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/Hbac^me page p*.. >r i n~i . & v« th instelhsetf WIIAT IIATPEKJ3) BEFORE *T • Stieridan Dramatic Club. o' w-tic beck, the natf»:or. Ma-ye.a, *he .« .-Irti tor. Rr.d Jilt" COOJ'CI. . ■ ■ rc members* star? a • performance ot 'uo« and Galatea a: t::e GiU - . Home, but are Wertapted t» ? ...c. . {):p rehearsals Tom B.lbeck is ac '‘d bv the husband af o-r.e of the actors. Hemingway, of being.tu love with hi idina away from the scene of the at] hav in their r^rte. uv.t o-^au, - ,-'0Ut> of r- avers is . e*d b- ***;! , ,^'d convicts, one «♦ whoa. is captured , . ililbeck a*ier “ struggle. . • t j ca"Hired thirt i' uet; to a chai. at, • *!u 'Soldi-r's Home, u nab'.e tc leave ; rut • ■ s.ay there, and Mr. Heinmy-J : i.-arim- this over tv ot.one. >a>s he ^ , inis uvvi * • : f the htrs’e—a:> he «s and Brlbeck. Meanwln.e the • arrive >u?t when B lbeck | • who has' c«cr ■ ■ tiSu* the worst, •t'sturhr.nce i hrar s »»* tne | ia ta house ru o down •>v.< h«rha - broker, loose. ,pl‘ h '••• suapects Bllbsck • :hat the i that B'.iixuc ! ... ■ Our:.Dnyfiffbnii saw that he j ... . .. * n ; • a conversational j J. ; Irft us dene. • ■ be* vvm" pardon for not 8. y> u a* •breakfast.” Mrs. ] .tlt'vc went c= nervously. “Of r I couldn’t ’before everybody. v.)>- understand, don't you Mr. Bil t!m my social position as the • the most prominent undertaker . mbalmer hi town makes it im 1 k- for me to do anything openly 1 ■v.. am T \t. might be talked mbout?” ’ assured her absently that I under . What was she driving at? -O..J beneath my calm, conventional •c. i for,” she went on, “I am terribly . — -ritv ! I am very broad, and al i'." the wnrlu may flout you for 0 re ar.- the' man’s wife, I do not ( ■ or, OU, Mr. Eilbcck, you i. -»nty man!” —nsec! to observe the effect of 1 cprooi. . r?-*« r’-> ?r*~‘re you i -cr c. > j to turn . .. . *c?.r. we dor' waned aits. Lillielco't. , .. , “Yonli have to stay ;.ere until they! Set the Toad broken through. They j say t'.iat they can make it to-morrow j if there is no further fall of snow. “3ct there must be some way oi get ting through to-day." M “K'CJt unless you use snowshoes. We sat in •moody silence. As haxsHy anv one was sneaking tr. anyone el-sc. srrcw out oi my eyes and ears, ;• .n? may as well give up. I'm not in the. ituraoT ior it." I was able to keep still, thar*t Heaven. although it would have go •me peat pleasure to have swaneo vo with the Hat side of a ski. f Tlie country round about was jirap jag. This is ideal ground, they t«S site fer ski running, Ir was fa’*!;•• ‘eve, from the Old Soldiers' Korne. h w ever, for a distance sew:;:'. hi h'*_■> I was almost upon him. He made, a supreme effort—and stumbled. I shut my eyes. there was not much opportunity for discussion of our situation. Mr. Hemming way made the fust move. “J’m going to town,” be de clared. "I can’t stand it here any longer. I made it once on snowshoes, and i .guess I can do it again.” “But 'the snow is deeper now,” (ob jected Mrs. Hemmingway. her matron ly concern overcoming her anger for the moment. “Tbank you just as much for roar : suggestion,” her husband said coldly, “but my going and coming has ceased to be any affair of yours.” Mrs. Hemmingway flushed as if she bed beer fi—urV I hal: rose as if to defend her. This was observed by the | ‘ the-r. v ho a; one another ' wiu; sVtr.hcatit :o;-r< as if to say. I “See! The owners:,ir of the v "man I was glad of that because h gave me an opportunity to sort of find my ski legs. By the time I could take three steps .without tripping or splitting, I considered that I was uo longer in the amateur class. My egotism melted away when we came -to the first rise. It was a gentle slope, hut I found it very difficult to climb. I had to tack or else 1 found tnvseH -slipping backwards. I -tried dismounting from the skis, hat found that the snow was up irearly •to my waist and well-nigh impossible to flounder through. I made it somehow, but Hemnrmg wav on snowshocs beat me to the cres* by several minutes. ^He waited there until I got nearly to the top and tber he started down the other side. i I gained tlie summit. It was nrf vc.. b'.v «■ e*nC1' j •—v. Mrs. Liliielove fett me to di , declaration. This two-hun* «.« .« -ci-inu Venus had see:: .in me a l *. J.uau and was secretly .envious of J, "s. inenimingway as the supposed re c j js*ut of my attentions. Tr* jioor nut! What a foo3 situation It was. .Probably no man within a radiin. oil a hundred miles was iess cajubit o* bong a gay deceiver than I, anil yti entirely without effort os my jx-■ i 1 was thrust into a stellar part in a j.