Eyes For The Dark por Those Warm-Weather Lunches
The Story Of A Dog
By Paula Norton
Hilda, a Belgian 8 he par d dog
tell her own story. From puppy
hood she was trained to be a
Sceing-Eyc do;.
When a suteen-year-old blind
yi rl no mcd VUi re, ca me to the
Foundation, Hilda was given over
to her to be her guide through all
her dark days.
in Clare's home there were two
brothers, Al and Buddy. Buddy
was just the usual small boy, but
'Al, a y nun ij man. was a trial and
winy to his family. Hilda liked
Al for his kindness to her, but
she was a little worried when he
took her for a walk. She felt she
brlongcd to Clare alone and Al
was a young man who smcllcd of
trouble and idleness.
Chapter 8
IT WAS a strange experience to
be walking along the street
with Al, because, you see, I had
never walked with anyone who
was not blind, and I found that
guiding the ' way through the
traffic was so much a part of me
I could not let Al do the leading.
"Say." he laughed at the first
crossing, "you don't need to tell
me when to cross the street. I
know."
Then he dragged me unwill
ingly through a maze of traffic,
he dodged and ducked to the
other side. So many cars missed
us by so narrow a margin I was
shaking like a leaf. I decided
right then that some people
didn't have as much sense as
some dogs.
Suddenly we stopped and Al
turned into a doorway. "Come on,
old girl," he said, "and meet my
friends."
The place proved to be a pool
hall and in the smoky room I
, -t ( " '. y .
made out many strange faces
and stranger smells. I felt choked
and wanted to turn and run for
home and Clare.
Al was greeted with shouts of
"Some dog you got there, Al."
"Where'd you get the pooch?"
"Did anybody see you get it?"
A fot dark man and two com
panions came over to us, and
looked at me closely.
Al explained that I was a See-ing-Eye
dog and gave them some
idea of my duties.
"A trained dog, eh?" said the
fat man, shifting a well chewed
cigar in his fat mouth. I did not
like him, nor anything about bim.
He had an evil smell. I moved
away from him and closer to Al.
The man turned to his two
companions then and they whis
pered together. Al was watching
a game at one. of the green
tables.
The group of three kept look
ing at Al, then at me. I felt
there was a plot in their hearts
that concerned me, and I wished
myself far away. I started edging
toward the door. I would have
bnited, Al or no Al, but suddenly
the fat man said. "Get the dog,
Al. and come in the back room."
There was a dirty round table
In the backroom. There were beer
mugs and a scattered deck of
cards.
"Tie the hound to a chair there,
Al," ordered the fat man. "Draw
up a chair. I wanna talk to you."
Menu Of
By Joan
ARE you one of those who
have considered sweetbreads
too tricky a delicacy to be pre
pared in your own home? If so.
you are due for a pleasant sur
prise, because they really are not
difficult, and thev are as nutri
tious and digestible as they are
good. Here is an appetizing, sum
mery menu built around sweet
bread pates. You might use this
menu for a company luncheon or
a buffet supper.
Fruit Pirkles Olives
Stuffed Celery
Sweetbread Pates. Green Pras
uHih Pimiento
Cucumber Boat Salad, Thin
Swedish Wafers
lee Cream With Crushed
Strawberries
To prepare the sweetbreads,
soak one pair of sweetbreads in
cold water 1 hour, then drop
them Into boiling water contain
ing 1 teaspoon salt and 1 table-
"Sure," said Al. He didn't seem
at all cheerful. In fact, I saw he
was nervous, now, shut off here
with these three serious men.
"All right, kid," the man said
as soon as the group was settled.
"I'll come to the point."
Al shifted in his chair, and his
Angers shook when he lit a cigar
ette. "You gotta gamblin' debt here
. . . and it ain't no chicken-feed
neither. As I told you last night,
I ain't waitin' for it. Whatta ya
got to say?"
Al looked at the ugly faces
staring at him, waiting for his
answer. After a long time he
said, "I haven't the money. I been
trying to figure how I would get
It, honest I have. But I .can't. I
can't, I tell you."
His voice shook. He sounded
so scared the hair rose on my
neck. I FELT trouble.
"Okay," said the fat one,
"what's the dog worth? Much?"
I shook in every muscle. My
heart pounded with fear, fear for
Clare more than for myself. Al
jumped to his feet. The fat man
bawled, "Sit down!"
"But, but," stammered Al. "I
can't let you have Hilda. She's
my sister's dog. Honest she is . . .
and . . . and . . . my sister's
blind."
