Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 27, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 3 March 1921 — Page 2

IN THE HOP JOINT. Synopsis.—Vaguely conscious of a double personality, but without any klca of its meaning, the girl I-eo-r.ora. makes Iter accustomed way into the Street of Faces in the underworld of New tprkrMario, Joins her. Greatly tn love arid seeing the tine qualities which tie girl really possesses. Mario seeks to turn her from the path of Inevitable destruction. She promises to marry him. At Riston's case, gathering plwe of criminals. Leonora meets hqf partner, "Red'" Carnehan, and his associates, and is accused of betraying a fellow criminal to- the police. She savagely defends herself. Police crash into the room and two are kiligd by Carnehan. Leonora and the rest escape. In her studio, Priscilla Maine, wealthy artist, awakes from troubled sleep with a distlnt feeling of havtng-her life linked with Leonora's. Priscilla has painted a ptcturr of her sett hr fawcy-Arcs*—— a gipsy—which, has a strange effect on her. Unnerved, and fearful that her inind is affected, Priscilla calls to her aid a dear friend. Dr. Philip Fosdiek, who is in love with her. He is stunned to find that her dream story of the police tight is confirmed by the newspapers. Priscilla tells him about the mystery of her mother, who died when she was born. He sees the effect of the painting and pronounces it a case of auto-hypnosis. Priscilla makes him promise not U> go to the police and he begins fivestigatlng it for himself.-, Priscilla senses with cold fear danger which threatens Leonora.

CHAPTER FIVE Rendezvous With Destiny. I. THE CLOCK. By the time Priscilla Maine had spent twenty minutes phoning and all her patience garnering snubs from one arrogant cab company after another, the van of the storm had passed, leSving the completer subjugation of the stunned and cringing city To the endlee’s legions of the rain. Her own car was being used by Mrs. Trowbridge for a dinner visit out of town. In her present state. of mind —and nerves the prospect of stopping on Indefinitely in the studio was insufferable. Resigning herself, then, to a drenching, the girl locked up and scampered through swimming streets to Fifth avenue—where she waited three minutes that seemed fen till a trudging bus consented .to pick her up. At the uptown end of her journey, likewise, she.had two blocks to run, from Fifth avenue to Park, before she got home, with hat. suit, furs and temper all, demoralised. While her maid prepared a bath, she begged off by telephone from a dinner engagement to which she had long been looking forward. Tonight she felt it would be impossible to hold her own, with anxiety on account of Mario and Leonora forever at her elbow, a gibbering specter. A hot bath and the ease of neglige should have feat her some tjanquillty, but did not. She made the merest pretense of dining from a tray in her room. She could not forget . . . ' F Past seven: In less than three hours Leonora must start upon her journey And she could do nothing . . „ nothing! . . . but v.ait and wonder and wring useless hands . . . A little before ten an Inexplicable change in the texture of her emotions made her aware that the peak of her transports . had been reached and ' passed. Os a sudden she found herself more calm, not with the calm of misgivings set at rest, rather with that of courage ■ flaunt lessly addressing itself * to a forlorn hope. ’ Intuition divined the explanation: In that ' strange, deep sympathy which made them one, her mental and emotional processes faithfully reflected

“Charlie Anywheres About?" Leonora’s; what agonies of doubts and fears she had suffered tonight were but replicas of those which Leonora had suffered. But now the time of waiting was no more: Leonora had left ber hiding place and, committing hernU bravely to her dark adventure, had found.relief in action. If only she might be with Leonora tonight as she, had so often been, seeing what she saw, doing what she did, knowing what she knew, participating In every reaction of her wits and perceptions , . . Only if she could sleep, it was possible, she might dream . Darkening her bedchamber, she pat t* the window, opened it, and

