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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-09-09
SHORT
SHORT
STORY

j LAe1T meal, tdAhulS
of the people in An
derson who had been, ten years ago,
the "set" with whom both women
had gone.
OF course there had been letters,
but as time had gone on all but a
few correspondents had fallen off,
and those few wrote about twice
year to Elinor, after her work took
her into another state. So Clara
had had budget Of news to unfold,
when mere chance had thrown the
two in each others way in Boston
store; and she had told 1t in Clara's
own style-racy, amusing, much
more than little cynical.
The HAIRLESS were divorced; an
other friend had eloped with the
bass singer in the choir, where she
sang soprano, and her husband had
shot himself.
"For PHYS sake" thought Elinor,
what ails married people now, any
Way?"
Why did men and women with
whom she had danced and laughed
and picnicked, at whose weddings
she had flung confetti, for whose
showers" she had embroidered
towels-such nice folks, who had
seemed so much in love, and so
happy, come to an end like this?
And if such people did come to this
end, wasn't it significant? Didn't it
mean that times had changed some
how, that the old laws didn't work
any more; that one had no longer,
real fighting chance" of happiness
in marriage?
She had asked no questions about
Carl and Peggy. whom she was on
her way to visit-she hadn't dared
to! Stubborn Carl and peppery Peg
gy-how could they have found a
solution for the marriage problem,
when these more ideal matches had
failed?
The Elliots lived in a suburban
village which seemed to Elinor to
combine every disadvantage of both
city and country life; they dwelt in
shabby bungalow, with furnish
ings to match, and they had four
children and no maid. But Peggy
looked as vivid as ever, if trifle
plumper. Carl, in spite Of coming
lines in his face, looked satisfied
and happy, and the children were
four splendid little ''1ife-steps," so
handsome and healthy and bright
that one never noticed shabby shoes
or faded blouses.
And the house was full of love.
You felt it, like the atmosphere,
the minute you came in; it fingered
pleasantly in the heart after you
left. It was like a heavenly balm
on rasped and worried heart.
GLOW have you done it," asked
Elinor on the third day, as Peggy
was dexterously patching pair Of
blue rompers. "How did you and
Carl succeed so gloriously in your
home life, when-the others-fai1ed
so?''
Peggy pushed up a handful Of her
loose coppery curls. Her red-broMn
eyes looked seriously into Eli
nor's.
"Love, to start with, I guess"
she said slowly; ''but just love
would not have done 1t all. You
know our setting sins,' as Carlita
says, and you can imagine it took
well-adjusting-to get those sins to
set in one house, without an explo-
sion or two every day. Our theory
wasn't bad, but our practice was
rotten, and we'd gone further than
/ like to think, along the way-they
did, when the antidote happened
oh, such an awful antidotel And
we both saw it!
"We'd been in town, and were
lust getting off the trolley, when we
SOW, a nrnu,d IN front If fhe drug.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-09-09
The
Antidote

a S THE train rushed through the
\ gathering shadows Of the No
vember afternoon, Elinor Richmond
gazed with unseeing eyes at the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-09-09

~AAOOA~ ivy
~ according to etiquette, to eat
even the slightest bit of chicken in
the fingers? don't mean whether it
is correct to take up what can be
cut off the bone easily enough, but I
am referring to the very small
bones from which it is impossible
to Gu; meat loose with knife and
fork. Aren't good table manners to-
day more lenient about these foods,
especially if finger bowls are pro-
vided?
Answer: No, people are less leni-
ent than they used to be. That is,
if we go back to the descriptions
given us by the writer's of long ago,
and as copied for instance in the
moving picture of Henry the Eighth,
who picked up whole chicken in
his hands and tore it apart, our
table manners have become posi-
lively finicking. The only thing that
could soil the fingers and is not ta-
bued by the meticulous are lobster
claws. And when such lobster is
served, finger bowls Of hot soapy
water should be provided at once.
Perhaps, if this practice were fol-
lowed when serving chicken, there
would be no objection to taking the
wings in the fingers.
Use Old Cut Glass.
IN EAR Mrs. Post: Will you ex-
- plain the present-day status of
deeply cut glass? don't believe
people are buying it today, and
perhaps it is no longer being sold,
but am an older housekeeper who
has some really beautiful pineapple
cut pieces, and wonder whether I
shall be stamped old-fashioned If /
bring them out Of the back corners
of the cupboards and use them?
Answer: Although certain designs
in glass cutting are seen less often
than they used to be, this does not
mean that they are any less valued
by those who possess them. They
would go in every type of house ex-
cept one that is strictly nodernistic.
Use yours by all means, especially
if they look well with your china
and silver.
Friend Was Right.
N EAR Mrs. Post: Who is right?
~ I gave friend subscription
to magazine and after she had
received several numbers, the pub
fishing company discontinued the
magazine and sent her check to
cover the balance of the time. She
in turn sent this check to me and l
think she should have kept it. How
ever, she insists that the money is
mine.
Answer: I agree with your friend,
since you gave her a subscription,
and not money. Perhaps, if you
feel like it, you might put this re-
turned amount into another maya
zine.
Folding the Napkin.
N EAR Mrs. Post: When eating a
~ meal in someone's house, how
is the napkin supposed to be left
at the table?
Answer: Fold the napkin together
loosely and lay it at the left of
your place, If you are staying
for the next meal, you would be
more careful to fold it neatly in its
original creases, especially If the
others at table make it obvious by
the way they fold their own that it
is not customary to provide fresh
napkins at each meal.
Tea for Many.
N EAR Mrs. Post: Please tell me
~ whether you think / can use
big silver electric coffee percolator,
which has spigot, as water ket-
tie on large afternoon tea table?
%L.1~A - IL 49,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-09-09
Unfair Tactics

