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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-17

ford 70 have many clothes be-
cause my husband only makes a
moderate salary and we have small
children.
Well. my friend can afford to
buy everything ready-made and
whenever she gets something new
she quotes the price and then gazes
doubtfuily at whatever I am
wearing. Ny husband says I
imagine this and perhaps ! do
imagine some Of It because I have
grown sensitive. but I do know
that I DO NOT imagine her say
ing. II don't see why you take the
time to sew when you can pick up
dresses for almost nothing at the
stores.' She has said It too often
for me to think I imagine II.
Az ! say, I really like her. but
II does get on my nerves to be re-
minded that my clothes are home
made all the time.
l am considered an excellent
seamstress and have taken lessons
from experts. I never feel dowdy
until get around this friend.
Then ! feel like "hick."
Are home made clothes TOO.
TOO impossible TROUBLED.
Not at all. I think your hus-
band Ia q very fortunate man to
have q wife who can dress at
tractively on q small sum. And
am sure you do dress smartly.
for some Of the best looking and
best groomed women ! know are
women who are clever enough
to make their own clothes.
Don't let the thoughtless re-
marks Of your friend get you
down. Be satisfied In the knowl-
edge that you are a talented
seamstreas and are profiting by
possessing that gift.
Imposition
Dear Miss Grey: People may
have their pet "peeves" and bore
others by talking about them, but
am going to have my say right |
now about the biggest pest
know of---the neighbor who Inn
poses all the time.
have a neighbor who L. making
NY home q regular stopping off
place. Whenever she wants to 20
town town she brings her little
children over and calmly asks me
% care for them until she gets
home. Sometimes she IL gone all
lay.
Whenever she wants to borrow |
she comes to me. Per-
naps that Is because the other
are very cool TO her.
She owes me money right now
md sim had the audacity to ask
'or more not long ago to buy a
perfectly unnecessary article with.
foolishly let her have II and con-
'equently my husband got angry |
II me.
How can you handle . person
Ike that without being too cruel7 |
UNCERTAIN. |
II your neighbors have solved
the problem by keeping her
away through GOODNESS, there Is
no reason why you shouldn't
profit by their methods. You
don't have 10 be cruel. just
tell her that you will not be able
to care for her children and
when she wants money. remind
her that she had not paid back
what she already owes you.
Cruelty has nothing to do with
this matter. Your own welfare
has. See TO II that she ceases
to take advantage Of you.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-17
Apricot Nut Cobbler


Two and one-quarter cups flour.
"a teaspoons phosphate baking
powder. 5 tablespoons butter, u
teaspoon salt, y cup milk. 2 cups
stewed or canned apricots. 5 table,
spoons sugar, y cup nut meats,
chopped.
Sift flour, baking powder and
salt Cut in shortening. Add the
milk TO the flour mixture, 10
make soft dough. Knead light
~ on Toured board. Roll dough
into rectangle about 9 by IL
inches. Place fruit on top and
sprinkle with sugar and nut meats.
Roll as for jelly roll. Cut into
pieces and place cut side up in a
well-buttered baking dish. Bake
in hot oven (425 degrees FL for
about so minutes. Heat syrup
from fruit and serve over top or
serve with hard sauce. or cream.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-17
HIT HEAD
COLD MISERY
Right Where n Hits You'll

ctEARYoURkosE Acknowledgements
open up your cold-clogged head
breathe more freely Vicks Va-tro-nol
Is what you need. A few drops give
swift relief from head cold discomfort.
TINS TREATMENT is successful because
Va-tro-nol is active medication-oon.
tanning several essential relief-givina
agents plus ephedrine-expressly de-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-17