I tarried a little in its recess, looking out Rain was still falling, torrential, lancing the night with Its myriad slender, silver, slanting Jets, brimming gutters, flooding sidewalks, blackening and burnishing roadways to the semblance of rivers of ink that mirrored a multitude of lights. She thought of Leonora struggling through that scouring tempest to an unknown bourne ... The clock struck ten. She turned back to her bed, threw herself down upon It without undressing, and closed her eyes. Immediately she opened them again; there could be no sleep for her till mind and spirit were fagged out altogether. On her dressing table the convex crystal of a French clock caught a clear beam from some-street light and was transfigured Into the likeness of a little captive moon of dead white glare. Upon this, the brightest spot in the room, Priscilla’s gaze focussed naturally. For minutes on end she watched it, in a phase of lethargic fascination which was rewarded when the little moon began to grow,. to spread out, Its cold light filling .the room, the world, and all the spaces of her consciousness, so that spellbound perceptions grew faint, then failed, and she was no more aware of herself as Priscilla Maine, an Individual entity, but only as a pinpoint of anonymous being adrift la the measureless Incoherence of infinity. . . .

11. THE STREET. She had neither raincoat nor um.brella; demoniac squalls hailed such defenseless prey, and gusts of pelting drops stung the bare flesh of her face like birdshot. Long before she managed to weather the comer her thin cloak was soaked through and so was all beneath It, her shoes were squelching, her sodden skirts, harried by the wind, were clinging tenaciously to her legs, making progress incredibij difficult. Yet she did not mind, but found a kind of savage delight in Rattling with the elements, gaining ground against their malicious will. Following long confinement to that room of unspeakable boredom there was~compensation and to spare in this false sense Os freedom, in the mere fact that she was, at last at large, enough to render her indifferent to damaged clothing as well as to tiie clammy discomfort with which it plastered, her chilled body. She leaned her slim young body against the wind and gladly fought it for every breath and step, she relished keenly the wet sweetness of the air. the gurgle of rushing gutters, the liHiputlan drumfire of the rain, the motley cheer of weeping windows. But for these last one might pardonably have taken the. Street for part of some drowned city peopled by gray ghostly shapes, figures glimpsed darkly through sweeping waves of rain as they scurried from curb to curb, lumbered down the wind or, like Leonora, plodded doggedly against Its howling opposition. But few such were visible at any time; humanity braved the elements that night solely under the "lash Os elemental appetites, such as the necessity of beer, and then made Its excursion as brief as might be. Even the police hugged shelter.—. A night of terror, she thought, with a shiver as much of dread as of cold, pausing In the lee of a corner to regain her breath before renewing contest with the storm; a night when anything might happen ... Resolutely she put that thought behind her; she did not dare to be afraid. And lest she be tempted ugaln to think and falter, she spurred herself pitilessly on once more. At length she turned aside into asullen street. Illy lighted, wholly desolate In ail Its visible length save for the shining welcome of saloon windows pn the ground floor of a dilapidated dwelling In the middle of the street: beacons marking the end of the first stage of her journey.

lIL_*THE HOP-JOINT. The saloon, a boozing ken of the lowest order, occupied quarters first intended for a shop. Empty show windows, flanking a double doorway, were hacked by screens of machine-carved wood stained t$ mock mahogany and hung with beer lithographs. To one side, under a sign—gilt lettering on a black ground: “Family Entrance"—a single door stood open on'a short hall-, way. wMcfc. ltd., to a dreary, room be-, hihd the bar, local sots of both sexes sat in sodden congress over tables sticky with dregs, their feet scuffling damp sawdust. To the right of this door a window with a ledge broke the side wall, communicating with tiie lnir for the convenience of neighboring ladies and other.fastidious souls who,' rather than risk social contamination” by entering a common barroom, fetched empty pails ot tin and carried them away filled with nourishment for home consumption. To the left a constricted staircase "ascended to regions of uninviting darkness. Leonora, however, mounted with confidence* and, finding a blank shut door at the top. planted a confident finger on a push-button which she could not possibly have located by sight. A venomous buzz responded. Shuffling feet drew near the door, in which a grille opened, letting out a shaft of strong light which fell squarely on the girl’s face. She said coolly'Lo, John. Le’me In.” . A chain bolt rattled. The door swung inward. Leonora entered, passed, faced the guardian of the portal—a Chinese, aged, shriveled of face, shrunken of "body, Impassive—whom she addressed with the brusque Insouciance of old acquaintance. “Charlie anywheres about?" With racial economy of gesture the . Chinese Jerked a thumb toward the

