Show - j i r t I 0 ok 1 1 0 '' 11- q trtA - I i l' : - "t I ' t ‘ t ' AD '114''' 1 - A - 1 t ap i a t' - t t a 10 4 ' i from a shiny new brief case She sadly expressed a silent wish for a on to advise her in such things as the step she was about to take She had never had any children in her home When her business was completed the lonely feeling still clung to her heart so she gratefully accepted the Invitation for a lift home from the kindly young man who was leaving the tank building the same time as she was During the ride home the conversation had oddly enough gotten around to investments It just happened that the young man from the city was selling stock 1t was wonderful stock it was mining stock Old Mrs Gray had asked the young man home to luncheon and homemade over scrambled eggs bread blackberry jam and tea they had talked stocks and figures And eventually Mrs Gray had signed a check and had been given a beautifully engraved sheet of paper Two weeks later the first payment came in and old Mrs Gray's heart was full of music and at least once a day she went to her closet and stole a peek at the new blue bonnet trimmed with six pink rosebuds that she had purchased with a part of the first check It was not until two weeks later that a letter came explaining the mine's failure But Old Mrs GrayPwas crushed with rood and fuel to be bought and taxes to be paid and other expenses to keep a home going there was no time- to be spent in moping Old Mrs Gray again went to the bank and this time she did tell the bank president all about her financial status John Dale stormed and raged and explained that a banker a good banker was never too busy to give advice and help when it was needed After the storm in the bank president's office had calmed he spoke sadly as he and Mrs Gray settled the mortgage on her little cottage and there was a pitifully smiall sum left Not nearly enough to keep an old lady even for a few always a person In every There community who stands out like a beautiful diamond on a piece of luxuriously soft black velvet Old Mrs In Gray was Medford's diamond SDrIle strange manner she justified all the comings and goings of Hillside and the people who resided Is there Brides young mothers and sedate married women all came to old Mrs Gray for foolproof recipes and sane advice and always gained courage from her soul Even men dropped in to see her too and from their business houses on Market street to tell her about their profits and losses and talk over their many and varied problems with her And each time she had a caller her cooky jar was always open to satisfy the childish habit of the old and young alike Johnny and Alice Sewell revered her because her advice had saved their marriage the Hiltons worshiped her for her neighborliness and Frederick Ford the town's dismiddle-age- d tinguished wealthy bachelor adored the very ground she walked on for innurcierable reasons And so it went! Perhaps the biggest reason why Hillside and all of Medford loved old Mrs Gray was the simplest in the world Perhaps it was because she seemed to love everybody Maybe folks came to her with their troubles because she always wore a contented smile Perhaps they all trusted her with their problems—and they all had at least one—because she seemed to have none of her own As the old lady sat in front of her fire knitting something all soft fluffy and pink her face held a mystified In this pose she showed expression the total of her years and they were at least seventy in number She appeared very tired and discouraged Every so often she dropped a stitch and once she even forgot to repair the damage and knitted on '11le hearth crackled and sang but old Mrs Grays eyes were as bleak as the early October night that stormed outside her door and' she shivered as if she were cold It had been late in October when she had finished building her cottage It was a small white four-roohouse comfortably furnished and decdoilies orated with many hand-madazarfs and covers Mrs Gray had been a young widow of thirty then and the income afrom her husbands insurance had paid for the house with a little to spare And with wise investments she had made the remainder and some extra she had got keep her comfortably cared for forthe past years Just before her husband had died 40 he said "Get yourself a home KathA home that will be yours erine until you join me" Old Mrs Gray knitted on wondering what he would say now with the home slipping away from her after so many years The depression hadn't meant much to her the first year but now that her tiny income from her investments had dwindled to almost nothing she realized what the depression really meant At the very first she had promised herself that she would not go to John Dale the bank president as she was certain he had more to do than bother about an old lady's money or lack of it Finally she had to sell a bond later another and still later a block of stock At last all the bonds and most of the stocks were gone and the depression was no less ominous Briskly little old Mrs Gray went to the bank to arrange for a mortgage on her cottage While waiting ise watched a young man who seemed very engrossed in his own business that of reading several bunches of paper he had extracted i CI Pfi 7 1 4i 4 bx DaN'ri-sti- l oloe:isioNe WI: 4 1 y i):---:-') t it - z THIS s 7 - 10 -- - ( N I ) i -- ' - 1:- 44 A 1 I xr---'s'N---------I---- I! 