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Show It I Woman's Page If HARRYING FOR MONEY HHHH I H J Marrying for Money by Mrs. Leonard Fashion Foibles H j Loose-fitting Coats Still Fashionable Belts in Style H I Hints for the Housewife Slicing Bacon Properly H To Freshen Faded Carpet. I "George, I have been thinking wo ought to have a talk with father and see if something can not be done to safeguard our interests a little. It RRRRJH is clear that Ortrude will never sign H that paper, acknowledging that she H has had her third of the property and H? I agreeing to claim no further share. H As long as that is so, steps should be H , taken to kpep her from fleecing us H ! entirely." Dudley and Georgo were 1 ! up in the den, the center of all the j intimate life of the Townsends. HHili "I for one am not anxious for the ijob of asking him to turn over overy- j tiling that he owns to his children after the manner of old Lear. It Is a delicate subject, you must admit" (Jeorce stuck his feet on the window sill and puffed at his cigar with, en- H ! thus!asm. "I guess there is no danger of dear H ! old Daddy's misunderstanding us and Mi f. imagining that we are after anything M he could want or use. Even his pa- M $ tionce is worn out, and I guess ho has (j given up all hope of her doing the i. fajr thing by him or us." RRRJ (3 There was silence for a while alter Hm Dudlov stopped speaking. George lll took fiis feet from the sill to flick H the ashes from his cigar through the H I open window. 1 "The whole thing is certainly a ffl mess. I am not enough of a lawyer 1' to know -what could be done. I sup- fi) pose he could give each of us a farm 1 aml Marian the block of stores and 1 we would not have anything more to ! do with them than wo do now, only U' we. could be sure that money grabber 1, would not get her claws on them. i George looked at Dudley, who sat Hf icanln- forward with his elbows on 1 his knees, gazing at the floor. Just : H then the door opened and the father H walked in. O "Here, Daddy, take your easy i H chair." Dudley rose and drew a rocK- 1' cr near enough to be in the group B What are y0U fellows discussing H so earnestly?" asked Jacob, for the t' conversation was at a standstill f Tm afraid the subject is a hard , RHHH, one to discuss, but if you would not i H mind-" began Dudley, but his sen- , RHHH tence trailed off into silence. M "What's this?" asked Jacob, looking H kecnlv at the boys. "Speak out HI ihe truth is, father we were talk. 1 H in- about what Ortrude would prob- , K blydo if it came to a division of t "J ?r estate," blurted out George, then H cTtoing vigorously at his clBar -H "Well?" encouraged Jacob, dropping r RRS his head on his hand. M 'Ton will not misunderstand ' i; RH Dudley's voice was troubled. Our t S?a ions are such that there Is no . m chance for you to think lor a muiuu H tb"ThS?ehere, say no more about RBI that What do you sugsest Jacob s I tone was dreary. His thoughts were I traveling a road which was so fa H miliar that there seemed no chance R of a new outlook. M "If you could deed us children the H property and have It remain exactly H the same as it is today as far as H management and income are con H cerned " H "If it -were only as simple as that, H Interrupted Jacob with a groan. H The boys did not answer and he H continued after a pause: H "Don't you know that I cannot sell, H mortgage or deed away any real prop- H erty of mine without my wife's slgna- H ture?" There was silence in the room. H "She knows that, I think, and that H no will that left her out -would .hold H in court. I am carrying a very heavy H load, my children." H Dudley reached out and grasped H his hand. "Don't you care, dear H Daddy. All the plunder is not worth H being unhappy over." Jacob answer- H ed the frank boyish smile with a H grateful look. H (To be continued). H FASHION FOIBLES. H A loose fitting little coat with the i usual flare and high collar is smart I when worn with fashion's noweBt fol- , ble, tho tall "stove-pipe" -hat. Hat , and coat must match In color. 1 The pouch-like Charlie Chaplin pockets continue to adorn or Bhould L one say disfigure many now spring , suits. They're clumsy and exclusive i designers frown upon them. i ' Buy a belt everybody's wearing i them. But they are not mere belts; thoy are girdles of brocaded ribbon, or strands of dull silver threads woven wov-en into a quaint girdle with silver tassels. tas-sels. FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. If a little milk Is mixed with pipeclay pipe-clay before It is rubbed on the doorsteps door-steps the whiting will not come off. To slice bacon properly Always place It rind down d do not attempt to cut through the rind When you have tho desired number of slices slip tho knife under them and cut them free of the rind, keeping as close to it as possible. To clean a copper kettle, first rub It with a lemon dipped In powdered bath brick. When the stains are removed, re-moved, wash in warm, soapy water and polish with powdered bath brick and u soft cloth. To freshen a faded carpet, take the carpet up, well beat and brush it After this Is done, drag it face downward down-ward over the lawn. When it is fastened fas-tened down again put one pint of vinegar Into water that Is hot enough for the hand to bear, and rub this well into every part of the carpet with a clean floor cloth. The result Is sur- ! prising. ' |