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rear of the house and turned to refnsten the door. Leonora moved down the Jmll, disdainfully sniffing tainted air, and entered a large room whose atmosphere was mephitic with the unforgettable, sickly sweet fumes of opium. Here, In half-curtained bunks or on thin mattresses upon the floor, ki a forbidding half light furnished by a single, ejosely shaded lamp, perhaps a dozen men and women lay In uncouth postures, deep to drugged stupors. One only was in apparently complete possession of her wits: the woman Inez of whom Leonora had seen nothing since that fateful night at Rlstorl’s. Inez alone recognized In any way this addition to the company, looking up with a sullen face from her seat on the edge of a mattress on which lay, with limbs asprawl and face bf ghastly pallor upturned to the dim light, his mouth half open, his eyes half clo'sed, the thick stem of an opium pipe dangling from limp fingers, the man whom Leonora had come to meet. In a seizure of dismay so overpowering as to blind her completely to the sneer of gratification which Inez sought In vain to dissemble, Leonora

“You Poop Kid!” Inez Tightened Her Clasp on Leonora’s Hand. dropped to her knees beside the man and shook his shoulders with frantic hands. “Charlie!” she cried In a voice urgent with fright and entreaty—“wake up, Charlie! For God’s sake, wake np!” The man’s b’efid rolled from side to side with horrifying limpness, his lips moved tremulously without closing, otherwise he made no sign. He might have been lifeless, he had better been dead. ' -Not one person In the room so much as turned a head when the cries of the frantic girl disturbed the quiet, not even Inez; for though she had mastered her betraying smile, that one had no need to stir In order to watch Leonora. Evil exultation continued to Inform her cold eyes as long as they were unobserved; but Leonora found them quick with specious sympathy when, at length appreciating the futility of her efforts, she loosed her hold on Charlie’s shoulders and sank on her beejs, “My God 1” she said, with a stricken facer-“what'm f going to do?” "What's the trouble, dearie?” Inez spoke with cloying sweetness, but the other was too far gone In despair to notice, or to care if she had noticed. “Anything I can - do to help?” "I don’ shook her head slowly—“guess not.” “Whyn't yon tell me and find out?” Inez lganed across the body of the drug victim and placed a coarse red hand affectionately over Leonora’s. “Youcafi trust me, I gtjgss. We're all In this meis together, ain’t we?" “It’s only Red,” Leonora responded dully, “He said for me to come to him tonight. He sent word by Charlie —said I’d got to come tonight. Charlie promised he'd meet me hej-e and show nie the way. He wouldn't tell me—-sa+fF-Red made him swear- not* to. I don't see why . . . But I wish to God Charfie'd kept his word to me like he did to Red.” flo you mean?” “I was afraid of this." She nodded at the -unconscious ... mao. CharUo promised me he wouldn’t smoke more’n two pipes.” Inez laughed shrilly. "Guess he. must’ve had six,” she declared: “I roHed three pills for him since I came in.” - “ “Anil now he's down and out,” Leonora pursued, “and I don’t know how to find Red, and he won’t take any excuses . . . Inez, I'm scared!” “You poor kid!” Inez tightened her clasp on Leonora’s hand. “But you don’t have to worry. I’ll take you to Red. I been there half a dozen times at least.” The smile of conscious triumph, which Inez could not suppress, was unspeakably offensive, and brought back vividly to mind the rivalry which had always existed between them and which had flared up Into open hostility at their last rencontre. Hot resentment kindled In Leonora’s eyes, hot color flushed her cheeks ; but she dug teeth Into her underlip and grimly fought down the Impulse to give her anger tongue. Not only was that precisely what Inez wanted, but It might prove fatal. There was more than prida at stake, there was the life Os him. who loved her and whom she