hsar from some Of your readers
tsgnrdlng = subject that has not
besa discussed often by other
Nomen- I refer to second mar
kiage ana the chance there u for
bapplnses IN u Il . woman h q
Glvoruoe.
When . woman has once been
married, even unhappily. she finds
cut that life II very dull and lonely
- she grows older u she has to
Nve alone. But even Il It 10 lone
ooms and dreary. am wondering
X II = not better TO feel forsahen
and doeolate than Il h to live in
m unhappy atmosphere. merely
Tor the sake of companionship.
Surely Z disagreeable companion
detracts from the Joy Of living
and tie doubtful pleasure Of such
companionship cannot mean any
thing In the. way Of mental and
spiritual uplift.
an married The second time
ana nav husband i forever throw
ing up to me the failure Of my
first marriage, whenever We have
IN Argument. He tries TO win his
point b. saying that he doesn't
blame nv first husband--that no
one could live With me and It was
~ ADMIT NV fault when NV first
Ausband struck me.
Now NV present husband can't
po.rbly know lust why my first
one vss 10 dissgreeable and cruel.
r,nlv tvo peoole living together
kno~r tn reai reason for their diff
f,cultiee ana no outsider can at
e,st.,t. INV CERTAIN cause 10 the
trouble. That Il Why Il hurts to
Mar NV nresent husband spitefully
fhrc~, nm tia acticns of my first
mar ,o me--aetions which were
aIway. an outlet for his unsovern-
able RACES.
sh.m' hut ! iset INV first husband
- . 800 re..on-c,,eltv ANY
~,crs.n - matter What her faults.
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-. \. -r.rt.d her rirht a free-
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-17
Thinks Second Marriage Hs.
Little Chance For Success
omorcse Doubts Wisdom Of Women Who Try Again
Afsr Knowing Unhsppinsss With First Mates
By CYNTHIA GREY

woman writes TO ask II second marriage has any
chance for happiness She has her doubts because her
second matrimonial venture TO be threatened by the
zane unhappy fate that overlook the first
Her letter:
The midland journal., 1940-02-02
cast nm ue5T
BY TALBOT MUNDY .eaes

a half breed without losing caste,
we've been fair to middling friends,
you and l. But il you use my name
again promiscuous like that, I'll
knock your block off,"
"Fathead," said Moses. ''He
knows me. He doesn't know you.
He came out because he was Gu
rious."
.'And he told you to 60 to the
devil. That's all you learned"
"Fatheadl You mean that's all
you learned. learned that he's
ready. He's red-hot ready"
"Ready for what?"
.'To get Norwood. He's trigger
ready. If he weren't, he'd be play
ing for time, and we'd be arguing
this minute about the price o. what
we'll tell him If he'll pay"
"You mean he'd have bribed us?"
81 do not. Gulbaz makes prom
ises. And he sometimes keeps his
promises, unless"
''Unless what?"
Unless someone else can keep
'em for him with a long knife. He
can hire that done for five rupees
head. So why pay us a thousand?
Can your intellect answer that con-
undrurn? Figure it out on board
when you get home"
The midland journal., 1940-02-02
Psychologist Discusses Effect Of Meat Energy

could be expected to be especially
violent "for they eat a meat diet
and their basic metabolism is
about 33 per cent higher than that
of people living in temperate zones"
The Eskimos, however, are the
most peaceful and unwarlike race
in the world, the professor de-
clared. Inheritance is an important
factor in the degree of activity, he
said. But, sit may be argued
that all races have inherited po-
tentially high level of activity-a
very questionable assumption-and
that the differences we observe are
due to the failure to utilize a diet
which will bring out this activity to
its fullest extent" /" e
Fritz summarized by saying:
s'It is quite possible that diet does
influence racial temperament, but
until further evidence is gathered
we may well be just bit cautious
in drawing conclusions.
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Is the jungle lion ferocious be-
cause it lives on raw meat? Would
it be more gentle if a vegetarian?
And are men who live principally
on meat diet likely to be more
belligerent than those who prefer
vegetables?
The answers to those questions,
according to Martin F. Fritz, as
sociate professor of psychology at
Iowa State college, is yes and no.
Lack of meat in the diet may
cause an animal or human being
to live on a lower energy plane,
Fritz found, thus giving the. ap-
pearance of a peaceful, mild dis
position.
According to that hypothesis, "
he said, "a vegetarian diet simply
depresses the activity level while
a generous intake of meat may
bring out the full energy potenti-
alities.
''It might be argued that the
continued eating of high protein
foods, such as meat, might result
in a permanently higher plane of
basal metabolism which would ac-
count for the energy and vigor Of
meat-eating nations" he continued.
But Fritz apparently found a
hitch in this argument. For If
it were true, he said. the Eskimos
The midland journal., 1940-02-02
sportlight
By GrarstLand Rice
Yanks Conceded Fifth Straight
Pennant Win Despite Ameri-
can Leagues Recent NO Trad
ing Legislation.
(NANA--WNU Service.)
(NANA-wNU service.)

