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~ Smith” in the Business Office, _But She’s Just a Moron Who Becomes the Prize ' Goat ‘to Her Family -- Why‘! Because She Hasn’t Married

* The greatest oblection to being an old maid is that it ‘automatically makes you the family goat," said a spinsicr to me the other day. this should be so, I do not know, It, just is.

and cherish her, but such is not the case.

-all the dirty chores.

her own people.

ried her mother regards her as a moron who hasn't enough sense to make l SPQIIBe c e and W110 l-S $0 lflckl-HK in Jildtmcnt that she has to be told to put on er rubbers i: it is raining, and when to gr; m bed

“As lens u a woman i: single. her parents treat her as a child even ii she is 50 years old and, like Lady Kew‘s daughter, knows all there is to tell. They Still feel thlt they have a. right to boss her, to supervise her conduct, to pick out her friends, to read her letters and listen in on the telephone. But they wouldn't dream of trying to exercise such authority over their married daughters.

“They Ieat her opinion-B a8 11 they had emanated from a 6-year-old child who Ilfilft Very 11118111; Ht lhflt.» but they listen with awe to the views of any silly, hen-bralned daughter if she has acquired a. husband. Ap- parently they consider that there is some magic in the marriage ceremony: ‘that endows with wisdom that the spinster never has.

“Her fainly never concedes the unmarried daughter the right u; leinl her own life in her own way and enjoy some independence. rather and . Mother are delighted to have Mary go ofi‘ with some strange mun they scarcely know by sight and set up housekeeping with 111m, h... i; sully; “h, , has a woman: natural inborn craving ior her own home, when 5110 u... ‘ express her own taste and have her own things and do as she darh pieiis- l as. wants to take a. little apartment they regard it as nothing less than u scandal and along with her brothers and sisters fight it tooth and nail.

"Of course, the old maid just naturally {e115 heir t0 Mom“ and Ibther when they get old and cranky. There is hevcr any argument‘ about whose duty it is to take care o; them. L: is always the uhmgmeq flawhtw" Th‘ mum" Ill-W l Perfect alibi. Their houses Ire filled with their own children. Mother and Father gee on their fir,‘ 53d umnd“ nenes- Milm" 13 Peifillllar and she and Julia don't

t o . John and Father never could- agree. And so n, i5 hu- hem.- ¥°= i111 01d meld sister to give up her job and go back honie to minister to f“ dell‘ 01d NOD16 and bear the burdens that the remainder of them have

‘Qhbedvinihohmibdreamroinienataingrsbeingiusttothe old maid. Nobody reflects that she does not enjoy hatching to senile bab- bllugs and reminiscences and querulous complaints any 11101-3 than ehegn do. _ Nobody considers that giving up her Job is giving up henoppoi-tuh: lty m life to establish herself, that it is a/way from her the work ma loves, which la a never-failing source of interest to her and which compensates her for time husband and children and home she h,“ mm“; Si; tact’? prfvents her from providing for her old age so that she may she an,‘ pen m‘ m hr?" m‘ “Y5- 011. 11°. bewllse sister lsn t married llimed. with ave any nanny hum“ mpmm‘ It is just as"

9 i“ e filmy!‘ wlnlhex and get a kick out of sliflertng.

“Nor does tba old maid get the poo ard . amnttséor herself to them.’ “sxmhagmfi are; n ving married Mother will brag about the married daughter and their children and their houses and then she will say apo- bgemauy that ‘he ‘beam m” why 1t w“ 191153 13°01‘ 5511i! never married. 51w W88 always a good girl, but she guesses she was never attractive to 5W» 5110 W111 58y this even when ahe knows that Sally has given up mgr- rllgetoafinemaninoidertotakccareofherondfather,

“And Mother will make more ado over John’: sending her a $50 check It vhrieima-i than she wiii over Sally's supporting her the whole year. she will be forever talking about how attentive her married children are who pay her occasional weak-end visits, but she will apparently nevgy Qheerve the devotion of the daughter who has made a slave of herselg to her.

“Andmoney. Youbovetobemarrlsqtohav pocketbook. I1 you are single, it belongs to the family." “gig girl-firm’: taexrsbznd bgothers donghask each other for loans or for money to pay hi1]; h. f,“ 1ft W 1600mm that cacti needs an that he has for t“... tater.’ "err "t "e My e i“ eve» o» m“ m“! “md- °l' ‘my My "H! sin want to go off to Qseandthcyholduptbeoldml-ldfortheprice.

