDGE PROJECT,
 DOUGLAS (. OF C. TOLD

A communication from Delegate James Wickersham offering his full cooperation in securing a bridge across Gastineau Channel was read at the Douglas Chamber of Con- merce last night. The project is being urged by the Douglas organi- zation.
 The Chamber also endorsed the
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Mrs. frank Dufresne and chil- dren are passengers aboard the Princess Louise after visiting in the tates for several months.
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Mrs. Zin2 will serve chicken dinner Sunday from four to seven. Price 75 cents. adv.
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movement to make the study of Alaska, Government, geography and natural resources, a part of the regular curriculum in every high school in the Territory.
 The Chamber members heartily enrorsed the efforts of the City Council to provide suitable traffic regulations for the prevention of possible accidents.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-23
KENT COUNTY POMONA GRANGE

Kent County Pomona Grange No.
2, Patrons of Husbandry, will hold
the quarterly meeting in the M. P.
church, adjoining the Grange Hall,
Dover, Thursday, October 29, as the
guest of Capital Grange.
Our farmers are struggling with
very trying conditions and there are
numerous problems that should come
up for consideration.
Farm work is not quite so press
ing at this season and a large at
tendance is anticipated
The program will be as follows:
Morning session, 10 o'clock.
Open in the Fifth Degree.
Roll call of officers.
Reading of minutes of the previous
meeting.
Address of welcome, by Rev. Mil
ton S. Andrews, Capital Grange.
Response, by j. Frank Rice, Tro-
ply Grange.
Reports of officers.
Reports of Oranges.
Reports of delegates on election
of officers.
Noon recess and luncheon.
Afternoon session 1870 O'Clock.
Lecturers hour. ..r
Song by the Grange.
Recitation. by Mrs. Lula Wilson,
Capital Grange.
Solo, by Mrs. Mary Wharton Bur-
ton.
Address, by Henry Ridgley.
Solo, by Herman C. Taylor.
Resolutions.
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COUer Crops And Frost

Some fruit growers believe that a
cover crop in an orchard increases
the danger of injury from frost, and
other growers believe the opposite.
Careful investigation by the U. S.
Weather Bureau in citrus groves in
southern California has shown that
while a cover crop lowers the tenn
perature, the decrease is very slight,
amounting on an average to about
9.50F. at a height of feet above
the ground and 1.30F at 10 inches.
On nights when the temperature
barely reaches the danger point in
clean-cultivated groves, the lower
temperature with cover crops may
cause the loss of some fruit within
8 feet of the ground, but the fruit in
the upper part of the tree is not
likely to be affected. Cover crops in
mature deciduous orchards prObab-
ly have little or no effect on the
frost hazard, says the bureau, since
the lower branches of the trees are
usually 5 feet or more above the
ground.
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WELCOME IS EXTENDED

