Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 307, 7 November 1921 — Page 5

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, 1ND., MONDAY, NOV. 7, 1921.

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The Middle Ground By MARION RUBINCAM

THE LETTER Chapter 1

"Mother, here's the postman, and a

letter."

The day that brought the first letter from her son, announcing his arrival in a week, was the beginning of a great change for Amy Talbot. But she did not know that. She did not even know, the letter was on Its way. If 6he had, she would have been In a great flutter of excitement, and would probably have put on her sunbonnet and walked up the road to meet the postman, instead of staying in the kitchen beating up biscuits for the mid-day dinner. Letters were a huge event in her life. Letters from her absent son and

her daughter were, indeed, her only

pleasure. But Amy Talbot had the one and only blessing that can go with a life that has little pleasure

she had so much to do she never had time to think about the absence of it! The thick white dough was ready. She lifted out a big spoonful of it at a time, dropping it on a flour covered board and frowning as she watched it. Amy Talbot never rolled out her biscuits, she claimed it made them heavy she was famous for miles because of the lightness of her baking. She rolled the dough in flour, shaping each bit deftly as she handled it, and scarcely seeming to touch it for every touch, once the beating was over, tended to make the biscuit less light and airy! Two big panfuls were ready for the oven.

From somewhere upstairs a young

girl's clear soprano rang forth

would think that a pleasure to the woman in the kitchen, for the voice was fresh and sweet, pure in tone, and only an expert would know that it was shallow. But Mrs. Talbot frowned more deeply as she listend. "If you love m ee, As I love you." The voice soared to the "me" and dropped to the "you". Mrs. Talbot phut the oven door almost with a snap, in spite of her biscuits, and went to the foot of the stairs. "Amy," she called. "Amy!" 'Yes, mother." "Stop that song. You know your father hates to hear those silly tunes. You get them at the movies." "It's the only place I ever go where I hear anything except church. Father wants me to sing hymns all day or keep still."

The girl appeared at the top of the stairs, her hair a blaze of coppery red, a glorious young creature subdued by faded calico. Her sleeves were rolled above the elbow, she had a broom in one hand and a bucket, in the other. The womn at the foot of the steps found no pleasure even in the halo of gorgeous color that surrounded her daughter's face. The little frown seemed to deepen as she watched her coming down the steps. "You c'd do worse than sing hymns." she remarked. "Some hymns are right pretty. Your father says love songs are wicked." "Mother they're beautiful There's Tosti's 'Goodbye' do you think that's wicked?" With a damp cloth sh began cleaning the mjrror in the "hallrack", lifting her voice far beyond

its true range, "Good-by-ye. forever, good-by-ye for-ever. Good-bye" "Amy! Your father's in the garden. He'll hear. I don't mind, you knowthat. I like that one."

"Oh. all right, I'll sign hymns for j him then!" In her crossness she i scrubbed viciously at the mirror surface with a chamois, and it polished i beautifully under her vigorous rub-' bing. j Mrs. Talbot went out to the kitchen; and began to set the table for dinner, ! a meal taken in the kitchen except ! when "company" was present. Amy ; came out and pmptied her bucket, and . washed her hands in the basin at the sink with hot water from the tea! kettle. Then she went and leaned against' the doorway of the kitchen facing the garden back of the house. Thp sun shone down on her hair, lighting it up, j - thp June breeze came laden with frag- j ranee from the fields and orchards. Amy wanted to sing, simply from the j joy of being 17 and gorgeously I healthy. But the sight of a figure In j the garden restrained her. Then a gleam of mischief lit up

her brown eyes. Shf began to sing 1 a well known church hymn, using the! correct words, the correct inflections ', -but in some subtle fashion she! changed the time a little, a very little, i A song writer would say she "ragged it". She made the hymn a jolly, rol-j licking and weirdly secular tune. j Her father looked up. frowning but i she only raised her voice so the tarn-' iliar words reached his ears. Hp ' leaned again to his weeding, satisfied j thp girl was singing "church music." His ear was so untrained he could not j detect the actual change of time he , was quite deceived by the words. ; The mother looked out the window, j then over at her daughter. Suddenly i shp smiled too. though she knew very i well she ought to scold Amy for be- j ing disrespectful about a hymn.

The girl jumped from the door with!

an excited cry. i

Mrs. Talbot almost ran to get it

it would be from Luther, she thought. A letter was an event even Mr. Talbot left off weeding and came across to the kitchen door. Even the postman stopped, to see if it was from the person he decided had written it! Tomorrow Amy and Jordan.

