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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-28
CHAPTER V-Continued

My beautiful dream was over, and
now, through misunderstanding, our
lovely, precious relation was going to
come to an end. If did not speak out,
it was finished.
"As Geoffrey's here, you may as well
know the truth. 1 think of you as
'Nell' deep down in my inmost heart.
It's the pretty name I'd call you if we
were engaged. You see, Pm mad about
you. I love you've always loved
you, from the moment met your eyes.
I love you walking and riding and sit
ting here on the grass. love your
head and your shoulders and that tiny
vein in your ankle that looks like
thread of blue silk. 1 love everything
about you and all you do. l love your
voice and your laughter and the glori-
Gus light in your eyes. And love your
shining nature, as 1 love the smell of
your hair and the breath of your lips.
-. And to be with you here like this
well, now perhaps you can see what
it's meant to me and why / chung to
my secret and why was handicapped
in trying to play your game" 1 got
to my feet. "Good-by, Nell" 1 said
gently.
1 turned to the path and the smiling
cottage below.
For a moment / stood, blinking.
Then
slave they gone in?" 1 asked.
I'll made a mistake" said Helena.
at wasn't them.'
=
was sitting on the settle in the
kitchen, with my head deep in my
hands.
How 1 got there do not know, for
my case was like that of man who
plunges into some water to drown his
cares, only to find that the bed of the
river is dry. / doubt if such a man
could tell how he got to the bank.
And do not know how long I sat
there, but all of sudden knew that
was not alone.
could smell the faint perfume that
Helena used.
AS 1 started up, found she was sit
ting beside me, looking very grave and
gentle, with her precious hands in her
lap.
IT tricked you," she said. "I'm sorry.
But it was the only way. You are very
-reticent, John. And very, very hum
ble-and rather blind. Old Florin knew
in an instant, and / am sure Pharaoh,
too"
"Knew that loved your" cried.
Helena rose to her feet.
'@This comes" she said, "of putting
me up on dais. never was up on
a dais, where you were concerned. If
you stand up, you'll find that have to
look up-tO see myself in your eyes"
stood up, trembling.
s'Nell," / said hoarsely. "Nell."
I set my hands on her shoulders and
looked her full in the eyes. "That day
we lunched at Yorick. Florin looked
at you, and you nodded and looked
away. Was he :. asking you .. If
YOU loved mel"
She met my gaze squarely.
''He was asking me If was to be
your wife"
"And you ~
My brain was Keeling.
Il told him what hoped was the
truth"
! was past all speaking.
As ] drew her into my arms. her
hands went uD to my hair
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-28

To keep clean and healthy take DIR.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Vacation
Time and
Family Pet
Provide for It's Care
Before Leaving
City.
BY ANGELO PATRI.
! YOU don't want to be awakened

IF YOU don't want TO be awakened
in the night with a feeling Of
fearful guilt pressing upon your con-
science and driving sleep from your
| eyelids, take care Of the cat this
| vacation time.
! Your cat knows your house as her
home, the family as her friends even
/ though she has not said much to
you about It, She clings in trusting
faith to home and leans ON your
care. She expects her food and her
shelter as a matter Of course. Don't
fail her, for she Is helpless without
YOU. You are responsible for her
dependence upon you, and there is
no excuse for your breach Of faith.
! You won't be able TO face a cat again
as long as You live If you fail your
own.
When you are putting away the
blankets and covering the pictures
remember the cat If she can SO
along to the country take her. She
will travel like lady II you put her
in an airy basket with little sweet
butter on her toes for comfort.
II you cannot take her, find home
for her, one where she will get good
care until you return. There are cat
homes where your cat can be boarded.
Or there Is a friend down the street
or few houses away who will take
her in and make her as comfortable
as possible during your absence.
Whatever way you f1nd Out Of the
situation. don't leave her OH the
street to find her food and lodging
as best she may. The strange dogs
will worry the life out of her and
leave her dead body ON the road.
Strange and heartless children-there
are occasional ones-might stone the
poor thing until she takes refuge
in some dark and dirty corner to
tremble and wonder at the queer
ways of this world. Or she might
fall sick and 80 mewing about the
closed house pleading for the sight Of
familiar, friendly face and the
sound of a voice that was wont to
call her by her name. You couldn't
do that to a cat which trusted you.
If you do, warn you that you will
be haunted in the night by 3 pitiful
meWing. That will be the ghost of
the cat which once trusted and loved
you and which you betrayed. Mind
the cat.
You are not so likely to forget the
dog, but just to make certain. are you
taking him along? Or are you finding
a good home for him? Look into the
home you select for him il you have
to leave him behind. They are not
always what they promise to be.
There are people who take in dogs
for the money their care brings, and
who remember the money SO ksenly
that they have no memory whatever
about the dogs mealtime, or his bed,
or his bath. .
Pets are members Of the family.
They are keenly alive to their men,
bership, have strong affections for
the people to whom they belong, and
for the place where they belong. HUI
man decency demands that pet own
ers keep faith with their animal
friends. A little inconvenience on
your part, little forethought, and
the pets are cared for and the whole
family feels better Mind the pets.
(CopyTight. 1850
Evening star., 1936-06-09