Uma1f TaCCICS
Two fishermen sitting on a
bridge, their lines in the water,
made a bet as to which would
catch the first fish. One of them
got bite, and got so excited that
he fell off the bridge.
ooh, WE'LL" said the other, ''if
you're going to dive for them, the
bets off"
''Women nowadays leave men
standing STILL" declares writer.
Especially outside shops.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-09-09

Speedlng IaHuSCaPe,
her mind on the
lunch hour she had
just spent with
Clara Bowers. They
had sat long over
their meal, talking
of the people in An
Evening star., 1937-03-14
THIS WEEK

and suddenly lowered his eyes from
Defoe's gaze. Then, with a laugh, he
exclaimed: Good Lord. You
thought that all this time2"
We'll, what else? She left me note,
saying she'd gone to London to be
married to you. Defoe stared at
him, conclusion coming to him. Are
you going to tell me that you didn't
marry Mary, after all?"
"Of course / didn't" replied the
other, trife testify, awkwardly too,
and added: There wasn't really any
question of it, my dear fellow. from
my point of view. l mean - my people
wouldn't have had it, anl anyhow -
you know what first love affairs
He stared amazedly at the grimness
of Defoe's lean face.
Good heavens, man - why are
you looking at me in that way"
why p" Defoe echoed, and an
swered slowly in that very quiet voice
of his, Because | can't understand
you talking in that manner about a
girl like Mary. didn't. at the time.
understand your taking her from me,
your best friend. And now, to find l
was mistaken, and - after what
you've Just said about it all -"
He was silent for a moment, then
asked:
What happened to her? Do you
know that''
How could II" retorted the other,
Struggling Il lost sight of her. The last
Iheard, she'd found a job. Anyhow -
He tried to draw Defoe back to the
others.
"A lot of water has flowed under the
bridges since then," he quoted senten-
tiously. Let's get back to the present
But, as Defoe was on the point of
refusing what to him was impossible
at this moment, an hotel official saved
him from making that fact too pointed.
The official had brought him an en-
velope, saying that it had just been
left for him with the urgent request
that it be given to him safely.
Defoe, taking it, excused himself to
Evening star., 1937-03-14

hea lilly made up: 'Florrle darling,
here's Defoe. The old friend told you
about this morning. Defoe - meet my
wife And -
He went on with a string of names,
introducing the others. But to them,
apart from polite little bows, Detoe
paid no attention He had the feeling
of a man shaken by an earthquake,
an impression that the ground was Civ
ing way completely beneath his feet.
Only one fact was certain in his
mind. The plump blonde - Atherleys
wife - was not Mary Carter after all.
Joining the party, the thing was more
than he could understand. Except that
perhaps Mary had died. and Atherley
had married again. That, in fact, al
most appeared to be the case. For,
during the dinner which they presently
all took together, this unexpected Mrs.
Ntherlev mentioned to him that she
and her husband had first met in
Shanghai.
Impossible for him, so he felt, to
mention Mary's name publicly, he had
to owait while the dinner took its course,
chafing inwardly for an opportunity to
get Atherly by himself and discover
the truth. Eventually, with difficulty,
he managed to draw the other apart
where they could talk.
And what. Atherley, happened to
Nary" he plunged straight into the
heart of things, making the other stare
at him in surprise, and in turn - in
puzzled sort of way - ask a question:
Evening star., 1937-03-14

