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Show J i PATTERNS NEEDLEWORK 1 THE FICTION corner SEAL OF APPROVAL By JOHN H. HOSE He had been away a long time but Armand's appeared much the same to him even to the apartment across the street which he nearly bitterness. in his much the ARMANDS after seven years. same, The long lunch counter on the right extended the full length of the room, the polished fittings of the soda fountain gleaming in dual rows as they reflected themselves in the mirror behind the counter. To the left were the red leather booths. Half way back was a wide doorway leading to the dining rooms and dance floor beyond. I looked for old man who was Peter, the clean-uthe favorite of the high school kids who frequented the place. But he (was not in sight. A new soda jerk polished the spotless surface before me, and the girl who took my order was also a newcomer. A chocolate malted, I said, and strolled to the jukebox in the far comer while the little mixer hummed. I punched the numbers at random and fed the music box a couple of coins. Back on my stool I saw that was sitting at the little alcove table overlooking the entire room. looked i 1 1 it p a ' ' Ar-ma- It started to rain. Belting down little torrential streams hard, poured from the awnings, just as they had the first night we came to Armands Her guardian angel, shed called him. He had to meet and approve all her new friends. For years they had been neighbors, and Armand was a kind of paternal friend since her own father had died. As the old boy gave me the once over that night, she had laughed gaily. And silly or not, I felt pretty swell when he came over and treated us. She told me he gave his seal of approval by treating if he liked you. I was in. I ordered another malted for the sake of the memory, and looked up toward the little alcove, Armand had detached himself from his chair, and with no small amount of effort, was waddling along behind the counter. I waited, thinking of that other night when she had been at my side. The scent of her bad been everywhere, her soft hair cascading gently to her shoulders, the The scent of her had been everywhere, her soft hair cascading gently to her shoulders, the big brown eyes, long lashes, her soft white skin, and her pouting lips, vividly but carefully painted to entice the likes of me. He always sat in this spot, or perched on a stool in the cashiers cage. He glanced up and smiled like a fat little buddha come to life. He didnt speak. I thought: He doesnt remember me. But then 1 am the only customer in the place, he must have smiled at me. He remembers me all right, I thought, but doubtless doesnt relish the memory. I turned away. I couldnt help but stare out the window. Her apartment was just across the street, third floor front. The windows overlooking the street were dark. Being so near her set the butterflies hopping in the pit of my stomach. I returned to the fountain and sipped at the malted. Seven years. How do people mark the passage of seven years? To some its the span of a witchs curse on a broken mirror. The return of the locust. The end of the itch. Pilgrimages to Mecca. Sabbatical leaves for teachers. Each has his own way of reckoning. Seven years or a century. I glanced at Armand. To him it probably meant another chin . . . more money. To her I had no idea. ... l '4 : 1?' ft i 1" S ... ... .t THE big brown eyes, long lashes, her soft white skin, and her pouting lips, vividly but carefully painted to entice the likes of me. The old guardian and I looked at each other for a long minute. I wondered if he was remembering. Finally he smiled. So he hadnt forgotten. Its been a long time, Mr. Anderson," he said in his ingratiating rumble. I STUCK out my hand, replying, Its been a very long time, Armand. Howve you been? Not bad, not bad, he shrugged. A bit older, a trifle wiser. I cant His eyes wandered complain. across the street as he left unsaid the answer to my unasked question. Are you back in town to stay. he added, as a kind of afterthought. That all depends, I said, and wondered about that wiser business. She certainly must have told him all about me. But he sounded by NANCY PEPPER friendly enough. I watched as he glanced again toward the front. I Petticoat Influence. knew he was looking up at her whos that walking down the Say, apartment windows. I tried to sound casual as I asked, street in front of us? We mean that Anita been in lately? He stroked beruflled dresden his handful of chins, and seemed to doll who pauses to be making a decision before he an- - swish up her skirts as she steps daintily up and down the curb? Could it be the same teen-age- r we used to deplore ... many griefs of ydterday left me, one by one, no shadow of them falls Across today1 s bright sun. The thought that they would never go Became my sad belief; my hearth and set a plate For each old weary grief I brushed And now today, new sorrow comes, This Strange, unwelcome gucSt. I wonder will he take his leave Tomorrow, like the reft? rf ? i