"Yeah! Well, ain't that too
bad," and the fat man grinned.
Al sank back in his chair.
"Please Steve, please," he begged.
I was ashamed of his weakness.
I could understand now why
Clare and her parents worried
about him. They had cause to
worry.
"Well, that's the way it is. kid,"
the fat man went on." You leave
the dog here. If you get the
money in twenty-four hours,
okay. If you don't, that's your
hard luck."
Al still sat staring, frightened
and stammering. The men stood
up. My heart was lead within me.
"All right, get goin', kid. You
got some hustlin' to do if you're
gonna raise that dough."
Al got up and walked slowly,
shamefacedly ' toward me. He
stooped and patted my head. I
turned away. I was not grateful
for what he had done to me . . .
and Clare.
"I'm sorry, Hilda. I didn't mean
THIS to happen," he said.
"Get goin',' ordered Steve. Al
walked slowly out through the
door, and it clicked behind him.
I turned and sized up my new
keeper. He sized me up, too.
"I wonder if these police dogs
are hard to handle?" Steve asked.
He scowled at me and looked
ready to reach for a chair If 1
made a move to attack.
"Naw," the taller of the two
men said from the safety of the
far side of the table. "No dog
that takes care of a blind kid is
tough."
"She'd better NOT be tough,"
snnrlcd Steve. "I got somethin'
that'll tame her if she asks for it."
He pulled a little black club from
his hip pocket and reached for
my leash . . .
"Open the cellar door, Charlie,"
he said.
(Continued next week.)
The Week
Andrews
spoon vinegar to each quart of
water. Parboil 5 minutes. Plunge
into cold water, drain and cut
into small pieces, removing all
strings and membranes. Heat the
sweet breads in 1 cup chicken
stock or broth, to which have
been added 1 tablespoon butter,
1 tablespoon lemon juice, salt,
paprika and a dash of mace. Heat
2 egg yolks with cup cream
and add to the broth. Cook over
hot water, stirring constantly. Do
not boil. Serve in heated pate
shells. The mixture may be thick
ened with l'a tablespoons of flour
mixed with a little cold milk, in
stead of using Jhe egg yolks,
although the eggs give a richer
sauce.
The cucumber boat salad is
made by preparing the cucum
bers, cutting them in halves
lengthwise and removing the cen
ter. Fill the hollow with cucum
ber and tomato cubes moistened
with French dressing. Serve on
romaine or lettuce.
A Charmingly 'Arranged Tabic Set With Waffle Iron, Surrounded By
Juice and a Dash of Strawberry Jam To Give Added Zest to the
Summer Days, It's Unsurpassed.
Not Robots, But Electrical Servants
Such As Toasters, Sandwich Grills
And Waffle
These Modern Liberators Have Greatly
Work And Given Her More Leisure
SUFFRAGE brought freedom
and equal rights for women,
but "mere" man liberated women
from kitchen drudgery. Liberty
for the homemaker is not a dream.
When man invented the vacuum
cleaner, refrigerator, washing
machine, these electrical servants
freed her from drudgery.
These electrical servants have
freed women from the back-break-.
ing washboard, the old fashioned,
strenuous and dust-raising method
of sweeping. Instead of standing
over a hot stove all day preparing
the family meals, the electrical
stove may be set to a certain tem
perature, and the family meal
proceeds to cook while mother at
tends her club meeting or bridge
party. These "liberators" have
not only lessened woman's work
but have brought more leisure to
spend with her family and friends.
Never before have science, in
vention and, industry combined to
pour such lavish treasure into
the home. Women are realizing
this as never before, and are
seeking all those things that make
Tips For Your Kitchen
MIX all your spices together
first, before you add them
to a batter you'll find it will give
a much better blended flavor.
Some people like to make up and
keep on hand a blend of their
favorite spices which they use for
cookies and gingerbreads and
spice cakes.
If recipe calls for melted short
ening, melt It over hot water and
then measure it after it's been
melted not before. And use care
ful, level measurements.
In most cakes and quick breads,
solid shortenings can be used in
terchangeably, although butter
gives the finest flavor. If you're
using an unsaltcd shortening, you
may want to add more salt.
Don't try to serve a sponge roll
as soon as it is made. Let the
tightly wrapped cake coot on a
cake rack, seam down. Then it
will stay rolled and cut nicely
when cool.
