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could go to Fenwick's apartment
without trouble.
There was no outside door to the
dressing room, but 1t could be en-
tered through the bath which had
a door letting into the hall.
Shed have to try that.
She didn't dare risk entering
Fenwick's bedroom to get through
that way.
As silently as a shadow she
slipped carefully down the steps.
thankful that they were firm and
didn't creak.
At the door of the stairs, she
paused for full minute, and stood
listening.
Absolute Silence
There wasn't a sound in the
house that she could hear, the
silence was absolute. Carefully
she crept along the wall. The
first door led to Fenwicks bed
room. The next door would be
the bathroom.
She tried to peer under the edge
of the door to see II there was q
CLEAN of light tat would indicate
the master o. the house as still
awake, but could see nothing.
Shed have TO risk it.
Gathering her courage, she put
out her hand and cautiously turned
the knob very gently and felt a
sudden thrill OF elation. 1t turned
in her hand
A fraction OF an inch at a time
she pushed the door open, listen
ing with straining ears for the
slightest sound.
II seemed 10 her. after pausing
for a minute. that she could hear
deep breathing. Fenwick must be
asleep.
Good. II would be a sound
sleep, the first sleep OF the night
from which II IL hardest to arouse
anyone. She prepared TO step
into the bathroom, and in that
moment, a terrific din arose from
outside the house.
Dogs Bark
The dogs, All three OF them
seemed TO be snsrling and bark
ing at the same moment.
Psusing just long enough to pull
the door shut, Jill fled up the
stairs as fast as she could 60, and
reached her door before she saw
anyone in the hallway.
She was just closing her door
very quietly. when she heard a
sudden outburst OF voices.
She recognized Chatfield and a
moment later, the roaring voice OF
Fenwiek.
She heard Fenwick believing
orders and then Chatfield scurry-
ing down the front stairs.
Quickly. she undressed in the
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CHAPTER TWELVE

Certain that she was 10 be dis
missed, Jill packed her things in
the cheap suitcase and waited In
her room.
At any moment she expected the
summons, probably from Mrs.
Fenwick. who would tell her she
no longer was needed, hand her a
check for her two days work and
see that she was escorted to the
gate.
She sat on the bed In her room.
her mind In a turmoil. various wild
ideas running through her head, a
plan to slip into Fenwick's apart
ments that night, when the house,
hold was asleep. quietly pull out
the second from the top drawer in
the chest, draw out the box, and
retreat to her room.
A Burglar
What had Rodney Shore said, a
burglar! Maybe he was right
after all. Perhaps 1t would have
been better II she had taken his
suggestion and worked with him.
The hours licked away. II grew
dark outside. and still the girl sat
there, trying to think her way out
OF the dilemma, but the harder she
tried, the more hopeless and con-
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dark. and crept into bed. If there
should happen TO be check made
inside the house, it would never
do for anyone to find her awake,
fully dressed.
Heart Pounds
Her heart pounding, she lay for
an hour, and heard nothing more.
The dogs didn't bark again, and
she must have drifted off to sleep
for the next thing she knew, it
was daylight and she was sitting
up in bed. startled, her alarm
clock dancing on the table as its
bell tangled discordantly.
In the servants room, where she
had q hasty breakfast, she found
Mary and Chatfield discussing the
events of the night.
Continued on Page 20. Column 81
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The Lady Is Reckless
BY ROB EDEN

fused everything seemed to be-
come.
She knew II was past dinner
time, that a place was set for her
In the servants room downstairs,
but she didn't go down.
There were no guests tonight
at least she had not been notified.
so Chatfield would take care of
the dinner for the family. She
didn't want anything to eat, her
self. She wasn't in the least
hungry.
Alarm Clock
How long she sat there, she
didn't realize until finally she
switched on her light and looked
at the alarm clock. II was one
o'clock.
Why not try to invade Fenwick's
apartment? 1t surely would be
worth a trial.
Nothing had been said tonight
about her leaving, but she was
certain she would be sent away the
first thing in the morning. This
would be her only chance, des-
perste one, but worth the risk.
She turned out her light. re-
moved her white apron and stood
there in her black uniform. Al
least, she wouldn't be easily seen
in the dark.
Cautiously she opened her door
and peered out.
There was a night light burning
At the end Of the hall near the
back stairs
Toward the front Of the house
all was darkness. II would be bet
ter. she decided, to try the front
stairs. Less chance OF being seen
She slipped off her shoes.
No Trouble
She had been in the house long
enough To fix the position of the
rooms, and she was certain she
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POPULA AR RECIPES

