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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH FICJIOlSl ANYTHING A FRIEHD PI By MARJORIE ABBOTT V' j Cornet ML , Jplk sweet melodies out of her violin. She wondered if the boy would like the incredibly rich, full tone of the instrument. She didn't see him again till the following week. As he came in he was filled with a strange restless-ness that he couldn't control. "Last week you said that you were my friend." "Why yes, Sam." "There's something Important I've got to ask you." This was the moment she had been hoping for, in all her months of knowing Sam. "I'll do anything I can for you, Sam," she said quietly. He stood there facing her, almost defiant in his earnestness. For the He saw the look of surprise on her face. His voice cracked as he went on. "Gosh, I know it probably cost you some dough. I'd even pay 75 bucks for it." She was staring at him incred-uousl- There was no sound in the room but the slow ticking of the grandfather clock. He flushed and looked down at the floor. His fingers were restless on his plaid cap. In a sudden agony of embarrassment, he thrust his hands behind him. "You think it's an O. K. fiddle too," he said. "I suppose I shouldn't be asking you for it. Even if you are my friend." She hestitated only a moment be- - I SAM looked uncomfortable as he with his large feet planted awkwardly on Harriet Sweet's oriental rug. His violin was tucked under one arm, and with his free hand he pushed a thick lock of hair away from his dark, ugly face. "All right, Sam, let's try it again," said Harriet. She sat straight-backe- d on the piano bench and played the introduction to "Traumerei" on the mahogany grand. Her gray head kept time to the music with lively little nods. "Yes, ma'am," said Sam. His voice was changing. Every move he made was done in an agony of He brought his violin up to his chin, and then for-got himself as he brought, the rich tones to life beneath his fingers. Harriet sighed as the last note became stilled. "That was splendid, Sam," she said. "I haven't another pupil as talented as you are." A light showed briefly In his dark eyes, tnd then he blushed and moistened his lips. Harriet wondered sometimes why she wanted so much to win this boy's friendship. He was unattrac-tive. He had a last name she couldn't begin to pronounce. It was partly the longing of a lonely, child-less woman, she supposed, for someone to mother. The music should have formed a bond between them. But up to now she felt she was losing the battle to pierce his shyness and win Sam's friendship. For six months he had come to her for his weekly lesson, but al-though she had tried in every way she knew to get next to the boy, she had failed. "I have no friends," he had told her once bluntly, when she had questioned him, and she had an aching picture of him, working hard after sehool to earn money to help out at home with his brothers and sisters, squeezing out the extra dollar for a music lesson, practicing late at night. She would have loved to help him in some way, but he was proud and Independent. Sam cleared his throat and wiped his arm across his sweating fore-head. "Mrs. Sweet, I'm going to stop taking lessons," he said. "Oh, Sam," said Harriet, "Why?" "My kid brother busted my violin. This one is borrowed from my old man's sister just for tonight. I'm going to earn another fiddle. It will take a while. They have them at Brothers music store for 15 bucks. As soon as I get it I'll be back." It was the longest speech he had ever made. Harriet reached over the bronze bust of Beethoven on top of the pi-ano and took her own violin loving-ly from its alligator case. "There's no need of missing those lessons, Sam," she said. "You may use my violin as long as you need one." She tried not to think about the kid brother who busted violins. This one had cost her a thousand dollars. Sam's face was shining. "Gee, Mrs. Sweet Gee! I'll make it right with you," he added hastily. "I know you'll take good care of It." "Oh, yes, ma'am." She followed up her advantage. "I wish you'd always try to think of me as your friend, Sam. I like you very much." He looked down at the floor and shifted from one foot to the other. UAREIET thought of Sam often in the' following week. She thought of his large, strong hands that would bring heartbreakingly She had an aching picture of him, working hard after school to earn money to help out at home with his brothers and sisters. moment his shyness and awkward-ness were gone. "I played your violin all week," he said feverishly. "It was smooth as as oil or something. Gee, it was swell!" His eyes were blazing, and his