Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 76, 30 March 1922 — Page 5
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1922.
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Illustrate kg HAUUIsm NfcALe
YIIOS WHO AND WHAT'S M II'PEXKD.
RICHARD BKABANT, a successful young lawyer, has given a year's leave
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year, while I stayed or went to more agreeable places at my fancy. I think life has been rather good to me." Patty looked up at her In admiration. Life had given her two chil
dren, only to snatch them from her; ! it had given her a brief and belated!
romance, after, years of anguish and
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looking that way! She hadn't done all j l" hoi rt rirtticQirArl and m a1o all tlPTl
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glad you are staying," Patty The woman who takes pride in her
amnnir them t'raiir. a tretty art
1st. Ouy Selden, a playwright and (Iraliam Browne. a financier. Gilbert makes no secret of his love for her. nor , does 1 PATRICIA LOR I NO, a modern flapper, make any secret of her fondness for him. Sally goes to a dance club with . BARBARA LANE, who Is an oldfashioned wife, and her husband and their guest, NKAli CALHOUN. and there sees Oilbert with Patricia. Calhoun intimates that Oilbert is not a man whom Sally should know. Sally learns, that her husband, who has gone West, has , taken his pretty secretary with him, J and is so piqued by the knowledge that i she accepts Gilbert's invitation to a j house-party at the Eyrie, his country place. The evening of her arrival she I sees mysterious lights on the river and ; sees signals from the house. A strange i
man appears to arrest ijiioen ior nootlegglng. but he escapes to a launch on the river, taking Sally with him.
CHAPTER XXII HEARTBREAKS FOR BARBARA t Barbara Lane wandered restlessly about her charming living room, almost resenting its cheerfulness. For
Andy was late, very late, and he hadn't
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teiepnoneu ner. usuaiiy, n uo s-little horue beautiful. She hadn't had ing to be delayed in getting out trom ; a baby boy who was the most beauti'town, he let her know in advance, i ful thj in the world for Ax precious
aiiu, aiuiougu bue "uS "c'acu ! months, and followed his tiny white that of fonrse nothme could have hao-: .1 c...n v.j- ..
and swallow her entirely. But to sue- times as long as shoes that are care-
gest that would be to depress her lessly treated. This advice is particu- ' guest, so she. kept it to herself. jlarly for the woman whose income is j But Mrs. Munn guessed. - j limited, but who must dress well on a ! "Since I've been here you W g u 'SYhe actual selec spent all your time with me."' she L 1Mr.Bt care 13 ac al..B ele9 said. "Tell me, what do you do or- "ont0' th f,hoe8-. " " is Possible to
dmarliy when you've no troublesome ,J " . " guest'" j prices are reduced that is something j gained, but shoes should never be purPatty smiled over at her at the sug- chased simply because they are cheap, gestion that she was troublesome. The woman wno can not afford 10 to . They were on the verandah of the 20 new pairs every season can get i house in the afternoon a verandah aong very well lf Bhe has one tan palr ' furnished, as were all those of the : of shoes for waikjng, one plain black , well-to-do houses in Wissakeagan, ! or black gatln evening slippers. I with a couch hammock, a grass rug, ; with these she is ready for any occasome wicker chairs and a table. Some ; Sion. she might add a pair of inexhouses went in for rustic furniture , pensive house slippers which rest the I made from knotty boughs of cedar feet alld pave wear and tear on shoes, (trees, tortued into -resemblances to j The first thing to be done with any I chairs and settees. It was Millie j pair of rew shofg ,3 to have them pol. who had insisted upon the more up-jished before they are worn. This fills to-date wicker some years ago. j up the grain of the leather with a good Patty gave her the list of Wissakea-' oil dress and prevents staining. The gan's social activities, club dances, next thing is to be sure vou have
husband to have every advantage, and afternoons at cards, "mixed evenings" ; enough shoe trees to fit every pair.
when the husbands were invited to When one pair of shoes is taken off it
He made the fatal mistake ot trying to arync with her.
some affair, church work,
"But you can't go on all your life doing that."
that of course nothing could have hap-: tn t' th t.rv callv hadn't al "0n aftcr a .time I'm to marry
pened to him, she couldn't help fear
ing that something had.