" VERY wardrobe demands at
- least one frOck always on call
ready for instant duty. Here
Is such frock-a most at
tractive and servieesble One-a new
and flstterins version Of the ever
popular shirWaist type with q clever
matched collar, short and simple set
in sleeves, two or four pockets as you
wish, and q. plain. skirt with two kick
pleats in the front and a center seam
ending in another kick. pleat at the
back.
Simplicity Is its keynote and its
charm. You'll find it very easy to
cut and sew. Checked seersucker, cot
ton plsids or tie silk will make this
one Of the most practical frocks In
your wardrobe. Send for the pattern
today and make it for Summer.
Barbara Bell pattern No 1s01-B
Is available in sizes IA, 16, 1s, 20; 10
and AZ. Corresponding bust measure
ments 80, "a, SO, SO, 40 and ~. Size
Is (34) requires 4 yards of 39-inch
material.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
Is easy to understand.
Send Is cents for the Barbara Bell
Pattern Book Make yourself attrac-
tive, practical and becoming clothes.
selecting designs from the 100 Bar
bara Bell well-planned, easy-to-make
patterns. Interesting and exclusive
fashions for the little children and
the dificut junior age; slenderizing.
well-cut patterns for the mature f1g-
ure: afternoon dresses for the most
Evening star., 1936-06-09

diluting, if the hostess desires!
For the latter type-simply freeze
a trayful of the same beverage, for
which the cubes are intended-tea
for iced tea, coffee for iced coffee,
and so on. But here's the trick
try freezing orange juice cubes for
the tea, or pineapple juice cubes for
the lemonade. Blend your fiavors
in that way, using your own imasina
ton for working out luscious combi-
nations, and give a brand-new taste
sensation to an old-fas hioned drink.
Plain water may be frozen into
cubes with tiny sprigs OF mint en-
bedded in their Centers. Raspberries,
strawberries or marasChino cherries
may all be frozen into the cubes,
singly. to lend charming effect to
the frosty drink. The variations are
legion.
p X X
ITO GO on to the drinks them
selves. Many Of the long, tall
ones" have better chill and con-
sistency if they are shaken with ice
in a cocktail shaker rather than be-
ing poured over Jumps of ice in the
glass. Among these Is a newcomer
that has already proved exceedingly
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Gourmet's Guide for the Hostess
BY LUCIE EBERLY.

with a good assortment Pinea pple.
lemon, grapefruit. orange and grape
sweetened in many ways. The new
est addition in the juice line is an
orange and grapefruit blend which
has been popular down South for =
long time. The combination of these
two citrus juices is delightful. Any
of the juices, plain. as the breakfast
fruit course, or refreshment bever-
age, or mixed altogether as a punch
for the garden party should prove
to be boon TO the busy hostess and
houSekeeper who must count both
minutes and pennies! At any rate
We advise both large and small house
holds to keep a good supply on hand
in the refrigerator for emergencies
or impromptu late afternoon and
bedtime refreshments.
A T LAST! 1t has taken some time
= for packers to get the idea. but
as the saying goes, better late than
neveri Marshmallows now come cut
in midget squares, about one-fourth
the size of the standard" ones. The
tiny sweets are packed in cellophane
bags and are available at most of
the candy counters. Since many Of
the Summer salads, fruit cups and
desserts call for diced marshmallows
it should be good news to the house
keeper that the task of cutting the
large variety Is now stricken off the
culinary chore list forever! Another
new twist in the sweet line is lump
sugar cut in diamond, club. heart
and spade shapes SO that your bridge
refreshments may be perfect in every
detail The sugar comes packed in
half-pound boxes and a score pad
accompanies each purchase.
For information concerning items
mention in this column call National
5000, Extention 342.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