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loved. Nothing, Indeed, but that loVe of hers for Mario .had broken, down her will to refuse ReitA summons: only tho threat of Rial's Vengeance •wreaked on Marin had made her suppie "to the gangster's will. And now,' if ■ she quarreled with Inez, that .one would nover show her the way to Red. Anything (she repeated. In her secret thoughts) might happens, . . "Led fold you,” she uihttered. , *■ "£ure he did." Inez agreed cheerfully. "You don't suppose Leo's'lea of me like Red is of you,-Nora dear? Why, I’ve known all along where them two wusjaylij’.up," „ Long lirshes drooped to veil Leonora's smoldering eyes. Inez’s malicious smile flashed and faded. The other clenched her hands into tight fists, then opened them. She looked up. pride conquered aid trampled- under foot by love. "Inez," she pleaded simply: “I got to see Red tonight or ... I don’t know what'll happen. Please take me to him, Inez!” The woman delayed her response for a moment, that she might relish the full flavor of her triumph. Then; Jumping up, she said: "Sure I will, dearie. Cmon: lef* go." IV. THE ROOFS. Again the .night, the wind, the rain, the laborious transit of dim. weltering streets . . . Inez led through a tortuous maze of murky backwayi, till they came to a sinister block of towering, teeming tenements, into which, plucking Leonora by the sleeve,, she tunied. In the unsavory lower hall Leonora spoke Incredulously: “Not here?” Inez gave a negative gesture: “I should say not Acrost the roofs . . . You don't suppose I’m such a simp as to lead a dick to the right door, do you r* *;• "You don’t think we’re followed?” Leonora demanded •In quick alarm. Inez nodded emphatically. “I know we was." “Who was it? Could you see?” "Nobody I ever seen before; anew bird. I guess, from Some uptown precinct. Coarse worker, too: he must’ve spotted you first, ’cause he was waitin' when we came out, ami trailed us all the way.” “Why didn’t you tell me?” “What's the use? You know now, don't you? It wouldn't 've done you any good to know In the street, as long's I knew and had sense enough to lend him wrong, like yds. . . . C’mon." They began to run up long flights of. stairs lighted only by single gas Jets low-turned on every other landing, and noisome with stratified stenches of evil cookery and .things worse yet; the predominating race tenanting each successive floor indicated liy Its dominant effluvium, were if garlic, boiled cabbage, fried fish, or the subtle, penetrating, undisguisable odor of opium smoke. Gusts of voices lifted in rude lajjghter or more commonly quarrelsome issued from doorways that stood as a' rule wide. Once, there was a sound of weeping, too, sickening dull walls of' some woman cruelly used. And always the Inevitable squalling of children fretful In unhappiness. . . . On the top landing Inez paused to peer over the rail. “That’s him,” she panted, nodding. Leonora joined her. At the bottom of the gloomy, deep- well of the staircase the fore-shortened figure of a man was visible, his upturned face a mere blur of flesh- color. But something individual in the pose caught Leonora’s eye and prodded what she took for some memory half erased.

The treacherous Inez turns a trick. (TO BE CONTINUED.) MADE INNOVATION IN ART Fra Angelico the First Painter to De. pict Angels as Being of the Fra Angelico was the first painter who ventured to depict angels of tht gentler, sex. This was deemed a bold and unscientific Innovation .by churchmen ol his time, inasmuch as It had always been understood that there was no such thing as a female angel Asa matter'of fact, there is no authority fo'i lady angels except In art. Modem pjejured angeTs, however, are" fear]/ all of the female persuasion ; and it will be noted that usually they are blondes. But the archangels are invariably represented as of male sex. Among all the celestial hosts, only the seven archangels are known as individuals and .by name. These, as named In the Bible, are Michael, GaRaphael, Uriel, Jophiel, Chamnel and Zadktel. Michael is the captain general and leader of the. heavenly armies. It was he- who conauered Satan and drove him, with nls rebellious legions, out of Heaven. He is understood to have been in command of the band of angels who, in obedience to divine orders, performed the week of constructing the universe. In painting he Is represented with a pair of scales, which he will -use- on the- day of judgment to weigh the souls of the dead. Gabriel, the angel of the annnnciatlon, has iu his charge the celestial treasury. Raphael' ts -chief" ot the guardian angels, whose business It is to look out for the welfare -of mankind. tjriei Js the regent of the sun. Jophiel Is caretaker of the tree of knowledge; and It was he who drove Adam and Fve out of Eden. Chnmnel was the angel who wrestled with Jacob and It was Zadklel who stayed the hand of Abraham when about to sacrifice his son Isa.,c. Inspiration to Home Affection. “When a man bet on a lame boss,” said Charcoal Eph, rumlnatlvely, "hit sure do gtt Inspirin’ how lie yell fo’ laigs t’ git on dat .old crowbalt fo’ de sake o’ his wife an’ chillun.” —Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch. The Hapßy Man. Cheery Luifttlc (to visitor) — “Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good night —another day goa*— how time flies I” —

