Pace fain
PARLY In Februory Cousin Vlc-
" torid wrote us that she would
board for the remainder of the
winter at the American House.
Balmoral was getting too much
' for her.- She would arrive, she
announced, on the afternoon of
the fifteenth. (Cousin Victoria
never consulted anyone's conven
ience. She merely announced her
own.)
"I suddosc we should be thank-
. fuj for the extra money," my
mother said. "But It does seem
. t ." What she meant was,
"This Is the last straw."
"She won't stay a week, If she
comes, my father assured her.
Vnn Irnnur Vlrtirtft. As likelv
a not, she won't turn up at all.
Someone ought to convince her
that the Queen was steadfast," he
added .with, a wink at the three
of. us.
Cousin Victoria had always Imi
tated the Queen. From girlhood
she had studied pictures of the
royal costumes, and, being an ex
pert seamstress, copied them. Her
home bore the name of the
Queen's. Her dog, now buried
under the lilac bush, had been
called Dash. Reading once that
the Queen had gobbled her food,
' Cousin Victoria had formed the
habit, too, and as a result was
constantly "in distress." Naturally
she kept a Journal, which now
In her seventy-third year Had
reached its eighty-second volume.
This was her second most valued
possession. Her first was a let
ter, dated Nov. 16, 1898, from a
Lady-ln-Waiting to the Queen
herself, replying to Cousin Vic
toria's cabled felicitations upon
the Jubilee of 18S7.
Like the Queen, Cousin Victoria
was a widow, and still (ostensi
bly) grieving. Her husband's pic
ture hung above the fireplace In
the parlor of Balmoral, delicately
mustached and whiskered. His
name, discordantly, had been
Hiram, a circumstance which
Cousin Victoria had found hard
to bear. She was childless. When
she lamented this state, you had
58 8
By MRS. ANNE CABOT
An elderly crocheting enthusi
ast of my acquaintance tells me
she has been giving these "peace
and plenty" doilies as wedding
gifts to hir Jttrjg minds for
years. The "increasing" design
must have inspired the idea of
"plenty." You'll enjoy crochet
ing this unusual 12-inch duily to
add to your collection or to pass
on to a bride-to-be.
To obtain complete crocheting
U. S. Army Unit
HORIZONTAL 40 Making
1 Depicted is mistakes
insigne of tho 51 Eccentric
U. S. Army wheel
Corps 52 Challenge
Area Scrv- 54 Preposition
Ice Command 55 Faro term
7 Assistant 58 Romnl
iicim; i. magistrates
58 Stanza of 10
form)
six lines 11
60 East Indian 12
herb 17
61 Exit 18
VERTICAL
1 Compound 21
ethers
2 Type face
3 Obtains 22
4 Hours (ab ) 25
5 Symbol for 27
tellurium 30
6 Indian 32
7 Body part 35
8 Half-em
9 Type of bout 36
14 Having a
handle
15 Makes an
edging
1(1 Ache
19 Waste
allowance
20 Cloth
measures
21 Long-drawn
speech
23 Having throe
parts (comb.)
form )
24 Rhode Island
(ab.)
25 Transpose
(ab.)
26 Symbol for
silver
28 Naval Reserve
(ab )
29 Frighten
31 Hindu queen
.13 Jootlike part
34 River (Sp )
35 Exhausted
37 Bury
40 Father
41 Deciliter (ab )
42 Nova Scotia
(ab.)
43 Votre emi
nence (ab.)
44 Men of this
Hfnlt
Miart of the
i U S Army
Peace and Plenty!
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the feeling that her grief was less
for the children she lacked than
for the opportunity she had missed
of presenting them with royal
names.
TNSTEAD of arriving on the att-
ernoon of the fifteenth, as she
had announced, Cousin Victoria
came, bag and baggage (Includ
ing volumes 70-82 of her Journal)
on the morning of the twelfth in
a hired carriage, much upset that
no one had met her at the train.
She was a handsome woman.
She possessed you had to admit
it a truly regal air. Stepping out
of that carriage, her hair as black
as her bonnet, her eyes bright and
her body nimble, she had a good
deal about her that tne uueen
herself might have envied.
My fattier, who had told us
only an hour earlier that he was
going to spend a quiet morning at
home, left almost immediately for
his office. My mother hod re
sponsibilities in the kitchen. But
we girls had no escape. We fol
lowed Cousin Victoria upstairs
and dutifully helped her unpack.
Cousin Victoria's room was next
to the parlor and facing the vil
lage. It was the best room in
the American House. "If I put
her there In the first place," my
mother said, "there won't be any
excuse for her wanting to change."
But Cousin Victoria took nothing
on faith. Before we could un
pack a bag she had to be shown
every bedroom, including our
own. Then, satisfied, at least
temporarily, she, allowed us to
help her settle.