r OS ANGELES.-No major league
IL club ever has won five pennants
in row-but If the Yankees do not
hang up their fifth in a row this
year, the American league race re-
suit will be an upset. That, at least,
is the way it looks as 1910 gets under
way.
The fact that the percentage will
be running against them again holds
no terrors for the Yanks. One Of
these days, Of course, the percent
age is going to catch up with the
Yankees and flatten them because
that is one foe nobody can outlast.
No club in the American league
and only one major league club in
the modern history of the game
ever had won four pennants in a
row. The Yankees ran their string
to that number in 1889. No club
ever had won four world series in
row. The Yankees did that, too.
Having won the 1888 series from the
Cubs in four straight games, and
The midland journal., 1940-02-02

Maharanee believed every word she
said. But she used arguments that
sounded curious, even to Lynn, who
was under the spell of the eastern
environment.
Lynn later found Rundhia stand
ing in moonlight, in a golden tur-
ban and European dinner clothes.
AS a palace door closed behind
Lynn, she, too, stepped into the
moonlight, with her face half yelled
under the sequined sari. It was she
who looked oriental. dressed accord
ing to the Maharanee's wishes. Rum
dhia looked like a western athlete,
in more or less fancy dress. And
he called Lynn goddess in west
ern terms that any polo-playing
American gallant might have used /:
"You look like Miss India! You
almost give me religion! Pull away
that curtain! Show your golden hair,
and let's give all the other goddesses
a sight to make them green with
envy!"
Lynn uncovered her head and
walked beside him in silence.
II feel like a god tonight" said
Rundhia.
"Have you been drinking?" Lynn
asked.
"You golden-haired iconoclast!
Your arrow aimed into the heart of
my ballooning self-esteem! You de-
licious archer! have had five cock
tails. Do / seem drunk?"
"What sized cocktails?"
Measured to my mood, exactly" /"
"Then you seem astonishingly So
ber. What have you done about
Captain Norwood?"
Lynn, let's forget Norwood. I
want to talk to you"
ss1"I can't forget him. You and l
have wronged him."
'Has he answered your letter."
Rundhia retorted.
s'No. But have you forgotten your
promise?"
didn't the Maharanee tell you?
Don't trouble yourself about Nor
wood. Forget him. Talk to me. "
81 wish to talk about Captain Nor
wood"
.s.He has talked about you, / don't
mind telling you. According to one
Of the palace servants, he told your
aunt this afternoon that he's dis.
gusted with you"
II can believe he is disgusted. "
Lynn answered. but I can't imag-
inc him saying SO to Aunty, or to
anyone else
The midland journal., 1940-02-02
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

