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Show PAGE TWELVE THE PARK RECORD THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, A GUEST IN ERROR Dy SOLLY WENDERS ) Associated Newspapers. WNU Service ILLY JENKINS was sure she had given Mrs. Boyd ( just what she had asked lor. Hut within an nour or having bought the figured crepe Mrs. Boyd was back with a complaint. com-plaint. She had asked for five yards. Milly had cut off four. Four yards ,'wouldn't do. It was a bad mess for Milly. ! Mrs. Boyd had a charge account fit Waterman's, she was a valued customer. She got her five yards and Milly got a calling down she Jiad not merited. ' She was nearly exhausted and discouraged dis-couraged as one can be who is (healthy and young and still hopeful jthat life has something more in store for one than the many com plications one has thus far encountered. encoun-tered. I Milly never knew how she would Ifind things when she got home, i Anything might have happened in jher absence. I For instance, she had come home not so long ago and found that her mother had just married Mr. Swan. I Now when she opened the door and was not greeted by the familiar odor of boiling potatoes and frying pieat she knew there wasn't going jto be any dinner. 1 , Loud voices came from the dining-xoom. dining-xoom. I Mother and stepfather were quarreling quar-reling again. lhey hadn t done anything but quarrel since they got married. I For while Mr. Swan had been an 'amiable boarder he was a very poor Jport of husband. And he had made it so unpleasant for the other boarders board-ers that they had all gone elsewhere. else-where. Milly's mother, stout, red-faced and worried, came to meet Milly. , "Lend me some money," Mrs. wan demanded, holding out her liand. "Ed hasn't got any job yet. 'And the meter man says they're 'going to shut off the lights if I don't pay up. I didn't have a cent to buy '-Ineat with." All this was an old story to Milly since Mr. Swan's entrance into the household. She took a neatly folded bill from her purse. Her shoe money, and her soles were almost through. Her mother snatched the money. She was unfair to her daughter, but it seemed to her Milly had a yery easy time of it. All she did was to work a few hours each day In a beautiful store and earn a nice salary. Milly was mounting the steep stairs when the telephone bell rang. The telephone was on the wall of the hall, easily accessible to everybody every-body in the house, except the lady In the kitchen. Milly went back to answer the calL "Miss Jenkins?" It was a man's voice, well-bred with the resonance of confident youth in its deep tones. "I am speaking for Mrs. Austin Boyd. She wants you to dine with us tonight. At seven. Please don't 6ay 'No'." "Y-yes, I will! Th-thank you," stammered Milly. That was all. She stood, stunned, staring into the receiver. Mrs. Boyd had asked her to din ner! After what had happened that morning! It was unbelievable And yet it was true. And she had promised to go! Suddenly a wave of joy poured over her. She stopped just long enough to Shout into the dining room, "I'm asked out to dinner!" before she dashed upstairs. Fatigue had vanished In its stead was radiant expecta tion. There was plenty of hot water for once. She emerged from her bath, drenched and shining like a rain-washed rose. Her dress was just a little russet crepe, picked up at a bargain sale, but clothes don't matter much when one has a graceful body, gleaming hair and the color of excitement in one's cheeks. t When Milly rang Mrs. Boyd's bell she was too happy to tremble very much. The same young man who had telephoned to her opened the door for her. She had never seen him before, but he impressed her as looking very healthy and vigorous with his tanned skin, sunburned blond hair and clear, gray eyes. He was the kind of man she didn't get a chance to meet often, and liked. Lawrence Boyd, son of Mrs. Austin Aus-tin Boyd, saw a tall girl with lustrous, lus-trous, unbobbed hair and dark eyes that met his with self-unconscious directness. "Come into the library. Mother isn't down yet," he said. The library was a room of one's dreams. Milly pounced upon a bock of travel. "Dad knew the man that wrote this," she said eagerly. "I've been reading criticisms about it in the papers. It's a beautiful book, isn't it? Mr. Cumming3 always illustrates illus-trates his travel books with pictures he takes himself. He wanted dad to 3 with him to Yucatan." "That was a great