In selecting Cousin Victoria's
bedroom, my mother had thought
of lis convenience to the parlor,
where she had planned for her to
sit during the day with her cro
cheting. Cousin Victoria used her spare
time and surplus energy In mak
ing lace for edging. This never
wore out. A pair of drawers
might fall Into shreds, but the lace
remained as good as ever. In
order that none should be wasted,
my mother used it lavishly around
City News
In Brief
Jurel Coulter of Joseph and
Fonzy Wiilson of Elgin were ar
rested last evening, charged with
being drunk, and were placed in
the city jail.
L. C. Howes is in Portland at
tending a lumbermen's union
meeting.
Official Records
Water turned off, May 10:
Mis. Charles Tarvin, 405 Green-
I wood street; Frank Russell, 1107
C avenue; Emory Culberson,
1108 C avenue.
Water turned on:
Dan Turley, 602 M avenue; A.
R. Spencer, 1209 Tenth street;
George F. Russell, 1407 Ninth
street; Richard Weeks, 405 Green
wood street; J. E. Hiitmuker, 1204
First street; Mrs. W. F. lsbell,
1004 O avenue.
TWINS TAKE HONORS
CAPE ELIZABETH, Me. (UP)
The Wilson twins do every
thing together even in winning
honors. Kathleen Wilson will be
valedictorian of Capo Elizabeth
high school's graduating class
this year while her twin Alma
will be salutatorian.
instructions for the Peace and
Plentv doilv fn:itli-rn Nn 5HJU1
send 15 cents in coin, plus 1 cent
iKisiuge, your name, address and
1 tic pattern number to Anno Ca
bot, La Grande Evening Observ
er, 70(1 Mission St., San Fran
cisco, Calif.
Aninr to 1'revluUN PusiU
(ab.) 3RF.ludes
Segment 39 Mats anew
Without end 45 Goddess of
Withdraw discord
Area measure 47 Trick
Indian army 48 Roval Navy
(ab.) (nb )
Braced 49 That one
framework 50 Face part '
'or railroads 51 Dove's home
Ear ornament 53 Note in
Tendency dado's scale
Profits 55 Socialist
Mimic Soviet Re-
Negative word public (ab.)
Garden 57 Type measure
shovels 59 Exempli
Pompous show gratia (ab.)
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THE
hems, necklines, and even arm
holes. We girls had hardly a spot
on us that had not at on lime
or another been scratched by It.
(Cousin Victoria had a very em
barrassing way of lifting bur
skirts to see how it was wearing:)
Roll after roll lay untouched in
her work basket. Yet she kept
right on. . , .
TOUT Cousin Victoria soon made
JJ It clear that she didn't care
for the parlor. She preferred the
sociability of the office. She Ig
nored Mr. Cutter as she did all
the help but she relished the
drummers. One of them couldn't
be in the office Ave minutes be
fore she knew his product, his
route, his schedules, and the size
of his family. Even the most
agile couldn't escape her, for she
had her chair right by the door
with another, drawn up beside it.
If a victim started by, she seized
his forearm, and under her grip
even the strongest wilted.
This distressed my mother ter
ribly. Something had to be done,
she said.
Something was. During the
morning Cousin Victoria wrote In
her Journal, but during the re
mainder of the day keeping her
away from the office became an
other of our chores.
There were just two ways you
could keep her in the parlor. One
was to get her to give you a les
son in lace making; the other was
to get her to read aloud from
one of her Journals. (These were
underlined, of course, in the man
ner of the Queen.) Since long 1
and Intimate association had made
us detest the lace, we .usually
promoted the Journals. ' They
were dull reading. "Awakened
at scuen. Lay until icuen-flteert.
For breakfast oatmeal, prunes,
gooseberry jam, toasted rmlQln.
Two oups of tea. (Green.) Record
ed the events of yesterday. Ex
amined the books of F. of the R. T.
Branch 2. Found them In pood
order. Re-read In . Memoriam,
Here follows my reflections on It.
." Those reflections might
cover from 10 to 20 pages.
We began to think more long
ingly than ever of the time when i
vacation would be over. J
.(To Be Continued)' 'r
Afternoon Frock
By SUE BURNETT
You'll look lovely and cool in
this slimming daytime dress ex
pertly designed for the slightly
heavier figure. A touch of lace
at the neckline is a nice detail.
Pattern No. 8828 is designed
for sizes 34. 30, 38, 40, 422, 44, 46
and 48. Size 36, short sleeve, re
quires 3Hi yards of 35-inch fab
ric; 4 yards lace (gathered) to
ti im.
For this pattern, send 20 cents,
in coins, your name, address, size
denied and the pattern number
to Sue Burnett, La Grande Eve
ning Observer, 709 Mission St.:
San Francisco, Calif.
Ready now the spring issue of
fashion. Just 15 cents. A com
plete guide in planning wardrobe
needs for all the family.
HORSE DROWNS AFTER FIRE
SEBOOMOOK, Mo. (UP) Af
ter being led from his burning
barn by firemen, Irving Hamil
ton's horse walked off a boat
landing and drowned in Moose
head lake.
Hold Everything
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wieners with my jet plane?"
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OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
With Major Hooptt
Friday, tyay 11, 1945:
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