dark face was no longer ugly. "Look, Mrs. Sweet, I can get 50 bucks from my ancle. I'd work to pay it back to him." . fore she walked toward him and placed her small, blue-veine- d hand lightly on his arm. "Yes, Sam. I am a little attached to the instrument. But if you think you can raise 50 dollars, the violin is yours. For a moment I was shocked, because you see, 50 dollars is quite a bit of money to take. Es-pecially from a friend." SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS JPeptam Jroch lAJiii Fulton Oii,n favorite Style Yeally T)ai(0vei If 5, 1 Shirtwaister youthful Wear A YOUTHFUL frock for pleas-an- t daytime wear with a pert peplum to whittle your waist, and a parade of buttons down the front. Simple and smart in a bright plaid or solid tone. Pattern No. 1810 comes In sizes 12. 14, 16, 18 and 20. Size 14, 4 yards of 35 or npHE favorite in every the neatly tailored waister. This version has b: comfortable sleeves, crisp co' and n closing. A st of which you'll never tire. Pattern No. 1617 is for sizes 20: of f. . 44 and 46. SiaW, "i I Send 25c for your copy of the Winter FASHION-i- t's brimiul o( for fall sewing. Free patient ed inside the book. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN Dm 530 South Weill St. . Chicago 1, l Enclose 25 cents In coins fa ac pattern desired. Pattern No sia Name Address . pii) liltj , rsfe 4 -- ; q I . QUICKC- - " i - MENTHOL; I "A-- T IRRITATED uJ NOSTRILS Lip. l : Lwunym ; iemm easier rfw RECIPE FILE ifffT TLsf AW&fMAMHStKARSf Vt cup butter or margarine hi lbs marshmallows (about SpTV teaspoon vanilla CTrfrf3?"rfm 1 pkg. Kellogg's Rice flAl'-'83jilsii- ' Krlspies (5 oz.) W'-'STP'U-i' Heat butter or margarine andmjf over water untu Syrupy. Beat bowl Mid P Rice Krisples in greased fy&Z&i ture on top. Mix well Press Into l cf shallow tin. Cut Into 21i' mi i.mm "hi in w i!:' - w"' &0VSisCWl9 g Kx t..y .Vr , j Relishes Will Add Zestful Touch to Meals (See recipes below) Canning Relishes BY THIS TIME you undoubtedly have finished your fruit and vegeta-ble canning, but there still remain those" relishes. Those spicy, zesty accompaniments to meat and other entrees are al-most as essential as the fruits and vegetables, and many women do not consider their canning com-plete without them. Most relishes are easy to put up and there is little opportunity for spoilage if direc-tions are followed. Enlist some help from the family for cutting up some of the vege-tables and fruits and work will go forward rapidly. LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU Pot Roast of Beef Tomato Chutney Browned Potatoes Green Peas with Onions Molded Grapefruit Salad Biscuits with 'Apple Butter Baked Pears Beverage Recipe Given Tomato Chutney 12 ripe tomatoes 3 onions 3 sweet peppers 6 tart apples 1 pod hot pepper 1 clove garlic 1 cup seeded raisins 3 cups brown sugar 1 tablespoon ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon salt 3 cups vinegar Skin tomatoes and onions, seed peppers, pare and core apples, wash raisins and then run all in-gredients through the food chop-per. Combine all ingredients and cook until thick. Corn Relish Z quarts corn 1 quart cabbage 1 cup chopped green pepper 1 cup chopped red pepper 2 large onions 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons ground mustard 1 tablespoon mustard seed 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon celery seed 1 quart vinegar 1 cup water Boil corn for five minutes. Cold dip. Cut from cob and measure. Chop and measure cabbage and peppers. Chop onions. Combine in-gredients and simmer 20 minutes. CLOVE APPLES are very popu-lar with roast pork dinners. If you add a few drops of red food color-ing, the apples will be pretty and Clove Apples 2 pounds prepared apples 4 cups sugar 2K cups water 1 tablespoon crushed ginger-roo- t or mixed whole spices 12 whole cloves Food coloring Use apples that hold shape after cooking. Pare, core and cut large SPICED GRAPES are delightful with d meats such as lamb, veal and chicken. Spiced Grapes 5 quarts stemmed grapes 8 cups sugar 2 cups vinegar 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground ginger Pry seeds from grapes. Drain. Boil sugar, vinegar and spices for five minutes. Add grapes and cook until thick. Pour into hot sterile jars and seal at once. If you aren't certain you have enough spreads for bread already canned, make some spicy, delicious apple butter. It may be used in sandwiches, cookies or as spread for biscuits and muffins. Apple Butter 1 peck apples 1 gallon sweet cider 6 cups sugar 1 tablespoon cinnamon H teaspoon cloves Wash and slice apples. Add cider and cook until soft. Press through sieve. Boil the