MENUS ARRANGED . FOR USING RICE cThis Easily Digested and MildFlavorecPCereal Deserts Popularity. IS RELATIVELY CHEAP FOOD Combine* Exceptionally Well With Meat, Cheese and Fruit and Vegetables—Suppliee ae Much Food a* Do Other Cereal*. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) American rice. is as good as that grown anywhere in the world; and with last year's crop about a fourth larger than ever before the hous'ewife should plan to use more rice in the family meals, advise specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture. Except in the South, rice lias never been so popular in this country us It deserves to be. It is relatively cheap, easily digested, so mild In flavor that it combines exceptionally well with meat, cheese, uud fruits and vegetables of pronounced flavor. Pound for pound it supplies as much fuel for the body us does white flour, cornmeal and most of the other cereals. Moreover, rice can be served In so many ways that no family need grow tired of it. Good Served Hot or Cold. Asa breakfast cereal, rice Is good served either hot or with milk or cream or with fruit. If the rice Is cooked in milk in a double boiler (one quart milk to one cupful dry rice), it is especially nutritious and has a richer flavor than when boiled In water. Asa starchy food to eat with meat some persons prefer rice to potatoes, and many others would like it If it were always flaky and well-seasoned. Boiled rice Is not sticky when washed •'loi'OUghly. cooked In plenty of water,

Rice and Fruit Make a Good Salad. and drained as soon as the grains become 50ft. Overcooking and using too little salt are common mistakes that have prejudiced many persons against rice as a part of the meat course. : J -r For nse in soups, rice is one of the best of all the cereals. It may be cooked in the soup stock, or left-overs of cooked rice may be added Just before the soup is served. Soups or gravies may also be thickened with the water in which rice has been boiled. - ’ Asa basis for scalloped and stewed dishes substantial enough to be used as the main course of a meal, rice is excellent. Relatively small amounts of some of the higher-priced foods can in this way be made to go further. Many attractive salads can be made by combining cooked rice with leftover portions of fish, meat, or vegetables. ' • Klee deSserts have long beeti standbys in the American household, but new ones are constantly being added to the list. Some of the simplest rice desserts are best, and are particularly good for children. For example, either hot or cold boiled rice is very good served with jelly,. jam, or marmalade, maple syrup, or cinnamon-and sugar, or a sauce of fresh, crushed fruits. The following recipes for cooking rice have been tested in the experimental kitchen of the-United States Department of Agriculture: Boiled Rice. . -- 1 1 cupful rice. water. or D quarts boiling 1 teaspoonful salt. Wash .the rice through several waters. until all the loose starch is removed,. and drain it, Have the boiling water —suited—ready in a deep saucepan; slowly drop in the rice, and allow It to boll rapidly for about 15 or 20 minutes or until a grtiin pressed between the thumb and finger is entirely soft. In o|der to prevent it from sticking to the pan, lift the rice, if necessary, from time to time with a fork, but do not stir it, for stirring Is likely to break the grains. When sufficiently cooked, turn the rice into a colander or sieve, and after the water has drained off, cover with a cloth and set over a pan of hot water on the back of the stove or in the oven; or

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A small bristle brush is a great aid in cleaning celery. • • • Never rub soap on flannels, but prepare a soapy water for them. • • • For sewing on shoe buttons, nse a straight, thraa-sldtd carpet needle.