Atherley, and moved away to quiet
corner. Illusion had indeed been shat
tered.
And, in the process. Defoe had be-
come aware that Atherley had prob
ably been only skirting the truth,
hiding what he had not dared to put
in words. Indefensible, if it were so.
And only Mary could prove the truth,
Mary. who. -.
AS these thoughts raced through his
mind, and anger burned in his heart,
Defoe found that his fingers had been
automatically tearing open the enve
lope in his hands. 1t bore, he vaguely
noticed, the printed Office address of
the pornpous solicitor who had been in
court with him that day. Opening the
letter within, he saw that it was pen
and ink scrawl by someone not too
literate, and a woman at that. The
letter read:
Thank you for what you did today.
l knew you would get me off, some
how, and that's why l asked special
for you to defend me. had your mes
sage from the solicitor, about going
straight and that. But it won't work.
I'm real bad one. Always was from
the beginning, as guess you knew.
and that's why you wouldn't see me
after the case. You didn't look as if
you recognized me in court. Perhaps
YOU didn't want to, or maybe it's the
change in me. Funny how time changes
some people more than Others. You've
not changed so much, since that long
time back in the country, and l ran
away with Jimmy Atherley in London.
1t was London and life wanted, not
him nor you.
We'll, I'm o. K my own way. But
| want you to know really didn't do
that killing, and I'm more than CRATE
full to you that | haven't got to swing
for it. Bless you, and for old times
sake try and think of me - if you
ever still want by the name no
one knows was ever mine - Mary
Carter"
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For the Defense
Continued from pose five
Continued from pose five

Mary? Mary - who?" he lucried.
why, Atherley. what's the matter
with you?" Defoe asked, frowning at
the other. IAN these years, since we
last met, I've looked on you as Mary
Carter's husband"
MARY Carter p" the other said,
Evening star., 1937-03-14
N0W's THE TIME 10 CLEAN
OUT YOUR RADIATOR

A WHOLE WINTERS accumulation OF
rust and sludge is choking the cool.
ing system Of your car. Clean it out!
You can do it in few minutes
for 10 cents-with Sani-Flush.
Don't take chance OF an over
heated motor. It's dangerous and
expensive. just pour in Sani-Flnsh.
follow directions on the can.> Run
the motor. Drain and flush once
Refill with clean water. Sani-Flush
cannot injure aluminium cylinder
heads or motor fittings. You find
Sani-Fiush in most bathrooms for
cleaning toilets. Sold by grocery.
drug, hardware, and fve-and.ten.
cent stores Is and 10 cent sizes.
The Hygienic Products Company.
Canton. Ohio.
Evening star., 1937-03-14

Here's how the test was made: Women shook
for the same length of time equal quantities of
the New and old Rinse in containers each "a
full of water Then they measured the amount
of suds. How thrilled they were to discover
how much more suds the New Rinse gives!
Rinso is endorsed by the home-making ex-
perts of 3jS leading newspapers Its tested and
approved by Good Housekeeping Institute. If
Evening star., 1937-06-19
MUCK SOIL HELD GOOD
FOR VEGETABLE CROPS
Experiments Show It Grows
Onions and Celery Particu-
larly Well.

Home gardeners Or farmers having
plots of muck soil available need not
hesitate to Use them for vegetable
gardening. Muck's increasing popu-
larity as 4 garden soil Il well deserved.
according to experiments conducted
by experts Of tho Fery-Morse Seed
Breeding Institute.
Muck, It Is reported. i excellent
soil for celery and onions, and almost
Evening star., 1937-06-19

housing program should be carried
out without thoughtless reverence for
traditional forms, but with full knowl-
edge that the accumulated culture Of
the centuries Is the only sound
foundation upon which to build.
Art II Individualistic.
The architect Is not in as much
danger from state architecture A. Il
architecture itself. All art Is the Gre
alive effort of the individual and can
not reach its greatest heights by any
other road. Beethoven's Ninth Sym.
phony" would never have been given to
the world by group action.
The coming housing program &c.
serves sound architectural service un.
hampered by the stultifying hand Of
Standardization which seeks to pouI
America into . mold-North, South
East and West alike--in whateye,
style mass thinking may devise-ever
perhaps with importations from acros.
the seas.
I'VE are just AZ likely to cover Amer.
Evening star., 1937-06-19
WAGNER-STEAGA[[
bill IS ADVOCATED
Architects Say Custom Has
Initiated Against Low
Rent Housing.