Cut in butter with pastry bender
or two knives; add milk and stir
untl dough is formed. Turn out
onto Toured board. knead lightly
few times; roll to /. inch thick
ness. Combine meat. gravy and
horseradish. and spread over the
dough; roll up lengthwise like jelly
roll. pinching edges of dough to-
gether. Cut In slices IL inches
thick and place in buttered hak-
ing dish 10x6x1 4 inches or shape
in circle and place on flat baking
pan. Bake in a moderately hot
oven 400 deg. F. for 30 TO 10
minutes. Serve hot with creamed
mushrooms. peas or other vegeta-
bles as a sauce or gravy. Serves 6.
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TEMPLE FACULTY FROM
e. FOREIGN COUNTRIES

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES uni
versity, which started in 1884 with
seven students learning theology
from DR.. Russell H. Conwell, has
enlisted learned men from through
out the world TO build its faculty
to 700, who teach the universitys
$4,000 students.
rwenty-three foreign countries
are represented in the faculty
body, an administration survey
showed. But while 81 members are
of foreign birth and education, all
have become American citizens.
Nationalities represented include
England, China, Australia, Russia,
Canada. Ireland. Germany, Portu-
gal. Poland. Colombia. Denmark,
Norway. Italy, Scotland, Lithuania,
Philippines, New Zealand, France,
Armenia, Hungary, Rumania, Ven
ezuela, Switzerland.
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row. But perhaps . parent could
face the thought more bravely II
he could make himself think Of
that son ~ q man first--a son
second.
AZ a man. the possibility Of
some day fighting for his country
Ii one of the dangers and duties
that he must accept Until the
world 10 the better world we dream
of--war 10 as much q thing for
him to face as the danger and pain
OF childbirth is thing for women
to face. OBJ.
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Married Pessimists
Tactless With Young
Allow Their Own Disillusionment to Prompt
Silly and Thoughtless Talk
By CYNTHIA GREY

lear MISS Grey: am young girl engaged TO be
RED and would like to know why many married people are
cynical ut the mere mention of marriage 1t isn't any
exhibit an engagement ring proudly and then have
raucous-volced man DO you to tell you're
going to stick your chin out and take chance that terrible
gamble"
am sick and tired of unfaithfu husbands who tell my
fance that he doesn't know how lucky he be single
am sick and tired Of pessimsc and who allow
their own failure in marriage to color everything they
to about the subjecand color il in very drab hues
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heartily wish disillusioned hus-
bands and wives would keep their
wise-cracks and pessimism to
themselves. We younger men and
women are doing just what they
did--'are taking chance at mar
riage because love seems to US to
be the most important thing In the
world. and until we find out II Is
not we viii form our own opinions
on the matter. The wisdom Of our
elders u not particularly impress
sivc, and especially offensive IL the
dirty" wise-cracking Eyes. that
II just what II Isl that comes from
broken-down and dissipatcd old
men who have lived their lives and
then want TO be wise guys
IT'S high time married people
quit fooling the young. Those
about to get married get only two
points Of view--and neither Is the
truth.
The cynics warn them that mar
rage WIN dull their love-that
after year or two they'll be bored
to death with each other and with
marriage.
The hopeful romantics tell them
that II they do just the right
things--if he brings her roses once
. week and tells her she's beauti-
ful once = day and she repeats
you're wonderful" with the per-
sistence Of q stuck victrola needle
the eager romance Of counting
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CHECK DIMENSIONS
AS WELL AS WEIGHT