"So it k no cinch to be an old maid. You are the family victim 111d W“ 111151117 11m l" W11 B0 $10113 and marry and have troubles of your QW- nonornv nix.

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"Why logically it would seem that her parents and her married sisters and brothers, with their husbands and wives and homes and children and their fuller lives, would be filled with Bympathy for her lonely estate She is alwayo the one who is offered up as a sac- rifice on the family altar and expected to do

‘,Curious as it may seem in this day oi feminine emancipation and competent business women, the old maid is without standing and without honor in her Own home and among In some big business office she may be "our competent Miss Smith.‘ who daily handles affairs involving hundred; oi thousands of dollars, but because she isn't mar-

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MAIOII TIAW Bethe Cooper, in the New You! Ban. Tree limbs are tripping moisture. and the earth Is melting slowly; down an inch or two The ground is froacn, and the dor- mariq roots loll hot the urgency of icmporal spring. Brown hills and pastures, lodt to ' clcven hooves. Scepy and wet beneath the tangled sod; A brilltaht sun hangs in the azure sky Where binds wing northward in unhurrvled flight : _ The tang of April in the fragrant

air, And Spring. the fugitive, lurks

everywhere! MAN WHO NEVER. BITS DOWN

A man who has not sat down ft» 18 months, and who may never do so again. claimed mpensation from the Worker's Compensation Oommision at Sydney. N. 5- W-. f0!

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my whole body a "Schoolgirl Complexion” beauty treatment.

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“Thank you so much;" said a Vv-‘illllhll to a laboring man who had given her his seat in a street car. “That was very kind of you."

"Not at all, malam. not at all," protested the man. "I know some men don't give up their seaicm my one except pretty girls, but looks don't make any dlfleience to me."

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i cup Shredded Wheat rolled fine i. cup iiilitu liuul‘ l scant LCllbpUoll baking powder l teaspoon sooa 2i tablespoons sugar 2 taincspocns meited {at l cup sour milk out thc uiy lngrechcnis together ._ild. mix with the rohcu Shrouded HilUr-lt. null Lilo bUuU iiliiii ‘dilu m6“.- cd lb». WM to mix thorough-y, place ui wcii greased muhiii tins and ooke to to so minutes in a moderate oven. lhis makes eight large muliins.

ror variety and to tiic above mix- ture lust oo....e plflallnc hi the tins ‘n: cup raisins; or a: cup oi dates cut iiiie. coarsely chopped walnut meats tone-half cup) are also oe- 11010115. and 1m cup oi either dates or raisins and nuts mixed make still another pleasing variation.

Two Negroes who had mo“... each other in five years discovered each had been married during this time. ‘ ' '

"What kinda woman did you-all Bet. Mose?" asked Rastus.

"She's an angel, Rastus. dut's what she is."

"BOY. yo’ sho is lucky. Mines still livin‘." Rastus muttered sorrow- fully.

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PORK 5'1 us‘ a‘ Ill) APPLES

5 medium-sized tart apples

2 cups cooked pork

l5 teaspoon salt

‘a teaspoon pepper

l tablespoon shoitening

‘.3. cup water

Core the apples. to within one inch of bottom og apple cut a slice from the top of each one and scoop out enough of the pulp to make about ‘l. cup chopped apple. Mix the scooped-out chopped apple with pork (which has been cut into small pieces) and the salt and pepper. Fill the apples with this mixture, dot each with a little of the shortening and place in a casserole. Add the water. Cover tightly and bake in u moderate oven, 350 degrees F., 30 minutes or until the apples are cook- ed but not soft enough to lose their shape.

Baked Spanish onion and baked potatoes are suitable accompani- ments for the apples.

In that lightning-stabbed rnurlr. with the hills shaking every few minutes (the tremors were gradu-

that was half-thankful and half- of the huge roclu which they could near rumbling and thundering

miniature avalanches of shale and

them.

Piers found the Three weeks of darkness and no ex- ercise had slackened splendid young muscles. More than

her to nest awhile. Suddenly, exact- ly what Gray had been fearing would happen. happened. From

shocks mingled with a sharp crack- lng o1 tree trunks.