Starching Curtains.--If curtains
are thoroughly dried before being
starched they win keep clean
longer.
Washing Pearl-H Handled Knives.
Never allow bone or pearl
handled knives to soak in dish wa
ter. Dip the blades into hot, soapy
water, then dry them wen.si@ et'AsF
-.sll-g -. =
Tasty Apple Sauce.-Add one
eighth teaspoon of cream of tartar
to cinnamon and sugar used in
apple sauce. It gives it delicious
flavor. "a q &
To remove "a stopper from a
glass jar, pour warm water into
pan and invert jar in it, gradually
add warmer water until it is quite
hot, but not so hot as to break
jar. Leave in water for some
time, occasionally; trying stopper
to see if it is loose.
For a sweet muffin to serve with
hot beverages, try adding fourth
of a cup each of chopped candied
: orange peel and candied pineapple
to your regular muffin recipe.
Or try using a fourth of cup Of
chopped dates and a third-cup Of
broken pecans. A third combina-
tion is a fourth-cup each of citron
and figs.
The midland journal., 1940-02-02

4s0s <&S ss~@@> sOSAs y Seat $3.50 SsS@~e
dhia.
every well, what about me?"
''Now you have made me speech
less!"
''Have II Then perhaps you win
listen to me-"
Beloved, will glady listen to
you, in an ecstasy Of patience and
devotion, during years which shall
flow so fast that we'll be old before
we know it'll"
''Did you get that from book?"
II never read books. When talk
to you, my tongue can only stutter
miserable hints of how feel. You
make me delirious. Be good enough
to notice that these arms resist i'm
pulse!" He extended his arms to-
ward the moon, then dropped them
to his sides. "Oh, Lynn, love you. -
"Good job don't love- you," she
answered. "There'd be-"
"a new golden age in Kadurl"
Rundhia interrupted. Lynn: philos-
ophy, religion, economics and the
other muck they made me listen to
at school and college left me, until
you came, dry Of faith in anything
but evil-and even evil dyingl You
are my first glimpse of goodness. "
"Don't you love the Maharanee?
Isn't she good?"
''Oh, yes. She is good past his
tory. Lynn, you are the present and
the futurel One straight look into
your blue eyes, and l knew what
hope means and the higher vision.
l had never seen it. until saw you. "
Sounds good" Lynn answered.
''What was in the cocktails?"
.Don't jokel Lynn, I'm in love.
mean every word I'm saying to
you."
81 mean what l say, too." Lynn
answered. 81 don't love you-What
was that noise? In the distance. II
sounded like shooting"
81 didn't hear it, said Rundhia,
They had reached the steps that
led to the kiosk on the garden wall
It was dark in the wallis shadow
He was justified in offering his arm
to guide her up the steps, but he
put it around her. She could fee
his vibrance. She escaped him-rar
UP the steps ahead of him, ther
waited on the wall in full moonlight
facing him, unafraid.
''There! Did you hear that?
Wasn't that rifle-shot, Rundhia?'
might have been," he answered
"Not so easy to tell.'
''Isn't Captain Norwood's camp ir
that direction?" Lynn asked.
Somewhere over there, yes. Pos
sibly jackall or a stray dog scared
his sentries. Never mind Norwood
Lynn, you say you don't love me.
don't believe you."
sWhy not? told you the plair
truth-Do you think sentries woulc
fire at a dog?"
Ellis would! He's crazy. Lynn,
don't believe you because you for
gave what did in the treasure
room. And because when you hur
me, you were sorry. Also because
you are not afraid to be alone witt
me now. Lynn, you don't know
yourself. You're"
'Do you know yourself?" she re
torted. "Don't you think it strange
that they should be shooting a
night?"
mo. Most soldiers live in con
tinual state of false alarm. Lynn
listen to me. Don't / excite your
''You did. But l saw you, and
heard you laugh at Captain Nor
woods ruin"
"You dislike me?"
"Oh, no."
! ''You admit I can stir your emo
tions?"
"Oh, yes. admit that. Why tel
lies about it? You're magnetic.
almost fell in love with you."
Lynn, you are thinking abou
East and West. That hoary old su
perstitionl 1t fingers, they tell me
in America more tenaciously thar
anywhere else, though even school
books nowadays admit that we ant
you are of the same race. Do 20,
The midland journal., 1940-02-02

