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Show Xite- FICTION Cotnev BETTER LATE By EDWARD STEVENSON WELL, I'm certainly glad you're not seasick. When I first saw you leaning over the rail I said to myself that you must be seasick, though I couldn't see how anybody could get seasick with the water so calm the way it is. Our room steward stew-ard says that anybody that gets seasick in this kind of weather wouldn't be safe on the lake in Central Cen-tral Park. He's a regular comedian. . . . And that reminds me, how much do you think I ought to tip him the room steward, I mean? I'm not one that don't have to count my pennies, but still I want to do the right thing as to tipping. You see, this is the first time we've been on a boat my wife and me, I mean. Of course we've taken a trip up the Hudson with the kids, but I guess you wouldn't mention the Hudson River Day Line in the same breath with the S. S. Goliath, would you? The kids thought it was grand, though. They're grown up and married now, with kids of their own except Judy, that Is, and she hardly had time, not having been married quite a year yet but it don't seem more than yesterday that they were running about like a bunch of wild Indians and getting Into all sorts of mischief. Time certainly cer-tainly flies. Whew! it's getting hot, isn't it? We must be coming Into the tropics from the way it feels. Ever been down here before, Mr. I don't think you mentioned your name, did you? . . . Arthur? . . . Well, I'm glad to know you, Mr. Arthur. My name's Bentham. I'd like you to meet my wife some time, too. That's her laying in that deck chair down at the end. She's making believe be-lieve she's reading that book, but she's sound asleep. The salt air seems to tucker her out. As I was saying, time certainly flies. Now, you take me. Why, it seems it's only the other day that Ellen and me were getting married; mar-ried; and here we are, grandparents grandpar-ents of six already. We've been married thirty-five years. It don't seem possible, but that's what it is, all right. Why, say, I can remember the wedding just as plain as if it happened last week. It wasn't much of a wedding you know, no fuss and feathers. Besides Ellen and I and the minister there was only the minister's wife and the church janitor, for witness. But I can still see the five of us standing there in the chapel, with the sun coming through a high window and falling all around us and turning everything golden. I remember Ellen El-len specially. She was so pretty and little. , When I lootf back, I think Ellen and I must'a been crazy, getting married the way we did. My gosh, I didn't have a cent to my name-it name-it was all I could do to scrape up the money for the wedding ring. Engagement rings and honeymoons and all the fixings were out of reach - as far as we were concerned. I felt pretty bad, taking her right from church to a $2.50-a-week furnished fur-nished room. A wonderful' girl like her deserved better, and I told her so. A big wedding, a reception at the Waldorfthe old Waldorf, you know and a honeymoon at Niagara Niag-ara Falls was little enough to her. But she just laughed. "If I wanted such truck," she says, "I'd've married mar-ried Mr. Astor and not Johnny Bentham." That's the way she is. I didn't mind so much not having a big church affair, or a reception afterwards, but, gosh, what's a wedding without a honeymoon? I mean, it made me feel kind of low, not being able to provide even that. You know, marrying Ellen was the making of me. I was just a shipping ship-ping clerk at the time, but she made me study bookkeeping and when an opening in the company Well, last year our company did pretty well and they gave all the old employes a month's pay for a bonus at Christmas first bonus we'd had in years. So what did I do? Well, I figured with all the kids married and no one to take care of but ourselves, that we didn't have any real need for the money, so I didn't breath a word about it to Ellen. You see, I'd been seeing these cruise ads in the papers and I thought to myself that's just the thing for Ellen and I. Twelve days. Nassau, Jamaica and Cuba. $125 and up. I didn't say anything till about two weeks before we were to sail. Then I broke the news. Well you could've knocked Ellen over with a feather. 'First thing I knew she threw her arms around me.' came along I stepped right in. I'm head bookkeeper now. Of course that isn't so much there's only one other bookkeeper but being head of anything is pretty good these days, I always say. A couple of years back when I'd been with the company thirty-five years they put on a dinner for me at Jack Demp-sey's Demp-sey's and gave me a watch. Here it is. See what it says. "To John W. Bentham" that's my full name "for thirty-five years of devoted service. Atlas Paper & Supply Co." Mr. Stover, the president, made a speech. I did too but I was too choked up to say much.. You can bet I'd never've stuck around to get that watch if it hadn't been for Ellen. And the kids, too, of course. When you get to be a family man you got to tend to business. Kit that's short for Christopher was the first; then Roger, Cynthia, Anthony, and Judy, the baby. Nice names, ain't they? Ellen picked 'em out. They're all grown up now fine young men and women, if I do say so myself but there was times when you Just wondered if they ever would. It was just one thing after another. Sick or healthy, they had you up to your neck in bills. CROSSWORD PUZZLE Horizontal 1 Coquette 6 Instrument used ty decompose de-compose light 11 Shrewd 12 Trojan hero 14 Molten lava 15 Verily 16 Youth 17 Artificial language 18 To stain 20 Energetic 23 To exist 25 Pronoun 26Skill 27 Complicated state of affairs 82 Unit of resistance 34 Egyptian deity 85 Difficulty 36 Assistance 83 Faroe Island windstorm 89 Deed . 