turn the rice Into a shallow pan, cevei wljh a lid, and place It In a warn oven for a short time. Treated In way the grains swell and are kepi separate. Cream of Celery Soup With Rico. H pound celery or chopped parsley asparagus. or U cupful rice, 1 teaspoonful onion 1 quart cold water, Juice $ tablespoonfule but-- 2 teaspoonfuls salt ter, drippings, or (4 teaspoonful pepother preferred fat. per. 1 table spoonful 1 quart milk. Cut the celery or asparagus In half Inch pieces. Cook the rice mid celery or asparagus in the water until both are tender. Press them through e colander and add the fat, the seasonings, and the milk, and reheat Thti will make five or six average servings. Oyetor* Scalloped With Rice. 2 cupfuls cooked rice. 1 cupful milk. L pint fresh oysters. 2 table spoonful) 1 cupful chopped flour. celery. )i teaspoonful salt I tablespoonfuls but- H teaspoonful peptsr or other f&t. per. Place alternate layers of rice, oysters, and celery In a baking dish and pour over them a smooth white sauce mude by melting the butter and stir ring In the milk, the flour, the salt, and the pepper. Bake for 20 minutes. This will make eight or ten averageservings. Savory Rice Omelette. 3 eggs. 3 table spoonfuls V 4 cupful cooked rice. minced ham or cupful milk. left-over fried 1 tablespoonful but- bacon. ter or other fat. 14 teaspoonful salt l teaspoonful chopped % teaspoonful pepparsley. per. Beat the whites and the yolks of the eggs separately. Mix all the Ingredients, folding In the whites of eggs last. Pour the mixture into a hot, well-greased frying pan, and when It is brown, fold it over with a flexiblebladed knife. Turn the omelette out on a warm platter and serve Immediately: ——“ Rice end Tuna Fish or Salmon Salad. Remove the bones and skin from a can of salmon or tuna fish, and mince it finely. Add an- equal quantity of cold boiled rice, and season the mixture with salt, pepper, and vinegar. Stir in enough boiled salad dressing to moisten it and set It away for a while In a cool place. When ready to serve, add a little crisp celery finely cut, and shape the salad In molds moistened with cold water.

VEGETABLE CHOWDER RECIPE Best to Learn the Type of Dish and Not Be Confined to Any Definite Formula. Vegetable chowders offer a good way of using up vegetables and skim milk. It is best to learn'Hie type of dish and .not.be confined to any definite reeipe, say food specialists of the United Slates Department of Agriculture, for materials are often wasted thereby which should be used. The following typical recipe is a good one and suggestive of the kind of dish one can easily make : ■4 pound salt pork or 4. medium-sized pobacoh. tatoes. 1 onion. 3 carrots. 6 medium-sized to- 2 cupfuls of skim matoes or milk. 1 pint stewed toma- 2 tablespoonfuls of toes. flour. 1 green pepper. 2 teaspoonfuls salt nr* Put the bacon or pork, onion afljj pepper through the meat chopper and cook carefully about five minutes. Add the water and tomatoes and cook until the vegetables are tender. Cut the potatoes and carrots into small pieces and cook in water until tender; drain and add with the skim milk to the other Ingredients. Thicken with the flour mixed, with a little cold milk. REFRESHMENT FOR CHILDREN Danger of Overeating Lessened If Food J* Served at Time to Take Place of Regular Meal. Children’s parties present special problems because they give the mother the responsibility for feeding other people’s children. One danger of such occasions—that of overeating—will be lessened if the refreshments are served at such a time as to take the place of one of the regular meals of the day. The same care should be taken In se!ecs_ing foods ’as In the case of the ordinary mealsi No hard, tough, rich, or highly seasoned foods should be served, say food specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture. Cocoa or some other milk drink, fruit, sandwiches, ice cream or a gelatin dessert, plain frosted cake, and simple candies make a good bill of fare. ■' ■ i _____ TRY OMELET WITH CROUTONS Recipe Given for Making Dish That Will Tempt Appetites of'Great .Many People. A well-made omelet or souffle is a dish that tempts most people. Try this, omelet with croutons for variety. Make croutons by cutting stale bread Into one-thlrd-lnrh cubes; fry in butter until crisp and well browned. Beat flve eggs .slightly, add four tahlespbonfuls~of cream or milk, onehalf teaspoonful of salt, one-eighth teaspoonful of pepper, and the browned crputons. Put two tahlespeonfuls of butter’ In a hot omelet pan. and when the butter is melted and hot turn in the mixture. As It cooks prick and pick up with a fork until the whole is of a uniform, creamy consistency. Increase the heat and brown quickly underneath, then fold and turn on a hot platter; garnish with sprigs of parsley and serve.

