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Show PATTERNS 2s Kathleen Norris Says: Be Careful When You Give Advice '1 S-EWIN6 CIRCLE Bell Synd!cU WNU ftatures. ry accor f takii 11 at th a series :urtainfas: I. The k: ce is shm cents eaci EARS few York book de- Fering ? bjects ! j ction c! in the ar wert of the baffling d state. ives am A patri- ad of I ibis: Phen 1 ir poni ince to e tad' le sur- p, they birds. Dod is he en-gin en-gin to wl ililR PETER b-kyne .Mt-m.mm CHAPTER ,f, Sutherland left the "Sn " Fe local train from Prescott iioenix that January morning, . lust breaking over Ari- I She bad made arrangements , died out she saw no friendly mobUe headlights gleaming be-,U,e be-,U,e wooden platform and board t, that was Sughuaro; so she down on her trunk to await the ral of the station wagon from fagon Wheel ranch. , the darkness waned she saw Sughuaro was something more 1 1 flag-station. There was a ,r and water-tank and cattle cor- , . little east of the passenger 1 . . . . I 1...4 ...... freight piauorm um just wcai a paved highway intersected the u Fe tracks. However, even j evidence of civilization failed to me erJ 1 mounting sense or panic as passed and the car from the cross i nter SWa nn wneei rancu uiu uui buijcoi. tabbing chill lay upon the land wished she had brought a vr fur coat Deceived by a Pres- wag is J Chamber of Commerce pam- ias at th et which spoke glowingly of the 'L-nea ova cooled sunshine" of Yavapai the low atr, she had been beguiled into riusing the widely advertised win- climate of Arizona with that of ba and had descended upon Sug- 3 f - A- J arc arrayea in sports wear auu u it polo coat ;Vhen she had been waiting an a and had, magnanimously, ar-,ed ar-,ed at the conclusion that air-)led air-)led sunshine really was worth adding, ad-ding, a caravan came down the mounted tf wita ste:J hway. At the Intersection with e railroad it paused briefly, in def ence to the railroad company's rated exhortation to Stop, Look d Listen, and Mary saw that it 'insisted of four vehicles. The first, up truck, was towing a two- heel trailer containing two horses; e second, a sedan, was towing a ailer house. She was on the point of shouting these men for aid, when the cara- ) 1 a crossed the tracks, turned left iptne dirt road mat paralleled mem A pulled in alongside the plat-mi plat-mi From the pick-up truck an 'ert young man stepped out, lifted a rge hat and said very politely: "I imagine, Miss, that an hour has ven you ample time to see all the oiatj of interest in Sughuaro." "Any advanced thinker would )ld that a minute would be long eough," the girl replied. He nodded. He saw she was dis eased, and experience had taught Jim that the world is very apt to hear about it when young and pretty tomen are displeased. So he wait er, wnue Mary Sutherland appraised ap-praised him for about five seconds snd then said: "Are you acquainted to these parts?" He nodded affirmatively. "Do you know where, when and Dead from whom I can engage transportation transpor-tation to the Wagon Wheel ranch?" 'Tf necessary," he replied grave- "that can very easily and Promptly be arranged." 1 wrote Mrs. Burdan. of the Wag on Wheel ranch, a week ago that I would arrive at six-ten this mom- H and she telegraphed that the sta tion wagon would meet me. But she hasn't sent the station wagon I must say that omission isn't calculated to encourage a paying West to cheer for the Wagon Wheel ranch." "The lack of your cheers would scarcely come under the head of a Privation, Miss Sutherland. From a1 I can learn no dude has ever Peered for the Wagon Wheel ranch i as a result of its failure to Please, combined with other misfor- s, it discontinued yesterday to entertain paying guests." . "Do you mean to tell me," Mary Sutherland demanded, "I am manned ma-nned in a wide place in the road called Sughuaro?" 'You are but you can be de-marooned de-marooned if you care to entrust the Oration to a total stranger." are you the proprietor of another an-other dude ranch in this vicinity and a Mrs. Burdan referred me to you?" "God forbid," he protested pious-"Nor pious-"Nor is there anv other dude .j0 h this vicinity, notwithstand- we tact that we have quite a lot ncjnity. rm just a wandering ,!L ut alert t0 Perform his one deed for the day." JBirt you know who I am." ooserve an old Railway Ex- tth'l label on your trunk from mch !t appears the trunk was once "Pressed by Miss Mary Sutherland, ami Beach, Florida, to Miss Mary y5?and, 680 Park Avenue, New Bis cool assurance irritated her "How do you know that is 7 trunk? People sometimes bor- nks. labels and all" 1 know," he answered patiently, your purse Is adorned with the J-als M. S. in gold block letters b so are your suitcases and hand-So hand-So ru take the short end of a bet you're Mary Sutherland." reward for that evidence of his perspicacity was a smile from which all trace of irritation had vanished.