She had prepared such a good dinner, too. It was to be a surprise for
Andy, because she
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thing on earth to worry her why'anu B on w'.t the same routine, ex-
shouldn't she look young! cePl Wflen c"uaren interrupt u.
She had thoueh that Andv would cut ao you want to marry :
stop, after a while. But when he didn't, when he went on and on, talk
ing about how pretty Sally was, and
Patty shook her head decidedly. "No. I used to think so "
should be put on the trees and allowed
to air before being put in the closet. Shoes should never be put away without being cleaned, and they should be cleaned every time after being worn.
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firPlP Vook-i him some of the thoughts that were ! every wife is bored with her husband.! y hiLm er that she had!seething in her mind. Surprised, he But I would be tired to death of him
S It in the! how well she danced. Barbara told "Millie says that after ten years itely.
G. E. P.r--It would hardly be possible for you to lose those dainty little half moons at the base of the nail. Very few people have them, but when they do the nails retain them indefin-
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before I married him if he were one!jn the fattening foods.
or mese ooys aDout nere. Mrs. Munn ran over their names.
er, that she
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was an ngenious contrivance, made from a new gal-
Iars Kiumph vanized iron garbage can, and steel wool, and she had told him nothing about it. They often arranged little surprises of that sort for each otir, but as a rule it was Andy who made the bigger things; she only painted furniture, or delighted him with a new rag carpet for the stairs, in which he insisted on finding bits of materials that he remembered, much to her amusement. She made a useless trip to the kitchen to survey the chicken that had inaugurated the reign of the new cook
er, I spent more a monin man ne maue in "Well It's tender now, anyway itsia year, let him! She was sure she arms and legs have all fallen oft!" didn't care! she told herself, noking it with a fork. She awoke the next morning heavy
"And it really wasn't young at all, and j hearted, wondering what it was thatilarly likes Basil. That's because his was pretty tough. I wonder why Ijhad happened. Remembering, she! family is well off. You see, there didn't make a! tireless cooker before, hurried downstairs, intending to make 'aren't any others possible. And I
Hulda: Dates and figs are included
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Keep your, shoes well polished. envelope for information about caring for the bust. Mrs. T. F. W.: You can purchase every possible invention in the line of hair curlers at any of the big department stores. They are usually found in the sections that group together all of the notions.
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argue witn ner. isany s aresses couldnt cost so much as Barbara said they did: Sally surely didn't pay a
maid to take care of her! time that is, the set that considered, most a3 fattening as if taken with the They walked up the hill to the sta-!itself the town. i grape juice, so you will attain the tion, and then out through the town! Patty smiled a little wryly as the , sa me results, merely taking more time
to their little house taxicabs were ex- 'names were mentioned. ito do it. Send a stamped addressed j The Editor, travagant! arguing all the way. Bar-! "Basil dances nicely, and I like
bara was impatient; he had had to'P'WS ienms W1,i Jimmy, nut Basil or mem. Aiiine nas oeen lovely to me. hurry to wash her hair, and trim her :wlll say. 'Oh, absolutely instead of Indeed, mother would not have to let
hat. and dress? after Andv telenhoned ps until I want to scream. And
her that morning about the party. The excitement had exhausted her; by the time they reached "Weeacre" she had
been too worn out to do anything but
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me go away if Millie had not coaxed her into it. And Humphrey has been splendid to me always." "I see. And you feel that out of gratitude you should stay awhile and
Heart Problems
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have been going with boys ever since I was 14 years old. I have seemed to like all of them, but none well enough to mar-
Lately, however, a young man has
ry
And oh. why doesn't Andy come?" waffles for breakfast as a peace offer-
She was especially eager to see nim, ing. uut sne naa torgotten to wina
Jimmy is so afraid people will think he is putting on airs that he uses the wcVst slang and the most awful language and there are other things.