opportunity, I think." "I thought so, too. But dad-died." dad-died." Milly turned abruptly frcm the book, remembering her manners, man-ners, just as Mrs. Boyd, half-way down the stairs, paused to see what was going on in the library. Meanwhile Lawrence was all taken tak-en up with Milly. He voted her a rare find. She had sense. She had an air. And her dark eyes with their long fringes sort of thrilled him. Milly loved her dinner. She was honestly hungry, and there was lots of food, all of it delicious, de-licious, some of it untasted by her before. Everything went smoothly until the maid told Mrs. Boyd that Miss Hankins wanted her on the telephone. tel-ephone. Mrs. Boyd came back looking look-ing flushed and grim, but while she was gone Lawrence had discovered j that Milly knew a great deal about lacrosse. Her father had played la crosse splendidly. Milly didn't have to walk back home. Lawrence pulled out the car and took her. And when she got there he placed the travel book written by her father's friend in her slender hands. He had kept the book out of sight until the right moment. When he ,- got home his mother was waiting for him. "A salesgirl from Waterman's!" she said icily. "Instead of Miss Hankins. A very poor kind of joke, my son." "No joke at all if the salesgirl finds out the mistake," Lawrence returned. "I knew I was in Dutch the minute I saw the expression on your face. But you were talking about both girls at lunch. I'd never seen either of them and I was thinking of something else. Besides, look at this." He took a slip of paper pa-per from the desk and gave it to her. "There's the telephone number num-ber you wrote down for me. The devil himself couldn't tell your 5s from your 6s." "I didn't have a rich father to educate edu-cate me the way you did," she said. "I was working in a store by the time I was 15." "A girl like Milly ought to appeal to you then." "Milly!" Mrs. Boyd started. But Lawrence was lighting a cigarette cig-arette with a thoughtful look on his face. Deep in the night Milly jumped into wakefulness. She began putting two and two together and they made four all right. There had been some mistake. She'd had no business to eat Mrs. Boyd's dinner. Mrs. Boyd hadn't wanted her. Mrs. Boyd wasn't the kind to make amends for a hasty word by inviting the girl she had accused of making a mistake mis-take to dinner. Mrs. Boyd's kind never made mistakes. They were rich and splendid, they had always had everything they wanted. Besides, Be-sides, there was that telephone call from Miss Hankins. Milly knew Miss Hankins. She was handsome and moneyed, young enough for Lawrence Boyd. Miss Hankins often bought silks at Milly's counter. She was just the kind of girl Mrs. Boyd would pick out for a daughter-in-law. The following night when Milly went home from work she was met by the good news that Mr. Swan had got a job. "And Miss Avery is coming back to board with me," her mother said. At the table Milly drooped. She was too tired to eat pork chop and fried potato. She couldn't help thinking if dad had lived all might have been different. He would have pulled mother and Milly out somehow. some-how. Now The telephone. "Go answer it, Milly," Mrs. Swan, dishing stewed tomato, commanded. Milly's voice was listless as she spoke into the receiver. "Miss Jenkins Milly?" It was a voice she had never expected to hear again. "This is Lawrence Boyd speaking. Mother and I are coming com-ing round to your house in half an hour. Can we get you to go for a ride with us?" Milly's heart skipped several beats. "I-I guess so," she managed to reply. The Philadelphia Bourse The Philadelphia Bourse, organized organ-ized in 1890 by the late George E. Bartol of that city, is the only organization or-ganization of its kind in the United States. It corresponds to the Bourse du Commerce of Paris and other commercial exchanges of Europe. It is patterned particularly after that at Hamburg and was built with the view of bringing together the busi-! ness men of the city for discussion i and exchange of views on different ' phases of business and to act on j such matters as affect their particu-! lar lines. Its slogan is, "Buy, Sell, i Ship via Philadelphia." The organi- j zation owns its own building, a fea-! ture of which is the main or ex- change floor, the largest in the city, i where the chief market reports are j received and quotations posted as I they come over the ticker. I Bear Grease Glazed Windows In frontier cabins