Sponge rolls with Jelly filling
are rolled while they're hot, but
if you use a cooked filling which
contains whipped cream, the cake
should cool Blight ly before you
roll it With an all-whipped-cream
filling, the cake must be cold. If
you turn it onto a dampened
towel, the dampness will keep the
cake moist enough to roll after
it's cold
For lemon sponge roll use recipe
for old-fashioned Jelly roll. Spread
with rich lemon filling.
You can make a wonderful
strawberry part" a It with sliced
strawberry Jam. If you have the
tall parfalt glasses, alternate
layers of jam with layers of va
nilla or strawberry ice cream. Or
ft. J
Irons Can Work For You
By Jenny Reed
Home Economics Editor
for better living, and are adapting
them to the needs of their own
families.
All the appliances arc so much
better looking, real objects d'art.
So much simpler to operate so
much easier to keep clean. There
are so many new automatic de
vices for lightening labors tak
ing the hitches and annoyances
out of housework.
They have improved on the
practical side, too. The new
toaster, sandwich grill, wallle
irons, casseroles and food mixers
all go about their duties in a new
manner and some serve a double
duty. And that new chrome finish
will last till doomsday without
chipping or peeling.
CHEESE WAFFLES WITH
GRILLED TOMATOES
2 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
teaspoon salt
3 egg yolks, well beaten
3 egg whites, well beaten
4 tablespoons melted butter
1 cup grated cheese
if you use sherbet glasses, simply
pour the jam over the ice cream
and make a strawberry sundae.
Get your glasses and covers
ready before you start to make
your jam or jelly. Always wash
them first in hot soapy water,
then scald them well, and let
them drain on a folded dish
towel. They won't need wiping.
Don't let your jam cupboard
grow monotonous. Give it variety
by using the same fruit in differ
ent ways or by trying new com
binations of two or more fruits.
To cut marshmallow and dried
fruits such as raisins, dates, etc.,
cut with floured scissors.
To prevent nuts and fruits from
sinking in cake, heat before roll
ing in flour and adding to cake
batter.
To prevent filling from soaking
In pie crust, dust over bottom
crust with a mixture of flour and
sugar before adding fruit or other
filling.
When you wash lettuce, cut out
the coarse stem and hold the stem
end under running water to force
the leaves apart. Shake the leaves
dry and keep them in a damp
cloth or covered container In the
refrigerator.
A mayonnaise dressing is usu
ally served with the more sub
stantial salads fish, egg. meat,
vegetables, and thinned with a
little cream or fruit Juice for fruit
salads. Frenrh dressing Is ap
propriate with crisp greens or
light dinner salads. If you use a
cooked dressing, mix it with
sweetened whipped cream for
fruit salads.
Tall Glasses of Iced Pineapple
Golden-Browned Waffle. For
Lessened Woman's
For Her Friends
Sift flour once, measure, add
baking powder and salt, and sift
again. Combine egg yolks, milk,
and butter. Add to flour, beating
until smooth. Fold in egg whites
and cheese. Bake In hot waffle
iron. Place a slice of grilled to
mato on each section. Diced un
cooked bacon may be sprinkled
over batter before closing the
iron.
CREAM WAFFLES
Beat together
1 pint thin sweet cream
3 eggs
1 suit spoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons melted butter
Then sift in 2 cups flour with 3
teaspoons baking powder. Beat
the flour into the other ingred
ients briskly and well; rub waffle
Iron with butter, and when hot,
pour in batter and bake to a deli
cate brown. Butter and serve with
maple syrup or honey. The deli
cacy and tenderness of the waffles
depend largely upon heating (not
stirring) the flour in.
BEN IN FRANCE
WHILE Georgo Washington
was struggling with near
tragedy at Valley Forge, a letter
came that cheered the lonely
man. It was from Benjamin
Franklin and had -been mailed
from Paris, France.
Yes, good old Ben had gone
over to ask aid and assistance
from France that America might
win her freedom from England.
In France. Franklin was a
character welcome In any circle,
and most especially was his na
tural humor sought in the draw
ing rooms of the bored upper
classos. These people of Influence were
the very people that Franklin
needed. They could help him to
assist his poor American army.
Just by being himself, by saying
the very witty things in their
fancy drawing rooms that he
would have said In his American
print shop, he fascinated the
French.
In less than a month everyone
knew and quoted his backwoods
philosophy. He became the rnge
of France.
Meanwhile, back In America a
young Bostonian set out for
France to tell Franklin that a
new victory was won. Burgoyne's
entire army had been captured,
and now almost all the territory
of the north was in the Revolu
tionists' hands.