A gigantic boulder had pitched down from the mountaintop and

WHOLE WHEAT CARROT PUDDING

2 cups whole wheat flakes

1 tablespoon butter

Soak bread and milk. Add car- rots, raisins pugar, egg yolk. salt and whole wheat flakes. Beat egg white and fold in. Melt the butter in the baking dish and pour in the pudding. Bake in a moderate oven , (400 deg. F.) about 35 minutes. Yield: 8 servings.

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joy out o! life, start rebuilding your with lfllburifla Health and Nerve jut an thousands of bullpen girl

yuan. At drug and general stores.

1f overwork cape your strength . . . If weak spells, mallow cheeks, sick headaches, routine aiglita and peplaaa days take the

older people all over Canada are doing every A remedy tried and prcven for 40

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in.’ One shone with a golden refulge e ' mfi°°efimfi never before visible to mortal .25.. m4 | m.“ gum)”. y“ "m. the impauivenen a that wweriul ea mph. fir“ "no toppled figure mini-hr to mm: ti» teach-

RIIIOI hto hvhtbility with a nep- in: of the Buddha. "All changes; ’

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fearful. Gray was afraid lest one

down the mountainsides followed by stones, might sweep down upon going difficult. even her

once they were forced to stop for

above them came quick, thuddirig

"It's an avalanche! Run!" he

Heeeiaed hold of Plot's hand and drew her upwards, half-running. He

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oonciwte. Robert Olebuiqe of Lakemba. was invited by @119 judge to take a seat in the witness- box, "Please, your honor I can't." he replied. adding that in order tc rest he was obliged to lie down or as- sume a semi-reclining posture He explained that he had suffe

from an unusual disease which had resul.‘ ’ in t union of his spirit and hip loin . e won his claim.

JUST WHAT HE WANTS

In one fsi-nily of several child- reri each child is pennitted w or-dervthe dinner on his or her birth- day. It makes just one more m- icresting bit of fun for that day.

UNCOOKED FROSTING

Any uhctioked frosting will be improved if after the loin/ll 15 ready to spread a half te89i>°°ll of boiling hot water is added. It gives a gios and smoothness to the hustling that makes it “will attractive.

APPETITE TAKERS

If small sweet crackers, cookies households where then eme child- ren, thre would be lees wonder as to why mall son or deushiel’ neveiqeats a. good dinner. Baiting these small things is ruinous to a ch_iid's appetite and digestion.

FASHION PLAYS FAST AND LOOSE WITH SLEEVE!

Short sleet/H. that is those stop-

pring above the elbow.

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several other collections have or two models with these loose open sleeves. as at belong where there is a printed afternoon frock with them. A sleeve featured by Lanvin for afternoon of supple fabrics is gathered imtc a low arm- hole and gathered again at the wrist, generously full between so that it, blouses e/t the wrist when the amm is down. Vionnet continues to show sleeves widely bloused over the elbow d introduces a new note 1n some b catching them against the back of the bodice at one or two points. This greatly narrows the line at back, and gives a eapelet suggestion of the sleeves. Caipelet sleeves are, of course , one o: the ways in which bulk is given the arms this spring. .

DID YOU KNOW

In the old days before Virginia was colonized by British aflvunhir- eis the Indians used to shave the rigiht side of their heads, so that the hair would not get in. the way of the bow-string, for they their bows high. These people were ratihei- blood-thirsty, and always tortured their prisoners, so it wee some years before proper colonies were established by the white men.

O O O

‘The fiist omnibus to run in Eng- land was drawn by three horses Ibo-east, and the floor was strewn with straw. Passengers were charged a shilling for what is now a twopehny fame, and were pro- vided with books and newspapers for their amusenricrit until the ownen. Mir. Shillibeer. discov ‘ that the books were being taken borne by his passenger's to finish at their leisure.

“SPANKING KEEPS CHIIIDREN CLOSE TO REALITY"

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Jlust when the .._ thought idioy had the mated- oom- pletcly under control, the old issue

at hand. It vws an acetylene lamp and by it were sitting -two R. A. F‘. officers. Behind them loomed the gray mass of a biplane.

Efficiency had kept faith with K B '

A few minutes later, the trio were being looked after by the pilot and his observer. Hot tea. dashed with whisky, soon put new life into the tired trio.