In addition to keeping careful
eye on your weight, check your
dimensions at least twice a year.
II you are thicker through the
wsistline even though you have
not gained any weight, exercises
are In order. Diet alone won't ac-
complish this trick.
Don't let anyone discourage you
about trying to lose a pound or
two. There are no two ways about
lift you eat less and exercise
more. you will lose weight. II you
don't, better see your family doctor
at once. 1t may be that some or
ganic ailment and not just plain
over-eating is causing you to gain.
In the main, however. obesity
Is caused by over-eating. Those
with hearty appetites might be
consoled by the true fact that its
possible to eat enough food to
ward off hunger without taking
a chance of adding to ones weight,
So the calory chart comes in
handy, making it simple to pick
dishes of low caloric content. This
is important to any weight
watcher.
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When you need few extra
dollars, look around the basement
or attic for discarded articles. This
win bring you cash from someone IL
you advertise them with an mex
pensive Times Want Ad. Just
phone Main 1851.
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Is your ingenuity taxed for
smart ways TO serve left-overs
Here IS a design for a tasty biscuit
roll that fits right in with the
modern trends in cooking.
Leftover meat and bits of
gravy are transformed into a de-
llcious maindish and a creamed
mushroom or vegetable sauce adds
the necessary variation in texture
and flavor TO make il a culinary
triumph. A suspicion Of horse
radish added to the meat filling
adds a more piquant flavor to the
otherwise bland meat
Make a second recipe of the bis
cult dough and bake as biscuits TO
serve dripping with butter and
your farorite marmalade. A crisp
green salad. cool glasses Of milk
and fresh fruit dessert viii just
about complete your meal.
Meat Biscuit Roll
2 cups all-purpose flour
teaspoons baking powder
teaspoon salt
tablespoons butter
2-S cup milk
Ia cups leftover ground cook
ed meat
!, cup gravy
teaspoon grated horseradish
Sift flour, measure; sift three
times with baking powder nd salt.
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Thirtyish? Then Be
Sure to Watch Diet

Just about the best presents any
woman can give herself on ner
s0th birthday are bathroom scales.
ealory chart and a note which
says. Il never intend to weigh
more than - pounds
Once she has set a figure, made
I'D her mind that she never IN
tends to weigh more than that and
then proceeds to lose all weight
over that figure as soon as she
has gained II. it's fairly simple
matter to remain youthfully slim
through the years.
The difficulty with most people
IL that they don't start worrying
about their weight until they have
gained five pounds or more. And
this in spite Of the very we'll
known fact that its a simple mat.
ter to lose two pounds. but usually
a dreadful ordeal to lose more
than five.
For anyone inclined to gain
weight easily. bathroom scales
kept in a handy spot, are a real
necessity. It's a mistake TO de.
pend on how your clothes fit oil
what your friends say about youl
figure. Weigh yourself once .
week and get the fact not {
tbanru
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Answers to Test Questions

Answers to Test Questions
Below are the answers to test
questions printed on the editorial
page:
!. Philadelphia.
2. California.
3. Twenty-eight.
4. Missouri river.
s. Horse racing.
6. MCMXVIII.
Z. Re-yer-ber-a-tiv: not rev-er-
bera'tiv.
8. Lookout mountain.
3. Enrico Caruso.
10. Latin.
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I'm t~enfy ulziien bones Ssxe hem distrib-
uted during that period.
Nnrmolu Il not intended - sure-ail fer
IN ailments. This advertisement h int<nded
enls for ~ persons vho srs normal and
caused ~ : reduction In the Secretion from
m thyroid Hinnd thype-thyroidism) with
accompanying suonoruaai metnbulic ratsa
No other representation h made a. 10 this
treatment exe<pt under thsse conditions and
We a. not make any diagnosis ~ that Il
- function Of yeur physician, who mnst he
consulted for that pprposs The formula e
Included IN every parkags. start with
Mnrmoia today and win the slender lovely
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:. AND FUSED TO eE
SUCH \ SAUSAGE IN
THIS DRESS
Look at
the Fat
I've Lost!

Nov you can slim
Down your face and
figure without strict
dlstinr or back break
ing exercises. Just eal
sensibls and taks &
Msrmoia Tablets .
day. according 70 the
Directions.
narmoia Tablets
hase hsen scld 10 the
public fpr more than
thirty Neafr. More
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$500 Reward