4 APPETIZER has often been re-
ferred TO by the French as "the
overture to the meal" and how well
the term describes it! During the
warm Summ@ months We depend
great deal on these "overtures" to
whet the palate, for even the most
enthusiastic of food connoisseurs seem
to lose interest in the subject. It'd
bits, icy cold and crisp. and sharp or
tangy always work like magic. Among
the numerous ones that "till the bill"
are those tiny day-Old watermelons
that are preserved and picked in
brine The melons are quite new to
unusual tang and flavor. Aside from
being the perfect Summer appetizer,
they are delectable as relish morselS.
Chill them thoroughly and impale on
hOrs d'oeuvres pix stuck in a large
ice-cold cucumber. Nestle in bed of
crisp lettuce leaves and radish roses.
The melons come packed in large
and small-size glass jars and are very
reasonable in price.
+**
TCVEN salads these days must have
special appeal 1t is amazing
what sharp and Savory dressing
can do to make this all-America
favorite tasty and refreshing Whether
the salad Is q light dinner one or the
luncheon or dessert variety you'll find
ii will take one new personality with
famous dressing one of our local
stores Is featuring just now. 1t Is
thin in consistency and has q flavor
more like the old-fashioned boiled
dressing mother used to make" than
any We have ever tasted. It has
been, we are told, the mans favorite
for many years and has found its way
TO all four corners of the earth; it
is used as sauce for cold meats and
fish by the epiCure. Mixed with
canape concoctions and sandwich
spreads it has the facility Of lifting
an ordinary mixture into the delicacy
class, bringing out the full flavor of
both meat and fish. A recipe book OF
assorted Summer dishes and little
box of II sandwich skeWerS. all IN
dainty colors, come with each bottle.
=
FRUIT juices are unquestionably
Summer favorites. Gamers have
stocked the grocery shelves liberally
Evening star., 1936-06-09
ThreeChief
Causes of
Overweight
Overeating and Lack
of Exercise Most
Usual.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.

MORE letters come to me on the
subject Of reducing. or rather
the desire to reduce. than any other
single beauty difficulty. The wildfire
spread OF reducing fads which started
several years ago, and happily are
now on the wane, though some still
exist. indicates to what lengths women
will go to achieve q sylphlike figure.
But it also indicates impatience, a do
or die rather than a do and diet
spirit and q lets get it over with
quickly" attitude that Is just bit
short of suicide.
A prominent socialite or theatrical
star drops weight. Immediately thou
sands OF requests pour in How did
you do it?" The question. How did
you do it, is in order. The inference
Il want to do likewise" is folly. For
the individual needs must be con-
sidered.
For years women have clamored
for the magic formula. And the
truth must be told-there is no such
thing. With . knowledge of the
basic principles any one can under
take and effect a safe reducing pro-
gram. Note-I say safe" There
are many ways to reduce. But some
exact toll that far outweighs the
advantages. Knowing that there are
certain conditions under which one
should not reduce. isn't 1t foolhardy
to proceed in the face of the warning
that results may be hazardous? Let's
go back step-before reducing be
sure that you are ready for q reducing
regime. that such program is per-
missible for you
obesity. The first is the most usual
overeating. BY that is meant eating
more food than Is necessary TO pro-
vide energy TO run the body machine.
Now this does not mean that you are
necessarily eating more than the aver
age individual. It means that even
thought q normal diet may be taken.
You are too inactive TO use up as
much as you do take in. On the
other hand, it may mean that more
food Is eaten than any one could
possibly need.
Being thrifty. the body stores the
excess food for the proverbisl rainy
day. and the storage is In the form
OF fat. This often leads to q vicious
circle, the fat person is inactive be-
cause OF the strain of moving his own
bulk and this inactivity means that
less food Is used up and still fur
ther excess is stored.
The second cause of obesity: Alb
normal body conditions. In some per-
sons the gland which controls the rate
at which energy is used to supply the
vital functions OF the body is under
active. This means that less fuel Is
required for body activity than in
the normal person and the excess Is
transformed into body fat. Other
glands, also play q part in causing
fat deposits.
One more cause, and q good deal
OF controversy on this, In which an
apparently normal person fails to re-
dllce even on q diet which is less than
his energy requirement, this person
evidently has highly efficient
mechanism for extracting every last
bit Of value from the food with no
waste at all.
Copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1936-06-09
EAR DOROTHY DIX: I am
tired of hearing the mothers
blamed for the way their