41 Agitated 44 Young goat 4655 47 To leave 48 To disown 52 To seize 65 Symbol for iridium 56 Prefix: not 57 Latin: hail! 59 Compass Doint 60 One who sells small wares 62 Ambassador 64 Slang suspicious 65 To eat away Vertical lTo criticize mercilessly 2 French article 8 Evergreen climbing plant 4 Tall grass 5 Shallow container '8 Magnificent 7 20 quires 8 Country in Asia SoluUoa la Naxt !. 1 U J 4 5 I 16 17 IS 19 1 10 71 Ti IT Ti "" """ """ m " " W 19 W15 IT iz " " . . . 27 M 19 iO il Wil . 39 40 pp4r42 """""""" 43 44 45 Wl46 . ; rzzMm777, , , 4 49 50 51 M 51 S3 $4 45 IP """ 58 p 59"""" 60" " 6f " 6" """"". 6J 64 6V J "Johnny Bentham," she says, "are you out of your mind?" "No," I says. "And I haven't robbed a bank, neither." So I told her all about the bonus. Well, she still thought I was crazy. "Spending all that money on a little trip," she says. "Do you think we're millionaires? Johnny, I'll never put foot on that boat." "Now, that's a fine howdydol" I says, making out I'm insulted. "A woman refusing to go on a honey moon with her husband!" Well, she just looked at me and I Just looked at her, and first thing you know she threw her arms around me and began kissing me, and what did the two of us do but end up laughing and crying like a couple of kids. "Gosh, Mama," I says. "It's better bet-ter late than never, ain't it?" , . . Say, will you look at them porpoises! Book Reviews In Brief 9 Symbol for selenium 10 Where the Athenians defeated the Persians 11 Rude fellow 13 The sun 19 To recede 21 Nothing 22 Ancient Scottish tax 24 Period of time 27 Man's name 28 Common food fish 29 Poem 30 Mischievous doings 31 To lubricate 33 Convened 37 To excavate 40 Gratuity 42 Indehiscent legume 43 Vast age No. 29 45 Stupid person 48 Edge 49 Agent 50 Enumeration 51 At any time 53 Poker stake 54 Industrious insect 53 The self 61 Note of scale 63 Colloquial: , paid notice Auwn t Iinli Nimbir n M 1 1 jL Ie lAlBlEjTl DQH oh 7ji" r Ti e k JL IM i - - 3cK -a aWs iAp i cTT ETCH aDjP ALp T 0 R JL 1 i I ARl I TREHCfijc ! ! r THs ebb a a v 1 s A TpCfs E "Mil -E - - If I A 111111 I eohe J L aITIE trlM B-47 THE CAMPBELLS ARE COMING Glenn H. Campbell (Dodd, Mead & Co $4). The origin of the Clan Campbell and the history of Scotland are synonymous and here the author, as a bearer of the famous name, takes the most interesting aspects of each and has woven them into a skillfully drawn account of the Campbells' hand in Scottish affairs. Liberally illustrated, the book contains con-tains historical information written in an absorbing narrative form. In very Scotch crisis a Campbell had a responsible role in the ultimate outcome. One of the best chapters in the book concerns the story of the ill-fated Mary, Queen of Scots, on whose side the Campbells remained re-mained loyal with almost disastrous results. The author, an advertising executive execu-tive of Cleveland, O., took many pains to bring his readers an accurate, ac-curate, descriptive history of the Campbells. Not content with a long and diligent research in local libraries, li-braries, he travelled to Scotland and covered personally the territory about which he writes. While the book is of primary interest to the Campbells themselves, many of whom know nothing of the fascinating fascinat-ing background of the clan, every Individual of Scotch descent and scholars of every nationality will find something appealing in its pages. ,, Xr , ---- - - - -"j 1 ' - S ; vw. X 1 . . Mlv M A -r 4 -.wis k W i.-S-Xvivj. it Economy Note Corned Beef Pinwheels (See recipe below.) TuSoTrl National Park Ideals National parks in the United States, created by act of congress, are areas of national significance distinguished by superlative natural scenery, set aside for preservation preserva-tion as nearly as possible in unimpaired unim-paired condition and dedicated to the use and Inspiration of the people. peo-ple. In establishing the Yellow-, stone, first national park, congress quaintly designated it "a public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people," peo-ple," and provided against "injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities or wonders won-ders within said park, and their retention re-tention in their natural conditions. In establishing national parks no thought is given to geographic location. loca-tion. The area proposed for national park use is considered primarily from the standpoint of whether or not its principal features are of broad, national Interest Budget Pointers There's a tendency to go along with the crowd when it comes to spending money, especially on food, instead of seeing what can be done to stretch the food dollar. Getting the most out of the food dollar does not, fortunately, mean that we have to tighten our belts; it just means a bit of maneuvering. In the midst of soaring food costs, there's plenty of help for the woman who wants it, and today's recipes are designed to give you plenty