of American history, windows were frequently glazed with paper soaked in bear or other grease. Paper treated in this manner, while not transparent, is more translucent than untreated paper. It also sheds water in case of rain. Glass at the time was comparatively com-paratively expensive, even in settled set-tled communities, while its transportation trans-portation to frontier settlement. made its cost prohibitive and its ul timate arrival intact exceeding! debatable. Style Pendulum Swings to Handsome Ostrich Finery Dy CKERIE C" RILLS, feathers and furbelows 1 mark the lady of fashion today and a lovely lady she is indeed, an alluring creature utterly feminine in her Edwardian grandeur. The long post-war cycle is over and with it has gone the tailored career woman, wom-an, trim and uncompromising with her boyish figure and her workmanlike workman-like clothes. Back into favor come portrait gowns, picturesque dinner costumes topped by whimsical evening eve-ning hats, nosegays or violets nestling in long fur stoles, opera-length opera-length evening gloves and back comes ostrich feathers placing their glamorous seal on the return to femininity fem-ininity which colors the whole current cur-rent fashion picture. In the millinery field, ostrich sets the style for the new dress hats with their flattering softness. Long sweeping feathers droop gracefully from worldly dinner hats. Lordly plumes toss above high-piled curls for evening or lend height to tiny formal daytime hats for fur-coat wear. All-ostrich toques and bonnets, bon-nets, without a hint of fabric, are cleverly molded to the head. Not only do ostrich plumes go to the head on bonnets, toques and picture hats for formal daytime and dinner wear, but even tailored street hats use discreet fiat-worked feathers or ostrich montures and motifs that are smartly conservative. Outstanding in the evening wardrobe ward-robe are the new ostrich wraps which' are designed in any number of types and lengths from brief shoulder capelets to full-length coats and capes. They are in black or white or are superbly colorful. With the present trend to the pure- Forecast in Silk For the woman who looks ahead when she buys there are some exceedingly ex-ceedingly interesting advance silks on display. For the first new silk print a stylized palm tree design s suggested such as fashions the iress pictured. This print has the idvar.tage of being dark enough to ,vear for town under the fur coat, ind it will continue to be chic for pring in that it is new this season oth as to color and patterning, mall r.eat tailored motifs in high-tyle high-tyle colors are the desirable prints .or immediate wear. NICHOLAS 'i ly feminine, the ostrich muff has returned re-turned to prominence for both formal for-mal daytime and evening wear. Carried with the formal daytime costume the ostrich muff lends infinite in-finite chic but it is of two-fold charm when it complements an evening wrap of matching ostrich as pictured pic-tured to the left in the illustration. Paquin designs this capelike coat and muff of black uncurled ostrich. Many smaller round muffs of ostrich are also shown that are youthfully pert and extremely smart for dinner or afternoon wear. The long, long ostrich stole adopted adopt-ed this season by the duchess of Kent has unlimited possibilities. It may be draped or wound about the shoulders for protection or simply for flattery. It will be especially outstanding in black, black-and-white, pure white or the modish vintage tones. The one shown to the right in the picture is fashioned of long white feathers with black-dyed tips. This season's interpretation of the ever-graceful ostrich fan is unusually unusual-ly lovely. Festive fans in exciting shades are carried, also very handsome hand-some all-black types that set a theater thea-ter gown or dinner costume off to perfection. The evening fan pictured pic-tured is of graduated uncurled ostrich os-trich plumes in pale pink with an uncurled ostrich hair ornament in the new deep plumberry shade.