EAR DOROTHY DIX: am
tired of hearing the mothers
blamed for the way their
49, children turn out. What
about the fathers responsibility in
rearing their children and fitting
them 10 meet the bumps and hard
knocks in life and take it on the
chin? 1t Is during childhood that
character is formed, and every boy
needs a father who is friend TO
whom he can so with his problems.
There Is no greater crime than that
SO many fathers bring children into
the world and do not pay any more
attention TO them than if they were
stray dogs. What do you think about
this? A READER.
Answer: l fully agree with you.
In our curious American social
structure there is nothing so strange
and ineXplicable as that our men
should be at once the best and the
worst fathers in the world. The
best in the sense that they are most
anxious 10 give material things to
their children. and the worst in the
sense that they so seldom give them
any personal attention.
II Is hardly too much TO say that
except for purposes Of legitimacy the
average American child might just
as we'll he fatherleSs as TO have the
kind Of father he possesses Except
for supporting his children the aver
age man washes his hands Of all re-
spOIIsii,lllly for them. He doesn t
take the trouble or the time to get
acquainted with them. He hasn't
any more idea of what his own little
Johnny and Janey are thinking and
doing and what kind of minds they
have and what their desires and as
pirations are than he has Of any
other youngsters in the neighbor-
hood.
k'k
A LII OF his contacts with his chill
dren are financial and these are
mainly negotiated through their
mother, who tells father that Sam
wants a bicycle or Mary a pink dress.
There are plenty of fathers and
chsldren who never in their whole
lives have q single free heart TO- heart
talk Instead both of them are EN-
barraSsed TO death when they are
left alone together. and one or the
other Df them makes a sneak as soon
as possible.
II ~ \ common thing 10 hear man
say: "Oh, ! turn The rearing of my
children over 10 their mother and
never interfere. She decides every
thing" This might be some sort of an
excuse for the fathers failure 10 do
his duty TO his children if the wife
were always woman of high intelli-
gence and great flrmneSS and strength
Of character, and if the man had great
faith in her judgment. But only too
often this is not the case The man
knows his wife to have little sense and
no judgment; that she is weak and
silly and foolishly fond, and that she
isn't fit TO raise Pomeranian pup, yet
into her hands he commits immortal
souls and lets her wreak her folly upon
them.
HOW man can stand idly by and
watch his silly wife ruin his chill
dren and wreck their lives passes COM
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Many of the Old Beverage Favores Appear Delightful New Gu
Dorothy Dix Says
Fathers Have More Than Just Financial
Responsibilities Toward Children.

prehenSion, yet it is done every dav.
The father sees the childrens mother
spelling them to death, fostering their
weaknesses, indIlging their every vhim
and desire, letting them grow up law.
uncontrolled, Undisciplined. He knows
that it spells ruination for them, but
either through inertia or because he
doesn't want to have a fight with his
wife he doesn't make any attempt TO
save them from their fate by snatch
ing them away from her and sending
them off to schools where they will get
the training they cannot get at home.
X +
1t Is because fathers have so little
10 do in rearing the children that We
blame the mothers for the way the
children turn out But that does not
exonerate the fathers for having
failed in their obligation, for children
need two parents, not one. No matter
how good a mother is nor how con-
scientiously she tries to do her best by
her children there is need for the ia
theirs influence, too, because he has
a wider knowledge Of life than the
mother has and is better able TO warn
his children of the dangers they will
meet.
He has trodden the road his boys
are travelling. He knows the tempts-
tionS that lie in wait for them. He
knows the boys who come TO see his
daughters and can better judge them.
So he speaks to his children with an
authority that their mother never
has. and they respect his opinion and
listen TO it more than they do 10 their
mothers. If we had more father
who were on their jobs, we would have
fewer hoodlum girls and boys.
NEAR DOROTHY DIX: NY hus-
band and I are young people
who both work. are healthy, have a
nice home and should be happy, but
the fly in the ointment is that my
husband is the greatest pessimist and
grumbler in the world. Every day is
rainy Sunday with him. Nothing
in the world is right Life is so hard.
1t is too hot or too cold. Every one
is getting ahead in business but him.
which isn't true. He has the worst
luck at bridge And so on and so on.
What shall l do before this wrecks
our marriage as I am afraid it will?
ANXIOUS.
Answer: OF course. you realize
that when the complainers complain
they are having the time of their
lives and they wouldn't cheer up at
any price. They are never so happy
as when they are just walloWing in
woe and indulging in an orgy of self
pity.
doubt there is any cure for them,
but one woman 1 know at least made
her pessimistic husband do his moan
ing away from home by joining her
voice with his whenever he would
start on his lamentations and out
wailing him. One of her stunts was
to get out pencil and paper and be-
gin making out the list Of pail
bearers for his funeral whenever he
would begin complaining about his
health and prophesying that he wasn't
long for this world
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Cooks Corner
BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.
A USE FOR SOUR CREAM.

