OCR Text |
Show I Woman's Page I MARRYING FOR MONEY Marrying for Money by Mrs. Eva Leonard Attractive Dress- ei and Aprons for the Little Girl Easily Made Smocking H ' Pretty on Child's Dress Recipe for Red Flummery. "111 is very humiliating to rae that H ve should live' in a constant state o H friction. I .detest quarreling." JacoL H Townsend spoke with heat. H "i,am a very peaceably inclined H iperfcpn, and it surely is not my fault H that 'relations may at any moment H break into open rupture," replied Or- H (.rude cooiy.. i H "It, you'woiild onlv be reasonable " j "Whicff of otif-se means, if I -would 1 onlv hoWverned in all things by B your good judgment," internrpted Or- ' M "K you "would use your head, Or- 1 trude, you would sec that I am in a Hl position toMcnow what we can afford H and what is beyond our means. I did H not ask you to take my word for It, Hl but tried, to explain condition.. You H . were bored, you said, with, business l details. I cannot understand your at- H tltude. Do you think I am lying to Hj you?" Jacob thrust his hands into H 'his pocket and strode up and down the H 'room. B C. M"en think any means Used to Hl protect their poc'ketbooks perfectly l lcgitsmate It is pait of the unwrlt HJ ten lav.' husbands. All statements H made about money contaiu mental H roserwations." Ortrude was cool and H cheerful. H "Ono -would think your experience H (-with husbands had been extensive," H 'blurted out Jacob bitterly. Hj "Oh, I hare read, and I have mar- H Tied friends. There are more ways m J to learn than by experience. The I fact that your symptoms tally with the theory confirms me in my opinion." opin-ion." Ortrude bestowed her most brilliant smile on the wretched man. j "Do you think I would give up Hj , sending Marian to school if my hard H times were as Imaginary?" he ask- H ed, stopping in front of her chair. H "You might have your reasons for H (keeping her at home." She looked H 'keenly at her husband. H "As for Instance?" he asked. H "Ob, a girl with Marian's attitude H .toward me would make a von' con H 'venient spy to report on my actions." j Ortrude looked sharply at her hus- H band. H "Spy! One would suppose you H were leading a double life and I was h ;aoitig io ail lengtns to aectect you in H fit. What could she report in heaven's 1 name?" was the disgusted reply. H "She might report on my expendi- j tures,' replied Ortrude scornfully. H "I surely do not need anyone to j report on them. The bills come in 1 fast enough." j Ortrude laughed. The mention of H .the bills seemed to be amusing to H i her. "You spoke of putting me on H an allowance. Perhaps it would be M more satisfactory in some wayB, pro- H vided it was large enough." j "I certainly should like to know B -where I stand; what I could depend H -on." .There was a cheerful note in 'Jacob's tone. "What would you con- ' sider large enough?" H "For you to keep up all the house- B 'hold expenses, pay Tupper and give H me one hundred and fifty or even one M hundred dollars a month for my pet- 1 .sonal expenses." Ortrude wntched l 'her husband out of the corner of her m eye, while she pretended to em- M hroider. M "A hundred a month!" exploded H Jacob. "Do you know that the net M Income from the store is not three H hundred a month? Of that only half j is mine." e j "Ob, well, there is the block of j Btores and the income from two , farms " H "The crops are a failure this year B ami one of the stores is vacant," in- j terrupted Jacob. "My expenses have ' "been so high that I have not the ' large sum of money needed to make H ; my fall payments." Ortrude raised ! her hand as if to ward off a blow. "I've stood all the business I can for one day," she exclaimed, rising and leaviug the room. (To be continued.) , FOR THE LITTLE GIRL Anolher very attractive smocked dress is made of white linen, with a yoke, and a plain stitched belt and collar. Thore is a turned-back collar col-lar of the linen. The smocking is Just below the yoke, to hold the fullness full-ness in place there, and it is put in with deep rose thread. The little girl who wore this frock wore, also, a deep' rose ribbon in her hair. Cross-stitch is another sort of stitch-wery stitch-wery for trimming the little girl's frock. One is mnde of white china silk, with, a cross-stitched pattern around the hem; the collar and cuffs worked in deep rose, blue and golden yellow silk. A charming little work or play apron is made of soft pink linen, with a yoke, sleeve hands and hem or white. The little apron buttons at the back of the yoke, and is cut with flaring lines, so that is spreads wide at the hem. There is a cross-stitched design of little Bo-Peep and a couple of her wee lambs. The same apron could be made In blue and white, with any other Mothergoose character, or animals or flowers, in the cross-stitch. cross-stitch. RED FLUMMERY Stew two quarts cranberries in a very little water all they are all to pieces. Then strain Juice through linen bag and sweeten it with one pound brown sugar. Take out a pint of the cranberry juice and make into a batter with one-half pound ground tico stirred in gradually. It must be quite smooth and free from dumps. Then put remainder of juice into sauce-pan, set it on hot fire and while boiling stir in gradually, the rice batter. When It has boiled till quite thick and very smooth, strain it again, and put into molds to congeal. Eat with sweetened cream. oo |