VIII be paid by the manufactures
for any Corn GREAT CHRISTIE
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days win be theirs forever.
Why don't the married tell the
soon-to-be the truth and give them
break
The truth. OF course. Is that peo-
pie old enough to marry should
neither want nor expect a lifetime
honeymoon
There Il no reason In the world
why girl should be disappointed
in marriage because her husband
occasionally gets too engrossed In
his own thoughts to really hear
her chatter or TO Jump to his feet
to help her put on her galoshes.
And he shouldn't feel Justified in
looking elsewhere for romance and
alteration and mystery just be-
cause his wife treats him like a
human being instead Of Gods
greatest gift TO woman.
Young people ought to be taught
that II il an achievement and not
q letdown for a man and a woman
to learn to be good enough friends
to take each other a little bit for
granted. Enough to let them en-
joy the happiness and companion
ship of marriage without feeling
they should put on an act every
minute they are together.
II young people were made TO
understand that II Ia only the emo
tionally immature who expect to
live In a romantic dream world all
their lives--they wouldn't feel that
marriage had let them down the
minute II let's them touch their feet
10 solid earth. r. M.
Mother Speaks
Dear Miss Grey: In this time
of war all mothers are haunted I
am sure by the dread that their
beloved sons might be called TO
20. Because this Is so, would like
to pass along an article ] read the
other day that deals with the sub
feet. william L. Powers. manag-
ing editor Of the Youngstown, o.,
Indicator" wrote:
"If. AZ q parent. ! failed to rec
ognize In my baby boy q possible
soldier, then I failed to see the
world as II In. instead Of the way
I would like to have II. And In my
failure feel I would be encourag-
ing my son to be unprepared for
that unwanted. but nevertheless
possible, day when he might be
called on TO serve in the armed
forces OF his country.
Furthermore, I wonder II there
IL not real value to society in the
mere fact OF rearing children to
be people rather than merely sons
and daughters even though those
children may not even reach ma
turity."
There II comfort In this mans
philosophy for mothers and IA
theirs who are filled with spprehen-
sion these days for the future OF
their sons.
No parent could see 4 son 80 off
to war without being torn by SCR
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DO wear bodice dfApery. sleeves
fuIied at the top. high neck with
a frill or necklace, a flared skirt
to slim your hips and make you
look more curvaceous on top.
Wear high or nodded waistlines,
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too, and soft hair TO fill in your
thin neck. Avoid long ear rings,
severe hair-dos and hats. A lot of
women are doing this so success
fully you'd never guess how fiat
they really are.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Best Sellers in Principal Cities
WASHINGTON.

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Nom Fction"The Pressure Boys" Kenneth Crawford;
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Of Niilm Hermann Rauchnns; Peace but Sword"
cent Sheean
Fcaon-"The Grapes Of Wrath" kitty Foyle" Escape"
Christmas Holiday" Paul Revere Square" Kent
Non-Fiction-Country Lawyer" Bellamy Partridge;
ASIA John Gunte The Revolution "AutoboRraphy
With Letters William Phelps Days Of Our years. pierre Van
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CHICAGO.
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Evening star., 1939-11-26
Brief Reviews of New Books

JIMMIE RIDES THE CHINA
SKIPPER. Story and pictures
by Carol Nay. Chicago: Albert
Whitman & Co.
Story of a boys trip in the IA
nous ship with quite elaborate in
formation about ship itself.
PoRKY. Story and pictures by
James L. Lockhart. Chicago:
Albert Whitman & Co.
Story of little Arkansas razor
back, who ran OH and went to COL
lege. Aumsing.
IT HAPPENED IN ENGLAND. BY
Marian King. Pictures by Hide
gard Woodward. Chicago: Al
bert Whitman & Co.
Story of two little English children
who have great adventures getting
to the coronation of King George
vi and Elizabeth. Pleasant.
RHAMON, A BOY OF KAsHMIR.
BY Heluiz Washburne. Pictures
by Roger Duvoisin. Chicago:
Albert Whitman, & Co.
A little lame boy of Kashmir wins
the favor Of the Rajah and goes
around over his country in adven-
turous state. Pleasant.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
JOCK BAREFOOT. By Maud 1iud-
By NC. r.