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''' - - V' ' r - ele- ° - - - V rV 1 1 I I s 4 1' 1 It 4'- o' ote7104o5040C011 - - ' '' 4' l' 1 111411 ' k' - I1 1 Si V‘t t 1 4 4 F - -- g ' ti 4 - 7 111- z - 'ili '1 - f ' v I t " ff t ' ' 1 'rs t 4 - - t : irr I '1 4 1 ‘ 1 tt - LJ e Illq- ' 1 - - 4 k lc ' a're4 - 1t':l '''''''' - - N NItsto: - 4- - 3' 4 ""vol ---- -- 04117 4 0"'''' 7 i - orl'etr 4 t Old Mrs Gray asked the young man home and over luncheon they talked stocks and figures i 4 'Ir - :1' lir contains no to21- - times more of those two famous pain: I" —methyl aalieylats relieving agents and menthol — than 5 other widely I There's also Ben-Ga- y offered rub-in- s MILD for children J 1 - k4' : A :' I 6 7 -- - - The silence grew Even Joe Spratt who always knew what to say and when to say it was silent "Well I guess I- had better start clearing off" With a spry movement she marched Into the kitchen All would have followed the old lady had not John Dale lifted his hand and shook his head as he him- self followed her carefully closing the door after him He spoke to her as if she were his own daughter John Dale let his voice and face show much surprise as he said "No money Why Mrs Gray I guess you haven't been following the market reports on mining stock have you? So you don't know that mining stock was going up with leaps and bounds That is one reason I came to your party And if you'll sell I want to buy those certificates from you" In the quiet that followed his pronouncement John Dale felt an inward glow of warmth and pride even though he had had to lie about the rise in stocks If that stock had been any good in the first place a rise now of any kind of stock was farthest from the truth He knew his own money couldn't be used for a finer cause than that of saving an old lady's home and happiness A few minutes later old Mrs Gray with tears on her cheeks stood before her guests who were still sitting around the table Old Mrs Gray burst Into a glad smile and cried "It was all a mistake an utter mistake I don't have to go I really didn't want to An'd that about my being too old for housekeeping was all a joke You see Z thought I had to go for all my money was gone but John Dale bless him just told me the good news" And with that beginning she told them all about the near-fatmining stock and of her pearls which she was going to buy back immediately During the noise and laughter that followed Frederick Ford joined the bank president who stood a little apart from the others looking up at a portrait above the fireplace He said "I know what you are 0 Would a share doing John be convenient?" John understood-wha- t he meant and smiled and nodded his head It was the Hillside of Medford in a body which left the small Immaculate cottage an hour later Half way down the flagstone path they turned to look back at old Mrs Gray as she called to them from her doorway "This has really been a Thanksgiving ' 1 — — - - - i - r t I L I 0 4 ': t - or 1 1 : - 1 r i - t: - t - 'i i October" In t I) m b 44:5 - 1 1 - - s l'- - - 1 1 1 4: - i 0c- - s t i 1 1 :2 : i - 1 - 4 1 - TIV74 -t-- 4 ' i I 1 1 t ! 1 - I ' : 4- A - ': old-styl- 1 e ' L - 't ' lt'l 4- ''---- ---- ' - 1 - - —L--- a1 ' t 1 i J I 4 - - ' - - ' 1 i ) -- ' 40 - L ' - 1 - Ni - — I111 -- 11 1 e i 157 -- 1 11 1 smoothness for helping harsh skin to youth-lik- e that many doctors use them So—use Jergens Lotion 6) 1 ‘ I I q U s - I likely to have these soft feminine hands —if you use Jergens Lotion regularly! It's like professional hand care You apply 2 ingredients to your skin in Jergens Lotion so effective vou'RE t 's 1: r t - Youi It :: i Usting Akplano Padies—yet her bands are as soft and smooth as the 'll End it's so easy! ' from harsh dryness Protect your hand-ski- n Jergens LotiOn helps prevent mortifying roughness oi chapping No stickiness! orfo l t ' FOR SOFT ADORABLE HANDS ' I - ''' - - - - I ' :i 4 - - - 00 I - 4 - - - mtooe- - - -- - -- :s ! ' $ - - 11 4 ti - - ' i table I - - i i - 4 - 2 i 50-5- The entire house was like an empty shell There was not one sound Finally someone said "Why that is unbelievable!" Alice Sewell said "Hillside—Medford—won't be Medford without you Where—are--yo- u going?" Old Mrs Gray answered "I'm getting too old to keep house and it's ft led J 1 i 1 vy ) - empty and may she be able to invite us to another party" Old Mrs Gray's heart ached when she interrupted with "But Johnny I won't be able to for you see I am leaving Hillside in fact I am leaving Medford That is why I had this party to tell you all" she paused to control her voice The Ericksons were next They were thrilled "It'll be Rose Anna's first party" sighed Mrs Erickson "But aren't you undertaking too big a