The last thing Gray remembered before sinking into the dreamless

the lepcha crooning a battle song, the soft slithering o; a Whetstone on steel, keeping time to the lilt of its . verses.

‘flirough flesh and ‘bone it sieaves,

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My enemies are dead-all save one! Him I go to find — singing!

"Him I go to find-singing," re- peated Gray, drowsily. And knew that it was true.

Tired though he was. dawn saw Colin Gray awake and taking stock o! his tattered robes. The iencha was busily following out his favorite morning occupation — blowing cres- cendo, on a smoking pile of leaves and twigs. '

Gray walked over to the big plane and laid a hand upon it, car- essingly. A queer thrill passed through him. Touching this light. yct mighty thing of steel and alum- inum, seemed to him like pat a

. _ thoroughbred. It was a some ::3,§*;,.{:3‘°-° "b" “it” lh.“.“.l'f‘°tl‘.lf.s“t‘..l°.‘if"”“st.il“t the we who i» wi- lei-we it: cups ground carrots t5 med. the. ‘ill-Illness 1F W” 0R1? P°5§11>1e t0 wmelhms which embmued “m”

size) approximately judge its probable 311°“ “I lmmmilflfl‘ ‘pmt- hm‘ 1 cup seeded mums cqurae_ ggmimm m; eye,’ any endeavor and ever-increasing cour- tried to pierce the gloom erivelop- '3'- 1‘ °;:?°:11’::““ m‘ m‘ ""*‘ B“ 1" 9°“ '°° thgotableland Yififiiofiirli s‘ “Eamon-m; nothing above them.

the valley. His thought: were strangely jumbled. It all seemed so unreal. Gynia? Had there really ever been a woman l0 beautiful and so wicked? He could almost hear

thou to mo!" A vision of her came

of sadneas. Milaapa? Was be, too

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sleep of utter fatigue, was hearing

hen-voice: “Al wlndtofllllihlfil" back to him with anti-lull touch

einbals servant stolen a. prayer. of all things? It was strange, that! But even stranger was it that he should have called it the prophecy! Gray whistled softly between his teeth- and thought hard. And then-for the first time in many, many weeks —he laughed. His thought seemed so impossible! He wished the sun would rise, so that they could start.

The other members of his party had now Joined him .All of them were curious to see what the RAF. pilot. in one unintentional moment of poetry aptly described as a val- ley cg death.

The Chimney of Hell was no long. er smoking. A heart hue shim- mered glassily above the now much lower crater, but that was all. The valley seemedvtp be sleeping =ike a beatlful woman. The lake of the Peacockfis Tall was a sullen, steely gray, as it were brooding over an evil dream, or resenting the viole- tion of its secrets. Secrets? Where was Samdad Chiemba, Gray won- dered. When would he return to his beloved Hlampo?

The valley answered his unspoken question. First came the cries of the terrified birds. sharply vibrant on the clean morning air. Then, out- lining the contour of the hillside, like a titanic trench dug instantly by a million invisible arms, there suddenly opened out a terrific, wid- ening chasm in the mountainside when the six thousand foot upward slope from the lake stopped and the sheer walls of unscalalble rook be- gan. Piers gave a. cry of alarm and clung to Gray's arm.

The great trench-like lath yawn- ed. The mountainside . The pine trees hurled thcir tall trunks this way and that. In less than a minute the forest no longer existed, the straight pillars of its pride lay prone, and tangled inextricably. i! diapaeoiut, subterranean moanin made the air quiver.

Ihe great gompa, with its glis- tening gold roof and stately red- and-white striped walls. stood like .1 lone and defiant sentinel guard- ing a doomed order of things. It seemed to be awaiting its inevitable end. And it came almost instantly.

The great yak hair curtain fell, re- vealing a colossal golden image of the Buddha. Ibr one brief minute that seated statue of the Blessed

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A oddlngolwhlehteresttn0anadatcokplaceinlhnantocmsot- urdayv,’ when Jean Alice Hedi. "4 Pm Cllnwme. 0m" "MY 5313M" " 1m, aha Mrs. J. Frederick Rceb, became the bride of Paul D. Mhnlon. so o; “on, Dr. 1L J. Mgnlon, minister o1 railways and canals, and lil _ Manion. of Ottawa. Picture ahovwa couple leaving St. Michael's cathedral flier ceremony. _