- VYou'd win," Mary admitted. admit-ted. "And now that you have so cleverly introduced me to you, I'll prove to you I'm pretty smart myself my-self and introduce you to me." And she climbed up on the running board of his pick-up truck, leaned in and read the name on the automobile license li-cense fastened in a leather frame to the steering column. "We have with us this bright and snappy morning," she announced, "none other than that sterling citizen and rescuer of ladies in distress, Mr. Hamilton L. Henley, of Congress Junction, Arizona. Ari-zona. 'Hah, for Mr. Henley." He extended a firm, brown sinewy hand. "What do we do next?" the girl queried. "I cook breakfast and you eat it" "For goodness sake where?" "In yonder trailer. I'm an excellent excel-lent cook and quite sanitary." He waved toward the vehicle. "As they say in Mexico: Be pleased to enter my home. It and all in it is yours." "A cactus cavalier, eh? I've never previously met one, so I accept your invitation with pleasure and gratitude." grati-tude." The driver of the sedan had already al-ready unlocked the door of the trailer trail-er house and started a fire in a little iron trash-burner stove. "Miss Sutherland, this is Pedro Ortiz," Mr. Henley informed her, as he unfolded a canvas chair and set it for her before the little stove, which was already delivering a pleasing warmth. "Pedro, rearrange re-arrange the cargo in the truck and ' ' ' So she sat down on her trunk to wait. 1 load the lady's baggage in it." He closed the door, washed his hands carefully at the tiny sink and after the manner of a waitress in a bean-ery. bean-ery. intoned wearily: "Whole orange, or-ange, sliced orange, orange Juice or canned pineapple, ham and eggs, bacon and eggs, any style, toast, hot cakes and coffee." Mary chose orange juice, bacon and eggs, country style, toast and coffee. "Coming right up," he assured her and set a coffeepot on his little gasoline stove. Presently he glanaed at his watch. "Eight o'clock. Time for the first news broadcast," he announced, and turned on a radio clamped on a shelf. "To serve a dude in Arizona breakfast without the morning paper pa-per would earn me the severe condemnation con-demnation of the state chamber of commerce." H heated a skillet-first skillet-first thrusting it under her nose in order that she might see it had been scoured thoroughly after the last using cut two thick slices of bacon from a slab which, with a carton car-ton of eggs, were in his grocery locker lock-er lighted the gasoline in his oven and set a plate in there to warm. "Eggs straight up or over?" he u sited "Who cares?" Mary replied. "You get them straight up. I can't turn them without busting them. My one culinary weakness. Draw up to the table." He placed her orange Juice before her; when she had finished fin-ished drinking it. her bacon, eggs and toast were ready and he poured himself a cup of coffee and sat down with her. explaining that Pedro and he had already eaten breakfast at-the at-the Wagon Wheel ranch! "I was in a fair way of forgetting the scurvy treatment accorded me by that defunct hostelry," Mary declared, de-clared, "but now that you mention the Wagon Wheel ranch, what hap- He explained that old Pa Burdan. the owner, had ala? been a futile sort of person. Ostensibly a cowman cow-man he had not, in thirty years, succeeded suc-ceeded in developing into a reasonably reason-ably fair cowman and he was now too old to look after his ranch properly prop-erly and too stubborn to realize it It appeared that to Pa the fields ahead were always greenest, and whenever the price of beef operated to make him some money by accident acci-dent he had been wont to invest it in some highly speculative enter-prise. enter-prise. His most recent hallucination hallucina-tion (which Ma Burdan had shared) was that if the orthodox Arizona dude ranch with only sufficient cows to supply milk and cream for the dudes and only sufficient acreage for a building site and a modest horse and cow pasture, could make good money, a real cow outfit that catered to the dude trade must be an unbeatable business proposition. "He hooked me with that line," Mary interrupted at this) point. ''His advertisement read: Why go to a synthetic dude ranch? Why riot come to the Wagon Wheel with six town-ships town-ships in which to ride with the roundup round-up and know the delights of a bona fide cattle ranch? Splendid horses and the finest board and lodging. Write Mrs. William Burdan, Congress Con-gress Junction, Arizona. So I wrote," Mary concluded, "and we traded." "The old gentleman drew a long bow about the horses and the food. The horses are all sorry