A white window curtain that has worn out at one end can be cut down to make a dafnty embroidery apron. •' • * Heavy suds are good for cleaning the cloth tops of shoes. Apply with a stiff brush and rinse with a sponge. • • •- 1 ' To prepare pumpkins for pies ent pumpkin in strips, remove rind; run pumpkin through food chopper and cook in double boiler. It requires no water and is much less trouble than stewing.

myVRS. J. M. CRiiUG, of Lo. An- . Cebf., who says no on* oen {eel more grateful for what Tenlao has done then the does. Declares she has gained twelve pounde end her heelth is now better then in yeare;

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“Os all the people who have taken Tan lac, X don’t believe there Is anyone who feels any more grateful to it than I do," was the statement made recently by Mrs. J. M. Craig of East Fortieth street, Los Angeles. “Like so many other families during the influenza epidemic last year -we all had it, and my own illness, together with the worry over the rest of our family, brought on a case of genuine nervous prostration. “I was so weak I couldn’t even sweep the floor, and during the day I would have to lie down four or five times. I tried to walk but found out half a block was all I coiild stand before I gave out. Nervous spells came on me often. “Every medicine I tried failed to reach my case until finally my band urged me to try Tanlac, and I am indeed thankful that he did, for It proved to be just what I needed. “The first two bottles didn’t seem to help me. I guess that was because I was so extremely had off, hut on the third bottle I could tell I was improving and that gave me more hopes than ever of getting well. , ’ “My improvement from then on was rapid and by the time I had taken five bottles of Tanlac I was better and stronger than I had been in years. I was sleeping soundly at night and had gained twelve pounds in weight. “That was several months ago and from then until now I have been in as good health as I ever was in my life and have been doing all the housework by myself. “It Is simply remarkable how Tan lac has built me up and I have told everyone of my friends and relatives .what a wonderful medicine it is.” Tanlac Is sold by leading druggists everywhere.—Adv. “Principle is a higher thing than .feeling, and will stand life’s test fa/ better.” HEAD STUFFED FROM CATARRH OR A COLD Says Cream Applied.in Nostrils Opens Air Passages Right Up. Instant relief —no waiting. Your clogged nostrils open right up; the air passages of your head clear and you can hreathe freely. No more hawking, snuffling, blowing, headache, dryness. No struggling for breath at night; your cold or- catarrh disappears. Get a small bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm frotp your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant,” antiseptic, healing cream in your nostrils. It penetrates through every passage of th* soothes the' Inflamed or swollen mucous membrane and relief comes tip atanflf. v* It’s just fine. Don’t stay stuffed-up with a cold or nasty catarrh. —Adv. Those who always predict disaster have a distressing penchant for rocking the boat. * - ',*

WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT Thousands of women hare kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect it. Womens’ complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the; kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they may cause the other organa to become diseased. , Pain in the, back, headache, loss of ambition, nervousness, are often times symptoms of kidney trouble. Don’t delay starting treatment. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Boot, a physician’s prescription, obtained at any drug store, may be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Get a medium or large size bottle immediately from any drug store. > However, if you wish, first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer ft Cos., Binghamton, N. Y., for ■ sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper.—AdV. Pine literature Is a mosaic In which unexpected words are In-opposite places. Do you want to get rid of worms or Tapeworm? Use "Deail Shot"—Dr Peery’s Vermifuge. One doee cleans them out Adr. “ Directed. rwliut Is the logical way of r'encKßW* a conclusion?” “Take a train of thought, my boy." ?■£ % For Constipation use a natural remedy. Garfield Tea is composed of carefully selectedjberbs only. At aH drug stores.—^dv. Classification. “Bennie Beanbrough says he Is nobody’s fool." “I know, but someone wlllvget him yet." Red Cross Ball Blue should be used In every home. It makes clothes white as snow and never Injures the fttbrlc, 4.11 good grocers, sc. His Reason. “Our neighbor, the surgeon, advertises his profession by his. dress." "How so?" “Don’t you notice he always wean a cutaway coat?"