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Show 1 jyomas II j ! Zoe Berkley's Story To Lengthen the Use of Hand Embroid-J, Embroid-J, j ered Lingerie To Preserve Meat in Hot Weather- To j i , ; Ice Pantry Good, Way to Get Rid of Ants. I THE RETREAT. 1 Hannibal, one of the world's great generals, won battles and fame by l masterly retreats. Cora saw that the 1 crucial battle of her life was directly ! before her and that this time the good J ! fight lay in retreaL Her longing to get away from Col- ony Park for a time grew stronger and stronger. The only obstacle was Wanda. She couldn't leave Wanda, her guest. She would have to wait ' until Wanda's visit was ended, I j An unexpected circumstance, how-I how-I : ever, came to Cora's aid. Colony Park 1 j was tb have a pageant celebrating the 1 triumph of coal and iron. The Colony Park people had grown rich on these products of nature, and politely itched to make a sort of acknowledgement. Wanda Laurence, at Colony Park's urgent request, was to coach, the actors act-ors while David Temple designed settings set-tings and scenery. The two were now inevitably together early and late on the preparation of the entertainment. No man and woman ever worked so well and so hard together as they, it seemed. They appeared to have forgotten for-gotten everything in the world but their pageant and each other, Cora thought. To be near the scene of the spectacle, spec-tacle, Wanda took up her quarters at the Colony Park Inn. And David spent much time there. The original attraction which had drawn Wanda and David together years before now "lowered into a constructive relation s they worked together on their project. pro-ject. Their thoughts blended as harmon-ously harmon-ously as their separate abilities supplemented sup-plemented each other. Yet David vould come home after an afternoon's 'ehearsal looking pale and strained Cora knew It was the strain of an nner struggle. Wanda, too, looked as i woman looks who is passing through crisis of the spirit. Cora saw that both Wanda and Dav-cl Dav-cl vere suffering as much as she her--elf with the tension of the situation. had said that the moment the lageant was over a theatrical engagement engage-ment would take her to London by he first steamer. David spoke of a acatlon in Bermuda with Cora as oon as the pageant made it possible 'or them to leave leave. ' But there "as a month to the day of the page-'nl. page-'nl. And this month Cora determined to spend in. her solitary' visit to New York. She told David and Wanda only part of her- reasons for tho trip to her home city. But they understood the rest as clearly as though she had used words. Also they understood the crisis cris-is as well as she, though not a word passed among the three on what lay most heavily on their hearts. "I am coming hack on the day ot the pageant, dears," Cora naid to David Dav-id and Wanda ob her train was about to pull out. "And If everything turns out well we'll rejoloe. If not," she smiled pluckily, "If not why, we'll take things us bravely as we can." , RoBe Brett, who was going to New York on the same train, overheard these words and wondered why Cora should look serious, almost ttragic, about the success of the pageant. oo EMBROIDERY WEAR. When the hand-embroidered llngerio begins to give and pull out around the edges of thjj padded and em-broidored em-broidored places, do not throw it away or attempt to piece it underneath. Baste a plpce of tissue beneath the worn or torn placo, and, with, cotton floss, add on to the original design to cover the wear. A leaf or two, a tendril or flower, will look as if it belonged to the pattern. Often tho plain cloth of an ombroidered garment gar-ment remains firm while tho ombroidered ombroid-ered part wears, due to the fact that the heavy embroidery pulls on the cloth around it This mothod will add vVeeks to its wearing qualities. PRESERVING MEAT. To preservo meat in hot weather, wash it over with very weak vinegar and water, then cover with slices of raw onion. Before cooking, remove the onion and rinse the meat in clear cold waer. TO ICE PASTRY. For fruit tarts and sweet dishes of pastry, put the white of an egg on a plate and beat it to a stiff froth. When the pastry is nearly baked, brush it over with this and sift over some powdered sugar. Put it back into the oven to set the glaze, and in a few minutes it will be done. Great care should be taken that the paste does not catch or burn in the oven, which it is very likely to do after the Icing is laid on. ANTS. A good way to get rid of ants is to sprinkle pepper where the ants are. If they are in the jelly, sprinkle some pepper around the jelly or take a piece of jelly out and sprinkle pepper around it. " |