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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