JOCK BAREFOOT. BY Maud Lind
say. Illustrations BY Jane Lin
ton. New York: Lothrop. Leo d
Shepard.
A Scotch fairy tale In which 4
little boy disappears and the Little
People are suspected Of knowing
something about 1t. Very nice.
A BOY OF SALEM. BY Mildred
Buchanan FlAgg. Introduction
by Albert Bushnell Hart. Pic.
lures by William Hamaker. New
York: Thomas Nelson & Sons.
The adventures Of little boy who
comes to the Salem colony In 162o.
Pleasant.
THE COPPER KETTLE. By An
nette Turnsren. Illustrated by
Dorothy Bayley. New York:
Thomas Nelson n Sons.
Story Of . little swedish girl In q
period . generation ago. Very nice.
NARY STUART, YOUNG QUEEN
or SCOTS. By Mildred, Criss.
New York: Dodd, Mad a 90.
History Of the childhood and girl-
hood q the glamouross uueen.
Clearly and Wsll dons.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Maud
By Richard Lee Strout. Neto
York: The Macmillan Co.

York: The Macmillan Co.
To the psychologist, amateur or
otherwise, an autobiography is always
interesting. When the autobiography
consists Of the daily jottings Of a
diary addict for a period of 13 years,
1t Is sufficiently intimate to give you
a personal "on-the-spot" account.
You have enough assembled ma
terial to make as good an analysis as
one can make of another person.
But aside from its more clinical
aspects, "Maude" tells a story
charming in its very detail. It's Just
gossip-events, people. places,
opinions-combined with very per-
sonal revelations. But the very per-
sonal chatterings of an attractive
and intelligent girl of 16 have q
decided appeal-an appeal that, sur
prisingly enough, does not lessen as
she grows older.
The book gives picture of Cairo,
ILL.,, during the 1906. 1t describes
the honey, pleasant life of a vigorous
and expanding community during a
time when America was still quite
young and the Middle West was in
the midst of a trading and industrial
boom. 1t is a good picture, and
valuable to students of Americana.
But what remains with us, clearly and
distinctly against this background, is
the lovable, interpretive Maude. For
the rest Is transi tory, but Maude goes
on forever IN the soul Of every young
woman who confides in her diary,
has beaux, goes to parties, wonders
about life and people and marriage.
-, H. A.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Juveniles,

Juveniles.
STORY PICTURES OF CLOTHING
AND SHELTER. BY John Yale.
Chicago: Becky -Cardy Co.
Instruction in forms of homes and
types Of clothing used by different
peoples throughout the world, given
In story form. Should be useful.
THE LADDER OF CLOUDS. BY
the Works Progress Administra-
ton Federal Writer'S Project In
Pennsylvania. Chicago: Albert
Whitman & Co.
An elementary sicence primer CIV
ing the fundamental facts about
cloud formation.
THE BOOK OF STONES. BY the
Works Progress Administration,
Federal Writer'S Project in
Pennsylvania. Chicago: Albert
Whitman & Co.
Elementary geology, story form.
SNOW, GLACIERS AND ICE
BERGS. BY the Works Prog
ress Administration, Federal
Writers Project in Pennsylva-
MIA.
Elementary science text, story
form.
Evening star., 1939-11-26

Toward a Literate World" by r.
G. Laubach, tells the story Of a mis-
sionary's work in the Philippines
and elsewhere, teaching adults to
read the Bible in their own tongue
The home-mission text for the
year is A. H. Limouze's Homeland
Harvest" 1t shows rapid social
changes and their attendant evils,
such as, migrant, sharecropper and
relief conditions.
Specific problems included in this
years program, devoted to home
missions, are treated in more detail
by other authors. Carey McWil-
liams, in Factories in the Field" !"
gives a full-length portrait of the
migratory agricultural worker in
California. Erskine Caldwell and
Margaret Bourke- White, in "You
Have Seen Their Faces" record the
Southern sharecropper in vivid prose
and candid camera photographs.
Louise Armstrong, in "We, Too, Are
the People" tells, not in terms of
statistics, but In terms of human
beings, what relief is like in North
ern Michigan.
M. A. Dawber's Rebuilding Rural
America" sheds light on the special
needs of rural groups, including the
Negro, the mirer and the Southern
highlander.
M. H. LETTERS "City and Church
In Transition" a careful study Of
organized religious life, contains i'm
portant data for church and social
workers. 'The American City and
It's Church." by s. c Kincheloe,
deals with the urban problems of
unemployment. housing, delinquency
and the obligations of the church
to them.
John Irwins "The Missionary
Education of Young People" makes
definite suggestions in program
planning for adult advisers to youth
organizations and for officers in
young peoples missionary societies.
j. l.. Lobingier's "The Missionary
Education OF Adults" gives methods
for enlisting men as well as women
in mission study.