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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08

Three days later Nancy was far enough recovered to inquire about the flowers which had ar rived so mysteriously one evening
 Any card with them, Sue?" she | asked.
 Sue shook her head. Not a sign of one.'
 The flowers were growing a darker, dropping red. Their fra grance was fading. But the bar baric odor of sensuous perfume fingered.
 Notice anything different in their perfume or do l just im- agine it?" Nancy asked. Something warned Sue to shake her head. They smell like roses, V she said. evading the question. Do they? I guess my mem- orles and scents and everything are mixed up. Once upon a time - long time ago - someone brought me a vial of perfume from some place or other, and 1t smelled like that. I thought imagined it,"
 Sue wanted to call out that she hadn't imagined it. IL was true. But she remembered that Nancy was Harry Becker's step-mother. That Harry's father had come fly- ing by specially chartered air. plane when he had heard of his wife's accident. But she sensed that Nancy had n romance hidden away some place back of her gray green eyes.
 Nancy closed her eyes. The long dark laAhes lay on her white checks Sue wondered II a tear
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IN0URCHILDREN
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Are you sewing your children up for the winter?
 Near us used to live q foreign family not long removed from Ellis Island. In December the moth- CT put several suits of underwear on the children and on top of that about all the clothes they possessed. Then she got out her thread and needle and sewed them up.
 In April she took the scissors or the pairing knife and ripped off the chrysalis. Fine! Coal bills saved, no extra bed clothes needed--nothing. That the olfactory glands of teach CTS and pupils were offended when these human bundles got rich and warm in steam-heated school room it is not necessary to say. Had anyone protested the mother would probably have answered in- dignantly, as did her compatriot In that indelicate story. that she sent her children to school to be learnt and not smelt.'
 However, l did not intend to dis cuss hygiene from this standpoint. We laugh at the sewing-up busi- ness and yet most of us are vul-
 nerable to the same criticism. We
 buy the children heavy shoes and stockings, heavy underwear and heavy suits and dresses. We also put on them extra sweaters and | what -nots. Warm coats furnish the top layer. They're ready for win ter-now come you good old nor'- | westers, blow!
 Winter Garb-Summcr Heat :. The children trudge off at 8:30 through cold streets to the school house. Then what do they hang up
 in the cloakroom Their top coats and hats only.
 The thermostat of the wall says l 70, 75 or even 80 degrees. the tenn
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By Marqery Hale

really stole down and glistened or if she had imagined it. She didn't know. She was glad when some one called her to the telephone.
 This is Ruth Bradley" a low voice said. Are you dreadfully busy?"
 Not even busy" Sue answered. Jack is out of town on business and won't be back until late this evening. Corrinne Is at q dinner and Nancy is getting better fast. She has two nurses anyway"
 Then could I pick you up and would you mind driving around with me for Q while? Things have been happening.
 Sue crushed a soft blue beret on her dark hair and slipped into a leather jacket of Corrinne's that made her look much more like a school girl than a young married woman. She was ready when she heard the honking of Ruth's car.
 I've got myself Into a predica- ment," Ruth began. You know some of the story - and l needed advice"
 Sue knew that that wasn't what she needed at all She needed sympathy and friendship. Tho people whom she had always known would refuse to accept her as anything but girl is nurse's uniform. She had to go outside her immediate circle Co get her proportions changed.
 "Mind If tell you the story?" Ruth asked.
 ''i'd like to hear it." Sue ans
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perature of a nice spring or even summer day, but our Suzies and Tommies sit there with all the rest of their guaranteed woolen gar ments on-and stew.
 Oh, no, they aren't particularly uncomfortable; the body soon ad- justs itself to temperature. In weeks time or so probably they would be cold unless they had every ounce on that they started out with. once they have begun.
 But 1t is unhealthy. It makes them susceptible to colds and when they go out doors the addition of q mere extra coat is not enough. Houses and schools now are kept at practically summer heat in win ter. The extra warm clothing should be put on only for the street. Sweaters should be taken off In shcool and suits and woolen dresses should not be too heavy. You must judge about the weight of underwear to suit climate and conditions. Stockings should be warm. If socks are worn extra | leggings should be pulled on for the street in cold days.
 Don't sew the children up. There are many warm days in winter. Dress them to suit the day. One | thought more. like overshoes.
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Some of the winters smartest debutantes, in spite of their inn mnculate grooming, let their fin- gers go all stained with nicotine.
 Smoke spots are just as disfig- tfring as the dark grime deposited by Kitchen work. They should be treated to just as ruthless care un- i'll the fingers are white and beau tful again.
 Pumice stone is one good stain remover. A piece of it should be kept in the bathroom and any fin- gers with any suggestion of stain should be given few rubs.
 There are commercial stain re- na0vers that take spots away and do not harm the most sensitive skin. Lemon and salt is one of the most effective home remedies tor stains of practically every kind. Peroxide does It's bit. too. in whitening.
 If you keep a lookout for all gtains and treat them immediate 1y, the most persistent stain will yield. But usually, when a stain is set. the best thing you can do ia to soap and scrub your hand be- fore starting to use either pumice or 6 bleaching lotion. Then, aiter Finishing. be sure to use some hand lotion that softens the spot that You have just treated. All of this zA {. needed to keep your hands in Ehe!r best condition.
 n.For hands that freckle with the coming of snow and bright sum light on it. there afe excellent ffackle removers that are effica- tslous. Warts on hands arc most nnpleasant and can be taken on eo easily that it seems sinful not lb have theDi removed.
 .You can manicure your malls lHlce weekly and keep them in fine l4ifn. buin nless you see t0 it that your hands themselves hold benu- lS ln their palms. you will not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08