Passage Of the Wagner-steasall
housing bill Is essential to the con-
tinuation of the Governments efforts
to provide adequate shelter for .
large proportion of the American peo-
ple." the American Institute Of Archi-
tects declares In = plea TO its 68
chapters to support the measure.
The appeal. signed by Walter r.
Mccormack, chairman OF the Com
mittee on Housing, asks the presi.
dent Of each chapted to bring to the
attention Of Congressmen the in
dorsement OF the basic features of
the bill by the Institute At Its recent
national convention in Boston. The
resolution adopted at Boston has been
sent to President Roosevelt.
The Housing Committee, 1t Is an
nounced, plans to concentrate it,
effort during the coming year ION
the development Of and co-opera ton
with the Federal Housing Authority.
when created, to establish Z workable
administrative procedure.
Low Rents Initiated Against.
ACAC AA0 ANNll OIL
Of custom and practice over 4 period
OF years which has initiated against
low-rent housing" It is declared. "The
responsibility for this cannot be
placed at the door Of any Govern
ment agency, nor Of the architects,
nor OF the building industry, nor of
labor. nor Of financial groups, nor Of
land owners.
These practices that seemed sound
during the golden era OF the 2Os from
now on may not prove advatageous
to any Of the groups. An investigation
OF all the phases OF the housing ques-
ton should be place on the high
level OF scientific research to develop
the truth. in order that progress from
this point on may be on 4 sounder
economic and social basis
The history OF the world is record
ed in the arts, and architecture is one
OF the greatest OF these Mans place
in history is not fixed by his con-
temporaries. and neither Is his art.
All fine works are 10 becau4e they
have stood the test OF time. America 8
Evening star., 1937-06-19
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUs.


Almost every person who spends
much time in large house could echo
the classic remark OF the chorus girl
who said, Il didn't mind the work, but
the stares wore me down." OF course,
in the past it has always been taken
for granted that houses had to have
stairs, and little thought has been
given to avoiding them, but think Of
the tremendous amount OF energy
which is expended every day by people
interested only in getting from one
fioor to another.
This same energy, if directed IN
more profitable pursuits, would pos
sibly enable us to retire at An early
age, and it is with that thought in
mind that We want you to know about
home elevator which can .oe installed
in your home at cost about the same
as that of an average oil burner.
Another marvellous service that this
device can perform is to enable in
valids and crippled people to 60 up
and down stairs At will, thereby OPEN
ing up new worlds to them which
would have been unobtainable any
other way.
The elevator itself consists Of small
car which runs up and down a track
built up against the wall next to the
stairs. The little car has two seats
on it which fold up when the platform
is folded up against the wall out of
the way entirely. A control switch is
conveniently located, and at the press
OF button you ride smoothly in the
desired direction. If the car is at the
other end of the stairs you merely
press call button and it will come to
you ready and eager for a ride.
You probably think that you have
to tear your house to pieces to install
this valuable machine, but quite the
contrary Is the case. No alterations
are necessary to the walks, floors or
stairs, and the equipment which is put
in is 80 inconSpicuous that you will
not know it 1S in place. The driving
mechanism is located under the stairs
Evening star., 1937-06-19

hurtling to the bottom Of the frame,
never to be seen again.
The American genius for inventing
things has stepped into this breech
also. and now we have a small device
which can be installed in any window
to eliminate sash cord difficulties.
1t consists OF small pressed steel
housing, which is fitted into the
window frame and held in place with
two screws. Inside there is coiled
spring the end of which is connected
to the window itself via an easily
adjusted steel hook.
An adjusting screw is located in
the bottom of the device. so that
Evening star., 1937-06-19

~ good for cabbage, radishes, beets
and Chinese cabbage. Several Of the
other common vegetables can be
grown fairly satisfactorily in 1t.
While 1t acts somewhat like Q
sponge and cannot be worked A.
early as soil which dries more readily
IN the Spring. muck has the advan-
tages OF being high in nitrogen content
and easy to work when dry. In dry
seasons 1t tends to hold moisture better
than mineral lands. Where winds
are heavy there is some dif1lcult- with
muck blowing. but this can be rem .
edied by using certain plant as wind
breaks. Use Of double rows OF rhubarb b
Is advised
Evening star., 1937-06-19
Blue Ceiling for Dinette.