-'riTXTun romance. H.-.v could I clear myself be c ag;«ai what 1 had beer, yesterday. j> i-ood fissured <' '■ conventionally in l. -e with Ike .clest girl in thsj CHAPTER X. SKIS VS. c.VOWSHOES The mcruiqg -train left at eleven o'clock. The colonel h*d telephoned tl. local liveryman to send rigs for cjr jMrty. The sheriff determined to .'.ait and go in after we had broken trail. While we were waiting for the teams to come Comrade Henwether played the phonograph for us. Owing to his affliction Ml chotee of tecords was nothing extra. Mart of the mel odies were very ancient and many were cracked. Evidently the Home got its records from the same source as its magazines. I Everyone was anxious to get away. As the time approached for the rigs to come the women folk got on their 5raps and sat around expectantly near le door »o as not to keep os waiting, v Maryella had spoken to me when she came from tae room. '1 suppoee I ought to oongiwtnhrte n” she said. “Although I am sere *rt know jtwt what ooe <$oe*vsajr who was the tore of a mar m wnai are yoc tmiang •Banded roughly. “Why, Jhn hu fast fixed It »0 up l r i me tint he faqm7 ihot you. ‘'Maybe he will anyway.” I added Moomily. What pleasure ft would be fe pay a fine for assault and battery Committed on the person of one Jfames Cooj*r, ^ajias Jim the ^ telephone wim stn rang, tfvery op strained attention whue If already hj a snowdrift? rs too bad. when do 4in! .icJ /That's too bad. When do yon think fou can make HP ... . . Afl right" He hung up. “I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen,* said, turning to our group. “The sayfftey can't get through ! acknowledged f j “We can't id >■*.• • aln^e,** Colonel ) Stewart oiijetlwv riemmingway j began to IrtUH^e preparatory to leaving. “There it realty considerable danger.” “Then will soTseone eise go with [ me?” Mr. Hemmicgwny surveyed our | group wit!« Jiylnia His attitude sig nified that he did not think there was" a man in the lot ot ut. ‘‘IH go,” I .'oluticfcjed suddenly. After all, why not? There was nothing, to stay tor. ‘’' OH go with me?** Hemmingway quessioned derisively. “There is no object in your trying to get me alone. You have already robbed me of the cnly thing 1 care for in life." He cast j a tragic glance at the dissolving Mrs. I Hemmingway. “Don’t be unreasonable.** Jim Cooper put in his oar as usual “This is all for the best. You ought to be ! glao to have Tom go with you. If he’s with >ou it is the only way you can be ctrlain that he isn’t flirting with your wife." ' Jim’s argument carried undeniable weight with the distracted husband. I could see him ponder it. Although he had cast her off, the idea of his wife taking up with someone else was gall ing to him. At last he said, “Come on, then, if you’re the only one who has the nerve to follow where I lead.” Then came the problem of snow shoes. Hemniingway had his ttat h« had secured in town, but there wasn't another pair in the Finally we bad been sent trtbutor with a never —c of humor. If too to have seen amr, they of spidngy wood about are long sti.^ v» wwu four inches wide turned up at one end liw a sled runner. If row can navigate type can? 8Jt b» assured “It may be hart to iollow the road and on account of everything being piled deep with snow, bat iTybu Wdoe east youjl come out at me village without We started, not rapkfly as I have heard that Lid Ians and Norwegians travel across snow-fields, bet cau tiously and slowly. My skis had a tendency to toe out that was very ag ivating. Once or twice I had to sit gravatlng. Once or twice I bad to sit down to irne with them about It I couldn’t follow both of them, and If I went with one I bid to leave one leg behind. On the few occasions when I de riecicu cwm irom tut ootwarg ifl&tt they turned the other way and 1 got my runners crossed. ‘If you're ttrbg to make me [ view of fb* oatmtry. Uod« fa kih/w 'it was beautiful. A group of fi: Vva y.ci at the right vhlh branches t»yiuo down with a tremendous load of whit* was a graceful picture. “Come «• '* yelled Hemminirva,., half way £«.»..*, the hill "We have to catch that train I” I wrenched myeelf awty from my contemplation of the beauties of nature and considered the matter of pro gressing further. I started to walk after him. Soon I was relieved of th* necessity of effort The gentle grad* was enough to cause me to slide over the surface of the snow. It was an exhilarating sensation and very restful. 