swered. I fidgeted and sipped again at the malted. He stood watching me for a long minute, then he said: She was in last night, he said. As a matter of fact, we were talking about you, Mr. Anderson. He picked up my empty glass, and forced it down over the automatic washer. I nodded, too busy thinking about what he said to even reply properly. So they had been talking about me? What did that mean? I was certain neither of them knew the real story behind my sudden departure. Id had to go in a hurry. No one knew except John and Peggy. As far as the others were concerned, I was just a guy who had taken his firm for a few hundred dollars. They probably figured Id been lucky to escape prison. That I had been covering for John was nobodys business. I didnt approve what Johnny had done, but Peggy was my sister. With three kids and another on the way, Johnny knew his salary wouldnt be able to stand the stretch. Instead of laying his problems before his boss and asking for a raise he lost his head. He did the foolish thing. Others had done it before. I got him out of the mess, but no one knew this but the three of us. So I figured any conversation about me wouldnt be complimentary . . . unless theyd discovered that I wasnt just a cheap thief. I wondered. She lived at the same place. Armand was friendly toward me. What did it all add up to? But did they know these things about Peggy and John? Did they know that the money had been repaid, Or were they like the others did they suspect that I was just a bum? I guess I might just as well forget about the whole thing and go some place to start all over again. I took one last look toward her apartment, picked up my coat, and asked the girl for my check. Armand had stepped to one of the booths to greet some folks who had come in just as the rain started. I waited for him at the cashiers booth at the end of the counter. I was disgusted and showed it, I guess. Finally Armand shuffled over to the cash register and took the check the girl had given me. Thats all right, Mr. Anderson, he said, This is my treat. Good luck. I muttered my thanks and went outside to stand under the awning, wondering where to go in the gloomy downpour. Then it suddenly dawned on me . . . Armand had treated! His seal of approval! I was still Mr. Big across the street thats what he was trying to tell me! Armand had let me knoyr that in his quaint, unobtrusive way,. I looked again at the apartment win- dows. There was a light there now. She was home! I didnt even look up and down the street, but dashed out into the rain. This was it! The thing Id waited a million minutes for. This made up for every lonely night, every remark handed out by those who didnt know. I was going home. I could say all the things that had been bottled up inside me for so long. I could tell her now how much I loved her, how I had longed for her. I glanced back as I entered the building. Armand was peering out the door, his round face pressed against the glass, a wide smile spread across his countenance as I waved merrily before climbing the stairs to the third floor front in jeans and shirts?? It could and it is! Its YOU in the petticoats that have changed your whole manner and personality, along with your appearance. Conceal or Reveal? A survey Indicates that most of you approve of the petticoat that hangs a bit be neath your skirt. And just to make sure that it doesnt blush unseen, you're catching up one side of your skirt with a bow or clip. All this despite protests from the same Joes who so vigorously and futilely op' posed your New Look. Will they be sewing ruffles on their trousers in protest, now that youve all subscribed to the P.H.D. society (Petticoat Hanging Down, that is)? Tetticoat Pretties Down in Louis- ville, Ky., teens are living up to Southern Bell traditions by pinning artificial flowers to their petticoat ruffles to match the boutonnieres on their suits or blouses. Out West we hear they're sewing heart-shapepockets near the hem of their petticoats for handkerchiefs or sachets And, all over the country youre lifting a corner of your skirt with that new Petticoat Peeper pin with a metal clip at the end of Its chain shaped like a little hand. 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She hast,a deficit of one million w. need will increase witU 3 dish teaspoon soda medium onion cup molasses Yt cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon dry mustard 2 teaspoons salt Yt teaspoon pepper Yt pound salt pork VA cups tomato juice 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Soak beans in cold water (to cover) overnight. Drain, cover with cold water and add baking soda. Bring to a boil and boil 15 minutes. Drain, cover with fresh water and bring to a boil again. Drain. ok. NIGHT SUPPER and Baked Beans 1 1 1 na. address-- SEWING CIRCLP 7 South Well, s KE(E Enclcso 2 cem, No ment. There are covered - for 53 refresh- suppers at the church which are so popular, and then, too, the coming home from youngsters school games and events may want something