Paris has introduced a new idea in diagonal scalloped line, that gives the figure marvellous slim ness in this chic frock.
 It is in mauvy-brown tweed-like woolen with smart contrast in pastel-red binding and belt.
 The plaited skirt treatment is youthful.
 Style No. 7s6 may be had in sizes 16. IS. 20 years, S6. Ss. 4O. AZ, A and 46 inches bust. Size 36 requires s% yards of 39-inch ma teriai with 2A yards of binding.
 Wool jersey is an excellent me- dium for it's development. Youh like the new rather bright blue shade.
 Crepe marocain and canton faille crepe silk are also suitable.
 Our Winter Fashion Magazine contains styles for children, the miss, a most attractive selection for adults including slenderizlng effects for stouts. and variety Of Christmast suggestions. And inc cidentally, you will save money by choosing your frocks from our Pattern models.
 Price of book 10 cents.
 Price of pattern ib cents In stamps or coin (coin ig preferred). Wrap coin carefully.
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OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
BRIpGE ADVERTISEMENTS

If you want to do something just little different, an excellent idea for bridge refreshments is to have each table decorated In different color. It is simple to have one done in pink, another in blue, another green and a fourth lavender. You can use crepe paper cloths and napkins, but have your centerpieces match your different colors. As a final stroke you can buy inexpen- sive colored glassware for your tables, if you want to pay that much for originality.
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HERE, BRIEFLY, IS THE NEW WICK PLAN:
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product "a Cough Drop actually medicated with ingredients of Vicks VapoRub.)
 This gives you full 24-hour treatment and without the risks of too much inter- nal closing" which so often upsets the digestion especially of children and lowers body strength at time when Nature most needs it to resist disease. Don't "dose" colds except on your doctors advice.
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1. Bet0ye Q Cold Starts

own experience tells you is apt to give you a cold - for instance, night on Pullman "a dusty automobile ride over. smoking - over heated, over crowded rooms, etc., etc. - and you feel the slightest stiffness of the nasal passages. Vicks Drops are especially designed to aid the nose-Nature's "preventor" of colds-when over-taxed by such emergencies of our artificial present-day living.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08

At night, massage the throat and chest well with Vicks VapoRub (now available in white stainless" form, if you prefer). Spread on thick and cover with warm flannel. Leave the bed-clothing loose around the neck SO that the medicated vapors arising can be inhaled all night long. During the day any time, any place-use Vicks Nose Drops as needed for ease and comfort. of there is cough, you will like another new Wick
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swered.
 Hast night there was another dance - I'm not strong for them like to do so many other things better - but I was asked. It never happened before. And l went. I wore the gold things again. had to-"
 She didn't say that she had been forced to return the new winter coat she had bought because Sally had to have the money for a new evening dress and slippers. Sue noticed that the cuffs of the one she was wearing were frayed. It was a good style - but shabby now.
 Ruth didn't explain that she had been censored severely by her par- ents. Hast night - went" she repeated. ''But I did t because Sally - made - me - do - it!"
 Here voice caught. Whatever had happened had been torture. Sue knew.
 NExsrs Iknfh HlFndley'e explnis
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Springerlc Cakes.
ToMoRRow's MENU.
BREAKFAST:
California

BREAKFAST: California grapes. cereal, cream. cleam- ed dried beef. cornmeal gems. milk, coffee.
 LUNCHEON: Tomato bis- que, croutons, apple and rgi- sin salad, toasted mullins, fig squares. milk, tea.
 DINNER: Beef and oyster pie, baked squash. celery cab bage and pineapple salad, rice pudding. milk, coffee.
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blended. making q stiff dough. Roll on e lightly foured molding board
 Into a sheet about i-4 inch thick.
 Press fioured springerle board hard
 on the dough to stamp with dee
 signs. Cut out along the lines, making little squares. Let dry over night or about ten hours. Bake ln
 buttered pans in moderately slow oven until pale straw color. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08