SUPPER OR DINNER MENU.
Corn OmeIet
Relish Sauce
Buhered KaIe
Bread Rhubdrb Sauce
RddiSh Salad
Chilled Fresh Pinsapple Slices
Sour Cream Chocolate Cookies,
Frosted coffee
SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE
COOKIES
Il cup fat l. teaspoon salt
IL cups brown 2 eggs
sugar Il cup sour
squares choco- cream
late, melted teaspoon soda
l teaspoon teaspoon baking
vanilla powder
Cream fat and sugar. Add choco-
late and vanilla Add rest of ingre-
dients and mix we'll Chill dough
Break off bits and tiatten down three
inches apart on CREASED baking sheets
and bake II minutes in moderate oven
If desired. few cookies may be baked
at once and remainder of dough stored
in refrigerator.
CHOCOLATE FROSTING.
square choco- 2 teaspoon
late vanilla
tablespoons X teaspoon salt
sweet cream l2a cups confec-
tablespoons toners sugar
butter
Mix chocolate and cream, add but
ter. Heat slowly and stir constantly
until mixture has blended Add rest
of ingredients and beat until creamy
Frost cookies.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

OUTDOORS Tor an
hour or so.
The old stand
bys-iced coffee,
iced tea and the
various "a d e S"
will n ev er lose
their popularity,
but several new
variations of the
old themes have
arrived to claim
their place in the
S u m nj Ell sun.
They even fea-
ture fancy ice
cubes, both deco
ratiVe and non-
Evening star., 1936-06-09
BY BETSY CASWELL.

@HE porch or the garden beckon
us these late afternoons with
cool breezes and ever chang
Il ing play of light and shadow.
A long chair and a long drink are
practically synonymous on the ocs
casion of our taking to the great
Evening star., 1936-06-09
My Neighbor Says:

Never transplant young plants
when the sun is hot. Wait until
the evening before transplanting
and then water well.
When buying fish see that the
eyes are not sunken in and dull.
A fresh fish has clear eyes and
the flesh Is firm to the touch.
Do not let hardwood floors get
badly worn before having them
polished. A little polish on the
worn places each week keeps
floors always looking weh.
Sour milk beaten into msyon-
naise dressing gives 1t delicious
flavor.
tCopyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-06-09
l8Ol-b

particular young woman and matrons,
and other patterns for special Occa-
sions are all to be found In the Bar
bafa Bell Pattern Book.
Evening star., 1936-06-09
Corn Omelet.

Corn Omelet.
4egg yolks Ii teaspoon finely
y, cup milk chopped onions
4 teaspoon salt / cup corn
II teaspoon 4eGg whites,
peppef beaten
u teaspoon tablespoons lat
celery salt
Beat yolks, add milk. seasonings and
corn. Fold in whites and pour into fat
melted In frying pan. Cover and cook
slowly until omelet has become well
pulled" and is brown on under side.
turn half over, holding in
place with fork and spoon. Cook four
minutes. Turn onto heated platter and
with relish sauce.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

wall hall a
that can make And you'll enjoy mDroderne it, too because
effective stitches
working ideas.
is inches together with illustrated directions
To obtain this pattern nose
Evening
Evening star., 1936-06-09

For information concerning items
mention in this column call National
5000, Extention 342.
Evening star., 1936-06-09

Answer: OF course. you realize
that when the complainers complain
they are having the time of their
lives and they wouldn't cheer up at
any price They are never so happy
as when they are just wallowing in
woe and indulging in an orgy of self
pity
Evening star., 1936-06-09
BY BARBARA BELL,

~ VERY wardrobe demands at
- least one frOck always on call
1 ready for instant duty Here
- Il such n frock-a most At