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Show I 1 TIIE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH J l.mmmmmmmmmmm-m-mmm-mm-- m' T i 1"FICTION CORNER I ?V I THE RUG By VIItGINIA SULLIVAN TOMLINSON My father was one of the men wh took Skippy's little body out of ths water that night My mother sa with Mrs. Farraday when they brought him home. Dora Farraday didn't comehome at all. She sent a telegram. It arrived just as they were bringing Skippy's body into the house. Dora had left Skippy alone by the lake to elope to New York with her new beau. Ellen continued at school; she had always been very quiet. And after awhile, Mrs. Farraday went about the town again, holding her head very high, smiling her fixed, gay smile. Only Mr. Farraday seemed changed. He aged visibly that year. Nobody was surprised when the cold he caught just before Christ-mas turned into pneumonia. The doctors said that he just hadn't the will to live. Dora came home when her father died. Mrs. Farraday sent her the money. Dora's husband had left her and Dora had been working in New York, clerking in a store. People I thought that perhaps she'd stay ' KNEW the Farraday family be-- , I fore it happened. I knew them first when I was nine and Ellen Farraday was eight and in my class at school. There were two other Farraday children: Skippy, the baby, who was five, and Dora, seventeen, Just 'entering business school. Dora was engaged to marry Danny Wright, who ran the service-statio- n In town. Mr. Farraday was branch manager of our local bank. "Such a nice, quiet man," people said. "If only that wife of his were not such a fool." I didn't think Mrs. Farraday was a fool. I liked her. The sprawling old Farraday house, with Its sag-- had always thought Aunt Abbey dis-liked her; all those unkind remarks she used to make. But now she was grateful for the rug and meant to keep It. Since the narrow living room at the Farradays was too small for the rug, Mr. Farraday was persuaded to sell the home and rent a house with larger rooms. Their old stuff looked pretty shabby against the rug, so with the money from the sale of the home they bought new furniture. And after awhile, because of the friends they acquired in the new surroundings, the Farradays bought a new car, too. I saw less of Ellen now, txcept at schoo. Gradually my visits to the 'ging porch, was always In need of repair, the shabby living-roo-would be cluttered and dishes un-washed, but Mrs. Farraday was never too busy to plan games for rainy afternoons or picnics in sum-mer In their rickety old car. She was little and quick and dark, with rather kittenish ways; always thinking up something new and "ex-citing" like the dress she designed for Dora that won the prize In the Easter parade. There was nothing I loved mor than going over to the Farraday house whenever I had the chance. Saturday mornings they always had pancakes; Sundays they had sau-sages and Boston baked beans and applesauce in a blue glass dish. And they had laughter. A great deal of laughter except when Aunt Abbey came to call. Aunt Abbey was Mr. Farraday's aunt, a very rich, very unpleasant old lady who lived in an Imposing granite house at the end of town. It was no secret that she disapproved bitterly of the entire Farraday fam-ily. Why she visited them nobody knew, unless It was because, of all her relatives, they refused to be im- - fcv&Ut KVsY4 Jfl Shed Uken sk,PPy to the Plonlo, jtfvM 1 tli n&$2 hadn't she? She should not have i J&r 4i w fone oB with that beau of he8,l leaving the child alone by the lake.! Cj)JjgJf ijvL home now, since her mother needed fJCftyf tjgfo her, but nobody really expected she VlTS would. Danny Wright was marriedj lAiSy rWm ve now' to one of Dora's former clasa-- j vW7 altfiWrt ! mates, a plain little girltwlth ador- A. M''&Wns ing eyeSl They came t0 Mr" Farra"! ''jJf-'- ' day'f ri'neral, sitting closely to--l r ' gether in the church. The weeki pressed by her money or upset by her caustic tongue. They merely accepted her, all but Mrs. Farra-day, who seemed to like having Aunt Abbey around. Curiously enough, it was of Mrs. Farraday herself that Aunt Abbey most bit-terly disapproved. "My nephew's wife isn't fooling me," she'd say. "Always pretend-ing to be so gay. What's she got to be happy about, I'd like to know? If my nephew had married a sensible woman, he'd have amounted to aomething by now." "I declare," my mother said, "it gives me the creeps, the way that old lady looks at Mrs. Farraday. I believe she really hates her." "She hates them all," my father said, "because they've got what she never had. The Farradays have contentment. All Aunt Abbey has is money, and when she's gone they'll have that, too." Only they didn't. Because when Aunt Abbey died the year Ellen Farraday was nine, she left them no money at all Her entire estate went to charity, with one exception. She left Mrs. Farraday a rug. It was an Oriental rug, exceptionally large and lovely; golden in color, satiny to the touch, starred with dusty pink flowers. "It's a shame," people said, "when those children need money so. But of