strained pulp until thick enough to heap on a spoon, then add sugar mixed with spices and continue boiling until so thick that no liquids runs from the ap-ples. Pour into hot jars and proc-ess for 10 minutes in a boiling wa-ter bath. Complete sealing if neces-sary. RELISHES SHOULD be moist but not juicy. Chief ingredients in them should have a firm rather than mushy consistency. Vegeta-bles In both of these relishes should be finely chopped. Chow-Cho- 1 gallon chopped cabbage 12 onions 12 green peppers 12 red peppers 2 quarts tomatoes, chopped 5 cups sugar 4 tablespoons ground mustard 1 tablespoon turmeric 1 tablespoon ground ginger 4 tablespoons mustard seed 3 tablespoons celery seed 2 tablespoons mixed pickling spice 1 gallon vinegar Mix all vegetables, which have first been chopped, with one-ha- lf cup salt. Let stand overnight, then drain. Tie spices in a bag. Add sugar and spices to vinegar. Sim-mer 20 minutes. Add all ingredients and simmer until hot and well sea-soned. Remove spice bag and pack hot chow-cho- into sterile jars; seal at once. apples in halves or quarters. Pare and core small (apples, but leave whole. Boil sugar, water and cloves with food color with the peelings of two or three red apples until the jellying point is reached (220 de-grees). Remove cloves and peelings, pour syrup over apples. Crab Apple Pickles 1 gallon crab apples 6--8 caps sugar 3 cups water 4 cups vinegar 1 stick cinnamon 1 tablespoon ginger 1 tablespoon whole cloves Vt tablespoon whole allspice Wash and pierce each apple with a needle. Heat sugar, liquids and spices, tied In a bag, until sugar dissolves. Cool. Add apples and sim-mer until tender. Let stand several hours or overnight. Pack cold Into sterile jars. Released by WNU Features. LYNN SAYS: Following Rules for Pickling Fruits and Vegetables Pickles should be crisp and firm, solid and evenly colored. The cor-rect color for the green pickle is olive rather than bright green. Pack sufficient liquid in the Jars in which you can pickles so that those on top will not shrivel. Fresh spices are your best guar-antee of flavor when making pickles. Spices lose flavor as they stand so only freshly opened pack-ages should be used. Fruits and vegetables used for pickling should not be overripe. The same rules for selecting pick-ling material as for general can-ning holds true. When making fruit pickles, cut the fruit in uniform sizes and shapes so the pickles look attractive when served. The syrup for fruit pickles is as thick as that for preserves. Vegetables which are brined should be kept thoroughly covered with the brine, otherwise those standing uncovered by brine will spoil. Tricks for Teens By Nancv Peooer PETTICOAT PROTEST There we go again the girls in-troducing a new fashion and the boys giving it the, n Bronx cheer. We're re-ferring to the new P.H.D. society (Petticoats Hang-ing Down) and to the caustic comments that are being made by your best friends and se-verest critics. Petticoats have made the front pages of your high school papers, just as your long Gibson skirts did last season. But not even the ridicule of your favor-ite three-lette- r man can shake your belief in them. CAN-CA- N COMMOTION Instead of lifting your cotton skirt demurely at one side with a pin or petticoat peeper, you sew a little buttonhole loop to the center back, at the edge of the hem, and sew on a but-ton at the center back of the waist-band. Then you can button up your skirt in back to form a can-can bustle and to reveal your con- - trasting petticoat beneath. It's a smart trick to play with a black cotton ruffled skirt over a striped or plaid cotton petticoat. WELCOME RELIEF You teen-agers who must wear uniforms to school have welcomed petticoats as a means of breaking the monotony without breaking the rules. Before and after hours you can pull down your petticoat so that your ruffles show beneath your uniform hem-line. During school you tuck your petticoat out of sight. So far, we haven't heard about any petticoat protests from the faculty. PEGGED PETTICOATS So you thought that petticoats were pretty only with your ballerina skirts, did you? Then you haven't seen them peeping between the side slits of those straight and narrow pegged skirts to which so many girls still cling and vice-vers- which cling to so many girls. If your pegged skirts are too short, let your petti-coat ruffles hang down below about an inch. CONVERTIBLE PETTICOATS Some petticoats are made to serve a double purpose. For instance, a pastel cotton petticoat with double hemline ruffles of eyelet, comes with its detachable cummerbund belt. Without the cummerbund, you wear it as a petticoat under another