At that first sneezy, scratchy irritation of the nose or upper throat at-Nature's unmistakable warning that you are catching cold'-use Vicks Nose Drops promptly as directed. Many colds can be checked at this stage and bad colds avoided.
 If you catch cold easily, the wise plan is to use just few Vicks Nose Drops up each nostril after exposure to any particular condition that your
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08
KEEPING BUGS OFF FRESH
 PAUNT

By adding a little oil of winter green to freshly painted surfaces the numerous bugs that are at- tracted to and trapped in fresh paint will be eliminated, points out Modern Mechanics and Inventions magazine.
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER xXIX


 ,Judy leaned across the table her eyes big with a feverish ques- tion.
 4"What do you mean, Bastien What else? What do you know?"
 "I ought to tell you, suppose the young man said rather un- willingly. Tt seems mean. She's not here, and she might hate any body to know"
 "Would Chummy nate me to know anything?" asked Judy, re- proachfully.
 s"No--not you, Judy" he said qtickly. "Of course, not you. Well you know she's taken q studio in q building near mine, and. little bedroom and funny little galley just off the stairs, with gas ring and a sink. Before she went she just told me that she wasn't going 10 be married. She didn't explain and somehow didn't like to ask her. She moved her things in and asked me to keep an eye on them while she was away. There is no housekeeper in the building, and she was going to leave me the key k"Well. not to make it too long, inlstook the day she said she was going. and. not receiving the key I..went round to inquire. The door of her studio was open, and il looked empty, so l went in. She wasn't in there, but looked through the door of the other little room. and there she stood. ouShtn't to have looked but couldn't help myself. She had her back to me. Tn her hand she held a ,cmall photograph in kind oi miniature frame"
 Judy nodded, catching her bgeatlh.
 .rHic-Mr Stcyne's-I know. He gave her the frame not long ago q recognized it," Dumont went dfi. "because she had shown it to me at the cafe-I suppose it w.1s the cay he gave 1t to her. Well iHs ii in her hand. Then she stretGhed out her arms wide and sfood like that for a moment. and fEen shc clasped her hands to- gether and bowed her head. Then s%e kissed the photograph-kissed it over and over again. l don't ltnow how l got away, 1 was so up- set; but, thank Haven, l did get ;swCH before she saw me. Now .I1dy l ask you. would she have aeted lilie that if she didn't care ftr the chap?"
 wJudy said nothing. She sat with hsg chin in one hand. the fingers of the other drumming on the ta- ltl~.
 fsJudy. co you think he really cs..s.cg for herr" Dumont went on. .s"Of courre. Alan cares for Gt)rmm:., Don't be "a fool, Bas- tkfr.'
 %t'It iuSt occurred to mo that it ,fe3 just possible she had found our tlct be diGn't care for her, and sht hl.d made it up about not wanting to be married"
 rJrdy looked at him with thun. tp.Storm face.
 rBastien. you're a perfect goose! sEe raid angrily. "It must havt liacn a quarrel. They'll make 1t uI ,yAen tEey come back. l wish yol hadn't told mel"
 fWhen she got back to her rooms she sat by her window with q very set little face.
 +Shc was wondering. Was it pos sible that Chummy had guessed some hing? Had Alan been so fool isii. so wicked, as ever to let hei ser for second that he d!d no cfire for her? No. of course h, couldn't. IL was impossible tha Chunmy had guessed. That would he too great a calamity to con template But why, then. had sht decided not to be married?
 
 sJudy had got proscenium boXe' for Bastien and Tony Leigh ant Michael Stone. She would hay,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08
NEA Service Writer

Anybody can make good cook ies if she but follow the recipe and it's always a great help to have a well stocked cookie jar on hand for holiday hospitality. Then, too, an attractive box containing an !n- viting assortment of cookies makes a scharming remembrance for fam fly friends. Such a greeting carries with 1t personal touch, a real ex- precision of friendship, and has the added advantage of being useful and not too expensive.
 You can decorate cookies with candied fruits and colored icings to make them look decidedly fes- tive and Christmasy. You can cut them In fancy shapes of infinite variety-birds. animals. Christmas trees, stars, wreathes and even saint Nicholas himself. You can go so far as to make the center- piece for the Christmas dinner of cookie dough which finally can be eaten. A :.
 Of course, only the Keeping" varieties of cookies should be chosen. The gift boxes must be packed several days in advance and the cookie jars replenished in
 order to avoid last minute panics.
 More than this, many of the tradi- tional Christmas cookies improve
 If they are allowed to "ripen" a few days before using. All the honey cookies as well as butter cookies keep excellently.
 Springerle cakes are a German cookie always baked at Christmas time. The springerle boards can
 be purchased in any house-furnish- ing shop and are made up of quaint attractive designs. If these cakes are made according to the tradi- tional method of the German Haus- frau the process is long and tedious , since one hour of constant stirring is necessary. The quicker method uses baking powder and dover
 beater' with satisfactory results. Springerlc Cakes.
 Three eggs, 1 la cups granu- later sugar, tablespoon anise seed or or drops of anise oil, 1-2 teaspoon grated lemon rind, 1-2 teaspoon baking powder, about 2 cups flour, few grains salt.
 Beat eggs until light, gradually beating In sugar and using a dover beater. Beat until this mixture is very light in color and fluffy in texture. The sugar should be thoroughly dissolved, and no grain mess aparent. Mix and sift flour, salt and baking powder. Add with grated lemon rind and anise seed to egg mixture. stir until perfectly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08
Vanilla Cookies.