- The encouraging part of the ostrich os-trich vogue is that the new feather fashions start with simple items on the hat and fetching little inexpensive inexpen-sive neckpieces and scores of other unpretentious ostrich fancies that are within the reach of any limited clothes budget. ffi Western Newspaper Union. Grand Blouses of Metal Top Skirts A gorgeous blouse in your wardrobe ward-robe is a necessary luxury this season. sea-son. It's left to you either to buy 'em or make 'em. The shops are showing the new glamor blouse in dazzling array. Likewise the fabric sections are scintillating with showings show-ings of gleaming lame in gold, silver sil-ver and color, also rustling taffetas and crisp moires and lustrous slipper slip-per satins. A mere remnant of either in the hands of the woman who "makes her own" will transform trans-form into a blouse softly styled or smartly fashioned in the new jacket silhouette. Gold Glittering On Winter Frocks All may not be gold that glitters, but in the multitude of short lame afternoon dresses gold is the favored fa-vored basic metal. The gold may be nothing more than a pin-stripe on a black wool or silk background; it may be combined with other less precious metal threads; or it may completely prevail to form a lavish cloth-of-gold. This all-gold lame makes a striking strik-ing "don't-dress-for-dinner" gown-so gown-so short it almost reaches knee level and long-sleeved. Snug Waistlines Some of the newest coats and dresses fit so snugly at the waistline waist-line and the hips that a draped line results. Detachable Hoods Detachable hoods accompany much of the fur coats that have been created to appeal to the college girl who spends much time out-of-doors. - 'V' ;S , "v, if :u ' I W;a "V -k AAV:- - AArV j i 1 i- , , i ' ' ' ' A v. ' ' ' WA. " Nanyd Gulf of Pearls When Columbus discovered Trinidad Trini-dad in 1498 he called the bay on the western side of the island the Gulf of Pearls, because of the gems found in the oysters which had attached at-tached themselves to the trunks of the mangrove trees growing along the shore, with their roots in he bay. Columbus believed that when the oysters opened their "mouths" drops of dew from the trees fell into them and that these drops eventually even-tually grew into pearls. He hoped, it is recorded, to gather enough pearls to make a necklace for Queen Isabella, but moved on from Trinidad Trini-dad before accomplishing his quest. Life of Animals and Plants Plants exceed animals in the length and shortness of their lives. Parrots may live longer than a cen tury, elephants may live two cen- , .1 a 1 V 1 IT tunes, ana apparently wnaies live several centuries. The Sequoias of California outlive them by attaining attain-ing an age of 50 centuries, accord ing to the American Wildlife insti tute. Certain bacteria have a life cycle of only 20 minutes, which is shorter than the life of any animal Firing Guns at Burials The custom of firing three volleys over the grave of a deceased veteran vet-eran is derived from the old Roman custom of casting earth over the coffin., calling the dead by name three times and then saying "vale" three times. The word "vale" is the Latin word for farewell. The fir ing of three volleys is saying fare well to the deceased. Introduction of Golf The game of golf was old and well developed when it was intro duced into the United States. The first games were played in New York in 1890. Solid rubber balls were used. Earlier in the history of the game balls made of feathers, encased in leather, were employed, but not in this country. Food Value of White Onidn Analysis of the white variety of onions as obtained by the U. S. department de-partment of agriculture shows water wa-ter 85.26 per cent, protein 2.28 per cent, fat 0.22 per cent, nitrogen-free nitrogen-free extract, 10.8 per cent, fiber 0.70 per cent, and ash (mineral matter) 0.68 per cent. Nets Used by Turtle Fishermen Nets which turtle fishermen use are about 15 feet long and are fashioned fash-ioned around two hoops, each three feet in diameter. They are set in shallow water and baited with tankage. tank-age. The holes in the nets are large enough to allow all fish to escape. Size of the Nutria In size a nutria is between a muskrat and a beaver. There the likeness to either the muskrat or the beaver ends, as the fur is a different differ-ent color, and apart from being an aquatic animal its breeding and other oth-er habits are entirely different. Vegetable Soaps Juice of the soap-wort plant will clean clothes. The West Indies and South America have a tree whose fruit is as good as soap. California grows a plant whose bulbs serve this purpose, and Peru has a tree with soapy bark. Worst Kind of Poisoning The worst kind of poisoning-botulism poisoning-botulism is caused by eating home-canned home-canned fruits and vegetables from improperly sterilized containers. Sixty-five per cent of botulism