In four days the French capital
HELP FROM ABROAD
LAFAYETTE, that romantic
Frenchman, was left an or
phan at the age of 13, but unlike
many orphans, his heritage was
a great one. A long and illustri
ous name and vast wealth were
his.
When this young Frenchman
attained the age of 19 he was
thrilled with the exciting stories
ho heard about the American
Revolution. It all sounded glam
orous and daring. The cause was
a worthy one, too, so the rich
young Lafayette (at this time an
officer In the French Dragoons)
sneaked off to America and pre
sented himself to the rebel forces
and was duly made a major-general
in the American army.
Lafayette soon met General
Washington, and he made a roal
Impression. He was young, of
course, and though he wouldn't,
at 10, bring any great military
value to the army of the United
States, the publicity the Ameri
can Revolution derived from the
word of this famous French name
joining its ranks was something.
Soon all of Europe was buzzing
about this battle for freedom that
had even caught the attention and
support of a member of one of
their own first families.
Then a certain Baron von Steu
ben, who had been a general with
Frederick the Great, came rush
ing to our shores and was made
a drill-master In the army of the
States. He soon had the badly
Redskin
By R. Rcmlow Harris
BLUE BIRD'S PAPOOSE
YOU say my desert home is bare, and what is there to see?
And that I have a lonely life with none to play with me.
My mama shows me how to weave and to majte pots of clay,
Or maybe I help mind the sheep, there's much to do all day.
Sometime we sit in shade to rest, or hide and watch um road,
And look as cars all hurry on with funny pale face load.
Papoose and I havo pleasant time, we sit, we think, we walk,
My papoose doll she ride my back, she look but she no talk.
Sometime we wander far from home, but wo keep it in sight,
For mama say If go too far, we no get homo by night,
And after dark bad spirits hunt, old persons say they do,
But we are both asleep by dark, SO maybe that not true
Tho moccasin that holds my doll, my grandpa used to wear.
But he say, "Papoose necdum bed, small baby must have care."
So papoose dell goes where 1 go, no troubles on um mtnd,
I keep um eyes on things In front, doll watch um trail behind.
heard this news, and Ben Frank
lin was called to the offices of
the French Minister of Foreign
Affairs. France now recognized
the United States of America as
such . . . independent of England.
Franklin was still to remain in
Europe. His advice was sought
and taken. He remained seven
years in Europe. He bought sup
plies for America, settled quar
rels, and talked other nations into
commercial deals that were of
great value to his country. He
was Indeed a good-will ambassa
dor. He sought very little for him
self; honor and esteem he had
a-plenty. In the presence of most
of the famous men of France,
Voltaire embraced him. The old
philosopher felt this alone was
reward for the long days of
homesickness and exile.
FORGET-ME-NOT
THE forget-me-not is called by
that name because Henry IV
of England upon taking this
flower as his emblem', also took
"Kemcmbcr me" as his motto.
The flower and tho motto were
recognized as belonging to the
same king, and the forget-me-not
soon became its name.
FLYING TOYS
TTHE first merchandise to fly
over the ocean was a package
of toys on the dirigible ZR-3.
drilled soldiers as snappy as
you'd wish to see.
Another German, Baron Jean
do , Kalt, Joined the American
forces as well, as did the Polish
Kosciuszko and Count Pulaski.
Yes . , . sympathy for the rebel
cause was running high in Eu
rope. This was a logical time for
America to ask financial aid and
a deal was mado with the mer
chants of Amsterdam. Tho Dutch
were willing and anxious to keep
the deal secret. Unfortunately the
document of agreement was dis
covered by the English when they
captured Henry Laurens while he
was on his way to Amsterdam.
England then declared war on
Holland. Now the finances of the
American states were at a hope
lessly low ebb, and when the
Dutch Republic put seven million
dollars at the disposal of tho
States, it was truly a lifesavor.
Now, this seemingly generous
act was not just a case of simple
big-heartcdncss. The Dutch mer
chants who raised the loan be
lieved such a gesture was a good
business proposition. When the
war was over, they felt they
would naturally have a big cut Into
commercial trade with America.
It is interesting to note that
this Dutch money was sent to
General George Washington and
not to Congress. Congress had al
most driven the American armies
to mutinous despair already with
their neglect. Now once more
Washington could equip his men
and spur them on and on in Ui
great battle for freedom.
Rhymes
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