nags, some of them dangerous for dudes to ride, and the food was plain ranch grub dispensed by a round-up cook." "At any rate, Mr. Henley, your Pa Burdan was a realist." "Three years ago, in order to build a swell new ranch-house for the expected dude trade, and furnish fur-nish it after a Los Angeles interior decorator's idea of an Arizon" ranch-house, he borrowed the limit on the cattle from the State Bank of Arizona and gave that bank also a deed of trust on three sections of splendid land he owns in fee. The six townships his advertisement referred re-ferred to are contiguous to this fee land but they are all leased from the state." He paused to pour her coffee. "Last year a Wagon Wheel horse unloaded a female dude a stout middle-aged spinster and broke her leg and wrenched her back. She sued the Burdans on the ground that they had knowingly, carelessly and negligently mounted her on a disrespectful horse, and secured Judgment Yesterday she attached the Burdan bank account, horses and ranch equipment. Simultaneously Simultane-ously the State Bank of Arizona called Pa Burdan's notes and on January second payment of his annual an-nual rental to the Land Department of the state of Arizona had fallen due." "You're breaking my heart" Mary murmured, "but go on. So they couldn't send the station wagon wag-on for me because the station wagon had been attached." "No, the station wagon wasn't attached. at-tached. Fortunately Pa was buying it on the installment plan, so the legal title to it stood in the name of a finance company. You see, all these woes descended upon Ma and Pa yesterday, like a flock of buzzards buz-zards upon a dead calf. Ma had endured much as the wife of the world's champion visionary, but she Just couldn't take all this bad news at a gulp; so she packed her cowhide cow-hide trunk and cardboard suitcase, had Pedro load them into the station wagon for her, then climbed in behind be-hind the wheel and shouted: Good-by, Good-by, Pa. This is one Jam you ain't a goin' to dream yourself out of, so I'm leavin' you for good an' all An' don't try to follow me, because I got a full tank o gas an I aim to travel till she's emptier'n your head.' And away she went out of sight around the bend." "What's going to become of them?" "I don't know. I'm trying to formulate for-mulate a plan to do something for them, but it's a pretty big order for me. I'd love to own the Wagon Wheel ranch. Everything Is lovely about it with the exception of Pa's scrub cattle and old, disillusioned saddle stock." "I take it you are under-capitalized." He nodded, rose and started to clear the table. He piled the soiled dishes in the sink and said: "The dishwashing lies in Pedro's department, depart-ment, Miss Sutherland. Let's get rolling. I have decided that you shall put up at a hotel In Phoenix. With that as your base you can range around and secure accommodations accommo-dations at an orthodox dude ranch. There are quite a few around Phoenix." Phoe-nix." j t "You said you are a rodeo tramp, Mr. Henley. What does a rodeo tramp do?" "He is a contestant who follows the circuit of the Rodeo Association of America. I appear at the big shows only, because the purses are bigger. Pedro and I gypsy from El Paso. Texas, to Calgary. Alberta, Al-berta, from Salinas, California, to Cheyenne, Wyoming." (TO BK CONTINUED! By KATHLEEN. NORRIS "A WOMAN friend wrecked A my marriage," writes a l Los Angeles woman. "She meant it well,, of course; she was indignant because she thought I had been badly treated and talked me into divorce. But it ruined my happiness just the same. "I had been married about seven years," the letter goes on, "when things began to go wrong between Phil and me. We never quite got together on the question of money; I had been raised without any training in managing my affairs, af-fairs, and I know now that while I wasn't an extravagant wife, I was slipshod in money matters, and kept him resentful and uneasy. I hated budgets, and if Phil asked me to sit down and go over our accounts ac-counts and expenses, I always pulled away. My attitude was, I'll do the best I can and for heavens sake don't nag me. "Now I see that I was wrong. Perhaps Per-haps he was impatient and exacting with an inexperienced housekeeper, but I was wrong, too. Money leakage leak-age and waste keep many a good husband worrying and uneasy, when Just a little common sense, and giving giv-ing him the feeling that financial responsibility is a burden shared, would end the difficulty. r . - Woman Disrupts Happy Home. "We had two small boys, and I had a good kitchen helper -when I met the woman I'll call Vera. She had been my mother's friend; in a way she seemed to take my mother's moth-er's place. I confided in her, and she always sided with me. She thought I