course they can sell the ' rug. It's valuable and Orientals are in vogue." Then a dealer offered Mrs. Farraday $25,000 for her rug. The town rejoiced for the Farra-days. This meant college for the children and money to fix up the old house. But, to the amazement of everyone, Mrs., Farraday stubborn-ly refused to selL She had always admired that rug. she, said. She'd been as surprised as anyone when Aunt Abbey had left it to her. She after the funeral Dora went back to her Job in New York, and the day! after she left Mrs. Farraday came: to see my father about selling her rug to pay her bills. My father did his best; but this, was a depression year and nobody, had money now for Oriental rugs.: The five thousand dollars he finally got from a dealer barely paid for! Mr. Farraday's funeral and fori Mrs. Farraday's debts. Mrs. Farra-day got a job at the hotel. Her salary included room and board, sol that Ellen could live with her, tooJ It was storming hard the day they, moved down there. We left them( alone and drove home through the snow-covere- d town, passing the old, Farraday house on the way. No-- , body lived in it now. Tears crowded, behind my lids as we drove slowly! by. "They were happy in that house," my father said. "A great pity they, ever moved out of it. If Aunt Abbey knew what she was doing when she made that will, then she must be laughing now in her grave." My mother spoke suddanly.j "That's itl" she exclaimed. "She did know what she was doing. And I'm surprised that I never thought of it before." "What do you mean?" My father stared at her. Her voice had sound-ed strange. "She knew exactly what she was: doing!" my mother said. "And wherever she is she probably Is laughing! Aunt Abbey knew that Mrs. Farraday would never be able to resist living up to that rug!" Farradays had ceased, partly be-cause my mother 'disapproved of Dora Farraday's new friends. Dora had always been a sweet, docile little thing, ambitious to get along. Now she had given up business school. She had even broken off her engagement to Danny Wright. Dora had a new beau now; one she'd met through her "crowd." Nobody liked him, but he was rich and he gave Dora a good time. He had a weak, handsome face and a loud scoffing laugh. I'd see them together as I walked home from school, dashing around town in his rakish car or going into Van's Place for drinks. People felt sorry for Danny Wright. He'd been so crazy about Dora, and always so glad to have Skippy and Ellen around. DORA'S new beau didn't like He objected to Skippy trail-ing her about Skippy was six now, very spoiled and rather a nuisance; but it seemed hardly fair to blame Dora entirely for what happened at the Elks' picnic that year. Everyone Elks' picnic that year. Everyone said, though, that K was Dora's fault. She'd taken Skippy to the pic-nic, hadn't she? She should not have gone off with that beau of hers, leaving the child alone by the lake. i . l ' y . ' Have Baked Ham for a Social Supper. (See recipes below.) Feeding Fifty If your club or church Is planning a community social dinner for a or for the purpose of making money, you'll appreciate these tested recipes. The recipes are bound to be tempting to most people, which is an important con-sideration for dinners of this type. You'll need to do careful planning for both purchasing and preparing, or perhaps you can have a com-mittee work out the donations so there will be more of a return on the dinner. Have your group choose an able LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU Roast Pork Shoulder Sage. Stuffing Candied Sweet Potatoes Relish Plate: Carrot Strips, Radishes, Pickles Bread Butter Plum Cobbler Beverage Recipe given. soned with one cup butter, salt and pepper. Heat thoroughly but be cer-tain not to overcook. 'Candied Sweet Potatoes. (Serves 50) 2 No. 10 cans or 8 No. 2 cans sweet potatoes 1 pound brown sugar 2 quarts bread crumbs 1 cup melted butter Place sweet potatoes in a baking pan. Combine remaining Ingredients and place over sweet potatoes. Bake in a moderate (350 degree) oven until heated through. Cole Slaw. (Serves SO) 1 pint mayonnaise) 1 pint sour cream 1 cup vinegar 1 teaspoon mustard 1 teaspoon celery seed 1 teaspoon salt Yi cop sugar 7 quarts (6 pounds) cabbage. shredded fine Blend the mayonnaise, sour cream and seasonings. Mix lightly with the cabbage. Apple Cranberry Sanoe Relish. (Serves SO) 3 oranges i No. 2 cans apple sauce S cans cranberry sauce Grind oranges and combine with leader to insure a successful dinner. She should be thoroughly familiar with all the procedures of the menu, and should be able to divide and assign the work properly, as well as to iron out all sorts of details that come up. Tableware should be checked in advance so there will be enough to go around. The same goes for kitch-en equipment. Men as well as women will like the menu for this community sup-per as it is appetizing and well bal-anced. Baked Ham Buttered Green Beans or Peat Caadied Sweet Potatoes Cole Slaw Apple Cranberry Sauce Relish Rolls JeUy Batter Pineapple Chiffon Cheese Cake In addition to the items listed on