skirt. With the cummer-bund, you top it with a peasant blouse and wear it as a skirt. It's a good idea for;those of you who are making their own petticoat, and, judging from the reports of home ec teachers, lots of you are. Now, that you've revived petti-coats and camisoles, will you be saying "twenty three skidoo" in-stead of "scram" and "I love my wife, but, oh, you kid!" Instead of "hubba, hubba?" , They Started On the Screen. So many of your customs and fads start with the movies. Why that Peter Lawford-Jun- e Allyson lesson scene from "Good News" has even inspired you to do your French homework these nights! Has your crowd adooted this movie-mad- e idea yet? YOUR NEW DANCE It's that oldie, the Charleston ever since you saw it danced in "Good News." Bet your parents could give you some fine points on it. Bet they could show you the cups the? won in Charleston contests back in the days when Joan Crawford scintil-lated more than she suffered. YOUR NEW CUSTOM Since you've seen 'Captain from Castile," you've revived the custom of giving a handkerchief to your (top man) as a keepsake. He keeps it in his jacket pocket for show not for blow. NEW HAIR-D- The short cut with bangs, as Eleanor Parker wore in "Voice of the Turtle" is sweeping through the high school halls these days. But do any of your upper classmen try to look like Ronald Reagen? Feeding Chicks I Chick creeps give the yoc; birds a better chance for nom: growth than when they have : compete with mature birds for i feed they obtain. Such creeps t: be made by constructing a pffl -- feet square of vertical slats plat two and one-ha- inches apart, t: chicks will soon learn to enter t pen for feed and water where tl are not molested by the ma:.:: birds. Chicks should not be rear;: with old birds, except where ia are used for brooding, in te: case the creep is a good to ment. j FIRST AID to the AILING HOUSE I j by Roger C. Whitman QUESTION: How should plaster walls that show dampness through the wallpaper be treated? Some say that using black asphaltum on the wall would waterproof it. But how will wallpaper be over this material? Aluminum paint is said to be good for sealing the wall. But will wallpaper hold over this? ANSWER: I would not advise using black asphaltum for this purpose. Your wallpaper may be pulpy and absorbent, and probably the plaster also absorbs and holds much of the dampness from the air. Before repapering, and after re-moving the present paper, try the effect of painting the walls with good aluminum paint. Let this dry, apply a glue size, and then hang a washable type of wallpaper or an oilcloth type of wall covering. If there is excessive moisture in the air of your house, try to locate the cause. QUESTION: There is a "ring" in the ceiling where some patching had been done. Will this correct itself if the ceiling is repapered after a lapse of several months? ANSWER: It is possible that the plaster may have disintegrated from excessive dampness or leak-age, and the discoloration should be examined by a plasterer and taken care of before paper is hung. When the patching was done, it may be that not enough plaster was cut out, and a damaged area still remains. Columbus Letter Up for Sale A rare auction of Important his-torical documents will be held In London soon. Probably the Item which will command the highest price is the. letter written by Chris-topher Columbus In which he an-nounced his discovery of the New World. This letter Is one of the 7,000 rare documents dealing with five centur-ies of North and South American history to be sold. They are in a col-lection formed by the late Sir Lei-cester Harmsworth. Among the other Items are the prayer book of Benjamin Franklin and the deed of sale of East New Jersey by William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania. " $vti Grace Noll Crowell TOmany rkrowsLno manan, 1 "N So many plows beneath men's guiding hands, '' Ce eart'1's surl"ace has been tilled. fZ. ps V tsS,Alii'J meet tne world's need, granaries are filled " JlvJv(s I With corn and wheat and rye from countless fields. ' ecause men p'ow. there are these golden'yields; - im.-Becau- their silver shares have pierced the sod v , .5' And they have worked together with their God, -- yiiNSwi ij The hungry world has food enough to eat M we share wisely and shared loaves are sweet. t The plows go down the land, the furrows run " """""''' g"?o00 Forever curved and deep beneath the sun: jf; The ancient furrows, and the d farrows t',.'''iS' There will be bread while men have faith to plow. J ., ? J We thank Thee, God, for the heartening thought TTJ4 ofmen N Sowing and plowing und reaping, to plant again. . r? |