ought to have more amusement, pleasure, more frocks and luxuries, without ever asking me Just how near Phil could come to paying for them. At the time he was helping care for a widowed sister who had small twins to raise; Vera was indignant over that, and she somewhat infected me with the same resentment If we went downtown down-town shopping together she would make me select a smart new hat or bag; sometimes paying for it her-stlf, her-stlf, sometimes charging it to Phil either proceeding made him furious. "The boys were sick and I got the flu from them; Vera moved , in to nurse me. It made me very uncomfortable un-comfortable even though it really did help. Afterward Phil said he hoped we could drop her and we quarrelled; he was in money difficulties, diffi-culties, one thing led to another, and finally I found Vera urging me to ask for my freedom. Then, she said, Phil couldn't ride me about the way I spent my money; he couldn't come home drunk and frighten the boys which he did twice and I would have my children and my home to possess In peace. "In an evil hour, Instead of thinking think-ing how tired and burdened and harassed he was, and how Justified Justi-fied in resenting the presence of this officious older woman in his home, I did apply for divorce, on the grounds of mental cruelty. I secured it and had my freedom. It is not too much to say that I have not had an hour of true happiness since. Even my Joy in my children doesn't seem the same, for I have cheated them of home and father, and done them irreparable injury. Vera lived with me for a few months; we parted part-ed and have never seen each other since, and that was three years ago. "Phil came to our town, as a commander com-mander in the navy, a few weeks ago. He wanted to borrow my boys for a few weeks; under our divorce agreement he has the right He has married a fine, gentle girl, has a baby girl of his own. We talked like two ghosts of what might have been. He went away with the boys and here I am, staring out into a spring night and wondering OS "Make tfo boys' characters tone, gimpU end strong." "Instead of thinking how justified he was in resenting the presence of this, officious older woman in his home, I did apply for divorce." DON'T INTERFERE No matter how well-intenr tioned advice is, it may do untold harm. Miss Norris tells how a meddling older woman wrecked a young wife's) home by constant criticism of the husband and finally by urging the wife to seek a divorce. What started as small arguments argu-ments over budgets and ex-travagance ex-travagance developed into bitterness bit-terness as the wife thought she was being abused and restricted. restrict-ed. Then when the husband fell into financial difficulties during the depression and took to drink, the wife decided de-cided that she could not go on. All the time she was under un-der the influence of this older old-er woman, a friend of her mother's. When she took the fatal step and obtained a divorce on grounds of mental cruelty, she was following the advice of this "friend." No sooner was she "free" than she began be-gan to regret her,, hasty action. ac-tion. "1 have not had an hour of true happiness since," she confides. "Even my joy in my children doesn't seem the same, for I have cheated them of home and father, and done" them irreparable injury." All this because of the bad advice of a busybody! what craziness possessed me when I threw my life away." Work and Happiness Ahead. Well, to a certain extent, Mar-Jorie, Mar-Jorie, we all throw our lives away. We all make mistakes and miss opportunities. op-portunities. Your tragic error was in believing that a detached, idle woman, with nothing to do but try to steal a part of your life, could possibly give you wise advice. But cheer up; you are not 30 years old yet In getting into some hard necessary nec-essary activity, and not only helping help-ing physically to bring nearer the time when a better day will dawn for us all, but also fitting yourself mentally for the needs of the new world, you will find healing. There is work and happiness ahead for you; life isn't over. The years ahead of us are going to be the most thrilling thrill-ing in the history of the world, and with two sons to build for, you will soon become absorbed in the new plans and new ideals. Make the boys' characters as sane, simple, strong as you can. Lose yourself your-self in service; war-production service, serv-ice, service at home with your sons. Red Cross service, service to all the organizations that are holding civilization together; boy and girl scouts, war chests, community chests, entertainment of service men, canteens, there are a hun dred avenues of useful and fascinating fascinat-ing work open to you. You can't tell what fate has still in store for you: what you do know now is that marriage mar-riage is a sacred matter, that it concerns two persons alone, and that however well-meant, outside interference inter-ference always makes trouble. Women Improve Factories Here are some of the constructive construc-tive by-products of the employment of women in war plants that may be expected to carry over into the post-war industrial plant according to the National Metal Trades association: asso-ciation: ''Establishment of better lighting, beating, sanitary and similar conveniences, con-veniences, more pleasant surroundings surround-ings and better housekeeping; great er provision for safety; increase Ir conveniences for handling material in process." 