cases are fatal. First Automatic Binder The first harvester of the Marsh type to carry an automatic bundle forming, compressing and tying attachment at-tachment was made in 1870 and was known as the Locke machine. Towns of England and Wales The towns of England and Wales cover a combined area of 6,510 square miles, out of a total area of the two countries of 58,249 square miles. The Word 'Teutonic' The word "Teutonic" properly includes in-cludes the English, Dutch, French and Scandinavian just as much as it does the German. Free City' of Danzig The "free city" of Danzig actually consists of various municipalities and has a total area of 791 square miles. a rim no. ziy If V DT U t Ail x i. 1 King's Swans in England "The king's swans," in England have stayed for centuries on the Thames, though unfettered. Once a year, says a writer in the Washing ton Post, they are rounded up and branded on their beaks. "Swan-upping," "Swan-upping," the name of this ceremj ny, dates from the time when young swans were table delicacies and were termed "birds royal." No one could keep them unless he had a special license from the crown, and each keeper had his own "swan-mark," "swan-mark," somewhat like cattle brands. Swans will nest year after year in the same place unless they are disturbed or their food supply gives out. May Regulate Growth of Hair Nessler, whose book, "The Story of Hair," is used as a reference and textbook, says: "In future generations gen-erations men will look back with amusement upon the benighted years when premature baldness was a scourge. The time will come, too, when mothers will be able to regulate the development of their children's hair, even to develop curly hair, just as they now develop sturdy and robust children with proper living and diet habits." Frogs Whistle Two Notes The Caribbean island of Jamaica has nine species of whistling frogs, said to have a repertoire of two notes. These amphibians lay large eggs out o water which develop directly di-rectly into tiny frogs, without ever going through the tadpole stage. The eggs are usually found under debris de-bris on the ground or attached to the leaves of "wild pines" above water level. Privileges of Women of Turkey According to a famous Turkish sociologist, Turkish women of the Tenth century enjoyed privileges of equality including property rights and attendance at social meetings with unveiled faces until the influence influ-ence of the Persian and Byzantine empires reduced them to a condition condi-tion of virtual slavery. Giraffe Influenced Fashions In 1829 the first giraffe came to Paris and it was immediately taken up by fashion and reproduced in hats, dresses, ornaments and decorations. deco-rations. A little later the first chimpanzee chim-panzee arrived and the same thing happened. Paris costumes were designed de-signed "a la Jocko," and the fad spread rapidly. Speed of Raindrops When the watery vapor in the atmosphere at-mosphere is condensed into drops, these fall to the earth by their own weight. The very small drops which fall slowly are called fog, mist or cloud. The large raindrops fall from 15 to 25 feet a second; smaller ones fall about 5 feet a second. Advantage of the Postcard "The postcard," said Hi Ho. the sage of Chinatown, "serves you as a reminder of devoted remembrance and at the same time prevents you from writing anvthins that mieht be objectionable to have read before a jury." Luther's Wittenberg Visitors to Luther's citv of Witten berg in Germany mav see the fa mous theses that he nailed on the church door in 1517. The doors are of metal and the text of his protest is deeply inscribed in the metal. The Dangerous Fly A fly often carries 6.600.000 bac teria on its hairy body. A fly re mains in an egg stage one day, the maggot stage five davs. the duds stage five days, and 14 davs later it begins to lay eggs. Rain Tree of South America A rain tree is a tropical South American tree so called from the fact that the ejection of juice by cicadas upon it causes it to appear to be always raining under its branches. Motto of French Republic The motto of the French republic "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" dates from the first revolution, July 14-15, 1789. It was later accepted as a declaration of political prin ciples. Mitre, Old Headdress The mitre, tall headdress of church dignitaries, cannot be traced farther back in history than the mid- j die of the Eleventh century. If Vi f V5,?Smr . it 7 - A V |