of food for thought. . Give your familj' a change of menu, and give ths budget a chance to stay within its limits at the same time. There are several general rules to follow: Buy wisely; don't overbuy and let food go to waste; serve and cook whatever you have properly, and don't toss away good leftovers. left-overs. For main dishes you can call on good quality proteins for front line duty; they're cheaper than the ex pensive cuts of meat and do Just as much for you. Macaroni-Cheese Souffle. (Serves 6) 1 cup uncooked macaroni 1 cup sweet cream or condensed milk cup butter or substitute 1 cup soft bread crumbs M green pepper, minced 1 medium green onion, minced 1 tablespoon chopped parsley H cup grated cheddar cheese Salt and pepper -4 eggs, separated Cook macaroni in boiling, salted water until tender. Drain; scald milk and add other ingredients. Stir in beaten yolks, then fold in stiffly beaten whites. Turn into a greased casserole and set in a pan of hot water. Bake in a moderate (350-degree) (350-degree) oven for one hour. Serve with mushroom or pimiento cream sauce. Eggs Foo Young. (Serves 6) 6 eggs, beaten 1 No. 2 can bean sprouts t tablespoons chopped green pepper M cup shredded onion 1 teaspoon salt H teaspoon pepper pound mushrooms, sliced, if desired Add salt and pepper to eggs and beat welL Add remaining ingredi ents. Taste and add more seasoning season-ing if desired. For each cake, measure out V cup of the mixture mix-ture and use 1 tablespoon of fat for frying. Pour mixture into skillet, skil-let, leveling vegetables evenly over the surface of the cake. Brown on both sides, turning once. About five minutes are required to cook each cake. ' Serve with soy sauce. Rice Nests With Egg. (Serves 6) K cup butter or substitute ltt cups cooked rice 6 slices ban 6 eggs Salt and pepper Butter a baking dish and place) rice in it, , forming nests out of it with a spoon. Broil the bacon and place one strip around each nest, holding it in place with a toothpick. Break an egg in each nest and sprinkle with salt and pepper and LYNN SAYS: Serve Simply But Season Weil Fill pears with camembert cheese and serve as salad with trench dressing. Like your tomatoes served simply? Try a very few herbs, a bit of oil and vinegar as a dressing. Poach peaches in a bit of honey after you've sprinkled them with lemon juice and you have a real dessert des-sert treat. A bit of whipped cream goes nicely, too. LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU Corned Beef Hash Rolls Sweet Sour Green Beans Molded Pear Salad Crusty Rolls Beverage Date-Nut Custard Pudding Recipe given. dot with butter. Bake in a mod erate (350-degree) oven until the white of the egg is cooked but the yolk tender. This will take five to six minutes. Among the kind - to - the - budget items is corned beef hash that comes canned and ready-to-serve. It's easily dressed up in pin-wheels pin-wheels of baking powder biscuit dough, and cer tain to be a favorite with the men of the house. Corned Beef Hash Rolls. (Serves 4) 1 cup sifted flour Z teaspoons baking powder teaspoon salt ii cup shortening to W cup milk . 1 1-pound can corned beef bash Mix dry ingredients together and sift. Work in shortening. Add liquid gradually, mixing to a soft dough. Roll to a thickness of about one' fourth inch. Spread corned beef hash on dough; roll and cut in four parts. Place on a greased cookie sheet (lifting with a pancake turner) Bake in a moderately hot (400-de- gree) oven for 30 minutes. For an easy vegetable, take a can of green beans and make this: Sweet Sour Green Beans. (Serves 4 to 6) 2 strips bacon 1 small onion 1 No. 2 can green beans 2 teaspoons sugar Salt and pepper f 54 cup vinegar Cut the bacon in half inch pieces, Brown lightly with diced onion. Add liquid drained from green beans. Cook down to about Vt cup. Add re maining ingredients and beans. Heat and serve. If you want to keep the budget trimmed, don't splurge on desserts, Date-Nut Custard Podding. . (Serves 6) 1 egg 1 cup milk 1 tablespoon sugar H teaspoon salt Dash of cinnamon H teaspoon grated lemon rind 1 8-ounce can date-nut bread Beat egg slightly, add milk, sugar sug-ar and salt Cook in a double boiler until mixture coats the spoon. Remove Re-move from hot water and stir In lemon rind and cinnamon. Cut date-nut date-nut bread into pieces and combine with custard. Chill. Here's a cookie that will take care of leftover egg whites and bread crumbs. Serve it with fruit for a nice, light dessert: Pecan Brownies. (Makes 8 dozen) egg whites 1 cup brown sugar H teaspoon maple flavoring 1 csp pecans, chopped 1 cup fine dry bread crumbs Beat egg whites until stiff, add sugar and flavoring. Stir well, then fold In nuts and crumbs. Shape into small balls, place on a greased baking pan and bake in a slow (325-degree) (325-degree) oven for about 20 minutes. Released br Western Newspaper TJnlon. Lima beans take on new character charac-ter if they are well seasoned with salt and pepper plus a crumbling of crisply fried bacon. A good relish with sliced leftover meat? Mix together 1 cup of applesauce, apple-sauce, cup of whipped cream and cup grated or pureed horseradish. horse-radish. Do up your gingerbread right by serving it with a whipped cream topping. Use two tablespoons of molasses mo-lasses folded in 1 cup of the cream when whipped. 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