to warm them as well as to satisfy their appetites. Plan to serve either a salad or dessert or both as one of the main dishes, depending upon the appetites, and, of course on the type of supper you are serving. All of the recipes Im giving you today are bound to be special favorites. , comuletA strides of industrial intended to replace & bamboo for domestic Researches have so k that structures made i last 30 years, and areasd steel in the construction posts, doors, windows After a heavy dinner on Sunday, the family will enjoy the light savoriness of Shrimp Wiggle for the evening supper. Serve with a salad or just a dessert depending upon how sharp the appetites floors. Lamb Toy CDR the nursery set a soft " cuddly stuffed lamb thats ideal to take to bed. Its 9 inches tall and is made of pink flannel with , are. Shrimp Wiggle (Serves 4) 2 onions, sliced 2 tablespoons butter 2 cups stewed tomatoes 2 tablespoons flour Yt cup water 2 cups cleaned shrimp, cooked or canned Salt, pepper Toast rounds Saute onions in butter until golden brown. Add tomatoes. Simmer for a few minutes. Stir water into flour to make a smooth paste and add tomato mixture. Cook, stirring as mixture thickens. Add whole shrimp. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve with toast rounds and garnish with stuffed olives. Scallop Macaroni-Salmo- n (Serves 6) cup macaroni can flaked salmon 1 tablespoon chopped onion 1 tablespoon chopped green Baked beans make an outstandpepper ingly good supper for Sunday Salt night or for entertaining inforthin white sauce 1)4 cups folk men or for youngsters mally Cook macaroni in boiling salted who like their food hearty, bnt water until tender. Drain and rinse. good to eat. Alternate layers Place the onion at the bottom of of macaroni and the pot and add beans, molasses, salmon in a casbrown sugar, seaserole sprinkling sonings and juice. each layer with Cut pork into onion, green pepsmall pieces and per, and salt. the into press Pour white sauce beans. Add enough over all and water to cover the sprinkle top with covbeans. Bake, buttered bread ered, in a slow crumbs. Bake in a moderate oven oven. This dish may also for five hours, adding more water be made with tuna fish, ham or when necessary to keep the beans chicken. from drying. Remove cover, bring SOMETIMES WE MERELY want pork to the surface and bake for hot sandwiches to satisfy our apone hour longer. petites for Sunday night or after BAKED BEANS ARE good when a football or basketball game. But, served with the following dessert make these hot and substantial, and serve with a hot beverage and desand salad: sert if you want to make a grand Salad Cabbage-Fru-it of them. meal (Serves 6) Open-Face- d Cheese Sandwiches 2 cups finely shredded cabbago 1 cup diced pineapple (Makes 6 Sandwiches) 6 slices lean bacon 2 red apples, cored and diced Mayonnaise pound American cheese 2 slices onion Toss all ingredients together 1 tablespoon with enough mayonnaise to make prepared mustard 6 slices bread creamy. Grind together the cheese, bacon Orange Sponge Pudding and onion. Add mustard and mix (Serves 8) 2 cups bread crumbs thoroughly. Toast bread on one side and spread a thick layer of cheese 1 pint milk on the untoasted side. Brown under 2 tablespoons butter broiler or in oven. Serve hot. Yt orange Yt teaspoon salt Hamburger-Chees- e Buns V cup sugar (Serves 5) 2 beaten egg whites 1 pound ground beef Yt teaspoon salt Place bread crumbs in top of Yt teaspoon pepper double boiler with milk and cook 5 round buns until soft. Then add remaining in5 slices snappy cheese gredients. Pour mixture into a buttered baking dish and bake in a India relish or piccalilli slow oven until firm. Combine beef with salt and pepper Serve with the following sauce: and form five round, flat cakes. Fry Beat two egg yolks until thick; add on both sides until well browned cup of powdered sugar Split buns, toast and butter them. and the juice and grated rind of Cover the lower half of each bun f orange. Just before serv- with cheese, slice and let melt under ing fold in one cup of cream whipped. broiler flame. Cover with hot ham The pudding may be baked as the burger, spread with relish and serve beans finish since the oven temperhot. ature is the same. Released WNU Features. 1 1 Wain (Dii OUSEHOLD ONE OF THE following fish dishes makes a delicious supper when the gang gathers at your home or for Sunday night supper as a delightful change from regular dinner: TS GIVE THEM SCOTT'S GOOD EMUUW Helps build stamina -- htl, resistance to colds, if im&e ret enough natural A&D ?i Common baking soda is excellent for removing stains from enameled utensils. Sprinkle a dampened cloth with soda and rub gently until the stain disappears. If nuts are used in breads, 4 ! Keep a clean glass ash tray on top of the range. Its ideal for holding spoons being used for stirring. Then the stove top wont get stained. muf- fins and cakes, they have a tendency to absorb moisture and make the product dry. 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