the menu, you'll want to provide coffee, tea and milk as beverages. Here are the recipes for this din-ner. They are carefully planned to serve 50 people. Baked Ham. (Serves 50) 18 pound smoked ham 2 oups brown sugar 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 tablespoon prepared mustard 34 cup cloves Plaos ham (wrapped in heavy waxed paper or inside wrapper), fat alrip lin In An apple sauce. Chill for several hours. Cut up cran-berry sauce in cubes. Just be-fore serving mix cranberry cubes with the apple sauce. uncovered roast-- 1 ing pan. Bake in ' a slow (350 de--. gree) oven about ' 3 hours. About an hour before Pineapple Chiffon Cheese Cake. (Serves SO) S cups sugar S pints syrup from pineapple anu water 12 egg yolks I ounces (M cup) plain gelatin 3 No. 2H cans crushed pineapple 4 pounds (2 quarts) sieved cottage cheese cup grated lemon rind cup lemon juice 12 egg whites 1 teaspoon salt 1 quart heavy cream for whipping 3 quarts graham cracker crumbs or tweiback 1 pound butter, melted Combine two cups sugar and two cups syrup with slightly beaten egg yolks. Cook over hot water until smooth and thickened, stirring con-stantly. Soften gelatin in remaining syrup for five minutes. Add to hot mixture and stir until dissolved. Chill until the mixture starts to con-geal; add pineapple, cottage cheese, lemon rind and juice. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, salt and whipped cream. Combine crumbs with re-maining sugar and butter. Line a pan with this mixtur?, saving about a third for the top. Pour in cheese mixture and top with remaining crumb mixture. Chill for several hours until firm. Heleaeed by WNU Features. the bam is done, remove from oven, lift off remaining skin and score fat surface. Mix brown sugar and mus-tard, add enough vinegar to make a paste. Spread paste over fat surface and stud with cloves. Return to oven and bake in a slow (325 de-gree) oven for about 45 minutes to glaze the surface. Here are some other glazes which may be used. The amounts are suf-ficient to cover the surface of one ham: ORANGE GLAZE: Mix one cup brown sugar, juice and grated rind of one orange and spread over fat surface. Garnish with orange slices when serving. HONEY OB MOLASSES GLAZE: Use one cup honey or molasses and spread over ham; stud with cloves. Finish baking. SPICE GLAZE: Use one cup brown sugar and one cup juice from ipiced peaches, crabapples, ginger pears or pickled peaches. Garnish with the spiced fruit For the vegetable, green beans, you may use two No. 10 cans, sea- - LYNN SAYS: Food Tips Add Interest to Menu Yfhcn you serve whitefish or hall- - but, you'll find that cranberry sauce or jelly adds just the right note of tartness as well as color to the fish. Rice or noodle ring makes a nice platter when filled with leftover lam or chicken creamed with peas ind pimiento. When you serve vegetable loaf, pass along a sauce made of tomato toup and grated cheese. A nice easy dessert consists of tapioca mixed with crushed pine-apple, served with soft boiled cus-tard. Serve fish on a bed of watercress if you want it to look truly effective. The greens, of course, should be eaten. 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V Grace Noll Crowell , AV IfllfVX T LIKE the look of snow when it imelling J(im1I ?vvSl - An ending 't der rivuleU toward Yy)j I like the sweep of dry grasses Lending 1 vW I have seen small green leaves under water f' JSs nul "ow hl hid,len 1,111011811 win,er lwiwlli vJijI 0' Fresher and greener nd sweeter than the jjjr " ' 1' 'pring t0 t'9 showers: GPYn HvMtf' A little clover leaf washed clean by wsiting, i tW. Jrb WJra! ager or lifc ,gain ' the k'"1 ' Prin! U J fffl 1 reach my fingers into the icy water ifej ''0 ,0U ,ener' ,r';nll'ou,' irlY sflf '! Knowingakinshipwithh,deepandabiding, 1 I I, too, have waited until the winter parsed, m J And I lift my head after strange 'VTi ! i -- JiVM, k chastisement if wml l IJ T bri8ht " ,g1"' ,un ' lastl jfayj Cities Grant Pay Increases To Help Meet Rising Costs Scores of cities are granting pay raises to municipal employees to help them meet increased living costs. In Cleveland the mayor agreed to grant pay raises to muni-cipal employees which will cost the city $2,100,000 this year. Fire and police personnel received a $240 a year increase, plus six new holi-days to be added to annual fur-loughs. White collar employees of Cleve-land will get a $180 annual raise if they make less than $3,000 a year. Their increase will be 6.5 per cent it they make more than $3,000 an-nually. Pittsburgh councilmen earmarked $1,200,000 for municipal pay raises. Biggest pay boosts went to em-ployees receiving $2,000 a year or less. Chicago's record city budget for 1948 Includes pay increases of 8.5 per cent for municipal employees earning less than $5,000 a year, plus raises averaging $300 a year for higher paid employees. In Omaha, all city employees have been given a fiat $15 per month wage boost. The Increase will affect approximately 1,250 workers. New York City boosted the sal-aries of 42 top city officials. The action added $86,000 to this year's payroll. |