task my dear?" Old Mrs Gray told her "I'm very strong and selfish or not I want this party to be all mine I don't want any help And besides I have more than a week to get ready" So it went straight down the line until she had twelve guests The next day she began preparations for her party Ginger cookies and pie shells were to be made and stored ahead of time Silver and glasses had to be polished and supplies were to be bought The loveliest other table linens with the huge napkins must be taken out of the cedar chest and aired and pressed Old Mrs Gray let her tears sizzle on the hot iron as she pressed the damask table cloth It was one of her possessions that would have to be sold with the house "I hope the person who buys it knows how to care for real Irish linen" she whispered to herself Through the rushed days that followed there were half a score of visitors each eager to help and to each old Mrs Gray said "Shoo you're not invited until NVednesday at six The tnisgihxtsbheatropr the party old Mrs Gray was up until way past midnight attending to last minute details And on the she was up at the crack of dawn But at six sharp it was a beaming old lady who stood at the door of her home to graciously bid her guests welcome for what she thought would be the last time She wore her best black eilk crepe and looked serenely lovely All that was missing was her pearl necklace Her long spacious table was beautiful with her sparkling cloth old but lovely silver cut glass tumblers plain white china and her silver set which held olives radishes and salted almonds all of which she had prepared herself One of her guests said jovially "I haven't eaten for a week" ' They all laughed and old Mrs Gray glowing with pride marshaled her guests to their places at the - t al - I her navy blue coat that was just the right length for a gracious old lady j 1 - See o ' s' I I i'iNf - i - o 1 4c-'-- tpe k''4''' t — - - : 577Y t ot - 44 4 It :li ' i 11 Ill I : ' ibi - z- ' 441 1- A ' 1 3 - stk 4 '''' ' N r i - p f74:-- '44 eV ' - - It!" - -: :- -- ' i 7tt :' - ' t A - S A 3 - ‘' --- - i 0" I) A c 444r11° 't-- - --- ' ' - o '' l'aiNen - e :' - ' ' 4?! Si ipk''' Ben-Ga- y 4'-- '7 7441 '‘ f - - ' 14 1 I TL 1 NO AND Np I ' ' pt ( ME s ts ‘ N:-- v 1 me i ' ti ° - ' 3 ir :I ' '''' N7 FAST TOO - ) eLLYN - ' 43c t GYANYOSW 10ifiKyAAVH5EE '0"7—'"' ' -- -7 i 1 k —r3 - - t114- there" 1 '' : ' '4 ' - lonesome living here alone So I've decided to go to an old ladies' home And I know I will be very happy I - ': 1) 1j frifsb - or ! - - ------- ?1 l' Ns'-'"- :— 2' s te I r ::-' 4 — er K 4 r f7 1 I 2r4 ' erz''t-- 1 4 '- - f r P A ' t iokwW -:- NVA-A-- ' A 01 - 6 ‘ Y 'or - 1 A BEN-GA- tr 4 2- 1 PE THOSE MUSCLES 04ARGES IN INTO 11 j t 1 7 OA - - ' i PLENTY! HOWM I4II DOIN' firrLER7) Dat DIH-OI STABEDN' - !: t ) EHJILL WILTS' yPoAulNS '14lfry rkit WHEN S"rp' JUST THE OLD THE BOYS - - o I Ktg-- EE0LTSHG0400G 1 " 4' - the fact that she has romantic Ideas as It does In the fact that she is not enough engaged with details That is one of the essential differences between romance and realism in that the former indulges in glittering generalities and the latter seeks sedulously for details Generalities give that gloss that false glamor which we call romantic details give a true goodness and beauty inherent in the subject which is realism Our other criticism of this story Is that it Is not fully convincing We close with the feeling that while we enjoyed the tale after all It Is just a story That is what authors who want to get anywhere in the ordinary magazines have to avoid: the feeling that their tale is "just a story" Most people like to feel at least right at the time they are reading that they have been getting g real piece of life We know of no amateur that we have ever found who can safely deal with romance: they almost always lose out It is only the masters of story technique who can play with such things such as W H Hudson in his "Green Mansions" and the Grimms in their fairy tales Even with these there is a quite large portion of adults who will throw the beautiful things to One side Writers have to meet readers as they are and it is our advice to beginners to stick to realism 'difficult ' — — t tis ty 1 - In - - 1 4kJ t' ' BEN-GA- - I tr 0- Lqvitictrtislioarat " 14 ' WARMING AND rr WORKS F A 1 I 11L:11:fLES 4 v - ' It FINE FLOWER OF AMERICAN MANHOOD SrTTING ANYWHeRE SOLDIER-140- 011 BE FLAT ON YOUR BACK —WHEN I 1 MUSS UP THOSE i - imp r— ) -- - -- -- --- '''— i When he had gone she whispered to herself as she put the paper away in its place in the desk 'Lord foregive me for lying but I couldn't let him know that I was such a fool as to be taken in so badly by a good looking young man at my age" A week later as she sat knitting she was rehearsing in her mind a speech She didn't have to make any decisions they were all made She even knew what home she was going to enter The bank would take 1 Etse you WON'T BE --- 4 's Is i k 11A APPLE - i know" -- N -- - t 171 ii b i 6471A The story today' is a pleasant dream even a beautiful one to