fling the despised blue suit on the floor Mother says I'm finicky." onH tnmklo intrw Korl If AnHw wgntnil I Mrs IVTiinn's nnswpr tr this was a
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to rave hdoul na v uraDam. wnoiiaumi a uiku inai suuuueu urcatcn. i ' ;
"The worst is. Pattv went on. I raity noaaea ner neaa. "i m arraiu come to town wno is just my lueai
am. afraid I shall fall in love with one it will take so long that in despera- He is good looking, a good dancer and of them. Jimmy and Basil are the , tion I shall marry and settle down, I a very good dresser. He has a nice
nicest bovs here, and mother paracu- too. :inis aimiess son. or nie nas a'lace ana i am sure ms cnaracier 13 as
deadly effect." Mrs. Munn frowned. She, too, was trying to find a way out. Tomorrow The Newcomers
because since the night before rela
tions between them had been rather strained. It had started after their little party in town with Sally and Neal Calhoun, when she and Andy were .on the train on their way home. And it had nuns in the air at break
fast, makine that usually cheerful;
meal a distressing event for Barbara, though Andy had read his paper as if nothing had happened. "Sally certainly is a gorgeous looking thing," he had commented, as their train rolled out of the station and began jogging along through the Bronx. "She always seems to wear exactly the right thing." Now, Sally's clothes had been ,a thorn in Barbara's happiness all evening. It was all right to save your money when you were just fixing up a new house, and she knew that Andy appreciated her not asking for any money for herself. But he ought to know that under any circumstances she couldn't have afforded clothes like Sally's and that, if her old blue suit looked shabby beside Sally's French frock, why, that was no more a pleas
ure to her than it was to mm:
her clock the night before, and so had overslept. Anly, looking blatantly resigned, was at the table, drinking coffee of his making. If he had admitted their little storm of the night before, and let her make the overtures that she longed for, things would have cleared up immediately. Instead, he ignored the quarrel altogether, read his paper, and kissed her good-bye perfunctorily before he ran for his train. And now he was an hour late, and hadn't phoned! Tomorrow Tangled Threads.
After Ten Years By MARION RUBINCAM
PATTY'S PROBLEMS . Chapter 15 It was June finally, before the expected tennis players arrived. Mrs.
Munn was to leave the first of June, j But she liked the little town. She had j i
found a lot of amusement and a lot of
want to fall in love."
Flushing a little, she turned to her
friend:
"Isn't that a confession? I'm afraid I don't sound very ladylike." Mrs. Munn's answer was to the point. "My dear, we're women long before we are ladies. Indeed, I do understand. Must you stay here, then, where your opportunities are limited and where you are obviously out of place?" "I'm afraid so. Mother expects it She did not want me to go to college, r coaxed her into allowing me one year, then deliberately took another one to travel with you. Now she' thinks I should stay at home with her, so I must." i "Besides, there's Millie. She is wretchedly unhappy, and she doesn't quite know why. She's making Humphrey unhappy, too. I'm awfully fond
good as his appearance: I have been introduced to him, but he did not seem to notice me any more than he did the other girls who met him at the
same time. He has cousins here and he always takes one of his cousins to a dance.
What can I do to make the young man notice me? I am very serious about this and can not be happy until we are better acquainted. CYNTHIA. You know it is not your place to seek further acquaintance. My advice is to give up all thought of impressing the boy, since it would be very bad taste to deliberately set out to do so.
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real pleasure there, too, so she pro-
shp turned awav from him, leaning longed her visit.
tier hpad azainst the window. Shei "it's the one boon of wealth," she
had re-trimmed her hat that morning, j remarked sometimes to Patty. "I putting fresh ribbon bows on it; she. never have to be in one place whenj had told herself that it looked quite j I would rather be another. I've seenj attractive as the one in a fashion' so many poor souls in the country or'
magazine that she was copying, when : at the shore on their little two weeks' she put it on at home. But Sally's vacation, and watched them rushing smart little hat had made it look dubby j back to work again, to stuffy offices and home-made. Now, leaning against and stores, after only a fortnight of the window, she told herself that its i real living only a fortnight once a
hows would be crushed, but she diun t
care not even though she had paid ?2.50 a yard for the ribbon! "Calhoun thought she was a won
der," Andy blundered on, blissfully
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