Ildul tIlC i dilhCCS
these last two years
came up with some
fine young players
last year, notably
Williams and Tabor,
but they still lack a
first-r ate catcher
and they are wear
ing out in some 9TH
er positions. Cleve-
land should be
stronger with Bob
Feller still moving
toward the peak and
The midland journal., 1940-02-02
. TAlBor MvNDY-wNv SERVICE

know how many western women
have become the wives Of Indian
princes?" aoAA 81
81 don't want to know. don't
care" sa
"You are right, Lynn. Quite right.
Why should you care? It is love, not
what others have done, that crum-
bles superstitions. Lynn, / love you.
wouldn't lie to YOU"
'.Have you done your best for Cap
tain Norwood? Have you really done
it? What have you done?"
sNever mind. I have done it."
"You swear?"
eyes"
'sThen l will listen. You were
saying-?" -
Rundhia had to recover the train
of his thought. He turned away
from her a moment, paced the wall,
and came back:
Lynn, my love for you may sound
selfish. / always have been selfish,
until met you. I have no practice
with words that a genuine lover
should use. But am genuine. For
the first time in my life, am UNI
selfish. May tell you-will you
listen if l tell you-what my heart
tells me?"
eyes, will listen, Rundhia."
"Will you really hsten?"
"Yes, Rundhia. l would rather
listen to almost anything than my
own thought, at the moment" 81
| fSV1,, orn faa1s,,r Iacnrfad3O
"Despised!" Lynn answered. IF
Captain Norwood had answered my
| letter."
"You are lonely! So am I loneiyl
Lynn, diwaza kola hal! The door is
OPEN! Enter. It is that short step
across the threshold that makes you
hesitate. Leap!"
"You mean into your arms?"
eyes"
'No."
Come, Lynn!"
"No."
Lynn, you make me hate my
self. Am so unappealing to your"
Suddenly he changed his voice. He
sounded angry: "Are you in love
with Norwood?"
81 hardly know him. How could
be? l only know that | never felt
dirty before in all my life. ! don't
like it, Rundhia. And l can't for
give you for having crowed over
Captain Norwood's disgrace. You
and / brought it on him."
Lynn, is that all that's the mat
ter? If give you my word of honor
that have solved the Norwood
problem, will you listen to me?"
"Have you solved it?"
"If l prove to you, before mid
night, that there is no longer any
problem about Norwood, will you
come into my arms?"
/ Speak plainly, Rundhia."
.sI will. Lynn, face it! Norwood
has no use for you. Has he answered
your letter? He has not! The mes
senger reported that he tore up your
letter without reading it. / don't
know why you care a damn what
happens to him. He doesn't care
what happens to you. Your aunt
doesn't care. She is leaving you
fiat"
Lynn interrupted: "You say Cap
tain Norwood tore up my letter?
Why didn't you tell me that before?"
''To save your feelings. However,
you know now. That's how he feels.
That's Norwood. Lynn, you are
merely hesitating on that damned
old superstitious crumbling plat
form of East is East and West is
West, that Kipling lied about. You
and are above all that nonsense.
Lynn, beloved, come into my arms
now! You are lonely. So am lone
". See, am waiting for you. Come
here, Lynn. Come of your own will.
Be mine. Face things from the in
side looking outward. You shall be
my wife. and I swear by my love
for you, that Norwood"
"Oh, that's only promise" Lynn
interrupted. 81 won't believe you
about Captain Norwood, until you
prove it."
The midland journal., 1940-02-02
Common Sense
About Constipation

2
A doctor would tell you that the
best thing to do with constipation
is get at its Cause. That way you
don't have to endure it first and
try to "cure" it afterward you
can avoid having it.
Chances are you won't have to
look far for the cause if you eat
the super-refined foods most
people do. Most likely you don't
get enough "bulk"! And "bu1k"
doesn't mean q lot of food. It
means a kind of food that isn't
consumed in the body, but
leaves a soft bulky" mass in the
intestines.
If this is what you lack, try
crisp crunchy Kellogg's All-Bran
for breakfast. It contains just the
"bulk" you need.
EatAll-Bran often, drink plenty
Of water, and Join the Regulars. ="
Made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek.
II your condition is chronic, it Is
wise to consult a physician.
The midland journal., 1940-02-02
CHAPTER XVI