1 was suddenly glad that I had skis instead of snowshoes. I had peer, envying nemnungwav me super ior traveling qualities of his equip ment, but now I could see that the ad vantage was going to be all my way. While he walked down the hills I would be sliding gracefully and resting myself for the climb up the next one. Wrapped in pleasant introspection I had scarcely noticed that my speed was increasing a little. Now a slight difficulty in balancing called my atten tion to it. 9 I leaned forward a trifle to restore my equilibrium. As I did so I heard a sharp swishing sound as the runners glided swiftly over the snow. The speed increased. I looked about for some way of slowing up. There seemed to be no brake. It appea.ed inadvisable to turn sideways as one does op skates in order to stop. Even as I thought, my pace accelerated to inch a degree that I abandoned all idea of doing anything but pray, in my down die ; Headed fail to strike him. I tried ro steer in some other direction. It was no use. I flew toward him as a filing to a magnet r path, proceeding hillside, was Johg I was * as I tried to cry out to him, V' *-7 voice left my_dry throat as ctitj a >rd I could harsh cadde. The only woi think of was 'Tore'” Intuition made him turn around — must have read in ray eyes that I ha' lost control because he started to scramble hastily out of ray way. Horror of horrors, thy runners, which had hitherto glided straight, a! If on rails, now swerved sharplv to one side in me direction which ne was going! . „ He saw it and redoubled his efforts to get out of range. With fiendish perversity the aid* Jurned also. I was iffoft tnd rambled. I srrl mv eye* Coohnwd N«U, A TRIBUTE The fines? example of military coorteay I wrtf fceeed of, the most touchingly beautiful, was when the allied com manders conferred on Marshall Ferdinand Koch, the leadership over all the mighty hosts rushing to the defense of the great principle of world democracy. ■g Valiantly the little Frenchman had straggled, his back to (the wall, confronted by a merciless foe. Modestly he accepted a position of supreme trust, of highest honor. And, he pledged the support of a soldier-citixea, to maintain the bfe «n*Jted station. The eyes of the wood were apfii an—W prayers with him. „ ^ ^ At his command the legions sprang t® the conflict, against the most terrible fighting machine the woddhad W known; a thousand years of history were written within the eocnpaei of less than half a bloody decade. . _ a Then, the surrender—the armistice. Nobhr be confronted personally his fallen enemy, dictating less of exactions than many considered fair to the conquerors. With dignityDC retired to his home, his people, his duty well done. The worn acclaimed, but aroused no feeling of selfish vanity on pert of Jts hero. _ , ,, In his own allotted time he crept away, to Be down bestt |he unknown soldier, beneath the Arch of Triumph, wheat both sleep, oblivious to the din and uproar of the waaoa. • > Another great soldier will repair once in awhfle to the bhrine near the great cathedral; he will doff his cap and remember the hour when the little marshal accepted the com mission naming him the world's greatest commander. He will recall the trying, bloody honrs of conflict; and, he will turn away with a swelling heart, for that’s the sort of heart our nwn “ok1 Jack r has SrCTPlimells1? 34‘/f feet1 Long This photograph shows the airplane Bremen, first to make the ncln-stop East'-to-West flight across the North Atlantic, as it looked in Grand Central Terminal, Tuesday, May 21, when it was unveiled by Colonel James H. Fitzmaurice, Co-Pilot of the plane and Mayor Janies J. Walker of New York City. The plane is suspended from the roof of Grand Central Ter minal over the New York Central’s first train, the DeWitt Clinton. It was presented to the City of New York by the late Baron Guenther Von Huenefeld, financial backer of the flight and passenger on it. The plane weighs more than a ton and its wing spread is 58 feet 6 inches. The plane is 34 feet 6 inches Tong and 9 feet 6 inches high ami has a single motor. It flew from Dublin. Ireland to Greenely Island, N. 1'., two thousand miles, April 12-13, 1928. Landing on soft ice in the fog it was damaged and later was shipped to Germany for repairs. Colour ful ceremonies marked its unveiling. Its final home will be in the Museums of the Peaceful Arts, New York City. Baron Guenther.Von Huenefeld bought out the shares of the other owners so he*could