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BTTDAT, ocTonirrt 10. 1D20
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS O F WOMEN
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SOCIETY
Suffrage
Philanthropy
Clubs
Circles
Revelations of a Wife
My Heart and My 'Husband
BY ADELE GARRISON
Lillian and I waited until we
heard Dicky's door closo b-h'd him.
Then with a simultaneous exhalation
of brtath wo turned to each th-r.
But befor I cou'.U peak sho. put up
her hand.
"Walt." sho whispered, and In an
other moment she had moved to the
door of my room, opened It and
stepped Into the hall.
"I positively mut run aloni?," sh5
said clearly. Then If fehe had for
gotten something. "Oh. bother! I've
?ot to tret out that st of prints. But
I won't he live minutes. Oo on and
undresi. You ou'ht to have been In
bed an hour ao."
She came back into the room and
closed the door behind her.
"He's actually safe In his own
room." she said In a low tone. "I
wanted to make sure, for I don't
-nt him to pet any fool notions In
hin head .about that de?k."
"How will you ever m.mape about
tomorrow?" I asked wonderlngly.
"You mean his proposition to pet
that hypothlcal ml.slnp key to the
de?k from a hop that doesn't ex
ist?" she countered smtlinpr. We
were talking In the lowest of mur
murs. I nodded. Tt had been a quickly
conceived, cleverly executed answer
to Dicky's disconcerting offer that
Tallinn had made, but I did not see
how jhe was goln to get out of the
dilemma.
"Don't you see that I didn't dare
to object to his plans?" she asked
patiently. "He was curious enouph
about the old thlnp as It was. But
by instantly falling in with hi pro
posal and actinp as if it were a fa
vor to mo I fancy I disarmed all
suspicion. And I shall discover to
morow a plausible reason for vis
itin? Crewt Haven, and schall casually
remark to Dicky that he neeXi't
trouble I can Just as well do the
two errands at the Fame time.
Sabe?"
"Of course," I returned promptly.
"Hut I can't help wondering if he
really suspects anything about the
desk."
"Not a syllable." Lillian rejoined
pronH't'y. "You oupht to know by
this time that your husband is Just
a bis boy, and will never be any
thing: else In some things If he lives
to b a hundred, although he Is a
man head and shoulders above most
of his fellows for all that, God bless
him!" sh" Interpolated, evidently
with the thought of Dicky's pallant
war sfrvlco before the eyes of her
mind.
"Amen!" I breathed softly, my
own thocgrhts flylnff back to that
time of trial and triumph.
"Ho Just has all a boy's curios
ity," she resumed. "lie saw this
new acquisition, heard us say some
thinp about secret mechanism
which, incidentally, I shall try to
bring in casually sometlmo with a
lauphintj remark calculated to ban
ish any further thought of it from
his mind and was Idly curious
about what you were buying. Ten
to one h- will never think of it
again. Hut we'll opn the desk to
morrow after he goes away, clear
out anything that's in it, without, of
course, hunting for the ferret
drawer, and I'll fill it with Junk of
my own. Then It can stand open for
his casual inspection, and all dan
ger from his curiosity will be over."
She picked up a bundle of prints
as she spoke, although I knew that
she had no need of them. Hut eho
was clever enough to risk no chance
encounter with Dicky in the hall
after she had corny back to my
room ostensibly for them. Sho
moved toward the door, but with
her hand on the knob stood hesitat
ing. I knew that there was some
thing she wished to say to me,
something she feared might dis
please me.
And with swift shame-faced Intui
tion I felt what it was.
"Madge, dear," she said after a
moment.
I es.
For my life I could not have ut
tered other than the monosyllable.
And I was furious at the knowledge
that the color was rushing to my
cheeks.
"You know I don't very often of
fer advlco asked or unasked,." she
said, and the clear eyes .she bent
upon me held a deprecating look as
If she feared my resentment at her
words.
I wrestled with my own craven
spirit and brought victory from it
with a wrench.
"Dear girl." I said penitently,
"don't you know by this time that
you may Bay anything in tho world
to me?" I A-sked sincerely.