readers of over seventy especially those who are finding it to get money to enough ' t' exist The interest- - -' i ing thing is that itwritten by a I was unmarried i young 1- i '::'' ' of twenty-on- e r 'lady will account for this 14 its happy ending :447r I Indeed it is pure I romancing which is I always pleasant to most of us no mat- ter what our age but which seems to t h e real only who have rrol QuIvey young not yet had to take on the responsibilities and unrequited toil of life Barring the fact that the characters are romantically conceived which of course always carries the taint of unreality they are quite well drawn in that they are all of a piece consistent and very easy for the reader to visualize This tendency on Miss Dewey's part to make unified and harmonic characters will some day stand her in good stead when she has grown to the adult capacity of seeing life as it really is Her romanticism lies not so much Fresh fruit - ' it' Or 04r ---- -- V i A til I thick cream An enormous Virginia ham mashed potatoes that looked like whipped creams and an entire array of vegetables and cranberry jelly cut in the shape of witches and pumpkins Everyone fairly beamed with enjoyment Next came the green salad dotted with paprika and bits of Roquefort cheese and then the dessert It couldn't possibly be anything but pumpkin pie accompanied by steaming coffee with thick cream and sugar There was much talk inconsequential talk and laughter all through Each course brought sighs dinner of rapture from everyone John Dale was the only one who kept quiet His eyes had missed the pearl necklace that had so many times before fallen so gracefully from around her neck At last nobody could eat any more not even Georgie Gibbs Old Mrs Gray's guests leaned back in silence the silence of repletion Suddenly out of the silence rose Johnny Sewell holding up his coffee cup "I propose a toast" he said "to our hostess To Mrs Gray May her heart and her pantry never be vv- ro 1 "F VW-- 1 f - till -- cut delicately by tired old hands and topped with teaspoonfuls of lemon ice Tomato soup home made with vv— then that old Mrs Gray It showed gallantry "Mightn't there be an institution a home for old ladies" she wanted to know "where I could pay what I have and live on there for the rest of my days? The bank president stared at her Old Mrs Gray winked away her tears and continued "I'm sociable Of I coul& get along very well course" —her voice quavered— "I don't have to decide this morning" "You'll have to decide rather soon" said the president That night old Mrs Gray invited her closest friend James Parker over to talk with her While sitting in front of her cosy fire in the living room she produced a beautifully engraved sheet of paper Handing it to him she asked: "Jim are these— is this mining stock any good? Will it ever I be any good?" Jim examined It and replied: "It's mighty pretty paper but it is worthless You did you?" didn't buy Old Mrs Gray rallied quickly although her last ray of hope had flown and said: "Someone gave it to me for them Well I won't keep I just wanted to you any later e - t Weeks m Novemlier 22 1912 Fruit cocktail first penses" Her pearl necklace was her dearest possession It had been her fourth anniversary gift from John in fact his last gift for her for his death came just a few weeks later On the very next morning after Selling her beloved necklace she started out to do the inviting She made her initial stop at the home of Anne Lewis whose garden adjoined her own "I'd like to come" she said smiling "and I'll bring Dr Ross too" Dr floss was Anne's fiance Johnny and Alice Sewell were next Alice accepted blithely for both of them She then said ''Aren't you just elegant this morning?" Old Mrs Gray was elegant too She was wearing just her newest blue bonnet trimmed with pink rosebuds and a blue chiffon scarr to match peeked out from the collar of I ibune Husbands and wives were all placed side by side—that was so they could hold hands she explained—all Young Rose except the Ericksons Anna was placed between them on a rather tippy and ragged dictionary Grace was spoken by the minister Daniel Robson Then came dinner ! - tc - '' ft A ff 0 ' 4' 0 X 4 ! Ir 1 plA A t - - t AA : 411 te t I r t lit - - e— A 5ZaIlir care of everything All she had to do was pack a few of her most precious possessions that she would take with her This the third year of the depression would set) her little coltage empty for the first time since she had entered it more than forty years ago Old Mrs Gray wasn't upset There was but one final barrier and this was it: how to tell her many friends "I'll have a party" she told herself "I'll have the whole of Medford's Hillside here It'll be a good big party with no skimping" ''I'll ask them" she suddenly for thought "for a Halloween-dinne- r I will be well settled in the home by Thanksgiving When the dinner is over 111 tell them about me rn sell my pearl necklace" she almost couldn't finish ''to cover the ex- A' i 4tt SaltI t 4'r1jc - r i I Sunday 31ornitig ' i : 1 -- - 6 - - - --- |