A hearty welcome to Wilmington
is extended the people of this COM
munity by the WilmingtOnians, Inc,
an organization of nearly $50 bust
ness and professional establish
ments in that city. Wilmington
always bids you welcome" is the
theme of a goodwill campaign now
being conducted by that group.
I'VE urge everyone to buy every
thing possible in their own COM
munity," said Arthur N. Kuschan,
president of the Wilmingtonians,
Inc. "That is exactly what we are
trying to impT ess upon our own peO-
pie. But for those things that you
can secure only in larger COM
munity, we extend you a warm well
come to Wilmington.
'It is one of the chief functions
of our organization to make you
feel at home here and to satisfy
your every wish, whether you come
for business, for entertainment or to
Shops" he added.
Stores and other business houses
which are members of the Whining
tOnians, Inc, can be readily identi-
fled by the seal of that organization
on their doors and windows, it was
stated. The group is making a spe-
cial effort to. please people who
come tao Wilmington from out Of
town to shop.
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RESERVE DECISION
I'm ADJUTANT TILT
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weeks ago, does not rightfully hold
the office, and that no vacancy ex-
listed when he was named.
Mr.. Morford, in opening the argu-
ment, declared that the appointment
of Ellison was an interim appoint
ment; that Ellison still holds office;
that no vacancy existed and that the
Governor had no right to create the
vacancy and remove him from office
Mr.. Morford read the State Consti-
tuition to support his contention. His
argument lasted one hour.
Attorney General Satterthwaite,
representing Governor Buck and
Colonel StOver, contended that while
the appointment is an interim one,
Ellison's name was never sent to the
State Senate for confirmation, and,
under the provisions of the State
Constitution, did not qualify for the
office through confirmation. Mr.. Sat
terthwaite further argued that the
governor had right to remove Ell
lison as adjutant general with or
without cause, since it was an ex-
ccutive appointment.
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P E r S 0 N A L
M E N TION
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Miss Dorothy Robinson and Rob-
ert Nelson spent Thursday in Will
mington.
Miss Lydiabelle Toadvine was the
/ guest of relatives in Salisbury over
the weekend.
Mrs. S. NJ. d. Marshall and Mrs.
Stephen TOadvine were in Philadel
phia on Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Harding, Of
Wilmington, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Walls ON Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis Kirby, from
Philadelphia, spent the weekend
with his mother, brother and wife.
Mrs. William Boody, of Whining
ton, spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. D. Acller-
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward r. Donnally
of Forest Park, Fla, are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Grier this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asbury Smith and
Miss Ada Lank spent last week with
friends and relatives in Salisbury
and Pittsville, Md.
Mrs. Anna B. Harrington, Mrs.
Ralph Mustard and Mrs. Charles
Gamble were guests of Mrs. Jesse
F. Legar, Jr., this week.
Mrs. Charles Frick and Mrs. Anna
Lohand, of East Front street, spent
the weekend as the guests of
Charles Frick in Philadelphia.
Mrs. NJ. X. Free and daughter of
Portland, Maine, are the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert P. Davis, at
their home on Lake View avenue.
William Smith, of Albany, N. Y,
will arrive in town on Sunday to
spend a week with Mr.. and Mrs.
William c. Smith on Kings High
way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Kemp and
nephew, Samuel Kemp, of Palmyra,
N. j., were weekend guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Kemp and Huey
Kemp.
Myrtle and Elizabeth Daniels and
Calvert Morgan spent Saturday and .
Sunday at Yorktown, Va, where
they attended the Yorktown Sesqul-
centennial.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer r. Belts and
mother, Mrs. Alice Avery, and Miss
Sara Belts, of Wilmington, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph T.
Rogers this past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton Singer, from
Scranton, Pa, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Mary C. Kirby. Fife, Sis
sic and Billy spent the weekend at
206 Truitt avenue, Milford, Del.
DR.. and Mrs. Elmer T. Williams
and DR.. and Mrs. Walter L. Grier
we're in Bethlehem, Pa, over the
weekend, where they visited their
sons, Tom Williams and Garrett
Grier, who are students at Lehigh
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BIGGER BOASTS AND BETTER
LEFT.OVERS
Ways 10 Stretch The Food Budget
BY Mrs. Phyllis X. Dunning
Home Service Department, The So
ciety for Electrical Development,
Inc.

In trying to make a reduced food
budget cover the family needs, one
of the first places to look in order
I to find a chance to reduce it pain
lessly is in the allotment for meat
The way to reduce the expenditures
| for meat is not, however, simply to
| try to make one lamb chop do the
work of two, which we were panied
to learn a lot of women seem to be
doing. We were assured that one of
the phenomena of the times is the
smalle size of today's meat cuts.
Housewives don't want legs of lamb
that weigh more than seven pounds.
Steers who used to be allowed to
roam the ranges until they attained
eight or nine hundred pounds are
now having their life span material
ly shortened because women want
small steaks cut from animals
weighing only four or five hundred
pounds. Now this is all wrong, not
only from the point of view of the
steer, but from that of your pocket
book.
The way to economic on meats is
to buy large rOasts and to utilize
the left-overs in attractive ways for
days afterwards, or to buy cheap
cuts of meat and make savOry stews
out of it.
The electric range and refrigera-
tor enormously facilitate the accom-
plishment of both these jobs. In the
first place, the moist even heat of
the electric range oven roasts even
the largest piece of meat evenly and
throughly, and with very little
shrinkage. Secondly, the very low
heat which can be used on the top
stove elements makes it easily pos
sible to prepare the most delicious
stews-for, of course, you know that
the best stewS are those which are
simmered very clowly for a long
time. I'm some electric ranges there
is a cooking well sunk into the top
of the stove and fitted with a large
aluminium kettle, designed especial
ly for long, slow cooking processes.
The well is insulated and heated by
a switch which has three heat inten- |
stiles, just like a top stove unit
High, Medium and Low. This cooker |
is not fireless cOoker-it is simply |
very thrifty and economical de-
vice to use when steaming or stew
ing or making soup). !
AS for the refrigerator, because of /
the constant low temperature main
tanned within the electric refrigera-
tor, it is possible to store large
roasts and have the meat keep safe
ly and we'll. Always wrap cooked
meat in waxed paper before putting
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-23
HARVEST SHOW