She took her hand from the door
knob, moved swiftly to my side and
put her free arm around me closely.
"You dear!" she aid gratefully.
"Now please don't go to imagining
things when I tell you what I'm go
ing to, for you haven't done or said
the least thing to which any one save
a Jealously blinded lad like the
Dicky-bird could object. But if I
were In your place I would try
to act pleased instead of irri
tated whenever Dicky gets off such
nonesense as he did tonight about
MaJ. Grantland and Edith Fairfax.
Of course, it's all tho veriest none-
sensc the major isn't attracted in
that direction, but if it suits Dicky
to fancy he is. I'd try to pretend
somo enthusiasm not too much or
you'll spoil it on tho subject- Think
it over, and good-night."
I did think it over, long and care
fully, and with humiliation of spirit
after she left me. and during tho
next few days. But the thing which
stayed longest in my memory, which
troubled mo most was this question:
Why did Lillian think it neces
sary to assure me that the idea of
Kdlth Fairfax and Hugh Grantland
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Mrs. E. V. Trott of Colin, Tana
ma Is the guest of Mrs. Myron H.
Smith, 1032 Woodward ave.
Mrs. Crothem Is a brld of last
week. She was formerly MIps Mar
garet Culver. Mr. and Mrs. Cro
thers left today for Pittsburg, Pa,,
wliere they will make their home.
ting it behind me, however, and tap
ped on tho door of my mother-in-law's
room, hardly waiting for her
"Come in" to enter.
"Would you mind." I asked
breathlessly, "giving the baby his
hath thl mnmlne? I have him
nearly ready, but my father has Just j
come to my room, evidently to con
sult me about something, and I don't
want to keep him waiting, he so sel
dom asks me for anything."
"I don't know, Margaret," my
mother-in-law replied tartly, and I
saw that t-he was in one of her acid
moods, "that I have ever 'minded'
doing any service, no matter how
menial, for Richard Second. If you
have any time to spare for your
father I shall be p!ad to see him get
it. It's more than Richard haa for
me. Dring my grandson and his
bathing things to mo immediately."
PIE IS VINDICATED
BY MEDICAL SCIENCE
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ansiuer ijour question
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which you can entertain your
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owner of one.
being attracted by each other was
"the veriest nonsense?"
"Daughter, dear!"
My father's quiet voice Bounded
outside my door ehortly after break
fast a few days following the smug
gling of Kenneth Stockbrldge's desk
into our house. I hastened to throw
open my door at tho gentle cum
mons. "Come In, father," I said, holding
out my hands to him.
As I did bo, a twinge of remorse
caught me, for all at onco I realized
that although in the same house, I
had seen very little of my father In
the months that were paßt. It Is
apt to be the fate of unobtrusive
elderly persona to bo neglected, I
think, because they have a horror of
"bothering" people. But the love
light In my lather's eyes as he
grasped my hands, drew me close to
him and kissed me tenderly, showed
me all too clearly how precious to
him were tho moments when he
could have mo all to himself, when
I was Just daughter, with mother
hood, wifehood, everything else rel
cgatod for the momont to second
j place.
vvitn a nttie eaten at my neart i
remembered something else, that
the short intervals of confidential
chat with me were more than he
had ever enjoyed before. He had
never known what It was to see his
child grow from small childhood
Into young girlhood, from that Into
womanhood, and never enjoyed that
dearest of all privileges to the av
erage father, that of indulging the
slightest wish of an adored young
daughter. Ho had only found me
after my marriage, when my first
thoughts and affections wero Irre
vocably bound to my husband, when
even a father I had known and
loved from babyhood would have
been compelled to take second place.
That it was his own sin and folly
which had thus set him apart from
all family ties did not absolve me, I
reminded myself grimly, for neglect
ing him now. With my mother's
dying adi.ionitlon ringing In my ears
I had freely forgiven him for all
that old bitter wrong, and In the
years that had passed since I had
learned to love him dearly. In his
turn he had lavished upon me such
a wealth of affection as few daugh
ters know.
Jl
Victro.
b bein demonstrated daily by us. You
arc sure to cnj'oy the latest music. Won't
you come in tomorrow? Absolutely no
obligation is implied by a visit.
