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Show I Woman's Page Her Side and His Corn Husk Door Mats Recipe for Fried Rabbit Steamed When Making Baking Powder Biscuit. , THE NEW LIFE. Roy Niroll was driving a gang of decorators, cabinet makers and elec tricians with a ruthless energy which threatened to brine on a revolt and ( fl tie up work on the magnificent new offices of this magazine. "Woman " Nicoll at work was a different man from the easy-going dilettante who i took Janet and Walter Stedman out driving in his car There was a whip-1 pine energy, an autocratic Impatience, in the man which Walt, who had seen him only in hig relaxation, would nov-H nov-H er recognize ns Nicoll's Rnv's irrita 1 m' bility on this particular morning was LmM Worse than usual. He had just come out of the only other completely furnished office be- i sides his own. It had been designed for Janet. It was a marvel of bar. mony and modernity of equipment. It was studio, office and study in one. Nicoll had lavished his best ihought and much money upon it. Y t it stood ; B empiy of 'he or.e OCCUpanl tor il on I, whom Nicoll had set his heart. Janet would not come j He had just made up his mind to I i: fill her place with the editor of a I rival magazine and the gang working j jj under his spur was feelini: the full I brunt of the displeasure his decision j brought with It. His secretary ap-1 i proached him. I "Larkin," Nicoll snapped "Tele- phone Miss Latham at the 'Home Journal' I want to see her. Nothing's to stand in the way of her coming I her immediately!" j "All right, sir." Larkin replied. "But ' there's a Mrs. Stedman to see you. "What!" Nicoll cried. "I'll see her; I at once In that new office the edl- tor's take her there! And never I mind Miss Latham!" There was an instant chance in Hie man. Where before was the self-I self-I consuming Irritability of the man. un- I used to being denied anything, has I been denied the one object he most ' wanted, there was now triumphant re. lief. !; His secretary ushered Janet into I the office where Nicoll awaited her. j She had come in no pleasant or ap- preewtive mood. Her decisions to ac. cept the post he offered her had brought her no pleasure. But the irresistible irre-sistible i harm of the room in which she lound herself caught her up out of her gray and lifeless mood. "What a beautiful what a beautiful room!" she cried. ''And what a view! We're above the world! Is this your office?" A glow lit Nicoll's eyes. "No it is your office, if you say so! he said, his eyep on hers. Her manner changed. "Yes I've come to accept what you offered me if you're s'ill of the same mind." shn said, a sudden uneasiness in her manner. She read in the room about her the wealth at the man's command and the tree hand with winch he meant to lavish it upon this new and entertaining enterprise and upon the woman who should become it head "Splendid!" Nicoll exclaimed, seiz-ing seiz-ing Janet's hand and pumphandling it delightedly. 'Now we'll beat the world ! " Then a little silence fell between them Both thought, the same thing. What does Walt say"' Nicoll asked quiekh . then as quickly changed his question. ' How is ho doing with his free-lancing?" "Pretty well." Janet said looking out of the enormous windows overlooking over-looking the street-grldironed city with its thousand plumes of white smoke. She tried not to let him guess even from her manner that only a few hours ago he had received the most discouraging rejection of a play he had as yet experienced a pla on i which both of them had set their hopes as the best thing he had done. But Nicoll was a shrewd reader of women's thoughts; and Janet was poor at lying. He did not let her guess, however, how clearly he saw what lay behind her eyes "I am glad." he said simply "Nnw for a new life for all of us!" DOOR MAT OF HUSKS At this season corn husk door mats should be made for the porch. Thevars Thev-ars easily and quickly made and quite i serviceable. Select husks next to the ; ear because they are white and soft, i II they should be a little dry sprinkle t hem with water. Braid the husks into a common tbree8tltind braid feeding your braid from the left side, and each time the left strand comes over put. in a nu husk Let each husk as added extend about one inch above the braid, and let it be the butt-end of the husk that extends above. The length of the braid depends upon how large you want your rug. Take your darning needle and coin, mon store cord and sew the braids into a round or oblong rug. by coiling the braid around, sewing each coil as made to the last coll made The rug Is a smooth braid on the lower side and a solid mass of husks, one inch deep, on top. THE TABLE. Fried Rabbit Steamed t economical, will serve six people) Lay rabbit in weak salt water over night. Next da) pi ald and rinse and cut up. Have hot spider with one tablespoon each of lard and butter. Now take pan of floor; roll each piece of rabbit In it; try a dellrate brown on both sides. Slice small onion over this and fill half full of hot water. Let steam until tender. BAKING POWDER BISCUIT. Do you have any trouble in making mak-ing beautiful, light baking powder biscuit? Try this; L'se three cups of flour, three teaspoons tea-spoons of oakinK powder, one teaspoon tea-spoon of salt; sift these ingredients together three times, then thoroughly thorough-ly mix in one tablespoon of shortening, shorten-ing, lard or butter. Make a well in center, then pour into !t th liquid, either water or Bklmmed mill., or milk, but instead of I mlxiug with the- Imperii or k spoon as is th usual way, shake the pan igorously. with a round motion, and 8 lovely soft dough will be formed j I that only needs to be worked to-I to-I gether with the finger tips enough to I be in Bake in quick oven |