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Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have been going with a girl for about 11 months. I gave her a lavalliere for her birthday. When she quit me sne offered it back, but I refused to take it. Did I do right? some people say I didn't, but 1 think 1 did. She sam she was going to give me a

present for my birthday. Should 1 ac-1

cept it? 1 have been with her twice since. Several people tell me I should never speak to her again. I don't think that would be right. Do you? Should I give her a present for Christmas? What should it be? H.F. It was all right to tell the girl to keep the lavalliere. It was correct for her to try to return it. however, since you and she were breaking up. If she gives you a birthday present it would be rude to refuse it. I do not know what caused you and the girl to separate. Now that your trouble is patched up, I believe it is all right to go with her since you still

One 1 seem to be interested. It would not

be courteous to refuse to speak. It would be all right to give her flowers, a book or candy tor Christmas.

STRENGTHENING THE DIGESTION A good digestion depends upon a great many things, among others on the strength of the muscles of the stomach and abdomen. If you take exercises to strengthen these muscles your digestion will improve greatly. One of the best and one of the easiest to do is as follows: Lie flat on

I your back either on a bed or couch i without any pillow under your head, j or lie flat on the floor. Put your I hands on your hips, then, without any

outside support, raise the head as far

hips steady, is not only good for the

digestion but it will also break up chronic cases of constipation and it! will reduce a fat abdomen. !

the results. Send a stamped, addressed envelope for cream formula. All Inquiries addressed to Mrs. Forbes In care of the "Beauty Chita" department will be answered In these columns In their turn. This requires considerable time, however, owinjr to the great number received. So. If a personal or quicker reply Is desired, a stamped and self-addressed envelope must be enclosed with the question.

The Editor.

Dismiss Charge Arising Over Sandlot Squabble An assault and battery charge against Katie Clemens, of 447 South Fifth street, was dismissed after trial in police cou?t Monday morning. The charge was brought by the mother of Frederick Abbot, a small child, who according to the evidence had been

playing in a sand pile in front of his home. The sand belonged to the Clemens family, and they were afraid it would be scattered. . . t Mrs. Clemens asserted she took the child by the arm and told him to get off the sand and stay off.

Scotland recognizes "the dignity of labor more than any other nation in the world.

Mrs. B. As you feel well and retain your youth, although your weight is 130 pounds I do not see why you should want to increase it. If there are parts of the body, which need filling out, massage with, a nourishing cream. But if you want to increase your weight, you can do so by taking a' tablespoonful of olive oil, in the

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This exercise improves the digestion as you possibly can. In order to raise same amount of grape juice, three the head all the muscles of the ab- times each day. domen and stomach must draw them-1 Trixie You are five pounds over-

Prominent Clubwoman Pays a 'Visit to City Mrs. Scott Mackenzie Frasier, of T 1 (In w nrln o f 1 t T1 (T UlClt tfl

C ' r"o", I n i Tmm'o' chronic indigestion Richmond Saturday on her way from

is scheduled this week for several lectures. She will also be the guest of honor at a number of luncheons and teas. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Frasier, with Mrs. Forbes Robinson Hale, will appear before the department of literature of the Woman's club of Cincinnati.

Her book of noems. which has been

noticed in The Palladium, has gone into a second edition, and she has in preparation one which she has not'

selves up. You can feel the actual

pull of these muscles. After you have held the position a moment, relax. Repeat and relax at least 12 times. A variation of this exercise is to clasp the hands over the chest, and another variation is to clasp the hands back of the head this last is a little more difficult. 1 advise this exercise in all cases

Taking medi-

gestive process is

only advisable to a certain extent. The actual cure is to make the body so strong that it can function without medical aid. There are many other exercises which you can take with this, or in-

' stead of this if you grow tired of do

ing one thing. Standing with the hands on the hips and revolving the upper part of the body, keeping the

with the medium shade of rouge and the natural shade in powders. C. S. Air the hair more frequently and never keep it done .up over night. Protect the bunion from any pressure, by using a felt ring, which comes for this purpose. Bunions may be stopped from growing this way, but to reduce their size, the services of a chiropodist are needed. Betty Jane There is some congestion in these veins which makes them show so suddenly. This may improve by applying extremes in temperatures, which is done quickly so as to get reactions. For instance, apply a cloth moistened with hot water for a few minutes, then change to an ice rub

for the same length of time and re-!

peat for ten or more times. Give this treatment every few days and note

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Mrs. Frasier is on her way to her southprn home, stopping to lecture in Decatur and Mobile. When she returns to Indiana in the spring she probably will be able to make a longer visit in Richmond.

Trains in Siberia are sometimes a week late.

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Straws show which way the wind is blowing, but straws are not counted by election boards. You must go to the polls and cast your vote in order that it may be counted. Do not neglect this important matter on election day. If a car is needed to take some one to the polls call Phone No. 1211 and one will be provided. Be sure to vote eirly, as you may not get to vote if you wait until late in the afternoon.

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