A sophisticated dinette. built in
geniously in the long. narrow space Of
an ex-pantry, has an azure blue CELL
ing. The walls are horizontally di-
vided into strips painted = different
tone Of gray. beginning with deep
gray at the bottom and finishing with
pearl gray at the ceiling. The vivid
Chinese red OF the built-in curved
settee matches the upholstery Of the
chrome chairs. The table has an
eboni1ed finish. while the black and
white rubberised floor is in tune with
the white painted Venetian blinds
with black tapes.
Evening star., 1937-06-19
Grape.Colored Garrett.

In bed room recently decorated, q
deep grape-colored carpet provides
an excellent setting for the peach-col-
ored walls. The woodwork Il en-
ameled ivory. while the ceiling h fin-
ished In orchid nat paint.
Evening star., 1937-06-19
L@ H1
Z (!

Docs your house have = lot Of win
dows with broken sash cords and lost
weights 50 that the opening or closing
Of = window is almost 4 dangerous
experience? Few things are quite
rs annoying as the struggles one has
to have with windows anyway and,
unless the proper balancing equipment
Is in complete working order, you
know you are In for 4 battle.
Sash cords and weights are make
shifts at best and, even though they
seem to be working along smoothly
now, yul never know when the cord
is going to rot and send the weight
Evening star., 1937-06-19

or in the cellar, along with all the
electrical control apparatus, and when
the elevator Is being used the noise
which is made Is definitely negligible.
The same safety devices which make
modern elevators In large buildings
the standard Of safety are included
in the construction Of this little
outfit for the home. and you can
be sure that everything has been
done 10 make it absolutely safe and
fool-proof. Then. again, because of
its efficient design and construction,
you will f1nd that the operating and
upkeep costs will be surprisingly low.
Evening star., 1937-06-19

ica With untried styles As v are with
traditional styles. Ellndly following
either eourse means that we shall
strAngle creative work OF lasting
value"
Evening star., 1937-06-19

varying tensions may be applied for
windows OF different weights. All
the working parts are tightly inclosed
and sealed. so that the balance should
work without dificulty for many
year.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-01-22
Halle @. Brown To
Hold Annual Meeting
Friday Night, Jan. 20
REV. CHAS. KEEFE PRINCIPAL
SPEAKER

Principal speaker this year will
be Rev. Chas. Keefe, pastor st. Pc
ter Claver Church. He is active in
community work among the colored
people of st. Paul and member of
Halle @. Brown directors board.
Dramatic Presentation
One of the highlights of the eve
ming will be a dramatic presenta-
ton of the community houses ac-
tivity entitled "From Nine A. M.
to Ten p. NJ"
Dinner 35e
A small charge of 35 cents per
plate will be made for the dinner.
Reservations may be made by call
ing Dale 9278.
"This celebration" states Miss /.
Myrtle Garden, director of the CEN
ter, els expected to be the largest
and best in the history of the
house" The annual election of Of
ficers will take place on the eve
ming of the annual dinner. Present
officers include Mrs. Julia Doug
lass, vice president; Mrs. Fred
Mcrrissee, secretary; n. T. Mears,
treasurer; l. W. Hill, Jr., and Rev.
Chas. Keefe.
The community house was re-
Gently incorporated.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-01-22

tional youth conference here, Fri
day.
Her remarks followed disposal of
four reports affecting colored citi-
zens: protection under the law,
health and housing, education and
recreation, economic security and
employment.
81 have a feeling" she con-
tinued, 81 don't know whether it
is of an Esther or Deborah, that
the time has come to march for
ward.
81 want you to feel that we are
going to present your ideas un-
reservedly before the President,
that we want your prayers, that
we will get results"
Prompt Action Assured
The administrator announced
that her next plan of action is to
follow through as closely as pos
sible the recommendations made at
the conference. The recommends
tions, which will be forwarded to
President Roosevelt, are having
their first draft by committee in
Guiding:
Mrs. Bethune, Walter White, DIR.
M. o. Bousfield, T. Arnold Hill, and
Dwight o. Holmes.
After the President has studied
the proposals, Mrs. Bethune stated,
they will be sent to Cabinet mem
bers, "They will then be released
to the press" it was said, "when
they come out as the final and off
cial document of the conference"