Only tho loss of his fortune, I
knew, had prevented him from
showering the material things of life
upon mo to a degree that would
have been embarrassing. And In re
turn I had given him what? Defer
ence, love, attention to his comfort,
yes but I acknowledged to myself
guiltily that there had been many
times when I might have made an
opportunity to sit ar d talk with him,
and had not done it.
"Are you sure I am not bothering
you d?ar, Bure you have time for a
littlo chat?" he asked deprecatlngly.
and the words stem to embody all
the accusation I had Just made
against myself.
"Bother me!" I returned with real
Indignation In my voice. "You
ought to be ashamed of yourself to
tall; like this. Don't you know that
you couldn't possibly bother me?
The trouble with you is" I went
on breathlessly, encouraged by the
gratified light that leaped Into his
tired eyes at my raillery "that you
don't bother me half enough. You
neglect your only daughter shame
fully, sir, and as for your grandson
Just see how reproachfully ho is
looking at you!"
I could not help laughing at my
own ridiculous words as I looked at
my small son, who was tho picture
of anything but reproach or sadness.
I had begun to disrobe him for his
morning tub, and he rejoicing in
his freedom from his hated clothing
was indulging in a series cf baby
gymnastics in his crib that threat
ened to tie him up in e. hard knot,
chattering to himself the while in
his cooing, untranslatable Jargon.
My father smiled as ho followed
my eyes; he is no less a slave to
the baby than is my mother-in-law.
'I don't think he will pass out for
lack of my attentions Just now," he
said dryly. "But I am not inter
rupting his bath? I know how care
ful you are to give it to him at Just
the same time each morning."
1 took him by tho shoulders and
pushed him into my easiest chair.
"Now, sir, you sit right there un
til I give you permission to move,"
I said with playful authority, "and
please see that Junior doesn't tic
himself up so tightly that he cannot
get straightened out again. I'll be
back in one minute."
I fairly ran out of the door, shut-
DY nitlDGITT McXUITY
The proof of the pie Is In the eat
ing. By this test it emerges trium
phant. Many slanders are refuted by
the tests made at the Jefferson Med
ical college in Philadelphia, to de
termine the relative digestibility of
pie, cake and pudding.
Those who inveigh against the
great American pastry always take
for granted that it makes more
trouble for the gastronomic system
than cake. The truth Is the oppo
site. Puddings were found to be
most easily digested of the three;
they left the experimenting stomach
in two hours and 13 minutes, against
two hours and 27 minutes for pies.
Tho difference. It will be seen, is al
most negligible. As for cakes, they
required three hours and two min
utes, 35 minutes more than pies.
These figures are average the av
erage number of minutes for the av
erage piece of pie or cake or dish of
pudding. Particular kinds of pie or
cake showed variations, some that
wore to be expected and others
rather surprising. Mince pie lived
up to Its reputation, taking two
hours and 45 minute to three nours
and 15 minutes for stomachic diges
tion. The seemingly innocent Angel's
food cake stayed in tho stomach
longer than devil's food, and appar
ently longer than the average blab
of pie.
Digestion, of course, is not com
plete when food leaves tho stomach.
The stomach test, however, is gen
erally considered a good one. so far
as relative case of digestibility is
concerned. Pie, therefore, provided
it bo good pie, made of pure ingred
ients and with a crust that is not
soggy, may fairly be regarded as
vindicated. It is a wholesome food,
or at least no less wholesome than
other deserts. If anything has ruin
ed the American stomach, or is
in danger of doing so, it is cake
rather than pie.
HEBREW CLUB 3rEETS
The Hebrew Education and Ath
letic association will install officers
at a meeting to be held Sunday,
Oct. 11, In the Beyler hall. The
officers aro Sal Gllman, president;
Herry Minkow, vice president; Bella
Puriey, secretary; Jack Hodes, treas
urer; Ervin Minkow, chairman of
social committee, and Rubin Dunn,
assistant chairman of social committee.
miUl NORA HAYES SIXG
Sally Green (Tho Village Vamp)
The Argentines, Tho Portuguese and
The Greeks.
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