make possible this gift to New York, who welcomed him so graciously upon his memorable flight to the United States. The Baron died in Germany February last and was internationally mourned. (Herbert Photos, New York.) "Wist piece* of silver will she need first," Is a Question that comes to all who make the bride a gift of sterling. And the moat practical way to answer K If to lay out a dinner menu for at least focK, and see jest what b reqabed to sente As meal cutiecdy. ' ^ tea tidrn (These can also be used lor bseakfast and teaches* service.) For the meat cowse, 4 er knteca and fork*; for mted, sert forks (instead of rated which serre only the ooe r dinner coffee spoons. Artto cofecffcnfc b wise to red a nras- of each are of “ ntxpaber*£the gfft wsua. Sfit-daarfln frpnrn, $he sdforgons given will do Qm greatest Hah For Friday Night Sr.!'"' • i chowder Cak- ^ Spaghetti Toi:*'..r Sauce Egg o&lad Lemon Meringue Fie Iced Tea * Italian Hash Place Yx lb. boiled and drained macaroni in a buttered baking dish; add a little butter and grated cheese; make a nest in the macar oni and fill center with chopped cooked meat seasoned highly. Place in the oven until very hot Tomato sauce may be used for moistening, if desired. Apples and Cheese Balls Pare crisp, sweet apples and shape with a vegetable cutter into small balls, then dress with French dressing and 1st stand until chilled. To mashed cream cheese add a Httle Worcestershire sauce, salt and chopped canned pimiento. Shape into balls the same size as appU bads; garnish with pimiento; French dressing. Tea Cakes Work M cap shortening trail csocray; tad 1 cap brown soar gradually, beating continuously} add yi teaspoon soda dissolved m 1 this. cold water; sdd J4 teaswopn vanilla and 1 cop floor. Mafrwmto small balls, place on buttered wh ing sheet about 2 inches apart and. bake in hot oven. To Wax New Floors Wash the floors first and. whe* dry, coat with linseed oil. once yfth sawdust which renwwfes sdl surahs oh and polishes the • floor.' fitter this any wax. may be used. - ♦ To Clean Brass Easily Make a mixture of 1 ounce oxaJk acid and 1 pint soda water. App'r the mixture to the brass wit:. • soft brush, let stand a few minu - polish with a chamois, Cleaning Puts End -id To Old F~C':n:d Rug Beall, •_ Mrs. Itelgu Iverson shows Miss Frances Janes nny heavy furniture on rugs should l>e moved frequently. | April showers may mean May (low- ■ i crs and poetry for the lover, but they 1 mean Just another spring cleaning Ume for the American housewife. For the good old American custom of cleaning from the coal bln to the attic still holds sway during the Dlos ;om uirnth. yprlng cleaning and May are nat i:: allies »nd didn’t Just happen to •* :«• linked by custom. The month was }:e destined to assume a scourlnv i . when Jupiter Pluvius gave his > .>n- rs and mud to April The grime in. pi into the home during April’s x weather makes the rugs and :.-,i .iituer than at any other time ■ w her E Olson, president of •. tv.’ • Co. said recently in y; club w men a’ ; t. -U _ ,i V;.v.irrt r! -tli. s Ur* OfM-l ... . >. * 0. • O' » u r-.g -.o 7 he Planet, 311 N. Uth St, Richmond, Va. Ju.it a picture in the 'way back when ; book. The modern American house- — keeper sends her rugs to some reli able cleaner once a year to have all the rough particles cleaned from the ^ ooiy of the mg. “If the housewife takes good cara | of the floor coverings by careful sweep- ; ing. not beating, one thorough clean- I lug * year Is p’enty to keep ruga j fresh and new looking. A good sue- I lion cleaner helps put pressed down ’ tufts back into place. Iu is import- j ant to turi; rims completely around often to gel rid of mark* made by j heavy furniture. ^ "Old fashioned bent. «• bed nlv the surface dirt nr often ■••ike the back of the : . c:. . • r :t i iiirl and lie r rooked < 1 "> ;;,o average life of lloci has l.i'Cil ‘.iji re.’."' •! ;•*«. ''t ’ •" b- , amici r. c> loitig metlitfii* ' . IMPROVE YOUR EVERYDAY BY JOINING THE Forum Class One hour per week will accomplish good wesults in a short time. Many have been benefited by our method. Lack of schooling Is no bar. We can help you. On the other hand, high school graduates and school teachers can be helped in the per fecting of a smooth use of English and a useful vocabulary. VISIT DEMONSTRATION NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT In Choir Room of Fifth St. Baptist Church, from 8 to 9 o'clock. Special Classes for coaching High School Pupils. See R. 6. Mitchell, 515 N.Third Bt