The Maharanee was scrupulously
fair. Rather than disguise her mo-
tive, she revealed it. She stripped
objections to it naked. She didn't
pretend that Rundhia was prince
Of virtue or man of his word,
except when it suited him, or when
compelled to keep a promise. The
The midland journal., 1940-02-02
Worlds Longest Ticket?

A ticket issued by the Canadian
Pacific railway is is feet II inches
longl 1t was the longest ever sold
by the company, and was issued to
Miss Alice Johnston, an English lee
turer, travelling all over Canada on
q lecture tour.
The midland journal., 1940-02-02

UACAEx AND GO6UON
They'll help the Yanks hang up their
fifth in a rotU.
being faced by supposedly strong
er opponent in 1889, it didn't seem
likely the Yankees-granted that
they would be victorious-would win
again in four straight. But they did.
With Red Ruffing pitching, Bill
Dickey catching, Joe DiMaggio in
center field and fellows like Joe Cor
don, frankie Crosetti, Red Rolfe,
George Selkirk and Charlie Keller
spotted through the lineup, it looks
as though the Yankees can continue
for a while longer.
In an effort to hobble the Yanks,
the rest of the league made a
rule preventing them from trading
with the other clubs. The Yanks
didn't mind that, either. Just by
way of cooperating, Ed Barrow
voted for the rule. With Newark,
Kansas City and other clubs in the
chain sending up players faster than
the Yankees can absorb them, Bar
row and Joe Mccarthy aren't inter-
ested in the other A. L. talent.
The midland journal., 1940-02-02
Use Of Time

Know the true value Of time;
snatch, seize and enjoy every mo
ment of it. No idleness, no lazi-'
ness, no procrastination; never
put off till tomorrow what you can
do today.-Lord Chesterfield.
The midland journal., 1940-02-02
MOTHERS .
Mother Of Misery

Employment, which Galen calls
natures physician" is so essen
tial to human happiness that i'm
dolence is just considered the
mother of misery.-Robert Burton.
The midland journal., 1940-02-02


of the great pitchers of all time.
Below those three clubs, the Tt
gers, White Sox and Senators are
punched pretty closely. Below them,
the Browns and Athletics still are
stumbling along.
AS usual, the race in the National
league should be close. The Reds,
new to the sweat and fire and tumult
Of close tussle in 1888, failed
where, with a little more experience,
they might have won. Last year,
hardened by the 1888 campaign, they
broke throughput they broke
through just ahead of the Cardinals,
whose lot was similar to that which
the Reds had drawn in '38.
This year the Cardinals may be
ready. With better pitching than
they had in 1889 and better luck,
they can win. It took them quite
a while to realize that they had a
chance last year. and then, just
about as the realization came to
them, they were ruined by injuries.
Swinging along behind these two
clubs are the Dodgers. They need
more power and thought they were
going to get it from Joe Medwick
but with pennant chances cleaning
bright again in St. Louis, it doesn't
look now as though Branch Hickey
is of a mind to sell Medwick. If
Larry McPhail can come up with a
power hitter from somewhere else,
watch out for the Dodgers. From
these three teams the winner will be
decided.
The midland journal., 1940-02-02
BABY CHICKS

ORDER YOUR CHICKS EARLY for
January and February delivery and we
will include 10 or more extra chicks per
100. Write at once for detailed informa-
ton. MILFORD HATCHERY. Roekdales
Nd, PikesvilIe p. o.
The midland journal., 1940-02-02
No Threat in Sight

The Red Sox, who have made the
best showing in the attempt to over