The sixth annual Caesar Rodney
Community Harvest Show will be
held in the high school gymnasium
on Friday, October %, in the after
noon and evening.
Several new features have been
added this year. Among these are
classes for old and young poultry
and for pet stock. There will also
be classes for fruit and vegetables
for each grade from the second to
the eighth grade. The All Club, the
Saddle and Crate Club, and the
Home Economics Club, will asO
have exhibits. Ribbons printed in
gold-leaf will be awarded in each
class and special prizes for the win
ners in each grade have been do
mated by the local Parent-Teacher
Association.
The evening program will start at
Z o'clock, when the doors will be op-
ened to allow visitors to see the ex-
hibits. At 1880 the Camden-Wyom-
ing Fire Company Band will give
concert; at o'clock there will be
a short meeting of the P. T. A. Fol-
lowing this the Wild Cat All Club,
the Saddle and Crate Club and
Home Economics Club will each
have part on the program. There
will be brief speeches by visitors at
the show. The special prizes will
be awarded at the evening meeting.
There is no admission charge and
the public is invited.
The harvest show is a cooperative
enterprise of the Parent-Teacher
Association, the University of Della
ware Extension Service and the stu
dents of Caesar Rodney High
School.
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HEADS
STATE DOCTORS
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LNN''fEfEFNN y'NHA ~ ~
Wilmington; alternate to A. NJ. A.,
DR.. P. w. Tomlinson.
The Delaware society was honor
ed by the presence of DR.. e. Starr
Judd, of Rochester, Minn., national
president of the American Medical
Association. DR.. Judd spoke of the
work being done in the interest of
the profession by the A. M. A.
An interesting talk on the psychi-
atric observation clinic in Delaware
located ut the Delaware State Hos
pital at Farnhurst was given by DIR.
Clyde Bennett, of Farnhurst, who
told of the significance of this new
and unique plan in the care and
consideration of the people of Del
aware who are seeking treatment
for mental ailments.
Technical papers were given by
DR.. Earl D. Bond, of Philadelphia,
who spoke on st-Encephalitic
Disorders and their Relation to
General Practice" by DR.. Joseph
Mcfarland, of Philadelphia, who
spoke on Malignant Diseases of the
Breast" and DR.. Irvine w. Finn,
Jr,, of Wilmington, who spoke on
"Backache."
The Woman's Auxiliary met con-
currently with the meeting of the
Medical Society.
During the sessions of the Medi-
cal Society of Delaware several eX-
hibits of much interest to the phys
icians were staged in the lobby of
the Hotel DUPONT BiltmOre.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-23
POULTRY CALENDARS
FOR DISTRIBUTION
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egg production of their flOcks for a
period of one year, and who desire to
cooperate with the extension depart
ment by sending their monthly egg
records promptly to the state eXten-
sion office at Newark.
These calendars are for free dis
tribution, and the only requirement
for those who request them is that
the monthly report cards be mailed
not later than the 5th of each month
to Mr.. Palmer, who will prepare
summary of all records for mailing
to each co-OperatOr through the
county agents office in each county,
as has been the custom for the past
six years that this project has. been
carried on in this state.
In addition to the spaces for keep
ing the egg production records,
these calendars are also provided
with a sufficient number of ruled
spaces on the reverse side of each
page on which the poultry raisers
may keep an account of all eXpendi-
lures and receipts i'll connection with
their business for a period of twelve
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this year end ending October 81,
1882. These cost account records,
however, are for the private use of
each poultryman and will not be
called for, as only the monthly egg
production reports are desired.
Within the past few days each
poultry raiser in Kent county has
received from the office of county
agent Russell E. Wilson, a circular
letter with an enclosed self-address-
ed postal card which is to be signed
by each poultryman who would like
to have one of these calendars this
coming year, and it is expected that
a large number of requests will be
returned to this office during the
next two weeks, or between now and
the date for these records to start.
In the event, however, that some of
the poultrymen may fail to receive
these letters and cards, they are adj
vised to get in touch with the cOun-
ty extension office at once, as the
supply of these calendars is limited
this year on account of the expense
involved in printing.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-23
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
ANNUAL MEETING
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in charge are very desirous of hav-
ing present at this conference all
those who are especially interested
in the building up of temperance
sentiment in Delaware.
In the evening at 1850 a mass
meeting will be held, and the prin-
cipal address will be made by DR..
Ernest H. Cherrington, secretary Of
the Worlds League Against Alco-
holism and Educational Secretary of
the Anti-Saloon League of America.
DR.. Cherrington is one of the most
prominent advocates of prohibition
in America, and very fine speaker.
You will miss a great treat if you
fail to avail yourself of this oppor-
tunity to hear DR.. Cherrington next
Monday evening.