34-48 For Town Wear A GRACEFUL, dignified frock to be done in soft sheer rayon crepes and cottons. The lap-over side closing makes it an easy frock to slip into. - Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1964 is designed de-signed for sizes 34, 36, 38. 40, 42, 44. 46 and 48. Size 36, short sleeves, requires 4 'A yards of 39-Inch material. WSM OUSEHOLD HI HITS A small pillow or pad between the knees of a sick patient as he lies on his side can give great relief. To remove the mark made frpr striking a match on painted surface, sur-face, rub a cut lemon over the mark and wash as usual. Those who wear glasses or goggles gog-gles know how distressing it is to have the lenses become cloudy and blurred. If they are cleaned every morning with soap and hot water they will seldom need cleaning clean-ing during the day. Rinse them well and dry with tissue paper or a soft clean absorbent cloth. The best way to wash walls or woodwork is to begin at tfee bot tom and work to the top. This avoids streaking where the dirty water would run down and prevents pre-vents a difficult job of removing such streaks. Since dishes must be done three times a day, why not do it the most efficient way? Stacking the dishes on the right, so! the work goes from 'right to left, means greater efficiency for the right-handed right-handed housewife. Of course a left-handed worker would reverse this procedure for quicker work. Inebriate Soon Sized Up Situation and Lent Hand A grave digger was hard at work. As he shoveled each spadeful spade-ful of earth he became more and more absorbed in his thoughts, and before he knew it the grave was so deep he couldn't get out. Came nightfall and the evening chill, his predicament became more and more uncomfortable. He shouted for help and at last attracted at-tracted the attention of a drunk. "Get me out of here," he shouted, "I'm cold." . The drunk looked into the grave and finally distinguished the form of the uncomfortable grave digger. "No wonder,", he said, kicking a little dirt into the grave, "ya haven't got any dirt on ya." S So Crisp Tha Gr.iBt ar Crtit Fi"- ?fa?jfayy Eellogg's Rice Kris pies equal the whole ripe grain in nearly all the protective food elements essential to human nutrition. Shoulder Ruffles THE vogue for pinafore "ruf-flclo,, "ruf-flclo,, Kina 4nsnfrfH this smart. over-the-shoulder ruffled two-piece dress. Perfect for the young and slender figure, it will look lovely done in smart rayon silk taffeta stripes, in brisk cottons, in summer sum-mer percales. Pattern No. 8619 Is In sizes 11, 13, IS, 17 and 19. Size 13, ruffled version, requires re-quires 4 yards of 39-inch material; without with-out ruffles, 31k yards; yard contrast for collar. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco Calif. Enclose 20 cents in coins for eacb pattern desired. Pattern No Size Name Address.... M.tfZ I Buy War Savings Bonds- Plant Trees Wisconsin youth planted nearly one million trees this spring in school forests, around farm homes ( ana near rural scnoois in a state wide campaign against soil erosion. Treat Hands Cover your hands with mineral oil or lard and use a good antiseptic aftej helping a pigging sow. Neglect Neg-lect of this precaution may mean a case of undulant fever. Wallpaper Stocks Grease spots on wallpaper may be removed if you dust on French chalk. Leave on for several hours then brush off with soft clean cloth or brush. Ship Armor Ship armor might be traced back a thousand years to the round shields which the Vikings strung along the gunwales for protection. Baby Powder Since wartime boxes of baby powder pow-der are a little harder to handle than the old ones, put the powder in a large glass kitchen salt shaker. Infant Mortality Oregon has the lowest Infant mortality in the United States a rate of 32.94 per 1,000 live births. Food Stores There are 17,000 food stores which distribute fruits and vegetables consumers In New York city. to Oil Content ' Linseed and sesame are prized over other oil seeds for high oil content con-tent - SoTasiy declared mm. is lf mi A |