one-half cup shortening Gutter preferred), cup granulated su- gar. l tablespoon milk, eggs. 8 teaspoon baking powder, ? l-2 cups flour. 1-2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla.
 Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs well beaten with milk and vanilla. Mix well and add flour mixed and sifted with salt and baking powder. Chill. Roll on a lightly f7oured board Into thin sheet and cut with cookie cutters. Bake eight minutes in hot oven.
 The following little chocolate cookies are almost a confection:
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FOR FAsHIoNAnT.E EAIss

Ball shaped earrings. studded with rhinestones. arc new and chit Have them on silver chains lom enough SO that they almost touck your shoulders.
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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

JUDITH GRANT, artists model, loves ALAN STEYNE, painter, who is also loved by CHUMMY MORLEY, Judith,s roommate and hest friend. Chunnmy had loved 6feyne years ago, and had suffered . loss of memory when he went away; so, although Steyne loves Judith, Judith insists that 1t is his duty to marry Chummy, who has xegained her memory at sight of him. Stcyne and Chummy arc en. gaged, and Judith studies dancing under the great teacher GUAR VEINS, while rich BRUCE GI- DEON-whom Steyne distrusts-- offers to star her in Q musical show. GuaFycnis Is killed i'm an auto accident, and Chummy breaks her engagement after she secs Steyne kissing Judith. RICH ARD WYON, friend of Gueryc- 1ius, rchcarses Judith for new show he is putting on. She meets HASTEN DUMONT, and artist friend, fin q cafe, and they dis c1iss the breaking of Chummy's engagement.
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Send y0ur money mmn order tO paftern Dcpnrimnilt. Waterbury Democrat, Waterbury, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08

USEFUL AND DECORATIVE Shoe trees, hat stands and coat hangers which match gre smart
 gifts. You might paint little how-
 CTS on them or decorate them with
 colored ribbons.
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oven should be about 325 degrees F. and the little cakes should bake thirty minutes. Springerle gre quite hard when first baked but grow tender as they ripen.
 LebIsucken.
 Another delicious cookie with a European flavor is the famous Lebkuchen. 1
 One pound strained honey.@ ] pound pulverized sugar, eggs, 1-2 pound blanched and shredded ron, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, tea spoon cloves, teaspoons grated nutmeg, grated rind 3 lemons, 1-2 teaspoon soda, 4. cups flour. 1-4 teaspoon salt.
 Heat honey until hot the night before the cookies are to be made. Stir in enough sifted flour to make a siff dough and set aside to cool. In the morning beat eggs until very fight with sugar and work into the honey mixture. Use a wooden spoon and work until smooth. l warn you that this stirring is hard work. Mix and sift soda, spices and salt with 4 cups flour and add with lemon rind. citron and nuts to first mixture. Knead lightly, adding more flour if necessary. Roll into sheet about 1-4 inch thick and |cut in oblong pieces one and one half inches wide and three inches long. Bake on an oiled pan in a moderate oven for fifteen or twen- ty minutes. When cool cover with a thin icing by mixing confection- CTS sugar to a paste with boiling water. The recipe makes about eight dozen cookies. If you use half the rule be sure to use half of each ingredient.
 Rolled Ginger Cookies.
 Ginger cookies are cunning cut in fancy shapes. This cookie dough is firm enough to prevent the bak- ed cookies from breaking.
 Four tablespoons shortening, 1-3 cup light brown sugar, table spoons baking molasses, egg, tablespoons hot water. IA table spoon ginger IA teaspoon soda, 2 cups flour, Is teaspoon salt.
 Cream shortening in a warm bowl and gradually beat in the sugar and molasses. Add egg well beaten. Mix well and add hot wa ter. Mix and sift flour. ginger, salt and soda and add to mixture. Chill for several hours. Roll on a fioured board into very thin sheet and cut with cookie cutters. Bake in a hot over for eight min utes.
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Trial Offer to Wick Users

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